YouPorn

I know the religious right-wingers and the radical feminists hate it, but the internet may as well be considered a series of (virtual) tubes that connect you with tube (websites) full of media. Since the advent of high-speed internet and smartphones, most of these are tubes of the pornographic variety.

They are great, fun places to watch porn, but why just watch when you can play – and get paid?!

Thank the sultans of smut; everyone can join a tube site as a member and an uploader and supplement their income or even make a luscious living being sexy on camera.

Clearly, in this article, we're going to looking at YouPorn.com, but a word to the wise, don't skim. There are some nuances and opportunities you're going to want to be aware of. If you do like being naked for other people – or if you've ever considered it – once you finish this article, you'll be wet with excitement to join up.

Advantages Of Posting To A Tube Over The Competition

Before we get into this particular partnership program's specifics, I feel the need to go over alternatives. After all, there are several other ways to sell skin online these days. So, let’s go over them briefly and why you should consider making money with YouPorn over the alternatives.

Social Media

Pros

• Brand growth can happen remarkably quickly

• You can get a ton of friendly support and feedback

• These sites are optimized for universal hashtags

Cons

• A lot of platforms are not NSFW-friendly

• These platforms can be a pain to monetize

• You’ll likely have to direct fans to offsite links

There is no doubt that there are many horny exhibitionists on social media, particularly on Twitter and Snapchat. I’ve often found that they are one of the ideal platforms to promote your brand if you are trying to make it selling skin.

The big problem is unless you've got some sugar daddies/mommas following you who are willing to donate to your Patreon, it's going to be a bitch to make money. Besides, a lot of social media profiles either aren't erotica friendly. Then there are those platforms that have switched policy and banned sexual content outright after previously been okay with such material.

**cough, Tumblr, cough**

Subscription-specific Websites

Pros

• This is a trending means to sell your porno

• People seem to really love this format for fap material

• You can set your own prices for subscriptions

Cons

• The competition is fiercer than ever

• You’re not as likely to get consumer feedback

• Often consumers are either all in or not

I many times have praised OnlyFans and other smaller sites on this website before. And I’m not saying that it’s not a bad way to sell your porn. However, this format does have its weaknesses.

I find that while there are social interaction options are a little bit limited. Another thing to consider is that the competition is more intense than ever, thanks to all sorts of celebrities joining up and disproportionately grabbing up new paying members.

Webcam Platforms

Pros

• All you need to get started is a decent camera and have good lighting

• There are plenty of webcam platforms to pick from

• Many of these websites do have a fine number of categories to show up on

Cons

• You’ll have to really work hard to grab consumers’ attention

• This way to make money can be a massive time suck

• Dealing with trolls, spammers, and time-wasters can be a pain

Unlike OnlyFans and other sub-based sites, the cost of starting up isn't too high. After all, a cellphone, a tripod, and decent lighting is all you need to get going. The thing is, like OnlyFans and others, to stand out, you better come up with a gimmick real fast to keep from coming off as #basicandboring.

To overcome this, you’re probably going to have to shell out more money for better lighting, costumes, sexy toys, and other items.

Another problem is dealing with all the people who want to watch you perform without paying for anything. Eventually, if you broadcast long enough, you'll get some viewers, tips, and maybe even a private show. But that process could take hours, and you’ll have to have yourself presentable and sexy all that time.

Then there are certain factors to be overcome such as fatigue, hunger, boredom, and, uh, I'll say, answering nature's call.

Tubes Are Tried And True

And now, let's compare all of these to joining a tube site. Sure, it may be considered a bit antiquated, but it certainly is a tried and true method to make money selling sex. Let's assume that subscription-based services can be lucrative but are fairly new and constantly evolving thanks to new trends and shifts.

Just like webcam sites, the cost of starting up isn’t that high upfront. However, you can get away with simply sticking with filming using your mobile phone quite a bit. Of course, it helps to have some sort of special sauce, but think about how much amateur porn you've enjoyed, which doesn't involve hundreds of dollars of props.

Now, let's get into what you should know and why you should consider broadcasting on YouPorn specifically.

Before You Sign Up Take A Content Partner Tour

When you are joining any money-making venture – especially if it's something online – it's always better to get as much information as possible before you sign a damn thing. Often a lot of adult affiliate programs and porn partnership schemes give you some basic information.

The thing is, some of them are a little light on details. In other rare cases, they give way too much information in a format that is hardly digestible – hence the reason I do these articles.

YouPorn is a little different in that they provide bite-sized chunks of text mixed with graphics to illustrate what the system is and how it works. So, in the interest of being thorough, after you finish and spread this article around, take the YouPorn Partner tour.

The Application Takes About Thirty Seconds

Yes, that’s right, I actually timed it – filling out the starter information only takes about half a minute. To be specific, all they need is your name (I'm pretty sure legal or stage name is fine) along with your email and your personal website.

They also want you to fill out a message section, which I guess is a way to make yourself stand out to the YouPorn staff. However, you don't really have to fill out anything, and I'm certain it won't affect your app.

Unfortunately, you'll have to do an exercise of hurry up and wait since you have to wait to be approved. Seeing as this site's bread and butter is bringing on new uploaders, I doubt you'll have to wait very long to get into the system.

Once You Are Accepted You Will Get Help Getting Started

YouTube isn't alone when it comes to leaving vloggers alone when it comes to becoming famous. Most tubes I've seen except the new joiners to know precisely what they are doing when it comes to promoting their content.

Sure, a lot of them might have an FAQ or a more detailed newbie Help Center, but those can only get you so far.

YouPorn is different in that they guarantee to help you set up your profile with an account manager's aid. Not only that, but they will provide you with a suite of sweet marketing tools for free to boost your profile.

After that’s all done, you should be good to go and can start uploading.

Get Exposed In The Best Way Possible

One of the best selling points of this platform is that it's part of the larger MindGeek network. If you somehow aren't familiar, this is the same company that owns industry giants like PornHub and Porn MD.

As a member of this program, you will get defacto representation across multiple websites, which are all linked together. This is a feature that many other tubes simply cannot compete with, especially when you consider how much traffic MindGeek’s properties get and will almost certainly continue to.

To put things into perspective, competitor tubes, let's look at tubes outside the network YouPorn is apart of…

• Eporner – Alexa ranking: #2,399

• TXXX.com – Alexa ranking: #1,483

• Beeg.com – Alexa ranking: #1,228

…and compare that to the tubes in the network…

• RedTube – Alexa ranking: #574

• YouPorn – Alexa ranking: #422

• PornHub – Alexa ranking: #56

Let’s also not forget that the king of porn, PornHub, is not only the top porn site, but it’s remained in the top 100 websites for years now. And these are the more noteworthy websites which you may have heard of. However, there are more tubes which are popular and will indirectly help promote you like Tube8, Thumbzilla, and XTube, not to mention all of the gay variants of those platforms.

So yeah, you really want to be apart of this spectacular network.

Making Money Is A Number’s Game And An Endurance Test

The trick to go from a new nude model with no subscribers to sex sensation who's rolling in cash is:

1. Building up a regular, massive viewing base.

2. Getting watchers to subscribe to your channel.

3. Continue uploading content more people are going to watch.

That's a simplification, but enough to give you an idea of what to do. Since tubes primarily make money by selling adverts, the more organic traffic (read: real people, not bots), the more ad revenue you're going to earn. This does have its advantages since you don't even need viewers to convert – i.e., click on the ads posted.

The thing which sucks is that you're only going to get a tiny bit of money per view. Indeed, for each view, you might only get about half a Euro (maybe a bit more in USD), which doesn't mean much if only a few other people are watching your videos.

Then again, if you manage to get enough people to watch your uploads by coming up with the right titles, using proper tagging, and getting enough views to be considered trending, those numbers add up pretty quickly.

For beginners, it's a good idea to start small with the goal of netting a hundred views. After a while, you should figure out what people are into and create more content with what works. Then it's just a matter of refining your porn until you're getting thousands and (ideally) millions of views.

With all of this traffic, subscribers will naturally follow. With such a fanbase, you can really start making cash by selling access to premium content.

Want A Tip? I’ve Got A Few To Help You Become Successful

Besides following the suggested formal above, there are a few more ways you can boost your profile without spending any cash.

One thing to try is simply emailing people who are on YouPorn who might be interested in the kind of carnal content you upload. To find people who might be interested instead of guessing blindly, you might want to try looking up videos with the tags you use and contacting the people who comment on them.

In my experience, folks who not only get a tube account but interact with the content via text aren't going to complain when they get an offer from a hot, new performer.

A similar strategy would be to leave comments on the same videos which have similar tags as you. Simply respond to people with a suggestion like ‘hey, if you think that’s hot, then check out my newest video’ or something like that.

Now you are going to want to be careful when you do this. Some uploaders might consider that behavior to be spam, especially if they are an amateur uploader like you. If I was going to do this, I'd stick with using this tactic on channels that simply post promo clips of studio porn.

Since studios typically don’t mind promotional material being spread around and the uploader doesn’t have a copyright claim, they probably won’t make a big deal out of it.

Can You Write Smut Like Peter Griffin? Then You’ve Got Another Opportunity

Investing in some erotic writing might be a long-shot, but it could work out in your favor if you've got the chops. Unlike many other tubes, including PornHub, YouPorn has an erotic writing section. There you can add your own stories for free, which might get you some recognition from the regular readers.

I do know that there are people who get off or warmed up on erotic literature a lot. So, if you were to draw up a series of ‘teaser’ stories that leads into your next exciting upload, you should get some more views in no time. If you can spin sexy stories, this may boost your profile on YouPorn.

Do I Personally Think This A Program Worth Affiliating With?

Being successful in a business like this is no surefire thing, but this has to be one of the better tube partnership programs I've seen.

With this tube, you can apply without spending anything and will likely become approved in no time. The webmasters give you human and software assistance to get your uploads out there. Plus, you'll be apart of the most popular porn tube network on the web.

If you've ever wanted to become an indie smut star, this is certainly a site to consider being apart of.