Onboarding a new creator: the first week

The first week decides what follows. A collaboration that starts without a contract, with unclear access and no content, cannot be caught up; a collaboration that starts cleanly is then managed in twenty minutes a week. Here are the seven work items, in the order they must be done.

Day 1: the signed contract

Nothing opens before it. Not an account, not an access, not a post. The OnlyFans terms are explicit about responsibility: if someone helps a creator manage her account, “this does not affect your legal responsibility. Our relationship is with you, and not with any third-party”. The creator carries the responsibility toward the platform; the contract between the two of you is the only document that organizes yours.

The legal module details the contract clause by clause in the lesson The creator-agency contract, and the site offers a contract generator to produce a working version. Use them. The contract must at minimum set: the term and the notice period, the percentage and its base, the scope of what you do, the ownership of content and accounts, and the return of access at the end.

Dated electronic signature, one copy each, before moving on to day 2.

Day 1, continued: the access register

Before opening or taking over a single account, write the list of everything that will exist: sales platforms, acquisition accounts, email addresses, phone number, tools, payment method. For each line: who owns it, who has access to it, how you log in.

The principle: sales accounts are in the creator’s name, verified with her identity document, paid into her bank account; that is what the platforms require, and it cannot be worked around. You have access to them, not ownership. Acquisition accounts and tools can be yours, and the contract says so.

This register is the document you will reread on the day of a separation or the loss of an account. It is kept up to date at every change, and the weekly check-in verifies it.

Days 2 and 3: the accounts

Two cases.

Creation. On OnlyFans, you “first need to register as a Fan and then complete the additional Creator Onboarding Process”: identity document, two photos, bank account, payout method. On MYM, the sign-up article lists what to prepare, including a valid proof of identity, the security selfie and the first 5 media files to post on the feed, and the account is only visible to fans once certified. These steps are done by the creator, with you on a video call if necessary, never by you alone with her documents.

Takeover. If the accounts exist, the first action is to change what needs changing: password, recovery email address if it does not belong to the creator, two-factor authentication, and logging out of every unknown device. Then compare with the register: any access not listed in it is removed.

In both cases, set the subscription price at this stage, even provisionally. The OnlyFans help center states that “You can set your subscription price between $4.99 and $50 per month”, that a free account is possible by monetizing “individual pieces of content through Pay Per View or direct messages”, and that multi-month bundles are capped at $250. The choice between a paid and a free account depends on the sales strategy, described in the chatting module; do not leave it to chance.

Day 3: the persona

The persona is written before the first content, because the content serves it. The lesson Persona and content plan in the marketing module gives the method. What matters this week: that the creator has read it, corrected it and accepted it. An imposed persona cracks in the conversations; a co-written persona holds.

The document fits on one page: stage name, tone, what she says about herself, what she never says, the topics she likes, the content limits set during the interview. It will be reread by every person, or every AI, that speaks in her name.

Days 4 and 5: the first batch of content

A catalog before a conversation. The first batch must cover three uses: free content for the welcome and follow-ups, per-item content for the first tiers, and a few more expensive pieces for fans who climb fast. Proportions and prices are the subject of the chatting module; this week is about production.

Set a realistic volume with the creator, the one she announced during the interview, not the one you hope for. A batch delivered in two days and then kept up every week is worth more than a large batch delivered late. Sort, name and file every file on delivery: a media file that cannot be found is a media file that does not sell.

Day 6: setting up sales

This is the moment to install the inbox: the welcome message, the first scripts, the tier prices, and the choice between human chatting and AI chatting that the creator accepted during the interview. The module Chatting covers each of these steps, from the anatomy of a script to setting up an AI on a creator.

Two rules for this first setup. First, test each step with a fan account before opening: does the welcome message arrive, does the payment go through, does the media unlock. Second, start with a single sales channel. The second one is added when the first is running.

Day 7: the weekly check-in

Twenty minutes, same day, same time, every week, starting with the first. The agenda does not change: what was sold and to whom; the content delivered and the content planned; the conversations worth flagging, good or bad; access, with a check of the register; the decision of the week.

The check-in is not a motivation meeting. It is the moment when the creator sees the real numbers, when you hear what bothers her before it turns into a departure, and when the access register stays true.

The checklist

If a line is not done on day 7, the week is not over: it continues until the list is complete. This is the only moment when falling behind costs nothing; afterwards, every week without a catalog or without clean access costs sales and trust. The next module takes the platforms one by one: what each one publishes, and what that changes for selling.