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Competitive Intelligence

Purpose: Canonical, consistently-structured competitor profiles and cross-cutting comparison matrices.

Update cadence: Quarterly minimum, or when significant competitor changes occur.


Directory Structure

competitors/
├── README.md                    # This file
├── research/                    # Brand profiles (one folder per competitor)
│   ├── adultwork/index.md       # Hybrid (UK)
│   ├── bongacams/index.md       # Cam
│   ├── camsoda/index.md         # Cam
│   ├── chaturbate/index.md      # Cam
│   ├── clips4sale/index.md      # Clip
│   ├── eros/index.md            # Escort
│   ├── fansly/index.md          # Content
│   ├── fanvue/index.md          # Content
│   ├── fetlife/index.md         # Community (BDSM/kink)
│   ├── hunqz/index.md           # Escort (gay/bi/trans, EU)
│   ├── iwantclips/index.md      # Clip
│   ├── justforfans/index.md     # Content
│   ├── kaufmich/index.md        # Escort (DE)
│   ├── leolist/index.md         # Escort (CA)
│   ├── livejasmin/index.md      # Cam
│   ├── loyalfans/index.md       # Content
│   ├── manyvids/index.md        # Content, clip
│   ├── myfreecams/index.md      # Cam
│   ├── niteflirt/index.md       # Phone/sext
│   ├── onlyfans/index.md        # Content
│   ├── p411/index.md            # Escort (screening)
│   ├── patreon/index.md         # Content (mainstream)
│   ├── privatedelights/index.md # Escort
│   ├── rentmen/index.md         # Escort (gay/male)
│   ├── rubmaps/index.md         # Review (massage/AMP)
│   ├── scarlet-blue/index.md    # Escort (AU)
│   ├── seeking/index.md         # Sugar
│   ├── sextpanther/index.md     # Phone/sext
│   ├── slixa/index.md           # Escort
│   ├── smooci/index.md          # Escort (booking)
│   ├── stripchat/index.md       # Cam
│   ├── the-erotic-review/index.md # Review
│   ├── tryst/index.md           # Escort
│   ├── ts4rent/index.md         # Escort (trans)
│   ├── tsescorts/index.md       # Escort (trans)
│   └── whatsyourprice/index.md  # Sugar
└── topics/                      # Cross-cutting comparison matrices
    ├── pricing.md               # Fee structures across all platforms
    ├── verification.md          # Biometric/identity verification practices
    └── payments.md              # Crypto and payment method acceptance

Each brand folder can hold supplementary files (screenshots, raw data, press clippings) alongside index.md.

Brand Profile Schema

Every file in research/ follows this structure:

# [Brand Name]

**Last verified**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Verticals**: [escort | content | cam | sugar | hybrid]
**URL**: https://...

## Revenue Model
## Verification & Safety
## Key Metrics
## Positioning
## Our Differentiation
## Sources

Maintained by: The Collective Last Updated: 2026-03-01