What creator platforms actually take, with the receipts
Revenue share, payout minimums, payout schedules, referral terms and content policy — each read from the platform's own documentation, linked, and stamped with the date we read it. Where a platform doesn't publish something, or its docs wouldn't open, the table says so instead of guessing.
5 of 14 platforms publish creator payout terms you can read without an account.
The other 9 — including the largest platform in the category — put their creator terms behind a login, a crawler block, or a client-side app. That is itself worth knowing before you build a business on one.
Platforms that publish their terms
| Platform | Creator share | Payout minimum | Payout schedule | Creator referral | Explicit content | Exclusivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fansly Subscription | 80% — flat across subscriptions, media, messages and tips source | $20 (Paxum, Cosmopayment, local bank) · $50 SEPA · $100 wire or crypto source | On demand — you request it, approval usually within 48 hours source | 5% of the referred creator’s earnings in year one, then 1.5% ongoing — no stated cap source | Allowed source | Not verified Terms render client-side only |
| Fanvue Subscription | 80% standard source | $20, varying $20–$50 by region source | On demand source | 5% for 12 months, capped at $50,000 — paid by Fanvue, not deducted from the referred creator source | Allowed behind the paywall — profile picture, banner and intro video must stay SFW source | No exclusivity clause found — but taking payment off-platform is restricted source |
| JustForFans Subscription | 80%, or 85% on the exclusive tier source | $50 source | Automatic weekly or monthly — balances calculated Mondays source | Not verified No current published source | Allowed, with a published prohibited-content list source | Yes — the 85% tier requires exclusivity source |
| Clips4Sale Clip marketplace | 60% on clip sales, 80% on tips source | $50 US · $100 Canada · $150 international source | Monthly, on the 7th source | 5% for 12 months, taken from Clips4Sale’s share — not the referred creator’s source | Allowed under the published acceptable-use policy source | No exclusivity clause found in the published terms source |
| iWantClips Clip marketplace | 60% clips · 70% PPV messages · 80% tips · 85% video calls source | $50 standard · $25 daily payout · $100 non-Paxum Request Pay source | Bi-monthly on the 12th and 27th · monthly on the 5th · daily available for US stores source | Flat $30 once the referred artist earns $200 within 6 months — a bounty, not a percentage source | Allowed, under a published card-network-driven prohibited list source | None at platform level, but each upload must be exclusive to the store source |
Platforms whose creator terms we could not read
Not an omission and not a judgement of the platform — a record of what happened when we went looking. We re-check these; if the terms become readable they move into the table above.
- Patreon MembershipNot verified
- OnlyFans Subscriptiononlyfans.com/terms and the help centre — blocked at the domain level
- LoyalFans SubscriptionTerms render client-side only
- ManyVids HybridCreator payout terms sit behind a creator login
- Chaturbate CamBroadcaster payout terms require an account
- Stripchat CamModel payout terms require an account
- MyFreeCams CamModel payout terms require an account
- CamSoda CamModel payout terms require an account
- LiveJasmin CamModel payout terms require an account
Four things widely repeated that aren't true
- Fansly: Fansly does not pay on a monthly cycle — payouts are requested on demand.
- Fansly: The referral rate does not expire after a year; it steps down from 5% to 1.5% and continues.
- Fanvue: Fanvue is widely quoted at 85%. That rate ended — Fanvue’s own help centre documents the change to 80%.
- Fanvue: Fanvue runs two different affiliate schemes; the creator-referral one is the 5%/12-month programme above.
How to read this table
Every figure links to the exact help-centre article or legal page it came from, and carries the date we read it — these terms change, and a number without a date is a guess with better styling. We publish no per-creator earnings figures, because no platform publishes that data.
How we source these figures →