Hey everyone! Recent newbie to ACF, but loving it so far! I just read through this, and for me, internal traffic, earning potential, trust, and transparency are the biggest considerations when evaluating a new platform.
A platform needs to offer more than an attractive website and easy onboarding. Performers are investing their time, content, personal information, and professional reputation. Clear commission structures and reliable payouts, fair moderation, account security, and a straightforward creator experience are all essential.
The biggest thing for me is traffic. I wouldn't want to invest hours on another platform only to discover I'm responsible for bringing virtually every viewer myself. Attracting performers/creators and attracting viewers need to be developed together. If a new platform expects performers/creators to contribute time, content, or promotional support while it's building its audience, those contributions should be clearly defined and appropriately compensated.
I'd also be interested in seeing platforms invest in structured performer development and continuing education, rather than focusing exclusively on the technical and transactional side of camming. Education that supports performers/creators at different stages of their careers could be a meaningful addition to onboarding, retention, and long-term performer sustainability.
I wouldn't expect a new platform to have the resources or traffic of an established site immediately, but I'd want to see a credible growth strategy, transparent communication, and consistent progress.
Ultimately, I'd be more inclined to give a new platform a genuine opportunity if it demonstrated that performers are partners in its growth and long-term development, not simply a source of content or traffic.
Really appreciate you sharing this perspective. You've raised some excellent points, particularly around internal traffic, transparency and helping creators build sustainable careers.
As someone building JiggleJiggle, I completely agree that a creator platform needs to offer more than somewhere to upload content or switch on livestreaming, audio and video calls.
Creators shouldn't be expected to generate every single visitor themselves. A platform needs to take responsibility for developing its own audience, improving creator discovery and creating genuine opportunities for its creators.
That's something we're actively working towards at JiggleJiggle through our approach to creator visibility, individual promotional features, email marketing and opportunities to collaborate directly with creators.
But there's another area of our business that I think is particularly relevant to your point about long-term performer development.
JiggleJiggle also offers model services, and we're currently working with brands through that side of the business.
Our longer-term goal is to build on those relationships so that, when brands are looking for suitable creators, we have an opportunity to introduce talent from within the JiggleJiggle community.
We want to help creators develop more than just an audience. We want them to build a personal brand and a professional profile that could support future commercial opportunities.
For example, a creator's profile, content, experience and relevant sales performance on JiggleJiggle could help demonstrate their commercial value to a prospective brand partner.
Where appropriate, we'd like to use that information, with the creator's permission, to support introductions and help creators present a stronger case for potential collaborations.
The idea is to help creators turn their activity and achievements on JiggleJiggle into something that may also benefit them beyond the platform itself.
Of course, brand opportunities would depend on what each brand is looking for, and we wouldn't want to promise partnerships that aren't agreed.
We're also continuing to improve the creator experience itself. We've recently updated our dashboard to make it easier to complete profiles, configure services and upload content, including SFW material that helps showcase personality.
That's important because whether we're introducing a creator to potential fans or considering them for a future brand opportunity, we want their profile to represent them at their best.
I also agree that transparency and trust are essential. We're still developing our approach, and I think listening to creators about what they actually need is a critical part of getting it right.
Ultimately, our ambition is for JiggleJiggle to become more than a transactional marketplace. We want to develop a platform where creators can grow their following, generate income, strengthen their personal brands and potentially access wider commercial opportunities.
Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. It's exactly the kind of discussion I think new platforms should be paying attention to.