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This is most likely targeted at the onlyfans kinda "internet sex worker" who sell zip archives or lewd images and videos. This lets "content creator" circumvent the platform fees that come with selling over platforms like onlyfans.


So on one hand, I think this is still too little. Even when buying porn one would want to know exactly what it is they're paying for, and it would make more sense to do the payment at some place with a gallery, previews, etc.

But on the other hand, this might be a plausible deniability sort of thing. This way paidlink.to doesn't host anything, they don't even say what it is that they're going to direct the user to. This might be an attempt to keep payment processors off their back as long as possible.

It may not work forever but since next to nothing is being provided, this site is extremely cheap to setup and run, which means it won't take long to pay off.


Why should the payment piece show a preview or gallery or anything? When I buy something using paypal, that info isn't on PayPal - it's on the vendor site.


If customer has an established relationship with a seller already, seller can put this link on a website where products are presented. It's not polished, but it's fine.


I imagine the description / preview would be displayed with the link on the seller's site. No need for this service to open itself to the liability / vulnerability of displaying whatever the seller wants (illegal content / XSS / etc)


The gallery problem is easy to solve, the models put these Stripe links on their instagram or snapchat, and then fill up their pages with saucy photos to serve as the gallery.


aren't they just trading Onlyfans fee for this platform fee.


OF is closer to 25-40%.




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