I think most people will agree that true love isn't always easy to find.
In fact, nearly 50% of American adults have either never married, been widowed, or divorced. In contrast to the 1970s, 9% of Americans aged 25–50 had never married.
So what can a girl do? Well, 33-year-old OnlyFans creator and writer Aella has offered a $100,000 referral bounty to anyone who introduces her to a man she ultimately marries and a separate $300,000 finder’s fee for arranging a contract in which a benefactor pays her $10 million (post-tax) to become pregnant and raise the child with sole custody.
She might be on to something. One study suggests that a person has less than a 5% chance of meeting a potential life partner through random dating.
In a Substack post outlining terms, Aella describes herself as a “very weird person” with a narrow dating pool and sets unusually specific criteria for a partner: a man fully committed to polyamory with room for a primary partner, “ominous” (i.e., darker-leaning BDSM) sexuality, wants children, is in a similar wealth tier, and is fully self-accepting. Additional preferences (intelligence, politics, age, BMI, status) are “nice to have.”
Aella frames the offer as a rational extension of traditional matchmaking fees: “If I imagine I’m already happily married … and you asked, ‘Would you have paid 100k to meet your husband?’ I imagine I’d say yes without hesitation.”
Separately, Aella invites introductions to a benefactor willing to pay $10 million post-tax for her to become pregnant and raise the child as a single mother with sole custody (with the support of hired help and an intentional parenting community). Referrers would receive $300,000 if a deal is executed. She notes she has dozens of frozen eggs and would consider polygenic screening.
Aella argues that crowdsourced, data-driven matching can outperform chance encounters or conventional apps. She reports that her current four-year relationship began after a prior survey flagged a highly compatible partner she had not otherwise considered. She also cites status dynamics, saying she tends to be excited by high-status men and wants to “need to try to impress someone.”
The approach, she says, is meant to optimize for hard-to-find traits rather than rely on “mythical” meet-cutes: “We’re in 2025 … we can do better than just the person who happened to be walking down the street.”
Aella estimates that roughly 3% of the population aligns with her polyamorous requirement, calling her target partner “a tiny slice of the population.” She acknowledges her preferences, including kink compatibility and comfort with public notoriety, will screen out many candidates by design.
Aella concedes she expects few truly eligible submissions, but says even a small probability gain justifies the spend. She frames the bounty as an attempt to normalize intentional matchmaking: if agencies can command six-figure fees, she argues, opening the market to her broader audience makes sense.
You can follow Aella on X at @Aella_Girl.