Move over, Airbnb, there’s a new rental booking service in town. Ok, that might not sound all that sexy, but it doesn’t really matter because FCKSPACE doesn’t need me to be cute and kitschy online to sell their service. What they’re offering is pretty frigging cool, and has the potential to be a real game changer for adult entertainers who have to jump through ever-moving hoops in order to find their own locations to shoot content.
FCKSPACE doesn’t sound exciting on the surface, but it’s in a position to become exactly what it’s aiming to be: the #1 venue marketplace for adult productions. FCKSPACE is a service that is built specifically for adult shoots, so that producers and performers can take the guesswork out of location scouting. What it does is find and book vetted locations for adult shoots without those needing the space being treated as a liability. It’s like if VRBO met up with Peerspace, minus the panic attack as soon as you say the words “adult content.”
Privacy concerns are something that everyone lives with in one way or another, but performers in the adult entertainment industry face much higher risks of exposure, harassment, and doxxing than people in just about any other line of work when their real identity is made public. Mainstream platforms have a way of quietly flagging and demoting their profiles, or banning them altogether, even when they don’t feature adult content on said profiles. Because venues frequently run the good ol’ social media stalker check on names that sound familiar, adult entertainers frequently find that the venue for their planned shoot has bailed at the last minute after realizing who was actually using their space. For adult entertainers, privacy is everything: safety, income, and reputation. It’s not a “nice to have” optional thing. It’s crucial. When even the algorithm is trying to snitch on you, it’s not exactly easy to go all in on your career.
Enter FCKSPACE. They protect user privacy by making sure that all identity verification stays internal (i.e. no public blasting of identity checks), and they ensure that their data collection is used for functionality purposes, not for gossip. Think along the lines of using the data they have on a verified user to find bookings that would interest them, operations that are aligned with their brand, and protection for the user doing the booking. FCKSPACE exists specifically for adult entertainers to book space to create content, so there’s no judgment for creators who are just trying to show up and do their jobs. They also offer a polished and professional booking structure, so there’s no risk of sketchy off-book deals that put everyone’s safety and privacy at risk. FCKSPACE is fully transparent about what data they store, and remains fully in control of that data (i.e. they won’t be making money by selling your information). They’re also the ones putting in the legwork to fully vet locations so that users don’t have to worry about paying to conduct their own safety checks. Basically, FCKSPACE has created a booking service that protects the real names performers have to keep under lock and key, significantly lowers the risk of leaks, and makes the entire logistics process of the production less chaotic. Less chaos = more time to get the job done.
In the adult entertainment industry, professionalization = power. Centralized booking is directly tied to having to hustle less so you can film more. Venues that are repeat-friendly offer performers the opportunity to build trust, knowing that they’ve found a work environment they can feel safe in. It turns out that when privacy is policy instead of a favor, adult entertainers can just… run their operations like any other creative industry, with slightly more nipple tassels than your typical 9–5 requires. Critics are grumbly, saying that FCKSPACE “normalizes adult entertainment,” but I say nay. What it’s actually doing is normalizing treating adult workers like the fucking professionals they are.
FCKSPACE isn’t trying to be edgy, it’s just trying to be reliable, and from what I gather from its beta phase, it’s doing a damn good job. Reliability surrounding booking and privacy protections are gifts rarely given to adult entertainers, and you can bet they’ll happily pay to make sure they’re able to keep that.
