Glossary of OnlyFans agency terms

Answer · updated Nov 12, 2026

Plain definitions of 29 terms you'll meet in agency pitches and contracts.

Agency (OnlyFans management agency): A company that runs parts of a creator's account (strategy, promotion, chat, reporting) for a percentage of earnings.
Chat-only service: A service that only answers fans and sells content in messages. We list these apart from full-management agencies.
Chatter: A person who writes messages to fans on a creator's behalf.
Commission: The share of earnings an agency takes. Always check the base: gross or net.
Gross: Everything fans spend on an account in a period, before the platform's fee.
Net: What the platform pays out after its fee. On OnlyFans, 80% of gross.
Platform fee: The share the platform keeps. OnlyFans keeps 20%.
Payout: The transfer from the platform to the creator's bank account.
Direct payouts: Payouts go from the platform to the creator's own bank account, not through the agency.
2FA (two-factor authentication): A second code, usually from a phone, needed to log in. Whoever controls it controls the account.
Minimum term: The shortest time a contract binds you. Some contracts have none.
Notice period: How many days' warning you must give before leaving.
Exit fee / buyout: An amount owed for leaving early or for leaving at all.
Post-exit commission (tail): A share of earnings after the contract ends.
Content license: The agency's permission to use your content. It should end with the contract.
Exit handover: What happens on the last day: access removed, files returned, copies deleted.
DMCA takedown: A request, under US copyright law, to remove leaked content from a website.
Leak monitoring: Searching the web for copies of a creator's paid content.
PPV (pay-per-view): Paid content sent in messages.
Mass message: One message sent to many fans at once.
Upfront fee: Any charge before you earn: setup, training, tools.
RDAP: A public lookup that shows when a domain was registered. It proves the domain's age, not the company's.
Secretary of State: In the US, the state office that registers companies. Its business search shows when an LLC was formed.
LLC: Limited liability company, a common US company type.
EIN: Employer Identification Number, a US federal tax number for companies.
Published / Partly / Not found: Our three levels for each criterion: 1, 0.5 or 0 points.
Reading date: The day we read the agency's page for a criterion. Cells older than 90 days are re-read.
Robustness table: Our scores recalculated with 19 alternative rules, published even when the result goes against us.
Right of reply: An agency's right to have its written response published on its page here.

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