If I were young and starting over, I’d either become an electrician or an air traffic controller.

Good luck!

echoing some other people, this is a scam to exploit you. if youre extremely lucky, youll earn something, but doing a good job is certainly not enough, you still need luck. OF just needs a small percentage of people making money serving as bait to attract a huge bunch of other people to exploit, regardless of merit, and thats the part youll play most likely.

I mean, people do succeed at it, but it’s a lot of hard work to go from zero to any kind of useful income.

You have to actively and aggressively market yourself. You have to do that with the ugly fact that the very people you’re trying to convert to paying customers are probably assholes, since people in general are assholes.

You have to put in effort into that side of things, while also dealing with the inevitable trolls too.

You have to differentiate yourself enough to stand out from the crowd, but not go so niche that you exclude the vanilla sorts.

With no moral bullshit or prudery involved, if my kid asked me this, I’d tell them the same thing. It’s a shit ton of work for the chance to make something resembling a living. Unless you get really lucky, our won’t ever be anything you can do as your main income. If you do, you have to know, not just think about, that it is going to go away eventually. The baked market shrinks the older you get. That sucks, because it isn’t like a person can’t be sexy as hell their entire life. But it’s still true.

So, you can’t really call it a career at all.

So, you still have to plan for the future, but you’re planning it with the fact that your pictures are now out there. Even if you don’t do nudes (and with a lot of luck, that is possible to make work), you’ve got that hanging there. While I don’t have any issues with what someone did do make money in the past, I’m in the minority. Until and unless general society gives up that sense of skewed morals, there’s always a chance that picture of you in your sexiest dress can bite you in the ass. And the less clothing is on, the worse the bite can be. The more that picture is obviously done for money, the worse the bite will be.

Again, this is the same speech I would give anyone your age that asked me this irl. It’s a decision to make carefully, and once made, needs to be planned out well.

Before you make the decision, start finding the forums and such where people that have done it give advice. Talk to people that have failed, just as much to those that have succeeded.

For every person making thousands, there are thousands of people making pennies, I don’t think it’s worth it. Hustling is such a drag, and to do that as your main source of income very dangerous.

No, I don’t think it’s looked down upon here, there are a lot of commercial accounts, for better or worse I’m not sure, but promoting seems to be allowed.

As a side job it might make sense but I’d strongly suggest (as a mom to lots of kids) finding a trade you can enjoy, if you don’t want to do university. Electrician, barber, welder, mechanic - something skilled will bring in more money with less stress, and you are at a perfect age to start. Even working your way up at Whole Foods or Costco or some other good grocery, there are more jobs than you might think.

According to OnlyFans’ own data, the average monthly income for content creators (the term used to refer to those who have monetized profiles on OnlyFans) is only $277.77 (Silverman, Dec 2022). But, even for those who spend a minimum of 40 hours a week (full-time) preparing content, cross-marketing on social media, and communicating with content consumers (or buyers), the average monthly income is still only $1,111.00 (Avery Center, 2022). That is an average annual income of $13,332.00, which is below the poverty line.

OF is capitalist exploitation disguised as female empowerment. Until a federated equivalent is developed the majority of profits will continue to go to platform owners.

I think there are a lot of good takes here. And I do think you might gain a better understanding of it if you were able to chat with a creator directly. So maybe reach out someone in the community.

That would help you understand the actual work involved, the hours, the effort, but also the less ethical parts of it like hiring marketing agencies or talent support groups that work on your behalf acting like you - and as I understand it, all the “big girls” are doing it. So you might need to decide that if you would be OK with that.

Also, and I am saying this as a former patron of OF creators, please understand the market and who you are “competing” against. Yes, there are other OF models, but also there are other porn sites. You will be competing against the big studios, as well as the prominent models for the same amount of disposable income.

That said, please don’t forget, if you commit to this, there might be an opportunity cost - this will be a part of your “past”, and it will probably block some opportunities in the future because of the “taboo” of sex work. And this is not just professional life I am talking about, it will be personal life as well.

Someone posted the other day that their spouse was in the top 1 % of OF. And they made only 150 € a month. Being a successful OF model is kind of the same as being a successful Twitch streamer. Sure, it’s possible. But only for a small lucky few.

I’d even say it’s easier to be successful on Twitch than on OF. And you’re probably more successful on OF if you are already successful on Twitch or YouTube.