View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
nikki187
10-05-2013, 10:09 AM
I think I am done with Streamate. I was up almost all night and only made $2.10 on top of that my son woke up about 3 times and I had to cuddle with him until he fell asleep again. By the third time I just gave up. I feel like all my time was wasted and I am tired for nothing. I am just going to focus on cams and find another site along with that.
I hate to give up on it because I really liked it when I first started in Feb. :(
CourtneyRaine
10-05-2013, 01:01 PM
No it's in their topic not in the goal tip down. The goal is tip $15 for squirt. Anal for $10. At first I thought Ass for 10 but no it's Anal for 10. Plus I'm seeing alot of " please" in topics now. Tip me please /take me private please.
Oh dear God COME ON. *sigh*
I just can't with this site anymore. I can't.
And the really messed up part is, there are still guys on there who WILL pay good money, but why the hell should they keep doing so when they can get whatever they want for dirt cheap?
The last time I was on naked (2 nights ago) I had a guy drop $60 over the course of one hour just to flash my tits and stay and talk with him in free chat. My panties never came off, not even once. Then he bought one of my videos after I logged out and sent me an email about how much fun he had and how he can't wait until I come online again. So far no charegbacks, I think this is legit. Some guys will pay to just talk if you ask.
It makes me SO sad when I hear girls are charging so low- sad both for them and for me. I am not a top model by any means. I am not the prettiest. I am not the most consistent with my schedule. I'm not entertaining at all unless I'm getting paid. Yet I still made that much because I ASKED for it. Ladies, if you don't ask for a lot you're not going to get a lot!
Ugh.
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18opebw9gciywgif/original.gif
Blovely
10-05-2013, 11:53 PM
So I lowered my prices from $6.99 premium/$5.99 exclusive to $4.99 premium/$3.99 exclusive for about 4 days. I wanted to see if dropping my price would improve things. I didn't do any better but I didn't do worse either. Today I just noticed that I've gotten a slight increase of assholes so I think I'm going to go back to my old rate.
I can't take a 3rd week of slowness and struggling. I think I'm going to take a couple of days off from (SM) camming and work on filming clips, making previews, and setting up indy profiles.
Procrasturbator
10-06-2013, 12:01 AM
SM is fucking KILLING me tonight. I don't know what is going on but it used to be at least somewhat reliable, now I can barely get a pvt there to save my life and it's getting harder and harder to keep a smile on in free chat. Ugh... I might have to hightail it back to ImLive.
Loool, as soon as I typed that my connection cut out. I'm taking that as a sign. Fuck you very much, SM!
Busygirl
10-06-2013, 01:06 AM
I'm thinking about going indy more and more lately. Too much work on big box sites for so little.
MissMorvahna
10-06-2013, 08:27 AM
SM is fucking KILLING me tonight. I don't know what is going on but it used to be at least somewhat reliable, now I can barely get a pvt there to save my life and it's getting harder and harder to keep a smile on in free chat. Ugh... I might have to hightail it back to ImLive.
Loool, as soon as I typed that my connection cut out. I'm taking that as a sign. Fuck you very much, SM!
Aren't you afraid of the chargebacks? They scare the crap out of me.
kortneykay
10-06-2013, 11:56 AM
Aren't you afraid of the chargebacks? They scare the crap out of me. For now, they've stopped with the CB unless your CB is 15% or more than what you've earned in the last 6 payperiods. I've honestly never had a CB from IML and I've been off and on there since 2009.
buxxxom
10-07-2013, 01:54 AM
Sunday night/Monday morning used to be one of my best days of the week. The past few weeks it has been abysmal. Tonight, 2 hours and only 10 bucks. I'm 2 hours away from having worked my hour minimum for the week and not even halfway to my weekly goal. *sigh*
Blonde-Ambition
10-08-2013, 11:02 AM
SOOOOOO fuckin quiet again! camming is getting harder and slower!
could cry it's so bad :(
SexyAleks
10-08-2013, 11:20 AM
If you are talking about AW, I agree. Have you tried the daily featuring on there?
JuniperGold
10-08-2013, 04:56 PM
Visitors to my cam lately:
Broke ass
Broke ass
Broke ass
Broke ass.....
And more broke asses
I'm beginning to see a pattern
playboymegan
10-08-2013, 08:25 PM
Today was tough on SM. I tried raising my prices, lowering my prices, longer gold shows, shorter gold shows, only taking pvt/exclu, ect. Nothing worked. I attempted 16 GS and made 3 of them...
gingerstripper
10-08-2013, 10:28 PM
today was rough on mfc....ppl talked somewhat... but like they all wanted to freeload. :(
no tokies so far. but was only on for 21 minutes. got nervous cause i didnt get a tip
Blonde-Ambition
10-09-2013, 06:46 AM
thank you sexyaleks
yes I have done the feature thing at the weekend, it's hard to tell if it makes a difference or not! :/
x
TeenageAnnie
10-09-2013, 05:28 PM
so im selling this amazing, HD high quality video on MFC. It is a 15minute strip and the cum vid. Close ups and a real orgasm with lots of cream and ect ect. amazing video. i priced it at a measly 200 tokens. bare in mind a pvt is 60tokens a minute and the vid is 15mins long! its a fucking bargain. yet no1 wants 2 buy it. its been on sale for a week now and its advertised in my topic and on my profile where u can see a detailed description and some preview images. i've sold 3 copies so far. its fucking shit. and i get ppl ask about it like "r u hairy in vid" "do u moan a lot"... and i feel inside... like... its fucking only 200 tokens u absolute cheap fucking tosser. just fucking buy it. lol. rant over. oh and my room has been 170+ viewers at all times since its been up 4 sale.
AliceFun
10-09-2013, 06:10 PM
Dont know where to post this so i'll post it here: i try to make payout on Ifriends since 2 weeks, i had a good regular booking a private show on site some time ago then doing some more regular privates with him so i decided to sign in regularly with the hope i'll make some money there. i dont do freechat on ifriends. i must say site is completely dead and when i get a member in paid he is kicked out of my room instantly, he is billed for less than a minute and getting stuck/ not ended session, the ones working ifriends know what i am talking about. I work GPO to get all my money but god, site is kicking off my paid chat even the old time members, if i was working regular (not guaranteed payment) i bet my members would stay connected but face refunds later on. WTF Ifriends, cant u do a better job? What do i have to do to get some shows rolling, go out GPO so u can take the money out of my pocket like u did for soo many years before GPO?! Now u overprotect urself and dont let members in paid when u check them and money are not collected instantly, before u did not give a shit about it eh?! I am pissed on u guys!!
CurvyWinona
10-09-2013, 07:06 PM
so im selling this amazing, HD high quality video on MFC. It is a 15minute strip and the cum vid. Close ups and a real orgasm with lots of cream and ect ect. amazing video. i priced it at a measly 200 tokens. bare in mind a pvt is 60tokens a minute and the vid is 15mins long! its a fucking bargain. yet no1 wants 2 buy it. its been on sale for a week now and its advertised in my topic and on my profile where u can see a detailed description and some preview images. i've sold 3 copies so far. its fucking shit. and i get ppl ask about it like "r u hairy in vid" "do u moan a lot"... and i feel inside... like... its fucking only 200 tokens u absolute cheap fucking tosser. just fucking buy it. lol. rant over. oh and my room has been 170+ viewers at all times since its been up 4 sale.
have you tried to sell it on SM (if you do use SM)? I have two videos I made for guys on MFC last year that are STILL selling since then for $10 or $20 gold a piece, depending how much I can get guys to cough up nearly every day I work on SM. It is nice way to make some $ without having to do pvt.
vanity6girl
10-09-2013, 07:25 PM
Omg i cant even get 1 man in my room on streamate and im on the new girl status because I deleted my old account months ago
seicento
10-09-2013, 07:59 PM
yes it sux .my main site became quiet and im waiting for the weekend to make my weekly goal.too many girls offering all for free or for little amount.
gingerstripper
10-09-2013, 08:58 PM
not sure if camming sucks but right now i do. Just got done watch AHS...decided to take a nap before cam... and like... I just dont feel like it tonight... because i wiped myself out cleaning my house today....so i dont have it in me. I suck right now
JaneBurgess
10-09-2013, 10:18 PM
Just remember there's always tomorrow. Some amazing customer can spend a fortune on you and make up for the bad days. Keep your chin up and stick with it. :)
CourtneyRaine
10-11-2013, 03:41 AM
Camming sucks because I am terrified that my only free chat site is officially dead for me and I don't have another free chat backup. I'm registered on a bunch of sites but based on the little time I've spent on them I don't think I could use them to pay my bills. I have worked on naked for the past 4 days straight, anywhere from 5-15 hours each day (that is not a typo) and do you know how much money I've made after all that? $32.12.
Thankfully I am doing pretty well on MGF and am actually ahead of schedule to hit my weekly goal this week so I am still making the money I need to. I am just terrified of relying on only one site, especially on a site as fickle as MGF. But, I really cannot be working free chat for less than $1/hour.
Between cranking out books with the launch of my writing career and needing to cam enough to pay the bills right now I honestly do not have the time to start on a new site and try to build up a fan base. I just don't. In the past week, between writing and editing and camming I have had to stay up all night until the sun comes up four times. In one week. I am exhausted and I cannot keep up this pace and I just don't know what to do. I just want to cry because I am so overwhelmed and although right now I'm getting by with money, things on cam seem to be getting worse for me and I have not even a hint of a back up plan.
Glamourmilf
10-11-2013, 07:14 AM
^^I feel You Courtney! 'Ditto!'
hotmodel
10-11-2013, 04:27 PM
Dont know where to post this so i'll post it here: i try to make payout on Ifriends since 2 weeks, i had a good regular booking a private show on site some time ago then doing some more regular privates with him so i decided to sign in regularly with the hope i'll make some money there. i dont do freechat on ifriends. i must say site is completely dead and when i get a member in paid he is kicked out of my room instantly, he is billed for less than a minute and getting stuck/ not ended session, the ones working ifriends know what i am talking about. I work GPO to get all my money but god, site is kicking off my paid chat even the old time members, if i was working regular (not guaranteed payment) i bet my members would stay connected but face refunds later on. WTF Ifriends, cant u do a better job? What do i have to do to get some shows rolling, go out GPO so u can take the money out of my pocket like u did for soo many years before GPO?! Now u overprotect urself and dont let members in paid when u check them and money are not collected instantly, before u did not give a shit about it eh?! I am pissed on u guys!!
I have this same problem on iFriends! Your not alone sista ;) I'm on the GPO too because before the GPO too many of my guys were not clearing! But what I did notice is that if you are on the GPO at 4.99 a minute it doesn't kick them as much. When I was at 5.99 on GPO they were always getting kicked for declines. I always wonder how the top girls on iFriends deal with this =( there are some top girls who have been on there for years and seem to be doing fine. I thought I was alone with this stupid BS...maybe the top girls are getting hit like this too...its just something that comes along with the iFriends territory =( ugh...frustrating =(
AliceFun
10-11-2013, 05:47 PM
^^^ Thank you for answering sweetie, i tried 4.99 and 5.99, no matter what price i have members are kicked out of my room. I just want to make payout and leave the site again, it's a waste of time and bandwidth. I bet Top girls on Ifriends have 'special treatment' somehow, how can u bank if all ur members are kicked off for declines? Good luck there and hugs!!
hotmodel
10-11-2013, 06:37 PM
just sent you a direct message ;)
CurvyWinona
10-12-2013, 10:24 PM
Camming sucks cuz it don't give me sick leave money. I am battling with HORRIBLE sinus infection. I should have stayed consistently with C4S long ago to be a lifesaver. Ugh.
But hello, mucus clips! :D
Fallenangel2904
10-12-2013, 10:30 PM
Camming sucks because my computer is a steaming pile of crap that just can't handle SM and I'm not sure what to do about it. Can't afford a new one right now, and can't make money to BUY a new one. Oh the irnony! Going to try to get back into ImLive and focus on there for a while with Cam4 as a backup as long as I have the hourly on there. Gahh sucks!
janeuk
10-13-2013, 01:42 AM
Camming sucks cuz it don't give me sick leave money. I am battling with HORRIBLE sinus infection. I should have stayed consistently with C4S long ago to be a lifesaver. Ugh.
But hello, mucus clips! :D
Hang in there CurvyWinona - sinus is the worst :( - but YES to the C4S!! I've just been really surprised by how well a spur of the moment sneezing clip is doing!!
Noelle_Noir
10-13-2013, 05:19 AM
Camming sucks cuz it don't give me sick leave money. I am battling with HORRIBLE sinus infection. I should have stayed consistently with C4S long ago to be a lifesaver. Ugh.
But hello, mucus clips! :D
I hope you feel better,I have chronic constant sinus infections all the time so I know you are in so much pain and feel stuffed up. Have you tried Vicks Sinex 12 Nasal Decongestant <-----This stuff saves me everyday,and it works better than anything I have tried,even prescription stuff.
JuniperGold
10-13-2013, 12:06 PM
Today I was planning on camming for the most part, but lastnight I got horrendously drunk and got very, very sick. At the beginning of the week I usually start up with a good amount but I really can't bring myself to cam today. I really want to but I just feel like fuck pie.
CurvyWinona
10-13-2013, 01:42 PM
Thanks girls, yeah sinus sucks. I am very prone to it. Bronchitis too. My husband is amazed at how sales gone for sinus. haha. gross money. I am using municex and it is helping a bit but damn, i need to invest on better quality paper cuz tissues are making my nose too raw. haha.
LustyLark
10-15-2013, 08:07 PM
Every time I log in these past couple days some yahoo has to mention the government shutdown as why he can't spend money and then the room goes completely silent forever and I can't get anyone interested again! boooo
Procrasturbator
10-15-2013, 10:12 PM
Hit up IML an hour before the pay period ended, hoping to pad my check a bit. 40 minutes, one Hot Spot and one 26 second pvt later I have $0.20 less than I did before. Blech.
Blonde-Ambition
10-16-2013, 10:50 AM
FUCKING SO STRESSED WITH HOW DEAD IT IS AT MOMENT!
I have soooo many bills and everything is going wrong for me!
:( can't take this shit
sara100
10-16-2013, 12:45 PM
Hi girls,I dont know what happend but yesterday and today in SM and IM i make 0$ in two hours yesterday and three today...... normally in this time i make 70$ minimum is so strange....
lifetravelergirl
10-18-2013, 07:24 AM
Streamate has been absolutely awful. It was so bad I saw this crazy woman today dancing to Bloodhound Gang's 'Fire Water Burn' while she flipped off customers. Oh wait... that was me and I am using the word "customers" very loosely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adgx9wt63NY
Procrasturbator
10-18-2013, 07:34 AM
$28 in two hours. Really, SM?
On the bright side: I MADE myself stay on 2 hours and after over an hour of nada someone tipped me 5 gold in the last 2 minutes. Stick to your schedule!
CurvyWinona
10-18-2013, 07:37 AM
I was feeling too funky to be on cam and of course I ended up really suck on SM. I cannot bring myself to stay online for more than five minutes with sinus headache. ugh. I am gonna spend my day making clips and go to the movie theater with my hubby to see Carrie.
lifetravelergirl
10-18-2013, 08:10 AM
Customer's Chat Time.......................Earned
12h 52m 0s.....................................$34.30
How is this possible you ask? Well... I started a $6.00 gold show and I didn't realize that instead of six minutes show time, instead of clearing the eight that was in the box I accidentally added the six which meant I did a six dollar gold show that lasted for an hour and eight minutes. Since it was the first money all day (and pretty much the last) I went ahead and I did the show.
islandsoutherngirl
10-18-2013, 09:08 AM
I was feeling too funky to be on cam and of course I ended up really suck on SM. I cannot bring myself to stay online for more than five minutes with sinus headache. ugh. I am gonna spend my day making clips and go to the movie theater with my hubby to see Carrie.
I can definitely relate that sinus infections are no fun at all. Hope you get better soon.
Graceface
10-18-2013, 09:12 AM
I'm shopping for a new site. SM isn't paying the bills right now. Weird. I keep getting guys in my room who leave when I tell them that requests are $5 gold.
Procrasturbator
10-18-2013, 09:26 AM
^ Never thought I'd be saying this, but try IML. It's not perfect--by far, lmao--but thanks to IML SM's sudden downturn is more of a bummer than a catastrophe for me.
Graceface
10-18-2013, 09:45 AM
:hug: Thank you! I've been having a really hard time choosing. The token sites scare me (and I know I need to learn how to work them).
lifetravelergirl
10-18-2013, 08:59 PM
I'm shopping for a new site. SM isn't paying the bills right now. Weird. I keep getting guys in my room who leave when I tell them that requests are $5 gold.
Sadly I can't imagine asking for $5 gold for a request if you mean flashing boobs or ass. I mean it is sad that customers have conditioned me to think that is too much to ask because when I was a stripper guys would throw money on my stage all the time but with Streamate much of the time I just feel like I am being ogled by creeps. I mean... Imagine if I was still working as a stripper and no one ever tipped me but guys constantly came up to my stage and jerked off. Welcome to Streamate.
lifetravelergirl
10-18-2013, 09:00 PM
^ Never thought I'd be saying this, but try IML. It's not perfect--by far, lmao--but thanks to IML SM's sudden downturn is more of a bummer than a catastrophe for me.
*Strains brain to figure out what IML stands for* O_O
Holly_xoxo
10-18-2013, 09:14 PM
I think it stands for IMLive ;)
Staples
10-18-2013, 09:36 PM
Streamate has been absolutely awful. It was so bad I saw this crazy woman today dancing to Bloodhound Gang's 'Fire Water Burn' while she flipped off customers. Oh wait... that was me and I am using the word "customers" very loosely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adgx9wt63NY
I'll be honest I probably would have paid to see this.
Blovely
10-19-2013, 01:44 PM
I wanted to poke my eyeballs and scream my lungs out today.
Staples
10-19-2013, 02:01 PM
55 people in my room not a damn tip or private. Argh. Definitely taking a me night and heading to a party later.