OnlyFans creator Lucy Banks has made more than $1 million on the site since she began her online career four years ago but admits it wasn’t an easy process.
Banks, who makes adult content for hundreds of dedicated subscribers, said she copped a lot of judgement from people she had known for years and it took a toll on her mental wellbeing.
Somewhat ironically, however, when she made $3,000 in her first month on the platform she realised it was largely thanks to the “sticky beaks” she knew.
“I come from a small town and everyone found out I did Only Fans,” she told Mamamia recently.
“Everyone wanted to have a sticky beak.”
Keen to boost her earnings further and make a solid living out of her OnlyFans content, Banks realised she needed to start taking the work seriously.
“I told myself, ‘I’m going to hustle really, really hard,” she continued.
“Once I did start treating it like a business and worked full-time hours, I think I made around $10,000 that month and the rest is history.”
It came at a cost though — her relationships in the real world took a hit and Banks lost old friends while some family members distanced themselves from her.
“I had family members that didn’t talk to me for 18 months,” she revealed to Mamamia.
“I fell out with my entire friend group. It was really hard and there was a time when I was like, ‘What have I done?’ I felt so bad but then there was another side that kicked in and told me, ‘You have not personally done anything to those people. You’re still the same person. Focus on your goals. You’re trying to build a future for your boys.’
“And that kept me going.”
Eventually, she reconnected with her family members, who acknowledged the positive changes she’d made for her life and the lives of her sons.
She did not patch things up with her former friends.
“I used to trust those people and now they’re out of my life so that kind of all worked out,” she confesses.
Now she relishes the extra time she has to spend with her children and the financial windfalls.
Banks currently has more than 500 subscribers and earns up to $3,000 per day. She has made over $1 million worth of sales during her time on the platform.
While she had a few thousand subscribers during the last financial year, she has since decided to change the way she works.
Instead of concentrating on numbers, she decided to focus on building a deeper connection with fewer people.
She has also learned not to let judgement and criticism affect her.
“Initially, people were just shocked,” she said.
“It was the biggest deal in the world but it’s been nice to kind of just live my life without the huge amount of judgement that I used to get.”