• Lenny
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    213 hours ago

    I’m a girl, in a healthy BMI and with nice hair, pretty and freckled face, but my feet are super crappy. Like, crusty, toes bend at weird angles, hard skin in random places. Even my own husband is like “plz no, stop” if they get too near to him.

    I’m now wondering if there’s a market on the other end of the scale…

    • southsamurai
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      41 hour ago

      I used to know a dude that would have gotten hard at your written description here. No bullshit. Dude was obsessed with feet, and what he called “real feet” were his particular favorite. Feet that had seen some life, had been used was one of the few things he would talk about. Literally obsessive about feet.

      I guarantee he is not the only one. The only question is if there’s enough like that to make any useful money out of a feet only business.

      There’s something about foot fetishists that’s extra obsessive compared to any other fetishists I’ve run across over the years.

      • /home/pineapplelover
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        113 minutes ago

        I wonder how onlyfans pay model works. If they take a percentage and you don’t need to put any initial funds down to start then you’ll basically have nothing to lose.

    • @kautau@lemmy.world
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      183 hours ago

      There is. There’s a fetish for everything. Certainly when it involves your feet, I’d ask your husband if he’d be ok with some internet strangers paying you every month to see your feet, the worst is he says no, and on the other hand if he says yes you have a second source of easy income

      • Lenny
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        103 hours ago

        He’d probably have empathy pains for any future subscribers.

  • mox
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    Some years ago, an artist who was not a mega-star but was on all the major music services published an article detailing how well each one paid. I’m now kicking myself for not bookmarking it. I clearly remember Spotify being among the worst, if not the worst.

    • Hegar
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      505 hours ago

      The musician I saw last week mentioned that he’ll get more money if you buy a CD from him now than if you stream his catalog on spotify for the rest of your life.

      • mox
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        63 hours ago

        I don’t remember the artist’s name. I’m pretty sure the article was a text post, probably a blog. Not a youtube video.

        • @SoylentBlake@lemm.ee
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          13 hours ago

          I’m not the guy who replied, but I 2nd Benn Jordan. He does a great breakdown of it you got time for it.

          He has a lot of other really good videos too, he’s one of my favorite publishers.

  • themeatbridge
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    385 hours ago

    Holy shit. I have feet. Does anyone want pictures of a guy’s feet? They’re big and weirdly shaped.

      • @Nutteman@lemmy.world
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        73 hours ago

        I’m a big feet man and damn is it annoying when I go to a rollerskating or ice skating rink and the largest size they rent is 13 :(

          • @Graphy@lemmy.world
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            22 hours ago

            What’s up fellow size 14s!

            I often joke that I’m the person happiest that malls have died off because as a kid I was always forced to go there and try on a a bunch of 12s and 13s that never fit.

            These days I’m still upset that so many good looking shoes only go up to 13

    • Clay_pidgin
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      104 hours ago

      I’ve got a toe shaped like an alien. Maybe that’s worth something!

    • celeste
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      225 hours ago

      I’m positive there is an audience for men’s feet, but if you aren’t 5 stars on wikifeet, you’ll probably have to market yourself. Study the foot fetish community to find out what the dude foot fan needs more of. Etc.

      • themeatbridge
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        184 hours ago

        Is there any way I can do this without finding out any more about this fetish?

        • celeste
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          74 hours ago

          Hmmm…the problem is, even if you just post pictures at random, you’re going to find out unwanted info based on what pics bring in money. Sounds like you’d need a manager!

  • celeste
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    215 hours ago

    What’s fun is that some people who read this article are probably into feet (good for them!) so it’s like an ad and now she’ll probably make even more on onlyfans. While still making ludicrously little from spotify.

  • @RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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    275 hours ago

    Am I missing something? Does it not say she makes an estimated $4000 per DAY from Spotify and $8000 per MONTH from onlyfans?

    • celeste
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      https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lily-allen-feet-pictures-make-more-money-spotify-streams-1235811354/

      Allen’s daily stream count on Spotify as of Oct. 17 was about 851,623. Assuming that number is correct, the Music Streaming Royalty Calculator estimates Spotify would’ve paid a total of $4,077 a day, with $3,239 going to sound recording for the copyright owner; $336 of mechanical royalties going to the publisher, who pays the songwriter; and $503 in performance royalties going to performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, etc.).

      Which of these numbers goes to her? I’m just confused, I think.

      • @pivot_root@lemmy.world
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        134 hours ago

        An unknown and probably pitiful fraction of $336, by the looks of it.

        $336 of mechanical royalties going to the publisher, who pays the songwriter

        • @RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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          Ok I did a little searching. She might get some of the $336 to the publisher/songwriter, but only if she is credited as a writer. Not every song is written by the artist. There doesn’t seem to be anything in that breakdown that goes to the artist specifically. The bulk of the money is going to the copyright owner, who is often the record company, and seems to be who owns her songs. It seems like whatever she gets paid would be up to whatever contract she signed with them.

          This pdf file explains that a typical major label artist might make 18% of the $4077 per day.

          https://www.manatt.com/Manatt/media/Media/PDF/US-Streaming-Royalties-Explained.pdf

          If she makes $266 a day from onlyfans, she has to be making around 8% of the $3,239 the record company is getting daily for it to be less than onlyfans.

          • Executive Chimp
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            135 minutes ago

            $503 in performance royalties going to performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, etc.).

            Performance rights organisations would pay her for performing. She’s get a fraction of that.

    • @Hellinabucket@lemmy.world
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      155 hours ago

      The article is missing the content from the quoted article for the 4,000 a day. It pays out 4,000 a day to the studios and publishers, whatever actually % of that she gets is probably less than 10.

  • Sumocat
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    105 hours ago

    It’s worth noting that Allen doesn’t actually claim she earns more money from OnlyFans than Spotify. “imagine being and artist and having nearly 8 million monthly listeners on spotify but earning more money from having 1000 people subscribe to pictures of your feet. don’t hate the player, hate the game.”

    • @GlenRambo@jlai.lu
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      73 hours ago

      According to the singer, the decision has already paid off, as her monthly revenue from the subscription site has surpassed her Spotify income.

      Seems like she claims monthly revenue from OG surpassed Spotify revenue.