Visitor FAQ: the age gate, legality and discretion

For everyone on Lusty

The questions people ask before they trust the platform, answered in one place. Help explains; the legal hub governs.

Why the age gate exists

Lusty is an 18+ platform in a country where that is the law and the right thing to do. The gate is one confirmation, remembered in a cookie on your device — per-country policy decides how long it lasts — so you confirm once and browse after that. Every public surface, help centre included, sits behind it.

Is Lusty legal?

Lusty operates as a verified advertising and social platform for adult companions, with work agreements for everyone who lists. The legal detail — terms, privacy, content policy, trust & safety, takedown and the work agreements — lives at /policies. Help explains what things are; the legal documents govern what they mean.

Do I need an account?

No — browsing is open after the age gate: Discover, city and area pages, profiles, Live, Feed and Reels. An account is needed exactly where identity matters: contact details, messaging, booking and anything that costs money.

How do I contact a companion?

Sign in first — then the contact gate decides what you can see. Free members open contact details on paid listings; Pro (R100/month) opens everything, including massage and free-plan listings. Details in Messages, contact gating and safety in chat.

Are listings real?

Two gates stand between a scammer and a listing: the verification badge (a government ID plus a liveness selfie with a handwritten code, reviewed by a person — see Verification explained) and the moderation gate — media only appears on Lusty once it is approved. A profile without a badge is not automatically fake, but a badge you can see is the strongest signal the platform can give you.

Discretion for visitors

Browse without an account and leave nothing behind: location sharing is session-only and never persisted for guests. Once signed in, discreet browse stops models seeing that you viewed them, and payments appear under a neutral name on your paperwork — see Staying discreet.

Still stuck?

Ask the assistant in the search box on the help centre home — it answers only from these articles — or use the report lanes at Reporting abuse for anything urgent.

Frequently asked

Is Lusty legal in South Africa?

Lusty operates as a verified adult directory and social platform with work agreements for everyone listed. The governing documents — terms, privacy, content policy, trust & safety, takedown and work agreements — are published at /policies.

Can I browse without an account?

Yes. After the one-time age confirmation, every public surface is open: Discover, city and area pages, profiles, Live, Feed and Reels. Accounts are needed for contact details, messaging and booking.

Are the listings real?

Media only appears after approval, and the verification badge means a government ID plus a liveness selfie with a handwritten per-submission code was reviewed by a person within the last 12 months.

Keep reading

Welcome to Lusty: what this site is and how to find your way What Lusty is, how the age gate works, the three sign-in doors and how to find a companion. Verification explained: your ID, the selfie code and the badge What verification asks for, how the review works, how long the badge lasts and what it does — and does not — prove. Following, favourites and connections The three relationship types, where your lists live, and what notifications you get. Messages, contact gating and safety in chat Starting a conversation, which contact details each plan tier can see, and the safety machinery inside chat.

Not what you needed? Back to the help centre — the assistant box there answers only from these articles, and anything urgent belongs on Help & safety.