How much does an OnlyFans agency take? Shares, fees and what they cover

An OnlyFans agency usually takes a percentage of what you earn. Where agencies publish that figure, it mostly falls between 20% and 70% of revenue, according to one directory’s check of 248 agency websites. Before you compare percentages, find out what the share is taken from: your gross earnings or your net.

In short

• Most agencies keep a share of your earnings. Some charge a fixed monthly fee instead, or a share plus a fee.
• Few agencies publish their share. In one check of 248 agency websites, 20 did.
• Gross is what fans pay. Net is usually what’s left after the platform’s fee.
• The same percentage costs you more when it’s taken from gross. In the illustration below, 40% of gross takes half of the money that actually reaches you.
• Ask what the share covers, who receives the payouts and what is deducted first. Get every answer in writing.

How do OnlyFans agencies charge?

Agencies charge in one of three ways.

A share of earnings. The agency keeps a percentage of what you earn. You keep the rest.

A share plus a fee. The agency keeps a percentage and also charges a fixed amount each month.

A fixed fee. You pay a set amount each month and keep everything you earn.

Each model puts the risk in a different place. With a share, the agency earns more only when you do. With a fixed fee, you pay the same in a slow month as in a good one.

What is a normal OnlyFans agency commission?

We could not find an independent survey of agency commission. The public figures come from agency directories and from agencies themselves, and they are thin.

One agency directory checked 248 agency websites. Only 20 of them, about 8%, stated their commission. Only 56, about 23%, named an identifiable legal entity. Where it did find rates, they sat mostly between 20% and 70% of revenue. Its figures are dated 2 September 2026.

Agencies also publish ranges of their own. One agency’s guide puts typical rates at 30% to 50% of net revenue. It cites no source, and it was written by an agency that sells management.

So treat any “normal” figure with care. The range is wide because agencies sell very different things. A team that answers your messages around the clock does a different job from one that only plans your posts.

The percentage matters less than what it is a percentage of.

Full management or one service?

Some agencies run everything: messages, posting, promotion and planning. Others sell one service, such as chatting or marketing. The same directory check found offers of 10% for chatting alone, well below the range for full management.

A lower share for one service isn’t automatically a better deal. You may still need to pay someone else, or spend your own time, for the rest. Add up what you would pay for everything you need before you compare.

For chat help, the percentage is only half of the price. Ask which revenue it is counted on: all of your revenue, only what the chat team brings in, or only growth above an agreed baseline. Some chat teams charge a flat staffing fee instead of a share. The same 20% can cost five times as much on one base as on another, so ask for the base in writing. Our guide to net and gross has a worked example.

Gross or net: what’s the difference?

Gross is what fans pay: subscriptions, tips and paid messages, before anyone takes a cut.

Net usually means what reaches you after the platform’s fee. OnlyFans keeps 20% of what fans pay, and creators receive 80%. Other platforms set their own fees.

An agency that takes its share from gross takes part of it from money you never receive. An agency that takes its share from net takes it from the money you actually get.

Some contracts define net more widely. They subtract the platform’s fee and then other costs, such as paid promotion, software, refunds or chargebacks. The share is calculated on what is left. That can be fair, if you agreed to those costs. It can also hide a higher share. Ask for a list of every deduction, in writing.

A worked example

This is an illustration, not market data. We chose round numbers to show the arithmetic. They are not typical earnings, and 40% is not a typical share.

Say fans pay $5,000 in a month. The platform keeps 20%, which is $1,000. $4,000 reaches you. Your agency’s share is 40%.

40% of gross. The agency takes $2,000. You keep $2,000 of the $4,000 that reached you.

40% of net. The agency takes $1,600. You keep $2,400.

Same percentage, $400 apart in one month. Over a year, that is $4,800.

Look at the gross case again. The agency takes $2,000 of the $4,000 that reached you. On the money you actually receive, a 40% share of gross works like a 50% share.

How do you compare two offers?

Put both on the same basis before you compare. Another illustration, with the same $5,000 month:

30% of gross. The agency takes $1,500. You keep $2,500.

35% of net. The agency takes $1,400. You keep $2,600.

The offer with the higher percentage leaves you more. That’s why the basis has to be in writing before any number means anything.

What does the share cover?

A share is only cheap or expensive next to what you get for it. Ask the agency to list what is included. For example:

• messaging fans on your behalf, and in which hours;
• planning and scheduling posts;
• promotion on other platforms;
• paid ads, and who pays for them;
• editing;
• reports on what you earn.

Then ask what is not included, and what extra work costs.

Also ask which earnings the share applies to. Some agencies take a share of everything you earn on a platform. Others take it only from the subscriptions, tips and paid messages they manage. If you already earn from something the agency doesn’t touch, ask whether it is excluded.

Is a lower share always better?

Not always. A low share for little work can leave you with less than a higher share for work that grows your income. What matters is what you keep after the share, compared with what you would earn on your own.

Ask the agency what it would do in your first three months. Ask how it measures results. Treat earnings claims without evidence as marketing.

Who receives the money?

This is a separate question from the share. It matters as much.

In one setup, the platform pays you directly. The agency sends you an invoice for its share. It never holds your money.

In the other, the platform pays the agency. The agency keeps its share and pays you the rest.

The second setup asks you to trust the agency with all of your income. If that is the offer, ask how often you are paid, what statement you receive each month, and what happens to money owed to you when you leave.

Does the share ever change?

Some agreements change the share over time, or above a set income. Read for both. Check whether there is a fee for leaving early.

Ask the agency to show you, with your own numbers, what you would pay in a slow month and in a good one.

Questions to ask before you sign

• What share do you keep, and is it taken from gross or net?
• If it’s net, what exactly is deducted first?
• Which earnings does the share apply to?
• Is there also a monthly fee, or any one-off fee?
• Who receives the payouts, and how often am I paid?
• What does the share include, and what costs extra?
• Does the share change over time, or above a certain income?
• How long is the contract, and how much notice do I give to leave?
• Who owns my accounts and logins, now and after I leave?

Ask for the answers in writing. Then check that the contract says the same.

Warning signs

Be careful if an agency:

• won’t put its share in writing;
• can’t tell you whether the share is taken from gross or net;
• asks you to pay a fee up front;
• asks for your logins before you have signed anything;
• sends a contract that differs from what it told you;
• pushes you to sign quickly.

How Crewvale shows an agency’s share

Every agency on Crewvale publishes six terms before you talk: its share and what it covers, how you are paid, contract length, notice period, who owns your accounts, and what happens when you leave. Each term appears twice, as a value and as a plain sentence. For example: “They keep 30% of what you earn. You keep 70%.”

The Crewvale team reviews each agency’s six published terms and its commitment to check every creator’s ID and age before it is listed. Agencies that also submit a company registration document that passes the check carry the Verified badge, renewed every 12 months. The review shows the terms are real. It is not an endorsement, and it doesn’t guarantee how an agency behaves.

No agency can pay to rank higher or to change a match score. Crewvale is free for creators. It never charges job seekers either: people who apply for jobs at agencies on Crewvale pay nothing.

Compare agencies on their published terms. If you’d rather be found, create a private profile and accept only the introductions you want.

Sources

An OnlyFans agency directory’s own count, figures dated 2 September 2026. An agency’s published guide to commission rates, updated 1 October 2026. Wikipedia, “OnlyFans”, citing The New York Times (2019) and Business Insider (2020), for the platform’s 20% fee. All read on 16 October 2026.

Last reviewed: 26 October 2026.