View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
KimKlass
08-25-2012, 04:33 AM
See guys it gets better if you don't let it get you down! MFC has been ridiculously dead for me all week. I'm talking long stretches of time where there isn't one damn premium in my room, which NEVER happens btw. Tonight started out like that for like the first 2 hours. I almost gave up- but it turned into a $200 night! I squeezed ALL the blood out that turnip that I could lol.
CurvyWinona
08-25-2012, 06:24 AM
SAME FOR ME.. I was very tired and about to go bed.. but my regular made me get on MFC so he can see me and to secure a deal.. somehow, my room got crazy full with 80+ people that I did not have in a long time!! Made my goal within an hour. Thanks to my regular. Now I AM GOING TO BED ALL SMILING! hahaha
DominicanDream
08-25-2012, 12:07 PM
I got on for an hour last night. It was Friday, and it sucked ass. I usually can make $70/hour, and..let's just say I could've earned more working at my 'vanilla life' job.
I wrote it off as a bad night (We all have them) and said fuck it. went to bed.
Busygirl
09-05-2012, 07:43 PM
What's going on? Games?
sweetgapeach
09-05-2012, 08:03 PM
Maybe Democratic Convention.....
AliceFun
09-05-2012, 08:20 PM
Indeed very slow! Off to bed, who knows what SM is working on bohh
DigiLuv
09-05-2012, 08:23 PM
It's probably slow because the football season started tonight.
lacey.taylor
09-05-2012, 08:29 PM
im on sm right now and have had maybe one or two people in my room at one time :(
Busygirl
09-05-2012, 08:57 PM
like they evaporated for the night, was better earlier
some came in tipped and said they have no time for pvt, like they needed to go , to watch something interesting, and they went
oh yeah and one mentioned the sports, he said :" naaaaaaah, i,m watching the cowboys" .......lol, he stayed in my room probably to see if my clothes will fall of eventually, but if not, sports are more interesting
OKAAAAAAY
Marina Starr
09-05-2012, 09:37 PM
Thank God I met my goal for the week tonight and logged off, lol!
sammii
09-06-2012, 12:17 AM
I don't usually complain, but I don't know where all the guys were tonight lol ... I had like 0-10 people in my room when there are usually 10-20+ guys in my room at a time. I'm glad it's not just me. Made about 1/3 of my goal, but it's still better than nothing so I'm not upset.
Classy_Katy
09-06-2012, 02:38 AM
I have a serious case of "can't be arsed" this morning...plus it's a Thursday, which invariably sucks.
KimKlass
09-07-2012, 05:09 AM
Looks like MFC is sloooowly picking back up. Getting out of that summer slump! But now I'm mad because I was making money but MFC crashed. I can't even check my inbox >:-/
JoJoX
09-10-2012, 02:25 AM
Summer season, then Olympics, now Football season....when will the camming gods give us a break?
TheBrownFox
09-10-2012, 07:04 AM
I'm not gonna lie...it's a little upsetting to see guys sitting around letting my two regulars tip the entire countdown. It happens A LOT, and I really wish to see more DIFFERENT guys chipping in too.
I think the next time this happens, I'm gonna announce out loud that ______ and _______ will get a phone call from me when I get off cam (or something else they'd love) for being my only tippers...lmao. Or maybe I should try doing the 'highest tipper tonight gets _____' thing to motivate some of these dudes to start contributing.....
weishenme
09-12-2012, 10:50 PM
naked.com great site. i made money on this site but it is slowly this week. so many guests in my chat room. and seems guys dont wana talk.........so quiet.....
any other girls on naked?
CourtneyRaine
09-12-2012, 11:48 PM
I'm registered as a model on there but I have never actually broadcasted, as I had heard from a lot of girls that it is slow so I thought my time would be better spent elsewhere. How long have you been on naked for?
weishenme
09-13-2012, 03:02 AM
been on naked 1year
why u cant broadcast?u got emails from them?
CourtneyRaine
09-13-2012, 08:49 AM
I *can* broadcast on there, my profile and payment method is all set up and everything, I just chose not to because I heard it's hard to make money on there so I'd rather spend my time on sites where I am already established and know I can make money. I'd love to give naked a try one of these days when I can commit to going on semi-regularly.
drearea
09-13-2012, 10:55 AM
I actually LOVED working naked.com and made good money. Loved their performer's area and all. So I mean I did make money there. Buuuuut I had a shit studio manager who tried to withhold the monies earned and the "owner" of the site was rude as hell to me. I've thought about going back but when someone treats me like they treated me I just can't do it.
Sexy Shana
09-13-2012, 11:54 AM
I have made $$ on Naked last year but I also found the manager rude and condescending. Will trey again, but on my part, I wasn't all that regular and I think the guys also go off to different sites.
laurielegs
09-13-2012, 09:41 PM
I actually LOVED working naked.com and made good money. Loved their performer's area and all.
What performer's area?
KimKlass
09-15-2012, 09:14 AM
Ok, so my gripe today is that I realized my hourly average from last month has dropped from like $40+/hr. to like $23/hr. this month so far. What the fuck!! I'm back to my beginner MFC wages from June! But I will still stick with you, MFC. Oh yes, I will figure out all your secrets, muahahaha! No, but seriously, WTF MFC?? I did fine tonight, but overall, it's been ridiculous for over a month now! When will I get my whale lol!
JoJoX
09-15-2012, 09:24 AM
Ok, so my gripe today is that I realized my hourly average from last month has dropped from like $40+/hr. to like $23/hr. this month so far. What the fuck!! I'm back to my beginner MFC wages from June! But I will still stick with you, MFC. Oh yes, I will figure out all your secrets, muahahaha! No, but seriously, WTF MFC?? I did fine tonight, but overall, it's been ridiculous for over a month now! When will I get my whale lol!
i agree i dunno wtf is going on. fucking jaded witnessed me having great traffic like 100+ ppl just sittingthere and watching me...no one was tipping. last night was the ultimate camming fail in history.
i feel the same way. trying to figure this shit out cuz theres no way im going anywhere else.
anonymous camgirl
09-15-2012, 09:40 AM
Well I am doing really shitty on SM.. since they introduced that TV feature.. maybe i should try it out.. however I didn't work much this week but my average is quite down. Anyone else?? Notice a drop in income since the TV INTRO?
SarahTime
09-15-2012, 12:14 PM
Well I am doing really shitty on SM.. since they introduced that TV feature.. maybe i should try it out.. however I didn't work much this week but my average is quite down. Anyone else?? Notice a drop in income since the TV INTRO?
I've been doing TV shows and I have had not noticed it hurting my income at all. If anything it has helped because I get guaranteed money.
don't hold me to this but it my experience that not having tv enable lowers your placement.
I have it on and I am in the first row of my category... then I took it off and I was like 5 rows down on the page in category. I change it back to being opt-in and was back on the first row....
so that not have opt-in to tv show could be hurting your placement therefor your money too
anonymous camgirl
09-15-2012, 01:36 PM
I am speaking of those who don't opt in.. not those who do.. I am kinda scared of it.. I don't even like gold shows.. to many people for me.. that's what I am wondering
I've been doing TV shows and I have had not noticed it hurting my income at all. If anything it has helped because I get guaranteed money.
Marina Starr
09-15-2012, 01:41 PM
I didn't opt in for TV show and my income as gone up. I don't think it should an issue.
Avamonet
09-15-2012, 05:23 PM
I am speaking of those who don't opt in.. not those who do.. I am kinda scared of it.. I don't even like gold shows.. to many people for me.. that's what I am wondering
I'm opted out for the time being and my placement is exactly the same. I don't think it has too much bearing on it one way or the other.
AliceFun
09-16-2012, 01:55 AM
I am opted out myself & i see traffic slowed down for me since they introduced the new feature, girls tend to offer gold shows alot lately so members spend in these rooms now.
JoJoX
09-16-2012, 12:23 PM
you know what? i must admit that i am guilty of thinking the world is ending when i have a bad night. i do pretty well on mfc and should not be complaining.
Blovely
09-21-2012, 04:06 PM
This week = Ugh. That is all!
TheBrownFox
09-22-2012, 02:40 AM
10 tokens on MFC tonight in one hour...TEN!!!
And it doesn't help matters any to hear a guy say "Maybe their hands are busy." *sigh*
I'm seriously considering changing my MFC days to the nights when a particular regular can see me, because he tips me EVERY time he's in my room. And I know his exact MFC night time availability.
LolaBohemia
09-22-2012, 02:48 AM
good lord tonight sucked compared to the rest of this week.
I just got my first 'dissatisfied' customer ever on ImLive in my 2 years of being on there.
Guy with no credit keeps wanting to get a show and I keep telling him "you aren't going to have much luck getting a show with no credit...so...get it." He waits and waits to buy it, like, over an hour. During that he comes back in free chat when I return from private shows and would ask "Are you ready?" and I would reply "Yes, but you still aren't! Why didn't you get credit while I was gone?" God it became frustrating and he would come up with excuses each time.
Finally he got credit and went private. Since he had been so difficult and was a first timer, I gave him way more than usual. 2 minutes in he says "this isn't working for me" AND LEAVES. OMGOMGOMG. I was fuming.
The next guys to come in all are being cheap and not doing shit and keep asking me questions and I just lost it. I logged out and posted on the forums there warning other models about the guy and another girl wrote on my thread that she had him in her room and he kept talking about going private but wouldn't get credit and wasted her time. Seriously...I hate camming on weekends sometimes.
TheBrownFox
09-22-2012, 03:03 AM
good lord tonight sucked compared to the rest of this week.
I just got my first 'dissatisfied' customer ever on ImLive in my 2 years of being on there.
Guy with no credit keeps wanting to get a show and I keep telling him "you aren't going to have much luck getting a show with no credit...so...get it." He waits and waits to buy it, like, over an hour. During that he comes back in free chat when I return from private shows and would ask "Are you ready?" and I would reply "Yes, but you still aren't! Why didn't you get credit while I was gone?" God it became frustrating and he would come up with excuses each time.
Finally he got credit and went private. Since he had been so difficult and was a first timer, I gave him way more than usual. 2 minutes in he says "this isn't working for me" AND LEAVES. OMGOMGOMG. I was fuming.
The next guys to come in all are being cheap and not doing shit and keep asking me questions and I just lost it. I logged out and posted on the forums there warning other models about the guy and another girl wrote on my thread that she had him in her room and he kept talking about going private but wouldn't get credit and wasted her time. Seriously...I hate camming on weekends sometimes.
I love ImLive, however I'm sick of the free text chat guys who just type 'hi...hru...where u from?' and then they SIT THERE. WTF are they just sitting there for? They CAN'T see your live video in text chat...lol.
Oh, and I've had a few guys come into free text chat and ask me to go into free video mode. HA! No fucking way.
And as for the guys who request an outfit change...I don't know if I should just make them buy a block session, or just wait 'til we're 10 minutes into the session to get up and change. The guys who request that always leave right after you've gotten up and changed into the requested outfit. LAME.
Someone asked for my discount code the other day, and I kindly told him no, I don't give discount codes anymore. My rate is there for a reason...because it's the rate that I chose for myself...lol. And I think it's pathetic when guys expect a quickie naughty show (making requests and whatnot) and have the nerve to ask for a discount.
I had an ImLive regular who used to do the same thing every time. He'd camp out in free text chat, and he wouldn't mention private until I spoke up and asked "Do you want to go private?" Then he would say yes and ask for my discount code. I'd tell him no, and he'd still go private anyway...lol. He never stayed in private long, and I think even when I DID give out discount codes he still didn't stay in private long. So giving the discount codes never made any difference for me. The only reason guys ask for them is that they KNOW they exist, and they want to get you for as cheap as possible. If those damn codes didn't exist, the guy would probably still take you private if he likes you enough. You gotta be firm and let them know your price is non-negotiable.
LolaBohemia
09-22-2012, 03:33 AM
I keep discount codes around (at least the .20 one) for viewers that have their first show with me and stay a while and I want them as a regular. I'll give them the discount in the show (but not the code) to kind of say "thank you" and make them feel appreciated. It kind of works. I've had many return and it's a way I've kept some regulars. I live off of long shows so I keep those dudes around. Especially because a lot of my regulars don't require much of me aside from just being a very good role player and catering to their fantasy exactly how they see it.
I try to be in Free Live Chat as often as possible, otherwise, I wouldn't make nearly as much. Also I like making sure my guests know I offer audio since hardly any of the models actually talk. I don't mind doing the FLC...I actually really dislike the free text chat because I'd rather tease a guy visually. Just my thing though.
It's weird though that when there are supposedly more guests online (like 5-6K) I have less people in my room and less traffic than when there are around 3K people online. So bizarre.
I am also getting to the point where I am really wanting to see if another time of day works better for me. right now I work from about 10/11pm EST to 4-5am. I am tempted to try 7am-11am and see if I can get the UK crowd. Who knows.
I just wish that imlive offered a higher payout percentage to models for SOMETHING. Time spent online, time in free live chat, higher ratings, higher earnings, etc etc. There's no freakin' incentive other than just making ends meet. >.< I mean, I'm still there hustlin but an "A for Effort" sort of deal would be nice, Imlive.
Jemmalyn
09-24-2012, 11:43 PM
its fucking frustrating. what the fuck???
volatileghost
09-25-2012, 02:47 AM
I started on imlive about 2 years ago and they seemed more profitable, but then I stopped... Now on Streamate and not doing so well. Every site has their incentives, but I also agree, ImLive is not my favorite, even though right now they're doing their birthday crap..... Fantastic for them! Chargebacks are still going to take from us what we earned in their promotion, so why bother? I'd rather have the guarantee I won't lose the money showing up on my screen.
justanothercamgirl
09-25-2012, 05:51 AM
10 tokens on MFC tonight in one hour...TEN!!!
And it doesn't help matters any to hear a guy say "Maybe their hands are busy." *sigh*
I'm seriously considering changing my MFC days to the nights when a particular regular can see me, because he tips me EVERY time he's in my room. And I know his exact MFC night time availability.
The last 7 times I've been on MFC, I've been there an hour without a single token. I just kind of gave up after that. :/
gingerstripper
09-29-2012, 10:39 AM
is chaturbate sucking for anyone else, maybe I need a new plan or something but last night was friday and it was horrible for me, most ppl in my room was 70ish i usually have 500 ppl in my room or more. it seems harder and harder to make those tokens, if i am not already doing sex acts or anything sexy. if i am clothes ppl wont tip to flash or anything, it took me forever last night to make 500 tokens. 4 hours. :/
CourtneyRaine
09-29-2012, 11:20 AM
Nope, not just you. I'm still pretty new on there so I only have 400 followers, I thought maybe that was why my room always sucks balls. I agree; if I'm not stripping or naked I have around 50 people in my room, if I am I have over 300 people. I can't see myself giving a show to hundreds of guys in the hopes that Maybe some of them will tip.
Then this morning I saw a girl who had made over 22,000 tokens during her marathon cam session, so I know there's money to be made on there. I'm just clueless on how to do it. Oh well, I'm okay with it being a back-up site for me until I can unlock the secret :)
ConnyLove
09-29-2012, 03:07 PM
Yes There is money there but just for the same girls! and some of them don't even talk in free chat and there is not sound in their rooms.Don't take me wrong, there are very pretty girls who do it great , and they deserve their place on the top 10. The number 1 , she doesn't take her clothes off in free chat, she has a secretary look, and to be honest she doesn't smile very often.Good for her but it just proves that chaturbate is not just about personality or beauty. Maybe she is an outstanding performer in privates.
The other annoying thing about chaturbate is the spam !
crashingsilent
09-29-2012, 03:32 PM
haven't tried it- but keep in mind it's the last weekend of the month, ladies. There's always too much month left at the end of money! One girl on here told me to remember that our customers have rent and bills due around the same time we do- after the 1st there will be more paying traffic on all sites.
CourtneyRaine
09-29-2012, 03:56 PM
^ Yes, I agree with the end of the month being slower regardless of what site you're on. It just baffles me that one model just made over $1,100 her cut in the past 24 hours, and the next room I saw had one girl fingering and licking the other girl's pussy and they couldn't even reach their goal of 250 tokens ($12.50). I think Conny's right, personality and looks don't really have much to do with success on there. It's like MFC- a very strange beast, indeed.
gingerstripper
09-30-2012, 09:21 AM
thank you guys! it was weird last night i had 480 people in my room basically the whole time, i was wearing clothes, and they loved the fact they could strip me, then i was gonna do more of a show than dancing and all them of them told me Nooooo! dont! you're too classy to do that shit. dont do it, and they paid me for it, they said they rather dream of me and wonder what i am about. so mayyyybe i just need to work it like that. didn't make too much 68.00 dollars but its more than i expected so i am happy with that. made that in 2 hour. so its not bad. fucking weird site. lol
CourtneyRaine
09-30-2012, 09:48 AM
^^^ Whaaaa? Girl I'm happy for you but that doesn't make any damn sense to me :) How did you get so many people in your room with your clothes on?! The only time I get over 50 people is if my live screenshot shows me as already topless or nude.
But hey, if it works next time I'l log on in a freaking overcoat and see what happens :P
gingerstripper
09-30-2012, 10:21 AM
ahahahhaha thanks girl :)
TeenageAnnie
09-30-2012, 03:01 PM
i have over 3000 followers on chaturbate and have logged in a total of 4 times.... i've never showed my pussy on their, only done boob flashes for tips and that was like 5 timess only cause no1 tips they just beg. i had 200+ in the room and i was highest viewers a few times, but NEVER won the hour contest. out of 200 viewers i had max 3 names that had tokens... lol. and all they do is try to pm you, if i muted guests no1 talks because no1 has tokens to able 2 talk and then my room is silent and the view count dwindles. mfc is so much better.
ConnyLove
09-30-2012, 05:44 PM
Yes usually there are less than 10 blues in rooms with 500+, and some of those blues just keep one single token in order to not become greys !