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MissLouiseKay
01-23-2019, 10:50 AM
If you say so https://www.wired.co.uk/article/adult-work-vivastreet-fosta-law
I spoke with Mark Hassell who adultwork took on this year in depth in November about adultwork and the steps they are taking to comply with the Laws. So yes I do say so :)
sexysusie
01-23-2019, 09:05 PM
If you're privy to information no one else is then you can't say something is bullshit now can you. If AW has everything in hand then that's really good to know! I'm not sure how, as backpage couldn't get around fosta/sesta in the US, but as we all know these things take years. So long as AW are around for at least another 3 years I'll be more than happy!
MissLouiseKay
01-24-2019, 04:26 AM
If you're privy to information no one else is then you can't say something is bullshit now can you. If AW has everything in hand then that's really good to know! I'm not sure how, as backpage couldn't get around fosta/sesta in the US, but as we all know these things take years. So long as AW are around for at least another 3 years I'll be more than happy!
I talk to the right people, most people are aware of how nosey I am. But on a serious note I love adultwork and I dont use that many other sites for income so I like to be in the know with credible sources about adultwork and its future.
ROSIECAM
02-09-2019, 01:33 AM
Is it just me or has AW gone right down in webcam? Or do you think being on AW Live as well has made any differents, because its totaly dead for me as i am not a novice.
winnipeg
02-09-2019, 02:10 AM
Is it just me or has AW gone right down in webcam? Or do you think being on AW Live as well has made any differents, because its totaly dead for me as i am not a novice.
Isn't AW live just the new interface? Its still the same thing right?! TBH I don't know as I left around the end of last year when my earnings took a dive. I can't say I liked the changes and thought the live look was dreadful.
LolaLu
02-09-2019, 02:40 AM
I really like the changes. I don't understand what AWLive is all about but I think it's going to become the new interface when the Digital Economy Act and AV come into play. They are the same and if you're on one you'll be on the other
Growlerpussy
02-09-2019, 03:26 AM
I know that some groups are hiring girls like insane. I had a chat with some of the new girls, they're not allowed to decide their own rates, new UK girls in some groups have to accept groupchats for less than £1. Those groups should know better , girls with 0 or only a few reviews have a lot of guys checking them out in the beginning. And they should have a way higher rate at the beginning. I'm personally would never join a group only to get a daily pay. After a few weeks those girls won't cam anymore on AW because they don't get no more clients.
winnipeg
02-09-2019, 04:42 AM
I really like the changes. I don't understand what AWLive is all about but I think it's going to become the new interface when the Digital Economy Act and AV come into play. They are the same and if you're on one you'll be on the other
Whats the delay with those changes? Wasn't it March last year? and then Nov last year?
sexysusie
02-09-2019, 05:57 AM
I know that some groups are hiring girls like insane. I had a chat with some of the new girls, they're not allowed to decide their own rates, new UK girls in some groups have to accept groupchats for less than £1. Those groups should know better , girls with 0 or only a few reviews have a lot of guys checking them out in the beginning. And they should have a way higher rate at the beginning. I'm personally would never join a group only to get a daily pay. After a few weeks those girls won't cam anymore on AW because they don't get no more clients.
Those groups do not offer daily pay. The only group that does is the original daily pay/ adultworks finest performers. Don't confuse them.
The low rate groups like the only way is _ etc are well known predators, yet stupid naive college girls keep joining them and aw takes forever to ban them.
miss cleo
02-09-2019, 08:18 AM
Those groups do not offer daily pay. The only group that does is the original daily pay/ adultworks finest performers. Don't confuse them.
The low rate groups like the only way is _ etc are well known predators, yet stupid naive college girls keep joining them and aw takes forever to ban them.
Yes and they dont tell them to hide their faces or anything i feel sorry for these young lasses as they will be fucked a few years from now when they try to get a civvie job. The internet is forever and few people forgive a woman for working in the sex industry it follows them forever.
GeezLouise
02-09-2019, 08:18 AM
Those groups do not offer daily pay. The only group that does is the original daily pay/ adultworks finest performers. Don't confuse them.
That's not true at all. Top shelf and club daily pay are trusted daily pay groups with good reputations and they pay the next day.
sexysusie
02-09-2019, 08:49 AM
That's not true at all. Top shelf and club daily pay are trusted daily pay groups with good reputations and they pay the next day.
You're the only one I've ever heard speak positively of clubdp. Top shelf - If it's not mentioned here or adult work forum (or mentioned negatively) then it is not one you'd need or want to join. A glance at their page on aw shows mostly low rates and members with under 400 feedback. Doesn't exactly invite confidence.
A reminder for anybody new on how to sign up for sites directly and avoid studios - https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?160099-How-to-sign-up-for-sites-directly-to-earn-more-(aka-avoid-studios)
GeezLouise
02-09-2019, 09:02 AM
And you're the only person that says anything nice about colins group. Anyone that's been here long enough knows Colin has a bad reputation.
There are plenty of good things to find about club dailypay.
I was in club daily pay and had great experience. Only reason I left was due to the vat removal now.
Also who cares about feedback? I hardly leave feedback for customers because I just can't be bothered and can think of 100 better things to do with my time. Most guys wont leave you feedback unless you give them feedback first.
sexysusie
02-09-2019, 09:43 AM
I've been on aw and here since 2011 (and never ever had any problems with daily pay), remind me how long you've been around?
The poster mentioned groups with low rates and girls with 0 feedback offering daily pay. I set the record straight that no such groups offer daily pay.
If you want to keep promoting your group go right ahead. At the end of the day no one needs to be in a group.
GeezLouise
02-11-2019, 07:15 AM
This is a new account due to privacy reasons. I've been around long enough to remember Princess Jenny and was here before PhatGirlDynomite became a mod.
You literally said the only group that does daily pay is Colin's group, which isn't true.
Club daily pay is not my group, but I will happily recommend them or Boleyn models to anyone looking for a daily pay provider.
MxtressValleycat
02-11-2019, 08:05 AM
Those groups do not offer daily pay. The only group that does is the original daily pay/ adultworks finest performers. Don't confuse them.
The low rate groups like the only way is _ etc are well known predators, yet stupid naive college girls keep joining them and aw takes forever to ban them.
I don't think it's really fair to call people who are new and don't know any better stupid. A huge part of the problem with the stigma surrounding any kind of sex work is that it can be difficult to find information on who is scummy and who isn't at first if you don't know where to look. We can see that those groups are scams, but we're not someone who is new and trying to find a way to crawl out of a huge amount of debt (which many younger people at university are)
SylvySinclair
02-11-2019, 10:16 AM
I never had issues with Colin, at all. He pays me on time.
MissLouiseKay
02-11-2019, 10:51 AM
And you're the only person that says anything nice about colins group. Anyone that's been here long enough knows Colin has a bad reputation.
There are plenty of good things to find about club dailypay.
I was in club daily pay and had great experience. Only reason I left was due to the vat removal now.
Also who cares about feedback? I hardly leave feedback for customers because I just can't be bothered and can think of 100 better things to do with my time. Most guys wont leave you feedback unless you give them feedback first.
I'm sure she told me once that Colin doesn't charge her for daily pay. I may be wrong. I don't trust colin he's a known ass hole
Kristen_Krystal
02-16-2019, 10:05 AM
Yes and they dont tell them to hide their faces or anything i feel sorry for these young lasses as they will be fucked a few years from now when they try to get a civvie job. The internet is forever and few people forgive a woman for working in the sex industry it follows them forever.
Do most Ladies not show their face on cam? I show mine & I do on my photo's. I've already expierienced being outed in the past & I don't really care anymore who knows what I do but ,I always wondered how many people hide their face on cam like they do in the profile pictures. Whenever I've kept my face off or worn an eye mask, I find my customers are constanly mithering to see my face.
I don't really do much toy show stuff though & I've set up my lighting so that it's good enough to see me clearly on live cam but if thet try to record me it will be poor quality
sexysusie
02-16-2019, 12:36 PM
I do show my face in paid and on my main profile picture when I am online. I take away the face pic when I go offline to cut down on the chances of google crawling and filing that picture . I don't show my face in what I consider 'explicit' vids, like penetration, extreme taboo etc, basically anything I'd be unhappy coming back to bite me in the ass later on! If they're not paying they don't get the luxury of seeing my pretty face, I use it as a draw. I dunno, it's down to each individual. I just came up with some arbitrary 'lines' I didn't want to cross early on in my adult career and have tried to stick to that.
Blonde-Ambition
02-20-2019, 06:25 AM
wow what is going on with AW!? it is absolutely DEAD!
Doing the usual, new pics, vids, pay for positioning, did a featured webcam thing last week, making not difference at all!
hours are passing without anyone coming on cam
anyone else finding it the slowest it has ever been!? xx
Ladybuggie
02-20-2019, 09:16 AM
wow what is going on with AW!? it is absolutely DEAD!
Doing the usual, new pics, vids, pay for positioning, did a featured webcam thing last week, making not difference at all!
hours are passing without anyone coming on cam
anyone else finding it the slowest it has ever been!? xx
Absolutely yes! It's a ghost town at the moment. Not even my regs are showing up. I was starting to think that it was me neglecting the site or something, but it does seem to be a general thing: I see people around lowering their prices and less girls in group than normal at any given time. Not complaining about people's rates going down (we all know what works best for us), just saying that it seems to be a good sign of general slowness. Thank god for splitcamming! xx
Ladybuggie
02-20-2019, 10:13 AM
Ok, so I just got my account deactivated. Trying to keep calm but what the fuck.
They emailed me and told me that :
"You have arrived at this point because you or someone you are obviously associated with has:
- committed credit card fraud or credits laundering
- used still images in DirectCam
- used pre-recorded video in DirectCam
- had more than one profile per person
- shared the same video feed across more than one JustCamIt login/profile
- pretended to offer services (such as Escorting) that you don't
- pretended to be in a different country than you actually are
- pretended to be of a different orientation or sexual preference (e.g. TV/TS) than you actually are), either in your summary or nickname
- attempted to deceive members into paying you funds directly by Western Union, PayPal etc. for services you have no intention of providing
- used an old profile to advertise a new model or used an old profile try and get around the verification system.
- used proxy servers to conceal your true location
- created a new profile to avoid paying an advisor fee or left a group under advisor control."
But I have done none of the above. The only new thing I just did today was use a profile picture in which I am topless, but I have used this one before without any problems, and other similar pics before, yesterday, for example. Is this because of the age verification thing? Has there been any law changes? FUCK
Classy_Katy
02-20-2019, 11:18 AM
You need to go back to them and say you don't know what they're talking about and tell you what the issue is. It's only a problem being topless in your free pics if you've certified to be AV compliant. The only possible issue I can guess at is whether you have that profile pic on another site.
Ladybuggie
02-20-2019, 11:35 AM
You need to go back to them and say you don't know what they're talking about and tell you what the issue is. It's only a problem being topless in your free pics if you've certified to be AV compliant. The only possible issue I can guess at is whether you have that profile pic on another site.
Thanks for your quick reply, Katy!
I did get back to them telling them I've not done any of those things and asking them if the issue is with the picture. I didn't have the AV compliant box checked, I didn't change anything else apart from the pic, and I am very careful not to use AW profile pics on other sites, so I really don't know why they're doing this. I have been suspended and asked to re-verify and prove that I live in the UK before just for being from a "risk country", and for my passport expiring. It's happened 3 times this year already, which is crazy. I also have to pay an "Advisor fee" to the advisor that manages "risky hoes" like me. I'm honestly so fed up with this and with them. AW has no regard for their models at all, specially for their non-British models.
SylvySinclair
02-20-2019, 03:13 PM
i was able to make a new account on aw, and got my first manual escrow on it, i was negative and did shows to pay it since they dont know if they are going to return the creds, now i had a big show and im scared its scam. what with all these manual escrows anyway? anyone knows?
Kristen_Krystal
02-20-2019, 03:41 PM
wow what is going on with AW!? it is absolutely DEAD!
Doing the usual, new pics, vids, pay for positioning, did a featured webcam thing last week, making not difference at all!
hours are passing without anyone coming on cam
anyone else finding it the slowest it has ever been!? xx
Phone chat has practically died for me now on AW so, I'm getting back on cam more often but, I'm finding it very up and down. The days when I could make what I wanted to make in a few hours are well and truely over - I'm putting in about 6 hours on cam to make my goal.
I still believe the site went downhill when AW made the site mobile efficient. Most younger people do use mobiles now but, I believe & it's just my own opinion that because AW is primarily an Escort site with the most of it's traffick coming from a certain punting site - It's main traffic is older men & old people don't like change. Older men have poorer eye site and because of this they don't watch cam on a mobile device - they use a proper laptop.
I'm going to start making some little clips this year - Do you find it worthwhile than making clips Blondie. Do they sell ok? Hope you don't mind me asking.
Ladybuggie
02-24-2019, 06:00 AM
So yeah, in the end you were right, Classy_Katy, AW says that the picture I used was used elsewhere on the internet, but of course they've shown me no proof of it. I am suspended until the 6th of March, and they'll inform me of their "final decision" then. I am SO pissed off, since I am 100% certain that I only used that pic on AW. I also watermark my pictures, so don't know what else to do.
Has anyone who has had this happen to them successfully got their accounts back? Also, does anyone have any advice to reduce the possibilities of this happening again? (Like, should I use specific AW watermarks? Should I take new pictures and discard all my old ones? ...)
Thanks! This is a nightmare.
Classy_Katy
02-24-2019, 06:36 AM
That's really awful, I would ask them for proof. Also, search that photo yourself and see where else it is being used, someone else may have downloaded it and using it...I think someone else here has mentioned that happening to them.
Classy_Katy
02-25-2019, 01:37 AM
I downloaded the new Logitech software recently and it's changed things with respect to justcamit too...if I have my image size set as 1280 x 720 as I normally do, I get an FPS of only 10! I've had to reduce it down to 800x448 to get an FPS of 30 again. I don't see why the new software should have done this, very annoying! I'm having to use new controls for the webcam too, which don't open from justcamit anymore.
Classy_Katy
02-25-2019, 03:15 AM
5 pages of girls by 10am and my usual positioning moves me from green/yellow to red...wow...no wonder so many are finding AW dead this month!
Blonde-Ambition
02-25-2019, 04:29 AM
yep it has been like that all month katy. soooo many girls on! in the evening, over 700!
it's nuts!
xx
Kristen_Krystal
02-25-2019, 02:29 PM
So yeah, in the end you were right, Classy_Katy, AW says that the picture I used was used elsewhere on the internet, but of course they've shown me no proof of it. I am suspended until the 6th of March, and they'll inform me of their "final decision" then. I am SO pissed off, since I am 100% certain that I only used that pic on AW. I also watermark my pictures, so don't know what else to do.
Has anyone who has had this happen to them successfully got their accounts back? Also, does anyone have any advice to reduce the possibilities of this happening again? (Like, should I use specific AW watermarks? Should I take new pictures and discard all my old ones? ...)
Thanks! This is a nightmare.
I'm wondering if it's got something to do with the watermark that you put on your pic?
A few years ago I asked AW if it would be okay if I watermark my pictures & stream with my AW user name.
I got a reply back from the Webmaster & he/she said that I can only watermark with the name that my business is registered in. They also sent me a link which explained why. Maybe it's the watermark name that appears on another site & that's what's annoyed them - possibly.
Ladybuggie
02-26-2019, 12:26 PM
That's a good point but if that's been the problem, it's SO petty. The name my business is registered in is my real name, so I am NOT gonna use that, obviously. I have no Idea what they want, then, because watermarks are meant to be used to protect ownership and avoid piracy...
Kristen_Krystal
02-26-2019, 02:06 PM
They just don't allow us to do anything that might lead the customer off-site - If the customer googles the name you used in the watermark it might lead the customer to one of your other sites. I'm only guessing as to why they suspended you though.
There is watermark software that goes right through they picture - I used to be on an Escort site that had it. I know it ruins the picture but, that would prevent others from lifting our pictures if it had Adultwork right through the photo. & then we wouldn't feel the need to watermark ourselves because where theirs is now in the corner can easily cut off.
Hope you get it sorted x
Ladybuggie
02-26-2019, 02:31 PM
They just don't allow us to do anything that might lead the customer off-site - If the customer googles the name you used in the watermark it might lead the customer to one of your other sites. I'm only guessing as to why they suspended you though.
There is watermark software that goes right through they picture - I used to be on an Escort site that had it. I know it ruins the picture but, that would prevent others from lifting our pictures if it had Adultwork right through the photo. & then we wouldn't feel the need to watermark ourselves because where theirs is now in the corner can easily cut off.
Hope you get it sorted x
Yeah, but then my watermark is the same as my Adultwork username, but my twitter name and my SM username are a variation of it, so if they google my username they'd find my AW profile most likely? It's just so confusing!
Really hope I get my account back =( Thanks for your input anyway! xx
Ladybuggie
02-26-2019, 02:55 PM
Has anyone ever had a problem with watermarked pictures before? x
Teddy_Bear
02-26-2019, 06:24 PM
Adultwork has really picked up for me since the start of the new year and it is easily eclipsing my Streamate earnings at the moment. I never stream with free chat on Adultwork so this is quite a sad state of affairs but oh well wherever the money comes from doesn't bother me as long as it does come.
Classy_Katy
02-26-2019, 11:07 PM
Has anyone ever had a problem with watermarked pictures before? x
I watermark with my cam name and use it on other sites, so that shouldn't be a problem...they don't want an actual link to another site, so no URLs are allowed. In essence that's your "trading as" name. Noone is going to expect you to watermark with your real name, even if you're registered as self employed in that name.
Kristen_Krystal
02-27-2019, 03:40 PM
I watermark with my cam name and use it on other sites, so that shouldn't be a problem...they don't want an actual link to another site, so no URLs are allowed. In essence that's your "trading as" name. Noone is going to expect you to watermark with your real name, even if you're registered as self employed in that name.
That in't what the webmaster said to me though Katy when I emailed to specifically ask if it would be okay to watermark my photo's and stream with my AW username. He/She sent me a link to an artical from their helpdesk which explained copy right law & it that basicly watermarking with my AW user name would be pointless because it's not a legal name or a trading name unless it's registered with HMRC.
I'm not making it up & that's why I don't WM any of my pics on AW because they said I couldn't do that - so I don't risk it.
Ladybuggie is best of asking her adviser on AW what the issue was & if watermarking is ok for her to do so because they may say somthing different and have different rules if she's not in the UK. Best she do that than risk losing her profile again.
Kristen_Krystal
02-27-2019, 03:57 PM
https://www.adultwork.com/dlgKBArticle.asp?TargetURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eadu ltwork%2Ecom%2FdlgKBSearchResults%2Easp%3FCommandI D%3D1%26Q%3Dcopyright%26T%3D1%26TargetURL%3Dhttps% 253A%252F%252Fwww%252Eadultwork%252Ecom%252FdlgFAQ sNew%252Easp&T=1&Q=copyright&ArticleID=61
Copyright info that Webmaster sent me.
LolaLu
02-27-2019, 06:15 PM
Phone chat has practically died for me now on AW so, I'm getting back on cam more often but, I'm finding it very up and down. The days when I could make what I wanted to make in a few hours are well and truely over - I'm putting in about 6 hours on cam to make my goal.
I still believe the site went downhill when AW made the site mobile efficient. Most younger people do use mobiles now but, I believe & it's just my own opinion that because AW is primarily an Escort site with the most of it's traffick coming from a certain punting site - It's main traffic is older men & old people don't like change. Older men have poorer eye site and because of this they don't watch cam on a mobile device - they use a proper laptop.
I'm going to start making some little clips this year - Do you find it worthwhile than making clips Blondie. Do they sell ok? Hope you don't mind me asking.
That's rubbish. I have mostly younger guys 20's/early 30s that come to me and that's my main client base. I see new guys every day, some older, most are younger.
My clips sell on AW but generally a good clip sale follows me being on cam for a few days or so then having a day off.
LolaLu
02-27-2019, 06:19 PM
yep it has been like that all month katy. soooo many girls on! in the evening, over 700!
it's nuts!
xx
I've been on AdultWork for 5 years and always worked late night. 5 years ago there were 700 odd girls online. Now, there are 700 odd girls online. It's no different. Featuring has gone up yes but natural wastage and new girls coming in are par for course but actually it's a similar amount of girls online.
LolaLu
02-27-2019, 06:21 PM
Adultwork has really picked up for me since the start of the new year and it is easily eclipsing my Streamate earnings at the moment. I never stream with free chat on Adultwork so this is quite a sad state of affairs but oh well wherever the money comes from doesn't bother me as long as it does come.
Yes! Totally the same. I started on SM but make so much more on AW without free chat so don't work SM at the moment.
Kristen_Krystal
02-27-2019, 07:40 PM
That's rubbish. I have mostly younger guys 20's/early 30s that come to me and that's my main client base. I see new guys every day, some older, most are younger.
My clips sell on AW but generally a good clip sale follows me being on cam for a few days or so then having a day off.
Much of AW traffic does come from punting sites & I recently saw a thread on that site where they were discussing their ages & the average age of them was about 75! call my post rubbish if you like - you're entitled to your opinion as I am to mine - No need to be rude about it though.
Most of my customers are 20/30's because I aim my profile at that age group & I also get new customers every time I go on cam - That's not the point though - A lot of them are on mobile devices & are constantly losing connection - can't c2c - etc. And yeah, most of the older guys I cam/IM with seem to use a laptop.
foxirox
03-02-2019, 06:05 AM
Does anyone know how I can block a member on AW? Thanks x
Classy_Katy
03-02-2019, 06:11 AM
Does anyone know how I can block a member on AW? Thanks x
It's on the emails and bookings page, on the right hand side. https://www.adultwork.com/dlgBlockedSenders.asp
SylvySinclair
03-02-2019, 12:45 PM
Has anyone have 2 manual escrows on the row? Like i literally lost 250 pounds in a row! I really am pissed at this point! What with aw having fraudsters right and left?
GeezLouise
03-04-2019, 01:33 AM
I'm sure every camsite has tons of fraudsters and chargebacks.
LolaLu
03-04-2019, 09:24 AM
Has anyone cammed on AW from a Premier Inn?