From the BC times, dating apps were considered the highest quality source of traffic for OnlyFans. You ask why? First of all, targeted single people. Secondly, for a small fee you get additional targeting features—from country and city to age and hobbies. To keep it short, these are the top benefits.
How Dating App OnlyFans Promotion Works Actually
There are two main methods for OnlyFans Promotion on dating apps. The first one is a kind of soft and legal way, and the second one involves more hard technical skills and background. Now we’ll explore both of these ways.
Method 1: The “Right” Way
In a nutshell, this looks like this:
- Create a proper dating app profile on one of the top platforms (e.g., Tinder or Bumble, but there are many more).
- Upload proper pictures, fill in the bio, like a regular profile.
- Do a few swipes per day for a few days to warm up your profile, drop a few messages with the matches.
- After a while, get a subscription that will give you the ability to change regions. (For Tinder, it’s Passport Mode.)
- Set it up so your profile appears in Tier 1 countries or in countries that fit your language set and have average-to-high median salaries.
- Start matching with people. Feel free to set some filters that fit your target audience.
- Chat a bit and then subtly drive them into your OF profile.
- Make sure not to do overkill stuff; most dating apps are not into that.
- Ideally, you’d drive them to another platform such as Snapchat or IG, and then from there convert them to OF, as these platforms are much more liberal in those terms.
- Once you succeed on a small scale, diversify sources:
- Add more apps, get used phones and numbers, run multiple accounts.
- In the case of multiple accounts, make sure to drive users to different IG and Snap profiles, as most top dating apps monitor this.
Overall budget ~30$ to start.
We have a very detailed guide on this strategy in our article on promoting OnlyFans on Tinder.
Method 2: The “Hard” Way
Now, this method is a bit technical and usually employed by experienced agencies. It involves creating 10-20+ accounts, automating them, and using more aggressive promotional tactics—such as explicitly mentioning OnlyFans in profile bios or pictures, and initiating direct messages immediately.
This would become too technical and quickly outdated if fully detailed here, but here’s a basic framework:
- Create profiles on mobile devices and do a setup warm-up for a few days.
- After initial setup, there are two options:
- Transfer the accounts to desktop devices using antidetect browsers and proxies or specialized dating app automation software.
- Use multiple Android phones combined with automation software and proxies.
- Develop a clear strategy detailing how the bots will interact with users:
- Define daily action numbers, set up target audiences, etc.
- This approach is more of a churn-and-burn strategy. Regularly rotate accounts, proxies, and other elements. Allocate a budget to maintain this setup.
Overall budget for this method is >$500 to feel comfortable.
A Few Other Tips to Go Through the Routine
- If you’re just starting out, focus on quality rather than quantity. Invest more time in individual matches, as a few well-engaged fans can yield more revenue than hundreds of indifferent followers.
- Leverage your location strategically—users often feel more connected to people in their own area.
- Always use secondary platforms (such as Instagram and Snapchat) as funnels to filter out and warm up potential fans.
- Experimetn with the subscription fees, send some of them to your free OnlyFans account, and some to the paid one.
