How to start your own site

like OnlyFans or Patreon

Follow our guide on how to start your own business platform
for monetization of private premium content of creators
How to start your own site

like OnlyFans or Patreon

Fast-growing Business Model

Subscription platforms have become revenue-generating
fan clubs due to lockdowns, unemployment and the
absence of touring for artists. Patreon and OnlyFans have
experienced explosive growth since the beginning of the
pandemic and global changes in the world in 2020. More
and more people are turning to virtual work on OnlyFans
to earn money after losing their jobs during the pandemic.
At the same time, with everyone stuck at home all day,
people have less to entertain themselves with.

The popularity of such a business model is growing

at a fast rate day by day and is expected to increase
as OnlyFans has changed people’s perspectives on the
value of their content and the demand for such services
provided online.
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payments

Lego-izing creative

business

Following this trend, a lot of social media platforms like

Facebook, Youtube and even Twitter turn to channel
membership and fan subscription model. Today there are
hundreds of new companies that are building business
infrastructures for creators and competing with each other
to be the best at creator payments. Lego-izing the business
of creativity leads to a big culture change in this and the
following generations. So now is literally the best time to
start your journey in this niche.
How this Business Concept Works?

OnlyFans and Patreon provide a ready market for creators

to charge for their content and services. Originally, these
platforms were created for all kinds of content creators
such as artists, podcasters, fitness instructors, chefs, and
others who want to use the site to monetize their content.
However, due to the locked-down world’s increased desire
for human connection through digital alternatives when
IRL experiences are limited, OnlyFans quickly became a
home for adult performers, amateur pornstars, sex workers,
and models who share NSFW content.

The business concept for creators is as simple as it gets.

Creators who have a fan base on free social networks such
as Instagram or Twitter, post exclusive content on
OnlyFans to which only their paying fans have access
charging money for monthly subscriptions. Typically 1%-5%
of their audiences are gravitating to their OnlyFans
account and paying for their content, at a subscription rate
determined by the influencer. OnlyFans takes a 20%
commission from creator revenue.
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With the help of paid messaging feature they engage their

fans and build personal relationships in which the user is
ready to spend a huge sum of money for interacting with
such a “digital girlfriend”. The main income of content
creators comes from paid messages and exclusive photo
and video attachments.
Digital Girlfriend Experience: Why People Pay

to Creators?

While being isolated at home during lockdowns, men are

willing to pay for this kind of digital girlfriend experience
which replaces real life fun. Instead of real dates and sex
relationship, they entertain themselves by watching their
favorite models’ premium photos and videos. OnlyFans
offers men the opportunity to pay for a period of time to
behave as if they are on a real date and, via messages and
voice notes, send instructions saying what is required of
the “girlfriend”.

Also, the digital girlfriend experience is a way more

intimate and personal than watching online porn. That is
why people are ready to pay good money for it.
OnlyFans: Growth and Statistics

When COVID-19 hit in March of 2020, creator platforms saw

an uplift in revenue growth, and the biggest winner that
came out of it is OnlyFans. The membership platform
Patreon that used to be a top-leader in the niche, has been
outclassed by OnlyFans.

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2020 with $400 million in annual net sales.
Today OnlyFans is a billion dollar business that is growing
at an incredibly fast rate with up to 500,000 new users
joining the platform daily. There’s over 100 million
registered users and over 1 million content creators.
Google Trend data indicates that OnlyFans has grown over
500% in 2020, with the global pandemic playing a major
role in this growth. There was over $300 million in fan
payments in December, which was a 370% increase from
the previous December.

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These numbers are expected to grow even after the

pandemic is over, because it has forever changed the way
the content is created and consumed. This change in
content creation and the new trend in adult business in
particular is going to stay permanent.
OnlyFans: Reputation and Limitations

Although OnlyFans was originally created for artists and

content creators of all genres, today it is strongly
associated with the adult entertainment and porn industry
only. This brand reputation of sex work and pornography
often prevents insfluencers and celebrities from registering
in the service. The reputation of OnlyFans also limits
creators making it difficult to reach a new audience.

Another aspect is that OnlyFans limits the amount that

creators can charge for their exclusive content. Those
models and performers who work on OnlyFans cannot get
the most out of their interactions with the audience due to
the transaction and payment policy of the platform. There
is a maximum tip price limit of $100 per tip and $50 limit
on PPV messages with media attachments. That is why, if a
creator has fans who are ready to pay a lot of money, let’s
say up to $2000 or $3000 just for one picture, then it is
impossible on OnlyFans. It means that popular creators
could earn much more without these limitations from
those who are willing to pay more.
Why You Need to Create a New OnlyFans?

1. Your own brand. By launching your independent

platform under your own domain name you start your
business journey without risks of existing reputation.

2. Your own pricing policy. On your own site only you as

the business owner can determine pricing policy and
set transaction limits by yourself.

3. Your own unique features. You can develop and

modify new functions that would be more suitable for
your creators and audience than on OnlyFans.

create
How to Receive Payments on Your Site?

Our company provides a quick and simplified integration

with payment processing systems which let you get direct
payments from customers on the site into your own billing
account. Integration with trusted payment systems such
as CCBill or Netbilling guarantees your financial
independence and secure and safe transactions on your
website.

Also, it is possible to develop integration with any other

alternative payment gateway on a paid basis for our
customers.
Business Administration and Agencies
Content creators such as adult models or influencers rarely
think about starting their own business platform, as they
need an admin or an agency who could take all the issues
of business administration. Agencies are responsible for
new creators recruitment, profile and content
management and strategic marketing of the model's
account.

Growing and maintaining a successful account requires

hours of time and effort. At a certain point it actually
becomes physically impossible for a single creator to
handle all the work. Admins help to edit, schedule and post
content as well as manage all the communication via
direct messaging with fans. A strategic premium content
management with proper marketing done by the agency
or admin can result in massive return on interest.

Exclusive content produced by creator + strategic

communication and marketing done by agency =
success formula for subscription marketplace
business platform.
What is the Best Way to Create Your Own Site
Like OnlyFans?

1. Developing a custom solution from scratch. This way is

the most time and money consuming as the platform like
OnlyFans is not just a simple WordPress website but a
complex IT product with sophisticated infrastructure and
well-developed range of features. It requires a deep
understanding of business model and programming
technologies for implementation.

Hiring a freelance-developer for this task is quite

impossible because they are usually only good at one thing
— front-end development, back-end develop- ment,
design, and so on. But for your project to be a success you’ll
likely need them to be good at everything.

Development of the website like OnlyFans from scratch

will require at least a year of professional software
development company team work consisting of 4-5 middle
and senior developers and a manager. This team will spend
about 12,000 hours on work for a year and the average cost
of an offshore/nearshore team is about $40-$70/hour.
Hence, the basic cost of such a project will be between
$480,000 and $900,000, depending on the team skills
level, country etc.

However, the undoubtable advantage is that you can

develop the platform in the way that suits your project
without any limitations.
2. Using a Whitelabel solution. The fastest and the easiest
way with a low creation cost to launch a website like
OnlyFans is to use a ready turnkey platform. On the basis of
an existing platform, you can create a copy of it but under
your brand using your own domain name and logo.

The main disadvantages of this method are strict

restrictions on modification and customization of the
website, and a high percentage of commission fee from
revenue.

Developing from scratch VS White Label

Developing from scratch White Label

High human & technological Quick setup and business launch

resources

Cost-efficiency

Long-term investment

Free from maintenance

Deep involvement in development complications

and management process

No involvement in development
Self-maintenance and system process

updates

Limited scope for customization

Unlimited customization and

modification
Commission fee from revenue

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a Whitelabel solution and custom product development
from scratch. It means that we provide a full-featured
turnkey product that is ready-for-launch with no coding
needed under your own brand, as well as the opportunity
to personalize and customize the software to your needs
with access to the source code.

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Scrile Connect offers several pricing plans that are suitable

for different purposes.
Scrile Connect Startup is the easiest way to start.
You can try all built-in monetization features and learn
how to manage the platform in admin dashboard just for
$10/month.

Here is the demo overview that shows you how to use the
platform before you buy the plan.

Scrile Connect Short Overview

Platform

overview

With the Startup plan you can also edit the content that is
shown on your website, customize the main landing page,
upload your own logo and pictures. Here is the guide on
how to customize the website.

Scrile Connect Site Customization Feature

However, the Startup plan is mostly used for testing
purposes as there are some limitations. For real usage of
the platform you need to integrate a payment gateway,
that is available only in the Scrile Connect Pro plan.

Scrile Connect Pro gives you an opportunity to integrate

your own billing account, invite new content creators to
the platform and launch your business with a turnkey
Whitelable solution. It includes all the Startup features, an
unlimited number of creator pages, your own site content
policy and a 1000 GB storage limit as well.

We will guide you through the process of billing account

integration with the trusted online payment processing
companies as CCBill or NetBilling. Here are the links and
contact persons for setting up your billing account:

CCBill
Сontact person Carlos Fuentes [email protected]

NetBilling
Сontact person Wendy Nelson [email protected]

Scrile Connect Pro plan is the step when you launch

business process, scale up your project without much
customization. You may buy a Pro plan for $250 for the first
month and $500 for the following monthly payments.
Scrile Connect Enterprise plan is the solution for a fully
modernized business project for the specific needs of your
end users. With this plan you can develop unique features
and customize the platform with the access to the source
code. On this step we provide extendable cloud storage,
extensible hosting solutions, dedicated team development
and premium support for Enterprise clients.

Choosing the Enterprise plan you save up time compared

to custom development from scratch, as you still use the
fully-prepared product as the basis just adding the
uniqueness and modifying the functionality. With the
Enterprise plan you can make your project interesting for
investors to successfully attract venture for business
investment.

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