Fanvue Pre-Launch Checklist: Be Ready Before You Go Live

Launch day feels better when the work is already done. This checklist covers the week before you share your Fanvue link, so the first fan who taps it lands on a page that's ready to say yes. Tick it off at your own pace.

💜01. Is my Fanvue account ready?

• ID verification is done. Fanvue's help center says you'll photograph a valid, in-date government ID or passport and take a selfie, even if you never show your face.
• Your stage name is set. Fanvue allows one, and says your real details stay off your public profile.
• Two-factor login is on. Fanvue's account settings let you add 2FA and sign out of every session at once.
• You know the payout rules. Fanvue collects a short tax interview during onboarding, and you can't request a payout until it's done. The bank account name also has to match the name you verified with.

None of the money steps have to happen today, but knowing them now saves a surprise when your first payout is due. Our guide to how Fanvue payouts work has the details.

💜02. Is my page ready for a stranger?

Our day-one guide walks through the profile itself: photo and banner sizes, the intro video, your bio, price and Follow for Free. Here, just check the three things a stranger notices first:

• A safe-for-work photo, banner and intro video. Fanvue says all three can appear on its public discovery pages.
• A bio whose first line says what fans get, and a price set. Fanvue's setup guide allows $3.99 to $100 a month.
• A starting set of posts. Fanvue's guides say at least 10 pieces, and its profile guide suggests at least 20.

The day-one setup, step by step →

💜03. What should be in my Vault before launch?

A content bank is the difference between a launch and a launch week. Fanvue saves everything you upload to your Vault, fans can't see it, and you can post or schedule straight from it.

Aim to have two or three weeks of posts shot and sorted into folders, with a few already scheduled. Add one paid drop with a blurred preview, since Fanvue's PPV guide says content with no preview sells far worse.

Back everything up somewhere else too. Fanvue's Terms say you're responsible for securing and backing up your own content, and dated originals are also your best proof the work is yours.

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How the Vault and Collections work →

💜04. Are my messages ready?

Set your automated messages under Settings, then Creator settings, then Automated Messages. Fanvue's messaging guide calls the New Subscriber welcome one of the highest earners and says to set it up first. Make it warm, and end on a real question.

Then save a few replies as Template Messages. Fanvue says they sit in a searchable panel beside the chat, so your answers to common questions are one tap away.

Last, decide your limits and your menu now, while it's quiet. Fanvue's compliance guide puts it simply: only promise what you can deliver. Knowing your answers before the first DM makes every no easier.

💜05. Is my promotion ready?

• Social profiles that are safe for work, especially on platforms that don't allow adult content.
• One Fanvue tracking link per bio, named for where it lives, like "X Bio" or "Instagram Bio".
• Your link placed the safe way. Fanvue's guide to promoting your page says to post it directly where a platform allows it, and to use a link-in-bio tool where it doesn't.
• Two weeks of teaser posts planned and batched, so you're never posting in a panic during launch week.
• A launch offer if you want one, like a free trial link with a use limit and an end date.

💜06. Why set up FreeVues and ShareYourFans® before launch?

They're both free to join, and they work together: FreeVues helps fans find you, and ShareYourFans®, which I co-founded before I founded FreeVues, connects you with other creators so you can swap promos and reach their fans. Set up both before launch day so your first week already has more doors open.

• FreeVues brings you fans. It's our free directory of Fanvue creators: fans browse by niche and look, take our match quiz and tap straight through to your Fanvue page. You sign in with Fanvue to list yourself, and your card builds itself from your public profile.
• ShareYourFans® brings you other creators. It's our collaboration platform, free to join, where creators find shoutout swap (SFS) partners at their level and join collab drops, so you get in front of audiences that already pay for creators like you.

Put simply: FreeVues helps fans find you, and ShareYourFans® helps you borrow other creators' audiences. Together they keep new people arriving while you focus on your launch.

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💜07. What should launch week look like?

The prep is what lets you spend launch week talking to fans instead of scrambling for content. A simple shape:

• Day one: share your link everywhere you post, and greet every new fan with a warm hello that ends on a question.
• Days two to four: keep posting from your Vault. Fanvue's retention guide says to post daily or at least every other day.
• Around day seven: Fanvue's first-week guide calls this the earliest natural moment for something priced, once you're genuinely chatting with a fan.
• End of the week: open your tracking links and see which bio actually sent subscribers, then plan week two around it.

Don't judge the launch on day one. A week of steady posting and real replies tells you far more.