View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
Marina Starr
07-17-2012, 05:41 AM
Monday is pretty weird... It can go great or bad. I'm under the Transgender category so my customers base are a lot smaller than regular mainstream. I did however have two long pvts that made my night so much better. I've learned that it only take a few of those custies to make it all better.
Cam_Model_Jess
07-17-2012, 09:31 AM
It's been pretty rough on SM for me as well. I've had to work more hours and spread out my schedule a bit, which is a bummer b/c it means basically staying home all week and watching trends to see when I should jump on for an hour. My ratings have also been in the toilet. Sometimes it gets bad enough that I have to stay online & basically beg for good ratings, just to feel safe enough to sign off. But I'm watching other people in my category, and their ratings are dropping as well. I don't know if this has to do with stream quality, but some of the top models in my cat have awesome cameras with perfect quality, and I've noticed that their streams have been worse lately.
Monday morning was actually decent for me. Monday night my main competition signed on and she was rocking it, doing countdown after countdown, making every single goal. So I thought I shouldn't sign on. But I was like screw it and signed on. I made a really good hourly while she was on :) I was ecstatic.
It's been really frustrating how slow it is on SM, but I also think I had some unrealistic expectations about how getting a new computer would affect my income. I have to remember that the site is probably still making changes & the customers are also adjusting & probably frustrated. Regardless of how slow it is and how many hours I have to work, I am grateful for what I have. I spent over $1000 on that new computer/ service plan. I think that was 3 weeks ago, and I've already paid off $500 on it (I put it on an empty credit card, solely devoted to this kind of thing & am paying off what I can when I notice I have "extra" money in my checking). I've had to watch my spending in order to do this, because the computer isn't bringing any extra income. But this time last year I was seriously struggling to make goal, so I am grateful that I can make what I'm making.
Marina Starr
07-17-2012, 12:36 PM
No matter how bad it gets, I'm still extremely thankful to be making over $30 an hour. There are people with much higher college degrees that don't make that, they are miserable at work.
ThatOneGirl
07-17-2012, 02:32 PM
Indy camming is driving me insane. Due to being a stay-at-home mom with a toddler (and therefor extremely limited time to myself), I can only actually cam at night. I have my YIM and Skype signed on during the day to pre-book, but no one ever wants to pre-book. The people who contact me want a show RIGHT NOW. The only people who actually contact me during my available hours always (as in, there has been ONE exception, and he wanted incest) want a domme. I'm tired of telling people that I'm not a domme, when it's in the bio on the site they contacted me from.
I'm just about ready to give up indy and stick with content production and big-box sites.
CurvyWinona
07-18-2012, 12:05 AM
Assholes (like one I just had) cannot read what I said. I said something I cannot do, repeatedly, and he still took me to private and demanding me to do things I cannot do and I already told him in the free chat. That made me feel like I am giving him a bad service, but really, he was at the fault and I had to sign off to avoid him. Ugh.
Zell Axis
07-18-2012, 12:14 AM
As someone who's new to camming, I've been doing it for just a few months and I have noticed the last few weeks are slow. I just gained the ability to do gold shows and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
However, I've been on a lot and I'm already showing up quite a bit and have a five star rating. (Yay!)
However since I got gold show status, everything has been super slow! It makes me cry and I feel like I'm probably the one at fault for the low income since I struggle to make past 800 a month. I do 6 hour shifts quite a bit, but when the going is super slow I log off early after a few hours of waiting. Like this night.
At least I know I'm not alone with the slowness though.
Avamonet
07-18-2012, 10:54 AM
It gets better with time. Camming has ups and downs. It's not specific to you. When I started camming I made less than minimum wage per hour while everyone on here seemed like they were making at least $50-$60 an hour. Now I can make in an hour what it used to take all day to make. That doesn't mean you won't have slow days but just keep logging on and staying consistent.
As someone who's new to camming, I've been doing it for just a few months and I have noticed the last few weeks are slow. I just gained the ability to do gold shows and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
However, I've been on a lot and I'm already showing up quite a bit and have a five star rating. (Yay!)
However since I got gold show status, everything has been super slow! It makes me cry and I feel like I'm probably the one at fault for the low income since I struggle to make past 800 a month. I do 6 hour shifts quite a bit, but when the going is super slow I log off early after a few hours of waiting. Like this night.
At least I know I'm not alone with the slowness though.
Classy_Katy
07-18-2012, 11:07 AM
I had a weird day...yesterday sucked and today was set to follow, I started at 10am but all my private shows appeared between 2pm and 3pm to save the day! I lost one private though because he couldn't hear me for some reason (I could hear crackling from his end so think it was him rather than justcamit repeating this weekend's performance).
Cammi
07-19-2012, 10:06 AM
Welp, that'll teach me not to randomly sign in outside my normal times. Got my ass in gear to jump on cam mega early today. $4 in 90 mins... Yeah, fuck that noise. Gonna take a break and head back on nearer my usual hours.
funismymiddlename
07-24-2012, 12:21 PM
streamate is pissing me off it's so slow and everyone is cheap and annoying im so fed up and I'm not fit enough to do well on mfc fml.
cvarga
07-24-2012, 11:31 PM
I made $23 tonight. I have never had so much traffic in and out of my chat room. Guys poking in to see if I'm showing tits, talking dirty, bending over. I don't do any of that fool shit in my free chat. I'm so fucking sick of this. ANGRY, UGLY, MEAN... time to log off.
vitatoy21
07-25-2012, 12:33 AM
Fuck i made no money tonight I feel so done with SM right now. A whole bunch of freeloaders n even my regular who usually drops about a hundred every time he is with me is telling me hes jerking off to me just sitting there n free chat wtf. So fucking mad and frustrated I could scream. Maybe I should look into stripping smfh.
LaurenAus
07-25-2012, 02:40 PM
Two dollars today working ImLive and AW. Where are the whales??? I get that I don't have a bunch of regulars yet but christ I'd make more money holding a homeless sign up on the corner of the street. Great thread by the way.
CharlieDoyle
07-25-2012, 04:45 PM
Ive been doing extremely well this whole week. Ive gone over my goal every day so far!
....but my placement has been HORRIBLE! It might even be worse than it what it was like right when Streamate had just changed the settings and I was still camming on my old laptop. Ever since Ive been camming on my new desktop, Ive been somewhere between the 4th and 6th row on the front page, and I was always on the top row in my category. This past week Ive been at the bottom of the front page if not on the second page, and Ive been in like the 3rd or 4th row under my category. I really dont understand why its been like this!!
Have any of you ladies been having this problem recently?
Cam_Model_Jess
07-25-2012, 05:08 PM
Ive been doing extremely well this whole week. Ive gone over my goal every day so far!
....but my placement has been HORRIBLE! It might even be worse than it what it was like right when Streamate had just changed the settings and I was still camming on my old laptop. Ever since Ive been camming on my new desktop, Ive been somewhere between the 4th and 6th row on the front page, and I was always on the top row in my category. This past week Ive been at the bottom of the front page if not on the second page, and Ive been in like the 3rd or 4th row under my category. I really dont understand why its been like this!!
Have any of you ladies been having this problem recently?
Yep. The other day I was about three or pages back from where I normally am. It lasted for quite a while. I tried refreshing the home page, stopping and starting my stream, and clearing my cookies. I finally stopped streaming, closed my browser, waited five minutes and signed back on. Then I was back to normal placement. It took about 20 minutes total to straighten out. And it wasn't just settings on my computer or my browser showing a weird placement. I was actually way far back a few pages. I don't check my placement that often, but I had almost no traffic and I knew something was wrong, so I checked and sure enough I was not where I should've been.
Also, I do lose my HD icon now and then, and have an immediate decrease in traffic when that happens. Basically, I'm having just as many problems now as I was before I bought my new computer. I'm working more hours and making a little less money. I'm not gonna bitch about it though, because I know there are variables involved here that are beyond my sight. I do what I can do when I can do it, I keep on trucking, and eventually it usually levels out.
~Carmen~
07-25-2012, 05:38 PM
Yep. The other day I was about three or pages back from where I normally am. It lasted for quite a while. I tried refreshing the home page, stopping and starting my stream, and clearing my cookies. I finally stopped streaming, closed my browser, waited five minutes and signed back on. Then I was back to normal placement. It took about 20 minutes total to straighten out. And it wasn't just settings on my computer or my browser showing a weird placement. I was actually way far back a few pages. I don't check my placement that often, but I had almost no traffic and I knew something was wrong, so I checked and sure enough I was not where I should've been.
Also, I do lose my HD icon now and then, and have an immediate decrease in traffic when that happens. Basically, I'm having just as many problems now as I was before I bought my new computer. I'm working more hours and making a little less money. I'm not gonna bitch about it though, because I know there are variables involved here that are beyond my sight. I do what I can do when I can do it, I keep on trucking, and eventually it usually levels out.
I do think there are issues with the site right now Jess. You and I have the best computers possible and I had problems today too. My picture kept pixelating (is that a word?:-\) and lagging a little.
anonymous camgirl
07-27-2012, 02:50 PM
Well.. seems so slow on all the sites today and yesterday..what do you girls think?? how is it for you?
neliana
07-27-2012, 03:15 PM
It was super slow for me today and sucked yesterday too. Im kinda dreading getting back on tonight
Classy_Katy
07-27-2012, 03:35 PM
Well.. seems so slow on all the sites today and yesterday..what do you girls think?? how is it for you?
Adultwork was good for me today...but then it's payday for many. I could only work this morning though and wished I could have continued. Monday wasn't great and I didn't work Tues, Wed or Thurs.
Milaa
07-27-2012, 04:47 PM
Because I don't want to open an other topic and most websites are slow right now..
Is there anyone who is using webcams.com / ifriends.com or imlive.com as their first or second website?
My main website is a sinking ship and SM will become my first website but I'm looking for a second website to fall back on or to switch between sometimes.
I also have AW but that's really slow for me right now so I'm open to new websites.
Anyone experience with the 3 websites above?
LaurenAus
07-27-2012, 05:09 PM
Imlive is pretty decent. I started on there a couple weeks ago. I haven't put in long, consistent hours so I'm not making much yet and I've denied many fetish requests because I'm not comfortable with them yet so if you do fetish it's actually a pretty decent site.
Cammi
07-28-2012, 07:44 PM
Oh my god, the guys just don't seem to give a shit tonight. I don't even care about the money right now, just show me some energy so I've got something to feed off. I can't be my sexy slutty self to an apathetic room, it just doesn't work!
KimKlass
07-29-2012, 06:12 AM
I was curious as to how everyone's traffic is being affected by the Olympics? Are you seeing a big drop? No change at all? An influx of drunk, rowdy post-Olympic partiers who are throwing money at you (lol)? Feel free to use this thread as the Olympic Bitching Thread for the duration of the Games }:D
As for me, my traffic is bullshit. Eff you, Olympics. Eff you. That is all.
P.S. Go USA! ::)
miss_kellie
07-29-2012, 06:57 AM
Not been good for me either :( Maybe it will pick up, still the first weekend!
LAChloe
07-29-2012, 07:03 AM
I love the Olympics. Haven't been on cam since they started so I don't know how they are affecting traffic. Hope it gets better for you!
blueroo
07-30-2012, 02:17 PM
Wowwww... minimum wage day, had a couple recently. Thank goodness I made some money off my clips this week. It's so unsettling...but I know I'll have another killer day soon... End of the month is always like this for me, when I stripped it was like this too. I'm glad I work hard throughout the month/save so I don't feel the pressure of needing to make money to pay bills. I've been there in the vanilla world and it's terrifying. At least with camming even if you're having an abysmal night you can put in more hours to pay for your needs/wants.. you can't do that in most vanilla jobs.
Marina Starr
07-30-2012, 02:28 PM
The beginning and end of the month are always slow. I guess they have to pay bills too! It will pick up. I've gone through this enough to know better :)
Wowwww... minimum wage day, had a couple recently. Thank goodness I made some money off my clips this week. It's so unsettling...but I know I'll have another killer day soon... End of the month is always like this for me, when I stripped it was like this too. I'm glad I work hard throughout the month/save so I don't feel the pressure of needing to make money to pay bills. I've been there in the vanilla world and it's terrifying. At least with camming even if you're having an abysmal night you can put in more hours to pay for your needs/wants.. you can't do that in most vanilla jobs.
blueroo
07-30-2012, 02:34 PM
Thanks for the positive attitude.. ! Lots of change going on in my life/living situation/etc right now and stability in income would be nice but of course I'm in the wrong industry for that ;). I guess I never really noticed it as dramatically as this; I felt it REALLY hit me hard when I stripped. Twice as many girls working the last three or four days of the month, sobbing the in the dressing room... Gotta love camming, minimal drama unless you go looking for it!!
JoJoX
08-02-2012, 04:56 AM
i almost want to hang myself. this is the third day i logged on mfc without ANY tokens...my cam score dropped over 700 points since last week. i just want to die...WHAT IN GODS NAME is going on???
TheBrownFox
08-03-2012, 12:40 AM
I love ImLive, but I haven't been getting on there at my normal time, because I've been watching the Olympics (happens once every 4 years...experience it on TV while you can, you know?). I was pissed though, that I actually missed the first airing of the U.S. team winning gold. :( Guys on MFC had to TELL ME that U.S. won gold. Tonight (or last night, I should say?) I watched the airing of Gabby Douglas winning gold in the all-around event. :D That girl is so amazing, and so adorable! U.S.A. is doing amazing in these Olympic games, aren't they?
In a couple days, my son will be going out of town for a week, so what I'm gonna do is get on cam as much as I can, during the times when I'm not out of the house. This means that, for a week, I'll actually be able to cam during the day like I used to (when he was in school), so I'm interested to see how that works out.
Classy_Katy
08-05-2012, 01:10 AM
Perception is a funny thing...I updated my stats to include July and to my surprise that was my highest paying month since I started a year ago, except for December!
Cammi
08-05-2012, 06:58 PM
I guess the 100m is airing in US right now coz my traffic has gone from 12-14 to 0 in the space of an hour. Thank fuck I already made decent money tonight :D
Marina Starr
08-05-2012, 07:06 PM
I always do well on Sunday but this Sunday seems a little quiet. Glad you were able to make decent money :)
I guess the 100m is airing in US right now coz my traffic has gone from 12-14 to 0 in the space of an hour. Thank fuck I already made decent money tonight :D
BlondebombGA
08-19-2012, 05:43 PM
Well, on the plus side people were entering Private instead of Group, but so far every session I've had has lasted almost 3 minutes on the dot. Either I'm hot, hot, hot, or I'm not, not, not. None have been talkers, so I can't even tell if they are enjoying it. I know it's late in the UK, so hopefully they're looking for quickies, but it's starting to give me a complex. :( Just needed to vent...TY.
BlondebombGA
08-19-2012, 06:05 PM
Oopsies, thanks moderator. ;)
CourtneyRaine
08-20-2012, 07:45 AM
SM was starting to suck suck suck so bad for me, for days I was only making like $5/hour (no lie). It doesn't help that I cannot use the encoder. I took a few weeks off. I wasn't planning on returning. Then something happened which kind of forced me to return. My first day back someone bought me a $1,600 i7 laptop and a $55 toy. The past 2 days I'm suddently back to making $20/hour. Definitely not as much as a lot of you other ladies but I am more than happy with that, and things are suddenly picking up. Somehow I'm on page 2, a few months ago I was always on page 1 but for the past few weeks I'd been on page 3-4. I'm not sure why exactly things are picking up so drastically for me but I hope you other lovely ladies are also having good days!
LaurenAus
08-20-2012, 10:42 AM
Well, on the plus side people were entering Private instead of Group, but so far every session I've had has lasted almost 3 minutes on the dot. Either I'm hot, hot, hot, or I'm not, not, not. None have been talkers, so I can't even tell if they are enjoying it. I know it's late in the UK, so hopefully they're looking for quickies, but it's starting to give me a complex. :( Just needed to vent...TY.
I have the same issue except one or two gems who actually stay for a few minutes. I think it's cuz im not niched out. But seriously if one more guy says "feel free to turn my cam on" in free... self proclaimed good looking guys are the worst offenders.
LaurenAus
08-20-2012, 02:56 PM
Oopsies, thanks moderator. ;)
can u enable your private messages i want to pm you
SarahTime
08-20-2012, 04:33 PM
SM was starting to suck suck suck so bad for me, for days I was only making like $5/hour (no lie). It doesn't help that I cannot use the encoder. I took a few weeks off. I wasn't planning on returning. Then something happened which kind of forced me to return. My first day back someone bought me a $1,600 i7 laptop and a $55 toy. The past 2 days I'm suddently back to making $20/hour. Definitely not as much as a lot of you other ladies but I am more than happy with that, and things are suddenly picking up. Somehow I'm on page 2, a few months ago I was always on page 1 but for the past few weeks I'd been on page 3-4. I'm not sure why exactly things are picking up so drastically for me but I hope you other lovely ladies are also having good days!
Are you using the encoder now? If so, that's probably why you're back on page 2 instead of page 3-4. Good for you! :)
Southern_MiLF
08-21-2012, 02:43 PM
Last pay period I worked 14 hrs on MFC (only 14 because I have kiddos in school) but I only made $168. Has anyone else been in a slump with them lately?
I also signed up with SM and Chaturbate, which of them 2 would you suggest I make my 2nd go to site? I did really good when I first started with MFC but it has since died down quite a bit.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated because I am lost on what to do.
Personally I just started, but I LOVE SM! And they payout fast. It's impressive.
Jaana
08-21-2012, 09:49 PM
Yes. For the past year. I used to make $3k a month on MFC and now I'm lucky to get 10 tokens in five hours.
CourtneyRaine
08-22-2012, 07:38 AM
Are you using the encoder now? If so, that's probably why you're back on page 2 instead of page 3-4. Good for you! :)
Nope, still not using the encoder. Every time I try the lag is so crazy I say screw it and go back to HD high in the drop down. I'm not sure why I jumped up either but I will take it! Can't wait to get this new laptop so I can use the encoder again and get back on page one. How in the hell do girls on page 3-4 make any money? Seriously, I am lucky that I've been on SM on/off for years so I've had thousands of viewers add me to their favorites allowing me at least a bit of visibility. It's crazy to see how drastically my income fluctuated based on what page I was on.
TheBrownFox
08-23-2012, 03:37 AM
I was just looking at the list of Ebony SM models online, and saw another model naked in free chat while playing with her pussy.....
I don't understand why some models will do this in FREE chat while moaning "Mmmmm," and then complain every few minutes "There are ___ guys in the room, and y'all aren't tipping!" They're probably jerking off to all that naked pussy play you're giving them for free...lol. Now this model is getting pissed off because guys aren't tipping. *facepalm*
Not to mention you put your model account at risk when you sit there butt ass naked playing with your pussy in free chat...smh. Is it really worth the risk of getting your model account suspended or banned?
CourtneyRaine
08-23-2012, 07:56 AM
Yes, SM really needs to start warning or suspending girls who do full nudity in free, it's becoming way too much like MFC. A few days ago I was browsing the new models on SM and there was one European girl fully nude doing a gold show count down with toys. I think the buy in was $2? Don't remember how long the show was but her goal was only $30. She didn't reach goal, even though there were a bunch of guys in her room. Umm.... Of Course Guys Aren't Going To Pay For The Show When You Are Doing Everything In Free Chat Already!
And then guys aren't going to want to pay ME for a show when they can go wank to you in free chat. Stop weakening my hustle!!!!
justanothercamgirl
08-23-2012, 01:35 PM
I didn't make goal today. :(
CourtneyRaine
08-23-2012, 01:48 PM
I didn't make goal today. :(
Me either. I'm back on page 3. I got one private in two hours. Went so long without ANY members in my room. Not even one! Lmfao. It's almost laughable, except it's not really that funny since I have bills to pay. Ah, well. Taking a few hours break and then back on cam to try again. We can do it!!!! :D
KimKlass
08-23-2012, 03:58 PM
Last night was an 80 token night on MFC. LOL! You either laugh, or you'll cry right? I'm just gonna wait for the weekend to get back on. I guess people are settling into their new school routines and stuff? This mess needs to pick up soon before my soul is crushed forever lol.
CherryBomb69
08-24-2012, 01:37 AM
I think things will be much better in September. :) I've found all sites to be pretty quiet lately, especially AW for some reason. I think a lot of people are taking last minute vacations before the kids go back to school.
Classy_Katy
08-25-2012, 01:42 AM
I've been away for a couple of weeks and had my first day back yesterday...unusually quiet on AW for a Friday (it was for me anyway!) but it's a bank holiday on Monday so maybe that had an influence.