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volatileghost
10-30-2012, 11:39 PM
Twin, I use 5.99/6.99, and I find it works out okay for me.... Better than when I was 3.99/4.99 actually. The fetish guys are willing to pay more for the excl I've found, if you do that kind of stuff.

Missbeth
10-31-2012, 04:43 PM
I ended up going with 5.99 private and 6.99 exclusive. I think having private at 7.99 and exclusive at 5.99 people just look at the private and decided I was too expensive. My earnings went dead until I changed it. I am going to go with what another poster suggested to me and watch who abuses the 30 second rule and then start banning them. Apparently I am better at raising rats than raising rates.
I do this... I Ban EVERYONE who abuses it no matter what. Today I had a guy who has spent about $100 this month on me....he abused it twice(well once he got caught paying at 32s) and he camped in my free chat so I know his computer was working fine so I banned his ass.

MissAdriana
11-04-2012, 08:52 PM
I raised my rates AGAIN - feels like I'm raising them every week? Trying to figure out what works for me. I've been @ 7.99priv/5.69excl for the past week. Only gotten 1 private which is great because I hate trying to read what a bunch of people are saying and do their requests all at once. But I'm not making any *more* money and I have more downtime between shows. I do less than 10 shows a night and I'm not exhausted at the end of it. So far I like this better and am willing to deal with going hours between shows although there are still a few nights when I might want to pull my hair out

edit: UPDATE! After 2 weeks(?) or so of this price I decided that I really don't like the private higher than the exclusive because the guys actually don't know about it until you tell them/take you priv. The first week of this was great but I noticed a huge drop in traffic the 2nd week and virtually no paying customers. So I'm going to back to the higher excl / lower priv format and I'm still looking for my happy medium.

Not sure if it is a psychology thing but I seem to have had more success with rates that end in .4 or .6 rather than .9 anybody else noticed this?

malika29
11-08-2012, 03:46 PM
ok i have had a good read of this thread and although it is mainly for sm girls i feel aw girls could do with a boost too. so aw girls raise your rates. i found it scary when signing up the other day that £2.50 was considered high! maybe if we all start at that and then raise it it wont be seen as high.

XAnastasiaX
11-18-2012, 06:21 PM
Ladies Raise Your Rates!! If they bitch that you are "too expensive" BLOCK them you don't need someone wasting your time. I went up to 4.99/5.99 after debating it for a long time and I have guys all the time who do over an hour with me. I had a guy last night 1 hour 26 minutes mostly talking at 4.99/minute last night and one who did it Monday night for 45 minutes with a 50 dollar tip at 5.99/min. I am a fetish, I have HD fantastic stream, I'm educated and speak fluent English. You are worth it! I assure you someone out there is willing to pay whatever you wish to charge!

ManyRoses
11-18-2012, 07:04 PM
Funny moment - working yesterday, I had a customer come in who RAVED about my rates. He was so stoked about me charging so much....kept going on about how I was worth it, etc etc.

He is one of those guys who has a thing for arrogant women - likes to hear about how I know that I give better head than anyone else, that I am the best in bed EVER, that other women are all ugly and frigid compared to me.....so he actively looks for girls with high rates, because it fits his fantasy of the cocky bitch-goddess. He doesn't spend vast amounts of money, but he always does a short show, and it is pretty much straight up non-nude, just me talking about how awesome I am.

Just an interesting note to people worried that some men will be put off - there are other men that will want you MORE because you are expensive.

Incantatious
11-18-2012, 08:15 PM
^ Haa!! ;D Now that is pretty fucking awesome! Nice one!!

THICKNSWEET
11-20-2012, 04:24 AM
I charge what works for me and what I am comfortable with but every year I give myself a raised.

Sugarmama
12-03-2012, 07:24 PM
So I raised my rates nervous and excited about this i am going to give it 24 hr's to see how it goes.

sweetgapeach
12-03-2012, 07:27 PM
Good Job! If at anyway possible you can, try to give it like two weeks. I am BBW on Streamate also, it took a little while when I raised my rates. And I lost two of my best regulars, but you will get a better quality of new regulars now! I wish you the best of luck!!

BlondebombGA
12-03-2012, 08:59 PM
Agreed. Gotta give it longer than 24 hours to see the real results. Good luck!

ManyRoses
12-03-2012, 09:00 PM
Definitely give it longer than 24 hours! We all know that there are good and bad days in this business, so you really can't judge from just one day!

May I ask what you are going from and to?

Sugarmama
12-03-2012, 09:24 PM
To be honest I can't afford to give it past 24 hr's I have to pay rent wkly so I can't play with my funds to much I went from to 2.64/2.74 to 2.99 to 3.29

ManyRoses
12-03-2012, 09:29 PM
^^^That's such a small jump, that I doubt anyone will even notice!!! You should have NO problems with anyone complaining - definitely not enough to make a dent in the earnings!

I can understand not having a lot of money to play with - but I really don't think that this would absolutely TANK your earnings within a day - you aren't upping your rates to $20 a min! Obviously, do what you gotta do - I would just hate to think of you having a bad day that would have happened no matter what your rates were, and then giving up on upping them again, and losing out in future...

Sugarmama
12-04-2012, 02:09 AM
Girl what a wonderful night thank you so much ladies I am half way my daily gold I can't even begin to explain how I feel right now all of you must have put your super cam goddess powers together for me. You guy's don't know my back story but know there is some trickery going on where I stay right now they are wishing for me to fail. I WILL NOT FAIL I WILL NOT I WILL NOT this to me is a big victory in my heart my little spark is turning into a flame then we will make it into an inferno. weeeeeeeeeeeee

Now I know everyday won't be wine and rose's but as long as it can be T.G.I Fridays and a bourbon n coke 3/4 of the time it will be good. :)




^^^That's such a small jump, that I doubt anyone will even notice!!! You should have NO problems with anyone complaining - definitely not enough to make a dent in the earnings!

I can understand not having a lot of money to play with - but I really don't think that this would absolutely TANK your earnings within a day - you aren't upping your rates to $20 a min! Obviously, do what you gotta do - I would just hate to think of you having a bad day that would have happened no matter what your rates were, and then giving up on upping them again, and losing out in future...

Benefit
12-04-2012, 02:29 AM
I'm so glad it went well for you. I think you should up your rates tomorrow, since tonight went so well. If your custies are willing to pay 2.99, they'll definitely pay 3.99.

Glasses
12-04-2012, 03:35 AM
^^ I thought I would add this. I think it was mentioned before if the price ends .99 that means less questioning, and crying even if it's a higher price.

twistedprincess
12-04-2012, 06:35 AM
^^ I thought I would add this. I think it was mentioned before if the price ends .99 that means less questioning, and crying even if it's a higher price.
I think more camgirls should follow odd even pricing. I remember learning about it back in business classes in school. It is a method of pricing ending in odd numbers as it will increase sales, because people think they're getting a deal.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/odd-even-pricing.html

ManyRoses
12-04-2012, 11:12 AM
I think more camgirls should follow odd even pricing. I remember learning about it back in business classes in school. It is a method of pricing ending in odd numbers as it will increase sales, because people think they're getting a deal.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/odd-even-pricing.html

100%!!!

It's so funny that if a guy in my room asks my price, I will say that they just have to look in the profile, but other guys in the room often tell them for me. Except...they ALWAYS leave out that .99 at the end. Which means that guys quote my rates at $5 and $10...when really it is $6 and $11....small difference, but it really shows something about how they think when they see it.

SarahTime
12-04-2012, 02:37 PM
I think more camgirls should follow odd even pricing. I remember learning about it back in business classes in school. It is a method of pricing ending in odd numbers as it will increase sales, because people think they're getting a deal.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/odd-even-pricing.html

It really is amazing how this works...

I'm also finding out that I get WAY fewer buy ins with a $5 gold show than I do a $4 or even $3 gold show. If I set everything the same and put the cost at $5... I don't make the goal. If I keep it the same and lower it to $3 or $4, I get $50+ past the goal!

I guess because $4 or even $4.99 is not $5 so, wow what a deal! LOL!

space_cowgirl
12-04-2012, 03:13 PM
Just raised mine a little, will report how it goes!

ManyRoses
12-04-2012, 05:06 PM
It really is amazing how this works...

I'm also finding out that I get WAY fewer buy ins with a $5 gold show than I do a $4 or even $3 gold show. If I set everything the same and put the cost at $5... I don't make the goal. If I keep it the same and lower it to $3 or $4, I get $50+ past the goal!

I guess because $4 or even $4.99 is not $5 so, wow what a deal! LOL!

Hmmm..I feel an experiment coming on....I shall do a $4 show tomorrow, and report back on it!

funismymiddlename
12-04-2012, 05:29 PM
after reading this thread I tried raising my price I was scared at first bc it was slow and I had bills to pay but so far so good. I charge 4.49/4.99 I get a lot more exclusives and less cheap 2 min shows. The quality of customers is much better. I used to charge 3.99/4.99. I haven't had any of my regulars complain. After I tone my body a little more I'm gonna charge 4.99/5.49 I can't wait!

Aurora14
12-04-2012, 06:36 PM
So I'm just waiting on my SM account approval. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the default price setting was .99 a min! Very quickly switched that to 3.99/4.99. I think starting at the 'higher' rate will make it easier to raise it in the long run.

I think I'll up the rates each time I can add to my fetish stuff though. Like 4.49/5.49 once my milk comes in and I can do lactating shows and stuff. Then up my rates to 4.99/5.99 when I lose the baby weight and lactate! And once my milk supply dries up (I have a hard time breast feeding) I won't even lower the rates. I'll just deal with the transition between fetish customers and 'normal' customers (If I even have any regulars at that point). I am determined to be a girl that sticks with higher rates.

Now I need to get the courage to turn on the camera. I got approved for MFC yesterday, but chickened out and worked on clips instead. I guess it's time to got look up a newbie encouragement thread!

AliceFun
12-04-2012, 06:39 PM
after reading this thread I tried raising my price I was scared at first bc it was slow and I had bills to pay but so far so good. I charge 4.49/4.99 I get a lot more exclusives and less cheap 2 min shows. The quality of customers is much better. I used to charge 3.99/4.99. I haven't had any of my regulars complain. After I tone my body a little more I'm gonna charge 4.99/5.49 I can't wait!

Same here, i used to charge same like you then decided to go 4.49/4.99 and i get more exclusives too, i think the small difference between private & exclusive makes people decide for exclusive thinking "hmmm, just 50c difference, let's go exclusive and have her all to myself".
I must say i tried 4.99/5.99 and was not working well for me, regs will complain and new ones will say "i am expensive" but now nobody complains.

lala land
12-05-2012, 08:52 AM
ok i have had a good read of this thread and although it is mainly for sm girls i feel aw girls could do with a boost too. so aw girls raise your rates. i found it scary when signing up the other day that £2.50 was considered high! maybe if we all start at that and then raise it it wont be seen as high.
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I so agree with your post! I am starting to love AW but those rates... ugh! I started on 1.40/1.90 and did pretty good, then I went up to 1.90/2.50 and I had a lot of people saying I was so expensive and the pvts just dropped to none.. Maby I should give it more time and build up some regulars and get some more feedback first. But it sucks you have to start so low because there are so may girls on there giving it all away for 0.80.... I would like to be able to charge at least 3.00 for a pvt and still do well...

ManyRoses
12-05-2012, 11:07 AM
Same here, i used to charge same like you then decided to go 4.49/4.99 and i get more exclusives too, i think the small difference between private & exclusive makes people decide for exclusive thinking "hmmm, just 50c difference, let's go exclusive and have her all to myself".
I must say i tried 4.99/5.99 and was not working well for me, regs will complain and new ones will say "i am expensive" but now nobody complains.

Bear in mind that exclusives aren't always "better" just by virtue of being exclusive....

Yes, you lose the 30 sec peepers....but you also have a LOT of downsides.

- Being taken exclusive kicks everyone out of your free chat. So if you get a minute long show, you come back to an empty room, whereas if you do a minute-long pvt, you come back and everyone is still there waiting.
- Guys tend to expect a LOT more - because the standard SM model is that exclusive is where you do rp, fetishes, etc etc. I charge significantly more because I DO significantly more.
- You can only have one guy - great for focusing, sucks for earnings. Again, its why most girls charge a lot more...because you may get $5.99 a min in pvt, but you can have 4 guys watching that show, and then you are making $24 a minute...whereas exclusive is set.

You may have considered those things, but I just though that it was worth mentioning because you seemed super stoked at the idea of more exclusives, when they really aren't gaining you any more money than pvts...

Glasses
12-05-2012, 11:56 AM
I didn't cam for more than a month, and now to celebrate my come back, I raised my rates to 4.99/4.99. I was too lazy to email the support yet, and I don't know how to price my exclusive shows.
I used to have exclusive lower than private, but I decided to change it. I think it was pretty good to learn, because most of the time I only had to focus on one guy in the show, but I came to a point when I want to get MORE because of the reasons ManyRoses listed.

I'm still amazed by the way, I'm very EE and I still didn't have anyone insulting me because of my prices. I only ever had two-three guys saying "oh unfortunately you are a bit expensieve for me" and I just smile and told them "you have to save up then". They were like "yeah". And I also have this broke guy who still sticks to me since being 2.99 he just saves up a bit more between two shows now, but still comes.

Ms.ThaliaBlair
12-05-2012, 01:13 PM
About to start camming in a few weeks and you guys have been so helpful! you all have inspired me to start out at 3.75 for privates and 3.99 for exclusive. I may be new, but I'm still providing a luxury service!

AliceFun
12-05-2012, 05:29 PM
ManyRoses, I offer fetish shows mostly so for me to have a guy in exclusive is ideal cause when about fetishes, they never want the same thing, when they take me private i still offer the same individualized show and the others entering private never stay cause i might model lingerie, nylons, shoes, chat only, whatever, some of my shows are pretty long, i dont do hardcore stuff so everyone will enjoy watching. People come to me cause i can provide specific services and as i said, everyone has different needs.

ManyRoses
12-05-2012, 05:34 PM
ManyRoses, I offer fetish shows mostly so for me to have a guy in exclusive is ideal cause when about fetishes, they never want the same thing, when they take me private i still offer the same individualized show and the others entering private never stay cause i might model lingerie, nylons, shoes, chat only, whatever, some of my shows are pretty long, i dont do hardcore stuff so everyone will enjoy watching. People come to me cause i can provide specific services and as i said, everyone has different needs.

Fair enough - though if you are experienced and providing all fetish, I would really crank up the prices!!

And remember - you may be surprised by how many guys want to watch fetish shows....I do a lot of pvt sessions doing foot/stocking/sock shows with 2-4 people watching, and have some guys that intentionally come into a pvt if they think that I will be doing humiliation sessions, because they like to watch, and then have a more "vanilla" session with me afterwards - some of them are basically building up little fetish bromances in my room!! LOL! And then there are the guys that want humiliation where everyone can see...

If you are really specialized with fetishes and very good/experienced, you can afford to charge more...make ALL the money!

CourtneyRaine
12-05-2012, 07:15 PM
I want to raise my rates! But alas, I can't, as the site I'm on (naked) sets your rate for you and I have no control over that. But what I do need to start doing is raising my goal rate. It's sad because most girls set it at $50 (that's the default but you can raise it manually, I guess most girls don't realize or forget?). I always start my goal at 3x that and a couple of times I've had guys ask why so expensive when almost everyone else charges a third of that? Well, because I'm not willing to do a full show for dozens of freeloaders for $25 my cut ;)

I actually don't like doing public cum shows if the goal is met. I've done them a handful of times when I'm in a crunch and really need fast money but usually I tend to focus on privates instead. I am totally fine with flashes for tips but I actually *don't* like it when the goal is met, as strange as that sounds. I kind of want to raise my goal to $200, assuring it probably won't be met, but I don't want these guys freaking out like "Omg so expensive bb!!!!"

ChompChomp
12-06-2012, 12:19 AM
I L0VE this thread. It has helped me realize how much I really am worth. I work with a studio that starts everyone off at $1.99priv/$2.99exclu and NO ONE has bumped themselves up past $2.99priv, even the girls that have been camming for years and some have great specialized fetishes and regulars for those fetishes. It makes me sick that my studio doesn't encourage us to charge more, and even only charges $2-4 gold shows for their party account. I'm at $3.99/$4.99 now and see how it goes over the next two weeks...I did well at $3.49. I have seen increases in my traffic by 3-5x and while I think less of my time has been spent in private/exclusive now, it evens out and I've built more quality customers. I can't thank SW enough for all of the advice...I wouldn't even know of the "break" button if not for you guys. Saves my VA-JAY-JAY from UTIs like a mo'fo'.

TriXieBaby
12-06-2012, 12:36 AM
My rates are 4.09 premium and 4.99 exclusive. I've been using them from the start..works well with me.

Fridays
12-08-2012, 09:41 PM
. I kind of want to raise my goal to $200, assuring it probably won't be met, but I don't want these guys freaking out like "Omg so expensive bb!!!!"
I guess u have not really read the whole thread and the " please stop being cheap" thread.. cause if u were to read it, ud not feeel they;d freak out anymore.............

let me ask u something.. what do u like alot,, a pocket book, A pair of shoes, a very expensive perfume or whatever.....
u DO say" omg its so expensive, but u will, eventually, do all u can to buy it, Right???/..... RIGHT????????????

RaineyLane
12-08-2012, 10:35 PM
Been doing the MFC thing lately and it's been pretty good for me. SM was really bad with beggars and cheapos the past few times I was on there so I haven't even logged on in a couple weeks. I'm going to try again with higher rates. I was at $3.34/$4.14. Thinking about $4.99/$5.99 maybe even higher. I have been getting more pvts on MFC and that's $6 a minute, so why shouldn't I ask for that on SM?! Right?!

TheBrownFox
12-09-2012, 08:32 AM
I have been getting more pvts on MFC and that's $6 a minute, so why shouldn't I ask for that on SM?! Right?!


Exactly! When guys on SM bitch about my exclusive rate of $5.99, I'm thinking to myself "But on MFC I make you go TRUE private (80 tokens/minute) to see me use a toy, and you're on here complaining about a rate that's cheaper?!" LOL.

hf487
01-24-2013, 04:33 PM
Just raised my Exclusive rate on SM from 4.99/min to 5.99/min and Nobody is complaining :) Makes me a happy girl wish i'd done it months ago! :D Yay
So much more pumped to work!: D

TheBrownFox
01-24-2013, 06:58 PM
Just raised my Exclusive rate on SM from 4.99/min to 5.99/min and Nobody is complaining :) Makes me a happy girl wish i'd done it months ago! :D Yay
So much more pumped to work!: D


I LOVE it when the guys with a 1 or 2 by their name (cuz they've spent on me before) do exclusives without uttering a word about how "expensive" it is. THOSE are the guys I love/appreciate on SM. They don't constantly whine about how much money they're paying you. They just go exclusive and ENJOY it. :)

hf487
02-15-2013, 08:54 PM
Raised again this week from 5.99 to 6.59 and STILL nobody complained~~~ YAY :D

Pearl_Sugar
02-15-2013, 09:04 PM
I upped my rates from 4.49/4.99 to 5.49/5.99 a little while ago now, and I saw a significant increase in earnings vs. the time I was spending in pvt/exc. My only issue is that since then, things have slowed down a bit for me. I'm hoping it'll pick up. I don't think it's because of my rates, but because I'm just not working regular hours and I've been giving up too easily.

kittykrane
02-16-2013, 05:24 PM
For any that are still on IFRIENDS, what's the average going rate on there? I used to charge 3.99- 4.29 per minute back 3 years ago when I was on there. The one time I raised it to 4.99/min, I barely had anyone anymore; however I have no problem getting 4.99/min on SM.

HaydenBlue
02-16-2013, 05:38 PM
I L0VE this thread. It has helped me realize how much I really am worth. I work with a studio that starts everyone off at $1.99priv/$2.99exclu and NO ONE has bumped themselves up past $2.99priv, even the girls that have been camming for years and some have great specialized fetishes and regulars for those fetishes. It makes me sick that my studio doesn't encourage us to charge more, and even only charges $2-4 gold shows for their party account. I'm at $3.99/$4.99 now and see how it goes over the next two weeks...I did well at $3.49. I have seen increases in my traffic by 3-5x and while I think less of my time has been spent in private/exclusive now, it evens out and I've built more quality customers. I can't thank SW enough for all of the advice...I wouldn't even know of the "break" button if not for you guys. Saves my VA-JAY-JAY from UTIs like a mo'fo'.

So happy to hear that ChompChomp! Keep going!

HaydenBlue
02-16-2013, 05:41 PM
I took my own advice, lolololol. Raised again and I'm staying.

I am consistently earning at 5.99/7.99. Found my sweet spot and it is awesome. My placement spiked, and so have my earnings. So now I have bigger goals to pump out!

You are only hindering yourself at low prices bbs! More earnings = higher placement = higher, consistent traffic and spikes your earnings again. Do yourself a huge favor and RAISE.

Pearl_Sugar
02-16-2013, 06:13 PM
I saw HaydenBlue rocking it on the front page, second line earlier before I started working. Get it girl! :D

whirlerz
02-16-2013, 07:02 PM
You know, I thought I had raised mine, & I..did from when I first started. So I went back & raised them again:)

funismymiddlename
02-17-2013, 11:11 AM
eh the past couple of days I had a few cheapos say why do you charge so much. one of them said 5 bucks a min really? uh yes really bitch. Considering my looks and what I offer 5 a min is well worth it. When I drop to 17% body fat im gonna charge 5.99/6.99 . For the most part I make more than before better customers.

~Carmen~
02-17-2013, 12:09 PM
I took my own advice, lolololol. Raised again and I'm staying.

I am consistently earning at 5.99/7.99. Found my sweet spot and it is awesome. My placement spiked, and so have my earnings. So now I have bigger goals to pump out!

You are only hindering yourself at low prices bbs! More earnings = higher placement = higher, consistent traffic and spikes your earnings again. Do yourself a huge favor and RAISE.

You talked me into it bb :D Raised from $3.99/4.99 to $4.99/5.99. I'll let you know how it goes.

HaydenBlue
02-17-2013, 01:31 PM
You talked me into it bb :D Raised from $3.99/4.99 to $4.99/5.99. I'll let you know how it goes.
yay carmen!! let us know! (it will be good! ;) )

LittleLexy
02-17-2013, 01:43 PM
I'm at 7.99 for privates and 5.99 for exclusives. I have only had two cheap ass regulars complain about my increase and I could give a rats ass about them. They were two minute guys anyway. I am going to stay here for awhile. I tell you what though..if I was to get a better internet..I would raise both in the blink of a eye. I put a lot into my shows...they are geared towards what my customer wants 100%. I feel I deserve all that money and I feel I'm very attractive and offer a shining personality. I hate privates because of the 30 second peepers. M husband thought that idea what stupid. I tried to explain that if I got more then just one guy in my privates quite often, then I could see not doing more for privates. I'm not one of those girls that get 5 to 6 guys in my privates each time. I can count on all my fingers how many times that has happened since I started at Streamate in October of 2010. So that one guy that is paying 7.99 can absorb the cost of the 30 second peepers that enter my private show. My price increase hasn't slowed my business down at all..it's about the same. I often wonder why some regulars enter private still and not exclusive...but whatever I guess. LOL If they wanna pay a extra 2.00..I'm not going to complain.