Where do your OFM margins really go?
Most OFM agencies think in revenue: "this month we did 40,000€". But the number that decides whether your agency survives or sinks is net margin: what's left after everyone has taken their slice on the way through. And on an OFM sale, there are more hands in the till than you'd think.
Every euro a fan generates travels down a chain: the platform takes its share, the payment processor takes its own, and if you use a tool that charges a percentage, it takes a slice too. The sticker price of your PPV therefore has almost nothing to do with what lands in your account. Understanding each deduction is the first step to stop working for everyone else.
The OnlyFans commission: the ~20% you never get back
On any on-platform sale, OnlyFans takes around 20% commission. Subscription, PPV, tip, paid message: whatever the source, the platform grabs a fifth before the money reaches the creator. On 100€ charged to a fan, roughly 80€ is left to split between the model and the agency.
This cut has a brutal property: it's proportional and permanent. The more you sell, the more you pay, with no cap. A model doing 20,000€ of on-platform sales leaves around 4,000€ to the platform, every month, forever. It's not a startup cost you amortize, it's a lifetime tax on your growth.
The hidden fees: processors, tools and commission-based CRMs
The platform commission is visible. The others, much less so. Here are the deductions agencies forget to count:
- Payment processing fees: any card payment goes through a processor that takes a percentage plus a fixed amount per transaction. It's unavoidable, but you can choose who carries it (more on that below).
- Tools that charge a percentage: some management or "fan monetization" platforms make money by taking a share of your sales. It feels painless at 3,000€ of revenue, it becomes a bleed at 30,000€.
- Withdrawal and FX fees: currency conversions, international transfers, payout delays, a series of small leaks that add up.
The real problem isn't that a commission exists: one always will, collecting money costs money. The problem is the stacking: the platform takes 20%, the management tool takes its percentage on top, the processor takes its own, and nobody ever tells you the total.
Stacked deductions vs a single commission
This is the part few people explain honestly, so let's be clear. A transaction fee always exists; the real question is how many times you pay it.
Two models compete:
- Stacked deductions: the platform takes its cut on the sale, then your management tool takes a percentage of the same sale, then the processor takes its own. Three lines on a single euro, two of which you never see go by.
- A single commission: the sale happens off-platform, you collect it yourself through an integrated processor, and there's only one deduction to understand. At SyncAgency that's 15%, through our payment partner dropp.fans.
A single commission isn't just cheaper, it's legible. You can set your PPV price knowing exactly what lands, compute chatter pay on an accurate figure, and stop discovering your real margin at the end of the month. Across hundreds of PPVs, that's what separates an agency that steers from one that guesses.
Where 100€ of a sale goes, by channel
Nothing beats a worked example. Take a PPV listed at 100€ and look at what the agency actually keeps, depending on the channel. (What matters here is the deduction logic, not the decimal.)
| Channel | Platform deduction | What the agency collects |
|---|---|---|
| On-platform sale (OnlyFans) | ~20% commission | ~80€ (minus possible fees) |
| Commission-based tool / CRM | ~20% platform + X% tool | Even less than 80€ |
| SyncAgency, off-platform (dropp.fans) | 15%, and nothing else | 85€ |
The bottom row isn't magic: there is a commission, and you also pay your monthly subscription. But it's one line, known in advance, and it stacks on nothing. Repeated across your whole volume, the gap with a model where three parties help themselves to the same sale adds up to thousands of euros a month.
SyncAgency: a fixed subscription and a 15% commission
SyncAgency is a Telegram CRM built for OFM agencies. The principle: you talk to your fans on Telegram, off the platform and its 20%, with payment integrated directly into the conversation flow, including native Telegram Stars. Card and Apple Pay payments are operated by dropp.fans, our payment partner specialised in this kind of content, on a 15% commission on sales with no fixed fee.
On the software side, it's a fixed monthly fee that doesn't move with your volume:
- Core Chatting, from 35€ / Telegram account / month (volume-degressive, 35€ down to 23€): the Telegram CRM, the media and script vault, chatter tracking.
- Marketing, from 59€ / month: 49€ base plus 10€ per tracked platform (Instagram, TikTok, Twitter), 3 social accounts included, then packs of 3 accounts at 29€, 24€, then 19€.
- Both modules: 15% off, applied automatically to the entire subscription.
Whether you do 2,000€ or 50,000€ on a model, your subscription doesn't move: the more you sell, the more marginal it becomes as a share of revenue. And on the payment side you have one single line to factor into your maths, known in advance — not a platform, plus a tool, plus a processor. If you're comparing approaches, our SyncAgency vs Infloww article details what it changes day to day, and if you want to switch painlessly, the migration from Infloww is guided.
"Free"? No, and that's exactly why it's honest
Let's be straight: SyncAgency isn't "free". There's a monthly subscription, and a 15% commission on sales collected. Claiming otherwise would be dishonest, and hidden fees are precisely what we're calling out in this article.
The promise is different and sturdier: your cost is legible and complete. Two lines, not six. A flat fee you know to the cent, a single commission you only pay when a sale is actually collected, and nothing else: no setup fee, no processor package, no hidden percentage bolted on behind. For an agency that wants to scale, knowing exactly what a collected euro costs is worth its weight in gold.
Frequently asked questions about OFM agency commission
What commission does SyncAgency take on my agency's sales?
15% on sales collected through the CRM, taken by our integrated processor dropp.fans. That's the only proportional line: no extra per-transaction fee, no additional percentage on the tool side. On top of it sits only your fixed monthly subscription (Core Chatting from 35€ per Telegram account, Marketing module from 59€ per month, 15% off if you take both), identical whether you have a small or a big month.
Are there fixed fees or a processor subscription?
No. No setup fee, no weekly or monthly package on the payment side. A month without sales costs you nothing on that line: the 15% only applies to what is actually collected.
How much does OnlyFans take on each sale?
Around 20% on everything collected on the platform (subscriptions, PPV, tips). On 100€ charged, roughly 80€ is left to the creator and her agency, before any other fees.
Does selling off-platform really let you keep more?
On an off-platform sale via the Telegram CRM, there's neither the 20% OnlyFans cut nor the percentage a platform-wired tool takes on top. One line is left: the 15% from the integrated processor. Where an on-platform sale stacks two or three deductions, you only have one.
Does the subscription price depend on my revenue?
No, it's a fixed monthly fee, independent of your volume. Only the 15% payment commission follows your sales. The more you scale, the more marginal the subscription becomes as a percentage of revenue.
