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Marina Starr
02-20-2014, 08:15 AM
Just a kind suggestion, I would raise your Exclusive to $6.99 because you only get one guy instead of multiple in private so gotta make it worth while.

I started with 2.99/3.99 too on SM then I raised it to 3.99/4.99

VictoriaChaos
02-20-2014, 08:24 AM
The dinging stopped for me. YAY!

temptingmodel
02-20-2014, 09:17 AM
Im hearing them exit now :D lol
The dinging stopped for me. YAY!

Natalie0523
02-20-2014, 10:59 AM
Omgggg frustratingly slow for me today on SM.
I have been on for over two hours with no privates or exclusives. I recieved 5 Gold in free chat and that is it. Just have to keep in mind that patience ends up paying off sometimes….hopefullyyyyyyy ahhhhhhhh!!! lol

Josiexoxo
02-20-2014, 05:12 PM
I need to say that I dont earn money too on streamate. Its very boring!!! If I'm lucky I can win 20-30$ for 3 hours and I really try my best. I smile all the time, I talk, I dance, I move...I dont know what to do now :(

funismymiddlename
02-20-2014, 05:17 PM
err streamate is making me so mad. Idk what's going on but my chat keeps freezing like my video when I watch myself. The customers who show their cams get cut off. I did a bunch of speed tests and they're fine. Sigh this happened yesterday too.

PrincessButterflyxXx
02-20-2014, 05:38 PM
Just a kind suggestion, I would raise your Exclusive to $6.99 because you only get one guy instead of multiple in private so gotta make it worth while.

I haven't even started yet but I set up my page and rates already and I did 4.99/5.99 I think I will raise it to 6.99 like you said because your completely right

SoloDesire
02-20-2014, 06:56 PM
So the glitch I experienced all day was...no noise when anyone went in private, but every time someone would come in and leave I would get the leaving sound (which I have turned off). It was soooo annoying! I hope it's fixed tomorrow.

temptingmodel
02-20-2014, 07:32 PM
My sound stays off and all I can ever hear is the ghost leaving

Magical_Hoohah
02-20-2014, 07:46 PM
I think people are having issues getting into my paid chat all of a sudden. Anyone else?
I hear the entering-paid-ding noise, their names show up on the "Paid Users" list, but there is no text saying they have entered the room. I ask if they can see and hear me ok, and get no response, and then I hear the log out noise, and then they are gone. :banghead:

AliceFun
02-20-2014, 09:03 PM
I see they update Payments page, it's a lot better how they explain things, new girls had no clue how payments worked actually (the timing and all). I dont see anything new, m i right? Too tired just now, i might oversee things lol

whiteheat
02-21-2014, 12:48 AM
I had weird sounds happening too. (I have always the multiple users sound disabled).
And in my first premium chats of the day few multiple users popped up without the "xyz entered chat or something" text I noticed them they were in there only for the leaving the paid chat notice text.
And the kick & ban button stopped working, it wasnt my mouse tab. It fixed itself when later on a guy in private thought I accepted his cam but I started to get all the pops up that didnt show up earlier.

Should I also mention that my placement randomly sinks pages back randomly? It's been happening a too many times a night for my liking the past weeks. I'm not OCD with placement checking but when I get so few people in my room suddenly I check hard lol
and is always because of it

Incantatious
02-21-2014, 01:05 AM
Hi everyone,
I haven't been camming on streamate since I signed up, since my internet was shitty and I was always on 7-8th pages. But now I have better internet and I started to split cam with it, with AW. My computer can't handle adobe encoder and JCI together, so I stream from the browser. Both because of that, and because I haven't cam for almost a year, I'm always in 4th page. My paid percentage is 6% for 10 hours of online time now.

Do you know if it will get better when i cam regularly? I really don't make anyhing from streamate now, but it doesn't hurt to split cam when I'm on AW.
My room is empty most of the time, I don't even have beggars. And since I'm not popular, I'm afraid to raise my rates, it's not logical. They are 2.99/3.99 now, I know it's really low, do you think some sort of reverse strategy would work, raising your rates when you are not popular at all?
Thank you for your answers.

I think it's logical to have lower rates if you haven't cammed in a long while and your placement is really bad.

Placement is affected by ratings, and the lower your rates, typically, the more privates you will get, the more ratings you will get, the more your placement should improve on the basis of your increased ratings. Of course, ratings are not the only factor which affects placement, but it's a factor nonetheless.

xxtinamariexx
02-21-2014, 05:37 AM
I have been emailing support back and forth and have given other models complaints of the same issues with the sound thing in exclusive.. their latest response:

Do you have the guest audio alerts turned on when you are in Exclusive chat? When you have those on, and users are just entering your guest room that would explain what you are hearing. Can you turn them off and let me know if the problem persists.

The thing I don't get is why would you hear someone coming into your room when you are in exclusive, you shouldn't hear anything.. if anyone wants to give me their experience with the audio alerts, I will put that in my response, i have turned some on, some off. I like to hear when people leave, I don't care about them coming in (during paid chat)

kittykrane
02-21-2014, 05:54 AM
I had guests coming in to exclusive, with a bit of a delay before their name would appear in the room. Nothing either of us would type would show up. I actually switched browsers and when the same custie tried again, all was fine (I was using firefox then switched to chrome)

Magical_Hoohah
02-21-2014, 07:50 AM
^^Ack! I got hopeful for a second when you mentioned browsers, but I was in Chrome the whole time.


Do you have the guest audio alerts turned on when you are in Exclusive chat?

The thing I don't get is why would you hear someone coming into your room when you are in exclusive, you shouldn't hear anything.. if anyone wants to give me their experience with the audio alerts, I will put that in my response,

Thanks for contacting support!
I have alerts turned on for "Multiple paid users" and "Gold sent." I always keep the "Guest log on" alert turned off.
Even if you do have "Guest log on" alerts turned on, you're right, you should only hear it in free chat, not while you're in an exclusive. In fact, I didn't think guests could even enter your free chat while you're in exclusive...?

Thespark88
02-21-2014, 08:27 AM
err streamate is making me so mad. Idk what's going on but my chat keeps freezing like my video when I watch myself. The customers who show their cams get cut off. I did a bunch of speed tests and they're fine. Sigh this happened yesterday too.
The same thing happened to be. Then I streamed without the encoder and it stopped.

Natalie0523
02-21-2014, 11:52 AM
I have been having issues with some Exclusives too. A customer came in and out of the room about five times.
I wonder what's going on with Streamate…are they just tweaking random stuff which is causing things like this to happen

There have been other instances too where strange things happen….hmmmmmmm….


K hope everyone is having a great day =)


…Natalie

RubyRapture
02-21-2014, 12:10 PM
I didn't have any technical issues on SM today, but the traffic just wasn't there today. I had around 4 people in my room when I usually have at least 20. Fridays aren't usually this bad for me. Oh, well. At least I made goal, even if it was like pulling teeth.

kittykrane
02-21-2014, 01:45 PM
in spite of MORE technical difficulties today...I did ok. For one show, I heard the exclusive bell go off but there was no pop-up..he was stuck in limbo somewhere...Eventually he got in. And pleased to say that without crappy party-chat and gold shows, in 50mins I made more than I expected. and that's since I started doing 4.99/6.99..seems to be working just fine!

Thespark88
02-21-2014, 04:03 PM
I am having issues with the HD encoder and I am hoping you guys can help. I follow the set up direction correctly, but when I hit Start to being streaming it doesn't work instead it just says

" Invalid Output File name. On replacing tags in file name with their values, two or more files have the same name. Please use %i tag in file name to prevent this from happening."

Trouble is, I have no idea what it is referring to. Does anyone have any insight on what I should do?

Last night and the first time I tried to stream this morning, it did not give me this alert, it was just very laggy. I logged out of it this morning and immediately tried to stream again and have been getting this message. I have checked sm and read basically everything about the encoder and followed all instructions. Nothing helps, maybe I am even more computer illiterate than I originally thought lol. This is so frustrating!

Any help would be amazing.
Thanks.

gingerstripper
02-22-2014, 11:49 AM
food for thought... $0 gold shows... cant we all just complain to sm.. about how this is affecting everyone and the big picture of this? Isn't there something we can do.. Put our foot down.. and maybe start a petition to stop 0 dollar gold shows. It shouldn't be free... we cannot compete with 0 dollar gold shows bbs... unless we all start giving it out for free. we neeeeeeed to talk to sm or something.. maybe something can be done?

Thespark88
02-22-2014, 11:53 AM
food for thought... $0 gold shows... cant we all just complain to sm.. about how this is affecting everyone and the big picture of this? Isn't there something we can do.. Put our foot down.. and maybe start a petition to stop 0 dollar gold shows. It shouldn't be free... we cannot compete with 0 dollar gold shows bbs... unless we all start giving it out for free. we neeeeeeed to talk to sm or something.. maybe something can be done?

How exactly do $0 Gold Shows work? I think it's weird that ANYONE would offer a show for free.

gingerstripper
02-22-2014, 11:56 AM
so to enter the show its 0 dollars... but you still have a goal.. lets say 300.. and most models would want to get to like 200 or 250 before starting the show.. so the guys can tip whatever amount to get the show going... once the model gets close to goal they can start the show.. but that means people will wait without tipping to get the show for free. because other people are tipping.. so they shouldnt have to.

PrincessButterflyxXx
02-22-2014, 11:58 AM
I am having issues with the HD encoder and I am hoping you guys can help. I follow the set up direction correctly, but when I hit Start to being streaming it doesn't work instead it just says

" Invalid Output File name. On replacing tags in file name with their values, two or more files have the same name. Please use %i tag in file name to prevent this from happening."

Trouble is, I have no idea what it is referring to. Does anyone have any insight on what I should do?

Last night and the first time I tried to stream this morning, it did not give me this alert, it was just very laggy. I logged out of it this morning and immediately tried to stream again and have been getting this message. I have checked sm and read basically everything about the encoder and followed all instructions. Nothing helps, maybe I am even more computer illiterate than I originally thought lol. This is so frustrating!

Any help would be amazing.
Thanks.

I agree. I have yet to start but I've seen several ladies running these dollar gold shows and saw that you can enter the show after it started without even pledging a dollar at minimal. Not sure how true it is but I agree it is going to effect everyone's earrings. why pledge your 5 dollar show when this 1 over he has a 0 buy in

SoloDesire
02-22-2014, 12:18 PM
I understand how you Gold Show girls are upset about $0 shows...but that's kinda how us girls who refuse to do cheap, less than $1 a minute shows felt when girls started doing them. If everyone would value themselves more then we'd still be getting back to back private shows at $4.99 a minute because guys wouldn't have been spoiled by cheap gold shows. It sucks, but once we start cheapening ourselves it's all downhill from there. Regardless of the $0 shows...I'm still doing well by only offering privates and exclusives.

kortneykay
02-22-2014, 12:28 PM
^^^I with you, solo. I'd rather start a petition and boycott for a higher percentage, like, at least 50%. I sympathize with you ladies who do gs but they don't affect me personally because I do private based fantasies only.

Marina Starr
02-22-2014, 12:34 PM
Does the $0 GS only affect girls that do vanilla shows? It sure seems like it. I know I may be preaching to the choir but I would advise girls who have their own niche to not offer gold shows. Save the novelty acts for private and exclusive only, PLEASE!

Nocturnelle
02-22-2014, 12:39 PM
I agree, petition for a higher percentage before anything else. I don't really care about 0$ Goldshows because I've switched my focus to more private and exclusive based.

Camming is all about adapting. Either change your ways or pick another career.

Charlotteslut
02-22-2014, 02:17 PM
I understand how you Gold Show girls are upset about $0 shows...but that's kinda how us girls who refuse to do cheap, less than $1 a minute shows felt when girls started doing them. If everyone would value themselves more then we'd still be getting back to back private shows at $4.99 a minute because guys wouldn't have been spoiled by cheap gold shows. It sucks, but once we start cheapening ourselves it's all downhill from there. Regardless of the $0 shows...I'm still doing well by only offering privates and exclusives.

I agree with this. It's not about shaming, but it's about valuing a specialty service: sex work.

But yes, pvt/excl has been so awesome for me lately. The appeal of camming is that interaction with the customer, and so guys still want you to themselves.

If you like the gold show style, but find you can't sucessfully meet your goals anymore, one option would be to treat pvt more like a gold show. Do what you like in pvt, and they get to watch you. If a guy wants to control your show, or have you all to himself he can go excl.

temptingmodel
02-22-2014, 02:22 PM
Does the $0 GS only affect girls that do vanilla shows? It sure seems like it. I know I may be preaching to the choir but I would advise girls who have their own niche to not offer gold shows. Save the novelty acts for private and exclusive only, PLEASE!
My "vanilla" is fetish :D

I do get what you are saying. I refuse to hold true fetish gold shows.

CourtneyRaine
02-22-2014, 02:33 PM
I'm so happy to be back in this thread, y'all! SM just approved me and I'll be starting tomorrow once I download the encoder and shit. I've already written to have my homepage pic be my bio pic rather than live captures, I've uploaded more photos for review, and I've blocked the entire country of Cameroon (lol) so that hopefully I won't be used in advertisements/be uploaded to tube sites again/will be able to stay as low key as possible while still making decent $. If I can make $100/day every day I will be more than satisfied with that, and I'm scheduled to work 5 hour shifts. I used to work 9a-2p so I figured I'd go back to that. Mornings may be slower for some but there are less girls online so I was always on the first page, row 4-6 whenever I worked, and usually in the #1 spot in the ebony category, definitely in the top row depending on who else was on. I don't have a member acct so I don't think I'll be able to check my own placement since I have geo-restrictions this time around. Maybe that's a good thing :) Anyway I just wanted to say Heeeeeeey :) It feels like I am coming back home. I started on SM in April 2010, it was my first cam site ever, I knew nothing, hadn't discovered SW yet, my first paycheck was all of $10 and I was so happy with that :P This time around I know what I'm doing and just can't wait to get 'er done! Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to wait out my studio contract and sign back up on my own. I haven't been this excited over my camming career in a long, long time.

Incantatious
02-22-2014, 02:44 PM
My "vanilla" is fetish :D

You just got me thinking along the lines of... masturbating on cam IS a friggin' fetish!

"Ohh I shouldn't charge too much, I only do vanilla fuckshows myself, after all." like - ONLY?! In the earlier days of camming, that WAS what you would class as fetish "enough" to charge well for! XD

It's getting so diverse now it's like.. well, hmm, I don't gag myself with a 9 inch cock, thrust a robotic dildo into my ass or spray Niagara Falls from my pussy.. I'm so "vanilla" so I'll charge less, lol.


There are still girls who charge high for "vanilla" though, right?
I'm still of the belief that success in camming is mostly about on-cam persona and character. I think it's easy to get bogged down with "hardcore fetishes=MONEY" as the sort of be-all-end-all of this, but it still stands that one of the most successful camgirls on SM can make a ton doing carpentry or general DIY and then maybe do a fuck show at some point. She's all about "saying no" - as she said in her profile - getting guys on the edge of their seats hoping to see her do *anything* sexual, it seems. It's the husssstlllle. :)

SarahTime
02-22-2014, 02:57 PM
food for thought... $0 gold shows... cant we all just complain to sm.. about how this is affecting everyone and the big picture of this? Isn't there something we can do.. Put our foot down.. and maybe start a petition to stop 0 dollar gold shows. It shouldn't be free... we cannot compete with 0 dollar gold shows bbs... unless we all start giving it out for free. we neeeeeeed to talk to sm or something.. maybe something can be done?

I honestly don't think it would matter if hundreds of models contacted them or signed a petition, it won't matter. This is the direction they obviously want to be moving. Lots of sites are moving that way, or already have implemented features like this. LiveJasmin just started a new site with the entire focus being the whole tipping/gold show type of thing.

Don't get me wrong, I HATE it.

But, I quit doing gold shows for the most part since the $0 shows started becoming rampant. I did 3 gold shows this entire pay period. I'm working on phasing them out completely. I've noticed I've been making A LOT more in privates and exclusives and even raised my rates, so while most of us hate $0 shows.... there is still money to be made on the site, if you are willing to stick it out. Lots and lots.

I think that performers who exclusively do gold shows are going to eventually have to move to doing $0 shows to keep up. Or, go back to the old way of camming - waiting for privates and exclusives.

Marina Starr
02-22-2014, 03:01 PM
I'm glad you do! I'm sure you offer your own kind of fetish IN private or exclusive :)

I guess I should be a little more specific so here we go, if you are a chick with dick, there is no need for you to do GS. I mean that in the most loving way.

My "vanilla" is fetish :D

I do get what you are saying. I refuse to hold true fetish gold shows.

SarahTime
02-22-2014, 03:02 PM
You just got me thinking along the lines of... masturbating on cam IS a friggin' fetish!

"Ohh I shouldn't charge too much, I only do vanilla fuckshows myself, after all." like - ONLY?! In the earlier days of camming, that WAS what you would class as fetish "enough" to charge well for! XD

It's getting so diverse now it's like.. well, hmm, I don't gag myself with a 9 inch cock, thrust a robotic dildo into my ass or spray Niagara Falls from my pussy.. I'm so "vanilla" so I'll charge less, lol.


There are still girls who charge high for "vanilla" though, right?
I'm still of the belief that success in camming is mostly about on-cam persona and character. I think it's easy to get bogged down with "hardcore fetishes=MONEY" as the sort of be-all-end-all of this, but it still stands that one of the most successful camgirls on SM can make a ton doing carpentry or general DIY and then maybe do a fuck show at some point. She's all about "saying no" - as she said in her profile - getting guys on the edge of their seats hoping to see her do *anything* sexual, it seems. It's the husssstlllle. :)

I think you're right. There's still money to be made for vanilla models if you know what you're doing. I would say this might be a bad time to start out as a vanilla model, but if you've been one for a while.... I don't think there is reason to worry. :) I charge $5.99/11.99 and the most "extreme" I do is anal.... LOL....

Marina Starr
02-22-2014, 03:04 PM
THIS! I made the worst mistake by doing a few GS. Never again!

I've noticed I've been making A LOT more in privates and exclusives and even raised my rates, so while most of us hate $0 shows.... there is still money to be made on the site, if you are willing to stick it out. Lots and lots.

laurielegs
02-22-2014, 03:09 PM
I'm so happy to be back in this thread, y'all! SM just approved me and I'll be starting tomorrow once I download the encoder and shit. I've already written to have my homepage pic be my bio pic rather than live captures, I've uploaded more photos for review, and I've blocked the entire country of Cameroon (lol) so that hopefully I won't be used in advertisements/be uploaded to tube sites again/will be able to stay as low key as possible while still making decent $. If I can make $100/day every day I will be more than satisfied with that, and I'm scheduled to work 5 hour shifts. I used to work 9a-2p so I figured I'd go back to that. Mornings may be slower for some but there are less girls online so I was always on the first page, row 4-6 whenever I worked, and usually in the #1 spot in the ebony category, definitely in the top row depending on who else was on. I don't have a member acct so I don't think I'll be able to check my own placement since I have geo-restrictions this time around. Maybe that's a good thing :) Anyway I just wanted to say Heeeeeeey :) It feels like I am coming back home. I started on SM in April 2010, it was my first cam site ever, I knew nothing, hadn't discovered SW yet, my first paycheck was all of $10 and I was so happy with that :P This time around I know what I'm doing and just can't wait to get 'er done! Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to wait out my studio contract and sign back up on my own. I haven't been this excited over my camming career in a long, long time.

I'm so excited for you Courtney! With 5 hour shifts I bet you'll do 500/week very soon, if not immediately. Play around with pricing and fetishes and you'll do great. I'm finally in a place where I can put SM back to being my main site and I'm so excited too! Ready to build up my regulars again.

temptingmodel
02-22-2014, 03:42 PM
and guys are still willing to pay for gold shows :D Just put a number n the box. I tried a 1buck buy and made goal.. I just could not do a zero. no.

They will pay or they will not play

Marina Starr
02-22-2014, 03:51 PM
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t94/tsmelania/im-really-proud-of-you_zpsd0b8fade.gif (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/tsmelania/media/im-really-proud-of-you_zpsd0b8fade.gif.html)

I'm so happy to be back in this thread, y'all! SM just approved me and I'll be starting tomorrow once I download the encoder and shit. I've already written to have my homepage pic be my bio pic rather than live captures, I've uploaded more photos for review, and I've blocked the entire country of Cameroon (lol) so that hopefully I won't be used in advertisements/be uploaded to tube sites again/will be able to stay as low key as possible while still making decent $. If I can make $100/day every day I will be more than satisfied with that, and I'm scheduled to work 5 hour shifts. I used to work 9a-2p so I figured I'd go back to that. Mornings may be slower for some but there are less girls online so I was always on the first page, row 4-6 whenever I worked, and usually in the #1 spot in the ebony category, definitely in the top row depending on who else was on. I don't have a member acct so I don't think I'll be able to check my own placement since I have geo-restrictions this time around. Maybe that's a good thing :) Anyway I just wanted to say Heeeeeeey :) It feels like I am coming back home. I started on SM in April 2010, it was my first cam site ever, I knew nothing, hadn't discovered SW yet, my first paycheck was all of $10 and I was so happy with that :P This time around I know what I'm doing and just can't wait to get 'er done! Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to wait out my studio contract and sign back up on my own. I haven't been this excited over my camming career in a long, long time.

RubyRapture
02-22-2014, 03:53 PM
I popped on SM for a while and was having issues with my cam randomly stuttering even though I have an excellent internet connection. It has been doing that on and off lately and I've been wondering if it's the site or something else. Anyone else have this problem? Sometimes it will completely freeze up for several seconds. I'm using the encoder if that matters. I feel bad for my customers when this happens during a show. I know I wouldn't want to pay money to see that.

Marina Starr
02-22-2014, 03:54 PM
Have you try to uninstall and reinstall the Encoder? That works for me!

I popped on SM for a while and was having issues with my cam randomly stuttering even though I have an excellent internet connection. It has been doing that on and off lately and I've been wondering if it's the site or something else. Anyone else have this problem? Sometimes it will completely freeze up for several seconds. I'm using the encoder if that matters. I feel bad for my customers when this happens during a show. I know I wouldn't want to pay money to see that.

RubyRapture
02-22-2014, 03:59 PM
I haven't, but now I will. The encoder sometimes stops responding when I try to turn it off too. Hopefully that's the problem and this will be an easy fix. Thanks!


Have you try to uninstall and reinstall the Encoder? That works for me!

gingerstripper
02-22-2014, 06:22 PM
i actually did good today. made over my daily goal.. was like 100 away from my weekly goal.. so not bad.. not bad

bbwchristyminx
02-22-2014, 08:55 PM
I've been experiencing problems tonight with being disconnected and lots of lag off and on. I'm think maybe this is why not many models are on SM tonight.. Now it's not letting me stream at all it just keeps loading but it never actually connects the live stream. Now I remember why I haven't been on SM lately.. Sigh :/

brittany_bitch
02-22-2014, 09:39 PM
I am really worried about sm long-term. At first I was thinking oh the site is going to be here awhile because it has been here for 10 yrs and its a great money making site. Now the 0 gold shows weren't bothering me too much because I do not see them working for a long term thing maybe a day when you are bored you could do it to play around or something but not daily. The thing I am worried about is the raffles. Do any of u think sm will still be sm 10 yrs from now 15? I love sm I wanted to work sm till I was like 35 if I could and have a college degree on the side but I am scared now. DO you guys think it will be mfc? I hate the idea of a raffle I will not do them and if I wanted to I would be on mfc that's why I chose sm sit back wait and get a show lol. I don't like the idea of giving vids away who knows who u r giving them to and pics maybe but I don't have time to sit around and take good pics. Please someone let me know what u think personally. I like pvts and exclus and thats what I want not raffles and giving away free shows. :(

aqua
02-23-2014, 12:57 AM
Honestly, I've been extremely loyal to SM over the years, but if SM keeps up the free shows and raffles, I'm going to go indie and steal every single customer I can until they ban me. I signed up for SM, not MFC, and if it turns into MFC, I have no reason to stay there. Fuck that.

lemonberry
02-23-2014, 01:00 AM
Honestly, I've been extremely loyal to SM over the years, but if SM keeps up the free shows and raffles, I'm going to go indie and steal every single customer I can until they ban me. I signed up for SM, not MFC, and if it turns into MFC, I have no reason to stay there. Fuck that.

Wow, I have been thinking the exact same thing lately, stealing customers til I get banned and all.

PlayfulLilGirl
02-23-2014, 01:06 AM
Havent 0 buy ins been around forever though? I think the models just decided to take advantage of it sadly.. I hope they dont stay forever in that direction. I think MAYBE they might fix that error i dont see how those shows help them either.

Charlotteslut
02-23-2014, 01:15 AM
I am really worried about sm long-term. At first I was thinking oh the site is going to be here awhile because it has been here for 10 yrs and its a great money making site. Now the 0 gold shows weren't bothering me too much because I do not see them working for a long term thing maybe a day when you are bored you could do it to play around or something but not daily. The thing I am worried about is the raffles. Do any of u think sm will still be sm 10 yrs from now 15? I love sm I wanted to work sm till I was like 35 if I could and have a college degree on the side but I am scared now. DO you guys think it will be mfc? I hate the idea of a raffle I will not do them and if I wanted to I would be on mfc that's why I chose sm sit back wait and get a show lol. I don't like the idea of giving vids away who knows who u r giving them to and pics maybe but I don't have time to sit around and take good pics. Please someone let me know what u think personally. I like pvts and exclus and thats what I want not raffles and giving away free shows. :(

It's going to be okay :) Try to relax and proceed as normal. Change up your hustle/method if you aren't making the money you want, read through the tips here.

Pvt/Excl is still fine for a lot of models on SM. Even if SM goes down or becomes super shitty, there will be other sites. Private based sites are popular for a reason, not every guy wants a public/shared show.

If you are really worried though, get a vanilla back up plan/job. The sex industry isn't easily predictable, all you can do is adapt to changes. No one can predict the state of SM or camming in 15 years.