View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
carmen_b
08-27-2015, 05:20 PM
Isn't this the truth ? My foray into sugaring landing me some of the best princess treatment ever. I swear that sex work gives us an edge in dating. I can see how I put up with loser behavior before and I would really never do anything like that again . It's so frustrating when it's happening. I'm not sure what you want but I found that when I was SUPER CLEAR about not wanting any sort of " casual " romance , it VERY quickly weeded guys out. The only was left was the one I've been with for 4 years!
How the actual fuck is it that my cam customers are WAY nicer to me than any guy IRL has ever been? You know there is fucking problem with your life when you get more love and care from your cam dudes than you ever gotten from any guy. Fuck.
SimoneGray
08-27-2015, 05:34 PM
^^ that is awesome Carmen :) I've kinda gone off dating just cos every guy I meet treats me like an option etc, but you are right, i should definitely just put my sex work skills to use!
audritwo
08-27-2015, 05:36 PM
Traffic is pretty much nonexistent. No one is talking. And that's the worse, when know one speaks.
Chellyinparadise
08-27-2015, 05:53 PM
Tonight is so bad with traffic and the ones who come in log straight out, horrible. Im going to try and find the strength to toughen it out though, dont have a choice need the money must stay on somehow. i hope this night turns around, so rough sitting here like this waiting for people to want a show or to talk even. Hope everyones night turns around too. Wishing everyone the best.
princessonyx
08-27-2015, 07:28 PM
I'm so glad this thread exists lol. I am really thinking of giving up with camming. I bought an HD cam, have been making videos, improving my hair and makeup...and it seems like less and less people are spending money on me now. I am constantly just talking and entertaining these guys with NO tips in return. I didn't go on tonight yet because of how frustrating it's been lately. My first week I made $900, now I'm dealing with guys tipping me less than a dollar in tokens expecting me to do the most insane things. I am getting burnt out from their expectations and rudeness. I feel like I'm better than all these cheapos.
SimoneGray
08-27-2015, 07:42 PM
My placement is amazing today and i've sat for 3 hrs with nothing...no regs, no spenders, its so suspiciously quiet today. Boo
SM_CamGirl
08-27-2015, 09:12 PM
No dont do that. Its always tempting to do this. I think sometimes playing with your rates on different sites and at different times of the day is more logical. If you are gonna charge different rates then make it consistent. The same time everyday. Most guys who are "normal" don't spend all day online. So they have no idea that you may charge 3.99 at 10am and then 5.99 at 10pm. I was struggling with my rates recently because I realized that a specific niche that I fall into was underselling themselves by a lot. But then I realized that an entirely different niche that I also am apart of have raised the bar. It's like they got fed up and and said Fuck you Pay me. I prefer to be apart of that group. There are some very popular girls who charge low and do a whole lot. But even they can't raise their rates at this point. Their prices have become apart their branding. Don't let yourself get tied down like that. We just gotta ride this out.
No i will never will do it again becasuse i realize the problem its not the price, the problem its the low traffic, and always with my high rates i need few pvts to make the goal, so... no no no put low prices dont work in the slow days, at least for me
bbwbrianna
08-27-2015, 10:15 PM
Well this has been a terrible night. After being on cam for four hours I couldn't make a penny off anyone. This is my first time making absolutely nothing and freeloaders complaining about me not being engaging or entertaining enough. Well excuse the fuck out of me. I'll take my tits out and fuck myself for five tokens to make it to page one then. Assholes
Kinkybitch
08-28-2015, 01:48 AM
Just had a message on adultwork from a very every now and then reg asking if I wanted to catch up and he thinks he deserves a significant discount erm wtf just because he has spent money before a few times, he thinks it gives him some pass to take the mick!
sexkitten_666
08-28-2015, 05:57 AM
You are not alone))). I've pulled out 13 hours yesterday and 14 today placed just as high and making just as much, and now I'm feeling like I'm back from hell and nothing can scare me anymore. Call it the Desperate Camathon lol.
Lol I was beginning to feel like I was the only one! I think I'm gonna join you in that camathon :p
sexkitten_666
08-28-2015, 05:58 AM
Hey that's big pimpin! I am on the first page also but far down the line and made less.. haha
Really?? I can't believe it! I can't wait for summer to be over. It feels like my regs have been on vacation since June lol
sexkitten_666
08-28-2015, 05:59 AM
Just stay on and rock it out. Summer's almost over. Gotta be optimistic!
Girl, you're so right. It'll pass!! Less than a month of this summer shit :)
Sunnylexie
08-28-2015, 07:01 AM
Ramone your best bet is to get a house with no shared walls... I used to live in an apartment and I got noise complaints..lol.. The letter didn't say what I was doing exactly but when I spoke to the manager she said something along the lines of.."music..ppl playing guitar late at night..and idk what you n ur husband like to get into...."
Technically we can't cam from a house ..because its not zoned for adult business lol but who's gonna prove that's what your doing?
At the moment I'm enjoying a relatively soundproof apartment, but at some point we lived in a house where I could hear a neighbour fart in their toilet while sitting in my living room with the door closed (true story). Good thing I mostly cam during the business time when noone's home.
Sadly, my current neighbours have started a makeover, and even the soundproof wall can't save me (and my viewers) from the sound of concrete drilled.
LaylaLovely
08-28-2015, 07:49 AM
^^^ lots and lots of white noise lol, my next door neighbor just bought the house next door is doing construction too lol also u can hear my dog barking lol..every room on the house has a fan running..there old fans with no new no noise technology..I also put on the kitchens stove overhead fan on high ...and bathroom fan my whole house is quite but loud lol
anonymous camgirl
08-28-2015, 10:59 AM
Omg! 3 hours and another BULLSHIT DAY.. holy fuck.. I gotta take a break and try again later.. my face is hot from stress!
Smurfette
08-28-2015, 12:54 PM
Started out OK when I first logged on but daaaaaaaaaaaaamn is it ever a ghost town right now! :(
anonymous camgirl
08-28-2015, 01:25 PM
Gawd! cam is so bad! I started smoking again this week after 4 yrs of quitting.. what the hell.. sometimes I wish I wasn't a camgirl.. where a job drives you to smoke or drink.. uggh.. couldn't take it anymore this week.
Tinyfairybabe
08-28-2015, 01:47 PM
I agree
whitegirlproblems
08-28-2015, 02:20 PM
It makes sense that a lot of girls drink on cam. Honestly, it's just so hard to sit there when no one is talking, no one is tipping. It's dreadful & depressing. Just spent 5 hours on cam & made $20. It seems like you're working a lot more hours than you actually are! I averaged my hourly rate & I'm making about $16 per hour, average. Which is what I was making at my office job. Not worth it for all the stuff we have to put up with!
I'm so over it!
whitegirlproblems
08-28-2015, 02:23 PM
I am just having the worst day ever. I am in between jobs so I've been camming to pay my bills, but it's just so depressing! Got a job offer, but now they're saying that my employment is still under review because of all my gaps in employment (from stripping years ago). I'm so annoyed. It's just so damn hard to stay positive!
SM_CamGirl
08-28-2015, 02:36 PM
why when i need only few bucks to make the goal... get them takes me forever !!! why? why? what a slow week i had.. :-\
update: 1 hour and half for made 10 dollars... finally
anonymous camgirl
08-28-2015, 02:40 PM
well that sucks .. it takes years in this business.. I have been fulltime camgirl for 13 yrs now..LOL.. and I still have BAD days .. bad bad days.. and I think WTF.. I poured my blood sweat and tears into this.. for instance I made $70 yesterday.. really? after 13 yrs of all that I do and marketing, porn,.. trashed by trolls and that's it? so don't feel bad. keep searching for that job and keep cam as a back up cuz that's what you are looking at for all your hard efforts.
I am just having the worst day ever. I am in between jobs so I've been camming to pay my bills, but it's just so depressing! Got a job offer, but now they're saying that my employment is still under review because of all my gaps in employment (from stripping years ago). I'm so annoyed. It's just so damn hard to stay positive!
whitegirlproblems
08-28-2015, 02:43 PM
Camming is fun, sometimes but it's so isolating! I love having a normal job & having somewhere to go everyday, & getting a steady paycheck. It's the best thing ever. Too bad my last job was extremely STRESSFUL & I couldn't take it anymore. I know I'll find a job eventually somewhere. I'll probably still cam tho, I get bored with regular life & it keeps me busy! Haha.
sexkitten_666
08-28-2015, 02:52 PM
Holy shit has it been slow. I love camming though, and I'll never give it up. Even if that means being stressed and penny pinching for a couple months out the year >.<
anonymous camgirl
08-28-2015, 03:07 PM
well don't get me wrong I love camming.. but some days are just fucking abysmal and it makes you wonder what the fuck am I doing!
sexkitten_666
08-28-2015, 03:11 PM
well don't get me wrong I love camming.. but some days are just fucking abysmal and it makes you wonder what the fuck am I doing!
Lol I felt that way until I went back to working a 9 to 5 for a few months. It's hard to do this. It can be so draining during times like these, but our good days make it worth it. At least I think they do lol. Also, 13 years?! On streamate the longest? Have you noticed a signifcant change in income and traffic over the past few years, or do you think it's just a dry period?
anonymous camgirl
08-28-2015, 03:15 PM
Well I have been on SM since 2009 and things have changed a bit... they used to just drop gold at your feet.. that's all I can say.. you barely even had to try to convince them..lol.. ..so yea .. things have changed and it's harder.. and like others have said it could be the introduction of gold shows that made things a lot more difficult for the rest of us who aren't interested or who cannot do a gold show.
Lol I felt that way until I went back to working a 9 to 5 for a few months. It's hard to do this. It can be so draining during times like these, but our good days make it worth it. At least I think they do lol. Also, 13 years?! On streamate the longest? Have you noticed a signifcant change in income and traffic over the past few years, or do you think it's just a dry period?
sexkitten_666
08-28-2015, 03:18 PM
Well I have been on SM since 2009 and things have changed a bit... they used to just drop gold at your feet.. that's all I can say.. you barely even had to try to convince them..lol.. ..so yea .. things have changed and it's harder.. and like others have said it could be the introduction of gold shows that made things a lot more difficult for the rest of us who aren't interested or who cannot do a gold show.
I do see how gold shows have caused a decline in quality customers. I don't do them either, and some days are just outright exhausting trying to get guys to pay per minute. Wish they kept it private and left the gold show type play to sites like MFC and Chaturbate, but i know lots of girls make their money that way, so I guess i can't hate that hustle.
anonymous camgirl
08-28-2015, 03:27 PM
well? I wouldn't mind not giving one on one attention to one guy. But I am not the type of cam girl that can give attention and hustle to a bunch of guys.. I started with NO free live video!.. so like an old person I am kind stuck in my ways! and fight change.. I used to even not accept tips , cuz I couldn't fathom the concept of working for tips.. tips are for good service.. took me a long time to warm up to working for tips.. lmao.. I am slow to change. I did try gold shows about 5 times but it's just not my thing and I don't appear to be that type of entertainer.. I think it's good for those who start off in this kind of environment to begin with... Who don't know a different era.. Being old and stuck in your ways not willing to try new things does hurt you.. but I dunno I do pretty good other than a few shitty days. I am just not willing to do that, I would rather market myself more than do things I am not comfortable with. Now if we ALL had to do gold shows then I would conform of course if need be. But that's not the case and even girls who used to do lots of gold shows quit doing them and only on rare occasions.
I do see how gold shows have caused a decline in quality customers. I don't do them either, and some days are just outright exhausting trying to get guys to pay per minute. Wish they kept it private and left the gold show type play to sites like MFC and Chaturbate, but i know lots of girls make their money that way, so I guess i can't hate that hustle.
Kitcatt
08-28-2015, 03:48 PM
Well, you could try what I do, I'm opted in and the only gold shows I do are broadcast shows. Then I know I'm getting the goal so I can relax and not fret about not getting to the goal.
oCURIOUSo
08-28-2015, 03:53 PM
well? I wouldn't mind not giving one on one attention to one guy. But I am not the type of cam girl that can give attention and hustle to a bunch of guys.. I started with NO free live video!.. so like an old person I am kind stuck in my ways! and fight change.. I used to even not accept tips , cuz I couldn't fathom the concept of working for tips.. tips are for good service.. took me a long time to warm up to working for tips.. lmao.. I am slow to change. I did try gold shows about 5 times but it's just not my thing and I don't appear to be that type of entertainer.. I think it's good for those who start off in this kind of environment to begin with... Who don't know a different era.. Being old and stuck in your ways not willing to try new things does hurt you.. but I dunno I do pretty good other than a few shitty days. I am just not willing to do that, I would rather market myself more than do things I am not comfortable with. Now if we ALL had to do gold shows then I would conform of course if need be. But that's not the case and even girls who used to do lots of gold shows quit doing them and only on rare occasions.
Some people are really good at working one on one with a single person in private or exclusive and some are really good at getting crowds together to make gold show happen. Just different ways to accomplish the same thing. I think the big difference is gold show people are constantly bringing in 1 timers and private/exclusive people get a LOT more regulars.
bbwbrianna
08-28-2015, 04:48 PM
Another night of this bullshit. Made three dollars the whole hour I was logged on...and I'm splitcamming. What the fuck is going on in cam world?
OMG i lost 2 hrs of my cam time to get my PC to enter Windows, all because of my capture card, for some reason my pc dont 'see' my capture card always but after a reboot it's working normally, i think i needed 20+ reboots, opening my pc and taking card off, changing bios settings, trying with my integrated video card but for some reason it was not working either, getting this 1giga card back into my system and trying again few times until it was working! Kill me! Doing these all with full make up on and dressed for work, i was sweating and cussing & wasted all my energy to get my pc running & now i am here not wanting to cam anymore. I think the capture card is faulty, i am afraid to shut down my pc by now. Arrghh!!
pinkpink
08-29-2015, 12:51 AM
This week has been strange. On one hand, I made more than the previous 4 weeks. But all of that money was made on Sunday/Monday. I have pulled 12 hours shifts Tuesday-Today and i've made shit. I told myself it was mid-week slump, but it just hasn't bounced back. Maybe it's because it's the end of the month. Maybe it's because it's the end of the summer. Maybe it's because the stocks have been volatile. Maybe it's because I suck now & I'll never make money again. :'( I know, don't think or talk like that. But when you're in the valley of this droughts, it's hard to see the the light at the end of the tunnel. September has to be awesome. People home from summer, people back in school. People are bored and want more company. And hopefully all my regs come back to me.
I also raised my phone price so I clear $1/Minute and I RE-FUSE to lower that shit. :(
Tinyfairybabe
08-29-2015, 03:50 AM
I finally had a good night. Don't lose hope, friendz!
anonymous camgirl
08-29-2015, 05:40 AM
I WAS doing really good til this week came, In fact i was doing so good i tried not to question the magic touch i was having.. so it's not you.. I think alot of people have gone back to school this week, in my area they started on Monday, so they are just settling into their new routine i guess?
This week has been strange. On one hand, I made more than the previous 4 weeks. But all of that money was made on Sunday/Monday. I have pulled 12 hours shifts Tuesday-Today and i've made shit. I told myself it was mid-week slump, but it just hasn't bounced back. Maybe it's because it's the end of the month. Maybe it's because it's the end of the summer. Maybe it's because the stocks have been volatile. Maybe it's because I suck now & I'll never make money again. :'( I know, don't think or talk like that. But when you're in the valley of this droughts, it's hard to see the the light at the end of the tunnel. September has to be awesome. People home from summer, people back in school. People are bored and want more company. And hopefully all my regs come back to me.
I also raised my phone price so I clear $1/Minute and I RE-FUSE to lower that shit. :(
TheBrownFox
08-29-2015, 11:35 AM
What the fuck?! ImLive keeps kicking me out of paid chat only mode, and keeps forcing me back into Free Live Chat. I keep clicking the button to "pause" Free Live Chat, but then it keeps kicking me out and forcing me right back into Free Live Chat mode. Yeah, um...I WILL quit ImLive if this becomes a regular thing, because I was really enjoying having the option to NOT do FLC.
LaylaLovely
08-29-2015, 12:11 PM
^^ this happened to me a few days ago...I just logged out and started over , hasn't happened since.good thing I wasn't in another pvt!
princessivy
08-29-2015, 12:51 PM
I have to get a day job. That might not seem like a big deal to some people but I am a full time student and a full time camgirl with pretty intense social anxiety. I have family in my area who keep asking to see me "at work", with my cover story being a local restaurant. I can't keep up the facade much longer, but I need the money from camming and I just don't know how I can handle two jobs, even if one was just to keep up appearances, because dealing with people takes a lot of energy for me. It seems odd that working more will take away money, but I know it will and that's terrifying.
anonymous camgirl
08-29-2015, 03:40 PM
Deadest Saturday nite EVER!
MissQuirk
08-29-2015, 04:33 PM
I have a huge issue with SM's ranking/rating system.
If you haven't received 5 ratings in the last 90 days, you get bumped down to four stars which is "below average"
If you haven't streamed in a long amount of time anyway, you get penalized (which makes sense)
But if you haven't streamed, you probably haven't gotten ratings, so how is this not just punishing a model for not being able to sign on x2???
It's taking 2 hits to your placement for essentially the same reason- not being able to sign on. I haven't had 4 stars since I started and along with not being online and having a low hourly from getting into the swing of things....that's really messing with my head.
I have 4, 5 star ratings from the last couple days, all of my other ratings are 5's other than a 4 or two scattered in, but instead of taking the average of alllll my ratings, I get "below average?" the fook?
nettienette
08-29-2015, 04:55 PM
Someone on SM today got super mad at me for not "warming him up" before going private. Ugh. He was so rude too saying I was giving him attitude. This was my first encounter with a guy like that. So annoying.
Kitcatt
08-29-2015, 05:44 PM
I'd tell them you got hired doing data processing from home, or some such thing, and get rid of the vanilla job if you do well enough on cam. Seriously, at some point my "I'm an event planner" story that I told my Dad is going to come crashing down, I should have gone with that cover story. Luckily I'm also over 40, so meh, sorry pops.
Issabelle
08-29-2015, 06:09 PM
I have to get a day job. That might not seem like a big deal to some people but I am a full time student and a full time camgirl with pretty intense social anxiety. I have family in my area who keep asking to see me "at work", with my cover story being a local restaurant. I can't keep up the facade much longer, but I need the money from camming and I just don't know how I can handle two jobs, even if one was just to keep up appearances, because dealing with people takes a lot of energy for me. It seems odd that working more will take away money, but I know it will and that's terrifying.
Work from home cover stories: transcriptionist, personal assistant, data entry worker, proof-reader/checker for writers, customer service representative, etc.
Out of the home cover stories: in-home assistant for the elderly (buying groceries, doing laundry, cleaning, driving to appointments, etc.) as you can tell them your clients wouldn't welcome family while you're working, private/membership restaurant/bar/lounge they wouldn't be able to visit at, or just about anything where your clients/ownership wouldn't want you to be distracted by friends/family.
I flat out told my family not to visit me at work because it would either distract me from my customers, which is disrespectful to them, or make me feel bad that I couldn't spend the time with them, and for that reason I would appreciate if they NOT drop in on me unexpectedly. If you're firm and that's your logic, then you don't NEED to give them a name of a business as you're avoiding giving them 'temptation.'
anonymous camgirl
08-31-2015, 02:18 PM
Omg! I can barely get these guys to spend money the last 5 days!.. what is it? maybe cuz I feel like the life force has been sucked out me? or end of the month? or I lost a half a star.. I am ugly.. you name it but I dunno .. I haven't made a livable wage in 5 days.. .. I hope September is rockin'. ..I did good in august though.. just not the last 5 days.. I Haven't seen hardly a regular in days.. I think they all died or something!
SimoneGray
08-31-2015, 09:21 PM
I hate posting here :( but...wow. The last two days. I cannot even right now. and I don't want to jinx anything good that may come my way but right now I am struggling for motivation being at 2.5hrs with $6 to show for it...noooo. :(
anonymous camgirl
09-01-2015, 08:34 AM
Dear God, Please let me have a good day today.. I feel like I have been BLACKLISTED by these guys..lmao.. Please do not make it 6 days in a row.. I had to log off so I could cry! .....
SoloDesire
09-01-2015, 09:14 AM
It really does suck. It's been so dead for me last week and so far this week :( I think I've had 2 decent days in 2 weeks...really hope it picks back up for all of us soon.
anonymous camgirl
09-01-2015, 09:42 AM
Thanks!.. It helps to know I am not the only one having a bad day! ... sometimes you can take it personally
It really does suck. It's been so dead for me last week and so far this week :( I think I've had 2 decent days in 2 weeks...really hope it picks back up for all of us soon.
SoloDesire
09-01-2015, 10:31 AM
Thanks!.. It helps to know I am not the only one having a bad day! ... sometimes you can take it personally
Yeah, it's been affecting me too. I just feel like all of a sudden I'm just doing something wrong because no one even talks to me. I get on every day fresh and positive that TODAY I will make money! Then I log on to a ghost town.