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Take control of your content and earnings. MintStars is a subscription platform for creators, models, and their fans.

Pocketstars: The creator site where payments don’t always happen

With the influx of creator sites such as Onlyfans, rivals have been popping up everywhere. However, all are not equal and it’s vital that…

The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization

Sure, we have open source, federated replacements for Instagram, Tiktok, and YouTube. How do we get creators to use this stuff? One consideration involves the ability to pay for things.

AVN Stars will stop paying sex workers for their content starting Jan. 1

The company announced this week that monetization will no longer be available after December 31 due to “banking discrimination.”

Meet the AI OnlyFans: How one startup raised millions to build an ‘erotic companions’ platform | Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Meet the AI OnlyFans: How one startup raised millions to build an ‘erotic companions’ platform --- When AI erotic companion startup Oh raised a $4.5m funding round in January, it had something few in the shadowy new sector could boast. A roster of named investors, publicly backing the company. VCs are often bound by “vice clauses”, which prohibit firms from investing in controversial products like pornography or weapons. As a result, startups working on ethically contentious products often rely on angel investors and family offices to stay afloat. But Oh, which generates NSFW adult content and conversations with both fictional characters as well as bots based on real people, has tapped into a group of seemingly less squeamish investors: crypto VCs. It’s drawn backing from the likes of Tangent, Kosmos Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Bodhi Ventures and Tagus Capital. “Raising money for a business like this from non-crypto VCs is very difficult,” says Oh founder and CEO Nic Young, who positions the startup as a “decentralised platform” and offers payments via crypto. “A lot of crypto VCs don’t have vice clauses — it’s more liberal and free.” Oh wants to use those fresh funds to build the “AI OnlyFans”, with plans to roll out autonomous scantily clad bots that can market themselves on social media and direct message users with spicy conversation starters. The biggest challenge? Convincing enough users it’s not that weird turning to AI when you’re looking for romance. https://lnkd.in/eRF7a5Dn

It's Hard Out Here: FOSTA and its Impacts on OnlyFans and Online Sex Work | In Media Res

OnlyFans is marketed as a “peer-to-peer subscription app,” and became more widely used during the pandemic as many creators joined to supplement or replace lost income—the site reported a “75% uptick in model sign-ups in early April” (López). The platform benefits substantially from the rise in interest: OnlyFans is classed as a “digital patronage” platform, which provides for financial exchange for creative expression, with the platform taking a percentage (Bonifacio and Wohn). In the case of OnlyFans, the percentage is 20%, while other digital patronage platforms—Twitch.tv, YouTube, Patreon, and so forth—offer different terms for their users.

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Inside OnlyFans’ Limited Venture Capital Options — And How VC Would Handle An OnlyFans 2.0

Did the pursuit of venture capital millions lead to a shocking pivot by OnlyFans? The creator platform surprised the online world on Thursday when it announced that it would ban sexually explicit content from its site starting in October after such content propelled the site to cultural relevance — and runaway sales growth — during the pandemic. […]

Meet the AI OnlyFans: How one startup raised millions to build an ‘erotic companions’ platform

London-based Oh has won the backing of less risk-averse investors

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Vylit Raises $2.7 Million In Funding Led By Windmill Chain Fund With Investors Manifest Financial And Aaron Day

Vylit, a new AI-powered platform for the adult-friendly creator economy, has raised $2.7 million in funding led by Windmill Chain Fund, with participation from angel investors including Manifest Financial and Aaron Day, CEO and founder of Amaze. Founded by former OnlyFans CEO Amrapali (Ami) Gan and Kailey Magder, Vylit aims to make monetization more accessible for emerging creators by combining the discoverability of platforms like Instagram or TikTok with the creator tools of OnlyFans. The web-based platform, set to launch in December 2025, will allow adult-oriented but non-explicit content and use AI image generation to help creators engage with and grow their audiences. INVESTORS: Windmill Chain Fund, Manifest Financial & Aaron Day AMOUNT: $2,700,000 HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC #VentureCapital #Vylit #AmrapaliAmiGan #KaileyMagder #WindmillChainFund #ManifestFinancial #AaronDay#TradedVC

7 Best Payment Gateways for Adult Sites in 2025 | ATLOS

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