A woman who quit her job at Costa Coffee made almost £4,000 in her first 24 hours on OnlyFans.
Sophie Carpenter also tried to break through into the male-dominated car sales industry, before opening her own beauty salon. The business was funded after she set herself up on OnlyFans, making almost £30,000 in her first month.
She now owns five plush cars, has her own company, takes multiple holidays a year and has been able to lavish expensive gifts, including cars, on her family, Devon Live reports.
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OnlyFans is a social network that allows members to make money sharing adult content and videos with their subscribers. Sophie said her former life consisted of no luxuries and struggling to make ends meet, but now she's already had five holidays this year.
The 24-year-old said: "I was living pay cheque to pay cheque. I wasn't treated very well at the car garage so I left my job and worked with my boyfriend in Costa. I was so unhappy as I wanted more money so that I could go on holiday and we could buy a house together.
"A friend suggested that as I had such a good following on Instagram I should try OnlyFans. My boyfriend's view of it was massively negative at that time, but I made my account and made around $30,000 - nearly £26,000 - in the first 30 days.
"I was literally so shocked and that was by not even doing anything nude or explicit. All I was posting were lingerie pictures. I'm quite confident on social media anyway so it wasn't anything more than I was used to posting on Instagram.
"I stopped posting them on Instagram and on OnlyFans posted some very simple stuff. Within the first month, I had about 500 fans and for the first couple of months I posted about three times a day to make as much money as I could. Most of the money comes from pay-per-view (PPV) messages and they were mostly men in the UK."
Sophie, who joined OnlyFans in August 2019, set herself a target of making £3,000 a month which she would sometimes smash in a single day, especially during covid. Her at first reluctant boyfriend, Elliot Newman, 25, soon changed his mind about not wanting her to be on OnlyFans. He now even joins her on there.
Sophie, who lives in Devon, added: "Once I proved how much money there was to be made and how much it could better our lives he was more open to it. We are still together and now it's just the norm to us. He gets the benefits from it highly so he can't really have an issue with it."
Sophie has now made more than £535,000, and is currently earning between £7,000 to £8,600 a month. Despite her life having changed dramatically, she is keen to warn others to think carefully before trying to follow in her footsteps and the likes of so many others who are earning high incomes thanks to the social media platform.
She said: "I've always been open about what I do from day one. I have never kept it a secret from anyone and all my family and friends have been supportive. But you have to understand that the things you put online are going to be on the internet forever and you can't get rid of them.
"I don't know where I would be without OnlyFans because it has completely changed my life, but if I had to apply for a corporate job somewhere I would struggle because if they did a search of me online they would discover what I have done. Anyone thinking of doing OnlyFans should think of that, especially if you are under the age of 23.
"You also have to realise that it's not just about creating an account and getting money; you have to market yourself quite well on social media. I did well as I already had a good following on platforms like Instagram and TikTok."
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