Agency, Manager or Chatting Service: What Am I Actually Paying For?
You've got two or three proposals in front of you, and they don't use the same name. One calls itself an agency, another a manager, a third a chatting service. By the end of this page you'll know what you'd be paying for in each, whatever it's called. It's a fair question, and the names aren't built to answer it.
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What the Three Names Actually Tell You
Start with what each name says, and nothing more.
A chatting service names a job: messages. That's the only thing the name commits to, and it doesn't say which part of it. Writing to your fans in your name, offering them paid content, the hours someone is there: the name leaves all of that out.
A manager is a role. The word says someone looks after something. It doesn't say what.
An agency is a kind of business. The word says who you'd be dealing with, not what they'd do for you.
So one of the three names points at a job, and even that one leaves the details out. The other two don't point at any. That isn't a fault in anyone's proposal. It just means the name can't be the thing you compare.
The Main Jobs Around an OnlyFans Account
Here's what there is to do around an account. These are the main jobs, not a complete list, and a proposal can name others.
- Answering messages and offering paid content in your name.
- Bringing new people to your page.
- Planning and posting.
- Setting your prices.
- Reporting back to you on what happened.
- Making the content.
These can be split up. One proposal might take on one of them, another might take on five. Whatever a proposal doesn't take on stays with you.
Why One Proposal Can Look Cheaper and Cover Less
Take an example, only to show the arithmetic. One proposal asks for a lower percentage and covers two of those jobs. Another asks for more and covers five. Put the two percentages side by side and you're comparing two different things.
There are two fairer comparisons. If two proposals cover the same jobs, their prices compare directly. And for each one, look at what you'd still be doing yourself, or paying someone else to do. The cheaper one on paper can leave you with the most work, or with a second bill.
For what agencies charge and how the percentage gets worked out, our cost guide goes through it line by line.
How to Read a Proposal Task by Task
Take each job from the list and ask three things of the proposal.
Is it covered? Yes, no, or not written down.
Who does it? A named person, a team, or you.
Where is it written? In the proposal, in the contract, or nowhere.
"Not written down" isn't a no. It's a question to ask before you sign, and it's theirs to answer, not yours to guess.
Once you know what kind of help you want and you're choosing between agencies, how to choose one is the next step.
Two Proposals, Task by Task
Fill in one column per proposal. Wherever a box stays empty, that's a question for your next call.
| Task | Proposal 1: covered? who? written where? | Proposal 2: covered? who? written where? |
|---|---|---|
| Answering messages and selling in my name | ___ | ___ |
| Bringing new people to my page | ___ | ___ |
| Planning and posting | ___ | ___ |
| Setting my prices | ___ | ___ |
| Reporting back to me | ___ | ___ |
| Making the content | ___ | ___ |
| Other jobs written in the proposal | ___ | ___ |
| What I pay, and on what | ___ | ___ |
| What I'd still do myself, or pay someone else for | ___ | ___ |
Compare the List, Not the Name
The name at the top of a proposal tells you who's making the offer. The list underneath tells you what you'd be paying for. Compare the lists, and the names stop mattering much.
