Frequently Asked Questions

OnlyBeards is the world's leading subscription platform dedicated to beard content. Fans subscribe to creators who share exclusive beard-related content including grooming tutorials, styling guides, behind-the-scenes beard maintenance footage, and various other forms of beard-adjacent media.

We are not affiliated with any other platforms that sound similar. Any resemblance to other creator subscription services is entirely coincidental and our lawyers have been notified.

OnlyBeards is available to users aged 18 and over. While much of our content is family-friendly beard grooming and style content, some creators on the platform share more mature content (labeled NSFW, After Dark, etc.). We have robust age verification and content categorization systems in place.

If you are under 18, we encourage you to grow a beard and come back later. We'll still be here.

Absolutely not. Fans of all beard-statuses are welcome on the platform. Whether you have a magnificent full beard, a work-in-progress stubble, or a completely clean-shaven face due to personal, professional, or genetic factors; you are welcome here as a fan.

To become a creator, however, we do strongly recommend having, or aspiring to have, some form of facial hair. This is not a hard requirement but is considered "on-brand."

Creating a free fan account takes about 30 seconds. Once you have an account, browse to any creator's profile and click the "Subscribe" button. You'll be prompted to enter a payment method, confirm the monthly subscription price, and that's it; you'll have immediate access to their exclusive content.

Free creators can be followed without any payment at all. Just click "Follow Free" on their profile.

All fans can send a limited number of messages per month to creators for free. Subscribers to a creator's paid tier get full direct messaging access with that creator, subject to the creator's availability and response preferences. Some creators offer dedicated DM tiers or paid PPV message responses.

Sign up for a free account, then navigate to Settings and select "Upgrade to Creator." You'll complete a brief identity verification process (required by financial regulations), set up your payout method, customize your profile page, and set your subscription price.

The whole process typically takes 10–15 minutes. You can start publishing content immediately after verification is approved, which usually happens within 24–48 hours.

Creators keep 90% of all revenue generated on the platform; this includes subscription fees, tips, PPV content purchases, and paid messages. OnlyBeards retains a 10% platform fee which covers payment processing, content hosting, CDN delivery, fraud prevention, and ongoing platform development.

There are no additional charges, monthly fees, or minimum earnings requirements. You get paid when you earn it.

Each creator subscription is billed separately on a monthly rolling basis from the date you subscribed. For example, if you subscribe to a creator on March 5th, your next billing date will be April 5th. You can cancel at any time; your access continues until the end of your paid period.

You can view and manage all your active subscriptions from your Account Settings under "Subscriptions."

If a subscription payment fails, we will attempt to charge your payment method again after 24 hours, then again at 72 hours. If all retry attempts fail, your subscription to that creator will be paused and you'll lose access to their exclusive content until a successful payment is made or you update your payment method.

You'll receive email notifications at each failed attempt. We never charge late fees or penalties for failed payments.

The "Beard Daddy" category is a premium creator designation that requires a minimum Beard Score of 87 as assessed by our proprietary AI beard evaluation system. In practical terms, this correlates to a beard of at least 4 inches in length with demonstrated fullness and grooming discipline.

Creators who do not meet the Beard Daddy threshold are welcome to apply in the "Barber & Style" or "Lifestyle" categories instead. We do not shame short beards. That would be wrong.

Mustaches are absolutely welcome and celebrated on OnlyBeards. The mustache is considered a foundational element of the broader facial hair ecosystem, and our platform recognizes standalone mustache content as legitimate and valuable beard-adjacent content.

We also welcome content featuring goatees, chinstraps, mutton chops, soul patches, and the full beard in all its forms. Our definition of "beard content" is intentionally inclusive. We draw the line only at content that features no facial hair whatsoever, which would be off-brand.