Outside of niches, what are some of the 'basics' that you offer as PPVs?

TLDR

When I started building my PPV menu, I stared at a blank page for way too long, convinced everyone else had some secret list I was missing. They didn't. The basics do the heavy lifting - the trick is learning to stretch each one into a dozen different products.

What counts as a "basic" PPV, and what belongs on a starter list?

Strip teasing, dancing or twerking, titty play, dildo riding, blowjobs, handjobs, solo play, splash shows, and anal if it's inside your comfort zone. That's the starter menu most working creators quietly rely on, and it's more than enough to open a store. Nobody's fundamental income comes from some exotic specialty - it comes from reliably good versions of the things your audience already wants to see.

Two quick corrections to the way people talk about this list. First, it's not a checklist to complete. If splash shows or anal aren't your thing, leave them off. Your menu should reflect what you actually enjoy filming, because viewers can tell when a performance is just compliance. Second, keep basics separate from customs in your head. Basics are pre-shot catalog content you can sell repeatedly. Customs are made to order, priced higher, and negotiated one-on-one. Blurring the two is how creators end up doing custom-level work for catalog-level money.

How do you turn eight basics into fifty products?

This is where the real work happens, because a list of basics is inventory, not a product line. Take titty play alone and expand it: a two-minute quick clip in a bra, a full-length video topless in bed with soft lighting, a shower version, a POV shot where you're looking into the lens, and a combo bundle that pairs it with a strip tease warm-up. That's five distinct SKUs from one concept, and each has a slightly different buyer.

The levers you're pulling are outfit, setting, camera angle, duration, and combinations. Batch-filming makes this painless - one good session with outfit changes and two setups can easily yield three or four sellable clips. On pricing, keep quick clips cheap-ish, full lengths meaningfully higher, and build one or two bundles with anchored pricing so the bundle looks like the obvious deal. Don't race to the bottom; if everything is $5, you've trained your fans that your work is worth $5 and made your customs impossible to price.

For selling them: post preview stills or a few seconds of clip, write a caption that sells the vibe rather than describing the file, and name things like titles, not filenames. Then actually track what re-sells. Your sales data will tell you what to shoot more of - ignore it and you're just guessing.

So what actually makes the money - the menu or everything around it?

Honestly, the menu is maybe a third of it. The rest is upselling in DMs, teasing upcoming drops, and rotating your previews so regulars notice new angles on familiar content. Refresh your lineup every month or two: retire listings that haven't moved in ages, reshoot your bestsellers with a new twist, and retire anything you've stopped enjoying. A stale catalog reads as a dormant account.

One last thing - don't post your full raw list publicly as a menu. It's your starting inventory, not a sales pitch. Tease it, fragment it, package it. And if you want inspiration for how live interaction can drive PPV sales down the line, spend some time watching how performers on xlovecam structure their shows and upsells; the flow from free tease to paid content is a masterclass you can steal from.

What basics are you stocking first, and what's the one variation you haven't tried yet?