RateMyFeet

What RateMyFeet is

RateMyFeet is a free foot rating site that works as a discovery layer first and a sales route second. Creators post feet photos and short videos, the community votes, and a live ranking sorts the posts. Posting, getting rated and climbing the ranking are all free. The only way to earn on the platform itself is a separate, optional step: creators with Pro status can open a paid monthly "backroom" beside their profile, where the creator sets the price and subscribers pay the creator directly. The site states it takes no commission on that either.

The business is explicit about what it is not. Its comparison pages call it "a discovery and validation platform, not a marketplace" and say it sits before selling: a creator posts, gets rated and builds an audience at no cost, and can then sell on a dedicated platform or in a backroom. The service is in English and strictly 18+.

How earning works on RateMyFeet

The public side is a voting feed. Creators post photos or short looping videos of 5 to 15 seconds, and both share the same feed and ranking. The community votes on posts, and the live ranking updates in real time. The for-creators page says fresh posts get a boost, so new creators get seen without a following. The home page describes the ranking as votes and recency, and says a fresh, well-voted post can climb within hours. Members can also rate feet without ever posting, and the site says plenty of members only vote.

Content on the public side is feet only: "Nudity is not allowed. Feet pics only, which keeps the ranking public and safe to browse." Faces are optional. Creators can use a pseudonym, blur the face or keep it out of frame, and the site says no real name is required and no ID is needed to post.

The help center explains the tools around posting. It has sections on uploading a photo or video, the content requirements, why a post may be under review and what content is allowed. It also describes automatic badges, awarded from how a creator and each post perform. "New creator" marks someone whose first post is less than 30 days old. "Trending" means a surge of votes right now. "Elite" is well above the creator's average engagement, and "High potential" is above average and gaining traction. "Conversion" means a post is driving visitors to the creator's profile. Creators see these in their own Insights dashboard along with profile statistics, and members can follow creators.

The earning route is the backroom. Pro status lets a creator open one beside the profile: the creator sets the monthly price, subscribers pay the creator directly, and the platform takes no commission. The terms explain the fine print behind that promise. A creator whose Pro status is approved on or before December 31, 2026 is a founding creator, and RateMyFeet "takes no commission on what she earns, for life." After that date the founders period closes, and the terms say whatever applies to later creators will be announced before it applies. That is why the home page FAQ words it as no commission "from its founding creators."

Pro status is not automatic. The creator asks for it on the Pro page and the platform decides. A refusal may lock the next request for thirty days, and a request nobody decides within thirty days lapses. A creator can leave Pro at any time, which closes the backroom door: waiting requests expire, paid months run to their end and subscribers are told by email.

Inside a backroom the rules differ from the public feed. The terms say a backroom "may hold explicit content" for adults only, while the public feed and the covers stay free of it. The person shown must be the creator herself or a consenting adult, she must hold every right to what she publishes, and the content must be legal where she and her subscribers live. The platform may view backroom content, including what only paying subscribers see, to answer a report, settle a dispute or comply with the law, and subscribers may not copy, record or redistribute it. A backroom also has stories, shown for twenty-four hours, and subscriber comments under an alias.

The terms describe how a subscription runs, and it is manual. There is no automatic renewal and no payment method stored. Every month is asked for and paid by hand: the subscriber asks, the creator accepts, the subscriber pays the creator through the payment services she lists on her instructions page, the creator confirms the payment, and the access opens for a month. The price shown when the subscriber asked is the price they pay, and as long as months follow one another without a break that price stays theirs even if the creator raises hers. A first request expires if the creator does not answer within seven days, and an accepted request expires if it is not paid within seven days. The platform prepares a renewal request three days before a month ends unless the subscriber has switched that off, and access holds for three days past its end date unless the subscriber has canceled.

Disputes have a set path. A subscriber who has paid declares it, and the creator's confirmation is what opens access. If the creator has not answered seven days after a declaration, the case goes to the platform, which opens access on the strength of the declaration unless the record says otherwise, and gives a reason either way. Each step is logged with its author, date and reason. The terms say the platform "holds no funds, takes no share of them and issues no invoice for them," refunds nothing, and leaves each party responsible for its own tax. The figures in a creator's Studio Pro add up the months she confirmed receiving, but the terms say they are not a statement of account.

For a creator, that means the money side sits outside the site. Pricing, payment collection and any refund are between the creator and each subscriber.

Beyond the feed, RateMyFeet publishes guides: how to take better feet photos, how to price feet pics, how to sell feet pics safely, how to watermark photos, and foot-care and pedicure articles. The safety guide advises a pseudonym, no face in frame, removing location metadata from photos and keeping payments on the selling platform's own system or a reputable processor, and it calls gift cards or unusual apps red flags.

Money and rules

Posting and rating cost nothing, today and tomorrow, per the home page. A backroom price is set by the creator, subscribers pay the creator directly through the services she lists, and founding creators pay no commission for life. The platform holds no money, so there is no payout threshold, schedule or withdrawal fee to speak of: a creator is paid when each subscriber pays.

The site does not say what commission, if any, will apply to creators approved after December 31, 2026.

On rules, RateMyFeet is "strictly 18+": a user must be at least 18 to create an account and post. Public content is feet only, with no nudity and no visible faces in photos, and the person shown must be the poster. Images must be at least 800x600 pixels, in JPEG, PNG or WebP, and under 5 MB, and videos run 5 to 15 seconds. No ID is required to post. The terms say no automated filter or image-recognition service screens uploads: moderation is done by a person, anyone can report content in one tap, and content involving a minor is removed, the account closed and the authorities informed. Vote manipulation through bots, fake accounts or coordinated voting can end an account.

Who it suits and who it does not

RateMyFeet suits a creator with no audience who wants to test photos, learn what the community rates well and be seen through the fresh-post boost without paying anything or showing a face. It also suits a creator who prefers to keep payment collection in their own hands and wants a no-commission backroom rather than a marketplace cut.

It is a poor fit for a seller who wants a ready-made buyer marketplace, or platform-run payments. The site says so itself: a dedicated selling platform is built for running paid transactions, "and RateMyFeet is not." The backroom's manual monthly cycle also puts extra work on the creator, who must accept each request and confirm each payment, and Pro status is granted at the platform's discretion. The no-commission promise is locked in only for creators approved by the end of 2026.