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You Won’t Believe This Social Network Was Built on Wix
11/27/25, 6:39 PM
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Project Spotlight
You Won’t Believe This Social Network Was Built on Wix
How One Founder Used Wix and ChatGPT to Solve a Billion-Dollar Problem for Adult Creators
11/27/25, 6:39 PM
A Social Platform Built for Adult Creators, Powered by Wix
If you spend enough time talking to adult content creators, you start to hear the same story on repeat:
“I lost another account.”
“My posts keep getting flagged.”
“I had to make a backup… and then another backup.”
It’s the exhausting, never-ending cycle of building an online brand on platforms that were never designed with adult creators in mind. And that’s where Sxgram comes in — a social platform built specifically for adult content creators, educators, models, and sex-positive voices who deserve a safe, reliable, and uncensored place to grow.
Sxgram didn’t launch as a reaction; it launched as a necessity. Mainstream networks like Meta, TikTok, and even LinkedIn continue tightening their restrictions. Creators who operate legally and ethically still get flagged, shadow-banned, erased, or told—explicitly or subtly—that their livelihoods don’t belong on the platforms they helped build.
So we decided to build a new one.
• Who Sxgram Is For
• At its core, Sxgram is for:
• Adult content creators
• Sex-positive educators
• Sex-tech innovators
• Models and influencers
• Independent creators who refuse to be censored
• Fans who want a direct connection without algorithmic interference
It’s a community-built space where creators feel valued, respected, and seen—without hiding behind code words, backup accounts, or platform uncertainty.
A Freemium Model Designed Around Creator Success
Sxgram launched with a clean, simple freemium structure:
• Free Accounts — Full posting access, audience building, messaging, and creator profiles
• Verified Upgrades — Additional features, credibility badges, monetization tools, analytics, and profile enhancements
• Influencer & Verified Creator Tiers — For those building businesses around their presence
It’s built to scale with the creator—not restrict them.
What Makes Sxgram Different in a Crowded Landscape
Yes, there are other creator platforms. But here’s the truth:
Most of them either exploit creators through high fees, censor adult content, or rely on algorithms that punish authenticity.
Sxgram addresses the gaps:
• No shadow bans
• No algorithmic suppression
• No arbitrary content removals
• No forced funnels to paid features
• No pretending adult creators don’t exist
It’s unapologetically adult, openly creator-first, and intentionally uncensored—without compromising safety or professionalism.
Why Build Sxgram on Wix?
This is the part most developers raise an eyebrow at—because traditionally, building a social platform means custom coding from scratch. But Wix’s modern ecosystem, especially with Wix Data, Velo, dynamic collections, and custom-coded interactions, has evolved into a powerhouse capable of supporting creator-centric, scalable platforms.
The Sxgram build stands out because:
• It uses dynamic datasets to generate user profiles, follower feeds, and creator “Grams.”
• It leverages Wix Velo for custom logic, including follows, likes, counters, and creator verification.
• Media Manager + database fields handle photo uploads and content management at high volume.
• Custom page permissions allow different levels of access for verified creators.
• Velo-coded interactions ensure smooth user experiences—like auto-populated profiles, tip jar buttons, and view counters.
• The entire platform is built modularly, meaning it can scale as the creator base grows.
Sxgram is a statement piece for what’s possible on Wix: a full-fledged social network, built without external hosting, without custom servers, and without relying on third-party social tools.
Why This Build Matters
Sxgram represents something bigger than a platform—it’s a shift.
A shift in how creators are supported.
A shift in how social platforms can be built.
A shift in how far Wix can be pushed when innovation meets necessity.
It proves that Wix isn’t just for portfolios, restaurants, and small businesses anymore. With Velo, Wix can handle social, at scale, in ways most builders haven’t even explored yet.
Creators needed a home.
Wix needed a showcase of what’s possible.
Sxgram sits boldly at the intersection of both.
Background
Honestly, Sxgram started from my own frustration. I’ve personally been shadow banned on Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Instagram—sometimes for posts that weren’t even explicit, just adjacent to sex work, adult content, or my work with creators. When I launched Only Fans Insider Magazine in May 2025, that pressure only intensified. Suddenly I wasn’t just a user; I was a publisher. And I watched, in real time, how arbitrary and biased policy enforcement by the major platforms could directly impact my business and the livelihoods of the creators I was featuring.
Since launching Only Fans Insider Magazine, I’ve lost count of how many creators have told me they’re running three, four, sometimes five accounts on what I call “The Big Four” social platforms—Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Instagram—just to stay online and keep their income steady. Backup accounts to backup accounts, constantly walking on eggshells, never sure when the next takedown, suspension, or quiet shadow ban will hit. I didn’t just hear this as a bystander; I felt it in my own traffic, my own reach, my own revenue. At some point I stopped saying, “That’s just how it is,” and started saying, “I want to fix this.”
At my core, I believe in free enterprise. And I see adult content creators as every bit as entrepreneurial—if not more—than most traditional businesses. They handle branding, marketing, customer service, creative direction, content production, pricing strategy, and community management, often as a one-person show. Yet they’re treated as disposable by the very platforms that profit from their engagement. Sxgram is my way of saying: You’re not a problem to be hidden—you’re a business to be supported.
What makes this project extra special, at least to me, is how it was built. In the past, as a non-technical founder, I’ve raised $4.4 million in venture funding just to hire developers and support in-house teams to build social platforms. That meant long timelines, big burn rates, and a constant dependency on other people to translate my ideas into code. With Wix + ChatGPT, the entire equation changed. For the cost of an annual upgraded plan on Wix and about $20 a month on ChatGPT, I was able to build a functioning social platform without writing a single line of code “from scratch” in the traditional sense.
I came into this with zero coding experience. My very first prompt to ChatGPT for Sxgram was something like:
> “I’m a beginner, so please give me step-by-step instructions and full copy-and-paste code.”
From there, I used mostly native Wix functionality paired with a fair amount of custom Velo code generated, explained, and debugged with ChatGPT. I could ask, “Why is this error happening?” or “How do I connect this dataset to that profile?” and get answers I could immediately test inside the Wix editor. That loop—Wix as the canvas, ChatGPT as the guide—turned what used to require millions in funding and a dev team into something I could prototype, refine, and launch myself.
That’s part of why Sxgram feels like such a unique build on the Wix platform. It’s not just a social site for adult creators; it’s proof that a non-technical founder can ship a working social network on Wix by pairing no-code tools with AI-assisted development. And if I can do that for adult creators, it opens the door for countless other niche, underserved communities to do the same.
Problem
Platform Risk, Community Fragility & Unsustainable Development Costs
The adult creator ecosystem faces a problem that is both human and deeply technical: platform dependency. When a creator builds their livelihood on Meta, TikTok, Instagram, or LinkedIn, they’re effectively building a business on top of someone else’s API, someone else’s rules, and someone else’s moderation system. In traditional tech terms, creators are operating on “rented land”—land where the landlord can evict them without warning. These platforms rely on automated detection systems, machine-learning moderation, and policy stacks that were never designed to distinguish sex work from sex trafficking, adult content from harmful content, or entrepreneurial creators from bad actors.
The result is a massive fragility point: creators lose visibility, revenue, customer access, and entire account histories because of opaque algorithmic processes they cannot control. This isn’t just annoying—it’s a business risk. When a creator has to maintain four or five backup accounts, that’s not a branding strategy. That’s a failure of platform architecture at the highest level.
Now zoom out from the individual creator to the community as a whole. Adult creators need a unified ecosystem, but centralized networks have actively pushed them out. Meanwhile, building a new social platform—especially one centered around media uploads, community interaction, real-time feeds, and user-generated content—is historically one of the most expensive and complex categories of software development.
Under normal circumstances, a founder trying to create a platform like Sxgram would need:
• A back-end engineering team
• A DevOps engineer
• A database architect
• A front-end engineering team
• UI/UX designers
• A QA/testing team
• Ongoing hosting infrastructure for media-heavy content
• A scalable CDN for images and video
• Authentication systems
• User permissions logic
• API endpoints for posts, followers, likes, messages
• Admin dashboards and moderation tools
And that’s just to get a minimum viable product (MVP) off the ground. Even a barebones custom-built social platform—including basic feeds, profiles, auth, image uploads, and a follower system—can easily cost $250,000 to $1.2 million in development time and infrastructure, depending on scale and location of the dev team. I know this firsthand—I’ve raised $4.4 million in venture funding in the past specifically to hire developers for similar platform builds.
For most founders—especially those serving niche or marginalized communities—this level of capital is inaccessible. And for creators themselves, it’s a technological barrier that prevents them from ever owning the platforms where they earn their income.
This is where the traditional pipeline breaks:
The people who need new platforms the most cannot afford to build them, and the people who can afford to build them rarely serve these communities.
What Sxgram set out to solve wasn’t just censorship—it was the economic inequality of platform creation.
By building on Wix, paired with ChatGPT-assisted Velo development, Sxgram bypassed the traditional cost structure entirely. Instead of spinning up servers, provisioning storage, designing databases from scratch, and writing tens of thousands of lines of code:
• Wix Data became the database layer
• Wix Media Manager became the media storage and CDN
• Wix Members & Permissions handled authentication and access control
• Dynamic Pages replaced custom front-end routing
• Velo Code added the logic that historically required a senior engineer
ChatGPT became an always-on dev partner, explaining errors, generating code, and architecting features on command
What would have required a quarter-million dollars or more became achievable for less than the annual cost of a Wix premium plan and a $20/mo ChatGPT subscription.
That cost difference isn’t just a convenience—it’s a revolution in who gets to build platforms. It collapses the barrier to entry for niche creative communities, especially those routinely excluded from mainstream tech investment.
The “problem” Sxgram addresses isn’t just creator censorship.
It’s the fact that the people most impacted by censorship historically had the least access to build alternative platforms.
Wix and ChatGPT turned that equation on its head.
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Solution
How Sxgram Directly Solves the Platform Problem
Sxgram was engineered from the ground up to solve the two largest issues adult creators face:
1. Unreliable access to their own audience, and
2. The lack of creator-owned platforms built to support real business growth.
Instead of fighting for survival on mainstream networks that suppress adult creators, Sxgram introduces a purpose-built ecosystem where every feature is designed to increase stability, income, visibility, and long-term sustainability for the community.
1. Verified Accounts That Actually Mean Something - Most platforms treat verification as a status symbol. Sxgram treats it as a business tool. Verified accounts unlock:
• Enhanced profile visibility
• Priority placement in feeds and search
• Advanced posting and media options
• Business-first features that reduce friction for creators
This isn't just a badge. It's infrastructure that protects a creator’s identity, improves their credibility, and increases trust with fans.
2. Ratings: A Safeguard for Trust & Professionalism - The adult creator economy thrives on reputation, yet no major social platform provides tools for professional accountability.
Sxgram’s Ratings System creates transparency between creators, collaborators, and their audiences, helping the community self-regulate without heavy-handed moderation or biased algorithmic decisions.
Ratings give creators the same tools that Airbnb hosts, Uber drivers, and Fiverr freelancers rely on for credibility—finally leveling the playing field.
3. Clickable Links in Posts & Stories (A Game-Changer) - One of the biggest frustrations creators face on other platforms is the inability to place direct, clickable links inside posts and stories. Platforms purposely restrict linking because it takes users off-site—hurting their ad revenue.
Sxgram flips this model entirely.
Creators can place fully clickable links anywhere:
• In-feed posts
• Grams
• Stories
• Profiles
• Article bios
This single feature dramatically increases conversion rates for:
OnlyFans, Fansly, websites, paid chats, shops, affiliate pages, Linktree alternatives, and more.
This is one of Sxgram’s most business-forward features and a key reason creators adopt the platform.
4. A Dedicated Articles Section for Thought Leaders - Many creators and educators maintain intellectual, sex-tech, or thought-leadership content on platforms like LinkedIn, Medium, and Reddit because mainstream networks allow long-form content but not adult subjects.
Sxgram solves that disconnect with a native Articles Section, giving creators and sex-tech innovators space to:
• Publish think pieces
• Educate their audience
• Build reputation and expertise
• Share research, opinions, and professional updates
• Drive SEO-rich traffic to their creator profiles
This bridges the gap between adult creators and academic or professional thought leaders, something no other adult-friendly platform has attempted.
5. A 70% Profit-Sharing Affiliate Program - While other platforms charge creators, Sxgram pays creators.
The 70% profit-sharing affiliate program allows creators, educators, and sex-tech entrepreneurs to earn substantial recurring income by sharing the platform with their network.
The program fuels:
• Viral, community-driven growth
• True ownership and participation
• Incentives for creators to promote each other
• Financial accessibility for newcomers
This turns Sxgram into a shared economic engine rather than a top-down corporation.
6. A Platform Built on Stability, Not Suppression - Sxgram’s features are all built around one promise:
Creators deserve direct, reliable, censorship-free access to their audience.
Because Sxgram does not rely on algorithmic content suppression, creators finally experience:
• No shadow bans
• No surprise takedowns
• No content-muted feeds
• No feeling of “posting into the void”
Creators are treated as business owners—not liabilities.
In Short: Sxgram Isn’t Just an Alternative. It’s a Structural Solution.
Every feature exists because mainstream social platforms created a gap. Sxgram fills those gaps with functionality that supports—not punishes—adult creators and sex-positive professionals.
Where other platforms offer “community guidelines,” Sxgram offers tools.
Where others restrict reach, Sxgram expands it.
Where others profit from creators, Sxgram profits with them.
This is not a new social network.
It’s a new architecture for creator freedom.
Key Factors
Key Factors in Building Sxgram on Wix
1. Designing a Layout That Feels Like Social Media—Without Custom Servers - Social networks follow predictable UI patterns: vertical feeds, profile header blocks, post cards, follow buttons, and interaction bars. Achieving that familiar feeling on Wix required strategic use of:
• Dynamic Pages for user profiles
• Repeaters to simulate a constantly updating feed
• Dataset filtering to show only posts from followed creators
• Responsive layouts that feel mobile-first
Every layout choice had to mimic the speed and predictability of a native app—despite operating inside a browser.
Key Decision: Build content around modular repeaters instead of page sections so the feed could grow infinitely without degrading the user experience.
2. Creating the “Gram” Experience Through Velo Logic - Traditional social platforms rely on real-time databases. Wix uses a powerful dataset system, but it requires thoughtful logic to mimic “live feed” behavior.
Your Velo code handled:
• Pulling posts dynamically based on user follows
• Sorting content by timestamp
• Updating view counters
• Formatting numbers into K/M notation
• Writing create/read/update actions back to the database instantly
• Preventing duplicate entries or loops
This turned a standard Wix dataset into a functional mini social algorithm—without actually using an algorithm to suppress content.
3. Building a Multi-Tier Permission System - Sxgram’s Verified, Influencer, and standard accounts required logic that went beyond Wix’s default member roles.
You had to build:
• Conditional UI visibility
• Role-based content access
• Profile enhancements based on upgrades
• Verification-specific pages
• Custom buttons that only appear when conditions are met
• Tiered onboarding pathways
This gave creators a clear path to professional growth inside the platform—no external plugins or hard-coded permissions required.
4. UX Strategy: Reduce Friction, Increase Posting Frequency - Creators will not adopt a new platform if posting feels difficult. So the UX strategy centered around:
• Fast navigation and limited page depth
• Large tap targets for mobile
• Minimal modal usage
• A “Post” button always visible in the interface
• A story upload flow that requires only 2 steps
• Clear labels (“Post a Gram,” “Add Your Links,” “Upload Photos”)
• Profiles that look complete—even with minimal content
Your UX goal was simple: make posting feel easier than Instagram, not harder.
5. Handling Media Uploads Without Slowing Down the System - The creator community is media-heavy. A platform like this had to support large image uploads without lag.
To solve this, you relied on:
• Wix Media Manager’s built-in compression
• Custom database fields for referencing image IDs
• Pre-loaded lightboxes for story viewing
• Lazy loading inside repeaters
This combination allowed hundreds of images to load quickly—critical for social UX.
6. Designing a Creator-Centric Onboarding Sequence - Most adult creators bounce from new platforms because signup is confusing or restrictive.
Your onboarding flow was designed to:
• Auto-create default profiles upon signup
• Pre-populate fields with placeholder values
• Trigger verification pathways immediately
• Encourage profile completion in under two minutes
• Integrate a step for adding clickable links (a huge selling point)
This ensured new users landed on Sxgram with momentum instead of decision fatigue.
7. The Ratings Feature: A Trust System Built Inside Wix Data -
Building a reputation system on Wix required designing a database schema with:
• Individual rating entries
• Aggregated rating totals
• Dynamic recalculation logic in Velo
• User permissions to prevent self-rating
• Filters to show rating info per user profile
This feature acts as a professional trust layer—something creators have never had access to on mainstream platforms.
8. Articles: A Native “Medium/LinkedIn” Inside a Social Site - Bringing long-form thought leadership into an adult-friendly social platform required blending two very different UX models:
• Social media speed
• Publishing depth
We solved this by creating:
• A dedicated Articles Collection
• A dynamic Article Template page
• A writer-friendly submission form
• Author bios tied to profile pages
• SEO settings for organic traffic
This attracts a totally different user segment (sex-tech, educators, coaches, journalists) and blends them with the creator community.
9. Navigating Obstacles With No Coding Background - As a non-technical founder, every piece of logic required trial, error, and communication with ChatGPT. You had to overcome:
• Dataset write errors
• Async loading issues
• Callback timing conflicts
• Permissions misfires
• Repeaters not updating on dynamic pages
• Velo syntax errors
• Media reference issues
• Feed sorting inconsistencies
Each obstacle was solved through a mix of:
• Troubleshooting flows
• Breaking problems into smaller parts
• Asking ChatGPT for fixes
• Iterating Velo scripts
• Testing in preview mode
• Watching how Wix handled the data
My lack of coding experience became an advantage—I questioned everything, optimized everything, and never accepted “that’s just how it works.”
10. The Final Key Factor: Building a Social Platform With No Dev Team
The traditional path requires:
• A CTO
• A lead engineer
• A backend team
• A frontend team
• A UX designer
• A DevOps expert
• A QA team
I replaced that entire organizational chart with:
• Wix’s infrastructure
• Dynamic datasets
• Velo-coded logic
• ChatGPT as my development partner
The result is a fully functional social platform built for a niche, underserved community—without VC burn rates, engineering salaries, or months of building pipelines.
This is what makes the Sxgram build historic in the Wix ecosystem.
Notable Features
Sxgram stands out not just for its major social features, but for the dozens of small, intentional design decisions that work together to create a polished, creator-centric experience on Wix—far beyond what most people assume is possible on a no-code platform.
1. A Fully Clickable-Link Social Feed (A Rare Capability) - Unlike Instagram, TikTok, and even LinkedIn (for the most part), Sxgram allows fully clickable, embeddable links inside posts, profiles, and stories. This dramatically improves conversion rates for creators and solves one of the industry’s biggest pain points.
This single feature is both technically impressive—requiring custom parsing logic—and a major business advantage for creators.
2. Built-In Ratings System for Professional Credibility - Sxgram includes a native, profile-level Ratings feature—something mainstream platforms do not offer. Every rating is stored as a unique database record, then recalculated into a live overall score using Velo functions.
This system helps:
• Increase trust
• Encourage good behavior
• Support professional reputation in an industry often denied formal review structures
It’s a subtle, powerful feature most users won’t realize took careful database architecture to pull off.
3. Multi-Tier Verification With Conditional UI - The Verified and Influencer account tiers trigger real changes in UI and access—using conditional logic, page permissions, and role-based display rules.
Most people never think about:
• Hidden vs. visible buttons
• Access-based page rendering
• Upgrade-aware navigation
• Protected collections
This adds structural depth that feels completely native to users.
4. Dynamic Feed Logic Emulating “Infinite Scroll” - Wix does not natively offer infinite scrolling feeds, but Sxgram achieves the feeling through:
• Modular repeaters
• Lazy loading
• Timestamp sorting
• Lightweight image rendering
• Optimized data queries
Users get a smooth “social feed” experience—without realizing the complexity behind it.
5. Auto-Generated Profile Architecture - Upon signup, Sxgram automatically creates:
• A user record
• A placeholder profile
• Base fields for bios & links
• Default assets for layout continuity
This avoids the “empty account” problem and makes the platform feel polished from the moment a new creator joins.
It’s seamless for the user, yet an important engineering detail for a social platform.
6. A Dedicated Articles System for Thought Leadership - Most adult-focused platforms don’t offer long-form posting. Sxgram does—with:
• A CMS-driven article database
• Profile-linked authorship
• SEO-optimized dynamic templates
• An editorial-style reading interface
This bridges adult creators with professional thought leaders, sex educators, and sex-tech innovators—something no major competitor supports.
7. Story Lightbox With Overlay Navigation - Stories are displayed using a custom-coded lightbox viewer that:
• Preloads the next/previous story
• Locks scroll during display
• Uses swipe/tap navigation on mobile
• Auto-fits vertical media
It feels like a native mobile story experience built entirely inside Wix’s frontend environment.
8. Real-Time View Counters With “K” and “M” Formatting - Every post (Gram) includes a dynamic view counter that:
• Increments on load
• Saves to the database in real time
• Automatically formats 1,000 → 1K, 1,000,000 → 1M
This is a small detail, but it creates a familiar “social app” feeling users subconsciously expect.
9. Creator-Friendly Posting Flow - Sxgram’s posting process is intentionally streamlined:
• 2-step story uploads
• Large mobile tap targets
• Clear “Post a Gram” CTA
• Auto-tagged timestamps
• Automatic feed refresh
These UX touches reduce posting friction—critical for creator adoption.
10. A Platform Built on No-Code + AI-Assisted Code - Perhaps the most notable feature of all:
Sxgram is a full-scale social platform built on Wix by a founder with no coding background, using ChatGPT to generate, debug, and optimize custom Velo code.
This alone makes the project exceptional.
It proves:
• You don’t need a dev team to build a social network
• AI-assisted no-code development is real and viable
• Entire communities can get tech solutions without VC capital
This is an innovation story as much as a platform story.
Product Spec
Apps & Wix Features Used:
• Wix Members (authentication, permissions, user accounts)
• Wix Custom Forms (content submissions, support requests, onboarding)
• Wix Media Manager (storage, CDN delivery, compression)
• Wix Lightboxes (story viewer, post composer, alerts)
• Wix Site Search (creator search, article search)
• Wix Marketing Tools (email onboarding, automations)
CMS / Collections (Wix Data):
• Users Collection – creator bios, avatar, verification level, ratings
• Posts (Grams) – media, captions, timestamps, links, view counters
• Stories – transient uploads, expiration logic
• Followers – relational table for connections & feed logic
• Ratings – multi-entry rating system & aggregated reputation
• Articles – long-form content, author references, categories
• Notifications – follow triggers, system messages
• Verification Tiers – metadata for account-level upgrades
• Affiliate Program – tracking, referrals, payouts
Velo Code Used:
• Feed Logic: filtered repeaters, timestamp sort, async loading
• Follow System: create/remove follow entries, dynamic button states
• Rating Engine: aggregation, average calculations, permission checks
• View Counters: real-time increments, K/M formatter
• Profile Auto-Generation: new-member record creation, placeholder values
• Tier-Based Access: conditional UI for Verified/Influencer accounts
• Custom Link Parsing: clickable links in captions & Stories
• Form Handling: article submissions, error handling, database writes
• Slug Routing: dynamic profile URLs, post slugs
• Media Handling: file reference binding, lazy loading optimization
• Onboarding Automations: triggered updates on signup
• Security Rules: write permissions, read filters, role-based logic
UX & Layout System:
• Modular Repeaters for infinite feed simulation
• Mobile-first layout with single-column content
• Dynamic Profile Templates with role-based visibility
• Overlay-based Story viewer built via Lightboxes
• Post Composer using lightbox upload flow
• Link Buttons pre-configured for monetization URLs
• Ratings UI designed for quick interactions
• Article Pages styled as long-form editorial layouts
Technical Architecture:
• Database-first design using Wix Data collections
• Front-end rendered feeds with backend Velo logic
• No custom servers required (Wix-managed infrastructure)
• Wix CDN for global media delivery and compression
• Dynamic routing enabling profile & article templates
• Custom sort/filter algorithms for personalized feeds
• Optimized for speed via:
- Lazy loading
- Minimal animations
- Preloaded dataset connections
- Cached profile queries
Scalable modular structure for expansion (DMs, video support, etc.)
APIs & Integrations (Note: Sxgram was intentionally built with minimal external APIs to avoid dependency issues):
• Email Automations: Wix native marketing suite
• Payments: Wix Paid Plans for Verified tiers
• Analytics: Wix Analytics + integrated monitoring
• Optional Tracking: Google Analytics 4 (site-level only)
• Affiliate Tracking: Wix Data + custom Velo logic (no third-party API)
Development Resources:
• Platform: Wix Editor + Velo
• AI Assistant: ChatGPT for code generation, debugging, and schema planning
• Founder Dev Time: ~80–100 hours (solo, non-technical)
Cost:
• ~$300/year Wix Premium Plan
• $20/month ChatGPT Plus
• $0 external dev cost
Performance & Scalability:
• Supports thousands of profiles via dynamic datasets
• Media-optimized feed using Wix’s CDN
• Modular collections designed for future:
• Private messaging
• Reactions
• Video posts
• Audio content
• Creator storefronts
Low server load due to Wix-managed infrastructure
Executive Summary
Sxgram was created in response to a critical, long-standing challenge in the adult creator economy: mainstream social platforms actively suppress, censor, shadow-ban, or remove content from creators who rely on visibility for their livelihood. These platforms—Meta, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn—were never built with adult creators, sex-positive educators, or sex-tech thought leaders in mind. Sxgram directly addresses this gap by offering a safe, creator-centric social network where users can post freely, access their audience reliably, and build sustainable businesses without navigating the restrictions of traditional networks.
The solution combines a robust set of features designed specifically for adult creators—including Verified accounts, Ratings, clickable links in posts and stories, a long-form Articles section, and a 70% profit-sharing affiliate program—integrated into a fully functional social platform built entirely on Wix. Through a combination of Wix’s native capabilities, dynamic datasets, Velo logic, and AI-assisted development via ChatGPT, Sxgram replicates the core experience of a modern social network without the traditional multi-million-dollar engineering overhead. Key technical highlights include custom follow systems, dynamic profile generation, media-forward feeds, real-time engagement counters, user-tier permissions, and modular UX patterns optimized for posting frequency and mobile usability—all crafted by a non-technical founder through iterative AI-guided development.
The impact is profound: Sxgram provides adult creators with a stable, scalable, and business-friendly social ecosystem they can rely on, while demonstrating what’s now possible on the Wix platform. It highlights how a founder—without coding experience—can leverage Velo and ChatGPT to build sophisticated, community-driven platforms that traditionally required engineering teams and venture capital. Sxgram serves not only its creators, but also stands as an innovative case study for the future of no-code and AI-assisted development on Wix.
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