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CatBBW
09-28-2016, 02:52 PM
Over 600 ladies on cam right now. Clearly the problems haven't put anyone off!
Blue-Velvet
09-28-2016, 03:05 PM
With about 17% in paid sessions. That's pretty busy.
LolaLu
09-28-2016, 03:12 PM
That's pretty damn busy lol How'd you know that?
sexysusie
09-28-2016, 03:35 PM
You see how many are online then work out what % the number in paid chat represents. So 545 online, 91 of those in paid chat is 16.70%. For a site to be viable you ideally want to see at least 10% in paid at any given time. Sometimes AW dips below that during the day but it's usually over :)
Blue-Velvet
09-28-2016, 03:37 PM
Look at the Webcam tab...go down to the "Online Now-Direct Cam" tab...it will say at the top of everyone's thumbnail photos how many people are online. Then if you click on the (Current Mode) drop down, you can click on Group sessions and Private sessions and it will tell you how many are in each of those. I take the two numbers from those, add them together, and then divide by the total amount of providers online.
LolaLu
09-28-2016, 03:43 PM
Thanks ladies. I could do the math it was just seeing how many were in paid chat I could never figure out. I didn't know where to look (obv grp is shown but never see how many are in pvt) x
Classy_Katy
09-28-2016, 10:10 PM
Thanks ladies. I could do the math it was just seeing how many were in paid chat I could never figure out. I didn't know where to look (obv grp is shown but never see how many are in pvt) x
There's another view of who is online...go to the home page, at the top left of the page it shows a profile pic of someone online on cam...this is where you show if you pay the most money for hourly positioning (below that it's directChat and directIM), click on "more providers" and you get this page https://www.adultwork.com/TV/Categories.asp
The top section are those in group, the next section are those in free preview with those who paid for positioning at the top, the bottom section is those in paid only with those who paid for positioning at the top of that section. The girls in paid are in the bottom of the sections.
LolaLu
09-29-2016, 12:33 AM
Thanks Katy. I knew where the groups were just never really knew who was in private. :-)
kinkydirtybitch
09-29-2016, 12:50 AM
I changed my pending request to payonner ... I wonder how long it will take to arrive. They did say they will do them on demand but within every 24hours ... Has anyone else arrived yet . X
Mine arrived yesterday.
PixiieGirl
09-29-2016, 01:25 AM
Look at the Webcam tab...go down to the "Online Now-Direct Cam" tab...it will say at the top of everyone's thumbnail photos how many people are online. Then if you click on the (Current Mode) drop down, you can click on Group sessions and Private sessions and it will tell you how many are in each of those. I take the two numbers from those, add them together, and then divide by the total amount of providers online.
I'd never thought about looking at this! cool :D
Blue-Velvet
09-29-2016, 01:32 AM
Like Susie said, it tends to hover just above or below 10%, so last night looked like a windfall, ha! I cammed all day yesterday and it was dead, so I'm gutted I was too shattered to cam last night. Hope those of you who did were pleasantly busy! Saying that, I find it's a complete lottery as to whether I'll be busy or not. I've been busy when there's been less than 10% in paid sessions, and dead when it's appeared to be busier. You've just got to keep motivating yourself to stick it out even through slow periods.
PixiieGirl
09-29-2016, 01:36 AM
Like Susie said, it tends to hover just above or below 10%, so last night looked like a windfall, ha! I cammed all day yesterday and it was dead, so I'm gutted I was too shattered to cam last night. Hope those of you who did were pleasantly busy! Saying that, I find it's a complete lottery as to whether I'll be busy or not. I've been busy when there's been less than 10% in paid sessions, and dead when it's appeared to be busier. You've just got to keep motivating yourself to stick it out even through slow periods.
yeah exactly, I'm just a bit of a stats geek so I'll probably work this out for the hell of it anyway hahah
hope today goes well for everyone :D
GeezLouise
09-29-2016, 01:39 AM
Like Susie said, it tends to hover just above or below 10%, so last night looked like a windfall, ha! I cammed all day yesterday and it was dead, so I'm gutted I was too shattered to cam last night. Hope those of you who did were pleasantly busy! Saying that, I find it's a complete lottery as to whether I'll be busy or not. I've been busy when there's been less than 10% in paid sessions, and dead when it's appeared to be busier. You've just got to keep motivating yourself to stick it out even through slow periods.
AW traffic can be super random.
I usually have days and times I tend to work and sometimes they're crazy busy, sometimes it's super quiet and I'm just lucky that a few regulars come see my cam.
I honestly wish they would do more to attract traffic. I know girls can bring their own, but imagine if AW had the incoming traffic like SM has..
It would be the best thing ever.
Anna_X
09-29-2016, 01:57 AM
Payoneer payments to banks are now affected, they're rolling in mandatory mastercard usage.
Arwen25
09-29-2016, 03:15 AM
Ugh.
Trying not to feel defeated but this is tough. I need this money like now. :(
I am ready to go on Payoneer but it's really anyone's guess at this point of what will be faster: getting a payment moved to Payoneer card (which I have yet to receive), or wait for them to sort out bank transfers.
I cannot get VAT removed either as they are asking for a EU VAT number which I don't have. I always file my tax returns with my UTR..am I doing something wrong? There doesn't seem to be any way round this according to AW..I just need to get one, and I can't find anything about it on the HMRC site.
Thanks again xx
Anna_X
09-29-2016, 03:19 AM
If it helps any, I applied for a payoneer account on the 25th and my card arrived today so that's fairly quick.
For the vat thing, take a screenshot of your HMRC statement with UTR on the same page and that should be sufficient to them to prove you're self employed. You don't need a VAT number unless you're earning over 80k x
Blue-Velvet
09-29-2016, 03:32 AM
I'm personally waiting it out until I get my Payoneer card. If AW still haven't sorted bank transfers by then, I'll probably just have it transferred to the Payoneer card. I don't want to move money there now only to have AW come back to us anytime between today and whenever the Payoneer card arrives and say they've sorted bank transfers.
Re VAT: I think I sent them a copy of my tax return and a national insurance bill, although I think they've stopped billing NI separately and just combined it with your taxes.
Arwen25
09-29-2016, 03:32 AM
Thanks babe. That is really good news about the card, as well!
If you don't mind taking a look; this is the issue I am getting - it simply won't let me progress to show the evidence without entering anything in the box which has gone pink
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Blue-Velvet
09-29-2016, 03:41 AM
Strange. I looked myself and if you hover over the EU VAT Number part with the dotted line underneath, it says, "If you have one, supply it. Otherwise optional for UK, DE, and IE." I think I just left it blank when I filled in the form. I see you have your passport attached, if you also go ahead and attach a tax document at the bottom, it might let you proceed. You need "Proof of Commercial Activity" and then it might let you continue.
Arwen25
09-29-2016, 03:57 AM
Thank you so much..that was seriously doing my head in!
I have attached the tax document twice, in the hope that they'll accept it.
At least it's gone through now. xx
**Update** It worked! Thank you again :-*
Blue-Velvet
09-29-2016, 04:03 AM
Woohoo! I heard that they may backpay SOME of the VAT money, but not all the way back to last year. Still, even if they threw a couple of weeks at you, it's something!
PixiieGirl
09-29-2016, 04:20 AM
I'm not sure if my shows are boring or if AW is disconnecting guys, had 3 guys today who were all super interested in a striptease type thing but left after less than 2 minutes ):
CanTheCan
09-29-2016, 05:23 AM
Personally i would steer clear of those. Why would you not join the well established daily pay group that has hundreds of members and offers front page advertising for the group most of the week?
Personally my life ethos is to steer clear of groups/people who earned themselves a bad reputation.#onetoavoidlist #gutfeeling #fuckno #knowotherswhogotfukked
There are other Groups who are legit, its not the only one. If anyone has any experience, good or bad, with the ones I've enquired about above i.e., OnTopDailyPay or the other one who has changed their alias to Daily Pay Bank Transfers (or can recommend others please feel free to reference them here). Cheers
p.s. I understand OnTopDailyPay is now 'Direct Bank Transfers'. There are 2 with similar names, spot the difference ha ha
GeezLouise
09-29-2016, 05:30 AM
OntopDailyPay and Lesstalkdailypay are the same person.
They charge 8 or 9% and do not release people from their group if you wish to leave. My cam friend was in that group and had to delete her profile to get rid of them.
I'm with clubdailypay, just because they're much quicker than the DP service. Which is understable as DP service is massive.
But there is also BoleynModels and of course daily pay service.
sexysusie
09-29-2016, 05:36 AM
Ugh.
Trying not to feel defeated but this is tough. I need this money like now. :(
I am ready to go on Payoneer but it's really anyone's guess at this point of what will be faster: getting a payment moved to Payoneer card (which I have yet to receive), or wait for them to sort out bank transfers.
I cannot get VAT removed either as they are asking for a EU VAT number which I don't have. I always file my tax returns with my UTR..am I doing something wrong? There doesn't seem to be any way round this according to AW..I just need to get one, and I can't find anything about it on the HMRC site.
Thanks again xx
You do not need a VAT number. Read this page and upload your latest tax return http://www.adultwork.com/LKBA.asp?A=765
▪▪ALL CAMGIRLS ARE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE VAT REGISTERED.
Re groups ladies I would not recommend ANY but the original daily pay (adultworksfinestperformers) http://www.dailypayservice.com/main/ The others are copycats who charge more and do not provide the same service. The ones mentioned above are NOT the daily pay service. Kinky dirty bitch runs Porn Central, another long running and trustworthy group. Outside of these you do not know who you're dealing with.
CatBBW
09-29-2016, 05:41 AM
Like Susie said, it tends to hover just above or below 10%, so last night looked like a windfall, ha! I cammed all day yesterday and it was dead, so I'm gutted I was too shattered to cam last night. Hope those of you who did were pleasantly busy! Saying that, I find it's a complete lottery as to whether I'll be busy or not. I've been busy when there's been less than 10% in paid sessions, and dead when it's appeared to be busier. You've just got to keep motivating yourself to stick it out even through slow periods.
I cammed all day and last night until about 1am and earned nothing.
GeezLouise
09-29-2016, 05:42 AM
Arwen: I contacted AW a few times today for an issue I had and they replied really quick. So you can always send them a message through the help section if you can't submit your VAT. As Susie says, you don't need to be VAT registered, just need to proof that you are self employed and pay your taxes.
Arwen25
09-29-2016, 06:00 AM
Thanks ladies.
It's all sorted now.
I did contact them and they sad they couldn't do anything about it; but on entering my tax records twice, it allowed me to go through. What was annoying was that it just wouldn't let me progress without putting something in "VAT". I anyone has the same problem, just upload your details where the UTR attachment is, and where the VAT attachment is requested (despite it saying it's optional). I think it might just be a fault on the page actually as I have had all VAT remove now. xx
CanTheCan
09-29-2016, 06:21 AM
OntopDailyPay and Lesstalkdailypay are the same person.
They charge 8 or 9% and do not release people from their group if you wish to leave. My cam friend was in that group and had to delete her profile to get rid of them.
I'm with clubdailypay, just because they're much quicker than the DP service. Which is understable as DP service is massive.
But there is also BoleynModels and of course daily pay service.
Thanks, yeah I figured they were the same person (as I emailed them & the emails linked them.. with over 7,000 red figures against their alias.. on BOTH accounts).
That said, elsewhere someone has given me positive feedback about them (& I'm confident its is NOT the Group Manager, besides I didnt email anyone in the Group (via AW) for obvious reasons, i.e., could be the GMgr writing back).
By the way when LessTalkDailyPay emailed me they said the fee was 8% and OnTopDailyPay said they charged 5%. I knew it was the same guy and thought it strange, am sure the ones being charged in the 8% Group would be pissed off knowing the ones in his other Group were paying less. Not a good way to do business. He also advertised you don't have to be in a Group to get daily pay, when I enquired how that he worked he said he doesnt offer it anymore, yet he never deleted it from the profile, in fact he has in big bold letters still on the profile, so totally misleading and very fishy!
p.s. I love BM but unfortunately they pay in USD, then you have to pay a currency conversion fee (in Paxum) to get it exchanged from USD to GBP and then there is the $8 EFT fee (electronic funds transfer).
Re clubdailypay, I've never seen/heard of them, I seen you mentioned them favourably before in your other posts. Can UK based performers use them? i.e., do they pay in GBP (or is all Paxum/Payoneer, if so not a prob as I have both accounts, though I prefer GBP bank transfer (same as AW has or had!).
How can I find them to read more about their service? Tnxx
GeezLouise
09-29-2016, 06:28 AM
They are UK based as far as I know and I just get normal bank transfers. I've also been on the daily pay service which was good, but because he's so big the email answering etc just takes way too long for my liking. That's why I was quite happily surprised with club dailypay.
Sent you a pm :)
Blonde-Ambition
09-29-2016, 06:47 AM
why have we had no updates on payment?! #worrying!
xx
GeezLouise
09-29-2016, 06:55 AM
Blonde: They are probably still talking / going through the details with a new payment processor.
It is A LOT of work to get a payment processor integrated into your website. I can't even imagine how much work it would be on a website the size of Adultwork.
sexysusie
09-29-2016, 07:06 AM
Thanks, yeah I figured they were the same person (as I emailed them & the emails linked them.. with over 7,000 red figures against their alias.. on BOTH accounts).
That said, elsewhere someone has given me positive feedback about them (& I'm confident its is NOT the Group Manager, besides I didnt email anyone in the Group (via AW) for obvious reasons, i.e., could be the GMgr writing back).
By the way when LessTalkDailyPay emailed me they said the fee was 8% and OnTopDailyPay said they charged 5%. I knew it was the same guy and thought it strange, am sure the ones being charged in the 8% Group would be pissed off knowing the ones in his other Group were paying less. Not a good way to do business. He also advertised you don't have to be in a Group to get daily pay, when I enquired how that he worked he said he doesnt offer it anymore, yet he never deleted it from the profile, in fact he has in big bold letters still on the profile, so totally misleading and very fishy!
p.s. I love BM but unfortunately they pay in USD, then you have to pay a currency conversion fee (in Paxum) to get it exchanged from USD to GBP and then there is the $8 EFT fee (electronic funds transfer).
Re clubdailypay, I've never seen/heard of them, I seen you mentioned them favourably before in your other posts. Can UK based performers use them? i.e., do they pay in GBP (or is all Paxum/Payoneer, if so not a prob as I have both accounts, though I prefer GBP bank transfer (same as AW has or had!).
How can I find them to read more about their service? Tnxx
The original dailypay group does NOT email people. Those emailing you or trying to entice you are doing so because they make extra money off it either through an extra fee or by being an affiliate. I would highly recommend staying with the original daily pay group that 100's of us have been with for years if you want daily pay and avoiding the others.
CanTheCan
09-29-2016, 07:16 AM
The original dailypay group does NOT email people.
I didnt state they (those Groups) emailed me initially or randomly... I meant I emailed them and they emailed me back (& that was in their reply email).
Blonde-Ambition
09-29-2016, 01:51 PM
patiently waiting :(
talk about keeping us on edge!
jeezzzz
xx
Kristen_Krystal
09-29-2016, 02:44 PM
patiently waiting :(
talk about keeping us on edge!
jeezzzz
xx
It shouldn't be much longer now x
Blonde-Ambition
09-29-2016, 03:35 PM
erm, i don't know babe
stuff was put on the AW FORUM!
:/
x
Sally Says
09-29-2016, 11:37 PM
I signed up to dp to get the credits out of my account. Got the money last night. I don't think I'm going to put much time and effort into AW until I know what's going on
Blue-Velvet
09-30-2016, 01:31 AM
I signed up to dp to get the credits out of my account. Got the money last night. I don't think I'm going to put much time and effort into AW until I know what's going on
I thought a lot of people would feel like this and there would be less camming, but when I checked numbers before bed last night, there were 6 pages of girls on with around 21% in paid sessions. Just praying to the Gods of Wank that it's busy like that tonight when I actually have a chance to come on!
Blue-Velvet
09-30-2016, 02:50 AM
New update: https://www.adultwork.com/PacNetIssues.asp
All appears to be going to plan. Sounds like it might be next week before we can receive bank transfers, but still possibly today.
MistressLucyXX
09-30-2016, 03:12 AM
Sounds promising!!
LolaLu
09-30-2016, 07:14 AM
I thought a lot of people would feel like this and there would be less camming, but when I checked numbers before bed last night, there were 6 pages of girls on with around 21% in paid sessions. Just praying to the Gods of Wank that it's busy like that tonight when I actually have a chance to come on!
I thought the same but the % in paid has been really good lately even though the amount of girls seem to be the same. So maybe it hasn't put anyone off x
beauvoir
09-30-2016, 07:37 AM
Still cant figure out how to get funds from Payoneer into my bank - am I missing a trick?
LolaLu
09-30-2016, 08:06 AM
Take it out of an ATM and manually deposit into the bank. I've been on email to them and apparently even the withdraw to bank option is not available for aw payments! If it was they are also affected by the PacNet issues so no UK transfers are currently available
CatBBW
09-30-2016, 08:34 AM
New update 4.30pm Friday - not good news at the mo :(
https://www.adultwork.com/PacNetIssues.asp
Blonde-Ambition
09-30-2016, 10:08 AM
Omg i'm losing hope here! This is going to be hanging over us all weekend!
Kristen_Krystal
09-30-2016, 11:01 AM
Still no update's on Paxum's site as to when EFT payments will be up and running again.
I'm not losing hope - I'm sure either Paxum or AW will have something sorted out at some point next week.
Wire transfer at $50 is still available for us through Paxum just not EFT yet which is much cheaper.
Blonde-Ambition
09-30-2016, 11:19 AM
Hope your right kristen x
Blue-Velvet
09-30-2016, 01:46 PM
Did any of y'all notice what it said for Thursday?
"Signed up with a new payment processor and were just about to process UK FPS payments but fell at the last hurdle due to the processing bank not liking the flavour of activity that member payments are for."
THIS is one of many stupid reasons it's difficult to secure payment processors for the adult entertainment industry. Bullshit moralistic attitudes over services that are, in fact, 100% legal. As much as we're stressed about all of this, Adultwork must feel like they're beating their heads against a brick wall. Hopefully they'll sort out the paperwork over the weekend and have somebody in place early next week.
Kristen_Krystal
09-30-2016, 02:10 PM
Did any of y'all notice what it said for Thursday?
"Signed up with a new payment processor and were just about to process UK FPS payments but fell at the last hurdle due to the processing bank not liking the flavour of activity that member payments are for."
THIS is one of many stupid reasons it's difficult to secure payment processors for the adult entertainment industry. Bullshit moralistic attitudes over services that are, in fact, 100% legal. As much as we're stressed about all of this, Adultwork must feel like they're beating their heads against a brick wall. Hopefully they'll sort out the paperwork over the weekend and have somebody in place early next week.
Yes I noticed that too - Its ridiculous in this day and age - Its only sex work!
If I was AW's CEO I'd email the CEO of the processor they're thinking of signing up with first just to make sure they're OK dealing with Adult industry related payments before they go through the long winded, stressful process of signing up.
You'd think these company's would realise its Adult orientated - The clues in the name - AdultWork!