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sweetandnaughty
01-17-2017, 09:50 PM
OMG! Another night of DEADNESS AND CRICKETS! I have NEVER seen it this slow. I hope it picks up again. I'm going to have work 8 hours just to make my low minimum. FUCK! Camming sucks right now.

Blonde-Ambition
01-18-2017, 08:33 AM
3 hours on cam and not had ANYONE in my cam room! what is going on!!!?

LoveViviAmante
01-18-2017, 10:30 AM
Did a saturday night with another model and... crickets. Crazy!

Bananabunny
01-18-2017, 01:29 PM
What the fuck!!!! Yesterday 10 dollars, today 1 dollar!! WTF...Camming truly sucks now, no idea why I don't just start my camming break already now...It's so useless to be online lately...No one fucking talks...just tons of freeloaders...I have the feeling that they will destroy the cam industry someday....It can't continue like that!!

BadBitch
01-18-2017, 02:04 PM
This week is pure torture. It fucking blows. Last night was a complete nightmare. Nothing but a bunch of freeloaders. Guys coming in and out. No talking. Nothing. Today, it's a ghost town. I'm trying different amount Gold Shows - even $1 - nothing. What do they want??? It's a $1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anonymous camgirl
01-18-2017, 04:45 PM
I went 5 hours today on Chaturbate with 0 tokens, and FINALLY someone tipped me 50 tokens just to ask about sexual shit with my fucking kids.. omfg!


What the fuck!!!! Yesterday 10 dollars, today 1 dollar!! WTF...Camming truly sucks now, no idea why I don't just start my camming break already now...It's so useless to be online lately...No one fucking talks...just tons of freeloaders...I have the feeling that they will destroy the cam industry someday....It can't continue like that!!

Bananabunny
01-18-2017, 06:11 PM
I went 5 hours today on Chaturbate with 0 tokens, and FINALLY someone tipped me 50 tokens just to ask about sexual shit with my fucking kids.. omfg!
Not a great week the paying guys chose to stay away from us, next week I am going to get my period AND my surgery so I am only able to make privates this week!!
I will try coming online again now, I still have my hopes up that maybe some American regular will save my life tonight!! If not.....Hope this picks up soon. It's really draining. My parents are waiting for my part of the rent :(

ravenskyy
01-18-2017, 06:20 PM
Took my full 8 hour shift to make my low goal. Guys were not tipping and one guy had the nerve to get mad at me for something that was his fault. I've been kissing ass and being nice all day and it has gotten me bare minimum. Going back to being a bitch and not giving a fuck about how people feel. So many freeloaders this week waiting for free tits and ass. I've been kicking people out of my room for the past few days for being cheap lurking assholes. No tipping, no stripping.

BadBitch
01-18-2017, 06:21 PM
Honestly, thank goodness for this forum. I thought it was me. When it's slow, I always think it's just me. It sucks that it's this slow. I hope it picks up soon.

A lot of guys have been coming in and complaining about the "new interface". It does suck. When I go onto the site using Chrome, the layout is totally different. I can't see the guys in the rooms nor can I see the "Send Me a Message" on profiles. BUT, if I use IE, I can see everything. I had a guy trying to send me a message to retrieve vids for a GS. I had to tell him to use another browser cause he wasn't seeing the option to message me.

Sigh, SM. Sigh.

parisbarbie
01-18-2017, 06:41 PM
Today is so slow here too! Every 10 minutes like 2-3 lurkers, and someone throwing a few dollar tips at me trying to chat me up asking a million questions. Kill me now .. lol

LacieBby
01-18-2017, 07:01 PM
Today is so slow here too! Every 10 minutes like 2-3 lurkers, and someone throwing a few dollar tips at me trying to chat me up asking a million questions. Kill me now .. lol

Same... Made $150 for 3hours of freechat basically. Slowest record day :(
Thank goodness I had a reg in my chat all day or I would have been bored to death.

Mare
01-18-2017, 07:04 PM
Today blew chunks. The broadcaster wasn't working right for me. If I use less than the broadcaster I get sent into oblivion. Just. Pointless.

TrifilinCamHo
01-18-2017, 09:12 PM
Complete waste of time and makeup, tonight is awful. My anxiety is turned the fuck up because when I do have a full room no one is talking and now I can't tell if I'm bombing because it's slow/glitchy or if it's because I'm clearly uncomfortable. I've spent a grand total of like 2.5 minutes in private over the last hour. Forcing myself to finish out another hour then I'm logging off if it doesnt get better. ughghghghghghhhghhhhhhhh

Chellyinparadise
01-18-2017, 09:20 PM
Yea i hear you the anxiety is awful trying to work through this, trying my hardest to stick it out becoming so disheartening though not knowing why its so bad.

xStitchesx
01-18-2017, 09:57 PM
I'm new to camming. But in my experience in retail and hospitality January is the suckiest month because everyone is broke from the holidays. No one has been spending much lately :/

Chellyinparadise
01-18-2017, 10:34 PM
Hope things pick up for all of us soon. Im sorry to see so many struggling lately.

sweetandnaughty
01-18-2017, 11:08 PM
Okay! Here is a good update on the "deadness" we are all undergoing. For me, camming still sucks but it SUCKED A LOT LESS TONIGHT THAN THE LAST FEW NIGHTS. I had a feeling there would be an uptick in traffic and earnings tonight and there was! I'm still just barely below my low goal but more than I was earning the last 3-7 nights. Much more traffic and privates.

Here's my theory. First two weeks after holidays, people getting bills in mail and it sucks. Then the 3 day MLK holiday hits and it's DEAD DEAD DEAD. It takes a few days for people to get out of the "holiday rut" and back to normal. I had guys telling me that after payday (the 15th) they feel like spending again and I can tell they are.

Soooo...my theory is the worst is behind us and it'll start to pick up again, little by little. That is what I am seeing and experiencing. So just stay the fuck on and do what you do. I think the worst is over and it'll get "back to normal"...whatever that is. I made my "low goal" for the night and it took my whole shift but it's better than making 1/3 of my low goal over the entire day!
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

EllieGold
01-19-2017, 12:04 AM
SM was garbage tonight. lots of complaints. I know that girls are tweeting Streamate on twitter, why why why won't they fix these issues?

LoraDoll
01-19-2017, 12:23 PM
Last week was pretty cool for me, but now... yesterday dead , today seems dead (spent here 1 hour) - no one talks, same people sit in the room, all I do is kicking them , the ones who talk are retarded or beggars or "wanna drain ur life essence" weirdos.
And it s very very boring. I dont get a chance to build up my mood for camming it seems. and 7 more hours to go like this lol.

My motto for tonight.

http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/when-life-knocks-you-down-calmly-get-back-up-smile-and-politely-say-you-hit-like-a-bitch-bbabb.png

update in the 4th hour. It s still dead. And looks like to me, everyone else get pv, it s just me who don t. Aint even get close to low goal?! Well, fuckign thanks for nothing!
my mood changed to:
https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7ZeEZUzRjyvWuuIg/giphy.gif
end of story.

Glamourmilf
01-19-2017, 01:38 PM
Last week was pretty cool for me, but now... yesterday dead , today seems dead (spent here 1 hour) - no one talks, same people sit in the room, all I do is kicking them , the ones who talk are retarded or beggars or "wanna drain ur life essence" weirdos.
And it s very very boring. I dont get a chance to build up my mood for camming it seems. and 7 more hours to go like this lol.

My motto for tonight.

http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/when-life-knocks-you-down-calmly-get-back-up-smile-and-politely-say-you-hit-like-a-bitch-bbabb.png


You hit it on the head for me. Boring. So very very boring.
What the hell happened? Last month I was ballin'.

anonymous camgirl
01-19-2017, 03:10 PM
I had a great day yesterday and today it's backed to sucking!..lmao.. what the fuck!.. Maybe because the inauguration is tomorrow and those that don't like Trump are fearing their impending doom.. yea let's go with that excuse.

HollyJaydeXXX
01-19-2017, 03:36 PM
$30 in 3 hours yesterday, $10 in six hours today.
Trying REALLY hard to stay positive but it's really difficult when the rent check bounced, car insurance is pending cancellation (tomorrow) and I just got a repo notice in the mail with a cure date of 1/24.
Feeling fucked...
I've cammed more in the past month than I EVER have in the past seven years and I have not even cracked a few hundred dollars...
Jesus help me.

seashell
01-19-2017, 03:55 PM
Camming has been completely dead for me everywhere except CamModelDirectory. Seriously, I dunno what it is. I get on Streamate, Chaturbate, Adultwork, MFC... and no one wants me. But dudes are somehow finding me on Skype. Maybe the dudes with money have just... moved on to indie models? (While the token site cheapos are still paying off their credit cards from the holidays? lol)

TrifilinCamHo
01-19-2017, 10:22 PM
2 of my worst nights in the last 6 months EASY back to back. I started crying for chrissakes! Logged off.

I'm like 75$ away from my low goal this week and it feels like it might as well be 1,000.

LoraDoll
01-20-2017, 01:18 PM
3rd day, and it s drop dead. Not sure what to say, I mv very pessimist right now. In my room, all they want , just to sit, or blabla. ...
What the fuck goin on?

(but reached min goal today, at least. -.- )

Anyway , in the whole time I was wrong. Tought, it s Thursday, but it s Friday, actually. Even worse.

DahliaSimone
01-20-2017, 01:24 PM
Worst camming week I have had in a while, and I thought last week was bad lol. Virtually nothing going on on Indie for me, and SM has had so many glitches that it take every ounce of my willpower to even stream....hopefully Saturday will get me at least close to my low goal, cause this shit is bonkers.

bbwbrianna
01-20-2017, 01:55 PM
Today is asshole day. $30 in 4 hours really? I do not wanna be on cam all night.

anonymous camgirl
01-20-2017, 03:40 PM
I am not even a professional masturbater anymore, I am a professional squatter.. I just sit all day and somehow money magically appears...lol.. not much money but hey.. I don't know why everyone thinks all we do is masturbate all day.. NOT ME.. not even when it's busy.. I get paid doing everything else but play with dildos..lol

xStitchesx
01-21-2017, 12:18 AM
Tonight was super frustrating. Glad I stayed on as long as I did. But geez did those guys annoy the hell out of me. So cheap! So manipulative! I got a couple of privates, but mostly people complaining/trying to negotiate my rates or just get stuff for free. Ew. Going to try the same hours but maybe start a little earlier tomorrow. I can't decide which site I like best. And hopefully I get approved for SM soon and some independent directories.

On the plus side, I was able to film a couple of clips and got some new ideas for more clips. It's funny, as soon as I get ready to take a break and film, some dude comes in and wants to chat about getting a private.

I'm tempted to lower my rate, but I feel that would be just shooting myself in the foot.

seashell
01-21-2017, 06:06 AM
One of my regs paid me for a show, before telling me he wants a weird "coaching" session where some of his friends watch me SPH him. o_O Uh, wtf. How about no.

Bananabunny
01-22-2017, 07:19 PM
A bit over 70 dollars today, did 3 days of a break because I was sick of the silence in my room, and I was right doing that break...Apparently camming has been shitty this week for so many people. Glad I was gone the half of it!

The reason why I post here is, that there are still a tons of fucking freeloaders, cheapos, creeps w/ no money who waste my time :') I wish this picks up for everyone of us in February!! Sucks working like that...

xStitchesx
01-22-2017, 10:13 PM
So many freeloaders and assholes lately. Saturday night was the best night so far, but it's really sucking. I'm torn about what to do.
I kinda want to create a separate persona from my Domme persona and cam with that. But that would mean camming without my wig.
Apparently, I'm "hot" but not hot enough to spend any actual money on.

I know I'm not supposed to worry about it, but my MFC camscore is 573 and I've only been on there a few days. People don't talk back to me. It's so boring! The same with CB. No one talks and it's boing. The first few times I worked on those sites it was so much fun. Now I'm just bored!

I think I might work less hours tomorrow and film/edit videos instead. I haven't been working on my clips. Sigh.

kamiliam
01-24-2017, 11:46 PM
Every cam I see seems bored right now on sm, so I don't think it is just me. Everything is excellent on stats but no real customers. Night shift is blowing it atm. On the new smb so maybe that is why, but when I use flme I drop in placement and everything goes awry. I just hate getting ready for nothing. Don't think I am alone in this feeling tonight but here is to a better tomorrow. My whole thing is no begging but I kinda think this group wants it...

Sunnylexie
01-25-2017, 07:18 AM
I'm in the middle of my 9th hour of making like $8/h today, and I'm really close to a breakdown. I've got a huge crafting project going right now that's gonna cost me like a used car, and I'm gonna get stuck in the middle of building if it keeps going that slow. People have to refresh several times before they can see me in free chat. I tried looking at myself, the picture goes off and back on like every 10 seconds.

Mare
01-25-2017, 08:33 AM
I'm using a different rig with the new smb. Able to pull off 1080x720 but only 10 fps. Placement is good. But I say Hi to them when they come in and they're not hearing it right away so kinda hard to chat them up.

Teddy_Bear
01-25-2017, 10:12 AM
47228

Barely breaking $60 a day sitting there for 6 hours at the moment. Yeah camming sucks ass right now.

Bridgetxo
01-25-2017, 10:51 PM
I just can't seem to make any money on cam this week. Hell, I can't even get anyone to talk to me most of the time. I'm split-camming and just crickets on every site. What is going on?!

heyho
01-26-2017, 04:22 AM
Today was full of suck. I made mid goal, but it was a parade of assholes and fuckwits nonstop through my room today. One racist idiot insisted I couldn't possibly be in his lovely white country because I "look oriental" (no shit sherlock) therefore I must be from China faking my English accent and "should stop lying to folks". Two of my dependable regs kept getting the user connection issue. Sooo many - no, seriously - SO UNBELIEVABLY MANY awful taboo/ageplay/scatplay/chokegagpuke requests. Even in pvts it felt like 70% of the custies were being extra rude to me for some reason. "CUM. CUM. Ok I'm done -leaves-" What the hell was that, asshole?

An on top of that, after what I felt was a decent earning day, SM decides to shit on me by pushing me back in placement one whole page for who knows what reason. My placement has always been super stable in the top 10 of my category. Now all of a sudden my offline (true) placement has set me among models with 4.5 stars or who haven't cammed in 3 weeks. Why? Who knows. All my ranking stats are excellent. Everyone else in my category kept their placement. I started my shift in the top 10, logged off with 48% in paidchat, and find myself tanked. It's a kick in the guts.

I'm just going to go have a long shower.

hyori
01-26-2017, 11:44 AM
I quit camming everyday.

DancesWithSloths
01-26-2017, 12:09 PM
I actually lost money camming today, which is a first. (Advertising, but 0 shows.)

The bills are paid, so I'm pretty chill about it, but come on now.

Arwen25
01-26-2017, 12:44 PM
Sorry to hear you're feeling burnt out Hyori. Do you do quite long hours?

Slothy: I have found it like pulling teeth myself, too. On AW I've been agonising over whether to spend on £1 on placement as it doesn't seem to make any difference lol. They come along eventually, but it can take hours! I am in a bit of a catch 22 as I need a better PC to splitcam, but I can only do that when I've got 1k to spend, and to do that I need to cam..on one site;D heh

Patience. We can do this!

Also it annoys me when I get dolled up for 6.45 in the morning and I don't get my first show until 8 pm Grrrrrrr could have been sleeping lol!

DancesWithSloths
01-26-2017, 03:45 PM
On AW I've been agonising over whether to spend on £1 on placement as it doesn't seem to make any difference lol.

Since I started bidding regularly, my AW experience changed from "not making any money there ever at all" to "this is now my main site, actually", so it feels worth it. But I have a £6 daily limit on bidding, equivalent to what I was paying to commute to my office job. Scientific? No. But it makes me feel good about having to spend the money. :)

Arwen25
01-26-2017, 04:04 PM
That's a smart move, I should try and do that!
I tend to bid 2-3, but it works out at way more than 6 when I am online for a few hours.

I tried free chat instead, and it was just the same old freeloaders. I concede that it encourage privates, but I feel I would rather bid and save myself the grief! X

LoraDoll
01-26-2017, 04:19 PM
Today was full of suck. I made mid goal, but it was a parade of assholes and fuckwits nonstop through my room today. One racist idiot insisted I couldn't possibly be in his lovely white country because I "look oriental" (no shit sherlock) therefore I must be from China faking my English accent and "should stop lying to folks". Two of my dependable regs kept getting the user connection issue. Sooo many - no, seriously - SO UNBELIEVABLY MANY awful taboo/ageplay/scatplay/chokegagpuke requests. Even in pvts it felt like 70% of the custies were being extra rude to me for some reason. "CUM. CUM. Ok I'm done -leaves-" What the hell was that, asshole?

I'm just going to go have a long shower.

So, it not just me. Exactly as u said, i have the same experience with camming, and It became more and more weird, day by day. I mean cheap people getting worse, and paying customers, seems like they are less. :O Wondering where it ll go.

CreativeName
01-26-2017, 04:44 PM
So, it not just me. Exactly as u said, i have the same experience with camming, and It became more and more weird, day by day. I mean cheap people getting worse, and paying customers, seems like they are less. :O Wondering where it ll go.

Well from what I understand the long term trend is downwards for a lot of things.. I still believe camming/stripping etc will be lucrative for a long time just seems from reading a lot of posts it is getting worse over time? I guess we just have to suck it up or get into a new industry that isn't in a downward trend..

Adding for my own self... Something less competitive and saturated as well

Genoveve
01-26-2017, 07:07 PM
One racist idiot insisted I couldn't possibly be in his lovely white country because I "look oriental" (no shit sherlock) therefore I must be from China faking my English accent and "should stop lying to folks".

Wtf, yeah because no one ever immigrates anywhere. He was probably just trolling you and trying to piss you off by being racist. It reminds me though, I've seen on youtube Indian actresses giving interviews in English and speaking with English accents, and in the comments I will see people saying stuff like "What's with the British accent, so phony, trying so hard to sound British....." blah blah blah. Um hello, India was ruled by Britain for like 200 years, there's obviously going to be a huge English influence, not everyone around the world is taught English with an American accent. :O

CreativeName
01-26-2017, 07:38 PM
You're talking about YouTube commenters..I find most of them to be so stupid it is entertaining just scrolling down and reading what these people say bwahahaha

drearea
01-27-2017, 06:07 AM
I keep saying I'm going to go on a - "hi bb hru" (I say I'm good how are you) "im good ty for asking" *user has logged off* - strike.

I'm so fucking sick of dudes who just pop in and out of rooms trying to get the tiniest bit of attention for free. Like fuck, are you so fucked up that you can't start simple conversations with people who are in typical social situations? Do girls in coffee shops tell you to go fuck yourself if you ask them how they are? Why? WHY?


(okay im a grump because i got up super early and made $0 so far but really WHY)


EDIT: In finishing out my hour before taking a break (I'm super good at deciding to break after like 15 minutes of suck) I got a short show that at least brought me up to $6/hr and MY BEST REG FROM LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO FOUND ME

Dude used to take me exclusive multiple times a week for 30mins or more! I wasn't up for his show type this early in the am but he messaged me so I can hit him up when I am up for it.

~Carmen~
01-27-2017, 07:44 AM
I keep saying I'm going to go on a - "hi bb hru" (I say I'm good how are you) "im good ty for asking" *user has logged off* - strike.

I remember that!

drearea
01-27-2017, 08:59 AM
I remember that!

IDK why but it just irritates me so bad! I feel like they're purposefully taking emotional labor that they know they should be paying for. If feels bad man.