OnlyFans Invites YouTubers And Celebrities To Use The Platform

JAKARTA - Recently the OnlyFans platform became popular during the pandemic. This is literally a social media platform which means 'fans only'.

OnlyFans, a paid platform that makes it easy for users to sell photo or video content that contains elements of 'NSFW' or 'Not Safe For Work' is different from most other social media platforms. OnlyFans displays a variety of photo and video content for adults, which are presented only limited to fans only.

It's simple like this. OnlyFans is like Instagram or YouTube. OnlyFans functions as a place to 'buy and sell' exciting content from its creators on this site. The results of 'selling' the content will bring in a lot of income for the creator.

This platform was founded by Timothy Stokely, in 2016. He wants to invite content creators from various segments to join and start earning income in different ways.

"We always want to invite all creators from various genres, such as gaming, fitness, fashion, to beauty to join in. Because the creator community is indeed very diverse," said Stokely, quoted from Bloomberg, Tuesday, January 5.

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Regardless of the negative stereotypes that have been pinned, OnlyFans actually gained popularity during the pandemic. In fact, many artists and creators have started to look to promote their private photo works on this platform.

Among them are singer Cardi B, actresses like Bella Thorne, Shea Coulee, Mia Khalifa to Michael B. Jordan, and many more. Even tennis players Angelina Graovac to pastors and TV presenters also jumped on this platform to sell their adult content on OnlyFans.

So where do the creators get money from OnlyFans? The answer, obviously, is from the 'adult' photos and videos that the creators sell to their fans. Yes, this platform brings exclusivity that fans only get if they subscribe to or follow their favorite creators.

Given that the content presented is exclusive, users are required to register an account with a credit card. If you just want to have a look, users can access OnlyFans with subscription prices starting from 12 US dollars (around Rp170,000).

However, the subscription price can change, depending on the exclusive content uploaded by the creator. Where customers can pay monthly fees ranging between 4.99 and 49.99 US dollars, or around Rp.73 thousand and Rp.730 thousand, to access certain content.

They can also provide some tips to get closer to their favorite creators. Through this kind of content monetization method, Stokely claims creators get higher income than other social media platforms.

As explained above, OnlyFans is an adult-only platform which of course cannot be freely accessed by everyone in Indonesia. The reason is, sites like this would have been blocked by Kominfo and Positive Internet.

Even if you want to browse the OnlyFans site, you can use virtual private network (VPN) access or incognito mode. That way, you can see the platform that is claimed to have 85 million users and more than 1 million content creators.

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