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Victoria_Gray
11-13-2019, 02:28 AM
They insist on that now I think Victoria. It's a certain amount of minutes on the chatline that you have to complete before they allow new talkers to have a full profile.
It's to prevent people from clogging up the main site with abandoned profiles or those who just want to try and sell content & not actually take any calls.
It does vary though the chat line price - you can earn a little more if you logon at the right time, but once you've completed the required time/minutes you won't have to do the chatline again if you don't want too.
A lot like to use the chatlines alongside their regular lines to boost their earnings so it's an extra little stream of income for those who want it.
If you're already well established on another site somewhere, then it might be worth asking them if you can skip it & send them a link to your other sites - I think TTM also see the Chatline as training & if you can cope with that, then you're more likely to be more successful on the main sites.
Good advice! Thank you! x
Blonde-Ambition
11-19-2019, 08:00 AM
It is getting progressively worse!
i thought last week was bad but this week is an absolute joke!
on 4 sites and it is DEAD across the board!
sexysusie
11-19-2019, 02:45 PM
I've had a similar experience. One exceptionally great nite on sm, a whale on nf which is the most I've had on there in a couple of weeks, and aw has been consistently sloooowww. The customers i do have spend but I'm getting very few new ones. Meanwhile there are 5 rows of group all at below £1.5. I think the studios are taking over. It's mainly down to the customers now coming direct theough the new aw live page and only seeing a picture and your group rate. Naturally the studio girls get more traffic this way, spend longer in group, and therefore attract more customers in a self perpetuating cycle. Unless you're bringing in your own customers from outside AW things are only going to get harder.
Victoria_Gray
11-19-2019, 07:49 PM
Unless you're bringing in your own customers from outside AW things are only going to get harder.
That seems to be the sad reality.
I was on the TTM thread before and people were complaining about that platform and how it used to be better. I feel like all the platforms have sort of had their day. Not a great time to be coming into this perhaps...
Arwen25
11-20-2019, 02:39 AM
I actually don't think that, Victoria! I'd say it's definitely harder now; and the average cammer cannot do really well unless they split their feed over multiple chat sites.
Monday I caught a whale through SkyPrivate for instance, and then topped it off through AW and my other sites which were admittedly a little quiet.
I don't like to moan about rates as I am very much a "do what works for you and mind your own f*cking business" sort of person. But these low rates on AW are really hard to see. Some of these girls are absolutely gorgeous and I am sure very good at what they do. But I don't feel like guys should be getting shows for peanuts - they don't deserve it, they should pay for this luxury. And like was mentioned on the previous page; guys are coming in and seeing these cheaper girls in group and just going with them as they're very visible. There is one group in particular I am sure you all will have noticed and they've got girls on rock bottom rates and they're taking a big cut too. I hate it!
Anyway, good luck Victoria, I am sure you can be successful in this. It takes a lot more effort than some girls expect, but the rewards can be amazing:)
Victoria_Gray
11-20-2019, 03:05 AM
I actually don't think that, Victoria! I'd say it's definitely harder now; and the average cammer cannot do really well unless they split their feed over multiple chat sites.
Monday I caught a whale through SkyPrivate for instance, and then topped it off through AW and my other sites which were admittedly a little quiet.
I don't like to moan about rates as I am very much a "do what works for you and mind your own f*cking business" sort of person. But these low rates on AW are really hard to see. Some of these girls are absolutely gorgeous and I am sure very good at what they do. But I don't feel like guys should be getting shows for peanuts - they don't deserve it, they should pay for this luxury. And like was mentioned on the previous page; guys are coming in and seeing these cheaper girls in group and just going with them as they're very visible. There is one group in particular I am sure you all will have noticed and they've got girls on rock bottom rates and they're taking a big cut too. I hate it!
Anyway, good luck Victoria, I am sure you can be successful in this. It takes a lot more effort than some girls expect, but the rewards can be amazing:)
Do tell me about these rewards! I am having a bit of a slow week and could do with some inspiration rn.
sexysusie
11-20-2019, 05:41 AM
Do tell me about these rewards! I am having a bit of a slow week and could do with some inspiration rn.
Exceeding your high goal in an hour, just one guy meeting your entire monthly or yearly bills in one or a few sessions, tips for nothing in return, passive income, the freedom to work when you desire and build a business exactly how you want to, using skills you'd never get to use elsewhere (or certainly not be paid for!) - despite the slow days, the frustration, the problems with platforms/payment methods etc that crop up, camming still rocks x
PixiieGirl
11-20-2019, 06:08 AM
does AW still work on the whole, pricing for videos being done by size of the file type thing? Im thinking of dusting off my AW profile and using it for clips and IM when I cant be camming on SM x
Classy_Katy
11-20-2019, 08:30 AM
does AW still work on the whole, pricing for videos being done by size of the file type thing? Im thinking of dusting off my AW profile and using it for clips and IM when I cant be camming on SM x
Yes, I would do that. The pricing is more flexible than it used to be.
PixiieGirl
11-20-2019, 10:46 AM
Yes, I would do that. The pricing is more flexible than it used to be.
ok great :) I hated having to upload super low quality clips so it wasnt too pricy
Victoria_Gray
11-20-2019, 04:41 PM
Exceeding your high goal in an hour, just one guy meeting your entire monthly or yearly bills in one or a few sessions, tips for nothing in return, passive income, the freedom to work when you desire and build a business exactly how you want to, using skills you'd never get to use elsewhere (or certainly not be paid for!) - despite the slow days, the frustration, the problems with platforms/payment methods etc that crop up, camming still rocks x
I am not camming atm, just doing phone and audios. But, this is all still relevant. Needing this. Thank you!
Kristen_Krystal
11-20-2019, 09:06 PM
I've had a similar experience. One exceptionally great nite on sm, a whale on nf which is the most I've had on there in a couple of weeks, and aw has been consistently sloooowww. The customers i do have spend but I'm getting very few new ones. Meanwhile there are 5 rows of group all at below £1.5. I think the studios are taking over. It's mainly down to the customers now coming direct theough the new aw live page and only seeing a picture and your group rate. Naturally the studio girls get more traffic this way, spend longer in group, and therefore attract more customers in a self perpetuating cycle. Unless you're bringing in your own customers from outside AW things are only going to get harder.
This is exactly what I hate about the AW live site - I hate that I feel like I have no option but to offer grp if I want to get seen & get shows.
Before AW live I only did pvt shows & overall I made more money than I do now doing both grp & pvt.
I'm finding Phone chat has pretty much dried up on AW & I'm not about to go out of my way to promote a site that takes more than 30% of my earnings & doesn't even follow me back on Twitter! What's all that about? They follow people & promote people that don't even work on the site. They should be following & re-tweeting as many as they reasonably can that work on their site & not just a select few.
I might try offering 1 credit non- nude grp shows & see if I get busier in grp that way - tbh I don't think it will make much difference. Its pvt were I make my money on there never grp.
In the New Year, I'm going to be trying out a token site - I never thought I'd want to work on one but I'm actually looking forward to trying one & I'll just do one day a week on AW & hopefully I'll be nicely kept busy on that one day.
Victoria_Gray
11-20-2019, 09:20 PM
I'm finding Phone chat has pretty much dried up on AW & I'm not about to go out of my way to promote a site that takes more than 30% of my earnings & doesn't even follow me back on Twitter! What's all that about? They follow people & promote people that don't even work on the site. They should be following & re-tweeting as many as they reasonably can that work on their site & not just a select few.
It's weird, right!? Even if you tweet them, they just ignore you. It's like ah... aren't we business partners!? Aren't you sending dudes to forums to ask AW girls for advice on how to improve your site?
Sadly, they are one of my big earners - when I can earn on there - I keep hoping I'll find a unicorn site where I can move and make more then just go down to the odd day here and there, but outside of camming, I am unsure that I can do that just now.
Kristen_Krystal
11-20-2019, 09:45 PM
This is the problem @Victoria - they don't really have any rivals. You mainly phone chat & there's just not really much choice about for phone chat. I don't know why because phone chat is a popular choice for lot of guys.
They did use to be a site that launched Adult fairground I think it was called - very similar name & layout, but I think it's gone now. There's definitely a shortage of decently paying phone chat site in the UK.
Ther's lots of texting sites, but they don't seem to want to accept providers from outside the US & Canada, which is a shame
sexysusie
11-20-2019, 09:48 PM
Aw do not care about models, only a few who they give a platform to. they've always been this way.
Bargain basement group rates isn't the answer though - all you're doing then us joining the race to the bottom. When sites like upwork and people per hour allowed 3rd world countries to register and ask for as little as $1 for writing jobs, freelance writing income nosedived from one of the most lucrative gigs in the world, to one where it's hard for most westerners to make minimum wage unless they work for big companies. This is where camming is going. Don't hurry it along! Have said it before, models need to bring in traffic from outside and channel it to the sites they want to work through. If he's coming from your social media, he's probably going to come straight to you despite who's on the first page, if he's coming from your website or a specific set of keywords on google he almost definitely will!
I don't know how many of you have noticed but the AW insider site have published a range of tutorials on marketing and making the best of your profiles (please IGNORE the recommendation about rates as that is a decade old!), the info on there is solid. I haven't properly updated any of my cam sites in a loong while, so along with this info and the other i have from paid sources, i am planning a complete do-over for next week.
We could make it a challenge. Who's with me?
I plan to:
Make over (hair, nails, brows, lips, botox, new makeup)
Determine my new USP, customer avatar, and business goals
Set up my new rgb flashlights and acoustic foam panels for my studio room
Take all new pictures
A range of intro videos for all my sites
Finish and publish my website that I've been sitting on for nearly a year
Publish at least 10 seo rich blog posts on it on fetishes/things i want to attract customers for
Rewrite all my profiles with seo rich copy
Set up my mailing list
What's yours?
Victoria_Gray
11-20-2019, 10:21 PM
This is the problem @Victoria - they don't really have any rivals. You mainly phone chat & there's just not really much choice about for phone chat. I don't know why because phone chat is a popular choice for lot of guys.
They did use to be a site that launched Adult fairground I think it was called - very similar name & layout, but I think it's gone now. There's definitely a shortage of decently paying phone chat site in the UK.
Ther's lots of texting sites, but they don't seem to want to accept providers from outside the US & Canada, which is a shame
UGH. It's so annoying!
I am in Australia, and it's worse than being in the UK for these things.
As Suzy said, they open up to developing countries and suddenly the prices drop, because they don't have the same cost of living we do. I've had regs on AW tell me they won't see me anymore because someone in Eastern Europe will talk for half the price or whatever. They get that westerners can't live on that, but our business isn't their problem.
Also, a side note... when I was looking at cam, I had a look in a couple rooms and there was this couple fooling around speaking Hungarian, and I was like... huh? They're not even speaking English for their (mostly US) viewers... :S
Victoria_Gray
11-20-2019, 10:24 PM
We could make it a challenge. Who's with me?
I plan to:
Make over (hair, nails, brows, lips, botox, new makeup)
Determine my new USP, customer avatar, and business goals
Set up my new rgb flashlights and acoustic foam panels for my studio room
Take all new pictures
A range of intro videos for all my sites
Finish and publish my website that I've been sitting on for nearly a year
Publish at least 10 seo rich blog posts on it on fetishes/things i want to attract customers for
Rewrite all my profiles with seo rich copy
Set up my mailing list
What's yours?
I notice that none of these are financial goals... can my goals be financial? I realize as I ask this that for me to reach those goals I am going to have to reach other goals in the meantime, and change many things, but yeah, my goals are mostly financial.
I would like to gross $1,100 AUD pw consistently from phone and audio sales so I can make this my main line of income. I would like to do this before February 1st 2020.
Kristen_Krystal
11-20-2019, 10:50 PM
Aw do not care about models, only a few who they give a platform to. they've always been this way.
Bargain basement group rates isn't the answer though - all you're doing then us joining the race to the bottom. When sites like upwork and people per hour allowed 3rd world countries to register and ask for as little as $1 for writing jobs, freelance writing income nosedived from one of the most lucrative gigs in the world, to one where it's hard for most westerners to make minimum wage unless they work for big companies. This is where camming is going. Don't hurry it along! Have said it before, models need to bring in traffic from outside and channel it to the sites they want to work through. If he's coming from your social media, he's probably going to come straight to you despite who's on the first page, if he's coming from your website or a specific set of keywords on google he almost definitely will!
I don't know how many of you have noticed but the AW insider site have published a range of tutorials on marketing and making the best of your profiles (please IGNORE the recommendation about rates as that is a decade old!), the info on there is solid. I haven't properly updated any of my cam sites in a loong while, so along with this info and the other i have from paid sources, i am planning a complete do-over for next week.
We could make it a challenge. Who's with me?
I plan to:
Make over (hair, nails, brows, lips, botox, new makeup)
Determine my new USP, customer avatar, and business goals
Set up my new rgb flashlights and acoustic foam panels for my studio room
Take all new pictures
A range of intro videos for all my sites
Finish and publish my website that I've been sitting on for nearly a year
Publish at least 10 seo rich blog posts on it on fetishes/things i want to attract customers for
Rewrite all my profiles with seo rich copy
Set up my mailing list
What's yours?
Joining a token site is a big challenge for me because I don't like change. I'm going to get myself a tip toy & just do very simple " get me naked type shows " I'm still deciding whether or not to get a wig. I'm a natural ditherer & I've been contemplating the token sites for about 12 months now, so that will be a big change for me & I'm hoping it will make me more money along as being easier because it will less interaction.
I've been simplifying what I do recently & I'm finding being more vanilla is paying off for me.
I already spend far to much time doing pictures - I'm going to start cutting back on the pics & relacing them with some teasy little clips. I've been using my Samsung s3 since 2012 & it's time to replace it & I'll shoot my clips on the new phone.
I'm going to work on my TTM listings next year & I'm going to make a new Twitter for my new token site & hopefully the token site will bring lots of followers to make having an only fans page worthwhile. I won't be having any photo's or media on the token site - the only time they will see me is when I'm live on cam.
I want be able to spend less time online next year if I can & I want to work on getting fitter - I'm going to make the time to go swimming twice a week for an hour each time ;)
Arwen25
11-21-2019, 01:36 AM
Do tell me about these rewards! I am having a bit of a slow week and could do with some inspiration rn.
Sorry for the late reply! Was a bit rushed yesterday. Susie pretty much covered it. I think, for one thing, don't get too stressed about hourly as, for me at least, it's been a one way street to anxiety. What I mean is, the other day I didn't have anything on AW for a few hours, had Skyprivate on in the background and had a $440 dollar show! Before then I'd made about $40 dollars in two hours so not great! Then later I popped in to free and picked up two new paying subs. They're still there, they will still pay. We just have to do a bit more (well, a lot more) work to find them these days!
Arwen25
11-21-2019, 01:53 AM
Aw do not care about models, only a few who they give a platform to. they've always been this way.
Bargain basement group rates isn't the answer though - all you're doing then us joining the race to the bottom. When sites like upwork and people per hour allowed 3rd world countries to register and ask for as little as $1 for writing jobs, freelance writing income nosedived from one of the most lucrative gigs in the world, to one where it's hard for most westerners to make minimum wage unless they work for big companies. This is where camming is going. Don't hurry it along! Have said it before, models need to bring in traffic from outside and channel it to the sites they want to work through. If he's coming from your social media, he's probably going to come straight to you despite who's on the first page, if he's coming from your website or a specific set of keywords on google he almost definitely will!
I don't know how many of you have noticed but the AW insider site have published a range of tutorials on marketing and making the best of your profiles (please IGNORE the recommendation about rates as that is a decade old!), the info on there is solid. I haven't properly updated any of my cam sites in a loong while, so along with this info and the other i have from paid sources, i am planning a complete do-over for next week.
We could make it a challenge. Who's with me?
I plan to:
Make over (hair, nails, brows, lips, botox, new makeup)
Determine my new USP, customer avatar, and business goals
Set up my new rgb flashlights and acoustic foam panels for my studio room
Take all new pictures
A range of intro videos for all my sites
Finish and publish my website that I've been sitting on for nearly a year
Publish at least 10 seo rich blog posts on it on fetishes/things i want to attract customers for
Rewrite all my profiles with seo rich copy
Set up my mailing list
What's yours?
YASSSSSSSSS queen! I am getting botox as a preemptive measure in the New Year. I get lip fillers about three times a year - best investment ever for me and has definitely helped with earnings. They still look very natural as I don't overfill and they're still at a point where they look like they might be "mine" lol. (feel free to dm me about this if you want advice about where I go etc)
What do you girls do for your nails? I've got shellac gel mix on mine atm; I've found it to be slightly less damaging than acrylics
Love your ideas Susie. I need to get a site sorted. The boyfriend is a developer so I need to take advantage of that.
I digress.
- Make a database of GIFs and Teaser videos (these do well on Twitter and I think they work well for promotion)
- Keep working on SM and hustling US clients
- Do free at least an hour a day (spread out on AW. It DOES sometimes work to bring in new customers as I found yesterday. These guys had been members on the site a year and hadn't seen me before.
- Start a blog on site and start linking to it frequently on Twitter
- Work out how to do clips with a beautify filter (any suggestions for this?)
- Get some clips out there and get started (this is a mental block for me and I resent losing paid time on cam but I've got to build that income stream)
- Working sodding Niteflirt out once and for all!!
MxtressValleycat
11-21-2019, 06:19 AM
I'm actually having a really good month on AW. September and October were dead for me and I put it down to Brexit uncertainty amongst viewers, but it's livened right back up for me now.
Arwen25
11-21-2019, 12:36 PM
It's great to hear you're doing well!
Have a had a busy one tonight with new guys as well as old customers. Text chat and wishlist purchases too. And no free chat - woop!
I'm working a different time of day as well so that's probably part of it. But there could be some traffic coming in here. :)
Hi. I am new on AW and a little dizzy about the platform. Seems complicated to me. I am a PSO. No cam. Can I make money on AW? I would appreciate your opinion and advice. Thank you very much.
Victoria_Gray
11-21-2019, 11:02 PM
Hi. I am new on AW and a little dizzy about the platform. Seems complicated to me. I am a PSO. No cam. Can I make money on AW? I would appreciate your opinion and advice. Thank you very much.
I do phone on AW and make money, I find that it is very feast and femine on there though, and it's good to sign up for a few sites for this reason.
phone has died in the last few weeks...
Yes, I saw this. Why do you think this happened? I did not find any explanation.
sexysusie
11-22-2019, 12:18 PM
Aw isn't really known as a phone chat site in the same way as say niteflirt or talktome. Phone calls really came as a side effect of guys browsing the site for escorts and seeing our profiles offering phone. Now that they're not reading profiles so much any more as they're coming through the aw live/streamate type front page, there are less of them noticing that phone is an option probably.
Also phone has never been as popular as cam so it could be that austerity and uncertainty over Brexit are making guys less likely to spend on phone, where there is no chance of meeting the model.
Kristen_Krystal
11-23-2019, 06:48 PM
For me, phone & IM are generally less busy than cam, but I'm more likely to get longer sessions on phone & IM than I am on cam. I've lots of guys in the past spend hours on a phone call & a few weeks ago I had my longest session ever on IM that lasted about 8 hours if not longer. So, it is possible to make decent money without camming - I think a lot of it comes down to luck & just being online at the right time for when that quality guy comes along. Unfortunately, good regular spenders are few and far between on AW, but they are out there.
Carmel57
11-24-2019, 12:17 PM
Adultwork has died for me in the last few months. Before that I did ok, enough to keep me happy. Then bam, a shutter came down, and nothing, dead as the proverbial. This past week I reluctantly started doing free chat again, vowed I wouldn’t but there you go, vows mean nothing in this life.
And, oh my god they are coming out of the woodwork. Like cockroaches though, a culling was needed. This week on AW I have something resembling a decent income.
fetishqueen
11-24-2019, 04:26 PM
For me, phone & IM are generally less busy than cam, but I'm more likely to get longer sessions on phone & IM than I am on cam. I've lots of guys in the past spend hours on a phone call & a few weeks ago I had my longest session ever on IM that lasted about 8 hours if not longer. So, it is possible to make decent money without camming - I think a lot of it comes down to luck & just being online at the right time for when that quality guy comes along. Unfortunately, good regular spenders are few and far between on AW, but they are out there.
Can I ask please those ladies who offer both directcam and IM, do you get guys moaning when you are logged in to IM that they want to cam with you? Or is it a different kind of customer?
And also do you charge less than your directcam rate? I'd love to offer IM because if they can't see me I can be on the sofa in my PJ's instead of posing in my lingerie! :D
CatBBW
11-24-2019, 05:02 PM
Can I ask please those ladies who offer both directcam and IM, do you get guys moaning when you are logged in to IM that they want to cam with you? Or is it a different kind of customer?
And also do you charge less than your directcam rate? I'd love to offer IM because if they can't see me I can be on the sofa in my PJ's instead of posing in my lingerie! :D
IM is always cheaper than cam as far as I have seen browsing the listings; AW guys (in my experience) would never pay £3 per min for just text chat.
I've never had an IM customer wanting to cam instead, but that's just my experience again.
sexysusie
11-24-2019, 05:06 PM
Can I ask please those ladies who offer both directcam and IM, do you get guys moaning when you are logged in to IM that they want to cam with you? Or is it a different kind of customer?
And also do you charge less than your directcam rate? I'd love to offer IM because if they can't see me I can be on the sofa in my PJ's instead of posing in my lingerie! :D
Yes and it is SUPER frustrating! I generally only put IM on now if I'm having a slow night and got sick of cam, or if I'm done for the night and just want to collect a few more quid. There is ALWAYS a couple of guys i can guarantee will come in and say 'aww aren't you camming? Will you come onto cam for me?'. I ignore them as i know some guys deliberately do this to piss us off. The ones who do like to chat properly in IM are different, and don't tend to use cam or phone (ime). I would not base your business off IM though, there is very little call for it.
Yes i charge a lot less - 99p - 1.50 as opposed to 3.99/4.99.
Victoria_Gray
11-24-2019, 07:32 PM
For me, phone & IM are generally less busy than cam, but I'm more likely to get longer sessions on phone & IM than I am on cam. I've lots of guys in the past spend hours on a phone call & a few weeks ago I had my longest session ever on IM that lasted about 8 hours if not longer. So, it is possible to make decent money without camming - I think a lot of it comes down to luck & just being online at the right time for when that quality guy comes along. Unfortunately, good regular spenders are few and far between on AW, but they are out there.
An 8 hour session!? NICE! Was he a reg? I think the longest I've had is about 2 hrs with a reg.
Classy_Katy
11-24-2019, 11:16 PM
Can I ask please those ladies who offer both directcam and IM, do you get guys moaning when you are logged in to IM that they want to cam with you? Or is it a different kind of customer?
And also do you charge less than your directcam rate? I'd love to offer IM because if they can't see me I can be on the sofa in my PJ's instead of posing in my lingerie! :D
It's a different kind of customer but some don't realise you are only doing IM and expect it to be cam...quite funny when they keep coming in and out then ask why they can't see you. Then you can suggest they watch your movies instead.
Definitely less than my directcam rate. They're not seeing me and it's slower to type than being visual.
Kristen_Krystal
11-25-2019, 01:57 AM
Can I ask please those ladies who offer both directcam and IM, do you get guys moaning when you are logged in to IM that they want to cam with you? Or is it a different kind of customer?
And also do you charge less than your directcam rate? I'd love to offer IM because if they can't see me I can be on the sofa in my PJ's instead of posing in my lingerie! :D
I do charge less for IM than cam yes. Atm I charge 1.49 for pvt IM . I find that the IM guys seem to prefer that over cam & on occasion, I'll get a cam guy pop in to ask if I'm camming, but it's never a problem. If they start asking for cam then I'll suggest a 1-way cam & I had two guys go for that last week - I did a special 1-way offer at 1.4 a min for them & I made a decent amount just from those two.
Sometimes I get guys that start with IM & finish off with a phone chat.
If I'm honest I made a lot more money when I charged 90-1.09 a min for IM. I was very busy at that rate for quite a time & I had a few regs & then I got a regular who basically killed it by being in room every night at peak times, so I lost a lot of regs because they just couldn't get in to chat & that's why I raised my rate, but back then I was making plenty doing IM & phone that I didn't need to cam. So, yes you can make good money on it & it gets overlooked I think in favour of cam.
Kristen_Krystal
11-25-2019, 02:03 AM
An 8 hour session!? NICE! Was he a reg? I think the longest I've had is about 2 hrs with a reg.
He has become quite regular. That was our first-ever chat. I've been camming with him too & he's lovely - really chilled. Could do with a few more like him.
You can often get 1 - 2 hour chats on IM & it's nice when you get a guy that you can relax with, the time flies & you can sit there in your pj's with no makeup with a brew - it's good - I love IM x
Victoria_Gray
11-25-2019, 04:27 PM
I do charge less for IM than cam yes. Atm I charge 1.49 for pvt IM . I find that the IM guys seem to prefer that over cam & on occasion, I'll get a cam guy pop in to ask if I'm camming, but it's never a problem. If they start asking for cam then I'll suggest a 1-way cam & I had two guys go for that last week - I did a special 1-way offer at 1.4 a min for them & I made a decent amount just from those two.
Sometimes I get guys that start with IM & finish off with a phone chat.
If I'm honest I made a lot more money when I charged 90-1.09 a min for IM. I was very busy at that rate for quite a time & I had a few regs & then I got a regular who basically killed it by being in room every night at peak times, so I lost a lot of regs because they just couldn't get in to chat & that's why I raised my rate, but back then I was making plenty doing IM & phone that I didn't need to cam. So, yes you can make good money on it & it gets overlooked I think in favour of cam.
I've had the guy keeping me busy in peek times and no-one else able to get in before too. It's nice for the money until others are messaging you complaining.
I used to charge the same amount for private or group, then I upped my private rate. That guy disappeared but now most guys go in group then are occasionally interrupted by my having to answer someone else who came into group to just say hi or whatever. I don't think they mind, they just keep talking as if the other guy wasn't there.
Victoria_Gray
11-25-2019, 04:27 PM
He has become quite regular. That was our first-ever chat. I've been camming with him too & he's lovely - really chilled. Could do with a few more like him.
You can often get 1 - 2 hour chats on IM & it's nice when you get a guy that you can relax with, the time flies & you can sit there in your pj's with no makeup with a brew - it's good - I love IM x
Yepp, sitting there with a cup of tea or relaxing into a fair chill conversation. It can be very nice!
Kristen_Krystal
11-28-2019, 06:18 AM
I rarely offer group because usually what I find happens is the first guy tends to leave when someone else comes in. The idea is it's supposed to be a group activity ;)
It's all about balancing & not being too overpriced to deter the longer sessions & not being too underpriced in case you get someone that really likes chatting to the point you lose all your other regular callers.
Arwen25
11-28-2019, 07:30 AM
I am so rubbish at group too!
It's not a hustle I have been able to get the hang of at all! And I think I am more than decent at this overall. They all have their kinks and turn ons and I'm not into large toys and rarely do cumshows so it probably just makes it worse! I figure some girls who do largely domination-type shows and role plays have some success in group but I have noooo idea how they pull it off!
I think it's happened twice that I've had two guys watch for more than a couple of minutes. It's annoying!
I've never had a group show request on Direct IM and don't usually offer them. But then I keep IM very moderate compared to my cam prices so guys do come private. x
Kristen_Krystal
11-28-2019, 08:49 AM
I prefer just doing Private shows on AW cam too. I made much more money in the past just offering Private. I feel with the new mobile site layout prioritizing Group that I have not much choice to offer it if I want to get seen, but my Groups tend to be one guy & lots of peepers.
I've never tried doing a pre-booked TV show though - Maybe those work better for Group, but I'm the same I don't like to show more than topless because of all the peepers.
fetishqueen
11-28-2019, 10:00 AM
Thank you ladies, it does seem that it's mostly different customers on IM compared to cam, I may have to try it!
I completely agree regarding group chat, I've always offered both but I'm sure I've made much more overall from private. I can't get them to stay side by side in group either! I have a rare one that might chat with another guy in group but it's very few and far between. I get the same where one guy might chat a while then if another guy comes in and starts to chat, first guy goes. I'm sure they are just trying to get a pvt at a group rate though. What I like about group is that fact you go to the top of the page so I wouldn't just do private for that reason.
Bubbleandsqueek
11-28-2019, 02:16 PM
Does anyone have a suggestion for a mobile phone network (other than sky) that allow the receipt if over 18 texts? I’ve tried to verify my mobile and because I’m with sky I can’t do it! Thanks girls xx
sexysusie
11-28-2019, 05:31 PM
I've been fine with three and vodafone. There shouldn't be an issue with any provider, you just call and ask them to remove any adult barring.
Classy_Katy
12-05-2019, 11:04 PM
I hope everyone finds time to vote next week...this election is absolutely crucial!
Blue-Velvet
12-07-2019, 06:25 AM
Just throwing this out there as I mostly do phone chat and IM...are there any British-based phone chat sites that are worth joining? All of the PSO sites seem based in America. Outside of AW, I don't know of any British sites that aren't the ones that pay pennies and require you to work specific shifts like an employee.
sexysusie
12-07-2019, 08:41 AM
Nope. They are all regulated by the phone paid services authority and overseen by ofcom and have an upper limit of about £2 per min that can be charged which is why all the uk companies are absolute garbage for serious pso's. They keep 50 - 90% of this. AW isn't in the uk which is how they are able to get around it.
Blue-Velvet
12-07-2019, 10:56 AM
Nope. They are all regulated by the phone paid services authority and overseen by ofcom and have an upper limit of about £2 per min that can be charged which is why all the uk companies are absolute garbage for serious pso's. They keep 50 - 90% of this. AW isn't in the uk which is how they are able to get around it.
Yeah, I assumed there must be something like that. I'm just sick of the majority of my pay coming from the US now that AW has basically turned into a side project for me.
PurpleSquirrel
12-07-2019, 11:07 AM
I'm hitting cams again this evening for the first time since August! Wish me luck!
PurpleSquirrel
12-07-2019, 11:50 AM
Yeah, I assumed there must be something like that. I'm just sick of the majority of my pay coming from the US now that AW has basically turned into a side project for me.
Totally hear you! NF has been my main egg for a wee while now with AW just a side for me whereas once upon a time I did solely AW. Things have changed so much over the last few years :(
sexysusie
12-07-2019, 06:31 PM
I too hate my money coming from the US but i just work sites with daily pay now and sod the % cut. Also just stick to the main sites with traffic, no point hopping around all the new fly by nights or low/no traffic indie sites.