The bonny agency grosses between 150,000 and 200,000 dollars a month from 12 only fans pages. Hired chatters in the philippines and the united states impersonate the models in conversations with subscribers. Chatters are sometimes told to make their clients feel as if they have an online girlfriend so that they'll tip more. The key to this business model is the ready availability of cheap english speaking labor around the globe.
Ezra Marcus takes a deep dive into the world of OnlyFans and self-described e-pimps, and untangles the vast web of models, agencies and “chatters” (the people who often act as the OnlyFans models in private messages with the customers) that support these lucrative businesses.
The article explores how e-pimps can help turn a seemingly simple exchange of “dollars for sexts” into a transaction that extends across layers of third-party intermediaries.
With the help of e-pimps, even the most impersonal of transactions are fine-tuned to feel personal. As Mr. Marcus discovers: “That OnlyFans creator you’re DMing? It’s probably a marketing ghostwriter impersonating a woman.”
When it comes to OnlyFans and its legions of e-pimps, deceit and desire work together closely.
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