2022 saw sanctions brought against Russia by the West, including limitations on sending money by EFT or PayPal. This makes paying Russian models for shoots difficult – or even impossible.
If the model has a payment method outside of Russia already set up (for example, Paxum, or a bank account in a country that is not affected by sanctions), we can make prompt payment with no problem.
Of course, models may choose not to work now, instead waiting until they have a viable payment method – no problem, let us know. Otherwise, if models choose to work under these circumstances, we can safely hold the money until the model provides a viable payment method. We will release the shoots created on our site as normal, however.
We have robust systems to track model payments, and we commit to all models that we will pay them the agree fee for the work they do, whether it’s 3 months or three years later.
