How OnlyFans Made $6.6B Without Apple’s App Store | WSJ The Economics Of

OnlyFans’ underlying business model is very different from other social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. The subscription-focused site is not on Apple’s App Store and in four years, the company’s revenue grew more than 2000%. The company makes money only when creators make money instead of relying on advertising dollars, but what are some of the challenges that come with having a site populated with pornographic content?

WSJ spoke with OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair to learn about some of the challenges the company faced and learned how the company capitalized on the creator economy to change the dynamics of how digital creators get paid.

Chapters:
0:00 Business model
1:10 OnlyFans’ origins
2:07 App stores and traffic sources
5:18 Purchases and subscriptions
6:16 Working with banks
8:02 Age verification
9:20 Other types of creators

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[UmichVince]

Secondary school teacher to OF model is a sign of how screwed we are as a society lol

[santostv.]

Too many lonely people with money out there.

[LucaPainOfficial]

As a 38 year old man I came to the conclusion that cutting all this content from my life is the best decision possible.

[ruben]

People complain about the space industry wasting money, and then waste 6B$ on hoes that they can't even touch.

[zephaniahmcdaniels]

If you're not here for economics, you clicked on the wrong video buddy 😂

[WilliamSanOriginal]

OnlyFans CEO is the greatest pimp of all time.🙌🏼

[lineinthesand]

Congratulations! To a company that has deliberatively turned a large portion of western women onto reinventing the world's oldest profession.

[DeEmperor]

In public, everybody condemns pornography. But when you look at the market, you will see tens of billions of dollars annual revenue. So who are the customers? Same people condemning pornography in public.😂😂

[polishpsych]

I advice against paying for adult content. It’s a big waste of money. Cutting on porn or eliminating it from your life to focus on human interaction that is real and not fake is what one should aspire to. If you are not ready to have a romantic relationship with anyone, invest in yourself and your wellbeing so you are happy and you make the right people for you to stay in your life and connect with you.

[stephenallenmusic]

Only fans did not start off promoting adult content that happened over time due to popularity

[JoeKnowsWorst]

This is another one of those cases where a young company grows very fast and then eventually when that growth can't stay that way forever we'll be seeing the opposite kind of video, something like "where they went wrong" or why they stopped growing 😂

[SASMADBRUV]

It's our fault as men. The red pill dudes like hating on OF models but men the ones giving them money and attention

[JC-Finance]

The simp society is real!!! That’s the stupidest thing you can do is pay someone that you can’t even meet or touch.

[sdfk]

Am I the only one bothered by the impossible cog animation @7:30 ?

[GetKingShorty]

Calling them models is a stretch. It's like calling Macdonalds fine dining.

[MrChanicua]

The CEO is so well spoken, smart and chill. Good interview!

[manikkalore]

OnlyFans success is just sad reality we live in.

[ilia]

What you can't take away from this site is that they are not as greedy as others - revenue sharing, commissions and not having to meet inflated criteria to start monetizing has done the trick

[xdacrain]

Can we plz get some interviews of the men that subscribe to of girls? Also seen a stat saying 85% of subs are married men

[jimo]

One of the many reasons I'm not good at creating a business is that i always think, "Who'd be so dumb to pay for this?"