Glossary
Updated October 7, 2026
Short definitions of the words you meet in an agency's offer or contract, written for someone who is starting out. Each definition links to the guides that go further. They describe how things work; they are not legal or tax advice.
- OnlyFans agency
- A company, independent of the platform, that handles what surrounds a creator's content: promotion on social networks, traffic to her page, answering fans' messages when the contract includes it, and the shooting schedule. The creator creates the content. An agency is paid either with a percentage or with a salary.
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- Percentage agency
- A percentage agency is paid with a share of what fans spend on the creator's page. According to the guides percentage agencies publish themselves, that share runs from about 20% to 30% for chatting only to 40% to 50% for full management. The share, and what it is computed on, are written in the contract: read both before signing.
- Guides: Salary, percentage and contract
- Salaried agency
- An agency that pays the creator a fixed monthly amount written in the contract before she starts. Your salary does not depend on the account. At Lumea Talent, you must deliver the content asked for, on the agreed schedule; otherwise the contract ends. A salary is only worth what the company paying it is worth: check the company before you count on it.
- Guides: Salary, percentage and contract
- Gross and net
- Gross is what fans paid; net is what remains after the platform's share. A percentage agency can compute its share on either one, and the difference is large: 40% of gross takes exactly what 50% of net takes. A contract that says "percentage" without saying of what leaves your real share unknown when you sign.
- Guides: Salary, percentage and contract
- Chatter
- The service of answering fans' messages, when the contract includes it, and the person who provides it. Chatters work for an agency or are hired by the creator herself. Which service is included, who provides it and during which hours are questions to ask before signing, and the answers belong in the contract, not in a conversation.
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- Traffic
- The visitors brought to a creator's page from outside the platform: social networks, paid advertising, collaborations. Traffic is what an agency's marketing produces, and who pays for it is a contract question. Lumea Talent pays for the marketing, the traffic and the fan messaging, never charged back to the creator.
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- PPV (pay-per-view)
- Content that a fan pays to unlock individually, in a message or a post, on top of or instead of a subscription. Each piece of PPV content has its own price. In a percentage contract, PPV is part of what fans spend, so the agency's share applies to it just as it applies to subscriptions and tips.
- Guides: Salary, percentage and contract
- Payout and withdrawal
- The platform pays creators on its own schedule: a holding period on new accounts, a payout cycle and a minimum balance before a withdrawal can be requested. These rules are the platform's and are written in its terms. A percentage agency adds its own payment cycle on top: ask in which currency and on which day it pays.
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- Exclusivity clause
- A contract clause that forbids the creator to work with another agency, or on other platforms, during the contract and sometimes after it. Read its duration, what it covers (which platforms, which content) and what ends it. An exclusivity that outlasts the contract itself is a question to ask before signing.
- Guides: Salary, percentage and contract
- Notice period
- The time between the day one party says it is leaving and the day the contract actually ends. It is written in the contract, in days or months, and it is the same question whatever the pay model. Check what you still owe during the notice period and whether a shorter notice is possible by agreement.
- Guides: Salary, percentage and contract
- Exit fee
- A sum a contract asks the creator to pay for leaving before its end, or for leaving at all. It can be a fixed amount, a number of months of a percentage agency's share, or a share of future earnings. Look for it under "termination", "penalty" or "damages"; if you cannot find it, ask in writing whether leaving costs anything.
- Guides: Salary, percentage and contract
- Brief and content schedule
- The written list of what content is expected and when: formats, themes, number of posts, filming days. It is part of what you agree to, so ask to see it before signing, not after. At Lumea Talent the content is asked for from a weekly brief, and filming several days of content in one session is the normal way.
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- Identity check
- The verification of a creator's age and identity with an official document. Lumea Talent checks identity and age with an ID document before any contract. It exists because only adults may create this content; an agency that never asks for it is a question to raise.
- Guides: Starting out
- Geo-blocking
- A setting of the platform that hides a creator's page from visitors located in the countries she chooses. It reduces the chance of being recognised at home but does not remove it: a VPN, a screenshot or a leaked file travel across borders. Choosing which countries to block is the creator's own step.
- Guides: Privacy and showing your face