Terms of use for creators

Introduction: These Terms of Use for Creators are additional terms which apply if you use 4Men.online as a Creator (also referred to as "you" and "your" in these Terms of Use for Creators). These Terms of Use for Creators form part of your agreement with us.
The Contract between Fan and Creator – which does not form part of your agreement with us, but which governs and sets out the terms applicable to each Fan/Creator Transaction you enter into on 4Men.online; and our Community Guidelines – which provide additional terms and guidance regarding your interactions with 4Men.online.
What are the fees that we charge Creators for the use of 4Men.online? We charge a fee to you of 15 - 40% of all Fan Payments made to you (exclusive of any VAT element of the Fan Payment) (called Our Fee. The remaining 60 - 85% of the Fan Payment (exclusive of any VAT element of the Fan Payment) is payable to you (called "Creator Earnings"). Our Fee includes the costs of providing, maintaining and operating 4Men.online and storing your Content. Our Fee is deducted from the Fan Payment, and Creator Earnings are paid to you in the way described in the Payouts to Creators section below.
How to set up your account as a Creator account: To set up your account as a Creator account:
1. You will need on your User account page to upload a valid form of ID and two photos of you in accordance with the requirements.
2. You will need on your User account page to add a bank account or payment details of your bank account or a payment method.
3. You will need on your User account page to select one of the available methods provided by 4Men.online as to how your Creator Earnings will be transferred to you. These methods are called Payout Options.
4. You may also need to submit additional information depending on the country where you live.
5. We may ask you for additional age or identity verification information at any time. We may reject your application to set up a Creator account for any reason.
6. Once you have set up your account as a Creator account, then if you want to charge your Fans a monthly subscription fee you will need to set your subscription price for your Fans within the range allowed by 4Men.online.
7. You will then be able to start adding Content and Users will be able to subscribe to your account to become your Fans.
8. If you lose access to your account, you can reset your password, but you will need to know the email address used to set up the account to do so. If you do not recall the email address used to set up the account, we may require you to provide identification documents and photos and any additional evidence we may reasonably require to prove your identity.
Personal legal responsibility of Creators: Only individuals can be Creators. Every Creator is bound personally by the Terms of Service. If you have an agent, agency, management company or other third party which assists you with the operation of your Creator account (or operates it on your behalf), this does not affect your personal legal responsibility. Our relationship is with you, and not with any third party, and you will be legally responsible for ensuring that all Content posted and all use of your account complies with the Terms of Service.
Fan/Creator Transactions: This section describes the terms which apply to Fan/Creator Transactions:
1. All Fan/Creator Transactions are contracts between Fans and Creators. Though we facilitate Fan/Creator Transactions by providing the 4Men.online platform and storing Content, we are not a party to the Contract between Fan and Creator or any other contract which may exist between a Fan and Creator, and are not responsible for any Fan/Creator Transaction.
2. Fan Payments are exclusive of VAT, which shall be added at the current rate as applicable to Fan Payments.
3. When you receive confirmation from 4Men.online, either in the ‘Statements’ page of your User account or by email (or both), that the Fan/Creator Transaction has been confirmed, you must perform your part of such Fan/Creator Transaction (for example, by allowing the Fan to view the Content on your Creator account and/or providing the customised Content paid for by the Fan and/or allowing the Fan to use the fan interaction function paid for (as applicable)). You agree that you will indemnify us for any breach by you of this obligation (which means you will be responsible for any loss or damage (including loss of profit) we suffer as a result of you failing to comply with this obligation).
Content – general terms: In addition to the terms set out elsewhere in the Terms of Service, the following terms apply to the Content posted, displayed, uploaded or published by you as a Creator on 4Men.online:
1. Your Content is not confidential, and you authorize your Fans to access and view your Content on 4Men.online for their own lawful and personal use, and in accordance with any licenses that you grant to your Fans.
2. You warrant (which means that you make a legally enforceable promise to us) that for each item of Content which you post, display, upload or publish on 4Men.online:
  1. the Content complies in full with the Terms of Service;
  2. you hold all rights necessary to license and deal in your Content on 4Men.online, including in each territory where you have Fans;
  3. you either own your Content (and all intellectual property rights in it) or have a valid license to offer and supply your Content to your Fans;
  4. if your Content includes or uses any third-party material, you have secured all rights, licenses, written consents and releases that are necessary for the use of such third-party property in your Content and for the subsequent use and exploitation of that Content on 4Men.online; and
  5. the Content is:
    1. of satisfactory quality, taking account of any description of the Content, the price, and all other relevant circumstances including any statement or representation which you make about the nature of the Content on your account or in any advertising;
    2. reasonably suitable for any purpose which the Fan has made known to you is the purpose for which the Fan is using the Content; and
    3. as described by you.
3. You agree that you will be liable to us and indemnify us if any of the warranties is untrue. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage (including loss of profit) we suffer as a result of any of the warranties being untrue.
4. We are not responsible for and do not endorse any aspect of any Content posted by you or any other User of 4Men.online. We do not have any obligation to monitor any Content and have no direct control over what your Content may comprise.
5. You also agree to act as custodian of records for the Content that you upload to 4Men.online.
Advertising on 4Men.online:
1. If you post or upload video Content to your Creator account which is designed to promote, directly or indirectly, a third-party goods, services or image in return for payment, other valuable consideration, or self-promotional purposes (including advertising, sponsorship, and product placement) (together "Advertising Content"), then you must comply with the requirements set out in sections 10(b) and (c) of these Terms of Use for Creators.
2. Requirements – Advertising Content: You must ensure that any Advertising Content which you post to your Creator account:
  1. does not:
    1. prejudice respect for human dignity;
    2. include or promote discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
    3. encourage behaviour prejudicial to health or safety;
    4. encourage behaviour grossly prejudicial to the protection of the environment;
    5. cause physical, mental or moral detriment to any person;
    6. directly urge persons to purchase or rent goods or services in a manner which exploits their inexperience or credulity;
    7. directly encourage persons to persuade others to purchase or rent goods or services;
    8. exploit the trust of persons in others; or
    9. unreasonably show persons in dangerous situations;
  2. does not advertise cigarettes and other tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette refill containers, illegal drugs, or any prescription-only medicine;
  3. does not advertise, promote, or facilitate illegal gambling, and
  4. in respect of any Advertising Content for alcoholic drinks, is not aimed at minors and does not encourage immoderate consumption of alcohol.
3. Transparency requirement - Advertising Content: You must declare that any Advertising Content which you post or upload to 4Men.online contains advertising by including the signifier #ad in the caption to the Advertising Content before posting or uploading.
Co-authored Content:
1. If you upload Content to your Creator account which shows anyone else other than or in addition to you (even if that person cannot be identified from the Content) ("Co-Authored Content"), you warrant (which means you make a legally enforceable promise to us) that each individual shown in any Co-Authored Content uploaded to your account is i) a Creator on 4Men.online; or ii) a consenting adult, and that you have verified the identity and age of each such individual and will provide supporting documents as we may request in our discretion.
2. You further warrant that you have obtained and keep on record written consent from each individual shown in your Co-Authored Content that such individual:
  1. has given his or her express, prior and fully informed consent to his or her appearance in the Co-Authored Content; and
  2. has consented to the Co-Authored Content in which he or she appears being posted on 4Men.online.
3. In addition to the confirmations in sections 11(a) and (b) above, you agree that if you upload Co-Authored Content where the other person or people appearing in the Content maintain a Creator account on 4Men.online, you will tag the 4Men.online account(s) of any person or people appearing in the Co-Authored Content who can be identified from it.
4. If any Co-Authored Content is a work of joint authorship, you are solely responsible for obtaining any required licenses or consents from any other joint authors of the Content which are sufficient to permit such Content to be uploaded to and made available on 4Men.online.
5. You agree that we will only arrange for Creator Earnings to be paid to the account of the Creator to which the Co-Authored Content is uploaded. The Creator who uploaded the Co-Authored Content is solely responsible for dividing and distributing any revenue generated from the Co-Authored Content between the individuals shown in such Co-Authored Content. Any such revenue-sharing agreement shall be an independent, private agreement between you and such individual(s), and we are not responsible for providing or enforcing any such agreements. You understand and agree that you are not entitled to any Creator Earnings earned on any Co-Authored Content in which you appear but which is posted on another Creator’s account. If you post Co-Authored Content on your account, we may require you to provide valid and complete legal information for all individuals which appear in the Co-Authored Content. If you fail to provide any information requested by us upon our request, we may delete the Co-Authored Content, restrict your rights and permissions to post as a Creator, terminate your account, and/or withhold all or any portion of Creator Earnings earned but not yet paid out to you.
6. You agree to release us from and not to make any claims against us arising from Co-Authored Content. You agree that all claims arising from Co-Authored Content shall be made against the Creator(s) who posted Co-Authored Content or the individual(s) who appeared in the Co-Authored Content (as applicable).
Payouts to Creators:
1. All Fan Payments will be received by a third-party payment provider approved by us.
2. If you have chosen the Stripe Payout Option, Stripe will collect the Fan Payment and pay the Creator Earnings to your bank account.
3. Where Stripe is not the Payout Option chosen by you, Our Fee will be deducted from the Fan Payment received and your Creator Earnings will be held by us or one of our subsidiary companies on your behalf.
4. Your 4Men.online account will be updated within a reasonable time with your Creator Earnings. Your Creator Earnings will become available for withdrawal by you from your 4Men.online account once such Creator Earnings appear in your 4Men.online account.
5. To make a withdrawal of Creator Earnings from your 4Men.online account, you must have at least the minimum payout amount in your 4Men.online account. Please click on the Banking page on your account to see what the minimum payout amount is for your country of residence and Payout Option.
6. The amount that you see in your ‘current balance’ in your 4Men.online account is your Creator Earnings at the relevant time. All Fan Payments and Creator Earnings are transacted in USD or EUR. If you have chosen the "Stripe" Payout Option then the Fan Payments and Creator Earnings figures will be reflected in your local currency, at an exchange rate controlled by Stripe. Your bank may charge you currency conversion or transfer fees to receive the money. Additionally, your e-wallet company may charge you a fee for accessing the money. We do not have control over currency exchange rates or charges imposed by your bank or your e-wallet company, and we and our subsidiary companies will not be responsible for paying any charges imposed by your bank or your e-wallet company.
7. If a Fan successfully seeks a refund or chargeback from their credit card provider in respect of a Fan Payment made to you, we may investigate and may decide to deduct from your account an amount equal to the Creator Earnings earned by you on the charged-back or refunded amount.
8. Except for Payout Options involving payment by direct bank transfer, we do not store any data disclosed by you when you register your Payout Options with a third-party payment provider.
Circumstances in which we may withhold Creator Earnings:
1. We may withhold all or any part of the Creator Earnings due to you but not yet paid out:
  1. if we think that you have or may have seriously or repeatedly breached any part of the Terms of Service;
  2. if you attempt or threaten to breach any part of the Terms of Service in a way which we think has or could have serious consequences for us or another User (including actual or possible loss caused to us or another User); or
  3. if we suspect that all or any part of the Creator Earnings result from unlawful or fraudulent activity, either by you or by the Fan who made the Fan Payment resulting in the Creator Earnings,
  for as long as is necessary to investigate the actual, threatened or suspected breach by you or the suspected unlawful activity (as applicable). If following our investigation, we conclude that (i) you have seriously or repeatedly breached any part of the Terms of Service; (ii) you have attempted or threatened to breach any part of the Terms of Service in a way which has or could have serious consequences for us or another User (including actual or possible loss caused to us or another User), and/or (iii) the Creator Earnings result from unlawful or fraudulent activity, we may notify you that you have forfeited your Creator Earnings.
2. We may also withhold all or any part of the Creator Earnings due to you but not yet paid out if we receive notice that you have secured, encumbered, pledged, assigned, or otherwise allowed a lien to be placed on Creator Earnings. We undertake no duty to pay Creator Earnings to third-party lienholders and may withhold payment of Creator Earnings until the lien has been removed.
3. We shall not have any responsibility to you if we withhold or forfeit any of your Creator Earnings where we have a right to do so under these Terms of Use for Creators.
4. If we are withholding all or any part of the Creator Earnings due to you and we determine that part of the Creator Earnings withheld by us is unrelated to breaches by you of the Terms of Service or suspected unlawful or fraudulent activity, then we may arrange for you to be paid the part of the Creator Earnings which we determine to be unrelated to breaches by you of the Terms of Service or suspected unlawful or fraudulent activity. However, you agree that if we consider that your breach(es) of the Terms of Service has or may cause us loss, we may withhold all Creator Earnings due to you but not yet paid and we may set off such amounts against any losses suffered by us.
5. If once we have finished our investigation we determine that Creator Earnings are forfeited, we will (unless prohibited by law) use our best efforts to ensure that any Fan Payments which resulted in forfeited Creator Earnings are returned to the relevant Fans who paid such Fan Payments.
Promoting Tax compliance and VAT:
1. General:
  1. We recommend that all Creators seek professional advice to ensure you are compliant with your local Tax and VAT rules, based on your individual circumstances.
  2. By using 4Men.online as a Creator, you warrant (which means you make a legally enforceable promise) that you have reported and will report in the future the receipt of all payments made to you in connection with your use of 4Men.online to the relevant Tax authority in your jurisdiction, as required by law.
  3. By using 4Men.online as a Creator you warrant (which means you make a legally enforceable promise) that you will at all times comply with all laws and regulations relating to Tax which apply to you. If, at any point whilst you have an 4Men.online account, any Tax non-compliance occurs in relation to you (including a failure by you to report earnings or the imposition on you of any penalty or interest relating to Tax) or if any litigation, enquiry, or investigation is commenced against you that is in connection with, or which may lead to, any occurrence of Tax non-compliance, you agree that you will:
    1. notify us by support@4Men.online in writing within 7 days of the occurrence of the Tax non-compliance or the commencement of the litigation, enquiry or investigation (as applicable); and
    2. promptly provide us by support@4Men.online with:
      1. details of the steps which you are taking to address the occurrence of the Tax non-compliance and to prevent the same from happening again, together with any mitigating factors that you consider relevant; and
      2. such other information in relation to the occurrence of the Tax non-compliance as we may reasonably require.
  4. For the avoidance of doubt, you are responsible for your own Tax affairs and we and our subsidiary companies (i) are not responsible for advising you on your Tax affairs and will not be liable in respect of any general information provided on 4Men.online or by support@4Men.online in respect of Tax, and (ii) will not be liable for any non-payment of Tax by Creators.
  5. We reserve the right to close your 4Men.online account if we are notified of or become aware of any Tax non-compliance by you.

Last updated: December 2023