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<ul><li>Sacra estimates that ShopMy generated $80M in revenue in 2025, up 196% from $27M in 2024.</li><li>ShopMy raised $77.5M in a Series B round in January 2025 led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures.</li><li>ShopMy&#39;s newest product, Circles, transforms the platform from a B2B2C tool into a three-sided marketplace by adding a consumer-facing shopping app.</li></ul>

Sacra estimates that ShopMy generated $80M in revenue in 2025, up 196% from $27M in 2024.ShopMy raised $77.5M in a Series B round in January 2025 led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures.ShopMy&#39;s newest product, Circles, transforms the platform from a B2B2C tool into a three-sided marketplace by adding a consumer-facing shopping app.

<ul><li>Fansly's June 2025 ban on photorealistic AI content has left Fanvue as the only major adult subscription platform embracing from-scratch synthetic creators.</li><li>Sacra estimates Fanvue hit $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in 2025, up 150% year-over-year from $40M in 2024.</li><li>After Fansly banned photorealistic AI-generated content in June 2025, Fanvue became the only major adult subscription platform to fully embrace from-scratch synthetic creators.</li></ul>

Fansly's June 2025 ban on photorealistic AI content has left Fanvue as the only major adult subscription platform embracing from-scratch synthetic creators.Sacra estimates Fanvue hit $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in 2025, up 150% year-over-year from $40M in 2024.After Fansly banned photorealistic AI-generated content in June 2025, Fanvue became the only major adult subscription platform to fully embrace from-scratch synthetic creators.

<ul><li>Growth took off in 2024 as Fanvue embraced the rise of AI avatar generation and voice cloning tools, with Sacra estimating that Fanvue hit $65M ARR in April 2025, up 450% year-over-year.</li><li>Fanvue’s decision to allow fully AI-generated content unlocks two distinct creator pathways: (1) entrepreneurs and digital artists can spin up entirely synthetic characters with open source, ComfyUI-orchestrated models or via SaaS off-the-shelf tools like Heygen ($35M ARR in June 2024) and Creatify ($9M ARR), and (2) human models can clone their own image, voice, and chat persona to automate DMs, voice notes, and off-hours engagement, cutting burnout while earning around the clock.</li><li>Creators use social platforms like Instagram or TikTok to post SFW content and drive fans through their link-in-bio to Fanvue, where they monetize via subscriptions, tips, locked posts, and paid DMs—with Fanvue taking a ~20% cut on gross revenue, the same as OnlyFans.</li></ul>

Growth took off in 2024 as Fanvue embraced the rise of AI avatar generation and voice cloning tools, with Sacra estimating that Fanvue hit $65M ARR in April 2025, up 450% year-over-year.Fanvue’s decision to allow fully AI-generated content unlocks two distinct creator pathways: (1) entrepreneurs and digital artists can spin up entirely synthetic characters with open source, ComfyUI-orchestrated models or via SaaS off-the-shelf tools like Heygen ($35M ARR in June 2024) and Creatify ($9M ARR), and (2) human models can clone their own image, voice, and chat persona to automate DMs, voice notes, and off-hours engagement, cutting burnout while earning around the clock.Creators use social platforms like Instagram or TikTok to post SFW content and drive fans through their link-in-bio to Fanvue, where they monetize via subscriptions, tips, locked posts, and paid DMs—with Fanvue taking a ~20% cut on gross revenue, the same as OnlyFans.

<ul><li>With its October rebrand and launch of the Kit App Store, Kit shifted from vertically integrated SaaS to a platform model akin to Shopify’s ecosystem strategy, enabling 15+ third-party apps to go live by year-end and creating new levers for expansion revenue and developer-led distribution—mirroring the bundling trend across creator SaaS as players like Kajabi and Stan seek to combat low ACV and high churn.</li><li>With the launch of Kit Studios and its first physical location offering free, high-end video and podcast production space to creators, Kit is extending its product surface offline to capture more multi-channel “creator CEOs”—echoing Kajabi’s bundling strategy and positioning itself as a B2B SaaS alternative to venture-backed platforms like Substack, which continue to struggle with 50-60% annual churn and negative revenue on subsidized creator advances.</li><li>We followed up at $41M ARR in April 2024, growing 17% YoY, as it was establishing itself beyond pure email SaaS with diversification into subscription software, creator commerce, and advertising.</li></ul>

With its October rebrand and launch of the Kit App Store, Kit shifted from vertically integrated SaaS to a platform model akin to Shopify’s ecosystem strategy, enabling 15+ third-party apps to go live by year-end and creating new levers for expansion revenue and developer-led distribution—mirroring the bundling trend across creator SaaS as players like Kajabi and Stan seek to combat low ACV and high churn.With the launch of Kit Studios and its first physical location offering free, high-end video and podcast production space to creators, Kit is extending its product surface offline to capture more multi-channel “creator CEOs”—echoing Kajabi’s bundling strategy and positioning itself as a B2B SaaS alternative to venture-backed platforms like Substack, which continue to struggle with 50-60% annual churn and negative revenue on subsidized creator advances.We followed up at $41M ARR in April 2024, growing 17% YoY, as it was establishing itself beyond pure email SaaS with diversification into subscription software, creator commerce, and advertising.

<ul><li>Sacra estimates that Stan ended 2024 at $28.3M in ARR, up 92% year-over-year.</li><li>We first covered Stan at $14.7M ARR in February 2024, growing 765% YoY.</li><li>We followed up at $27M ARR in May 2024, growing ~20% month-over-month.</li></ul>

Sacra estimates that Stan ended 2024 at $28.3M in ARR, up 92% year-over-year.We first covered Stan at $14.7M ARR in February 2024, growing 765% YoY.We followed up at $27M ARR in May 2024, growing ~20% month-over-month.

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Mobile website builder for creators to sell products, collect tips, and manage fans

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