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Genoveve
09-10-2018, 07:14 PM
Don't forget that a lot of guys get off (physically) to trolling and humiliating girls. I believe there's a porn out there where the guy roasts the girl to make her feel like shit about herself before fucking her. Never take any of these fucks personally, 90% don't even know what a bj feels like unless it's from their brother. Fuck those assholes ;D

Exactly. I guarantee you Anonamiss that this guy was planning on insulting a chick or chicks before he even logged on, and that he was purposely nice to you beforehand to make it sting you all the more. A lot of guys go on cam just to try to play psychological warfare because it's their only opportunity in their lives to take a power trip.

magicgembliss
09-11-2018, 04:20 AM
A lot of guys go on cam just to try to play psychological warfare because it's their only opportunity in their lives to take a power trip.

Real big man he is. :firefight

Skyla18
09-11-2018, 10:12 AM
5 hours and 36 dollars yeah septemeber so good..... :( troll central today in my room I think they just wanted to get my hopes up and then see me get upset by asking me about pvt shows and never even buying one

ravenskyy
09-11-2018, 10:56 AM
3 hours, logged into 5 sites and I've made a whole $3. Wow. I've never worked my sites for this long and made nothing. WTF is going on!?!?

jigglypuff
09-12-2018, 12:09 PM
Had a decent monday so I was excited to get on yesterday, but the power went out after 2 hours. Have been on for 4 hours today and have made a whopping $18. The freeloaders seem to be out more than usual today. That or my bitchiness with not making any money after seeing "Hi bb how are you" "flash me a tit and ill take u private bb" blah blah blah over and over, and thin patience are showing with them LOL.

Skyla18
09-12-2018, 12:38 PM
lately camming been vey hard and mentally exhausting I don't just don't enjoy it anymore. I have no other income right now so I try to pull though but oh these last few days have been hell one word for today.... brutal seriously considering something else soon

Bananabunny
09-12-2018, 12:48 PM
lately camming been vey hard and mentally exhausting I don't just don't enjoy it anymore. I have no other income right now so I try to pull though but oh these last few days have been hell one word for today.... brutal seriously considering something else soon

Exactly my situation. I got depressed the other day seeing salaries with simple jobs in my country ranging from 3,500$ to 5,500$ with only an internship of 3 years!! Meanwhile I'm here working my ass off for under 2,000$ a month all night long...No thank you.

Girly_Girl
09-13-2018, 10:04 AM
anyone know what the fuck is going on with traffic this week? I had to go back to working my double shift yesterday and still didn't get to my low goal. Today is the same way....wtf

I thought September was suppose to get better but to me it's been worse?

ravenskyy
09-13-2018, 11:13 AM
anyone know what the fuck is going on with traffic this week? I had to go back to working my double shift yesterday and still didn't get to my low goal. Today is the same way....wtf

I thought September was suppose to get better but to me it's been worse?

I haven't had a good night in weeks. I need to make $250+ a day and it's not happening.

Scorpio Girl
09-13-2018, 02:55 PM
anyone know what the fuck is going on with traffic this week? I had to go back to working my double shift yesterday and still didn't get to my low goal. Today is the same way....wtf

I thought September was suppose to get better but to me it's been worse?

That's what I thought too. I actually had an awesome July but things have been horrible since August and have not picked back up.

itsnightlight
09-14-2018, 12:27 AM
$3 in 3 hours yay! Anybody else camathoning till the end of Pay Period?

NitaBaby
09-14-2018, 07:02 AM
$3 in 3 hours yay! Anybody else camathoning till the end of Pay Period?

I will be. The week is turning out great but a camathon would take me to an income level i haven't experienced quite yet. So I'm going for it.

SuperPookie
09-14-2018, 02:05 PM
$0 on any of my sites and I've been on 3 hours so far. It's certainly not looking promising.

Susperia1
09-14-2018, 02:14 PM
Today has been very discouraging. Nothing but freeloaders galore. Regs are MIA.

Bananabunny
09-14-2018, 06:50 PM
So many TIMEWASTERS every night. Wtf. Just wtf man.

itsnightlight
09-15-2018, 02:39 AM
Yeah this week officially sucks. This pay period I'm barely scraping in 1000 and that's thanks to my second part time job.

ravenskyy
09-15-2018, 06:40 AM
Yeah this week officially sucks. This pay period I'm barely scraping in 1000 and that's thanks to my second part time job.

All my Indy sites are dead. I've been streaming daily now and I didn't even make $1000. I normally make that easily, without streaming.

SapphireXO
09-15-2018, 12:17 PM
Traffic has been blehhhhhh. My per hour rate is right were it should be however the customers and traffic ups and downs are unpredictable. It's been a no-fun camming week for real.

pippapippa
09-15-2018, 06:25 PM
Every time I’ve logged on this week (which admittedly hasn’t been much), it’s been dead as fuck. I’m making half my intended goal.

freya_jade_
09-15-2018, 06:51 PM
Hey, I got that same guy who asked about the abortion fantasy on MFC! It was my very first DAY camming, ever! So it kind of caught me off guard.

I replied and he never actually got back, so I think he's just trying to get a rise out of people.

freya_jade_
09-15-2018, 07:08 PM
Okay, so... Big vent.
Why the fuck do guys go into model's rooms who they CLEARLY know and can see aren't their type before they even enter the room, just so they can tell the model "You're not my type"
Like in the 5 mins it took you to do that you could have been jerking your pathetic dick off to a model who IS your type, and I could have found someone to actually fucking pay me!



This frustration comes from today, when I got this gem on SM. Guy I've never seen before comes into room. Sits for a long minute.

Me: *getting annoyed that this guy is camping out in my fucking cam room* Hi, how are you?
Guy: Good. Just checking out your pics.
Me: *really trying to act like I give a fuck at this point because i can clearly tell guy is a timewaster* Oh yea? :) What do you think?
Guy: You have a cute face.
Me: Oh, thank you :)
Guy: But I'm personally not into curvy chicks.

At this point I'm kind of taken aback. So I smile and reply "Okay, well go find another cam room to be in then :)" And before I can block him he leaves.


What the FUCK

someoldnoob
09-15-2018, 07:10 PM
I've been on 3 sites at the same time and having trouble hitting my low goal unless I'm on for many hours. The traffic is just not there for me on one of the sites, and I don't even know if new people are finding me. I still manage to do OK because when I do find good customers, they're very loyal, but I know I just need to stick to a schedule. I've been putting more hours in, but not during consistent times, so that's my fault. It's been rough lately but I also took several months off due to emergency.

Bananabunny
09-15-2018, 07:36 PM
Paxum is not perfect, but let's put this into perspective. I used FCP and Paxum both for over over 4 years. I prefered Paxum for reasons that are irrelevant now as only Paxum survives. After Choice Bank when under in April, I recovered all of my FC card money as all the money was always sent directly to my card as there was no bank account... and we had time to withdraw it... which I did immediately.

Paxum used the same bank, Choice Bank, so they had to cancel the old cards and issue the new temporary ones that we currently use. There was also plenty of time to withdraw all money on the old card - so no harm there either.

Now, for obvious reasons, when FCP went down, the new card issuing process took a long time. First they had to find a bank, then issue new cards to every single member, plus process zillions of new applications from people who were desperate for a payment method after FCP when belly up. That took quite a lot of patience, but obviously they had to service their existing customers before helping new ones. They did send out these cards free. They also added a year of validity to them, so these temporary cards are valid for 3 years, not the usual 2. That's a bonus as I won't be waiting for a new card until 2021.

I received my new card on June 20, now, after about 2 1/2 months I have used my new card about 60 times. I don't use it at the ATM, but POS and online shopping as that gives me a better exchange rate. I have not had one single problem with it. The only problem now is that I need to request an updated transaction statement every week (up to you when you want them), but once you get used to it, it's not too bad.

As wire transfers are too costly to my location and I don't like the transfer to credit card method and other methods are unavailable to me, I prefer to spend on the card for the best possible value.

There is nothing "stupid" about it. Passports don't have addresses. Your address has to be verified by an official document. I used a bank statement to verify my home address. Most banks want people's home addresses, so that's not difficult.

I have Chaturbate and SM money sent to Paxum. It's quick and easy. When you get the money you can transfer $500 per day to your card. I'd be lost without Paxum.

I understand, thank you for giving me your mature response with helpful informations, unlike other people :sarcastic I am willing to give Paxum a chance after I read your text. I'm not very independent but definitely not stupid, so I believe I can get my account running soon! Paxum is my only hope for now, so let's see how it goes :spin:

Bananabunny
09-15-2018, 07:42 PM
I thought of becoming more positive and not going into this thread to lurk too much when it's slow, but today has been devastating. Silence and almost no tips all night long. One regular, probably trying to see if I snap, asked me how I get motivation to even get on when it's so dead nowadays. I didn't want to be rude to him since he's a regular, but in the inside I thought "I have lost my motivation to get on cam a long time ago, i just do it cuz I need that $$$ to pay my bills so how about you tip me instead to ask me obvious questions?? : ))))))))"

I also noticed how chill I am nowadays whenever I get a slow night. I would have logged off crying in the past with that slowness I had this summer. But now I just go offline for a bit, come back online and resume and it's actually working! When I come back 30 mins - 1 hour later, I actually get a few shows.

freya_jade_
09-15-2018, 08:00 PM
Man. The last two weeks on Streamate have just been steaming hot piles of garbage. Idk what the hell gives. No traffic, or just dudes coming in and leaving after a second.
I do have bills to pay though, and I just baaaarely made those goals in time to receive my check by the 1st to pay my rent, but it leaves me with like zilch for grocery money.

I'm going to try to smoke some weed and not cry too much.

ravenskyy
09-16-2018, 02:58 PM
6 hours of camming today. I'm busting my ass and still haven't made my low goal! I used to average $50hr, now I'm lucky if I can average $20hr. Whyyyy!?!?

Bridgetxo
09-16-2018, 05:50 PM
This weekend was a bust for me. I think the last 3 weekends were dead. I usually rely on the weekends to make the bulk of my money but nope, not this month. This month is turning out worse than August. Gonna have to re-evaluate and log more hours to hopefully make something decent the next two weeks.

ravenskyy
09-17-2018, 10:15 AM
I hate being self employed. I was told that having my own business would open doors for me, but it's done nothing but keep doors closed. I have to fight to get a car, an apartment, a credit card, a loan. No one wants to believe me about my income without bank statements AND tax returns! I've only been doing this full time, on and off for a little over a year and many of my sites don't report my income. And my income fluctuated a lot due to my depression and pregnancy last year so my on paper YTD income looks like trash. I can't believe that I'm saying this but I want a boring, normal, regular ass life! I want to work a 9-5! I want a basic life! This life hasn't been fun, it fucking sucks. I'm not proud of this job and it's not taking me anywhere. It's holding me back.

Girly_Girl
09-17-2018, 11:30 AM
I hate being self employed. I was told that having my own business would open doors for me, but it's done nothing but keep doors closed. I have to fight to get a car, an apartment, a credit card, a loan. No one wants to believe me about my income without bank statements AND tax returns! I've only been doing this full time, on and off for a little over a year and many of my sites don't report my income. And my income fluctuated a lot due to my depression and pregnancy last year so my on paper YTD income looks like trash. I can't believe that I'm saying this but I want a boring, normal, regular ass life! I want to work a 9-5! I want a basic life! This life hasn't been fun, it fucking sucks. I'm not proud of this job and it's not taking me anywhere. It's holding me back.

Sometimes I wished I had a normal 9-5 job that paid good myself. I've worked from home for 10 years tho (camming for only around 4 tho). Only problem tho is I'm 48 and never went to college so this job pays more than minimum wage. But I am not going to cam all my life and I've been trying to find an exit plan. I still want something with the freedom tho of being able to take off when I want and work my own hours. One thing I hate about working from home tho is I work 12 hours on Mondays and Friday, and sometimes on the other days if I havent met my low goal for the day. I also hate having to wake up so damn early with this job. With my old work at home job I had more flexibility with my hours but I hated it worse that camming! Atleast with camming if someone pisses me off I can tell them to go get fucked and block them...lol

I got my credit up before I started working from home but they still want to see proof of income so I just show them my 1099. If your not in daily pay I'd suggest you signing up with daily pay because they will let you print off check stubs if you need them.

I am the same as you tho, I am not proud of this job either. Friends and other people are asking me all the time, what do you do and saying that they would love to work from home and I always tell them, no u don't either! I always lie about what kind of work I do tho. I've not told ANY of my friends. It was fun in the beginning but I hate it now but not much I can do about it right now ;( soooooo I will keep grinding, hustling and trying to find an exit plan. My biggest problem right now is I am diabetic (so my energy sucks most of the time) plus I am either in pre-menopause or menopause. Still waiting on the blood work to come back. I've learned to work around using my dildo so much tho, so that's helped some. Whats bad tho is Ive been dealing with a sore pussy for the last 3 years thinking that it was from this damn job but pretty sure its from the menopause now. Its also affected my social life tho cause I don't have time for a relationship plus after dealing with guys all day and then having a sore pussy on top of it, it makes it tough but I am also tired of being alone too ;(

NitaBaby
09-17-2018, 12:15 PM
I feel where you’re coming from. I’m still a cam baby but I’ve already drawn up an exit plan because I refuse to be doing this come next September. I can’t dildo myself to death for the next 10 years. This was nice as far as keeping my girls and I off of the streets but I want something sustainable and scalable. Come this November I have to set my plan into motion. It’s time to use my free schedule and income to do something else.

jigglypuff
09-17-2018, 12:49 PM
I am in awe of the ladies that do this long term and make serious bank. They are badass. I thought I could do it too but you really never know until you get into it. I thought I would love sex work but I have come to learn thats not the case. Theres something out there that we all excel at and this is not my area of expertise but I will find it. I'm sure when I do, it might make camming for some side income more fun instead of having camming as a "I need to do this to keep my power on and a place to live" because having to do it as an absolute NEED more than a want is soul sucking for me.

jigglypuff
09-17-2018, 12:54 PM
I hate being self employed. I was told that having my own business would open doors for me, but it's done nothing but keep doors closed. I have to fight to get a car, an apartment, a credit card, a loan. No one wants to believe me about my income without bank statements AND tax returns! I've only been doing this full time, on and off for a little over a year and many of my sites don't report my income. And my income fluctuated a lot due to my depression and pregnancy last year so my on paper YTD income looks like trash. I can't believe that I'm saying this but I want a boring, normal, regular ass life! I want to work a 9-5! I want a basic life! This life hasn't been fun, it fucking sucks. I'm not proud of this job and it's not taking me anywhere. It's holding me back.

I understand it from the business' perspective but I absolutely hate how people treat us self employed folks!!! You cant get shit as easy as everyone else. I miss the 9-5 just for the sole fact of people taking me seriously. So crazy how you want to take control of your life and be your own boss instead of making someone else money for min wage yet it's looked at in a bad light from others.

anonymous camgirl
09-17-2018, 02:07 PM
I laughed at your comment!.. been dildoing myself to death for 16 yrs.. and I thought the same.. as a lot of you say.. I was done after year 1... I thought quite differently about men.. Grew to hate it.. but I was already thick into it and couldn't change the course and I stayed.. 16 yrs later.. you cut your heart out and give yourself a lobotomy.. TBH I don't actually think of them as humans until they turn their cam on...lol.. that's how you get by.


I feel where you’re coming from. I’m still a cam baby but I’ve already drawn up an exit plan because I refuse to be doing this come next September. I can’t dildo myself to death for the next 10 years. This was nice as far as keeping my girls and I off of the streets but I want something sustainable and scalable. Come this November I have to set my plan into motion. It’s time to use my free schedule and income to do something else.

SuperPookie
09-17-2018, 03:07 PM
It's starting to just wear me down. The constant assholes the fear that comes from literally having no idea how much income I might have. Making 20 an hour one day and today what has been about $1.50, 12plus hour days and being scared to take a day off because I need the money...

anonymous camgirl
09-17-2018, 03:53 PM
Are you on a budget at all? I started one in 2012 after being a camgirl since 2003 and it has helped immensely.. I have not lived paycheck to paycheck since and quit living in fear of whether or not I can take a day off..... Just take your average income and divide that up into categories and start living that way.. might be tough in the beginning but you will get there.


It's starting to just wear me down. The constant assholes the fear that comes from literally having no idea how much income I might have. Making 20 an hour one day and today what has been about $1.50, 12plus hour days and being scared to take a day off because I need the money...

NitaBaby
09-17-2018, 05:19 PM
^Smart. Additionally (if you can of course) I would dedicate one weeks check just for savings. Pay all of your bills in the first 2-3 weeks and let that last check be for savings.

BadBitch
09-17-2018, 06:24 PM
I laughed at your comment!.. been dildoing myself to death for 16 yrs.. and I thought the same.. as a lot of you say.. I was done after year 1... I thought quite differently about men.. Grew to hate it.. but I was already thick into it and couldn't change the course and I stayed.. 16 yrs later.. you cut your heart out and give yourself a lobotomy.. TBH I don't actually think of them as humans until they turn their cam on...lol.. that's how you get by.

That's how I look at it! I don't look at them as human, either! LOL!

SuperPookie
09-17-2018, 06:47 PM
Are you on a budget at all? I started one in 2012 after being a camgirl since 2003 and it has helped immensely.. I have not lived paycheck to paycheck since and quit living in fear of whether or not I can take a day off..... Just take your average income and divide that up into categories and start living that way.. might be tough in the beginning but you will get there.
Oh yes, I'm actually really good with money and have an IRA, emergency fund etc but just the constant stress of never knowing how much money I'm going to have is really hard. For instance I'm planning a expensive vacation next year and if my income stays about the same as it has I should be fine but what if it doesn't? What if I spend all this money and start making like $50 a day on average. It could happen. That's the sort of crap floating through my head all the time.

magicgembliss
09-17-2018, 06:55 PM
With my old work at home job I had more flexibility with my hours but I hated it worse that camming! Atleast with camming if someone pisses me off I can tell them to go get fucked and block them...lol

(

totally why i will always be self employed from now on!!

LoraDoll
09-18-2018, 03:09 AM
I spending hours online for nothing. This shift again... its not like "hard to reach low goal" it ll be a 0.
I m tired being irritated and angry. And I hate, that I sacrifice my time for something I fucking hate, and what lately, not even paying at all.

jigglypuff
09-18-2018, 11:42 AM
As the days go on of making less and less money for doing more work I am really wishing I had something else to fall back on now and say fuck camming. Staying on for hours and hours to make such little money is making me feel very defeated! I cant even come close to my goal nowadays. And its not an unreasonable goal its pretty low.

Chica
09-18-2018, 01:20 PM
It’s crazy!! Second day and 0 dollars. Never was 0 for me yet lately:((((...... do you ladies feel like the traffic is non existent??? It’s just insane!

jigglypuff
09-18-2018, 01:26 PM
It’s crazy!! Second day and 0 dollars. Never was 0 for me yet lately:((((...... do you ladies feel like the traffic is non existent??? It’s just insane!

Yes. Constantly. I made nothing yesterday, have been on today for over 4 hours so far and have made 50. My paid chat is 6%..... six. percent. I don't understand what the HELL is going on. It was so easy to make my goal in 4 hours but now I can't even get halfway there in that time frame. I stick to around 6 hours a day and lately it has been a timewaster. I would stay on all night every night too if I could since the days have been the biggest bust lately but it's literally impossible for me with children at home and zero privacy. I am glad it is not only me I have been in a panic mode. (But not glad because I wish we were all making our goals)

Chica
09-18-2018, 01:49 PM
Jigglypuff, I am online mostly at night but today staying during the day as well, just now had the first pvt and a tip, after being online for almost 2 hours. Lots of ins and outs and few freeloaders. Do you also get lots of ins and outs too when guys don’t even say anything? Or they actually say something and them leave?

jigglypuff
09-18-2018, 02:11 PM
Yes its been mostly ins and outs on the rare chance I get people in my room. That or they will compliment me but not spend money aka the wonderful freeloaders, or want me to squirt out milk not realizing how a pregnant female's body works and the fact we dont usually get that until after? I know this type of stuff is normal for everyone but man it seems like its been so much worse lately and im struggling to pay bills! Traffic has been slowly declining to almost nothing ever since I got pregnant and I dont have any REAL regulars anymore.

I had three people pay for a show today bringing me to 70 for the day after 6 hours so it wasnt a total bust I guess... Technically more than min wage but me flashing my tits and getting naked is worth more than min wage *sigh*

jigglypuff
09-18-2018, 02:12 PM
I would love to try night shift but it would prove to be very difficult seeing as I don't live alone and have children in the house and not really anywhere "sound proof" with a lock.

Chica
09-18-2018, 02:42 PM
Jigglypuff, yupnit sounds just like my situation for a few days... I am a newbie still ( been camming for like 2 months)... it started slow for me but picked up and I was able to make some decent money for a newbie I guess, but I don’t know what happened. How long have you been camming for? Did this kind of stuff happened to you before?
I have a kid too, but I got a lock and locking him in from outside until I am done and go to sleep. Thanks God the door in his room is with a little noise reduction.

NitaBaby
09-18-2018, 03:25 PM
I would love to try night shift but it would prove to be very difficult seeing as I don't live alone and have children in the house and not really anywhere "sound proof" with a lock.

I would strongly suggest trying a night shift. I have 3 kids under the age of 8 years old so I truly understand- and I beg you to try it. I make maybe 80-100 bucks during the day but $200 at night.

Chica
09-18-2018, 03:29 PM
NitaBaby, how many hours do you do during the night shift?

NitaBaby
09-18-2018, 03:59 PM
NitaBaby, how many hours do you do during the night shift?

4pm-11 were my golden hours but now, with school back in effect for my kids, I do 8pm-2am. Assuming I can keep myself up that late.