Never accept cashiers checks, they are ALWAYS chargeback scams (nobody uses cashiers checks for real but when you're very new and fronting to more experience clients it gets weird, that's where the scams come in)
Don't sext/chat explicitly with FS clients before seeing them; flirt a little but get the deets hammered out fast
Legit clients RARELY send unsolicited pics, esp not hunky shirtless pics--I've had hunky real clients, but people who are serious about paying for your time aren't gonna try to wow you with how hot they are. You don't need to get your rocks off pretending to be hot shit if you actually intend to pay for that hot shit. (you might trade selfies for verification purposes, the point of these is that they're normal, cute but not professional/edited shots that aren't from a website or social media profile). Reverse image search pics of clients.
SET YOUR AGE OLDER if you are 18-22. It's not actually a draw for real clients, ppl can and do feel like they're being creepy about it and not engage, it just draws way more scam attention (I was constantly getting hassled being honest abt my age at the beginning of my career; towards the end I just put 24 and suddenly got way less timewasters)
The biggest scam in independent porn is, unfortunately, other content creators.
ESPECIALLY since the expected quality and general availability of online porn has skyrocketed in the past several years, it's really hard to make a living making content online. Most people who are successful now either 1) started back in the days of independent sites and were less beholden to algorithms while building their brands, or 2) had existing fame as influencers/streamers or just popular #hotgirl Twitter personalities, and thus already had a reach of hundreds of thousands of viewers who were thirsty for more parasocial engagement. Unless you're already famous, got real lucky, or are offering something that truly isn't available for free elsewhere (e.g. specific kink content, which is gonna require equipment, space etc that you might not have if you're just broke and need a gig), you're not gonna make big money. So, people get into the game, quickly realize this, and go pyramid scheme with it: they lie about how much they make and how good they are at working the algorithm and start offering paid RT groups, page management services, and that kind of thing. These will boost your metrics! They just won't get you actual individual clients buying custom content or sexting sessions etc (where the actual money is if you arent popular) bc your entire platform will be *other* content creators in the promotion ring. It's not a terrible idea to join some FREE groups and network to get work friends who will gas your content but like, watch ur fuckin back.
Don't buy into the kayfabe. People lie about what they make in public for the image, and/or if you're fat, disabled, etc Skinny Hot Bitches will give well meaning but honestly dogshit advice that they never considered applies to ppl with less body privilege. This is honestly worse in shared demographics, like fat ppl with more conventionally attractive curves not realizing the gap between that and fat w/ different shapes or scars (maybe this is out of my lane but I've witnessed trans girls in particular doing this to eachother, I think a lot of esp skinny, pale, non-scarred etc girls w big dysphoria don't necessarily realize how big a gap in conventional attractiveness there can be).
Flopping isn't about you or your personal worth. Entertainment industries are brutal: make yourself a character to play and separate your brand as A CHARACTER from your identity, personality, actual values, friends/social circle etc. so when you do have to take a hard look at what you're doing and why it isn't working, which you WILL have to do, you can do that to a made up person and not internalize nasty lessons about your own self.
Somewhere in the discourse of reducing stigma for sex work we've landed on covering up some nasty shit about the industry. Sex work IS real work: it's a shitty customer service job without guaranteed hours, pay, or a manager to shove annoying custies off on. Most sex workers are not classy bombshells getting flown to Dubai, they're people doing a side gig that kinda sucks; in the same way most actors aren't celebrities on the red carpet, they're working class people struggling contract to contract on bit parts, background work, and commercials.
If you have good improv skills, phone sex is honestly a better bet than doing porn! It's a lot more talking to people but it's a guaranteed rate per minute instead of making a bunch of content and seeing if it flops or not. If you've never done anything like it, it could be worth it to find a worker in a similar niche than the one you're interested and pay for a call to see what their technique and vibe is like. Marketing as a submissive is a little harder/gets fewer clients but is a lot easier work IMO because you basically just have to do folly and make noises while the client tells you fantasies, domming can be more interesting but requires more people skills.
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