{ "batch": "29-niches", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r29_niches_worn_items_allthingsworn", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Selling used/worn clothing and related physical goods", "summary": "All Things Worn hosts a marketplace where sellers list used panties, worn socks, shoes, hosiery and other worn clothing, with optional in-platform KinkCoins payment and no stated commission on agreed sales.", "body": "All Things Worn hosts a marketplace where sellers list used panties, worn socks, shoes, hosiery and other worn clothing, with optional in-platform KinkCoins payment and no stated commission on agreed sales.\n\nWhat All Things Worn actually says:\n\n“All Things Worn is the No 1 community and marketplace for selling and buying used panties, worn socks, and friendly experiences online.”\n\nNote: FAQ on the same page: “None! Once you have agreed on a sale, you keep all of your profits!” KinkCoins blog (26 Nov 2021): “Each coin represents a monetary value of 10c USD.” Direct off-platform payment is described as an option; KinkCoins are described as optional.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.allthingsworn.com/", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "All Things Worn", "evidence_quote": "All Things Worn is the No 1 community and marketplace for selling and buying used panties, worn socks, and friendly experiences online.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "worn items", "topic": "selling used/worn clothing and related physical goods", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "eBay and Etsy prohibitions are those platforms’ rules; 2257 is US federal law.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_worn_items_ebay_etsy_ban", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Worn items: mainstream marketplace bans on fetishized used underwear and foot pics", "summary": "eBay does not allow used underwear or socks; Etsy prohibits selling fetishized intimately used items such as worn underwear and custom “foot pics.”", "body": "eBay does not allow used underwear or socks; Etsy prohibits selling fetishized intimately used items such as worn underwear and custom “foot pics.”\n\nWhat eBay actually says:\n\n“Used underwear and socks are not allowed, even if they are clean. Examples include boxer shorts, panties, briefs, diapers, and athletic supporters. Bras are not considered underwear”\n\nNote: Second source opened: https://www.etsy.com/legal/policy/adult-nudity-and-sexual-content/1269612959532 — quote: “Fetishized items (e.g. items that have been intimately used by a specific individual, such as worn underwear or other clothing)”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/used-clothing-policy?id=4281", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "eBay", "evidence_quote": "Used underwear and socks are not allowed, even if they are clean. Examples include boxer shorts, panties, briefs, diapers, and athletic supporters. Bras are not considered underwear", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "worn items", "topic": "mainstream marketplace bans on fetishized used underwear and foot pics", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "eBay and Etsy platform rules as published on their help/legal pages.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_feet_clips_and_worn", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Feet clips and worn footwear/hosiery as a hosted product", "summary": "Clips4Sale’s public clip catalog includes foot-worship and male-feet clips sold as priced downloads; All Things Worn lists used shoes and used hosiery (including socks) as shop categories.", "body": "Clips4Sale’s public clip catalog includes foot-worship and male-feet clips sold as priced downloads; All Things Worn lists used shoes and used hosiery (including socks) as shop categories.\n\nWhat Clips4Sale actually says:\n\n“Millions of fetish-loving customers each month visit the world's #1 fetish video marketplace.”\n\nNote: Opened homepage listed clips tagged Foot Worship and Male Feet with USD prices. All Things Worn category copy opened: “From high heels to boots and slippers, you'll find the perfect well-worn shoes here.” and “Choose from a large selection of smelly socks, worn pantyhose, stockings and tights.” Dedicated FeetFinder seller terms were not successfully opened.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.clips4sale.com/", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Clips4Sale", "evidence_quote": "Millions of fetish-loving customers each month visit the world's #1 fetish video marketplace.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "feet", "topic": "feet clips and worn footwear/hosiery as a hosted product", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "2257 is US federal. Etsy ban is platform policy.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_asmr_erotic_patreon", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Erotic ASMR as a permitted Patreon adult/18+ work type", "summary": "Patreon permits non-visual, highly detailed sexual audio such as erotic ASMR on Adult/18+ pages, behind a subscription paywall, while forbidding works depicting sexual activity between real adult participants.", "body": "Patreon permits non-visual, highly detailed sexual audio such as erotic ASMR on Adult/18+ pages, behind a subscription paywall, while forbidding works depicting sexual activity between real adult participants.\n\nWhat Patreon actually says:\n\n“Non-visual, highly detailed depictions of sexual activity in written works (e.g. erotic literature) or audio works (e.g. erotic ASMR)”\n\nNote: Gumroad help (opened) lists “Audio-erotica or role-play audio” among content not eligible to sell. YouTube Nudity & Sexual Content Policy (opened) forbids explicit content meant to be sexually gratifying, including audio depictions of sexual acts for sexual gratification.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.patreon.com/policy/guidelines", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Patreon", "evidence_quote": "Non-visual, highly detailed depictions of sexual activity in written works (e.g. erotic literature) or audio works (e.g. erotic ASMR)", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "ASMR", "topic": "erotic ASMR as a permitted Patreon adult/18+ work type", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "Patreon platform rules. Age 18 required to subscribe to Adult/18+ creators per Patreon Terms of Use (last updated 27 May", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_asmr_youtube_nonexplicit", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "ASMR: YouTube ban on sexually gratifying content, including audio", "summary": "YouTube does not allow explicit content meant to be sexually gratifying; the policy applies to videos, descriptions, comments, live streams, and audio, and lists audio or textual depictions of sexual acts for sexual gratification as not allowed.", "body": "YouTube does not allow explicit content meant to be sexually gratifying; the policy applies to videos, descriptions, comments, live streams, and audio, and lists audio or textual depictions of sexual acts for sexual gratification as not allowed.\n\nWhat Google / YouTube actually says:\n\n“Explicit content meant to be sexually gratifying is not allowed on YouTube.”\n\nNote: YouTube Partner Program eligibility thresholds were not on the page opened. Price mechanism for YouTube (ads, Super Chat, memberships) was not quoted from a page opened in this run.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802002", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Google / YouTube", "evidence_quote": "Explicit content meant to be sexually gratifying is not allowed on YouTube.", "volatility": "high", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "ASMR", "topic": "YouTube ban on sexually gratifying content, including audio", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "YouTube platform policy.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_cosplay_gumroad_patreon", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Cosplay/pinup as a limited allowed NSFW-adjacent product on Gumroad; adult hosting elsewhere", "summary": "Gumroad states it may process sales for cosplay/pinup creators when the focus is cosplay rather than erotic or nude photography, while sexually explicit media is not allowed; Patreon and OnlyFans/Fansly/Fanvue host photos and videos under their adult rules.", "body": "Gumroad states it may process sales for cosplay/pinup creators when the focus is cosplay rather than erotic or nude photography, while sexually explicit media is not allowed; Patreon and OnlyFans/Fansly/Fanvue host photos and videos under their adult rules.\n\nWhat Gumroad actually says:\n\n“Some adult content is allowed on Gumroad. For just one example, we are allowed to process sales for cosplay/pinup creators whose content is focused more on cosplay, rather than erotic or nude photography that simply happens to feature some cosplay.”\n\nNote: Intellectual-property / costume character rights were not stated on the pages opened.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://gumroad.com/help/article/156-gumroad-and-adult-content", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Gumroad", "evidence_quote": "Some adult content is allowed on Gumroad. For just one example, we are allowed to process sales for cosplay/pinup creators whose content is focused more on cosplay, rather than erotic or nude photography that simply happens to feature some cosplay.", "volatility": "high", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "cosplay", "topic": "cosplay/pinup as a limited allowed NSFW-adjacent product on Gumroad; adult hosting elsewhere", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_fitness_physique_fanvue", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Fanvue names fitness models among creator types on a subscription platform", "summary": "Fanvue describes itself as a social subscription platform whose creators include fitness models, with earnings from subscriptions, tips, PPV, and voice calls, at an 80/20 split.", "body": "Fanvue describes itself as a social subscription platform whose creators include fitness models, with earnings from subscriptions, tips, PPV, and voice calls, at an 80/20 split.\n\nWhat Fanvue actually says:\n\n“Fanvue is home to a wide variety of creators, including influencers, fitness models, actors, sports people, musicians, and AI personas/AI-generated creators.”\n\nNote: OnlyFans, Fansly, Patreon, and Chaturbate can host physique photography under their general content rules, but those opened pages did not name “fitness” as a category.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://help.fanvue.com/en/articles/7860505-about-fanvue", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Fanvue", "evidence_quote": "Fanvue is home to a wide variety of creators, including influencers, fitness models, actors, sports people, musicians, and AI personas/AI-generated creators.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "fitness and physique", "topic": "Fanvue names fitness models among creator types on a subscription platform", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_findom_tributes_and_bans", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Findom: financial domination named as prohibited on Gumroad; tribute/tip rails exist on clip and fan sites", "summary": "Gumroad lists financial domination content as sexually explicit and ineligible to sell; Clips4Sale pays 80% of tips/tributes; Chaturbate treats token tips as final gratuities and prohibits tipping for the performance of specific acts.", "body": "Gumroad lists financial domination content as sexually explicit and ineligible to sell; Clips4Sale pays 80% of tips/tributes; Chaturbate treats token tips as final gratuities and prohibits tipping for the performance of specific acts.\n\nWhat Gumroad actually says:\n\n“Financial domination content”\n\nNote: Gumroad lists the phrase in a bullet list of sexually explicit product types. A dedicated findom storefront’s own terms were not opened. Clips4Sale creator help quote used for the tribute split: “Earn 60% of total clip sales and 80% of your customer tips/tributes.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://gumroad.com/help/article/156-gumroad-and-adult-content", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Gumroad", "evidence_quote": "Financial domination content", "volatility": "high", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "findom", "topic": "financial domination named as prohibited on Gumroad; tribute/tip rails exist on clip and fan sites", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "18 U.S.C. § 2421A and 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5) are US federal.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_gfe_digital_not_inperson", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Girlfriend-experience and companionship: paid digital interaction versus prohibited in-person/sex-work facilitation", "summary": "OnlyFans, Fansly, Fanvue and Chaturbate provide paid digital interaction (subscriptions, messages, voice calls, live chat); OnlyFans forbids in-person meetings to facilitate transactions other than Creator Interactions; Fansly, Chaturbate, Patreon and Twitch forbid prostitution/escort solicitation on-platform.", "body": "OnlyFans, Fansly, Fanvue and Chaturbate provide paid digital interaction (subscriptions, messages, voice calls, live chat); OnlyFans forbids in-person meetings to facilitate transactions other than Creator Interactions; Fansly, Chaturbate, Patreon and Twitch forbid prostitution/escort solicitation on-platform.\n\nWhat OnlyFans (Fenix International Limited) actually says:\n\n“In-person meetings including to facilitate any transaction other than a Creator Interaction.”\n\nNote: FOSTA-related 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5) opened at Cornell LII. This record describes digital paid companionship as hosted; it does not record an in-person escort marketplace.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://onlyfans.com/acceptable-use-policy", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "OnlyFans (Fenix International Limited)", "evidence_quote": "In-person meetings including to facilitate any transaction other than a Creator Interaction.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "girlfriend-experience and companionship", "topic": "paid digital interaction versus prohibited in-person/sex-work facilitation", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "18 U.S.C. § 2421A is US federal; platform bans apply wherever those services operate.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_boudoir_artnude_patreon", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Boudoir and art nude: real nudity without sexual activity on Patreon Adult/18+", "summary": "Patreon permits depictions of real human nudity that are not the listed sexual-activity/sexualized-genitalia categories, only on Adult/18+ pages and behind the subscription paywall; public-facing spaces must be free of nudity.", "body": "Patreon permits depictions of real human nudity that are not the listed sexual-activity/sexualized-genitalia categories, only on Adult/18+ pages and behind the subscription paywall; public-facing spaces must be free of nudity.\n\nWhat Patreon actually says:\n\n“Depictions of real, human nudity that do not meet the above criteria and that comply with Patreon’s other guidelines.”\n\nNote: Patreon also permits “Clearly non-sexualized nudity in works that are painted, illustrated, or sculpted” on All Audiences or Adult/18+ pages.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.patreon.com/policy/guidelines", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Patreon", "evidence_quote": "Depictions of real, human nudity that do not meet the above criteria and that comply with Patreon’s other guidelines.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "boudoir and art nude", "topic": "real nudity without sexual activity on Patreon Adult/18+", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "2257 is US federal.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_spicy_nonexplicit_twitch_youtube", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Suggestive but non-pornographic content on mainstream video platforms", "summary": "Twitch forbids broadcasting or linking to actual or simulated sexual activity and forbids advertising sexual services; YouTube forbids sexually gratifying explicit content and may age-restrict material involving lingerie or sexual posing.", "body": "Twitch forbids broadcasting or linking to actual or simulated sexual activity and forbids advertising sexual services; YouTube forbids sexually gratifying explicit content and may age-restrict material involving lingerie or sexual posing.\n\nWhat Twitch actually says:\n\n“On Twitch, users may not broadcast, upload, advertise, allow, request or link to actual or simulated sexual activity or content.”\n\nNote: Twitch Bits/subs/ads price mechanisms were not quoted from a page opened in this run. YouTube age-restriction bullet opened: “Whether the clothing would be generally unacceptable in public contexts, such as lingerie”.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.twitch.tv/p/safety/education-portal/en/articles/sexual-content/", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Twitch", "evidence_quote": "On Twitch, users may not broadcast, upload, advertise, allow, request or link to actual or simulated sexual activity or content.", "volatility": "high", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "non-explicit spicy", "topic": "suggestive but non-pornographic content on mainstream video platforms", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "Platform rules.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_lingerie_fashion_etsy_atw", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Lingerie as clothing versus fetishized worn lingerie", "summary": "Etsy allows some sexual clothing/accessories with modeling limits (no visible genitalia, anuses, gluteal clefts, or female nipples/areolas on human models) and forbids fetishized worn underwear; All Things Worn sells used underwear as a shop category.", "body": "Etsy allows some sexual clothing/accessories with modeling limits (no visible genitalia, anuses, gluteal clefts, or female nipples/areolas on human models) and forbids fetishized worn underwear; All Things Worn sells used underwear as a shop category.\n\nWhat Etsy actually says:\n\n“When a human model is featured in a listing or review photo for an item, genitalia, anuses, gluteal clefts, and female nipples/areolas may not be visible.”\n\nNote: Etsy limited exception: human models may wear body harnesses, harness-style lingerie, cupless bras, crotchless underwear, and nipple jewelry so long as breasts, gluteal cleft, anus, and genitalia are covered by opaque clothing.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.etsy.com/legal/policy/adult-nudity-and-sexual-content/1269612959532", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Etsy", "evidence_quote": "When a human model is featured in a listing or review photo for an item, genitalia, anuses, gluteal clefts, and female nipples/areolas may not be visible.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "lingerie and fashion", "topic": "lingerie as clothing versus fetishized worn lingerie", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_gaming_streaming_twitch_chaturbate", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Game streaming versus adult live platforms", "summary": "Twitch forbids sexual activity content and games focused on nudity or sexual activity; Chaturbate is a live audio/video platform where Community Members may broadcast adult content and receive token tips.", "body": "Twitch forbids sexual activity content and games focused on nudity or sexual activity; Chaturbate is a live audio/video platform where Community Members may broadcast adult content and receive token tips.\n\nWhat Chaturbate actually says:\n\n“Community Members may elect to put money on deposit with the Platform which will be converted to tokens which tokens may only be used through the Platform as the applicable Community Member elects, including for use to tip Independent Broadcasters or to purchase items from an Independent Broadcaster's bio page.”\n\nNote: Chaturbate terms last modified 14 January 2026. Dollar-per-token broadcaster rate was not stated on the terms pages opened.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://chaturbate.com/terms/", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Chaturbate", "evidence_quote": "Community Members may elect to put money on deposit with the Platform which will be converted to tokens which tokens may only be used through the Platform as the applicable Community Member elects, including for use to tip Independent Broadcasters or to purchase items from an Independent Broadcaster's bio page.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "gaming and streaming", "topic": "game streaming versus adult live platforms", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_craft_sewing_kofi_etsy", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Commissions, shop items, and handmade listings on Ko-fi and Etsy", "summary": "Ko-fi lets creators sell products and custom work, offer memberships, and receive tips, while prohibiting pornography, nudity, and sexual services; Etsy hosts handmade listings under its adult-content rules.", "body": "Ko-fi lets creators sell products and custom work, offer memberships, and receive tips, while prohibiting pornography, nudity, and sexual services; Etsy hosts handmade listings under its adult-content rules.\n\nWhat Ko-fi Labs Limited actually says:\n\n“Creators can use their Page to receive payments, freely given with no expectation of anything in return (“Tips”), sell products and custom work, offer memberships, send and receive messages, share posts, and publish other types of content.”\n\nNote: Ko-fi platform fee percentage was not successfully extracted from the opened fee article (navigation chrome only).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://more.ko-fi.com/terms", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Ko-fi Labs Limited", "evidence_quote": "Creators can use their Page to receive payments, freely given with no expectation of anything in return (“Tips”), sell products and custom work, offer memberships, send and receive messages, share posts, and publish other types of content.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "craft, sewing and making", "topic": "commissions, shop items, and handmade listings on Ko-fi and Etsy", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "Ko-fi operator is UK-registered (opened Terms).", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_food_patreon_ban", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Patreon commerce ban on selling food; no dedicated spicy-food marketplace verified", "summary": "Patreon Commerce Guidelines prohibit buying, selling, or offering food or ingestible health products as products, services, or benefits.", "body": "Patreon Commerce Guidelines prohibit buying, selling, or offering food or ingestible health products as products, services, or benefits.\n\nWhat Patreon actually says:\n\n“Food, ingestible health products (vitamins, minerals, supplements), or ingredients to make food or health supplements whether for human or animal consumption.”\n\nNote: A dedicated spicy-food or mukbang paid product page was not opened. This record is the verified restriction, not a hosting method.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.patreon.com/policy/benefits", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Patreon", "evidence_quote": "Food, ingestible health products (vitamins, minerals, supplements), or ingredients to make food or health supplements whether for human or animal consumption.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "food", "topic": "Patreon commerce ban on selling food; no dedicated spicy-food marketplace verified", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "Patreon platform rule.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_music_voice_fanvue_patreon", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Musicians on Fanvue; voice calls; Patreon audio", "summary": "Fanvue lists musicians among creator types and lists voice calls and voice notes as earning tools; Patreon permits erotic audio on Adult/18+ pages and memberships generally.", "body": "Fanvue lists musicians among creator types and lists voice calls and voice notes as earning tools; Patreon permits erotic audio on Adult/18+ pages and memberships generally.\n\nWhat Fanvue actually says:\n\n“Beyond subscriptions, creators can earn through:\n\n- Tips from fans\n\n- Pay-to-view (PPV) messages and standalone content sales\n\n- Voice calls and voice notes”\n\nNote: Evidence quote reconstructed from the Fanvue help page bullets as fetched.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://help.fanvue.com/en/articles/7860505-about-fanvue", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Fanvue", "evidence_quote": "Beyond subscriptions, creators can earn through:\n\n- Tips from fans\n\n- Pay-to-view (PPV) messages and standalone content sales\n\n- Voice calls and voice notes", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "music and voice", "topic": "musicians on Fanvue; voice calls; Patreon audio", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_instructional_coaching_gumroad_ban", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Gumroad ban on sexual coaching for gratification; Patreon allows some sexual/kink education without forbidden depictions", "summary": "Gumroad lists sexual coaching services or explicit instructional content meant for gratification rather than education as sexually explicit and ineligible; Patreon permits education including sexual or kink education discussing consent if depictions of prohibited encounters are not shown.", "body": "Gumroad lists sexual coaching services or explicit instructional content meant for gratification rather than education as sexually explicit and ineligible; Patreon permits education including sexual or kink education discussing consent if depictions of prohibited encounters are not shown.\n\nWhat Gumroad actually says:\n\n“Sexual coaching services or explicit instructional content that is meant for gratification purposes rather than educational”\n\nNote: Patreon quote from Community Guidelines sexual violence / education subsection opened in this run.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://gumroad.com/help/article/156-gumroad-and-adult-content", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Gumroad", "evidence_quote": "Sexual coaching services or explicit instructional content that is meant for gratification purposes rather than educational", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "instructional and coaching", "topic": "Gumroad ban on sexual coaching for gratification; Patreon allows some sexual/kink education without forbidden depictions", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_written_erotica_patreon_kdp", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Written erotica: erotic literature on Patreon; ebooks on Amazon KDP with pornography restriction and 35%/70% royalties", "summary": "Patreon permits erotic literature as a non-visual Adult/18+ work; Amazon KDP sells ebooks under content guidelines that refuse pornography as Amazon determines it, with author-chosen 35% or 70% ebook royalty options.", "body": "Patreon permits erotic literature as a non-visual Adult/18+ work; Amazon KDP sells ebooks under content guidelines that refuse pornography as Amazon determines it, with author-chosen 35% or 70% ebook royalty options.\n\nWhat Patreon actually says:\n\n“Non-visual, highly detailed depictions of sexual activity in written works (e.g. erotic literature) or audio works (e.g. erotic ASMR)”\n\nNote: KDP royalty page opened: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200644210 — “You can choose between two royalty options for each of your eBooks: the 35% royalty option and the 70% royalty option.” KDP’s operational definition of “pornography” versus sellable erotica was not further specified on the content-guidelines page opened.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.patreon.com/policy/guidelines", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Patreon", "evidence_quote": "Non-visual, highly detailed depictions of sexual activity in written works (e.g. erotic literature) or audio works (e.g. erotic ASMR)", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "written erotica", "topic": "erotic literature on Patreon; ebooks on Amazon KDP with pornography restriction and 35%/70% royalties", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "KDP is Amazon’s ebook program.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_audio_erotica_patreon_gumroad", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Erotic audio allowed on Patreon Adult/18+; banned as a Gumroad sale type", "summary": "Patreon lists erotic ASMR as a permitted Adult/18+ audio example; Gumroad lists audio-erotica or role-play audio as sexually explicit and not eligible to sell.", "body": "Patreon lists erotic ASMR as a permitted Adult/18+ audio example; Gumroad lists audio-erotica or role-play audio as sexually explicit and not eligible to sell.\n\nWhat Gumroad actually says:\n\n“Audio-erotica or role-play audio”\n\nNote: Dedicated audio-erotica apps (e.g. Quinn, Dipsea) were not successfully opened.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://gumroad.com/help/article/156-gumroad-and-adult-content", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Gumroad", "evidence_quote": "Audio-erotica or role-play audio", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "audio erotica", "topic": "erotic audio allowed on Patreon Adult/18+; banned as a Gumroad sale type", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_live_cam_chaturbate", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Chaturbate live adult broadcasting paid in tokens", "summary": "Chaturbate is an adult live audio/video chat platform; viewers deposit money converted to tokens to tip broadcasters or buy bio-page items; tips are final gratuities.", "body": "Chaturbate is an adult live audio/video chat platform; viewers deposit money converted to tokens to tip broadcasters or buy bio-page items; tips are final gratuities.\n\nWhat Chaturbate actually says:\n\n“By tipping tokens through the Platform, you agree that all token tips are intended as a gratuity and all tips are final when sent.”\n\nNote: Stripchat and other cam sites were not opened.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://chaturbate.com/terms/", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Chaturbate", "evidence_quote": "By tipping tokens through the Platform, you agree that all token tips are intended as a gratuity and all tips are final when sent.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "live cam", "topic": "Chaturbate live adult broadcasting paid in tokens", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "Age of Majority as defined in Chaturbate terms. 2257 is US federal.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_clip_marketplace_clips4sale", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Clips4Sale per-clip downloads, customs, and tips", "summary": "Clips4Sale hosts creator stores of downloadable clips; creators earn 60% of clip sales and 80% of tips/tributes; custom clips can be offered through C4S Chat; payouts after stated minimums on the 7th of each month.", "body": "Clips4Sale hosts creator stores of downloadable clips; creators earn 60% of clip sales and 80% of tips/tributes; custom clips can be offered through C4S Chat; payouts after stated minimums on the 7th of each month.\n\nWhat Clips4Sale actually says:\n\n“Each time media is purchased from your store, you earn revenue. Earn 60% of total clip sales and 80% of your customer tips/tributes.”\n\nNote: TOS defines Custom Clip as a video created specifically in response to a Customer’s Custom Order. iWantClips payout methods were opened but the revenue-share percentage was not on that article.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://clips4salecreator.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/151000157732-learn-about-what-c4s-offers-you-", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Clips4Sale", "evidence_quote": "Each time media is purchased from your store, you earn revenue. Earn 60% of total clip sales and 80% of your customer tips/tributes.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "fetish clip store", "topic": "Clips4Sale per-clip downloads, customs, and tips", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "Payout minimums differ by store location as stated in creator help.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_subscription_fansite_onlyfans_fansly_fanvue", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Subscription plus PPV plus tips on OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue", "summary": "OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue all host creator-set subscriptions plus à-la-carte/PPV and tips; OnlyFans and Fanvue take 20%; Fansly pays creators 80% of subscriptions, sales, or tips.", "body": "OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue all host creator-set subscriptions plus à-la-carte/PPV and tips; OnlyFans and Fanvue take 20%; Fansly pays creators 80% of subscriptions, sales, or tips.\n\nWhat OnlyFans (Fenix International Limited) actually says:\n\n“Our Fee is calculated as 20% of the total Fan Payment and will be deducted from each Fan Payment.”\n\nNote: Fansly TOS last update 21 July 2026. Fanvue About page updated “this week” relative to fetch date 2026-08-29.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://onlyfans.com/terms", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "OnlyFans (Fenix International Limited)", "evidence_quote": "Our Fee is calculated as 20% of the total Fan Payment and will be deducted from each Fan Payment.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "subscription fansite", "topic": "subscription plus PPV plus tips on OnlyFans, Fansly, and Fanvue", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "OnlyFans operator Fenix International Limited (England and Wales) on TOS. Fansly: Select Media LLC, Maryland. Fanvue hel", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-md" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_custom_video_clips4sale", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Custom video commissions: made-to-order clips on Clips4Sale Chat", "summary": "Clips4Sale lets creators offer custom clips through C4S Chat with creator-set pricing, add-ons, delivery options, resolution, and exclusivity; customer requests are reviewed by Compliance before reaching the creator.", "body": "Clips4Sale lets creators offer custom clips through C4S Chat with creator-set pricing, add-ons, delivery options, resolution, and exclusivity; customer requests are reviewed by Compliance before reaching the creator.\n\nWhat Clips4Sale actually says:\n\n“Yes. You can offer custom clips through C4S Chat. You’ll set your pricing, add-ons, delivery options, resolution, and exclusivity.”\n\nNote: ManyVids custom-vid percentages were not taken from an opened official page (knowledgeowl URL returned 404).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://clips4salecreator.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/151000222895-can-i-offer-custom-clips-to-customers-", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Clips4Sale", "evidence_quote": "Yes. You can offer custom clips through C4S Chat. You’ll set your pricing, add-ons, delivery options, resolution, and exclusivity.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "custom video commissions", "topic": "made-to-order clips on Clips4Sale Chat", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_wishlist_gifting_throne", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Throne privacy-preserving wishlist; cash gifts not for NSFW", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Throne is a creator wishlist: fans buy gifts without seeing the creator’s address; Cash Gifts cost 9.75% and cannot be used for NSFW or adult items.", "body": "Throne is a creator wishlist: fans buy gifts without seeing the creator’s address; Cash Gifts cost 9.75% and cannot be used for NSFW or adult items.\n\nWhat Throne (Global Gifting Technologies, Inc.) actually says:\n\n“Throne is a wishlist built for creators. You add gifts from any store, share your link, and your community sends you gifts without ever seeing your address.”\n\nNote: Cash Gifts article opened: https://help.throne.com/en/articles/15625643-how-do-cash-gifts-work — “The service fee for Cash Gifts is 9.75% of the gift value.” and “Cash Gifts can't be used for NSFW or adult items”.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://help.throne.com/en/articles/15808787-how-does-throne-work", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Throne (Global Gifting Technologies, Inc.)", "evidence_quote": "Throne is a wishlist built for creators. You add gifts from any store, share your link, and your community sends you gifts without ever seeing your address.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "wishlist and gifting", "topic": "Throne privacy-preserving wishlist; cash gifts not for NSFW", "applies_to_country": "*", "applies_to_scope": "Help notes Partially Available countries use Cash Gifts when Throne cannot ship.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_legal_2257_visual_sexually_explicit", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Legal obligation (US): 18 U.S.C. § 2257 record-keeping for visual actual sexually explicit conduct", "summary": "US law requires producers of visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct made after 1 November 1990, in interstate or foreign commerce, to create and maintain individually identifiable records for every performer portrayed.", "body": "US law requires producers of visual depictions of actual sexually explicit conduct made after 1 November 1990, in interstate or foreign commerce, to create and maintain individually identifiable records for every performer portrayed.\n\nWhat Cornell LII / United States Code actually says:\n\n“shall create and maintain individually identifiable records pertaining to every performer portrayed in such a visual depiction.”\n\nNote: Subsection (b) requires examination of an identification document for name and date of birth and recording of other names used (maiden, alias, nickname, stage, or professional name).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2257", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Cornell LII / United States Code", "evidence_quote": "shall create and maintain individually identifiable records pertaining to every performer portrayed in such a visual depiction.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "legal obligation (US)", "topic": "18 U.S.C. § 2257 record-keeping for visual actual sexually explicit conduct", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "Applies to productions using interstate/foreign commerce as stated in subsection (a)(2). Other countries: not verified o", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_legal_fosta_prostitution_facilitation", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "Legal obligation (US): FOSTA-era 18 U.S.C. § 2421A and 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)", "summary": "US law makes it a crime to own, manage, or operate an interactive computer service with intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person, and Section 230 does not impair certain sex-trafficking and 2421A enforcement.", "body": "US law makes it a crime to own, manage, or operate an interactive computer service with intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person, and Section 230 does not impair certain sex-trafficking and 2421A enforcement.\n\nWhat Cornell LII / United States Code actually says:\n\n“Whoever, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (as such term is defined in defined in section 230(f) the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))), or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.”\n\nNote: Second source opened: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230 subsection (e)(5). Platform AUP quotes on no in-person meetings / no escorting are in the GFE record.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2421A", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Cornell LII / United States Code", "evidence_quote": "Whoever, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (as such term is defined in defined in section 230(f) the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))), or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "legal obligation (US)", "topic": "FOSTA-era 18 U.S.C. § 2421A and 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "US federal criminal and Section 230 text.", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r29_niches_instant_digital_atw", "category": "Getting Started", "title": "All Things Worn Instant Content category", "summary": "All Things Worn hosts an Instant Content shop category for custom pictures and videos, payable with KinkCoins so the purchase can complete on-site.", "body": "All Things Worn hosts an Instant Content shop category for custom pictures and videos, payable with KinkCoins so the purchase can complete on-site.\n\nWhat All Things Worn actually says:\n\n“Access exclusive content right now! You'll find all kinds of custom pictures & videos here!”\n\nNote: KinkCoins withdrawal details from https://www.allthingsworn.com/blog/introducing-kinkcoins-our-new-way-to-pay (26 Nov 2021, Admin Team).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.allthingsworn.com/", "last_verified": "2026-08-29", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "All Things Worn", "evidence_quote": "Access exclusive content right now! You'll find all kinds of custom pictures & videos here!", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "29-niches", "subject": "instant digital content (worn-adjacent)", "topic": "All Things Worn Instant Content category", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "any" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }