Advice on starting my own content production

[tickleplayerotica]

Any established creators (or anyone at all) have any tips or advice for someone who's just starting out?

Have been toying with the idea since last summer, finally decided to go for it.

I have a twitter/x you can follow if you want to see how this goes-- @tickleplayreels

I'm mostly just curious to see if a person with no following whatsoever can gain a foothold.

 

[TMF Jeff]

The best advice I could offer would be - don't try to sell every minute of footage that you get. Throw away what you wouldn't pay for yourself and only sell the best stuff. You'll gain a reputation for quality and that's your fastest track to success, because if people pay for something they didn't like, especially in your early days, it could take them years to give you another try.

 

[tickleplayerotica]

The best advice I could offer would be - don't try to sell every minute of footage that you get. Throw away what you wouldn't pay for yourself and only sell the best stuff. You'll gain a reputation for quality and that's your fastest track to success, because if people pay for something they didn't like, especially in your early days, it could take them years to give you another try.

Good to know, thank you. I want to create a large backlog of content before I start releasing anything so I have lots to choose from once I start posting it.

My biggest concerns are not getting doxxed and finding models who are willing to give me a chance right at the start before I have any sort of following or familiarity. Any advice there?

 

[TMF Jeff]

Not getting doxxed will probably mean creating an LLC for your business. You can ask an AI for how to do that, it's not hard or expensive. And you might even make the question broader - "How can I create a public facing business and prevent my identity from being exposed to risk?"

Models will probably be willing to give you a chance - it's what they're in business to do. Just present yourself professionally and like a good, respectful person, and they'll be open to working with you. What I also did was offer them a fifty dollar commission for any friends they sent my way, and that helped me build more relationships with other models.

 

[tickleplayerotica]

Not getting doxxed will probably mean creating an LLC for your business. You can ask an AI for how to do that, it's not hard or expensive. And you might even make the question broader - "How can I create a public facing business and prevent my identity from being exposed to risk?"

Models will probably be willing to give you a chance - it's what they're in business to do. Just present yourself professionally and like a good, respectful person, and they'll be open to working with you. What I also did was offer them a fifty dollar commission for any friends they sent my way, and that helped me build more relationships with other models.

Excellent, and I'm already using the 50 dollar referral bonus. I'll look into the LLC. Thanks again.

 

[SoleMates]

In addition to what Jeff said, I'll offer three additional bits;

1. Don't expect to make a lot - if any - money right out of the gate.
2. Lighting. Lighting lighting lighting. Also learn how to white-balance and edit your footage.
3. Research 18USC2257 and KEEP ACCURATE AND THOROUGH RECORDS. Get models to fill out a 2257 form, take copies of their IDs, and have them sign a consent/release form. Way too many producers in this niche are stupid and don't bother with this and then their studios get shut down when payment providers/content portals get a burr up their butts about proof of consent, then they go all shocked-Pikachu about how ThEy DiDn'T kNoW. Don't do that.

 

[TMF Jeff]

Research 18USC2257 and KEEP ACCURATE AND THOROUGH RECORDS. Get models to fill out a 2257 form, take copies of their IDs, and have them sign a consent/release form. Way too many producers in this niche are stupid and don't bother with this and then their studios get shut down when payment providers/content portals get a burr up their butts about proof of consent, then they go all shocked-Pikachu about how ThEy DiDn'T kNoW. Don't do that.

Above all, this.

I had all of this stuff when I originally shot my videos, but I naively assumed I wouldn't still need them thirty years later. Fast forward thirty years, and suddenly I have a problem on my hands. Get this stuff, and save it forever.

 

[tickleplayerotica]

In addition to what Jeff said, I'll offer three additional bits;

1. Don't expect to make a lot - if any - money right out of the gate.
2. Lighting. Lighting lighting lighting. Also learn how to white-balance and edit your footage.
3. Research 18USC2257 and KEEP ACCURATE AND THOROUGH RECORDS. Get models to fill out a 2257 form, take copies of their IDs, and have them sign a consent/release form. Way too many producers in this niche are stupid and don't bother with this and then their studios get shut down when payment providers/content portals get a burr up their butts about proof of consent, then they go all shocked-Pikachu about how ThEy DiDn'T kNoW. Don't do that.

Good to know, thank you for your insight. 3 is another one of my biggest concerns. I will research it. I'm really going to slow roll this so that I do it right, I have no reason to hurry.

While I'm not expecting much money right out the gate, is it possible to turn this into a decent "make money while you sleep" side income? over time? or is that something I should put to rest right now?

 

[SoleMates]

While I'm not expecting much money right out the gate, is it possible to turn this into a decent "make money while you sleep" side income? over time? or is that something I should put to rest right now?

Your mileage may vary. Wildly. Also, define "decent".

I've been doing this for 13 years. I am far from one of the most successful producers out there, but I do regularly crack the top 25 in Foot Tickling on Clips4Sale and last November I made it to #3.

Expect to maybe make payout ($50) on a monthly basis until you get traction, or find a model that people really like. My average monthly sales went up to around $150-$200 in 2020 and have been hovering there ever since, with the occasional jump (like November) due to seasonal events.

So yes, sometimes I do literally wake up to having made $20-$30 overnight, but it happens less than you might think.

"Bad-Ass" Becky Berardi once told me that it was impossible to gauge how much money a particular model would bring in. And if she can't do it, neither can you. So don't bother to try and predict the market; you can run poll after poll here in the forums and do everything the peanut gallery says it wants and see zero results while some dork with a potato camera files their nails and monotones "no. stop. don't." and makes a million dollars.

Shoot what you like, develop your own style and brand, and the people who want that sort of thing will come. Pun intended.

 

[Soles_Scream]

Your mileage may vary. Wildly. Also, define "decent".

I've been doing this for 13 years. I am far from one of the most successful producers out there, but I do regularly crack the top 25 in Foot Tickling on Clips4Sale and last November I made it to #3.

Expect to maybe make payout ($50) on a monthly basis until you get traction, or find a model that people really like. My average monthly sales went up to around $150-$200 in 2020 and have been hovering there ever since, with the occasional jump (like November) due to seasonal events.

So yes, sometimes I do literally wake up to having made $20-$30 overnight, but it happens less than you might think.

"Bad-Ass" Becky Berardi once told me that it was impossible to gauge how much money a particular model would bring in. And if she can't do it, neither can you. So don't bother to try and predict the market; you can run poll after poll here in the forums and do everything the peanut gallery says it wants and see zero results while some dork with a potato camera files their nails and monotones "no. stop. don't." and makes a million dollars.

Shoot what you like, develop your own style and brand, and the people who want that sort of thing will come. Pun intended.

Good point, and you are dead on when it comes to really not knowing which model will hit a good return, unless you convert custom requests.

Consistency and a ton of losses in the early days or even years is going to happen. On platforms you gotta upload and you have to market constantly.

 

[Toesheldback]

Tickling is a niche fetish, so you may think about crossing over and creating other stores/brands with complementary and broader fetishes (ie, feet, straight bondage, etc) so you can get the maximum return on your paid shoots.

 

[Bdsmtickler]

Speaking as a consumer only, create a brand that position yourself within the niche: fist of course orientation, then, are you delivering playful, sensual, torture tickling. What level of nudity to expect? Bondage or not, and if yes, basic or inventive. Games, role plays, or straight out sessions?

Lastly, a very personal advice (more honest: wish): get models that are okay with touching beyond tickling. At least if more or less undressed. It may cross over to other kind of models and fees, but It's just seems, frankly weird, to me that those dancing tits weren't squeezed a single time, or the rump not given a single smack. I know ... personal preference.

Best of luck!

 

[TMF Jeff]

Tickling is a niche fetish, so you may think about crossing over and creating other stores/brands with complementary and broader fetishes (ie, feet, straight bondage, etc) so you can get the maximum return on your paid shoots.

This is good advice, especially for when a model turns out to not be as ticklish as she thought she was. Ticklishness can vary a lot depending on the day/circumstances

 

[tickleplayerotica]

Your mileage may vary. Wildly. Also, define "decent".

I've been doing this for 13 years. I am far from one of the most successful producers out there, but I do regularly crack the top 25 in Foot Tickling on Clips4Sale and last November I made it to #3.

Expect to maybe make payout ($50) on a monthly basis until you get traction, or find a model that people really like. My average monthly sales went up to around $150-$200 in 2020 and have been hovering there ever since, with the occasional jump (like November) due to seasonal events.

So yes, sometimes I do literally wake up to having made $20-$30 overnight, but it happens less than you might think.

"Bad-Ass" Becky Berardi once told me that it was impossible to gauge how much money a particular model would bring in. And if she can't do it, neither can you. So don't bother to try and predict the market; you can run poll after poll here in the forums and do everything the peanut gallery says it wants and see zero results while some dork with a potato camera files their nails and monotones "no. stop. don't." and makes a million dollars.

Shoot what you like, develop your own style and brand, and the people who want that sort of thing will come. Pun intended.

200 extra dollars sounds decent to me. that's about what I get every two weeks from my Saturday job now.

I have a sort of signature idea that I'm going to pursue with this, hopefully it'll make me stand out.

I'm not going to worry about specific model payout for a long time lol, I need to be booking shoots on a regular basis before I even start considering that. Right now the goal is just want to get this up and going once all the pieces are in place.

 

[tickleplayerotica]

Speaking as a consumer only, create a brand that position yourself within the niche: fist of course orientation, then, are you delivering playful, sensual, torture tickling. What level of nudity to expect? Bondage or not, and if yes, basic or inventive. Games, role plays, or straight out sessions?

Lastly, a very personal advice (more honest: wish): get models that are okay with touching beyond tickling. At least if more or less undressed. It may cross over to other kind of models and fees, but It's just seems, frankly weird, to me that those dancing tits weren't squeezed a single time, or the rump not given a single smack. I know ... personal preference.

Best of luck!

I have a potential brand-signature idea that ties into a certain role play. I don't want to give it away here yet, but I think it could hit pretty well if it's done right. I've never seen anyone else doing it.

It'll be hetero, guy tickling girl content.

I do know exactly what the process will be in terms of the shoots, that's been planned out and is on the intake form. I do want a focus on the playfulness of tickling and then progress to the sensual. I'm not sure if I'm capable of the torture, I haven't sessioned in awhile and that was never really my thing when I was sessioning regularly, but I'm open to it. I want to focus on the escalation of the session, the surrender of it. My favorite tickling vids aren't just immediate tickling, they're about proper build-up, focusing on the model as an individual and then getting her to "show us who she really is" sort of thing.

Clothed to full nudity depending on what the model agrees to.

Basic bondage, yes, but we build up to it. Classic "X" style.

Games, absolutely, that's a major focus once the clothes come off and the right spots are discovered. Role plays, not really for now except the idea I mentioned up above. Straight out sessions-- for a majority of the clips, yes, that's how it'll appear.

My intake form has a checklist of what the model is comfortable with, down to what body parts I can touch and how and what tools I can use, etc. I'm trying to be very thorough about it. I'd very much like to do more than tickling but I'd also be fine with anything now that I'm just getting started. In terms of the heavier side of stuff, I think David Mack is my favorite for that kind of thing (though he tends to take it further than I would).

Noted, either way. Thanks for chiming in, I'll remember this.

 

[tickleplayerotica]

Tickling is a niche fetish, so you may think about crossing over and creating other stores/brands with complementary and broader fetishes (ie, feet, straight bondage, etc) so you can get the maximum return on your paid shoots.

Noted. Thanks!

This is good advice, especially for when a model turns out to not be as ticklish as she thought she was. Ticklishness can vary a lot depending on the day/circumstances

This is another obstacle I'm facing-- I'm in the Midwest which is not exactly a tickling model hotspot. I don't really have the ability to travel far, so finding models that can either come to me or that I can go to within reason is going to prove a challenge. It would suck to drive four hours and find out the model isn't ticklish. But we'll see. I'm hoping I can suss out if someone's not right for it. I know I won't be able to work with well-known, established models until I've got more than progress tweets on my Twitter and attempts to network on my Reddit, but you gotta start somewhere so the risk has to be taken.

 

[SoleMates]

I'm in the Midwest which is not exactly a tickling model hotspot.

You would be wrong. A fair number of traveling models are based out of the midwest, and a lot more travel through there if you know which cities they hit.

Hit up SessionGirls.com and start networking. You'll turn up more than you think.

 

[tickleplayerotica]

You would be wrong. A fair number of traveling models are based out of the midwest, and a lot more travel through there if you know which cities they hit.

Hit up SessionGirls.com and start networking. You'll turn up more than you think.

Thank you, going there right now.

Just out of curiosity, are there any other spots worth looking? It looks like that site is a primarily wrestling-based. I do see Ditria Rose, though, who I know does tickling content.

 

[SoleMates]

It looks like that site is a primarily wrestling-based.

While the site itself is focused on female wrestling, a lot of the models do tickling content. I've personally worked with Andi Vicious, Constance, Greasy Rose, Bella Luxx, and probably a few others that aren't leaping to mind right now. Contact the model you're interested in and ask, the worst they can say is no.

 

[Soles_Scream]

While the site itself is focused on female wrestling, a lot of the models do tickling content. I've personally worked with Andi Vicious, Constance, Greasy Rose, Bella Luxx, and probably a few others that aren't leaping to mind right now. Contact the model you're interested in and ask, the worst they can say is no.

Be prepared to pay session plus film rates in the beginning. Gotta pay your dues.

Also be upfront with your intentions about making sellable content.