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jeffw@lemmy.world 4 months agoOF take 30% I think. What does an average scene make on OF? How does that compare to the pay rate for old school porn?
I think receiving 70% of the prices that you set is likely better than ?% of whatever PornHub or XHamster say they made from your video predominantly through ad revenue.
At the very least, it gives creators a great amount more control.
30% is also pretty standard. Google, Apple, Valve, etc all charge 30%. Shit, on twitch it’s 50% IIRC.
Do most employers spend 70% of their profit on the staff wages?
How is 70% of what customers pay the same as 70% of their profits?
I guess that depends on the overhead. How much does it cost to maintain an Only Fans business?
Since equipment (camera, lighting, outfits, toys, etc.) is a fixed 1-time cost outside of consumables such as makeup, condoms, etc., I'd imagine that the profit margin is relatively high compared to most other types of business.
But that's just me making inferences, I have no authority or experience in these fields.
Those purchases aren’t paid for by Only Fans. It’s the content creators who pay for all that (unless there’s a way to get sponsored by OF, I don’t know). However, reliably storing and streaming video in high quality across the globe with low latency, both live and on demand, which is what OF does, is expensive af. It’s one of the reasons, if not the main one, there are no real competitors to YouTube.
You mean gross revenue, not profit. 30% profit is after expenses including CoGS/wages and is good money if it scales.
Creators on OF or any social media platform can’t be compared to employees. They are more like suppliers.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 months ago
I think 30% is a fairly common number. That's also the exact share Google, Apple take if you program and sell Apps on their platform. And pribably also what you're facing when selling online courses or other things. I'd be surprised if a platform that also offers some infrastructure, takrs less than say 20 or 30%.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
For comparison with non-porn, youtube takes more than 50% from adsense and 30% of supetchat/super thanks .
jeffw@lemmy.world 4 months ago
From my understanding, it’s higher than OF alternatives
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 months ago
Are there good (more ethical? cheaper?) OF alternatives? That's not my world at all...
jeffw@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fansly exists, there are others that’s I’ve seen referenced but it’s not something I’m super familiar with.