Geoffrey Branger, edited by Romain Rouillard 06:33, October 04, 2022
Student precariousness remains at a high level and has even worsened according to a study by the COP1-Solidarités Étudiants association.
So much so that some young women have started selling photos on social networks... Of their feet.
A business that can bring in several hundred euros each month.
Make ends meet by selling photos of his feet.
This is the improbable business in which several students have embarked to face growing precariousness.
Contacted by Europe 1, some of them receive between 200 and 800 euros per month thanks to this practice.
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Most of the time, a photo sells for between 15 and 20 euros, but if certain conditions are met - wearing heels, varnish or stockings - the price can go up to 50 euros.
A student of literature in Paris, Sophie has been marketing photos of her feet for eight months.
Today, it is impossible for him to go back.
"It allows me to simply eat. The APL and what my parents give me just allow me to pay my rent. With the photos I make roughly 400 euros for the short months. It changed everything".
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Sophie considers this practice as a real student job.
"I do this between 10 and 15 hours a week. You have to find customers and talk to them because they want us to make them want to buy the product. There is a pink telephone side and it takes time ".
This business, which is gaining more and more momentum on social networks, is not limited to images or videos.
Some fetishists even go so far as to buy the used socks or shoes of the people they bought pictures from.