View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
shysara79
02-25-2013, 01:08 PM
Grrr. I am so burned out on camming lately. Its like the traffic on Sm has dwindled or my placement is the worse it ever has been. I can not get motivated to go on Cam even when I know I have a million bills due in just a few days. I am in a rut and trying to find a way out :(
Pearl_Sugar
02-25-2013, 01:39 PM
shysara: The best thing you can do is set a goal for yourself. Tell yourself: "I will stay online until I make $50." Go through with it. Then, you've met a goal. Do it again the next day. And the next day. Work for 7 days and you have $350. If this goal is easy enough, up it to $100. Next thing you know, you've got $700. The best thing you can do is just stick with it. :)
shysara79
02-25-2013, 01:54 PM
Thanks Pearl :) I know what I should be doing.. i guess its just a matter of doing it. I have been thinking all day how to get out of this rut i am in. I think U have the right idea tho. I just have to do it. Its sad that camming has become a job that I want to call in sick to and unfortunately... its easy to call in.
sophiesecrets
02-25-2013, 04:47 PM
Ive been camming on cam4, i can usually get my goal, but my numbers have been low. i also do privates in skype etc. advertise on backpage and craigslist...lol, that may b noob, havent been doing this long, anyone have any ideas?
AliceFun
02-26-2013, 12:17 AM
Hello, i wish to thank u all for support, i am a little better now due to the pills my son managed to buy me, he put me on the phone with the lady at pharmacy, i explained her the situation so she gave me with out prescription the right pills for my severe back pain, God bless her and all of you here!
My son is almost 18 but he doesent have a driver license, we dont even own a car. My parents live in country side but my mom is soo sick i dont want her to know what i am going thru yet cause it will produce alot of harm to her as she has a heart condition she could die right away, she had heart attacks and brain strokes so she is no help for me, same for my dad, he has to look after her there.
I and my son got soo scared cause of my back condition now thinking i will be same like my brother that had a back surgery few months ago (he fell when fixing house roof) and he was in bed for 2 months w.o being able to get up, luckily he has a wife caring for him.
He is out of city with work for a few days and not able to drive me to hospital. My neighbors, nobody that could help, old ladies or single moms w.o cars.
About the ambulance, they could take me to hospital but there w.o medical insurance i can get only medical assistance if my life is in danger otherwise i have to pay a huge bill i cant afford anyway. As soon as ur life is not in danger anymore they send u home.
Here in my country cam work doesent legally exist but is not a crime either, is not in the books as legal activity, the studios will use different names for cam work like PC operator or so in order to function.
I cant declare income for a job that doesent exist therefore no legal base to pay medical insurance. I could go for private medical insurance but they too expensive for me and wont cover all medical procedures anyway.
I was employed too years ago (had medical insurance then) also had a small accounting company - "authorized private accountant" but i had to close it back in 2009 due to lack of business, no income anymore.
None of these jobs provided the needed money in order to keep things going and offer me and my son what we need so he can also continue school, we been thru very humiliating situations in between, this year is last year in high-school and then he can look up options to earn money too and go to college i hope if we can manage financially. I cant cam much due to back and eyes condition so i dont make the big money but enough to pay bills and eat.
Maybe then i could do something for myself to have medical insurance in case i need medical care but i am already too old and undesirable for what companies here are looking to hire (young people working for miserable salaries but happy with it cause they live with their parents).
Will see about all, right now i need to get back on my feet and start working again so we can keep going.
To the ones that are healthy and happy and have good men in ur lives and enough money to live a good life, please thank whomever u believe in for all what u got, to the ones not that fortunate, i wish u lots of power to go on and dont give up.
Have peace and God bless u all wonderful people!
CourtneyRaine
02-26-2013, 12:46 AM
@Sophie, have you joined an indy cam directory listings? I don't use them myself but I've heard wonderful things about some of them. Also you can get involved with social media, build up your followers on twitter and always tweet when you're doing shows or running a special, and I hear good things about tumblr as well.
@Alice, I'm so sorry to hear about what you're going through. I don't know where you are but there are several U.S. based call centers that allow you to work from home. The pay is not much more than minimum wage but they hire on people as employees (not independent contractors) and offer company health insurance. Maybe you can try to find something like that so you can still work from home and get on their insurance until you are well enough to cam regularly again? Or try finding phone sex or sexting work you can do to fill in the gaps? Phone might be a little much depending on your pain level but texting might be something that isn't too hard on you?
RaineyLane
02-26-2013, 05:56 AM
Ugh! I was on for like 3 hours between CB and MFC and made $0 on CB and like $40 on MFC! WTF! Super SUCK! :(
twistedprincess
02-26-2013, 06:49 AM
Camming sucks right now, because I did a BJ show...
http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1349/16/1349167997445.gif
get it? get it? ;)
MommieLongLegs
02-27-2013, 01:54 PM
Im on mfc and there's no one in my room but guests. Every now and then I'll get basics and hardly any premiums. Not only that, but when I do have more people in my room, only like 1 or 2 guys will speak. A few guys have even commented on how no one else was talking.
Then, I've had guys try to to start group shows but no one else will join, even when only one more person is needed. I logged onto sm and I've had it with that site. Every single guy who comes in is someone who's never spent money or a guy with a 1 next to his name and never spends.
I feel like...I don't know anymore. I've been on for 4 hours and am trying not to give up. :(
bigbootyjudy1
02-27-2013, 02:18 PM
Im on mfc and there's no one in my room but guests. Every now and then I'll get basics and hardly any premiums. Not only that, but when I do have more people in my room, only like 1 or 2 guys will speak. A few guys have even commented on how no one else was talking.
Then, I've had guys try to to start group shows but no one else will join, even when only one more person is needed. I logged onto sm and I've had it with that site. Every single guy who comes in is someone who's never spent money or a guy with a 1 next to his name and never spends.
I feel like...I don't know anymore. I've been on for 4 hours and am trying not to give up. :(
Do you do gold shows?Maybe you should accept the TV GOLD SHOWS.so you can have that guaranteed income.If your not doing so.I hate MFC.Thats the first site that i started on.But after 9 months it turned to nothing but freeloaders for me.Thank God i had Streamate as a back up site .kEEP YOUR HEAD UP SWEETIE.It does get better.
shysara79
02-27-2013, 02:25 PM
Hey Mommie ,,, I can sure relate to streamate and not wanting to get on cam. I got up this morning and got all pretty.. had one show and made 4 bucks.. in like two hours. Logged off for three hours and then got back on and made 15. I just dont get any traffic.. Sucks.. I can relate.. Maybe tomorrow will be better for us both :)
MommieLongLegs
02-27-2013, 02:52 PM
It just sucks because the money is so inconsistent. One day I make 150 then a day like today when I log off after 4.5 hours of making 0. I actually had a guy on sm type "has tipped 5 + 10 gold". I almost lost it at that point. I wanted to flip out and start throwing everything in sight.
Then a guy on mfc tried to get me to do a 15-20 minute skype, saying for the past 3 years the models just set the timer and he pays 75 tokens per minute of how long the show lasted. I told him no and he then said he was gonna go jerk off to my profile pics. I quickly deleted it (I only have 1 pic) and banned him I was so mad. I did reupload it later though because I can't cam without a picture sigh.
And, no I don't do gold shows on sm because there's never enough people in my room. I really haven't even cammed on sm anymore now anyway.
Mfc makes me feel like I have to be on 10, dancing and what not for hours on end. And when I make my goal it's because the same 1-2 people chipped in. I don't know...It's gotta get better otherwise I'll be back to filling out store applications. Good thing I'm in school.
Fallenangel2904
02-28-2013, 04:47 AM
I just started camming again after a long hiatus and It was pretty slow last night for me. I'm hoping it was just because it was the middle of the week. I just started on SM for the first time and it was underwhelming. I was hoping for a little bit better of a first night, but I had a few good privates so it was something. Today will be better hopefully!
selinas
02-28-2013, 05:29 AM
SM makes me want to kill myself today. I have a pretty good placement but the traffic is so ridiculously slow, and the pvts I actually get are the 1 minute kind with a million 30 second peepers.
seller317
02-28-2013, 05:37 AM
Same here!!
seller317
02-28-2013, 06:14 AM
Cheap gold shows seem to help some but I can never get close to goal!
RaineyLane
02-28-2013, 06:57 AM
Cheap gold shows seem to help some but I can never get close to goal!
Exactly! Ugh! I gave up on SM
Tonight I made $120 which isn't bad BUT I worked like FOREVER for it. Took WAY too long. Hope it's better in March! :)
shysara79
02-28-2013, 07:25 AM
Ya... What is up with the traffic lately? I was kinda hoping all the horny men would have their tax refunds to spend on us by now :(
gingerstripper
02-28-2013, 11:21 AM
Last night was sooooo sloooow i made...7 tokens in freechat.
However before that i had a guy give me 4300 for an hour pvt on skype, so thats what saved me
so wasnt bad....actually 100 dollars away from my weekly goal only because i have had two customers spend a lot of tokens on me, other than camming sucks right now.
also gotta think about this month...it sucks...people got jipped 2 days out of there checks, so theyre saving it for rent/mortgages...blah blah blah. so march will be better..people are just playing catch up.
TheBrownFox
02-28-2013, 12:12 PM
Good afternoon, ladies! :) Let's say goodbye to Fucked-up February and hello to Marvelous Money-making March! :D LMAO.
bigbootyjudy1
02-28-2013, 12:29 PM
Today sucks ass,not only do i feel freaking sick to my stomach,but i got a whole bunch of free loaders pissin me off.Ughhh.I guess that's the life of a Cam model.
kittykrane
02-28-2013, 12:55 PM
OMG...Today was meh....this morning I actually was doing pretty good...then this afternoon, it's like every freeloader showed up and I hardly made squat. I'm done...blah. Good luck to you all. Hope March is better!
Fallenangel2904
02-28-2013, 01:20 PM
Yea this afternoon really sucked. I'm trying out all different hours and so far mid afternoon is not great. I did okay last night and even early this morning but mia afternoon was DEAD and the guys that did come through were time wasters. I was online over an hour and made a big fat ZERO. Arg. Going to chill maybe take a nap and come back later!
Marina Starr
02-28-2013, 01:43 PM
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Good afternoon, ladies! :) Let's say goodbye to Fucked-up February and hello to Marvelous Money-making March! :D LMAO.
BrightAndClaire
02-28-2013, 02:16 PM
Last night was going better, and SM seemed to be back to normal again...and then the "allergies" I thought I were plaguing me earlier turned out to be a virus or something, and sitting in my underwear while my body temperature fluctuated wildly and guys were asking me to stick things in my ass suddenly seemed like a REALLY BAD IDEA.
FiendishGyrator
02-28-2013, 02:38 PM
why isn't my video working on MGF????
It works on my desktop application. I've tried opening and closing MGF, trying the classic and new versions, and seeing if I needed an adobe update.
argh!
laurielegs
02-28-2013, 04:03 PM
why isn't my video working on MGF????
It works on my desktop application. I've tried opening and closing MGF, trying the classic and new versions, and seeing if I needed an adobe update.
argh!
I just used it for the first time today. I used internet explorer. (Chrome wasn't working). I had to right-click and do the Allow thing for the flash and choose my cam.
sophiesecrets
02-28-2013, 04:06 PM
I just used it for the first time today. I used internet explorer. (Chrome wasn't working). I had to right-click and do the Allow thing for the flash and choose my cam.
i had to go to firefox, crome has like 6 processes going at all times and was slowing down my system like crazy =-(
TheBrownFox
02-28-2013, 04:44 PM
If y'all are referring to Streamate (as the site where you're having problems with Chrome), I've also had problems with SM when using Chrome.
sophiesecrets
02-28-2013, 04:48 PM
well crome was messing with all my sites, even skype. especially if i had alot of windows open. but i cant use explorer much either because i get this "object error" thing and i have to close it in task manager lol. thank god for firefox or id b in trouble...
FiendishGyrator
02-28-2013, 05:35 PM
cool. Guess that's my answer! :)
I typically run windows but if anyone has any feedback on linux, let me know.
Guess it's going to be Internet Explorer! Thanks. That helps a lot.
Missbeth
02-28-2013, 05:53 PM
Today.... Was horrible.
I was in the 3rd spot first page on streamate, ran a gold show countdown had 10 ppl in my room and got NO bites wtf.
And what is up with tv shows giving less and less....
Grrrr I had on guy say "I guess no on likes you".... GRRRR
sophiesecrets
02-28-2013, 06:21 PM
Today.... Was horrible.
I was in the 3rd spot first page on streamate, ran a gold show countdown had 10 ppl in my room and got NO bites wtf.
And what is up with tv shows giving less and less....
Grrrr I had on guy say "I guess no on likes you".... GRRRR
wat a jerk!
shysara79
02-28-2013, 06:21 PM
MisBeth. I hate when creepy douche bag dudes say some dumb shit like that, with their broke asses ! Sorry :( I get em too
shysara79
02-28-2013, 06:24 PM
Edit typo. Miss Beth
FiendishGyrator
02-28-2013, 06:33 PM
are gold shows even worth doing on SM? I know they started them because of MFC, but now it seems like they're both going down the tubes. Can one even work SM without doing gold shows?
StephanieXS
02-28-2013, 06:54 PM
I refuse to do them, Fiendish. I MIGHT do one or two on Mondays, but in general, I refuse.
Via Flaminia
02-28-2013, 09:21 PM
Today.... Was horrible.
I was in the 3rd spot first page on streamate, ran a gold show countdown had 10 ppl in my room and got NO bites wtf.
And what is up with tv shows giving less and less....
Grrrr I had on guy say "I guess no on likes you".... GRRRR
I wish we could block comments as well as users. lol
AliceFun
02-28-2013, 09:28 PM
I am back online after 5 days, had severe back pain, tonite i sat at pc for 4 hrs almost and did nothing on SM, zero, no pvt no tips, nothing, my back hurts, all efforts for nothing! WTF SM?
Missbeth
02-28-2013, 10:10 PM
are gold shows even worth doing on SM? I know they started them because of MFC, but now it seems like they're both going down the tubes. Can one even work SM without doing gold shows?
One can absolutely work SM without goldshows...
For the first 5 months I worked on SM I didn't do goldshows OR toys and I did very well.
I have just recently started to do gold shows about 3 days a week.. They can be beneficial with bringing in guys who later on will get pvts with you..
They also can really help when privates are slow.
But as for are they worth it...
Gold shows can be worth it... Honestly to me they aren't too me if I don't make at least a $100 goal...
I might start it with $90 if it's slow and I know guys will pledge in after...(sometimes you can just tell if they will) and then I'll end up with $35-$40 my cut.
My usual end total for a gold show is $100-150 so $35-$50 my cut. I can usually pull off 2-3 gold shows an hour so at least $70/hr. that being said.. I dot do back to back goldshows all day everyday bc then I think try may lose thier appeal so I only do goldshows about 3 days a week (usually when pvts are slow).
If I focused more on goldshows and working up my "gold show regs" to where I can get larger goals I might make a little more in the short run but... I feel like stuff is more likely to get pirated if a guy is paying $5 for 6 mins opposed to $35...
Ps sorry in advance for any typos or unfitting words... Im on my iPhone,... Damn autocorrect lol
Via Flaminia
03-05-2013, 03:55 PM
I try so hard not to vent like this, but damn...there's horrible, and there's *fucking horrible* !
I was away from camming for 2 weeks & I'm paying for it now. I know it's great for some right now and not so much for others, so I'm going to just add extra hours and keep plugging away until I get the traffic back.
BRB going to buy a case of beer :D
oCURIOUSo
03-05-2013, 05:05 PM
There are no freakin words to describe how frustrated I am with SM right now. Not the customers, they're paying my bills like champs! But the fact that even as a top (top ish?) model and consistent money maker for them, they're enforcing rules on me that they're not enforcing on other models. Um, How am I supposed to explain to a customer who comes in asking to buy my panties that he can't have them because I'm not allowed to receive his shipping information, but it's totally okay for this other chick to sell pussy casts and DVDs. Now, according to that customer, I'm a liar because "Other girls do it" and I won't. I don't have a problem with the rules, but if you're not going to enforce them on every model it makes no sense to enforce them on some of the models, especially when they're top earners for the site.
... and suddenly I sound like a really cocky cunt, but fuck my uterus hurts and I'm out of chocolate!
takiaya
03-05-2013, 05:12 PM
70 ppl in my room and only $13 in 2 hours...thats why camming sucks today
SarahTime
03-05-2013, 08:22 PM
There are no freakin words to describe how frustrated I am with SM right now. Not the customers, they're paying my bills like champs! But the fact that even as a top (top ish?) model and consistent money maker for them, they're enforcing rules on me that they're not enforcing on other models. Um, How am I supposed to explain to a customer who comes in asking to buy my panties that he can't have them because I'm not allowed to receive his shipping information, but it's totally okay for this other chick to sell pussy casts and DVDs. Now, according to that customer, I'm a liar because "Other girls do it" and I won't. I don't have a problem with the rules, but if you're not going to enforce them on every model it makes no sense to enforce them on some of the models, especially when they're top earners for the site.
... and suddenly I sound like a really cocky cunt, but fuck my uterus hurts and I'm out of chocolate!
I agree. 100%.
And so happy to see you here! :)
FiendishGyrator
03-05-2013, 08:49 PM
yesterday and today sucked. So far 2 hours today and zip. yesterday, three hours and $11.05.
about to start working on my apps to other cam sites and filming clips.
QUEENOFCURVES
03-06-2013, 12:58 AM
i was suprise there is a top model with her lesbo friend one blond and other dark hair nice nice body was selling both of their panties now, before they use to give aways tons of vedios free in their gold show.. i am confuse on the panties thing and still not like the whole sending vedio link stuff.
Missbeth
03-09-2013, 07:26 PM
I've never had a Saturday night so slow....
Then again there's a top model on SM right now doing panty stuffing in free chat....so I'm sure that doesn't help.
Fuuuucckkkkkkk
Fallenangel2904
03-09-2013, 07:37 PM
I just got home...debating on whether I want to get on tonight mehhh based on this thread my motivation is seriously lacking. I better at least get on for a few hours and judge it for myself, but I'm the worlds best procrastinator....
FiendishGyrator
03-09-2013, 07:40 PM
You know, last weekend was good for me. But this whole week I've been making probably less than 10/hr if I average in the couple hours I worked where I made nothing.
Pretty lame. Hope it gets better!
justanothercamgirl
03-09-2013, 08:33 PM
Today was so damn slow. I sure hope things start looking up soon. I will be looking into signing up for other sites tomorrow. :banghead: