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MiaFaye
09-04-2014, 10:20 PM
how long does it take to get verified for gold shows? Do you have a to have a certain number of ratings or something?
SimoneGray
09-05-2014, 02:44 AM
This evening I am going to hit it hard and push through until Saturday cutoff. This is probably my last time on SM for a while so it had better damn well be awesome.
badcompany
09-05-2014, 09:47 AM
OMG......sitting here with one person in my room. Oh shit and he just left to say he'll be back. WTF?? Been on 2 hrs and have $19.53. This has just all gone to shit
justanothercamgirl
09-05-2014, 09:52 AM
I barely made minimum wage in a hour and I have little to no traffic.
Fuck it, I am going to go work on clips. I can't wait around for something to happen today.
MiaFaye
09-05-2014, 11:32 AM
Leeeetle bit confused, need some advice!
Received a payoneer payment today for $184, but I'm a bit confused because I closed my account a week or so ago. I received a payment the following Saturday that I thought was the last payment... it's possible that I had more in my account, but I'm reluctant to contact support in case it is an error and they ask me to return the payment- it's the exact amount I needed to pay my August rent!
What do I do???
SarahTime
09-05-2014, 11:34 AM
This is so weird to hear people saying how bad SM is again considering it was AMAZING the two weeks prior! I haven't been online all week but I plan to get on tonight and tomorrow before pay cut off. Hoping it's not that bad! :-/
sexyred
09-05-2014, 11:43 AM
It's been normal for me. Last night was a little bit slower at times, but it all evened out.
CurvyWinona
09-05-2014, 12:11 PM
Well, it feels so slow. Been on almost one hour and finally got a first pvt in exclusive for 9 min 5 secs. So, yeah it can even out like sexyred said. I hope it will pick up later today.
tropo
09-05-2014, 12:41 PM
My bitrate has also been dropping occasionally. When I check my internet upload it's perfectly normal. I'm pretty sure it's on SM this time!
My bitrates often don't make any sense either. Perhaps they give the minimum rate for the period we're on, so the number reflects a momentary bad spot during our time online. (only a theory)
funismymiddlename
09-05-2014, 12:45 PM
did sm send anyone else an email about testing beta videos? I think it's like photos galleries only a vid preview I'm not sure if I should do this or not.
tropo
09-05-2014, 12:57 PM
Thank god it isn't just me. Mine has been going up and down like a see-saw these last few days!
I know my reply is a bit late (haven't been on here for ages), but I noticed they now call favorites "active favorites", so I would guess they are now deleting any favorites from inactive customer accounts.
BritishBecky
09-05-2014, 01:37 PM
Leeeetle bit confused, need some advice!
Received a payoneer payment today for $184, but I'm a bit confused because I closed my account a week or so ago. I received a payment the following Saturday that I thought was the last payment... it's possible that I had more in my account, but I'm reluctant to contact support in case it is an error and they ask me to return the payment- it's the exact amount I needed to pay my August rent!
What do I do???
Assuming you were on one week payment rather than three week delay then payment today should have been for any work done from 24th - 30th August. When did you close the account? If you were on three week delay then obviously those dates are wrong!
Blovely
09-05-2014, 03:44 PM
did sm send anyone else an email about testing beta videos? I think it's like photos galleries only a vid preview I'm not sure if I should do this or not.
Yes others did. JAC posted a link.....
Yep
https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?156623-The-Streamate-Thread&p=2667435&viewfull=1#post2667435
We were just talking about it the page behind this one. :D
audreymadison
09-05-2014, 03:48 PM
Had a booming afternoon from 2:15 central time to about 4:30. Then it died a bit so I'm taking a break. Hold your head up ladies the money is out there!
gingerstripper
09-05-2014, 04:44 PM
its been slow. I am still doing good. but its been slower than normal. roll with the punches ladies :D
angelbby
09-05-2014, 05:23 PM
i agree! its better than yesterday!! :)
CurvyWinona
09-05-2014, 05:31 PM
Seems like it is picking up. Several gold tips and a private since 8pm :)
audreymadison
09-05-2014, 06:03 PM
Got an exclusive block after about 45 min tonight. I'm finished for today, ended up with a great day money wise :) I hope tonight is rocking for the ladies working later tonight!!!
SarahTime
09-05-2014, 08:41 PM
I'm at $92/hr so far tonight.... not dead woohooo! :D
Blovely
09-05-2014, 09:16 PM
Got an exclusive block after about 45 min tonight. I'm finished for today, ended up with a great day money wise :) I hope tonight is rocking for the ladies working later tonight!!!
I'm at $92/hr so far tonight.... not dead woohooo! :D
Dam'it I knew I should've logged back on.>:(
SadieTaylor
09-05-2014, 09:36 PM
$85/hr here tonight ! Idk what has happened, all summer I struggled like a beast on SM, these past 3 weeks I have had amazing high quality traffic and am kicking ass. And I'm not doing anything different other than not brushing my hair when I go on, haha.
gingerstripper
09-06-2014, 03:15 PM
I am having a hard time lately. maybe its days.. but 30 dollar days and no one is entering my room. I am thinking I need a new site. Its become depressing. My placement is out of whack as well. I beebop all over the place. I am not sure whats going on.. anyone having a terrible time on sm? i want to die
anonymous camgirl
09-06-2014, 03:17 PM
same here ginger.. I feel like an old has been.. haha
gingerstripper
09-06-2014, 03:19 PM
i only made 300 something dollars this week. i think i should leave the site. maybe its just bad traffic. i dont know anymore. im depressed. my reg. has saved me this week. no one wants anything to do with me anymore
SarahTime
09-06-2014, 03:25 PM
i only made 300 something dollars this week. i think i should leave the site. maybe its just bad traffic. i dont know anymore. im depressed. my reg. has saved me this week. no one wants anything to do with me anymore
Giiiirrrrlll seriously?! You are like, one of the top placed models on the site, right?
Have you tried doing privates? There's tons of money to be made... try some privates. It helps break up the constant gold shows. I think guys get burnt on gold shows when that's all you do. When I was doing mostly gold shows, I found guys just sat in my room all day/night long and only bought into a couple shows. Once I went back to doing a lot more privates, my income went way up.
If you're making less your placement will go down, but you are still VERY high up there. Once you get back to your norm you'll go right back up.
Keep your chin up, I KNOW you can get back to the big bucks! <3
p.s. If you do really want to leave the site, have you tried MFC? You seem like an MFC type of girl :)
Whoregeous
09-06-2014, 03:49 PM
I agree with what SarahTime said. These guys are so spoiled with GS. They obviously not appreciating them at the moment so you should take it away or do less. I'm sure there are guys that'd love to take you pvt/exclusive. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
i only made 300 something dollars this week. i think i should leave the site. maybe its just bad traffic. i dont know anymore. im depressed. my reg. has saved me this week. no one wants anything to do with me anymore
RubyRapture
09-06-2014, 03:51 PM
I made more money this week on SM than I EVER have, even though traffic has been terrible. I've still been consistantly making triple digits an hour. There's still money to be made, for sure. You should think about pushing privates more. Some days just aren't good days for gold shows. One big exclusive can make my shitty day completely turn around, earnings wise. I always see you at the top when you're on, GingerStripper. Keep your head up! Bad weeks happen to everyone.
anonymous camgirl
09-06-2014, 04:02 PM
you are not alone girlfriend.. that's why I split cam.. I made 300 something also.. Only one day I made over 100 on sm... uggh.. and I used to be able to make at least enough to pay the bills and I used the other sites for extras.. I am adding one new kinda site weekly now.. since not doing so great on SM these days.. since I had a shoulder injury.
i only made 300 something dollars this week. i think i should leave the site. maybe its just bad traffic. i dont know anymore. im depressed. my reg. has saved me this week. no one wants anything to do with me anymore
tropo
09-06-2014, 04:03 PM
Had a booming afternoon from 2:15 central time to about 4:30. Then it died a bit so I'm taking a break. Hold your head up ladies the money is out there!
LOL. Not for all of us. Spent 18 1/2 hours logged in (off and on as I stream to 5 sites) and barely cracked $100 over that whole time. I've never seen SM so quiet. If I didn't have all the other sites I would have been in trouble.
tropo
09-06-2014, 04:10 PM
I made more money this week on SM than I EVER have, even though traffic has been terrible. I've still been consistantly making triple digits an hour. There's still money to be made, for sure. You should think about pushing privates more. Some days just aren't good days for gold shows. One big exclusive can make my shitty day completely turn around, earnings wise. I always see you at the top when you're on, GingerStripper. Keep your head up! Bad weeks happen to everyone.
Never had bad weeks until I returned in August. Average weeks maybe, but never bad. Something has definitely changed for the worse and it ain't me LOL. I never have triple digit hours because my rates aren't high enough, but I made enough to keep me content.
anonymous camgirl
09-06-2014, 04:11 PM
^^ holy cow! that's a long time.. maybe you shouldn't stay logged in so long.. you are killing yourself which leads to less good shows less customers less money.. trust me that I know this.
tropo
09-06-2014, 04:11 PM
I made more money this week on SM than I EVER have, even though traffic has been terrible. I've still been consistantly making triple digits an hour. There's still money to be made, for sure. You should think about pushing privates more. Some days just aren't good days for gold shows. One big exclusive can make my shitty day completely turn around, earnings wise. I always see you at the top when you're on, GingerStripper. Keep your head up! Bad weeks happen to everyone.
Never had bad weeks until I returned in August. Average weeks maybe, but never bad. Something has definitely changed for the worse and it ain't me LOL. I never have triple digit hours because my rates aren't high enough, but I made enough to keep me content.... but now it has become peanuts.
SimoneGray
09-06-2014, 04:17 PM
I have a sneaking suspicion that there are 2 good and 2 bad weeks every month...at least this seems to be the pattern in any case.
tropo
09-06-2014, 04:17 PM
^^ holy cow! that's a long time.. maybe you shouldn't stay logged in so long.. you are killing yourself which leads to less good shows less customers less money.. trust me that I know this.
That was shorter hours than usual LOL. I often do 20 - 24 hour weekends. I've even done 15 hours shifts (I have a huge family to support). I don't visibly fade (I mean if I fade the customers don't know about it) - been doing these kinda hours for 8 years. But fading has nothing to do with it. It was very quiet from the very first hours when I was still fresh. Nothing I do is different than I was doing before - the only reason for the drop is that the site is starting to go bad. Sites do go bad. It has happened many times over my camming career. Back 8 years ago I could make a very good income on just one site. The only way I can survive now is split camming to many.
tropo
09-06-2014, 04:18 PM
^^ holy cow! that's a long time.. maybe you shouldn't stay logged in so long.. you are killing yourself which leads to less good shows less customers less money.. trust me that I know this.
That was shorter hours than usual LOL... because I was getting bored. I find doing few privates is more tiring than doing many. I often do 20 - 24 hour weekends. I've even done 15 hours shifts (I have a huge family to support). I don't visibly fade (I mean if I fade the customers don't know about it) - been doing these kinda hours for 8 years. But fading has nothing to do with it. It was very quiet from the very first hours when I was still fresh. My later hours were better than my earlier hours. Nothing I do is different from what I was doing before - I believe the only reason for the drop is that the site is starting to go bad. Sites do go bad. It has happened many times over my camming career. Back 8 years ago I could make a very good income on just one site. The only way I can survive now is split camming to many.
EDIT: I don't mean to be alarmist and I really hope I'm wrong.
anonymous camgirl
09-06-2014, 04:21 PM
You should definitely ride that wave then.. you are in the ZONE!
I made more money this week on SM than I EVER have, even though traffic has been terrible. I've still been consistantly making triple digits an hour. There's still money to be made, for sure. You should think about pushing privates more. Some days just aren't good days for gold shows. One big exclusive can make my shitty day completely turn around, earnings wise. I always see you at the top when you're on, GingerStripper. Keep your head up! Bad weeks happen to everyone.
anonymous camgirl
09-06-2014, 04:25 PM
OMG!.. I have noticed the same fucking thing!.. I record all my earnings and hours every day .. and I have noticed that to.. one week i'll make like 1300 and then the next week barely enough to pay the bills.. WTF is up?
I have a sneaking suspicion that there are 2 good and 2 bad weeks every month...at least this seems to be the pattern in any case.
SimoneGray
09-06-2014, 04:27 PM
I have no idea, but maybe the site regulates its traffic somehow...so that it doesn't cap all its spenders at once etc. No idea how they would do that though
anonymous camgirl
09-06-2014, 04:30 PM
Or maybe it's just the way people get paid and pay their bills?? like if they only get paid every other week.. ya know?
I have no idea, but maybe the site regulates its traffic somehow...so that it doesn't cap all its spenders at once etc. No idea how they would do that though
Issabelle
09-06-2014, 04:40 PM
Or maybe it's just the way people get paid and pay their bills?? like if they only get paid every other week.. ya know?
I'm in agreement on this one. A lot of people in the US get paid either at the start of each month, or bi monthly on the 1st and 15th. My old job was every other Thursday, some were every other Friday, etc. The two week cycle make sense if we assume a lot of people are on bi-monthly pay...
anonymous camgirl
09-06-2014, 04:48 PM
that's crazy hon.. doesn't any other women in your family want to be camgirls?? I dunno why it's all on you.. but that's your thing I guess.. but I know how that feels being responsible for everyone under the sun.. and nothing for yourself...
That was shorter hours than usual LOL... because I was getting bored. I find doing few privates is more tiring than doing many. I often do 20 - 24 hour weekends. I've even done 15 hours shifts (I have a huge family to support). I don't visibly fade (I mean if I fade the customers don't know about it) - been doing these kinda hours for 8 years. But fading has nothing to do with it. It was very quiet from the very first hours when I was still fresh. My later hours were better than my earlier hours. Nothing I do is different from what I was doing before - I believe the only reason for the drop is that the site is starting to go bad. Sites do go bad. It has happened many times over my camming career. Back 8 years ago I could make a very good income on just one site. The only way I can survive now is split camming to many.
EDIT: I don't mean to be alarmist and I really hope I'm wrong.
tropo
09-06-2014, 05:07 PM
that's crazy hon.. doesn't any other women in your family want to be camgirls?? I dunno why it's all on you.. but that's your thing I guess.. but I know how that feels being responsible for everyone under the sun.. and nothing for yourself...
I have a sister who just turned 17. She doesn't know I'm a camgirl and I don't want her to be one. No one in the family knows I do this. My other sister married a poor man and can barely look after herself, so right now it's just me...
... so I do get a bit stressed out when a site goes bad on me. I hope it is just a hiccup. I can't access the site to see how I'm positioned.
justanothercamgirl
09-06-2014, 05:09 PM
p.s. If you do really want to leave the site, have you tried MFC? You seem like an MFC type of girl :)
I agree with SarahTime.
Like her, I don't think that you should leave Streamate but I do think you should look around at other sites to help with your sanity when SM is being stupidly slow and I completely agree with her MFC recommendation.
I make jack-shit on MFC myself but I always end up going back to the site because I find taking a break from the 'per-minute-hustle' for the 'token hustle' is like a mini-vacation in a way since it is such a change of pace. :)
justanothercamgirl
09-06-2014, 05:11 PM
That was shorter hours than usual LOL... because I was getting bored. I find doing few privates is more tiring than doing many. I often do 20 - 24 hour weekends. I've even done 15 hours shifts (I have a huge family to support). I don't visibly fade (I mean if I fade the customers don't know about it) - been doing these kinda hours for 8 years. But fading has nothing to do with it. It was very quiet from the very first hours when I was still fresh. My later hours were better than my earlier hours. Nothing I do is different from what I was doing before - I believe the only reason for the drop is that the site is starting to go bad. Sites do go bad. It has happened many times over my camming career. Back 8 years ago I could make a very good income on just one site. The only way I can survive now is split camming to many.
EDIT: I don't mean to be alarmist and I really hope I'm wrong.
I just wanted to say that you are an inspiration! I don't know how you manage to work so much. Kudos to you! <3
JackAlexander
09-06-2014, 05:49 PM
Never had bad weeks until I returned in August.
I don't know if this matters, but this was my third Aug camming. Each year Aug was the calm before the storm. Last Aug I thought it was the end of the world and my cam career was over. But it got better and a lot better at that. Maybe it is teh transition of school starting and that added expense? Idk, there seems to be no Rhyme or reason in the cam world.
funismymiddlename
09-06-2014, 07:02 PM
um wtf where is the traffic usually sat is wonderful i do great even early in the evening i should have gone out i think ppl have to pay rent out of this weeks check its the first of the month still so maybe that is why
GlamourRouge
09-06-2014, 09:28 PM
I believe the only reason for the drop is that the site is starting to go bad. Sites do go bad. It has happened many times over my camming career. Back 8 years ago I could make a very good income on just one site. The only way I can survive now is split camming to many.
EDIT: I don't mean to be alarmist and I really hope I'm wrong.
The site is still very good for many girls, just all of them stopped posting about it because they always get told things like they are bragging, lying, exaggerating, or put on a different server that has traffic, when its just not true. So what you are seeing posted is a very one-sided (and negative) version of what its really like. Just remember that is only one side to the reality of the site.
I do think what you are seeing is that a.) there are more girls than ever, and b.) if you don't have regulars, it means the money pie is cut into a lot smaller pieces for every girl who does not have regulars. But this will happen to any and every site. I mean look at MFC. Do you think the girls in the first 5 rows would continue to stay on there if their regulars disappeared? Nope. Their cam scores would be like 2,000, if even that.
SpaceyLaceyButterfacey
09-06-2014, 09:49 PM
The site is still very good for many girls, just all of them stopped posting about it because they always get told things like they are bragging, lying, exaggerating, or put on a different server that has traffic, when its just not true. So what you are seeing posted is a very one-sided (and negative) version of what its really like. Just remember that is only one side to the reality of the site.
I have to agree with this. I never post when I do well on SM because it'll be between posts that are of girls complaining how they haven't made anything. I posted once when I got a $160 tip in the bragging thread and that was it. I like and respect a lot of the girls here and I don't want to come off as cocky or offend them.
However, I love SM and for me it has been better than ever.
People have been saying SM is going downhill ever since I started camming 2 years ago. Actually, after reading CC thoroughly, they have been saying that for quite a while now. lol
SpaceyLaceyButterfacey
09-06-2014, 09:54 PM
Back 8 years ago I could make a very good income on just one site. The only way I can survive now is split camming to many.
I think that is just a sign of the times, unfortunately. I wish I could have been a camgirl about 10 years ago. From listening to you veteran camgirls, it was awesome. :D
Whoregeous
09-06-2014, 10:27 PM
You can try $6.99/10.99.
yeah. I am a top model on sm. I was thinking mfc since I am hyper active. I need some excitement in my cam life. lol.
I also have a reg that always has my back no matter what. and so financially I am okay.... but I want to keep making good money on sm. since its my main site..
I was thinking pvts and exclusives. what should my rates be? maybe one gold show a day or something? Maybe I am getting bored.. cause gold shows take forever to get.