Why do people use OnlyFans model marketplaces?

Why would a competent agency which has put the effort into scouting and finding a model turn around and sell the lead for a pittance of $100-$500 if they are capable of sufficiently marketing an account into even the $500 per month level? $500 per month after expenses, even if you're giving the model a 70% split, is going to pay for itself and even turn a profit in three months if you bought the model for $500. Any agency worth its salt should have no problem marketing even an obese troll doll into the $500 per month level.

It gives me the feeling that people selling leads are engaged in some sort of scam. It wouldn't be hard at all to just collaborate with the model and tell her to drop their prospective agent after a few weeks. Hell, if they're just selling the introduction, they could just tell them never to convert, and simply pocket the money. Then they could just sell the same model over and over for an infinite flow of profits with no actual product.

Has anyone here used a model marketplace to buy leads? What was your experience?

Will a real model participate in scam? Not really that may destroy her reputation and may land her in jail.

Close with some people who sell model contracts so thought i’d weigh in.

Normally they are able to acquire a lead for $3-$10/model. From those leads they filter out the high quality models, keep them, and sell the less desirable ones for a small profit.

Theres not much reason for the marketplace to scam since they are trying to drive business to their marketplace and if they are known for selling models that dip after warranty ends then eventually people will stop buying from them. Marketplaces need to keep good rep in the first place for people to even consider buying from them anyways.

But yeh there are some unaware people who just get scammed lol.

I’ve always been skeptical about those marketplaces for the same reasons, it seems like there’s a high potential for scams or recycled leads. Haven’t used one myself, but I’d only consider it if the seller had a proven track record and solid reviews

Im in the market at the moment, found 2 legit ones because people i share groups with that i know that are legit bought a contract there. Otherwise it's very easy to get scammed, even if you go through middleman once the funds are released model can stop being interested or just vanish

arc847 said:

Normally they are able to acquire a lead for $3-$10/model. From those leads they filter out the high quality models, keep them, and sell the less desirable ones for a small profit.

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Why are the agencies selling the leads, though? That's something that makes no sense to me. Why would they sell a lead for $300 when the account is already making $300 a month on OnlyFans and is offering a 70% split? You can literally do basically nothing and get more money in two months by signing them than by selling their lead. I get that you can get scammed. I don't get why anyone would sell these leads.

Is it just a lack of desire for massive expansion by less experienced agencies? Am I misevaluating what's required to expand? It seems pretty straightforward: Get more people on payroll to post stuff to social media and make sure you have social media accounts ready to go, get more chatters to chat on the accounts, and if necessary, get more devices to make and post to accounts. It seems like the cost is quite low to add an account to your agency. What, like a few hundred per month max? What am I missing?

fushigi said:

Why are the agencies selling the leads, though? That's something that makes no sense to me. Why would they sell a lead for $300 when the account is already making $300 a month on OnlyFans and is offering a 70% split? You can literally do basically nothing and get more money in two months by signing them than by selling their lead. I get that you can get scammed. I don't get why anyone would sell these leads.

Is it just a lack of desire for massive expansion by less experienced agencies? Am I misevaluating what's required to expand? It seems pretty straightforward: Get more people on payroll to post stuff to social media and make sure you have social media accounts ready to go, get more chatters to chat on the accounts, and if necessary, get more devices to make and post to accounts. It seems like the cost is quite low to add an account to your agency. What, like a few hundred per month max? What am I missing?

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So some people’s job are to literally just recruit models and they don’t run the model because they just aren’t interested in running agencies.

It should also be noted that most models that are found through advertising are brand new to OF and literally need everything set up for them from scratch. So it is risky to take them on for a lot of smaller agencies as they won’t be seeing profit for a while and bigger agencies have the liberty to choose if they want to scale them up or not, if not then it only makes sense to sell the contract for some money back.

Now assuming the model is doing a few hundred in earnings a month:

Less experienced agencies will sell leads because they can’t manage many models.

Managing models requires a lot of effort. All the things you will be doing for them cost time and money. It would be daunting for less experienced agencies to be trying to manage so many models if they just add every model they can. I think it is better to focus on vertically scaling models as it is easier to manage and keep track of.

So if they can’t onboard the models next best thing you can do is sell them because to make back ad costs.

As for more experienced agencies they can do whatever they want but I would assume that they would want quality models over quantity. They will keep the money makers and the ones they see potential in and just sell the rest. Few hundred won’t change much for them and they can probably invest in better models that generate higher ROI. So for the models they deem not worth they will just sell.

fushigi said:

Why would a competent agency which has put the effort into scouting and finding a model turn around and sell the lead for a pittance of $100-$500 if they are capable of sufficiently marketing an account into even the $500 per month level? $500 per month after expenses, even if you're giving the model a 70% split, is going to pay for itself and even turn a profit in three months if you bought the model for $500. Any agency worth its salt should have no problem marketing even an obese troll doll into the $500 per month level.

It gives me the feeling that people selling leads are engaged in some sort of scam. It wouldn't be hard at all to just collaborate with the model and tell her to drop their prospective agent after a few weeks. Hell, if they're just selling the introduction, they could just tell them never to convert, and simply pocket the money. Then they could just sell the same model over and over for an infinite flow of profits with no actual product.

Has anyone here used a model marketplace to buy leads? What was your experience?

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I am using onlyfans contract marketplace for 1 year now. Let me explain:

First of all, all these LEGIT marketplaces are selling leads because they are not capable to take 100 leads on daily basis, this is the main reason why they sell the contracts. Its ROI (return on investment) for them. If you have a working system that can deliver leads on daily basis, you would sell it. Simple math.

However there are many marketplaces that are just reselling from external providers/agencies that wanna get rid off the creator, so I can only recommend you to stick to t.me/fancymodels, I am using them for a long time and they are the most professional marketplace out there.

If you wanna use any other marketplace, always use a MM. (middleman)

fushigi said:

Why would a competent agency which has put the effort into scouting and finding a model turn around and sell the lead for a pittance of $100-$500 if they are capable of sufficiently marketing an account into even the $500 per month level? $500 per month after expenses, even if you're giving the model a 70% split, is going to pay for itself and even turn a profit in three months if you bought the model for $500. Any agency worth its salt should have no problem marketing even an obese troll doll into the $500 per month level.

It gives me the feeling that people selling leads are engaged in some sort of scam. It wouldn't be hard at all to just collaborate with the model and tell her to drop their prospective agent after a few weeks. Hell, if they're just selling the introduction, they could just tell them never to convert, and simply pocket the money. Then they could just sell the same model over and over for an infinite flow of profits with no actual product.

Has anyone here used a model marketplace to buy leads? What was your experience?

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That's their business model. They are experienced in finding leads, not managijg the models.

fushigi said:

Why are the agencies selling the leads, though? That's something that makes no sense to me. Why would they sell a lead for $300 when the account is already making $300 a month on OnlyFans and is offering a 70% split? You can literally do basically nothing and get more money in two months by signing them than by selling their lead. I get that you can get scammed. I don't get why anyone would sell these leads.

Is it just a lack of desire for massive expansion by less experienced agencies? Am I misevaluating what's required to expand? It seems pretty straightforward: Get more people on payroll to post stuff to social media and make sure you have social media accounts ready to go, get more chatters to chat on the accounts, and if necessary, get more devices to make and post to accounts. It seems like the cost is quite low to add an account to your agency. What, like a few hundred per month max? What am I missing?

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Each model you take on requires everything from scratch. Page setup, social media made, marketing (paid or free ads), chatters and many other things. The legit guys get hundreds of leads per day which is just impossible to work with (even tens of leads would be, it takes a while to get a good model setup, paid traffic and similar are a way to fast-track this but it still is not a silver bullet that lets you board hundreds) unless you excessively scale everything, not everyone wants the headache of growing.

Doing "basically nothing" isn't really going to get you any returns worth your time, it takes time and effort to get things setup at a worthwhile level. Some people prefer to just sell and save the hassle. Plus, selling models opens the door to many other advantages - for one, you network with many agencies daily and will find worthwhile contacts.

Komlenic said:

Im in the market at the moment, found 2 legit ones because people i share groups with that i know that are legit bought a contract there. Otherwise it's very easy to get scammed, even if you go through middleman once the funds are released model can stop being interested or just vanish

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I'm currently hunting for models as well, if you've used any marketplaces and know they're legit would you mind sending me a dm or responding here please?

Thanks