Over the past decade, the entire porn industry has been under attack by tube sites and piracy. And that trickled down to the performers, who struggled to make ends meet.
The fantastic news is that times are a-changin'. There is a new revolution afoot, with models and budding producers directly marketing their content to fans. Independent producers can now makes tens of thousands of dollars per month! Yes, real money.
Raw Fuck Club, powered by PPVNetworks technology, has taken the next giant leap in fan-based content by building the first network of independently produced content. Fans can now get what they want, the ability to browse and follow as much content as they want.. And independent producers can make much more money. Its a win-win!
✝ Note: Model/Producers produce content and may additionally have traffic and/or social media presence. Affiliates do not produce content but have traffic and/or social media presence.
* 90% membership revenue calculation is based on channel owner driving all traffic using referral links and/or automated Tweets. See FAQ for explanation of 50% revenue sharing of signups and renewals. Channel owners and models with an RFC account additionally receive an effective 40% total share of site-wide membership revenues based on your pro-rated share of minutes viewed. Effective top-tier 40% revshare based on 4+ models in video. See FAQ for explanation of revshare tiers. Less 3rd party processing fees of 10%.
** Effective top-tier pro-rated 90% download revshare based on 4+ models in video. See FAQ for explanation of revshare tiers. Less 3rd party processing fees of 10%.
RFC has again innovated to improve the monetization of content for the Independent Producer and Model community! Our updated payment system automatically equalizes and distributes streaming and download revenues to models. For example, if a video is uploaded featuring 3 models, the revenues will automatically be divvied up and paid to models. In situations where the uploader is providing additional value, he is additionally compensated.
Note: JFF recently added a similar feature, but theirs only applies to downloads, which is a small portion of revenues.
Additionally, rewards are built into the system. Videos with more performers receive additional revenue share, up to 50%. We boost these payouts in an effort to "equalize" expected earnings for all models, regardless of cast size..
Models who appear in videos on RFC and wish to be fairly compensated can register as an Independent Producer and provide basic information and payment details, etc. Managing a channel on RFC is not required to register and receive compensation, although it is encouraged to synergistics benefit the entire community. Populating your channel with information like your Twitter, avatar, photos, stats, etc. can also greatly improve your exposure.
Our supported payment methods are as folows:
ACH: For Direct Deposit (ACH) you need a bank account with a US bank. In your RFC Payment page, choose "ACH"" as the payment method and enter the routing number and account number provided by your bank. The routing number is always 9 numeric digits and the account number is between 8 and 12 numeric digits.
Paypal: To setup a Paypal account, go to Paypal.com or install the Paypal app. In your RFC Payment page, choose "Paypal" and provide the email address linked to your Paypal account.
Wise: To setup Wise, go to Wise.com or install the Wise app. Add a "USD" balance to your Wise account, then click account details for the USD balance to get the ACH routing and account number. Your ACH routing number for Wise is always 084009519. Your account number is 16 numeric digits. Note: do not use the IBAN account information for your Euro or other currency account; you must choose the USD balance. More information can be found on the Wise website. In your RFC Payment page, choose the "ACH" payment method and enter the ACH routing number and account number from your Wise USD balance account details.
For reference, the Wise account details for your USD balance should look like this (notice the "ACH" reference in the routing number):
All revenues are earned in and payments are made in US dollars ($). Both Paypal and Wise charge reasonable fees for transfers and currency conversion.
To upload videos and/or receive revenue payouts for appearing in videos, an independent producer account (aka producer) is required. Producers can receive revenues for both videos they upload and videos they appear in that other producers uploaded.
If you aren't already a producer, you can apply now. Join RFC as a user (this is a free process; just username, password and email required). Then, complete the independent producer application found in the top-right account menu. Once approved, you can start uploading videos and making money.
Models on RFC are persons who appear in videos. Models who have a producer account are referred to as qualified models and can receive revenues for videos they appear in. Models who don't have a producer account are encouraged to get one. RFC will provide retroactive revenues for any models who appear in videos on RFC that were uploaded prior to the model becoming a producer.
RFC's shared payment system automatically equalizes and distributes streaming and download revenues to models. For example, if a video is uploaded featuring 3 models, the revenues will automatically be divided up equally and paid to models. Additionally, rewards are built into the system. Videos with more performers receive additional revenue share, up to 50%.
There are 3 primary ways a producer can generate revenues:
Revenue from Videos
Producers receive a share of revenues for videos they upload and/or for videos they appear in uploaded by other producers.
Revenues from videos are generated in 2 ways, as a pro-rated share of net membership revenues based on percentage of daily streaming minutes, and additionally from downloads.
RFC's revenue sharing for producers is an innovative and fair way to directly support producers. Up to 50% of net membership revenues are distributed, on a prorated basis, to producers. And up to 100% of download revenues are distributed to producers. Videos with more models are incentivized with a higher total payout (see table below).
Daily net revenues are pro-rated for each video based on the percentage share of total daily streaming minutes viewed.
Example. On Day X, 100 videos are each viewed for 10 minutes. RFC's net membership revenues on X were $10,000. Video A is one of the 100 videos, viewed for 10 minutes. The pro-rated share for a video is calculated by dividing the number of minutes a video is viewed for day by the total number of minutes viewed for all videos for day. So, for Video A, the pro-rated share of daily revenues is 10 / (100x10) = 1% . Multiply this percentage by the Max Video Share (%), from table below. And, lastly, multiply by net membership revenues for day. This gives us the daily revenue generated for video. 1% x 40% x $10,000 = $40.
Continuing the example, let's say Video A has 5 models and the producer chose the default equal revenue sharing option for models. In this case, each model receives $8 for Video A on Day X.
This same logic is used for all videos on RFC every day to calculate how membership revenues are shared with producers.
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In addition to the membership revenues shared above, download revenues are also shared with producers based on number of qualified models using the table above (refer to the Download Share (%) column). Downloads are discrete transactions, as opposed to the complex daily computations using for membership revenues. Ie. if a user downloads Video B for $10 and there are 2 models are in the video, 60% of $10 is shared between the 2 models, so, $3 each. Downloads can happen zero, or multiple, times per day for a given video. Some membership plans provide users with discounts, ie. 5%, on downloads. Payouts are based on the discounted amount.
There are two Revenue Sharing with Models options producers can from when uploading a video:
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Revenue from X/Twitter Referrals
When users click your RFC-generated posts on X/Twitter, they are automatically tracked with cookies and other tech to your account. If any of these users subsequently joins RFC, you receive 50% of membership fees for the life of these users! This share is "off the top" with no discounts or fees. For example, if Joe Blow clicks a new release post on your X/Twitter and signs up a week later for the $149.70 RFC plan, you receive $74.85 instantly! And when that plan renews, you receive another $74.85. And so on for the life of the user. This compounds and adds up over time as you build a base of customers.
Example of RFC-generated new release post on X/Twitter:
Example of RFC-generated new follower post on X/Twitter:
The above posts can be customized on the Promote page. It makes sense to link your X/Twitter to RFC and choose the options on Promote page to generate the most posts. More posts equals more clicks thru to RFC and more signups that make you money. However, you are at liberty to control what events trigger posts.
Twitter control option on Promote page:
Note: choosing "Tweet all new releases (including other channels)" will send 20 or so tweets per day for every new release on RFC. This option maximizes your chances of generating signups, however, you may not want so many tweets on your feed. You can just tweet your own releases by choosing the "Only tweet my releases" option. The business decision is yours. We recommended you choose one of the new followers options.
Users, independent producers and professional studios who upload content on RFC are required to attest that they understand and will perpetually comply with RFC's Publshing Rules and Agreement by digitally signing their attestion when applying for an account, and additionally, when uploading content. Failure to read and comply with these rules can land you in serious legal trouble and is grounds for immediate termination of user's RFC account.
For reference, the document is located here:
There are two pay periods each month. Payments are processed as follows:
| Pay period | Payment received by |
| 1st thru 15th | 25th |
| 16th thru end of month | 10th, of following month |
You will likely receive payment on or before date above. However, actual payment dates vary due to transit times of payment methods and additional lead times due to weekends, bank holidays, processing exceptions, etc. There is a $25 minimum payment amount. Held payments are accrued.
There are very compelling reasons to link your X/Twitter:
Speak to us for more details on how to maximize your potential.
If you see your videos on a piracy site, follow these instructions and we will use our proprietary digital fingerprinting technology to identify the pirate, if possible, and blacklist the pirate; and file DMCA takedowns with the piracy site's domain owner, domain registrar (ie. Godaddy, Enom, etc.), and ISP (hosting provider), Google and Microsoft (search providers).
Video must meet the following requirements:
If Video meets the above requirements, send us the complete URL and this is what we will do:
Actual copyright litigation through the U.S. federal court system is expensive and timely. But we are indeed capable of pursuing this course of action with large-scale repeat offenders. To be included in this litigation, you would need to have copyrights for all the referenced content.
Sites that we are actively pursuing with our law firm include, but are not limited to:
With the exception of Raw Fuck Club original content shown in the "Raw Fuck Club" channel, all videos on the site have been uploaded by independent producers and/or 3rd party studios. All independent producers and studios have digitally signed an agreement for each uploaded video stating that they have permission from the models in the video to post the content on the site. If you dispute this, you should first reach out to the uploader and discuss this with them. They can remove the video. If you need to engage us, feel free to open a ticket. If you would like to demand the removal of your content, report the video using a DMCA takedown request.
Note that all models on the site are indexed for searchability and automatically get a model page. Model pages allow users to follow a model, get notified when new videos are added featuring the model, view all videos featuring the model, etc.
If you would like to Become a Producer from videos featuring you, you can create an independent producer account so that we can link the videos with an account that you control. The process is simple and takes only a few minutes. Even if you don't upload videos, you may still be entitled to make money from the videos you are featured in. And of course, with an account, you can upload videos too. RFC automatically shares the revenues with you!
You need to have a free RFC account to submit a Model/Producer Application. So, create a free account first. No CC; just your username, password and email. Then click the Become a Producer link in your account menu, click the Model/Producer option button and follow the instructions to complete your application. Be careful not to submit an Affiliate application. You'll be quickly approved and ready to start making money! A Model/Producer control panel will be available in your RFC account to access your Channel settings, where you customize your channel and upload videos, run reports, etc.
If you have rights to the videos featuring you, you have a right to get paid retroactively for revenues. Contact us when you submit your application. We'll expedite your approval and calculate how much you would have earned. As a signup bonus, we'll reimburse you for these revenues.
RFC allows the independent producers to choose whether or not to share revenues earned from any uploaded video with other models. The default is YES. You can check the status of revenue sharing for any video (that you're in) in the My Videos section. Videos that you are receiving a share from will have a gold "$" next to the title. Videos that were uploaded prior to you creating your channel may not include you. You should contact us and/or the uploaders to update that. However, all future videos where the uploader opts to share revenues will automatically share with you.
RFC features both RFC original content that is produced by Raw Fuck Club, the iconic gay porn studio, plus a multitude of independently produced content that is uploaded to the site. RFC considers producers to be individuals who create channels and upload content, and models as individuals who perform in videos. Models can be producers, they can feature in their own works, they can be featured in RFC original content and/or they can be featured in works produced by independent producers.
If you are interested in having a channel on RFC, aka an independent producer, follow these steps: Create a free account on RFC first. No CC required; just your username, password and email. Then click the Become a Producer link in your account menu, click the Model/Producer option button and follow the instructions to complete your application. Be careful not to submit an Affiliate application. Once you're approved, a Model/Producer control panel will be available in your RFC account to access your Channel settings, where you customize your channel and upload videos, run reports, etc. Approval can take up to a week, so please be patient.
If you are interested in being a model for RFC or another producer on RFC, click the send a message button from the respective channel and message the producer. Each producer, whether it be RFC or an independent producer, has different procedures. It doesn't hurt your cause to create a profile on RFC and upload some photos, videos, etc. exhibiting your many talents.
Supported devices include PC's running Windows 10, Macs running MacOS 10.14 or newer, iPhone/iPads running iOS 10.3.4 or newer, and Android devices running Android 10.3.4 or newer. Devices more than 5 years old, even with a supported OS, may have performance issues that can cause poor playback.
Supported browsers include the browser that came with your device, including and additionally, Safari, Edge, Chrome, Firefox. Other browsers may work but aren't supported.
Both the producer and uploader of video must maintain copies of 2257 documentation including date of production and complete list of models; and for each model in video, model releases (must explicitly or implicitly allow use on RFC Channels and its network of sites) and government IDs showing proof of age. This documentation may be requested by RFC at any time, such as when DMCA/copyrights claims arise or if a compliance audit is ordered, and uploader must provide immediately or content will be removed.
Simply login, click the green/yellow/red icon at the top right, and click My Email, My Credit Card or My Password.
Once you are approved as a Model/Producer, you will have access to a Model/Producer control panel in your RFC account which provides many functions for setting up and configuring your channel, including but not limited to uploading avatars, customizing channel text and graphics, managing videos, configuring payment options, running reports, linking your Twitter account and promotional tools and much more.
This is a term used on RFC Channels to determine if videos meet the following requirements:
Login to your RFC account, and click Setup in your My Channel menu. Scroll down to the Visibility section and choose "Offline." Your channel and all of your videos will no longer be available online to users. You will, however, still be able to login to run reports, update payment information, etc. You can, in the future, revert this change.
RFC does not withhold taxes from any payments to US or non-US independent producers. You are responsible to pay taxes as per the rules of your country.
For US entities that earn over a minimum threshold (the IRS changes this amount each year but for example it was $600 for tax year 2022), RFC will issue a 1099 in January for the prior tax year. 1099s appear from corporate entity SVOTHI INC d/b/a PPVNetworks, RFC Channels. The 1099 forms are available for download in the Payment and Taxes section in your RFC account. You can check your earnings for a given year in the Reports section of your RFC account. Ie. click Prior Year, or a custom date range, for Dates and Daily Summary for View. Click Display. If you do not see the 1099 PDF or see an error in the document, please send us a Message and we'll help you sort it out.
As an incentive for producers to become part of the RFC Channels family, we are offering up to a $500 signup bonus. If you were referred to RFC from an active producer, that producer would be entitled to a referral bonus, otherwise, if you sought us our yourself with no referral, the producer signing up may be entitled to a bonus.
In order to qualify for the bonus, the following conditions must be met:
1. producer must be approved by RFC Channels
2. producer must upload a minimum of 5 qualifying videos*
3. producer must link their Twitter account
4. producer must provide a custodian of records where 2257 documentation is held and a sample model release form
The bonus amount ranges anywhere from $50 to $500, and is determined by RFC Channels based on many criteria including but not limited to suitability of content for our audience, library of work (quantity of videos), age of library, production quality, technical quality, average runtime of videos, current production throughput (how many videos are you currently making per month) and number of Twitter followers.
After you or the channel you referred has uploaded the first batch of videos (minimum 5), we will do our review.
When you're logged in, click on the profile icon on the top right corner of the page. Under 'MY CHANNEL', click on 'Premium'. Then, click on the + Video icon under notes where it reads "Click + Video to add a video."
When you are logged into your account, click the yellow or green My Account icon at the top-right of the screen. A menu will appear with account functions and channel functions.
The Channel functions include:
Photos and videos marked Public are visible on your channel page (in Teasers section) and related posts and searches unless they are tagged as "X-rated" by our compliance team, in which case they will not be visible to anonymous users. Only RFC users can view X-rated content.
Teasers marked Private are only visible to users you Unlock for or send via Messages.
Please make sure your videos are indeed released. Videos still in queue or that have been rejected cannot generate revenues. You can check the status of your uploads in the Premium section of your account. To check the revenues you've earned from streaming, downloads and referrals, login to your independent producer account, click your avatar on the top right, then click Reports. The Daily Summary report, the default view, shows a summary of revenues per day. Choose a date range, then click Display. There are other reports in the View pulldown for view more specific reporting on the 3 ways you can generate revenues: streaming, downloads and referrals.
All channel owners are considered independent producers on RFC. All producers are able to upload videos into their channel. If the producer appears in videos on RFC, regardless of who produced them, he is considered a model-producer. It's important to note that all models who receive revenues from RFC must have a model-producer type account, whether or not they upload videos themselves. If a couple or thruple wishes to share one account, and all are models, ask your content manager to setup your account as a "combo account." A combo account allows one account to handle revenue tracking for a producer and multiple models. Note that the models in a combo account do not individually have model-producer accounts, as is typical, because all revenues funnel into the one combo account.
Check your SPAM or Bulk mail folder. If there's nothing there, wait an hour and check again. If still no love, try contacting us by clicking Contact from the main menu, give us an alternate email address from a different mail provider and we'll figure it out.
Absolutely, as long as you don't have an exclusivity agreement with an entity, such as a site or model, with respect to a particular video or all videos you produce, that precludes you from working with us. If you're content is a good fit for RFC, we'd love to work with you!
Initially, contact damian@ppvnetworks.com. You may subsequently be assigned an account manager but Damian will help you get started.
These are your My Account icons.
The green icon indicates that you are logged into an account with an active (in good standing) paid membership plan. You have full access to site features and video streaming.
The yellow icon indicates that you are logged into an account that doesn't have an active membership plan. This account is free and has limited functionality. In order to access full site features and stream full-length videos, you will need to add a membership plan. Click the My Account icon, then click Membership, then Add Plan.
If the icon at the top right is red, then you aren't logged in. You can peruse the site with limited features and previews only.
Payments can be identified by the description/comment in your payment platform or statement which will read "RFC Channels." or "Svothi" if you are paid through ACH.
Go here to recover your account details.
No. This creates mess and confusion for users. However, unlike other fan platforms, we allow sharing of revenues for multiple models in the video, for both streaming and downloads. The Model/Producer that uploads the video should leave the default option to Share Revenues with all models, otherwise all revenues will go to the uploader. Models can check their My Videos section to make sure revenues are being properly shared. Duplicate video uploads will be rejected by our content management team. Contact us if you have any questions or concerns about revenue sharing or anything else.
Model/Producers have 4 reports and Affiliates have 2 reports available.
Model/Producers:
Affiliates:
These are common terms in the realm of affiliate marketing. They will be more common to affiliates than Model/Producers, but both should understand them, especially since Model/Producers are now marketers in the age of social media.
Here's a brief description of the terms:
Report it to us and we will investigate the behavior. SPAM is rare on our closed platform, but it does happen occasionally.
If video distributed without permission, we can decode the fingerprints to identify the account that captured it, including the date-time, their IP address and other details. Digital fingerprinting can be turned on under MY CHANNEL > Setup.
A Referral link is a web URL that Model/Producers and/or Affiliates can post to redirect users to RFC. The Promotion tools provide various links to different places of the site, such as the homepage, a channel page or a particular video; these links are use depending on the context of the referral. Ie. if you're promoting a particular video, you may want to link to the video directly, whereas a generic brand referral would redirect to the homepage. A Model/Producer will likely want to redirect their fans directly to their channel page.
Referral links can be posted to redirect traffic from any HTML-editable source or platform that allows for links. Ie. Twitter automatically accepts URLs as links. Whereas if you run your own website or blog, you can put the URLs in your code. Ie. an A HREF tag. However, most modern systems are much more sophisticated at handling links.
Content managers review all uploads and determine how they are presented to users on RFC. Content is promoted in a variety of different ways, including but not limited to, availability in different areas of the site (homepage, theme channels, search, etc), email marketing, email notifications, and twitter notifications (posts, retweets).
15-20 minute videos are likely the optimal balance of exposure and length. The more videos you have, the more likely they are to be clicked..And the longer they are, the more minutes they'll be viewed. Total minutes viewed is the key to earning money!
Login to your account and check the Promote page, Twitter Controls, New Releases. There are two options: Only tweet my new releases and Tweet all new releases (including other channels).Choosing the second option will tweet every time a new video is added to the site. The advantage of this is that you generate revenues whenever a fan joins. However, you may not wish to promote other models. Hence you are given the choice. The default is to tweet only your new releases.
If a message or user is removed for SPAM or other violating behavior, this may happen. We cannot unsend notification emails to you.
There are many ways to control volume for, and/or mute, videos. These may function independently so be sure to check them all. Most audio related issues involve one of these:
If you still experience issues with volume on one or more videos, check to see if the problem exists for all videos or just one. Also test to see if you can play sound on other web sites using the same browser tab. Send us a message with a link to the video and the results of these tests and we'll take a look immediately.
No revenue sharing with models. Producer keeps all revenues.
This is an appropriate option if producer owns the rights to commerciale this video, specifically as these rights apply to RFC. Producer must digital attest to 100% ownership rights and must maintain model releases and/or documentation confirming these rights as they apply to RFC. All revenues are distributed to the producer and nothing to models.
All qualifying models and producer receive an equal share.
This is a good option if all models contributed equally in the creation of video. Everyone receives an equal share, including qualifying models and the producer. Note: producer receives the same share as models, whether or not he appears as a model in the video; all shares are equal.
*Qualifying models are models that appear in videos on RFC that are setup to receive payment from RFC (ie. they have an independent producer account).
RFC processes many-hundreds of videos for hundreds of producers every month. RFC human-reviews all content, video and metadata, for banking regulatory compliance and legal guidance. RFC is required to make sure all models depicted are accounted for. We create model pages for all new models. RFC creates a preview for every video, and chooses still photos and categories. We do a lot for each and every video, and yes, much of it is automated but much of it also requires the laborious efforts of our content managers. We also have committed release schedules for some producers; we prioritize producers with more videos in their queue and videos based on demand by users, ie. what's selling best, what's trending; we deprioritize videos based on various content and technical concerns, if we're waiting for and/or researching information, or if content not qualifying. For this reason, on any given day, many videos get bumped up and down in the queue. We use complex algorithms to estimate queued release dates. You see these "queued for release" dates next to your uploads. These dates represent a best-effort algorithmic estimate, not a committed release date. If you need a committed date for a specific video release, please coordinate that with your content manager and we will do our best to help you.
It's worthy to note that RFC prioritizes your releases if you have more than 10 videos in the queue. Furthermore, having videos queued up in advance allows videos to be released continuously as opposed to waiting several weeks each time you upload. The morale of the story is, don't upload one and wait. Upload many and keep make sure you keep over 10 in the queue.
All purchases made by customers, and payments to affiliates and producers, are in US Dollars ($). Conversion rates by your bank or payment platform may apply.
Login to your RFC account. You must be an approved independent producer. From the My Channel menu, choose Payment. Complete the questions related to your personal/business status, upload a government ID, contact information, etc. You must also choose a Payment Method and provide the relevant account details.
When you're logged in, click on the profile icon on the top right corner of the page. Under 'MY CHANNEL', click on 'My Videos'. Then, click on the three dot/ellipsis icon on the bottom right corner of the video you would like to remove, and hit 'Delete'.
Model-producers go must go though an approval process before they are allowed to upload content on RFC. This includes automated and human content moderators reviewing their documentation, including but not limited to, signed attestations and government photo IDs. These requirements are part of our compliance with partner merchant banks and Mastercard/VISA.
Role accounts are shared email addresses like info@, support@, help@, etc. Due to spamming abuse to these types of email addresses, major ISPs penalize us for sending messages to these types of email addresses. For this reason, we limit their functionality. If you provde a role account email address as your email address to us, we will still send you system messages like password recovery and billing notices, etc., however, you won't receive marketing-related emails, such as notices when producers that you follow upload content. So, overall, its not a critical issue but can limit your full experience of RFC.
There are tricks to outsmart ISPs, however. You can use a feature of email called sub-addressing to receive emails to your role account whilest also not limiting functionality. Simply add "+rfc" into the email address you provide RFC, ie. enter "info+rfc@mysite.com" instead of "info@mysite.com." The email will get delivered to your info@mysite.com account! Or, simply use your name instead of a role account, ie. john@mysite.com.
