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whirlerz
12-07-2020, 12:15 PM
Is it me or they lowered the size of everything? chat, etc? hehe
What do you mean?
MsJess
12-07-2020, 12:59 PM
What do you mean?
Like the size of the fonts, the part where it shows the stream quality etc. is smaller, for me at least lol it used to show off bigger, I'm I crazy? haha
ChristieX
12-07-2020, 01:17 PM
i was wondering how many non-US gals get paid via wire transfer, and specifically how reasonable you find the exchange rate to be? especially any of you in the UK getting paid in GBP? i'm having a nightmare trying to get paid at the moment - i had a check from the end of september get lost in the post, and i waited the 45 days to get it reissued because i didn't want to pay the $25 fee and i figured i had another cheque on the way, but then THAT was delayed.... i finally got the initial cheque added onto a more recent cheque, but now the bank have sent it for 'collection' which means i now have to wait until possibly mid-january to receive it, which sucks because that was like a month's earnings altogether. NOW, the fucking bank are taking ages to process ANOTHER more recent cheque.... basically i'm yet to receive over half of my earnings from the past 3 months and i'm deep in my overdraft and getting charged interest when i actually SHOULD be in quite a good financial position right now. it's so stressful! i'm wondering if i can just switch to a wire transfer and get all of it reissued so it's in my account by friday? i'm so fucking done with the bank - i used to think it was a good deal because the exchange rate was decent, but even that seems to be a worse deal now. i've half a mind to just close my account because they've fucked me around so much - between the cheque charges and interest i just have no desire for them to receive another penny of my money.
I'm in the UK and I'm sure you can only do a wire transfer to a US bank account.
I think the only solution for you is to go onto daily pay or join a studio like eyekandi models in the UK. You will forfeit 5% of your earnings but will at least get your money on time and into a UK bank.
fetishqueen
12-07-2020, 01:46 PM
I'm UK and get a wire transfer, it comes through Worldpay. No need to join any kind of group, studio etc. There is a $25 fee per transfer. It's paid into my bank on the Friday following the end of the previous week's earnings so less than a week in arrears.
lula_xoxox
12-07-2020, 04:06 PM
I'm UK and get a wire transfer, it comes through Worldpay. No need to join any kind of group, studio etc. There is a $25 fee per transfer. It's paid into my bank on the Friday following the end of the previous week's earnings so less than a week in arrears.
thanks for this! how do you find the exchange rates to be? i sometimes found payoneer's rate to take the piss a bit back when that was an available service - they always seemed to cream a bit off the top so didn't mind going via the bank, but now it seems they're doing the same!!
fetishqueen
12-07-2020, 04:20 PM
thanks for this! how do you find the exchange rates to be? i sometimes found payoneer's rate to take the piss a bit back when that was an available service - they always seemed to cream a bit off the top so didn't mind going via the bank, but now it seems they're doing the same!!
I've not been on SM long but I work it out that for each dollar I earn I get around 74 pence - ish. I don't know exactly what that means in exchange rate terms! It also doesn't take the $25 transfer fee into account so that's on top but as I work 5 days a week I tend to take $5 off each day's money and then work out at 74p for each dollar earned after the first five. It's not usually far out.
ChristieX
12-07-2020, 04:59 PM
I'm UK and get a wire transfer, it comes through Worldpay. No need to join any kind of group, studio etc. There is a $25 fee per transfer. It's paid into my bank on the Friday following the end of the previous week's earnings so less than a week in arrears.
So every transfer costs you $25? Wow.
I’m in the uk but have a US bank account via my hubby. Money goes into there fee free and I just transfer when I like to my UK account.
There are a few banks in the UK that you can open a US dollar account with, Citybank for one, and get your money from SM wired free straight to them.
AcidYellow
12-07-2020, 05:57 PM
Man, a lot of traffic but are like bots. I say hi or something then boom¡ leave my room, is driving nuts. Ins and outs like non dam stop. I hope december brings something cool not this.
DeliveryLadyx
12-07-2020, 06:08 PM
Thought is just me, lot of inand out, potentials loads, but the guys which says something are actually bottom of the barrel or they don't say a thing. I wonder when the traffic gets better because at the moment doesn't mater what time of the day I log on is the same... kills my mojo
AcidYellow
12-07-2020, 06:12 PM
Thought is just me, lot of inand out, potentials loads, but the guys which says something are actually bottom of the barrel or they don't say a thing. I wonder when the traffic gets better because at the moment doesn't mater what time of the day I log on is the same... kills my mojo
Right? Lets see if this change cuz since past friday have been the same. Im surviving thx to few" regulars because also they are gone. Good shift 4 u. Xoxo
DeliveryLadyx
12-07-2020, 06:14 PM
For me started since past Thursday and since then everyday am struggling. Oh well, bad weeks, good weeks. Am sure it will pick up! Good luck $$$ xx
anonamiss
12-07-2020, 07:24 PM
the first 45 minutes or so of my last two shifts were absolute garbage, with 90% of my traffic not saying hello or anything, which was unsettling and discouraging. i nearly logged off out of anxiety, but i had a few regulars around to at least let me know that my stream wasn't glitching for them. i stayed on and eventually there were more new people coming in, engaging, doing shows, etc.
all i can say is do not fall into the trap of thinking that one moment on cam will define the rest of your night! set a reasonable time goal, like 2-3 hours, before you decide it's not worth sticking around for. i think it's self-sabotaging to log off after less than hour even if your traffic sucks. seriously, give it more time.
for now i'm not giving myself income/money goals. i definitely have numbers in mind, but it does seem that on SM lately the most important thing is just staying online. it tends to work out favorably in the end, if i put in a minimum of 3-4 hours straight.
ChloeGreenX
12-07-2020, 11:20 PM
Hey everyone! New on the forum and to the whole camming world in general (only a couple of years on and off and not very active, but more active on Streamate since July this year). I posted a thread on this yesterday but it ended up in the wrong place (still a noob here lol) I won't go into the boring details, but in short, I just realized that Internet Modeling is a studio and that I am being ripped off (stupid me didn't research them before joining) Also learned I can't get out of there without having to wait a year before going back to Streamate. I can't do that at the moment because Streamate is my bread and butter.... But what I was wondering was why I didn't get my contest money yet... I am not sure if everyone got their money yet? This is the first time I am winning something on there. It wasn't much, but I am afraid Internet Modeling is taking my contest money too. On my Streamate account, I can see it in the "payment adjustment" section. I see my prize there, but I never received it, nor has it been added to my earnings on Streamate.
Does working for a studio also mean I should kiss my contest prize money goodbye? Obviously they (Internet Modeling) are not responding to my emails about this. So I am worried they took it away.
Does anyone know how it works with contests? Any thoughts appreciated. I also contacted support on Streamate but they always take ages to reply, if they ever reply.
Thank you!
Horny
12-08-2020, 01:27 AM
I'm in the UK and I'm sure you can only do a wire transfer to a US bank account.
I think the only solution for you is to go onto daily pay or join a studio like eyekandi models in the UK. You will forfeit 5% of your earnings but will at least get your money on time and into a UK bank.
You can get wire its fine. It goes to Euro then £ but it works ok for me. Always in Friday at about 3pm
Horny
12-08-2020, 01:28 AM
i was wondering how many non-US gals get paid via wire transfer, and specifically how reasonable you find the exchange rate to be? especially any of you in the UK getting paid in GBP? i'm having a nightmare trying to get paid at the moment - i had a check from the end of september get lost in the post, and i waited the 45 days to get it reissued because i didn't want to pay the $25 fee and i figured i had another cheque on the way, but then THAT was delayed.... i finally got the initial cheque added onto a more recent cheque, but now the bank have sent it for 'collection' which means i now have to wait until possibly mid-january to receive it, which sucks because that was like a month's earnings altogether. NOW, the fucking bank are taking ages to process ANOTHER more recent cheque.... basically i'm yet to receive over half of my earnings from the past 3 months and i'm deep in my overdraft and getting charged interest when i actually SHOULD be in quite a good financial position right now. it's so stressful! i'm wondering if i can just switch to a wire transfer and get all of it reissued so it's in my account by friday? i'm so fucking done with the bank - i used to think it was a good deal because the exchange rate was decent, but even that seems to be a worse deal now. i've half a mind to just close my account because they've fucked me around so much - between the cheque charges and interest i just have no desire for them to receive another penny of my money.
You can get wire its fine. It goes to Euro then £ but it works ok for me. Always in Friday at about 3pm. The fee is $25 minimum I think is about $250
DeliveryLadyx
12-08-2020, 05:52 AM
I know you asked for wire, but I use Paxum here in the UK. So what I do is, I get the money in Paxum, I transfer there in the wallet from USD direct to pounds free (exchange rate very similar with Google exchange) and then I transfer from pounds from wallet to my bank (Nationwide) via EFT which is 5$ or £3 and Saturday is in my bank always. I used to cash cheques with Barclays and although it was cleared in a few days, the exchange rate plus I had to wait after the cheque wasn't worth. Wire I would choose if I want my money monthly, but because weekly, it's less costly via Paxum and EFT for me. X
Dahlia Fallon
12-08-2020, 05:53 AM
So every transfer costs you $25? Wow.
I’m in the uk but have a US bank account via my hubby. Money goes into there fee free and I just transfer when I like to my UK account.
There are a few banks in the UK that you can open a US dollar account with, Citybank for one, and get your money from SM wired free straight to them.
Works out cheaper for me to send it to my euro account at my UK bank for 25 dollars than a US one as it says it is a 40 dollar fee to wire to a US bank. I'd go that route if it were free though
fetishqueen
12-08-2020, 06:00 AM
I know you asked for wire, but I use Paxum here in the UK. So what I do is, I get the money in Paxum, I transfer there in the wallet from USD direct to pounds free (exchange rate very similar with Google exchange) and then I transfer from pounds from wallet to my bank (Nationwide) via EFT which is 5$ or £3 and Saturday is in my bank always. I used to cash cheques with Barclays and although it was cleared in a few days, the exchange rate plus I had to wait after the cheque wasn't worth. Wire I would choose if I want my money monthly, but because weekly, it's less costly via Paxum and EFT for me. X
you know you can put a hold on your pay for up to 3 weeks? Or set a minimum so you only get payout when you reach a certain amount? You don't have to get it weekly if you don't want to.
DeliveryLadyx
12-08-2020, 06:03 AM
No, I know that, I like to get my money weekly, asap :) hence why I said I was to take monthly (change my mind and choose monthly) then I would choose wire. Sorry if I wasn't explaining myself better as I am not English. X
fetishqueen
12-08-2020, 06:17 AM
No, I know that, I like to get my money weekly, asap :) hence why I said I was to take monthly (change my mind and choose monthly) then I would choose wire. Sorry if I wasn't explaining myself better as I am not English. X
Haha no don't worry you explained perfectly! I was trying to respond while trying to deal with free chat at the same time!
Horny
12-08-2020, 08:23 AM
Is anyone else having a horrifically slow start to the week? We all get the odd day but the last 48 hours has been soooooooooooo bad.
ravenskyy
12-08-2020, 09:13 AM
Anyone cam on SM and only offering above the waist entertainment? Even just for a short amount of time, like during shark week? I just had my baby and I can't do regular shows for awhile, but I need to get back on cam asap. I was thinking about temporarily dropping my rates because I can't do my normal show.
Jodyjensen
12-08-2020, 09:21 AM
Getting really fed up of people parking themselves in my room, I say hello, and they leave or ignore me. I’m gonna go back to ignoring everyone until they speak to me I think, although I’ll probably have people sitting watching me all day and I do think I do better when I greet everyone. It’s just bloody rude imo.
innocentindian
12-08-2020, 09:28 AM
Anyone cam on SM and only offering above the waist entertainment? Even just for a short amount of time, like during shark week? I just had my baby and I can't do regular shows for awhile, but I need to get back on cam asap. I was thinking about temporarily dropping my rates because I can't do my normal show.
I keep my rates the same during my period and make sure the guys know I'm not doing any pussy play, not even opening or spreading it, etc. I put it in my room topic, my auto-message in freechat, auto-message in paid as soon as they enter, AND I verbally say 'thanks for joining a show, just so you know I'm not doing any pussy play today"
I'll offer nude tease like body worship only (standing, not opening legs because all that is gonna leak out LOL) and femdom / kink shows that don't involve any pussy play whatsoever. I don't even show asshole the first 2 days of my period because everything is way too messy down there.
fetishqueen
12-08-2020, 09:46 AM
Getting really fed up of people parking themselves in my room, I say hello, and they leave or ignore me. I’m gonna go back to ignoring everyone until they speak to me I think, although I’ll probably have people sitting watching me all day and I do think I do better when I greet everyone. It’s just bloody rude imo.
I have spent time experimenting with this, on SM and AW. For me there was NO difference in earnings, just a hell of a lot of irritation for me, talking to people who never replied or just talked crap. Kind of wore out my voice and my patience saying hello to everyone.
I don't even really chat in free beyond the bare minimum. Don't get me wrong, I'm not rude. I just find the vast majority of guys wanting a show don't mess about in free, and the vast majority of those who DO want to chat for free, don't spend anything. Just my experience and I'm sure others work differently and have great results from chatting away. Also I found that if I DID chat to them about random stuff, it was then nigh on impossible to steer them back to paying for my time.
Jodyjensen
12-08-2020, 09:53 AM
I have spent time experimenting with this, on SM and AW. For me there was NO difference in earnings, just a hell of a lot of irritation for me, talking to people who never replied or just talked crap. Kind of wore out my voice and my patience saying hello to everyone.
I don't even really chat in free beyond the bare minimum. Don't get me wrong, I'm not rude. I just find the vast majority of guys wanting a show don't mess about in free, and the vast majority of those who DO want to chat for free, don't spend anything. Just my experience and I'm sure others work differently and have great results from chatting away. Also I found that if I DID chat to them about random stuff, it was then nigh on impossible to steer them back to paying for my time.
It’s not even chatting that annoys me the most though (I too only chat the bare minimum before steering them towards a show), it’s the ones who sit in complete silence ignoring me, or leave as soon as I say hello, that annoy me. I can only assume they’re rude arseholes or shy af.. or they hate my voice :)
wealthmagnet
12-08-2020, 10:07 AM
Getting really fed up of people parking themselves in my room, I say hello, and they leave or ignore me. I’m gonna go back to ignoring everyone until they speak to me I think, although I’ll probably have people sitting watching me all day and I do think I do better when I greet everyone. It’s just bloody rude imo.
I find that a short but friendly copy and paste message reminding them that simple manners are required to stay in my cam room helps. they either snap outta their horny transe and speak or leave. I don't flood my chat box with it but just enough to keep sane. I've seen other not so friendly warnings in room topics but it seems to get the message across lol
Jodyjensen
12-08-2020, 10:19 AM
I find that a short but friendly copy and paste message reminding them that simple manners are required to stay in my cam room helps. they either snap outta their horny transe and speak or leave. I don't flood my chat box with it but just enough to keep sane. I've seen other not so friendly warnings in room topics but it seems to get the message across lol
That’s a good idea! I may well stick something in my auto responses.
fetishqueen
12-08-2020, 10:29 AM
How much do I love the auto responses!
ChloeGreenX
12-08-2020, 11:24 AM
How much do I love the auto responses!
Sorry for the noob question, but how do you activate auto responses?
Thanks :)
kamiliam
12-08-2020, 03:24 PM
Has anyone gotten a comment in the last say couple weeks? I haven't and from a quick glance, doesn't seem like anyone else has.
fetishqueen
12-08-2020, 03:25 PM
Sorry for the noob question, but how do you activate auto responses?
Thanks :)
To the right of the chat typing box on the bottom right of the cam screen there is a smiley face next to a plus sign, click on the plus sign and it brings up a menu to add anything you like! They then show as emojis across the top of the typing box. The plus sign next to those emojis enables you to add more.
TooNiceToHustle
12-08-2020, 03:54 PM
Yes, we are struggling this week also. Today we had like 5% in paid - one nice excl and one premium. Others preferred to tip in free or buy a vid. Even regulars who ALWAYS do excl because we do hard BDSM only there (don't want to give vanilla guys nightmares). This is a theme this week. Even had a dude tip 54G instead of getting the thing he wanted in prv. We said we can't show pussy there, he was not angry, just left.
gbjenna
12-08-2020, 05:10 PM
I wish they'd ask me before taking me private!!!! Someone tipped me 25 for a flash, then someone took me private as I was about to honor it. I quickly kicked the guy who took me private to honor the flash, then the guy who tipped for the flash left when I came back! So I lost the show and the other guy didn't get his flash, nor has he come back. I swear I can't win sometimes.
Would anyone else have done the same thing? Or should I have just taken the private and let the guy come back after?!
Jodyjensen
12-08-2020, 05:31 PM
I wish they'd ask me before taking me private!!!! Someone tipped me 25 for a flash, then someone took me private as I was about to honor it. I quickly kicked the guy who took me private to honor the flash, then the guy who tipped for the flash left when I came back! So I lost the show and the other guy didn't get his flash, nor has he come back. I swear I can't win sometimes.
Would anyone else have done the same thing? Or should I have just taken the private and let the guy come back after?!
I had that last week. I fulfilled the pvt but stuck a note down to honour the other guys flash when he comes back. Haven’t seen him yet but it’s noted for if/when he does come back. I’d rather the ppm, but I think it’s fair that you kicked him as you make it clear to ask first.
Dahlia Fallon
12-08-2020, 05:40 PM
I wish they'd ask me before taking me private!!!! Someone tipped me 25 for a flash, then someone took me private as I was about to honor it. I quickly kicked the guy who took me private to honor the flash, then the guy who tipped for the flash left when I came back! So I lost the show and the other guy didn't get his flash, nor has he come back. I swear I can't win sometimes.
Would anyone else have done the same thing? Or should I have just taken the private and let the guy come back after?!
Assuming he had been in your free chat long enough that you could pull up his account, I'd make a note of what he is owed and make the effort to give him the flash next time he comes in. They always return eventually :)
gbjenna
12-08-2020, 07:03 PM
Thanks! I've made a note for if/when he comes back. Maybe with hindsight I should have just honored the private. I always work a first come first served basis in these situations. I swear sometimes though it's like they sit there and wait until someone starts tipping, then they'll try and take me away. I never trust them when they pull that one as they've cleared my room out then bolted so many times.
Dahlia Fallon
12-08-2020, 07:21 PM
Works for those ones too. As soon as a show starts pull up their account. If they act up then make a note on that too. If they bounce and you don't want the hassle of them pulling it off a 2nd time just use the block link after they are gone.
Erika_Xstacy
12-08-2020, 09:06 PM
I wish they'd ask me before taking me private!!!! Someone tipped me 25 for a flash, then someone took me private as I was about to honor it. I quickly kicked the guy who took me private to honor the flash, then the guy who tipped for the flash left when I came back! So I lost the show and the other guy didn't get his flash, nor has he come back. I swear I can't win sometimes.
Would anyone else have done the same thing? Or should I have just taken the private and let the guy come back after?!
I take the private and tell free chat brb. private shows over tips. the higher the tip the more likely the guy will come back, he found another model or he just dont give a fuck about throwing gold. I love the ninja tippers
I prefer they jump into private because i have zero clue what they want and that is time counting up when we discuss it in paid chat.
there is one guy that all he does is tip.
if i go private he sits in free chat talking shit about me being in private.
ETA
i HAVE A FEW DEMANDING GUYS LATELY. Rude demanding.
JessRyan
12-08-2020, 10:27 PM
Like the size of the fonts, the part where it shows the stream quality etc. is smaller, for me at least lol it used to show off bigger, I'm I crazy? haha
Yes it's ever so slightly smaller 😅
I thought it was my glasses playing tricks on me
ChloeGreenX
12-09-2020, 01:23 AM
To the right of the chat typing box on the bottom right of the cam screen there is a smiley face next to a plus sign, click on the plus sign and it brings up a menu to add anything you like! They then show as emojis across the top of the typing box. The plus sign next to those emojis enables you to add more.
Ah that! Thank you :) I thought there was something else. Thanks!!
TheBrownFox
12-09-2020, 02:04 AM
I wish they'd ask me before taking me private!!!! Someone tipped me 25 for a flash, then someone took me private as I was about to honor it. I quickly kicked the guy who took me private to honor the flash, then the guy who tipped for the flash left when I came back! So I lost the show and the other guy didn't get his flash, nor has he come back. I swear I can't win sometimes.
Would anyone else have done the same thing? Or should I have just taken the private and let the guy come back after?!
That's one thing I hated about Streamate. How you could even be in the middle of a damn sentence, speaking to your favorite reg, and then BAM! Any 'ole Tom, Dick, and Harry can interrupt that to take you private, and there's nothing you could do to stop it from happening. It could even be a troll doing it just to fuck with you, knowing damn well they have no intention of STAYING in private. Never understood why that site doesn't give models the OPTION to accept or deny it...like they do with the exclusive shows.
Horny
12-09-2020, 03:55 AM
I am not doing bad because I have had some decent shows but so much silence in between? Where is my big December come on boys!
bigbum
12-09-2020, 07:19 AM
That's one thing I hated about Streamate. How you could even be in the middle of a damn sentence, speaking to your favorite reg, and then BAM! Any 'ole Tom, Dick, and Harry can interrupt that to take you private, and there's nothing you could do to stop it from happening. It could even be a troll doing it just to fuck with you, knowing damn well they have no intention of STAYING in private. Never understood why that site doesn't give models the OPTION to accept or deny it...like they do with the exclusive shows.
Omggg yesss all of this!!!!
in the notes for the flash I write an “I owe you”
and then I honor it for next time.
or what also happens is you’ll be honoring a flash and suddenly like magic everyone has a “question about a show” or wants to talk to you.
even if the room was empty before.
they just want attention in any form.
Someone tipped me for a story, which isn’t cheap and I got interrupted
when I came back the customer was gone.
same as you , and this happened yesterday!
TooNiceToHustle
12-09-2020, 02:01 PM
Today was normal. Privates, exclusives, a bit of tips, but less than 1/3 of total earnings. FINALLY.
anonamiss
12-09-2020, 02:13 PM
I wish they'd ask me before taking me private!!!! Someone tipped me 25 for a flash, then someone took me private as I was about to honor it. I quickly kicked the guy who took me private to honor the flash, then the guy who tipped for the flash left when I came back! So I lost the show and the other guy didn't get his flash, nor has he come back. I swear I can't win sometimes.
Would anyone else have done the same thing? Or should I have just taken the private and let the guy come back after?!
I would have done the same thing. It's my room policy and I have it written on both my profile and my topic in all caps to ASK before going private, and if anyone tries to steal me away I boot them immediately. It's really annoying when it happens, particularly in the midst of a tip or some good group conversation.
Thankfully my existing customers know about my "ask first" rule so it doesn't happen too often. In my experience if a guy can't even bother saying anything to me in free chat first before going private, 99% of the time he turns out to be a dick in the show and it's never worth my time or frustration, so even on a slow night I never let them just stay in private if they take me without asking.
I have given feedback/suggestions to Streamate for YEARS about being able to accept or decline private shows the way you can with exclusives. I wonder if the reason they don't is because it might be more complicated to implement, since multiple people can join privates. For me, I would only need to say yes to that initial first private request, then after that I'm fine with guys coming in randomly as a group.
anonamiss
12-09-2020, 02:22 PM
Has anyone gotten a comment in the last say couple weeks? I haven't and from a quick glance, doesn't seem like anyone else has.
my last one is from october. granted, I only worked a few times in November, and I have worked a couple nights this week -- but I have about a dozen 5-star ratings from shows during that time, so surely at least one person in there also left a comment (likely more, knowing my regs).
i have found that sometimes comments don't show up until like a week after the show. but not usually more than that, so yeah, seems a bit weird lately.
euro_princess
12-09-2020, 03:07 PM
A little bit surprised there is no announcement yet for the usual Xmas bonus. I would have expected to start next week.
bigbum
12-09-2020, 03:16 PM
yessss i am so excited for the christmas bonus! sounds amazing.
today went really well made good $ . good hourly lots of traffic.
Miss_ShaSha
12-09-2020, 03:46 PM
Has anyone gotten a comment in the last say couple weeks? I haven't and from a quick glance, doesn't seem like anyone else has.
Last one posted is from Oct 28th. I find it odd I don't have at least one from Nov.