View Full Version : Raise Your Rates - Challenge!
SoloDesire
04-22-2017, 02:45 PM
Yeah, pretty much anytime I find myself getting a horrible attitude and scaring off customers I know I'm not charging enough. It makes me bitter and makes me hate them all...especially when I'm not getting shows at a lower price. So I RAISE THOSE RATES!! Always helps me feel better and gives me a better attitude. In turn, that helps me get more shows even while charging more. IT WORKS!! And now if I go through a slow period I just think to myself, "yeah, these losers can't afford me...but they'll be back ;)".
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
04-22-2017, 04:18 PM
I ain't reading all this wall of text. No I never said eastern Euro should charge less but I do say most of them happen to charge less. I'm commenting that some Americans/UK etc charge so little they don't even get $1 a minute their cut. It costs a fuck of a lot more to live in the US, UK, Australia, western europe than *most* places in eastern Europe with a few exceptions.
if you don't get what I am saying don't rant about it
She ranted about it because what you posted didn't give much insight as to what you meant. And also you changed this your post to include more insight. I'm glad you did but still. She's justified in speaking up.
caramelcraze
04-22-2017, 05:56 PM
Raising my indie rates slowly but surely. It isn't easy, but I make most of my income from it at this point and definitely feel like I've earned the little raise.
sexysusie
04-22-2017, 06:10 PM
Sorry ivy I don't know why I thought that? Full life atm and typing too quick without thinking!!
@Teddy I get mostly exclusives so $14.99 per min they mostly tap out at 10 mins and I get the error message about customer must contact support. I don't work there regularly so most are guys I'm seeing for the first time otherwise I'd be talking them into having their limit lifted :)
Teddy_Bear
04-22-2017, 10:36 PM
@Teddy I get mostly exclusives so $14.99 per min they mostly tap out at 10 mins and I get the error message about customer must contact support. I don't work there regularly so most are guys I'm seeing for the first time otherwise I'd be talking them into having their limit lifted :)
I see where you are coming from Susie I normally just see it as 10 mins is $100 gross so $30 in my pocket and with enough of them a day I make out more than okay. Although when that whale does come along and does 30-60 min shows without the block discount I have nearly fallen off my sofa a few times with shock lol. You should encourage everyone to raise his limit haha I often say 'if you raise your limit you can have me again baby' and the other day a guy wrestled with SM support for half an hour to raise his limit just to go exclusive with me again to run up his limit AGAIN I was quite speechless that day!
Don't believe their bollocks when they say that support are asking them to fax (who faxes anything nowadays?!) info before they can raise their limit either - heard this a few times and I call bullshit because they normally return later and I saw wow that was a quick fax baby LOL.
IvyRose
04-22-2017, 11:50 PM
Don't believe their bollocks when they say that support are asking them to fax (who faxes anything nowadays?!) info before they can raise their limit either - heard this a few times and I call bullshit because they normally return later and I saw wow that was a quick fax baby LOL.
That truly is bs (the fax thing), I had a customeraccount to know how all works on the customers end; I once entered livesupport to up my limit (to see how hard that would be) and it was doubled/tripled without question and within a couple of minutes (from normal limit to 300)
If I can do that, they can too! =)
devildolly
05-01-2017, 11:13 AM
Whoop Whoop! now thats what i'm talkin about! How'd it go??nd if it didn't take off immediatel or the way you hoped don't get discouraged! STAND YOUR GROUND! some of these bargin bin a-holes might be testing you but fuck these cheap bottom feeders- make them rise to YOUR level! The guys you want will pay wahtever!
devildolly
05-01-2017, 11:19 AM
:) Yaaass! You go girl! Stay strong! if you do any thing to access/traumatize your beautiful, anal you can and should charge TOP DOLLA for these ass addicted freaks! also here's a Domme tip - flip the script a bit and tell them"I will play with mine if you play with yours c2c and then start giving them orders how- pretty soon they'll be fucking themselves 90%}:D while you just give instructions and brief demo!}:D
sexysusie
05-01-2017, 08:43 PM
:) Yaaass! You go girl! Stay strong! if you do any thing to access/traumatize your beautiful, anal you can and should charge TOP DOLLA for these ass addicted freaks! also here's a Domme tip - flip the script a bit and tell them"I will play with mine if you play with yours c2c and then start giving them orders how- pretty soon they'll be fucking themselves 90%}:D while you just give instructions and brief demo!}:D
I like your style *sly smile*
SylvySinclair
05-03-2017, 03:06 PM
Today i raised my rates from 2.99 to 3.99 skype, aw, cc, mondo, mfcg and all around. Lets see how it goes.
DonaDiabla
05-04-2017, 08:10 PM
I am raising my rates on Cam Models from 3.99 to 5.99 per min for phone. Wish me luck :)
SoloDesire
06-08-2017, 04:01 PM
Bumping this because I'm getting sick and tired of the 1-2 minute shows with these cheap losers. If they are only going to last for a couple of minutes then it shouldn't matter how much I charge per minute. Over $6/minute all the way bb!! No more cheap minute men!!
seashell
06-12-2017, 04:05 AM
I decided to raise my rates this week on Skype. Going from $3 to $4/min. Hopefully my regs won't ditch me... I need money and I think I have enough experience now.
Alexis_Haze
06-13-2017, 02:49 PM
I'm pretty new, but definitely joining this challenge!! lol
Already annoyed with guys wanting a full show for free, so I'm raising my prices AND wearing more clothing on cam. I don't even plan on getting mostly naked in public chat anymore. If they want to see it they can pay for it $$$
*fingers crossed hhaha!*
Cutie101
06-13-2017, 02:52 PM
I just raised my indy price per minute at $10/min. Men will get a heart attack but fuck them.
Who wants to pay, will pay. I worth it.
AlisonSparks
07-08-2017, 06:21 PM
Sounds good to me. :) I hope this will work on MFC and Chaturbate, too cause I'm so sick of beggars.
SimoneGray
07-16-2017, 11:27 PM
Bumped up my rates by $1 and I am really happy so far.
sexysusie
07-17-2017, 03:16 AM
Awesome that this thread has been bumped. I'm still at £3.99/ £4.99 on AW and raised my price for Skypeshows on MFC to 1000 tokens/10mins, and $9.99/ $14.99 on SM. Still all going well. Being expensive rocks :D
Juliette25
07-17-2017, 07:34 AM
Glad I peeked in here! I'm about to raise my rates A LOT. Sexysusie that's about the prices I was thinking about for sm. I'm glad to see it works for you yay
I want to be making no less than $4.91 per minute in my pocket across the board so all of my rates will reflect this. I'm also jumping from $10 a minute for custom videos to $300 for a 10 minute custom and $5 per additional minute after that.
DancesWithSloths
07-17-2017, 07:51 AM
Always good to see this thread. :) I'm happy with my per-minute rates right now, but last week I raised my gold show goal from $100 to $120. Not a huge rise, but breaking the 100 barrier felt impossible just last year.
sexysusie
07-17-2017, 08:47 AM
Glad I peeked in here! I'm about to raise my rates A LOT. Sexysusie that's about the prices I was thinking about for sm. I'm glad to see it works for you yay
I want to be making no less than $4.91 per minute in my pocket across the board so all of my rates will reflect this. I'm also jumping from $10 a minute for custom videos to $300 for a 10 minute custom and $5 per additional minute after that.
Gotta say, this works for me because i work multiple sites or splitcam. I'm not sure I'd be able to stand it if i was on SM alone at these prices because shows are pretty far and few between. But personally I would rather work less and make (Potentially) more, than work my ass off for the same or less money. Girls who are dedicated to one site only may benefit more from a different method/ price. Having said that I think teddy_bear is now mainly on SM and those same prices work for her. Love the customs increase :D I barely get custom requests anymore but that's fine cause they're a pita.
Juliette25
07-17-2017, 12:57 PM
Gotta say, this works for me because i work multiple sites or splitcam. I'm not sure I'd be able to stand it if i was on SM alone at these prices because shows are pretty far and few between. But personally I would rather work less and make (Potentially) more, than work my ass off for the same or less money. Girls who are dedicated to one site only may benefit more from a different method/ price. Having said that I think teddy_bear is now mainly on SM and those same prices work for her. Love the customs increase :D I barely get custom requests anymore but that's fine cause they're a pita.
I split cam as well. Customs are a pain LOL!
SuperPookie
07-17-2017, 05:06 PM
I raised my exclusive rates to 6.39 everywhere today. Judging by the amount of shows that I got-hardly any that was a bad idea but I was having major tech issues on Cams so I'm going to leave it be until I can judge by a glitch free day.
Teddy_Bear
07-17-2017, 05:09 PM
I am firmly in the raise those rates as high as physically possible camp. My SM prices are $14.99 private/$11.99 exclusive now as I want only exclusive shows and I do fantastic if not better than when I was at $7.99/$9.99. I want to request an increase in my rate options up to $20 a min so I can set my rates to $19.99 private/$14.99+ exclusive to try and eliminate privates completely, guys are more than willing to pay $15 a min as I get loads of privates despite trying to limit them as much as possible by cranking the price up :) I get longer and better quality shows not to mention less revenge 1* ratings as guys wont pay my rate just to mind fuck me and the bottom-feeders can't afford me. I love SM and those high spending guys and I pretty much concentrate on that site alone but do split with a few others to bump up my check every day/week.
As for customs I charge $10 a min but I agree they are a PITA and I hate doing them maybe I should raise the rate to limit the amount I get grrrrr.
Juliette25
07-17-2017, 05:29 PM
I am firmly in the raise those rates as high as physically possible camp. My SM prices are $14.99 private/$11.99 exclusive now as I want only exclusive shows and I do fantastic if not better than when I was at $7.99/$9.99. I want to request an increase in my rate options up to $20 a min so I can set my rates to $19.99 private/$14.99+ exclusive to try and eliminate privates completely, guys are more than willing to pay $15 a min as I get loads of privates despite trying to limit them as much as possible by cranking the price up :) I get longer and better quality shows not to mention less revenge 1* ratings as guys wont pay my rate just to mind fuck me and the bottom-feeders can't afford me. I love SM and those high spending guys and I pretty much concentrate on that site alone but do split with a few others to bump up my check every day/week.
As for customs I charge $10 a min but I agree they are a PITA and I hate doing them maybe I should raise the rate to limit the amount I get grrrrr.
Niiice. Yeah dude if you raise your custom rates drastically like me let me know we can compare our results.
laurielegs
07-17-2017, 05:56 PM
Wow those prices are inspiring.
I chickened out when it got so slow for me and lowered mine again to 5.99 and 9.99 but I'm barely making anything these last few weeks. It's to the point where SM is on the back burner for me so I'm going up to 14.99 pvt 9.99 exclusive - nothing to lose and it will be fun to try it and see if I actually get shows, since it's so slow for me anyway.
Juliette25
07-17-2017, 06:55 PM
Wow those prices are inspiring.
I chickened out when it got so slow for me and lowered mine again to 5.99 and 9.99 but I'm barely making anything these last few weeks. It's to the point where SM is on the back burner for me so I'm going up to 14.99 pvt 9.99 exclusive - nothing to lose and it will be fun to try it and see if I actually get shows, since it's so slow for me anyway.
Nice!
laurielegs
07-17-2017, 09:52 PM
man this is tough to stick to. Not one dime my entire shift tonight. Fortunately other sites came through for me but a zero dollar shift at that price, damn! Almost never have 4 hours with no $. Trying to keep at it and see if I can get it working for me.
IvyRose
07-17-2017, 10:55 PM
so I can set my rates to $19.99 private/$14.99+ exclusive to try and eliminate privates completely,.
<3 you Teddy
we share the same rate-dream; only thing is I do not flip them around but will keep them 14,99 pvt 19,99 excl
Lets do it!
DancesWithSloths
07-22-2017, 09:07 AM
OK, so I said a few posts above that I'm happy with my SM rates (4.99/7.99), and it's true, but I'm *NOT* happy with the godsdamned free peep feature. Honestly, I've been loving camming recently, and the only thing that spoils it is the constant barrage of attempted fraud, and the peepers are the most offensive part of it. I'm not opposed to offering freebies, but I want it to happen on my terms, with my consent.
Clearly, the thing to do would be to swap around my premium and exclusive rates, but to have my cheapest show option be 7.99 is actually quite scary. Even 9.99/6.99 is scary, but I definitely don't want to go any lower than that.
Anybody have any words of wisdom? If you've swapped your rate, did you lower the exclusive to a less scary level, or just hike the premium? Did you do anything to make up for the extra sitting around in freechat? (eg extra tip menu items, wheel spins, clip sales, etc?)
Any advice gratefully received.
SoloDesire
07-22-2017, 09:27 AM
OK, so I said a few posts above that I'm happy with my SM rates (4.99/7.99), and it's true, but I'm *NOT* happy with the godsdamned free peep feature. Honestly, I've been loving camming recently, and the only thing that spoils it is the constant barrage of attempted fraud, and the peepers are the most offensive part of it. I'm not opposed to offering freebies, but I want it to happen on my terms, with my consent.
Clearly, the thing to do would be to swap around my premium and exclusive rates, but to have my cheapest show option be 7.99 is actually quite scary. Even 9.99/6.99 is scary, but I definitely don't want to go any lower than that.
Anybody have any words of wisdom? If you've swapped your rate, did you lower the exclusive to a less scary level, or just hike the premium? Did you do anything to make up for the extra sitting around in freechat? (eg extra tip menu items, wheel spins, clip sales, etc?)
Any advice gratefully received.
I do this from time to time when I get super tired of peepers. I do better if I lower my exclusive to a lower rate (usually like $1 more than my premium was before). I don't have much luck if it's too high. I never offer anything extra other than GOLD for flashes. I usually end up changing them back around if I feel like I'm sitting too long, because I know a lot of guys don't initially see your exclusive rate and the high premium rate scares them off before they even say anything.
Girly_Girl
08-12-2017, 07:10 PM
Right now my rates are at 3.99/4.99 on sm but I want to raise them higher. For those of you that are at $9.99 or more, did you gradually raise your rates or did you just go straight to 9.99 or more?
Cutie101
08-12-2017, 10:31 PM
Right now my rates are at 3.99/4.99 on sm but I want to raise them higher. For those of you that are at $9.99 or more, did you gradually raise your rates or did you just go straight to 9.99 or more?
Personally, I gradually raised:
5,99/ 7,99
7,99/ 9.99
9,99/ 12,99
9,99/ 14,99- this is where i am right now.
AuroraJade
08-14-2017, 08:52 AM
I am at 6.99/9.99 now and my income is climbing even more every week. Right now I am at 39.99/hr average, while I was on 20/hr just a couple of months ago. (camming for a little more than a year , part time, now)
I have had these rates for six months now. I want to raise them to maybe 7.99/10.99 but I am afraid my income will screw up when I do this.
Girly_Girl
08-14-2017, 07:16 PM
How long did y'all wait in between raising your rates?
Teddy_Bear
08-14-2017, 08:53 PM
Right now my rates are at 3.99/4.99 on sm but I want to raise them higher. For those of you that are at $9.99 or more, did you gradually raise your rates or did you just go straight to 9.99 or more?
I whacked them up overnight from $7.49/$8.99 to $14.99/$9.99 but still wasn't happy so after about a year later I went even higher to $14.99/$11.99 and still have plans to raise them even more in the future.
I had no complaints at all in fact I still have all my regs from my first few days camming that come around at my higher rates and spend even longer in exclusive than before. The only guys that mentioned my hike were the 'minute men' that now thought their minute was going to be too expensive :D
Don't be afraid to raise your rates because there are plenty of guys on SM with more money than they claim. I often perv other girls and check out their rates, there are my customers paying less, meaning it doesn't matter if you are cheap or expensive if they want you they'll pay it without hesitation. One of my best regs often pays girls who are $3.99 a min (seen his comments) but still returns to me at $11.99 a min every few days for his long chatty exclusive... case in point.
I don't ever lower the rate either whether it's busy or quiet I would rather make nothing some days than compromise on what I charge. Some of those 'minute men' returned after 6 months or so saying 'I guess you ain't going to ever lower that rate again then'. Nope.
AlisonSparks
08-24-2017, 03:54 PM
Hello. My camming journey is not the shortest and I'm still keeping it up but after many months on camming I started to wonder - if I put in all this hard work, why I'm still earning only 150$ a month max? And then it got me thinking - maybe I'm making one of the worst cam mistakes which is underpricing myself. After almost 9 months of camming I still have no clue how to price items on my tip menu. For example, how much is it okay to ask for a boob flash? And how much do you put for a cumshow goal? I have never put bigger goal than 500 tokens. Advice needed, dear cam sisters. :-\
kinkydirtybitch
08-26-2017, 10:15 AM
Currently loving AW rates of £3.99/£4.99.
A more productive way to enjoy extended durations without Freeview.
#SmarterNotHarder
sexysusie
08-26-2017, 04:38 PM
£499? Ok you definitely win the highest rates challenge :D
laurielegs
08-26-2017, 05:14 PM
Hello. My camming journey is not the shortest and I'm still keeping it up but after many months on camming I started to wonder - if I put in all this hard work, why I'm still earning only 150$ a month max? And then it got me thinking - maybe I'm making one of the worst cam mistakes which is underpricing myself. After almost 9 months of camming I still have no clue how to price items on my tip menu. For example, how much is it okay to ask for a boob flash? And how much do you put for a cumshow goal? I have never put bigger goal than 500 tokens. Advice needed, dear cam sisters. :-\
Maybe someone who works token sites can give advice, but also maybe consider trying another site? I can't make much on token sites and I find private based sites work way better for me. I don't show anything in free chat and don't perform for tips.
caramelcraze
08-27-2017, 02:48 AM
Hello. My camming journey is not the shortest and I'm still keeping it up but after many months on camming I started to wonder - if I put in all this hard work, why I'm still earning only 150$ a month max? And then it got me thinking - maybe I'm making one of the worst cam mistakes which is underpricing myself. After almost 9 months of camming I still have no clue how to price items on my tip menu. For example, how much is it okay to ask for a boob flash? And how much do you put for a cumshow goal? I have never put bigger goal than 500 tokens. Advice needed, dear cam sisters. :-\
it sound like you need to evaluate where you are as a cammer and watch some feeds, because without knowing you or your situation, nobody can tell you what's best to charge. I've seen people charge 500tk for a cum show and I've seen people charge 20x that much. camming just isn't one size fits all. Example: if you don't have a decent computer, high speed internet, hd webcam, decent lighting, have no content, work on a low traffic site, & only working 5-10hrs per month, $150 isn't bad for a token site. If you're working 60hrs per month, something might be wrong. Look around at a couple dozen models on your site that you would deem as successful & ask yourself the following: what do they offer? how are they pricing it? what kind of shows do they do? how many hours do they work? when do they seem to be on? what's the quality of their hardware?
Also agree with Laurielegs: try some new sites. I can personally attest to this being a game changer. There have been sites I've struggled to make $40 on with many hours of work, while other sites I can pull that or more hourly. no site treats two models the same & you won't know what works until you've tried a few. best of luck :)
SoloDesire
08-29-2017, 08:42 AM
I lowered my rates over the summer because it's always slower for me during those summer months while school is out. But summer break is over so back up my rates go! As soon as I raised them back up I got back to back shows...so that's a good start ;)
Glamourmilf
09-07-2017, 08:42 AM
I whacked them up overnight from $7.49/$8.99 to $14.99/$9.99 but still wasn't happy so after about a year later I went even higher to $14.99/$11.99 and still have plans to raise them even more in the future.
I had no complaints at all in fact I still have all my regs from my first few days camming that come around at my higher rates and spend even longer in exclusive than before. The only guys that mentioned my hike were the 'minute men' that now thought their minute was going to be too expensive :D
Don't be afraid to raise your rates because there are plenty of guys on SM with more money than they claim. I often perv other girls and check out their rates, there are my customers paying less, meaning it doesn't matter if you are cheap or expensive if they want you they'll pay it without hesitation. One of my best regs often pays girls who are $3.99 a min (seen his comments) but still returns to me at $11.99 a min every few days for his long chatty exclusive... case in point.
I don't ever lower the rate either whether it's busy or quiet I would rather make nothing some days than compromise on what I charge. Some of those 'minute men' returned after 6 months or so saying 'I guess you ain't going to ever lower that rate again then'. Nope.
This post changed my life. Wish I could thank You a million times.
The part about guys spending less on other models hit me.
I was soooo Tired of summer slowdown,and all the freeloaders that come with that. Tired of having my earnings go to shit, I decided to raise them from my summer rates of $4.99/$5.99 to $9.99/$14.99 ( the highest mine will go).
I wasn't even streaming for 2 minutes, when some random guy took me Exclusive for 20 minutes!
Beginners luck? I don't know. But it sure felt good!
Those prices were a bit shocking for my regs, so I keep them at $7.99/8.99
Not ONE guy has complained. As a matter of fact, I take that as a sign to raise them even more!
So, Thank You again! :-*
coco789
09-07-2017, 08:48 AM
Being a newbie and all i was nervous about raising my rates. The first 3 days after raising my rates things were so slowwwwwww. I was like "damn, should I lower my prices". But I believed I was worth the increase and stuck to my guns. It was painful sitting there with guys coming in and out and not buying. Still stuck to my guns and the past few days have been very fruitful for me!!!
kendallkushxo
09-08-2017, 01:02 PM
I raised both my rates and first it started out awesome than my sales declined.
I lowered the private by a couple of cents and raised the premium by like 2$ and it worked, I got an even amount of both prvts and exclusives being used.
caramelcraze
10-19-2017, 11:03 PM
Raised my exclusive rate, doubled my flash prices, and i'm about to raise my skype rates. Honestly I think the hardest part will be the skype rates. I've tried raising it by $.50-1.00 before and the number of indie shows I get goes down drastically, as does my skype income. really going to try to stick with it though and see if I can just attract new regs.
laurielegs
10-19-2017, 11:49 PM
Raised my exclusive rate, doubled my flash prices, and i'm about to raise my skype rates. Honestly I think the hardest part will be the skype rates. I've tried raising it by $.50-1.00 before and the number of indie shows I get goes down drastically, as does my skype income. really going to try to stick with it though and see if I can just attract new regs.
I'm curious how Skype will go for you. I'm on 3 Skype sites (4 if you count Niteflirt cam) and set them all to 4.99 / min as an experiment where I had been at around $3 min before. My money has ground to a halt for them all except Niteflirt, but I'm trying to stick it out. I think 4.99 is actually a great price especially considering they pay $9.99 on Streamate to have me one on one for exclusive, but Skype sites seem to attract cheapasses.
I hope with time I can collect some new customers but if not I'm considering just giving up on those Skype sites and just doing Niteflirt for Skype. I'm sick of these cheap customers.
caramelcraze
10-20-2017, 02:00 AM
I'm curious how Skype will go for you. I'm on 3 Skype sites (4 if you count Niteflirt cam) and set them all to 4.99 / min as an experiment where I had been at around $3 min before. My money has ground to a halt for them all except Niteflirt, but I'm trying to stick it out. I think 4.99 is actually a great price especially considering they pay $9.99 on Streamate to have me one on one for exclusive, but Skype sites seem to attract cheapasses.
I hope with time I can collect some new customers but if not I'm considering just giving up on those Skype sites and just doing Niteflirt for Skype. I'm sick of these cheap customers.
Sounds like we're in the same boat. Sadly, most primarily indy cammers don't charge above 4 unless they have a solid following for one reason or another. It's frustrating to compete with lower prices. like I understand blahblah charges $1.50 per minute, but I have rent to pay, dogs to feed, & bills to stay current on. like do they have any idea how many minutes I'd have to bill at 70% of $1.50 to pay just my rent?! over 1700. That's before everything else (taxes, utilities, food, bills, etc.). I'd have be on cam all day every day. Personally wish they'd have a $2.50 per minute minimum on skype show sites. I'm a major believer in "everyone does better when everyone does better" in regards to the camming world.
coco789
10-20-2017, 02:22 AM
^ reason why I stopped promoting my skyprivate profile. Not gonna be luring my fans to a site that features mostly $1 girls on the frontpage. sorry, not sorry
SylvySinclair
10-20-2017, 05:18 AM
I just raised my fees but since it is dead for the past few weeks i didnt feel any difference. Im focusing more on clips and have been doing great and achieving my daily goal, so if the cheap asses wont buy my shows because im charging more, ok, they can just move to the next one.