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Blovely
12-30-2016, 01:22 PM
Really? I dunno, I can only assume a "social media manager" or whatever her actual job title is makes considerably less money than being a successful camgirl.
Think about it like this
401k, retirement, vacations, health insurance
Play on social media all day
they dont underpay at streamate
after 8 years, I do envy office gigs sometimes, socializing with people
office jobs envy us so its a double ended sword
I feel you, sometimes I envy vanilla jobs as well. If you're doing your dream job what is there not to love. Its not always about the money.
Plus we have no idea how much she's paid or how much SM pays their employees. Just because it may say social media mangers get pay such and such on Indeed or Monsterjobs doesn't mean that's how much all social media manger get paid. One more thing even if she does make less the perks likely make up for it. As long as you're happy with what you're doing that's all that matters.
Erika_Xstacy
12-30-2016, 06:13 PM
It was late and I had just finished a lucrative shift so I had money on my mind when I responded to Erika, lol. Wasn't even thinking about benefits, 401k, job stability, etc. Totally valid points.
But even then, I'd only envy a nice job with benefits if I could see myself being happy, like BLovely said. Personally I would hate my life if I was obligated to wake up early, commute to an office, and work for someone else all day long, no matter how well it paid. The freedom to work whatever hours I want (from home, no less) and the freedom to make as much money as I possibly can, not to mention getting to socialize/interact with interesting people from all over the world, is what makes camming my dream job. I can afford my own health insurance and I've started to save/invest for the future, so lack of employee benefits isn't a big deal. But perhaps my perspective will change after I've been doing this for more than a few years.
girl i was fine until last year. Just a feather in the wind.
When I did porn and interacted with humans, I was so excited. I got a taste of working with ppl, joking, shit talking and I started to miss the salon world, i was supplied with all those benefits, which is unheard of in the salon industry but that is why this man has kept employees over 20 yrs and counting. but being a camgirl was more lucrative. When I compare the two, i am in a much better position.
Ive been on sm for 8 years so those days do hit me when I WANT TO BE MADISON lol
This job gives us so much freedom, my only complaint is lonesome.
Marina Starr
12-30-2016, 06:31 PM
That's why you got your dogs. You know how diabolic bitches in salon can be. I have my own suite.
No gossipy, no phony bitches allowed in my suite, EVER! They hate me, talked about me all year round yet got the nerve to invite me to the Christmas party, LOL! #nothanks
This job gives us so much freedom, my only complaint is lonesome.
Erika_Xstacy
12-30-2016, 08:49 PM
That's why you got your dogs. You know how diabolic bitches in salon can be. I have my own suite.
No gossipy, no phony bitches allowed in my suite, EVER! They hate me, talked about me all year round yet got the nerve to invite me to the Christmas party, LOL! #nothanks
2008=1 dog 1 cat before cam working in a salon
2016= 3 dogs 3 cats after so many years on cam
lol
I have always hated the caddy bitches. We got into for the fun and freedom of speech as far as looks. As soon as you enter a salon, the gossip starts with "where is she from?"
good laughs ahhhhhhhh lol k
I got invited to the salon christmas party that ran my porn up and down his salon. Its nice to know they forgot about that incident. sarcasm
ChocoChanelGirl
12-31-2016, 12:26 AM
Can you message your email to another member on SM?
Chellyinparadise
12-31-2016, 12:48 AM
Can you message your email to another member on SM?
No we can not give them our email, they have to message on sm only.
ChocoChanelGirl
12-31-2016, 01:06 AM
No we can not give them our email, they have to message on sm only.
Thank you for the speedy response!
Chellyinparadise
12-31-2016, 01:08 AM
Thank you for the speedy response!
Youre welcome.
Teddy_Bear
12-31-2016, 07:09 AM
I don't know what is happening to SM lately but please let it continue because I am loving it and loving it is making me want to log on the next day and the next and the next.
I'm even double shifting it at times because that money is flowing right now bb. I wish it wasn't just the holiday period but who cares I will cash in while it's there!
SM is not dying... I repeat SM is not dying!!! :worship:
Scorpio Girl
01-01-2017, 04:53 PM
Is everyone seeing the $25 Christmas bonus (if you didn't win the contest) on their payment history? I worked more than 10 hours and billed more than $25, but I don't see it in mine yet for either week.
LilJammer
01-02-2017, 04:06 AM
So I'm coming off a 2 year hiatus in a couple months. I really don't like my name on Streamate. I've read some of the older information in this thread about changing your name, but I'm wondering if there's any new information. Has anyone successfully changed their name? My old one just doesn't fit anymore and I'd love to start fresh.
Thanks for any info!
~Carmen~
01-02-2017, 04:28 AM
Is everyone seeing the $25 Christmas bonus (if you didn't win the contest) on their payment history? I worked more than 10 hours and billed more than $25, but I don't see it in mine yet for either week.
Mine is not there either.
~Carmen~
01-02-2017, 12:52 PM
Is everyone seeing the $25 Christmas bonus (if you didn't win the contest) on their payment history? I worked more than 10 hours and billed more than $25, but I don't see it in mine yet for either week.
I wrote to support and they said:
"You will see this under your payment history with this weeks payment".
anonymous camgirl
01-02-2017, 01:29 PM
Yes I miss actually having a LIFE!..that's what I miss!.. .. hopefully this year is my year to start breaking away from cam.. hello this is my 15th year it sure as hell is time to stop working so much on cam.
Think about it like this
401k, retirement, vacations, health insurance
Play on social media all day
they dont underpay at streamate
after 8 years, I do envy office gigs sometimes, socializing with people
office jobs envy us so its a double ended sword
Jupiter77
01-02-2017, 02:31 PM
Okay so I usually like to browse the other couples rooms to see whats up, because I'm new to camming I try to get a feel of how things are going.
Last night there was one who was just openly negotiating skype shows for paypal.
With only 5 couples on at a time, I feel like this lessons the other ones chances at having paid chats and exclusives.
Am i trippin for no reason?
ChocoChanelGirl
01-02-2017, 02:47 PM
Okay so I usually like to browse the other couples rooms to see whats up, because I'm new to camming I try to get a feel of how things are going.
Last night there was one who was just openly negotiating skype shows for paypal.
With only 5 couples on at a time, I feel like this lessons the other ones chances at having paid chats and exclusives.
Am i trippin for no reason?
I think people have been hustling for Skype shows since forever. Afterall, SM takes 65% of your income. However, I don't have the balls to ask for Skype because I'd like to not get banned. SM is a side egg for me and compared to most of the other sites out there, it's a pretty good side egg.
Scorpio Girl
01-02-2017, 04:53 PM
I wrote to support and they said:
"You will see this under your payment history with this weeks payment".
Thanks! I found mine. I thought it would just be a separate line under the regular earnings, but I had to run the pay adjustment report to find it.
~Carmen~
01-02-2017, 05:00 PM
Thanks! I found mine. I thought it would just be a separate line under the regular earnings, but I had to run the pay adjustment report to find it.
Thank you! I just checked my pay adjustment report and mine is there too.
heyho
01-02-2017, 06:16 PM
What was UP with SM yesterday? Did anyone else pure get like, triple their usual traffic?
Freechat was chugging away like a Japanese train, I couldn't even keep up.
Marina Starr
01-02-2017, 06:45 PM
I get the same amount of traffic but tripled my daily goal. I personally don't care for a lot of traffic, I care for QUALITY PAYING traffic.
The ins and outs traffic triggers my 'ban happy' mode.
What was UP with SM yesterday? Did anyone else pure get like, triple their usual traffic?
Freechat was chugging away like a Japanese train, I couldn't even keep up.
JackAlexander
01-02-2017, 06:52 PM
I get the same amount of traffic but tripled my daily goal. I personally don't care for a lot of traffic, I care for QUALITY PAYING traffic.
The ins and outs traffic triggers my 'ban happy' mode.
ditto and ditto!!
goddesslouboutin
01-03-2017, 07:29 AM
hi ladies what is going on with smb broadcaster? For last two days it keeps randomly logging me off. Every 5-10 minutes today?
Horny
01-05-2017, 03:21 AM
Is stepmom - son okay or not? Having a big argument with someone I thought it wasn't?
Jupiter77
01-05-2017, 03:35 AM
I get the same amount of traffic but tripled my daily goal. I personally don't care for a lot of traffic, I care for QUALITY PAYING traffic.
The ins and outs traffic triggers my 'ban happy' mode.
Cheers to the quality part..Sat online for 7 hours with in and outs and then got a new customer that automatically bought a 30min block and tipped!
Gotta love rich guys~~
xxtinamariexx
01-05-2017, 07:10 AM
Is stepmom - son okay or not? Having a big argument with someone I thought it wasn't?
I sent to liz "Hi, Liz, there seems to be some confusion on SW whether Step mom, or step anything is allowed, I have been told by support that Step was allowed.. but a girl on the SW streamate topic, is saying she got suspended for it.
Would you be able to tell us correctly if step OVER 18 is allowed?
Thanks so much!!! "
per email I got from Liz "It’s a grey area. Be sure you use step and not imply it’s underage play."
I have saved the email. if you want a screen shot of if. I will provide it.
Marina Starr
01-05-2017, 07:17 AM
That's what I love about Streamate... you only need one or two generous daddies to make it rain.
Cheers to the quality part..Sat online for 7 hours with in and outs and then got a new customer that automatically bought a 30min block and tipped!
Gotta love rich guys~~
BustyVixen
01-05-2017, 07:33 AM
Ugh I need help! My internet is very slow for some reason, they are coming today to check it out. Ongoing problem and they can never fix it, they do something like give me new equipment and it's fine for a couple of months then it takes a shit. It's so slow that I can't even cam on MFC. I run speed tests and my results are all over the place, anywhere from a 580-1.5 on testmy.net to 2-3 on other sites for upload speed. It says on SM that you only need a .6 upspeed? How can this be the case? Because my shit is all choppy and frozen when I try to cam on there right now and it looks like I have more than that. I am supposed to get 150/10 with what I currently pay for!
I have a brand new Mac, just bought it a few months ago..use the C920, I don't use the SM broadcaster I just use the other encoder because it's never given me any problems other than when my internet is slow.
I guess my question is..how the hell do you accurately tell the speed? I think it was someone on here that told me about testmy.net. It's just that every speed test site I use the results are wildly different.
Horny
01-05-2017, 07:39 AM
I sent to liz "Hi, Liz, there seems to be some confusion on SW whether Step mom, or step anything is allowed, I have been told by support that Step was allowed.. but a girl on the SW streamate topic, is saying she got suspended for it.
Would you be able to tell us correctly if step OVER 18 is allowed?
Thanks so much!!! "
per email I got from Liz "It’s a grey area. Be sure you use step and not imply it’s underage play."
I have saved the email. if you want a screen shot of if. I will provide it.
Thank you! I'm annoyed I let it go now it would have been a good show and its been a really tough hustle this week but i'm not taking any chances far too dependent on SM for that.
xxtinamariexx
01-05-2017, 09:14 AM
anyone notice the notes section is different?
SoloDesire
01-05-2017, 09:15 AM
anyone notice the notes section is different?
Yes! It looks much nicer, it will just take some getting used to.
Yeah, I'm not liking it. I have to scroll to see anything about last sessions. But, I'll get used to it. Like someone said in another thread. They could have put a ban button on it. We can ban from emails, but not from notes.
ChocoChanelGirl
01-05-2017, 02:17 PM
Does anyone know how you can find out what categories you are in on streamate?
anonymous camgirl
01-05-2017, 03:31 PM
HATE IT!... I feel like I have to work harder now than before when we just tabbed through what we wanted . what dumbass made this up!.. more hard work for camgirls
anyone notice the notes section is different?
Erika_Xstacy
01-05-2017, 03:57 PM
Does anyone know how you can find out what categories you are in on streamate?
click on every category while streaming
ChocoChanelGirl
01-05-2017, 04:27 PM
click on every category while streaming
Holy fudge
SoloDesire
01-05-2017, 04:29 PM
Does anyone know how you can find out what categories you are in on streamate?
You are listed by the info that you filled out on your profile.
Erika_Xstacy
01-05-2017, 04:39 PM
You are listed by the info that you filled out on your profile.
I do find myself added to categories I didnt know.
lol CCG its not that hard bc for example, I know I can skip over teen, Asian, petite but have found myself in mature which is fine but thats something i didn't check off when I was 32 so I was merged into it over time
Tags are a way for ppl to find you. Ask customers to tag you certain things.
SoloDesire
01-05-2017, 05:58 PM
I do find myself added to categories I didnt know.
lol CCG its not that hard bc for example, I know I can skip over teen, Asian, petite but have found myself in mature which is fine but thats something i didn't check off when I was 32 so I was merged into it over time
Tags are a way for ppl to find you. Ask customers to tag you certain things.
Well some of the categories are just by the age you put, or the size of your bra. Anybody 30 and over is listed as mature. It all has to do with what you fill out though...I've changed things in my profile to manipulate my categories before lol.
heyho
01-05-2017, 10:04 PM
What even is the category "Babes"? That seems way too broad a term. At first I thought it was for women under 30 but no longer teens, but then I see women in their 40's and 50's in it. Then I thought maybe it's for conventionally attractive women - slender, boobage, vanilla-looking - but then there are bbw's, dommes, etc as well. Yet Babes consists of less than a third of all models. Who is excluded from "Babes"? (and WHY? that's so mean)
Chellyinparadise
01-05-2017, 10:48 PM
What even is the category "Babes"? That seems way too broad a term. At first I thought it was for women under 30 but no longer teens, but then I see women in their 40's and 50's in it. Then I thought maybe it's for conventionally attractive women - slender, boobage, vanilla-looking - but then there are bbw's, dommes, etc as well. Yet Babes consists of less than a third of all models. Who is excluded from "Babes"? (and WHY? that's so mean)
Yea i agree beauty is in the eye of the beholder... someone who dont classify as babe to one person will be classified as babe to another so it should not even be just a select few.
Chellyinparadise
01-05-2017, 10:57 PM
I do find myself added to categories I didnt know.
lol CCG its not that hard bc for example, I know I can skip over teen, Asian, petite but have found myself in mature which is fine but thats something i didn't check off when I was 32 so I was merged into it over time
Tags are a way for ppl to find you. Ask customers to tag you certain things.
I agree with having the members tag you, more people can find you that way for things they search for. It has helped me gain new clients looking for specific things.
CAMGIRLANA
01-06-2017, 05:00 AM
hi i have a question . when they give bonus for chrismas contest ??? they wrote week after contest end so it should be in this week and i still not get it . can someone help ?
xxtinamariexx
01-06-2017, 07:06 AM
Got this in my email.. because I showed interest in testing new features early.. to bad I don't do videos lol sharing tho for those that do this will be coming out
We're contacting you because you showed interest in helping us test new Streamate Model features early. Your account has been chosen to get early access to our expanded video gallery tool! Read the details below, and we hope you try it out and send us some feedback over the next few days. Thank you for helping us out!
Until now, the video gallery has helped you manage non-explicit content that viewers can watch on your profile. With this update, you can now upload private videos, both explicit and non-explicit, and share them only with the members you choose!
Private videos can be shared with members who have paid you in the past two weeks. You can use private videos to:
send a special gift to your top spenders of the day
reward all your Gold Show contributors if you hit your Gold goal
remind your favorite regulars to stop by later
...or any other way you want to! Read the instructions below to get started.
Using the New Video Manager
Access the new video gallery on your Performer Dashboard. Under "My Profile," find the "Galleries" section and click on "Videos." The new Video Manager will list any videos you've already uploaded. From here you can edit video names and descriptions, check on the status of submitted videos, or upload new videos.
To add a new video, find and click the "Upload New Video" button at the top. Follow the instructions on the page to choose a video file to upload:
File size must be no larger than 512mb.
File formats accepted are mpg, mov, wmv, or mp4.
For copyright reasons, NO music or copyrighted material is allowed in videos.
Videos can't direct users to any other sites.
While the file is uploading, add a name, description, and some helpful tags. Then mark the video as "Explicit" or "Non-explicit." Marking the wrong option may slow down the approval process. Non-explicit videos can be added to your public video gallery by making sure "Add to Bio Page" is checked.
Click "Submit for Approval" when finished. Your video will be reviewed within 72 hours to make sure it follows all rules listed in Code of Conduct.
Sending and Viewing Private Videos
After your video has been approved, you can send it to the members of your choice! Click the "Give Videos" button on the top of the Video Manager. You'll see a list of recent paying members. You can choose any day from the last two weeks, then choose up to 100 members you want to send the video to.
Next, click "Send Videos." You can select one or more of your approved videos to send to all selected members.
That's it! Next time that member is online, they'll see a message telling them they have a new video. After being sent a video, the member will see a new "My Videos" section where they can watch it. We recommend members view videos on a desktop computer for the best experience.
Replacing Other Video Sharing Methods
Are you already sending downloadable videos as rewards though another site? We're very happy to offer you a solution that makes uploading and sharing your videos easier than ever! In the future, this tool will replace all other way to share video with Streamate members.
We encourage you to try this new solution and let us know what you think! Use the feedback instructions below to tell us how we can make this the easiest way to share video with your Streamate members.
DancesWithSloths
01-06-2017, 07:23 AM
^^OK, that could be a nice feature. I'd like to see whether they are trying to claim intellectual property rights over the videos that we upload, in the same way they do over the stream.
If they do, it's clearly a no-go. If they don't... you're still selling a video with no music, but OK, maybe.
That would be handy. I would love to sell vids on here since I can't direct them to my other site. I wonder if we can put So and so at Streamate.com on a whiteboard behind us so if they get pimped at least it's marketing.
xxtinamariexx
01-06-2017, 08:54 AM
That would be handy. I would love to sell vids on here since I can't direct them to my other site. I wonder if we can put So and so at Streamate.com on a whiteboard behind us so if they get pimped at least it's marketing.
Can always try see if it it gets accepted?
QueerCrip
01-06-2017, 11:21 AM
I'd personally rather have them just be able to click and buy them at a set price rather than having to go through and click their name and "gift" it to them.
Erika_Xstacy
01-06-2017, 12:06 PM
^^OK, that could be a nice feature. I'd like to see whether they are trying to claim intellectual property rights over the videos that we upload, in the same way they do over the stream.
If they do, it's clearly a no-go. If they don't... you're still selling a video with no music, but OK, maybe.
contract says anything uploaded to their site is theirs to use.
They use promo photos I deleted years ago and these were never used by me but I simply uploaded them to my profile and now they are all over the web.
MsJess
01-06-2017, 01:16 PM
That's my main concern, i am not giving them the right to my videos no wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, sorry for the sticky keys but no way lol
contract says anything uploaded to their site is theirs to use.
They use promo photos I deleted years ago and these were never used by me but I simply uploaded them to my profile and now they are all over the web.
sweetandnaughty
01-06-2017, 01:24 PM
oh hell no! not in this lifetime!!