Julian Shaw on the Risks and Rewards of an Online Fetish Career

About this episode

Julian Shaw discusses his journey into the online fetish industry and the lessons learned during his career transition.

A New Zealand-born, Australian-raised writer, director, actor, model and fetish content creator, Julian Shaw began his filmmaking career in his teens. When COVID dried up his earnings, a friend suggested he explore Only Fans, an app that is redefining the sex industry. He found he could make easy money and get back on his feet monetarily, but he learned far more. In 2020, Shaw launched a subscription site, and to his amazement, some of his content placed him at the site’s top 1 percent. Fetis...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Joe Kort

Guest: Julian Shaw

Topics covered

• fetish content
• online career
• Only Fans
• COVID impact
• filmmaking

Keywords

• fetish
• Only Fans
• filmmaking
• COVID-19
• subscription site

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Only Fans

Places: New Zealand, Australia

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