The FanCentro platform was developed by entrepreneurs Stan Fiskin and Alan Hall of AdultCentro following the success of their ModelCentro tool, which allowed individual adult performers to create their own subscription websites. Unlike earlier platforms, which relied on social media or external visitors, FanCentro provided
content creators with the ability to build their audience from within the platform's existing audience.
House Of FanCentro In May 2019, FanCentro launched House Of FanCentro, a free one-week workshop in Miami, connecting models on its platform with professional photographers, with the goal of improving their content. Another House of FanCentro event was held in Los Angeles later that year, and in Medellin, Colombia in 2020. Further events were cancelled following the outbreak of the
coronavirus.
Growth During COVID-19 During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and shutdown, paid social networks experienced significant growth after mainstream adult production was halted. FanCentro said it saw a rise of 65% in new daily sign-ups in the first weeks of the shutdown. By May 2020, the site boasted over 190,000 models (up from 15,000 in September 2019 and 6,000 in July 2018) with 19,000 signing up in the preceding two months alone. FanCentro encouraged influencers on its platform to help encourage people to stay home and to fight misinformation about the COVID-19 virus.
Centro University In September 2020, FanCentro launched Centro University (stylized as "Centro U" or "CentroU"), an online business school for adult influencers. The program had been in development for two years but was prioritized after large numbers of new people began using the platform and others like it to sell adult content during the 2020 production holds in the adult industry. Online classes in marketing and promotion, film and video production, privacy and censorship, health and safety and other subjects are taught by sex workers and available for free for anyone using the platform. ==Features==