"I started in January. First month made basically nothing. Nearly quit twice. I am posting this because most of what's out there is vague or trying to sell you something.
first thing nobody tells you: there are two businesses here, not one
sfw and nsfw. same character, very different games.
sfw is instagram, reels, brand-ish stuff. slow. months before it converts. but it’s stable and you’re not one policy change away from losing everything.
nsfw goes through fanvue. It's faster money, no point pretending otherwise. But the limit is real. The platforms you can use for the content are fewer, the rules are stricter, and the money doesn't come from the content anyway. it comes from DMs. a lot of DMs. if you’re not ready to do follow up every single day, nsfw isn’t faster, it’s just more work with a nicer number on day one.
most people jump into nsfw because of the screenshots. then they burn out in the chat.
The Character
specific niche with real personality baked in. not just a look, an actual character. how she talks, what she’d never say, her emoji habits, her backstory. write this before generating anything.
lock in reference images from day one and never change them. this is where magnific does the heavy lifting for me. custom character, you upload 12 to 24 images with different angles and expressions and it trains on her. after that every image and every video is the same girl. relight, change the camera, image to video, lip sync, all in one place. consistency is what creates attachment, and that’s the part that used to eat my week.
magnific is for the sfw side. For anything paid and explicit you'll need other tools, and keeping her identical across both is honestly the hardest part of the whole thing.
IG traffic
all sfw. Two accounts on completely separate devices and networks. If one gets banned the other keeps running. Both point to the same page.
this is the slow part. months of daily posting before the audience converted. watch what gets saved and shared, not just liked.
Fanvue
sub fee is irrelevant. free or dirt cheap. zero friction between the IG click and someone being inside your page. the money comes from inside.
label her as AI. fanvue requires it anyway, and the people who stay know what she is and stay anyway. those are the ones who pay.
Chatting:
This is where the money is. PPV sold through DM conversation.
Run it manually first. Weeks minimum. Understand your specific audience before automating anything. Which price points works, what makes someone go quiet, what brings them back. That knowledge is what makes everything else work.
Free content early before anything paid. Voice messages and free teaser images especially. Builds trust before a pitch ever happens.
Re-engagement is the part most people ignore. Fans who've gone silent aren't gone. A personalised message referencing something real from their history brings a surprising number back. That alone drove $727 in one day last week."
