Get started on Fansly by signing up, completing identity verification, setting up privacy and a separate creator identity, building a profile that converts, and setting your subscription price, then drive traffic from outside since the platform relies on you to bring your audience. Fansly charges a flat 20 percent fee, so you keep 80 percent. Verify and protect first, post a small backlog, then promote.
Fansly is a subscription platform in the same family as the bigger names, known for flexible free and paid tiers and granular controls. Getting started is straightforward, but the order matters: verify and set up privacy before you post, build a profile that converts before you promote, and understand the fee so your pricing makes sense. This guide walks through each step.
Setting up your account
Sign up, then complete identity verification, which compliant platforms require before you can earn, so have your documents ready. Before you post anything public, set up a separate creator identity and your privacy basics using account security and data privacy. Then build a profile designed to convert visitors, with a clear bio, a strong banner, and a welcome offer.
Fansly fees and what you keep
Fansly charges a flat 20 percent platform fee on creator earnings, so you keep 80 percent before payment, currency, and payout costs. The fee applies across subscriptions, tips, and pay per view, matching the standard rate on OnlyFans. Treat platform rates as something to confirm directly, since terms change. For how this compares across the market, weigh your options in single platform vs multi platform.
| Revenue source | Platform fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions | 20 percent | 80 percent |
| Tips | 20 percent | 80 percent |
| Pay per view | 20 percent | 80 percent |
Pricing your subscription
Set a price that reflects your value rather than the lowest number that feels safe, and use a limited welcome offer instead of a permanently low rate. Fansly's flexible tiers let you run a free page with pay per view, a paid subscription, or a mix, but the principle holds either way. Start from how to price your subscription when starting out.
Your first week plan
- Complete identity verification and set up privacy and a separate identity.
- Build a converting profile with a clear bio, a strong banner, and a welcome offer.
- Decide your tier structure: free with pay per view, paid subscription, or a mix.
- Post a small backlog so new visitors see value immediately.
- Pick one promotion channel and start driving traffic to a single link you own.
Verify, protect, then promote. Order is the difference between a smooth start and a scramble.
Bringing fans in
Like other subscription platforms, Fansly relies on you to bring your audience, so external promotion is the engine. Pick one or two channels and work them consistently, and build a destination you control with building a link in bio that converts. If you run more than one platform, read about spreading risk in platform risk and how to hedge it, and compare growth tactics in growing your audience on LoyalFans.
- Verify your identity and set up privacy before you post anything public.
- Fansly charges a flat 20 percent fee, so you keep 80 percent before other costs.
- Use Fansly's flexible free and paid tiers to build a funnel that fits your audience.
- Build a converting profile and post a small backlog before you promote.
- Fansly relies on you to bring your audience, so external promotion is the engine.