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Blue-Velvet
12-02-2016, 03:12 PM
If you are US-based and have a US bank account, you should be able to withdraw funds to your bank account from Paxum via ACH for $5 fee. There's also the option of getting one of their pre-paid Mastercards, but that would be $44.95/year plus it costs $.25 every time you load it with funds and another $2.00 to withdraw from an ATM. I would just do the ACH bank transfer if I lived in America.
CreativeName
12-03-2016, 06:35 PM
Hi if I only want Paxum for funding my US bank account via ACH do I have to pay all these other fees? I don't want the card at all. Do you have to get the card too?
Thank you!
CanTheCan
12-04-2016, 07:41 AM
Hi if I only want Paxum for funding my US bank account via ACH do I have to pay all these other fees? I don't want the card at all. Do you have to get the card too?
Thank you!
No the Paxum card is optional. You can also add your own debit/credit card (an external one ---- though I understand from Blue-Velvet above she has had problems loading her funds onto it, though that may be because there could be a glitch with UK cards, which she says hers are).
So perhaps not the same issue with a US credit/debit card. You don't know till you try. It was almost instant for me when I added my debit card (though I haven't yet used it to load funds onto, just have it as a back-up). Fees to load onto it are $6 + 3%.
You can view Paxum's fees via their 'FEES' heading on the website's home page.
Sally Says
12-04-2016, 08:56 AM
Go ahead and start one :) I'd love a U.K. Centric thread that covers everything :)
Blue-Velvet
12-04-2016, 09:24 AM
Does anyone know if paxum zapping money using EFT into UK bank accounts is working yet?
Yes and no. If (before the PacNet thing in Sept) you had Paxum user account set up AND your bank account linked and verified, then they have reinstated EFT withdrawals to UK banks for $8.95. If you're like me and didn't have your UK bank account verified with them before Sept, then they haven't reinstated it yet. If you ask customer support about it, you'll get a standard reply that basically says they intend on reinstating it, but have no idea when that will be. I can't imagine you would need to load money from your bank account to your Paxum account, so I wouldn't worry about that part.
For now, if you're UK based and don't have your UK bank account verified with Paxum, your only withdrawal methods (via Paxum) are:
1. Wire transfer for $50
2. Applying for one of their pre-paid Mastercards for $44.95 (which also incurs additional fees for loading money onto and withdrawing from an ATM. The card is only in USD)
3. Loading money onto one of your UK debit or credit cards for $6 plus 3% of the amount you're loading. In theory, this should work, however as CanTheCan said, I've tried it with both a debit and credit card, and it's immediately reversing/refunding to my Paxum account. I've emailed customer support about it several times, and after 3 days of radio silence from them, they finally informed me they were forwarding my inquiry to the appropriate department and would get back to me when they had an answer. I'm not holding my breath.
Classy_Katy
12-05-2016, 03:21 AM
Yay...AW payment has gone into my bank account! I hadn't cammed regularly for months and missed all the payment fun and games.
Blue-Velvet
12-05-2016, 06:02 AM
Paxum finally got back to me RE: withdrawing funds to a UK debit/credit card getting immediately rejected.
1st email: "The declined withdrawals to external cards from your account were not made by Paxum, but by our processor that confirmed this feature is currently disabled for USA."
Immediately followed by 2nd email: "Please disregard our previous message, since it was posted due to a misunderstanding, for which we apologize. We will provide in the shortest time possible a proper answer."
I swear, you couldn't make it up. Can't say I'm overly impressed with Paxum at the moment. While everyone else has managed to sort out processors for UK transactions, they're still dragging their feet.
Mazikeen
12-07-2016, 02:05 PM
Hello!!:
I just registered to AdultWork, I have been about two hours reading the post but, now that I am logged on, I am kinda lost about what is going on there. I am webcamming since some years ago, but all this is very new to me, could anyone lead me to where to find the information (I am currently reading everything on the site, but still too much about everything), or would someone here be so kind to make me a little resume about the site?. Just the couple of most important thing to start, I am quite lost about there.
I would like to do webcam, maybe videos, pictures there and sexting if is possible, but I am quite lost between so much new terms and thing going around there. Any help would be appreciated, thank you very much.
Classy_Katy
12-07-2016, 02:22 PM
I think the best thing is to look up those subjects in the help section of the site then come back to use when you have a specific question. There's a help tab near the top of the AW screen - https://www.adultwork.com/Help.asp. Also, if you go to "my details" you'll get a drop down list, clip on edit profile and you'll see where to set up some services, movies etc are added from you "my details" page.
Arwen25
12-08-2016, 03:58 AM
What do you ladies find is the best time for the morning wood crowd? The ONE TIME I managed to get on cam or 7 am I killed it, but it was so hard to feel sexy and get my make up on at that time haha. I find there is an annoyingly high level of freeloaders around the 11 am mark. I am thinking of doing early, then popping on again in the late afternoon til the early evening if it's quiet. X
sexysusie
12-08-2016, 04:08 AM
There is no best time. All last week early morning swere great for me, then this morning I'm sitting on £21 after 3 hours LOL! Just have to go on when you can x
Classy_Katy
12-08-2016, 04:36 AM
What do you ladies find is the best time for the morning wood crowd? The ONE TIME I managed to get on cam or 7 am I killed it, but it was so hard to feel sexy and get my make up on at that time haha. I find there is an annoyingly high level of freeloaders around the 11 am mark. I am thinking of doing early, then popping on again in the late afternoon til the early evening if it's quiet. X
I'm often busiest in my first hour online no matter what time I start. The other day I managed to start at 9am...did really well in the first hour, busy on cam and on the phone, selling movies too. Then the next hour I was in the dead zone, nothing going on at all. Really the best time of day is the time that's best for you, although 11am-2pm is not the best in my experience...too many guys are just pervy during their lunch break.
DancesWithSloths
12-08-2016, 03:22 PM
I've completely lost tolerance for freechat. Been doing virtually without it for a couple of months, but now I tried it again, and couldn't stand more than 15 mins. *shudder*
sexysusie
12-08-2016, 10:52 PM
I did 7 hours free chat yesterday :eek::banghead::boggled:
LolaLu
12-09-2016, 02:10 AM
And you survived susie? X
Classy_Katy
12-09-2016, 03:17 AM
I've only survived 15 minutes of free so far...most are coming in and going straight out again and it's really annoying! It works better for me to do free preview so I'll try it later.
Arwen25
12-09-2016, 04:34 AM
OMFG Susie, that sounds hideous.
I did an hour of it last night and was seriously considering logging off just to try cool off from all the annoying questions; then a reg popped in about a minute after I turned it off. The way it goes, sometimes. I find with free easy i I've had a good day and in a chirpy mood as I seem to be full of jokes and witty retorts, sometimes..I just can't. x
sexysusie
12-09-2016, 07:27 AM
Well I figure now I am splitting with SM I may as well. I do an hour on, hour off usually x
Classy_Katy
12-09-2016, 07:49 AM
I'm back in free preview again...had a guy laughing at me for charging 3.50 for private...then I got taken into a private show HA HA HA!
Also had a very nice skype booking for 15 mins, these seem to be increasing now.
sexysusie
12-09-2016, 10:53 AM
Ahh I'm jealous. I so rarely get skypes anymore. Even when I put them down to £2.50 (happy to go lower price if it's a definite amount). I put them up to £6 yest and got a 10 min show. Men are so bloody frustrating! Sat in free for another 6 hours today OMG sucks the life out of you.
Rubyfloozy
12-10-2016, 03:09 AM
I really need to get my head around doing more free chat. I just find it so draining! Then I end up just feeling like unplugging my cam altogether and calling it a day! Also, other than profile hits, I'm not sure doing free chat actually results in more shows for me. They get the chit chat for free and don't bother to go to paid. Anyone else find this?
DancesWithSloths
12-10-2016, 03:26 AM
^^I keep crunching data on this, and my earnings *per hour* in free chat are bigger, but that's only if I disregard all the other stuff I can do while I'm in paid-only. In the last 2 months, I've designed and built most of a personal site, launched a whitelabel, spinned up my social media, written a bunch of articles I got paid for, etc etc etc - all the stuff with a long-term pay-off, and all while logged into AW and indy sites. And I still hit my daily goals for the most part.
That said, when I split with SM, I'll do free on AW too, because I may as well.
Rubyfloozy
12-10-2016, 04:23 AM
Anyone camming over crimbo? I have no plans Xmas day, so I'm thinking of going online. I've only been camming since January, so no idea what AW will be like Xmas day. Got a feeling it will be much the same as any other day. Might be a good time to blag tips though!
sexysusie
12-10-2016, 04:24 AM
I only use free to encourage sign ups and therefore referral payments :)
Classy_Katy
12-10-2016, 05:19 AM
I really need to get my head around doing more free chat. I just find it so draining! Then I end up just feeling like unplugging my cam altogether and calling it a day! Also, other than profile hits, I'm not sure doing free chat actually results in more shows for me. They get the chit chat for free and don't bother to go to paid. Anyone else find this?
It can be draining but it does improve my income. I don't sit looking at my cam screen all the time, I have another laptop in front of me and busy myself on there, just turning to look at them when I need to. Unless I'm really busy, I will sometimes go into paid only and then back into free again. Doing "now you see me, now you don't", can bring in some extra pennies too.
Rubyfloozy
12-10-2016, 05:29 AM
What's "now you see me, now you don't"?
SylvySinclair
12-10-2016, 07:01 AM
What's "now you see me, now you don't"?
i suppose in and out of free chat.
Classy_Katy
12-10-2016, 07:27 AM
As I said..."I will sometimes go into paid only and then back into free again."
Rubyfloozy
12-10-2016, 07:49 AM
Ah I thought maybe it was some kind of game hehe
LouSexy
12-11-2016, 05:37 PM
Do any of you live anywhere where your landlord tells you not to smoke/live in a no smoking house? I've recently moved and my landlord doesn't allow smoking in this house, which is really annoying since whilst being on cam tonight I've potentially lost a couple of smoking fetish customers. How do you get around this? Any good recommendations for herbal cigarettes that won't stink up the house? Or should I just do it and mask it as much as I can? Smoke is really hard to get rid of and I don't really want to smoke real ones. But I think I'm losing too many potential customers :(
sexysusie
12-11-2016, 05:56 PM
Tell them sorry i can't do smoking shows? Or do them outside. Plenty more fish in the sea without worrying about losing those guys. You don't have to do EVERYTHING guys ask for you know, just what you want to do x
LouSexy
12-11-2016, 06:21 PM
Thanks :) yeeah I know but a few guys I've had smoke for have paid really well. Just seems a shame to miss out on them since I'm not really that much of a high earner. Thanks for the words of encouragement though :)
seicento
12-11-2016, 06:23 PM
Do any of you live anywhere where your landlord tells you not to smoke/live in a no smoking house? I've recently moved and my landlord doesn't allow smoking in this house, which is really annoying since whilst being on cam tonight I've potentially lost a couple of smoking fetish customers. How do you get around this? Any good recommendations for herbal cigarettes that won't stink up the house? Or should I just do it and mask it as much as I can? Smoke is really hard to get rid of and I don't really want to smoke real ones. But I think I'm losing too many potential customers :(
Vape? Is not the same thing but some guys love it.
Sally Says
12-12-2016, 01:54 AM
Smoking guys hate vape from my experience!
Teddy_Bear
12-12-2016, 07:03 AM
This site is so up and down like a yo-yo lately some days I jump on for an hour and boom goal met but other days I can be on all day in paid only and hardly make anything, thank god I split cam.
seicento
12-12-2016, 11:07 AM
Smoking guys hate vape from my experience!
I'm sure some do. But some are ok with vaping. Also there are passionate vapers. I had guys taking me private just to chat about mods and RDA coils lol.
LolaLu
12-12-2016, 03:10 PM
Ruby, Xmas day is either dead or crazy busy! Bear in mind most ppl eat dinner around 2pm xmas day eve - brilliant! I am gutted my mum wants to come this year - I wanted to work. x
Rubyfloozy
12-12-2016, 04:42 PM
Thanks lovely! :-) hoping it will be a very merry Christmas haha!
winnipeg
12-13-2016, 01:34 PM
I keep getting thrown out of jci on and off again. Can anyone shed any light is it my end or jci end?
LolaLu
12-14-2016, 06:40 AM
I keep getting thrown out of jci on and off again. Can anyone shed any light is it my end or jci end?
I had it loads yesterday pm x
Marina Starr
12-14-2016, 05:05 PM
Does 1 credit = 1 dollar?
seicento
12-14-2016, 05:32 PM
1credit=1GBP, Marina
Marina Starr
12-14-2016, 05:35 PM
So that's $1.25US. Thank you :)
1credit=1GBP, Marina
Marina Starr
12-15-2016, 02:14 PM
When you bid for directcam position, do you big 50 or .50? I'm afraid to bid 50 as in 50 credits???
PixiieGirl
12-15-2016, 02:31 PM
When you bid for directcam position, do you big 50 or .50? I'm afraid to bid 50 as in 50 credits???
little, I find like 2 is enough for high up
sexysusie
12-15-2016, 03:13 PM
omg .50 NOT 50 lol
anywhere from .50 - 3.50 depending on how visible you want to be. When there are tons of girls on and in group i actually pay less for positioning as it's not worth it, and just do free instead x
Marina Starr
12-15-2016, 04:32 PM
I'm using versoft cam splitter, logitech webcam C920 for audio, the guys say they cannot hear me. I have the audio bar dragged all the way to the right on justcamit. Anyone know what caused?
Magical_Hoohah
12-15-2016, 04:53 PM
^^ This is just a guess, but maybe try going to My Details > Edit Profile, click the "Webcam" tab > click "Edit DirectCam Settings" > look at the second block of options that all start with "I have a microphone...". Make sure they're all checked if you want guys to hear you.
Marina Starr
12-15-2016, 05:05 PM
Everything is checked for audio. Do I have to plug Logitech webcam in the computer USB port? There are like 4 ports and they all fit. I have two 2.0 and two 3.0 USB ports.
^^ This is just a guess, but maybe try going to My Details > Edit Profile, click the "Webcam" tab > click "Edit DirectCam Settings" > look at the second block of options that all start with "I have a microphone...". Make sure they're all checked if you want guys to hear you.
Magical_Hoohah
12-15-2016, 05:49 PM
I think it should be the USB 3.0 port, but I doubt that's what's causing the audio problem. Is everything good under the Audio menu in JustCamIt? Your device is the webcam, not VerySoft or any other splitter, right?