So you are thinking of starting a porn business in New Zealand, but aren’t sure how? There are very few porn businesses operating in New Zealand, one name stand out NZDan and there’s very few others. According to Dan, he gets dozens of requests every week from guys looking to start their own porn business, but it’s not a simple answer. We’ve dived deep into how you can start your own porn business in New Zealand.
Is porn legal in New Zealand?
The first question we really need to discuss is the New Zealand status on pornography and what is means for businesses. There really is limited information online from any government agency on the filming of pornographic content. Compare that to the United States and United Kingdom and it’s clear what the rules are. One thing we know for sure is that covert filming is illegal. Therefore you must get consent from all models filming in your videos. However consent and forced consent are too different things. You only need to read about GirlsDoPorn, and the New Zealand founder now facing a life sentence in the United States for tricking women into consenting for videos.
Bottom line, filming porn is legal in New Zealand, provided both parties consent.
Do I need to show my face in NZ porn videos?
Put it this way, if you want to make a fuck ton of money then you need to show your face especially behind your paywall -i.e. Onlyfans. Those weird videos with a guy wearing a balaclava do make money, but won’t make the big bucks that’s for sure. If you want to make thousands of dollars you need to show your face. If you’re a guy, you’ll be a living legend especially in a small country like NZ. Your free content, you should definitely hide your girls face to encourage signups to your premium site behind the paywall.
If you’re concerned about every guy and girl knowing you in NZ, starting a porn business in NZ probably isn’t for you. You may find more satisfaction setting up a fetish site, such as jacking off on camera or doing weird things with girls feet etc where your face is less important, but you will make a lot less money.
The NZ Model Release Clause
Before you go out looking for girls, you really need to get your model release clause sorted. This is basically a form that both parties are going to sign before any shooting takes place. You want to cover your ass from day dot. Many girls and likewise men you may film with may be super keen initially, but once their video is published online and friends and relatives start giving them shit, you can bet your life some of them will want their video removed.
In my opinion, this is the most important aspect of starting any porn business in New Zealand. While you can get sample model release clauses from sites like Onlyfans and Fansly, these are often targeted towards creators in the US, UK and Australia, where porn is more common. I would be spending money having a lawyer go over your release clause and ensure it meets NZ legislation. The last thing you’d want is another lawyer representing a disgruntled actress taking you to court and tearing apart your free release clause you found on the Internet.
The clause needs to make it clear what you intend to do, and releasing you from any future claims they may bring. Creating and uploading porn to the Internet, it will be there forever. Take a look at Mia Khalifia, she hasn’t filmed a porn video for years and is still fighting a losing battle to have her videos removed, as she agreed too filming them in the first place. A lot of girls rush into things and regret later. Maybe they get a boyfriend, or have kids, and their one night of passion 10 years ago comes back to haunt them. New Zealand is such a small country, it would be fairly easy for people to quickly identify girls in the video from their facial expressions, tattoos etc.
Make it clear that you will be profiting or intend to profit from the video. Once you’ve paid them once, they are no longer entitled to any future earnings from their video. If you pay them $10,000 and your video goes on to make a million, they aren’t getting a cent of that future revenue. Lastly you need to make it clear you are uploading their face, imagery and video/photos to social media platforms, as well as paywalls. You need to make it clear their face will not be hidden or censored and that once the video is published, it cannot be removed.
Have models sign this form, and record them signing it and agreeing to it before filming commences to cover your ass!
How to find NZ porn models?
Before you even start on the business, you need to learn how to find girls willing to be filmed in porn videos. I mean, it’s hardly an easy opener, you may struggle to get laid on a night out in town, so how are you going to convince a girl to have sex with you, on camera, and upload it for the world to see. Seems like the hardest and most difficult step ever.
Well here’s the secret. Initially you’re going to need to build a following, a fan base. Once you’ve got that, you can start working with other adult creators on a like for like basis, for example, you would reach out to other New Zealand Onlyfans girls and ask if they are up for a collaboration. An example here is a recent video of NZDan and an Onlyfans model, that got over 650,000 views in a week, primarily from her popularity. If you can give something in return, Onlyfans girls will jump at the chance to get a bigger following.
Usually you’ll promote their Onlyfans or website in your video, or in the description. Then the Onlyfans girl will upload the same video, most likely without your handle as she owes you nothing really. Some girls will ofcourse, but they won’t want to lose their paying clients, to a potentially better porn channel.
So how do you actually get a fan base?
You need to start small, upload small feeler videos onto sites like Pornhub, Xvideos and Redtube with you fucking your girlfriend from behind, or with masks on. Create an account on these platforms and choose a username with the world NZ at the start of end. BlueBallsNZ etc. If you don’t have a girlfriend, then finding a fuck buddy or business partner might be a wise idea. It’s important to avoid uploading any videos with your face on in Upload these short videos, maybe 30-60 seconds into the amateur content section, and include keywords related to New Zealand. If your girl is maori or polynesian, these keywords will drive crazy amounts of traffic. If your girl likes anal, make a video on this. Try and upload one video a week for 3 months, total 12 videos.
If you are a big hulk, then solo videos also work. Remember, women also like porn. It doesn’t and definitely won’t pay as well, but you could use a few sex toys, or do something crazy to get your name out there.
Your first porn video – how to find a girl?
Once you’ve got your feeler videos, and people are looking for your full length videos, or asking you for more videos, it’s time to film a full length video and chuck it behind a paywall. There’s a few options here, the first is to film a sex scene with the girl in your feeler videos but blur her face. This is definitely an easy way to start as you can then use this first video as leverage to get future models on board to film on camera.
The second option is to pay a prostitute or sex worker who is keen to get paid money for a quick fuck on camera. International visitors or girls that are here for 1 year are good targets as once they leave NZ, no one will ever know who they were/are. You will of course have to pay these girls, maybe up to $10,000 depending on how hot she is.
The third option is to subscribe to another NZ porn producers videos and try and identify the girls in the video. This is a well known method used in the United States and you may recognise the girl, or know her through a friend. She may have her own Onlyfans account and it’s clear she’s up to make as much money as possible, or maybe she gets so many requests, she’ll not even respond to you. Luckily NZ is such a small porn market at the minute, you have a better shot at getting a reply.
I would definitely stay away from messaging girls for your first shoot, you definitely don’t want to tarnish your reputation from day one. Once you get established, girls will contact you, as there’s very few male NZ pornstars out there. If you can drive traffic to her Onlyfans, she will jump at the chance to suck and fuck you on camera.
Setting Up Your Free Porn Website
Before you publish any videos you’ll want to setup a website to direct traffic too. The trick here is avoid sending people straight to Onlyfans and Fansly. You want to drive them to your website so you can promote heaps of paywall options, packages, social media pages etc. Another option which is free is a linktr.ee page, which lets you do something similar. Any time I see these links on Instagram, I know the girl has an Onlyfans page.
You can buy web hosting and a domain name for around $10 a month. A small price to pay. Avoid hosting your site in New Zealand, and definitely don’t buy a .co.nz domain name. For international porn addicts, they’ll be used to .com, .co or .net so choose one of those. Create something short, maybe your username.
On your website, include your free photos and videos, these are the censored ones, never show your girls faces in these videos.
Include links to your paid paywall, this may be Onlyfans or Fansly. Make sure you use the referral links, and not just direct link to the page, this will give you an extra 1-5% revenue for those sites on top of your 75-80% of all earnings you make on these platforms.
How to film porn videos?
You’re going to need to create high quality videos for your paywall. Shit content is good for amateur uploads on Pornhub, but you won’t attract high paying customers with shit video. You’ll want to get yourself a decent camera, tripod, lighting, maybe umbrellas for the lighting. Additionally you may want a high quality microphone to pickup your dick slamming her ass or those great blowjob noises she’s making. Finally you’ll want to have multiple cameras recording at the same time, unless you’re going to pay someone to watch you fuck, and record some amazing pornography.
You will likely want a decent video editing software program such as ; and to power this you’ll definitely need a workstation or a gaming laptop. A high CPU, memory and graphics card will be needed, so you definitely can’t use a shitty laptop from Harvey Norman.
You will need to spend time watching other porn videos to see what other guys are doing. You will then need to edit videos how you like, usually there’s the meet and greet or flirting, then the blow job, the fuck and then any specials such as a big cumshot or creampie. You may film in reverse, such as blow your load then film the actual sex scene. Don’t forget, a lot of guys love looking at photos rather than video only, so a good photo shoot before fucking is another easy way to generate income.
You can buy a high quality camera too, all of these are tax deductible assets you should buy through your business.
Finally, where you film and shoot is equally important. Are you going to use your apartment or buy a truck like NZDan so you can fuck anywhere in the country? I personally think a studio is better but you will be limiting yourself to one place and may need to pay girls to travel from Christchurch to Auckland to get fucked.
Free Porn Videos Vs Paid Porn Videos
You need to make two videos for each scene, the free one and the paid one. The free one should be the highlights to get your viewers excited, and convince them to buy the full video. If they aren’t a subscriber yet, tease them and encourage them to buy the subscription. Maybe show the girls tattoos, loads of guys will be like, “I know that girl” – Free videos you definitely want to hide the models face, as that will drive guys crazy trying to work it out. Maybe they fucked the same girl last weekend in town? Or maybe it’s their best friends sister you just nailed.
Whatever the reason, you want to create a short 1-2 minute video and include a link to your website; Full video at yoursite.com
Always include the end goal in the video, did you cream pie her, or did you blow all over her face? Cut out from this scene quickly, leaving guys curious about the other 40-60 minutes.
The paid video needs to be better quality, remove the censor on the models face and include the highest quality you can, 4K is good. Always and I mean always watermark your videos to ensure people don’t download and reupload your videos to other porn sites..if they do then great, but your watermark will continue to drive traffic to your website for years to come!
How to make money with porn videos in NZ?
You will make money from Onlyfans and Fansly subscribers, often you can charge $15-$20 a month for high quality content. I would nearly always recommend offering a reduced price trial to suck people in, maybe $10 for 30 days, then $30 a month. If your quality is good, then subscribers will stay. Of course you get a lot of young guys who think they know the girl, cancel as soon as they find out it isn’t her, or if it is, they start talking about it with their friends, this is all good news for your business as you’ll attract more curious guys and girls who want to watch too.
Further these videos allow you to charge extras such as custom messages, videos, festishes etc.
It’s easy enough to make $5,000 a week on these platforms if you have good quality content people want. Further you can promote other Onlyfans creators to your followers by using the built-in affiliate program and earn 5% of any sales you send to those other creators, a good way if you’re working with another Onlyfans creator for both of you to make money.