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For Writers

The publishing side of the services covered here: who accepts explicit fiction, what each one publishes about money, and where the documentation stops. Every figure on these pages comes from a platform's own creator documentation, and where there is no figure we say so.

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Platforms for writersFor writersWhere explicit fiction can be published and sold: the stores, the distributor, membership platforms, free sites…How to publishFor writersPublishing explicit fiction step by step: which rule to read first, how each route wants the work classified, what…How platforms payFor writersRoyalty splits, platform fees, payout thresholds and schedules for erotica writers, taken only from each…Creator feesFor writersActivation fees, platform cuts, processing charges and payout fees at the platforms where erotica writers publish…Subscription or per storyFor writersTwo ways to be paid for erotica: a share of a subscription pool or a recurring tier, or a royalty on each sale and…Creator analyticsFor writersWhat each platform's own documentation says a writer is shown: sales reports, pages read, member analytics…Where erotica is bannedFor writersWhich platforms refuse explicit fiction outright, which accept it behind a label, which ban a category they never…Payment processorsFor writersStripe names literature in its prohibited businesses list, and five platforms point writers at their processor's…

The rest of this site is written for someone deciding what to read. This section is written for someone deciding where to publish. The questions are different and the answers are harder to get, because a reading app advertises its price and a publishing platform buries its split in a terms document.

Two limits shape everything here. We hold no account on any of these services and have seen no writer's dashboard, so nothing on these pages is a report of what a payment actually looked like. And a royalty rate, a commission, a fee or a payout threshold only appears when the platform publishes it in its own creator documentation. Where it does not, the honest sentence is that the pages we read do not state it, and that sentence appears often: Wattpad's paid programme sits behind a login, Webnovel's author portal redirects to one, and neither Dreame nor GoodNovel publishes the writer's percentage of a paid chapter.

Thirteen services are recorded here and nowhere else, because they are places to publish rather than places to read. Eleven are publishing or payment routes and two are drafting tools. Where a service already has its own page, the creator facts live there instead: Literotica and its beta support link, Kindle+ and the fund that pays by pages read, Apple Books, Google Play Books, Smashwords, Wattpad, Tapas, Archive of Our Own, Dreame, GoodNovel and Webnovel.

The money pages come first, because that is where a writer is most likely to be misled by a confident number from somewhere else. After those come the rules: which platforms refuse explicit fiction outright, which accept it behind a label, and why a payment processor's list can matter more than a platform's own guidelines.

The thirteen writers' platforms at a glance

PlatformWhat it is forWhat its own policy says about eroticaWhat it publishes about money
Amazon KDPEbooks in the Kindle Store; KDP Select adds the Kindle+ poolThe Content Guidelines list pornography among what is not sold, and never define it35% or 70% of list price excluding VAT, by option, price band and territory
Draft2DigitalOne file sent to many stores and library systemsErotica accepted with mandatory classification; most partner stores bar some forms15% of what a sales channel pays; 75% or 40% of list price on Smashwords.com
Kobo Writing LifeEbooks and audiobooks on Kobo's storesThe content policy bars pornography and named themes; the help centre explains publishing Erotica70% of the price you set above the regional floor, otherwise 45%
Barnes & Noble PressEbooks and print for bn.com and NookThree of its own documents point different ways70% of the ebook list price; 55% of the print list price minus printing
PatreonMembership tiers, posts and one-off salesWritten erotica allowed on Adult/18+ pages behind a paywall10% platform fee on the standard plan, plus processing, conversion and payout fees
SubstackPaid newsletter subscriptionsErotic literature allowed, porn not; explicit work may be kept out of discovery10% of subscription revenue, plus Stripe's own fees
ReamSerial subscriptions, single sales, audiobooks and comicsErotic and steamy romance supported, behind a Mature opt-in10% platform fee on processed payments, plus payment processing
MediumPaywalled posts in the Partner ProgramErotic writing allowed; pornographic images and video are notNo percentage published: a portion of member revenue, by performance
Ko-fiTips, memberships, a shop and commissionsAn NSFW tag exists, with its limits only partly spelled out0% on one-off tips on the free option and 5% elsewhere; 5% on everything on Standard
PayhipDirect sales of downloads and membershipsTerms from 2018 bar pornography; the help article defines that as photos and videoFree plan plus 5% a transaction, Plus $29 a month plus 2%, Pro $99 a month with no transaction fee
GumroadDirect sales of digital productsAdult books are on the prohibited list10% plus $0.50 direct and 30% through Discover, which is academic here
SudowriteDrafting tool, not a publisherDepends on the model: its own Muse has almost no filter, its OpenAI-based models are strictNothing: you pay it, from $19 a month on the web
NovelCrafterDrafting tool that ships no model of its ownDepends on the model you connectNothing: you pay it, from $4 a month

Every cell above is short by design. The conditions attached to those splits are the part that decides what a writer is actually paid, and they are set out page by page below.

FAQ

Where can I publish erotica and be paid for it?

On the published documentation, the clearest routes are the ebook stores and the distributor that feeds them, and the direct-to-reader platforms whose policies name erotic writing as allowed: Patreon, Substack, Ream and Medium. Our page on erotica platforms for writers sets out what each one accepts.

Do these pages tell me what I will earn?

No. They tell you what each platform publishes about its own split, fees, thresholds and schedule. Nobody here has an account on any of them, and several publish no percentage at all.

Why is a payment processor relevant to a writer?

Because several of these platforms point at their processor's rules rather than only their own, and Stripe's prohibited-business list names literature designed for sexual gratification. The detail is on payment processors and erotica.

Do you review places to publish the way you review reading apps?

No. There are no scores anywhere on this site, and these platforms get no rating. What they get is a record of what their own documentation says, with the gaps named. Our how we check page explains the method.

Sources

Official pages, documentation and store listings we read for this page (last check October 28, 2026).