Over the last few weeks,
there have been dozens of viral TikToks of people showing off their bank accounts, exclaiming how their bills are paid and flashing new luxury purchases, all thanks to a website called
FeetFinder. “How’d you get money for a Tesla?”
a guy asks his girlfriend as he films her in a shiny new car. “FeetFinder,” she replies. “I told you I started selling feet pictures.”
FeetFinder, as its website explains, is “the safest, easiest and most secure website for verified users to view, buy and sell custom
feet content.” Apparently, over one million users upload and purchase such content daily. As many FeetFinder
TikToks imply, this sounds like a highly lucrative opportunity for the simple act of selling feet photos. And for the near-month that aforementioned TikTik has been posted, most people thought the gig was real — until two days ago, when the video and several others like it received a new comment from their creators: “#ad.”
But why would a company that allows people to sell foot pictures be making ads promoting themselves to sellers rather than potential buyers? As some rightfully suspicious TikTokers have pointed out, FeetFinder’s $5 per month fee for sellers might have something to do with it. “The business model of this site isn’t actually selling pictures, it’s based around paying influencers money to promote it and having a ton of people pay the money to sign up,”
@noahwaybabes, an adult content creator, says in a recent video. “You’re being scammed — the customers are you, and anyone else who fell for it.”
As @noahwaybabes further explains, the premise of these viral TikToks, many of which emphasize how you can sell feet pics anonymously, doesn’t make sense, either. Most
foot enthusiasts are typically interested in the
feet of a specific person — if they wanted random anonymous feet pictures, they could Google them for free.
Beyond the several
TikToks that are secretly ads, there are also videos from people lamenting the lack of success they’ve had on FeetFinder. “I just want someone to show me how to sell my feet pictures,”
a woman said in a video back in January. “I paid for the account but feel like I’m not doing something right,” she commented.
Another woman made a video two days ago saying she was convinced to join after seeing a TikTok from a couple who “made $25,000” from the site, but she ended up getting scammed out of $200, though she didn’t elaborate on how.
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