Articles
I like to write stuff. Some people like it. If you like it, and want to buy me a coffee, hit the button.
Been in the industry as performer and shooter for decades, so know a bit, and have seen a lot 🙂
I still think the best way to spend a day is having sex on camera so that other people will get off on watching it.
And I still think that should be the core motivation for getting into porn. If it isn’t, that’s when things go wrong.
New to Porn/Sex Work?
Yeah, sex is fun and all, but what happens when your employer finds out and you aren’t actually making enough money to be OK with being sacked? Still up for it?
Is Porn/SW right for you? : If you haven’t started yet, start here. If it puts you off, that’s a good thing.
Get Started – what you need to know
How to get into Porn : What you need to know before you start, and how to start.
Guys who want to perform : Extra info, read everything else first.
Sales, Marketing, Business : The basics of making money, and keeping it. MOST IMPORTANT – how not to lose your bank account through porn.
Types of Shoot, Paid, Collabs etc, the good, the bad : Quick overview of the pitfalls and idiots you will meet all too soon.
Join SNAP – our industry group
Read the main articles about Health, Collabs, Money, Paperwork and Websites and you’re good to go. I hope you’ll enjoy my other ones as well, but they’re not critical to get started on the right foot.
Porn Friendly Locations
If you have a location for which you can sign a Location Release, I’ll add you here. DM me on Twitter.
Everything is welcome – you’re fan who would love to see porn being filmed at your house, a professional studio, a farmer, if you’re good with porn, and will sign a Location Release, get listed.
- My Boat – Filming/Party location. Based in the West Country. FREE at the moment.
The rest are on the Locations page
Main Articles
The “do this biz well” ones are all under the headings. You should read the, . Other is misc stuff that I enjoyed writing but you don’t have to read it, except out of interest.
Health and Safety
Health info and Certs : know this, to be taken seriously, and stay safe.
Collabs
The best, easiest, cheapest, and most fun way of making content once you need more than, “me and partner in out bedroom with a webcam”. Be doing collabs from the start, but do them properly.
- Collabs : How and when and who with to do them
- Collabs with me – if you want to make BG content with me, on my boat or elsewhere, it’s a Yes Yes! YES! If you just want me filming you guys but no BG content, talk to me. If I can get some solo and GG VR content, that can work.
- How to SUE – because collabs can go wrong.
- Creators visiting the UK, some notes, and for those collabbing withn them.
Paperwork – Model and Location Releases
The Joy of Paperwork : Good overview of the rules
Money – Essentials
- Tax and Banking for newbies to the industry
- CashFlow and Payment Issues : Understanding what to do when things go wrong.
- It’s not your Money until you Cash Out : TLDR, do not pile up savings on Platform.
- Alby – powerful Lightning Wallet. Sidestep the banks entirely.
- Yoursafe– protects your bank account from being closed when they realise what business you’re in. Get an account there now.
Filming and Production Practicals
Marketing, Promotion, Sales
- Newsletters : Publish your own
- Kink and Fetish : Where to sell it.
- Escorting : Platform positions
- Notes on Piracy
- Anti Piracy options
- DMCA and wrongly issued copyright strikes
Legal (ish)
- Locations laws UK
- Renting a Property and Sex Work
- Working in Europe and Elsewhere
- CCTV for Escorts, UK
Social Media
The must read is this one about Nostr – which promises us no censorship, no shadowbanning, no account cancels AND comes with bitcoin payments integrated already. It, or something like it, is the future!
- Twitter : The Rules, and Self Defence
- Instagram : The REAL RULES that apply to adult
- How you get blocked/banned by platforms when you come back after getting blocked/banned…
- Why FaceBook is dangerous if you are in the industry
Money – Detailed articles
- Payment Options for Porn and FSSW : A look at all (well lots) of the ways you can get paid direct by online clients. Amazon Gift Cards used to buy Gold Bars? Check 🙂
- Cash App analysed re our business
- Value for money – Platforms vs Credit Cards : Everyone hates platform fees. When does it make sense to have your own website and Credit Cards (and crypto).
Bitcoin
The most important thing about Bitcoin is that if you can get your fans to use it, you get 100% of the money, can sell direct, can webcam direct, and can do anything legal (including things that platforms don’t allow). Given that platforms (and VAT) eat about HALF of everything your fans pay, even a few fans moving to bitcoin can increase your money, from the same level of sales.
But keep the platforms too. For now, to maximise your money, it’s a Platforms and Bitcoin world, where the fan chooses.
START HERE – for a no nonsense how to get set up to get paid in bitcoin by the “small but growing” fan base that has it. I have made sales in bitcoin, and it’s free to set up, so, why leave the money on the table?
My general opinion on projects can be found here. If you know a bit about crypto, have a read but the TLDR is “For adult, I only take Bitcoin seriously”.
If you are interested in more detailed chat, hit me up, happy to.
Platform Specific Notes
- Freya- First look
- Google Drive : TLDR, do not rely on it
- Blisss Notes
- Linktr.ee Mess
- Lightning.video – bitcoin site to sell your videos
Useful Paperwork and Reference Stuff
- SNAP Toolkit : Great guide to keeping everyone safe
- PRIVACY, DATA PROTECTION and ID’s, Model Releases, Creators, & Platforms
Other
- How I got into porn (historical interest)
- SW want to build their own platform? Rough costings and recipe. TLDR, doable, if a committed team
- Decrim vs Legalisation
- Search Engines aka Being NUMBER 1 on Google
- Misc tips for SW and Content Maker
- PODCAST – I guest on Lily Craven’s podcast
- PODCAST – I guest on Sias podcast
- Sex and Porn Law Timeline
- Whatever happened to Filmed GangBangs?
- Monkeypox
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