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Woman reveals how she made a small fortune selling one item
A woman has revealed how her first brush with the adult entertainment industry led her to selling her own underwear for $350 a pop – or even more.
Alix Lynx, who is based in the US, was working at a petrol station as a younger woman when she and a co-worker were approached by a male customer with an out-of-the-box proposal.
Aftr hearing him out, the two women agreed to let the man buy their used underwear.
As well as paying for the garments, he also gave them a Victoria's Secret gift card to replace what they had sold.
'We're both 18, making $8 (AU $12) an hour. To us, this was a big deal. There was not one shred of me that thought 'eww',' the now 36-year-old told
So, Ms Lynx decided to go through with it and collected underwear from her drawers she hadn't worn in years.
The next time she was working, the man returned to the petrol station for the exchange.
'Wordlessly, he gave me envelopes. As soon as he left, I looked inside and there was $300 or $400 (AU $450 to $610) in cash, plus a $100 gift card,' she said.
'It was a jackpot. I made $250 (AU $280) a week working at that place.'
Ms Lynx said the duo had a handful more interactions before he stopped asking for their underwear and the 'panty operation' was paused.
Eventually, they discovered the true reason why the stranger was buying women's underwear – he was wearing them.
This bizarre interaction was her first brush with the adult entertainment industry, which she re-entered at 23 doing webcam content.
'I look back, and I was never promiscuous growing up. I was always more of a relationship girl,' she said.
'But, I was always open minded. Even before I had sex, I remember being around adults and seeing a mum pointing out a Playboy magazine at a petrol station and saying 'eww, it's so degrading'. But I was like 'why, who cares?'
'I've never seen sex and sexuality as a big deal, I've always seen it as a normal part of humanity.'
Finding out the man from the petrol station was wearing underwear traditionally worn by women was also her first exposure to the fact that everybody is into different things when it comes to sex.
Since the first evolution of the 'panty operation' Alix, who now creates adult content for a subscription platform, still sells her underwear — 'for a sh*t tonne more money'.
She can get as little as five or as many as 15 requests to sell her underwear a month. She never sells for less than $150 (AU $230) a pair but 'add ons' such as a spritz of her perfume costs extra. Someone once bought a 'bulk' amount for $1200 (AU $1830). She said typically items sell for $200 (AU $380).
'I ship them worldwide — it's comical. I think the only place I haven't shipped panties is Antarctica,' she said.
She said that she is thankful she doesn't get too many requests to work out in her underwear before sending them to customers. However, she is surprised about customers' specificity when it comes to requests.
She said sometimes people will see images from a photo shoot or a scene, and specifically ask to buy those items.
