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Via Flaminia
03-06-2014, 04:44 PM
Bad today, bad yesterday. Really bad.

Marina Starr
03-06-2014, 04:52 PM
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Bad today, bad yesterday. Really bad.

Via Flaminia
03-06-2014, 05:01 PM
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You are the bestest. I'm so glad ur here I missed u :-) (Italian guilt trip incoming) lol

Marina Starr
03-06-2014, 05:07 PM
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You are the bestest. I'm so glad ur here I missed u :-) (Italian guilt trip incoming) lol

Lady Mondegreen
03-06-2014, 05:08 PM
Today I made $11 in three hours and accidentally got poop on the floor during the one pvt session I got, even though I was using the smallest anal toy I had. And then I stepped in it before I noticed.

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still preferable to working retail.

Marina Starr
03-06-2014, 05:12 PM
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Today I made $11 in three hours and accidentally got poop on the floor during the one pvt session I got, even though I was using the smallest anal toy I had. And then I stepped in it before I noticed.

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still preferable to working retail.

JenniferNorth
03-06-2014, 05:13 PM
Today I made $11 in three hours and accidentally got poop on the floor during the one pvt session I got, even though I was using the smallest anal toy I had. And then I stepped in it before I noticed.

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still preferable to working retail.

This is why I'm afarid to try anal with the BF.

And Marina BB, I am glad you are back here again! I keep meaning to PM you, but I keep getting distracted. Hope all is well!

Camming (and phone sex!) suck because my regs aren't spending as much as normal-whats up dudes?! First of the month is over with!!

Lady Mondegreen
03-06-2014, 05:23 PM
It's never happened to me before!!!! I've been sticking things up my butt for over a decade and never got worse than minor smearing. I still don't know how it happened. :(

JaneBurgess
03-06-2014, 05:32 PM
Shark week for me, so I had to lower goals since I am not doing toy shows. It's a good time to do fetish shows though and dom their ass tho.

Blovely
03-06-2014, 06:07 PM
Whew thought it was just me. I was avoiding posting in here because I didn't see anyone else posting about this week (didn't want to be the only one lol). I'm happy though. I've been working mornings and evenings, so if I don't make my goal or full goal during the day I've been able to make it during the night. If I was just working nights I probably would've had to stay up all night just to make my goal. I'm liking my new schedule even if its a little quiet this week.

Marina Starr
03-06-2014, 06:09 PM
Me too! I love working a little bit during the day and at nights so I don't have to stay on at night too long!

Whew thought it was just me. I was avoiding posting in here because I didn't see anyone posting (didn't want to be the only one). I'm happy though. I've been working mornings and evening though so if I don't make my goal or full goal during the day I've been able to make it up during the night. If I was just working nights I probably would've had to stay up all night just to make my goal. I'm liking my new schedule even if its a little quiet this week.

DottyTease
03-07-2014, 03:53 PM
Ugh.. My camscore just dropped from 2.600 to 1.400.. After all my hard work.. I feel like quitting at the moment. I know how harsh mfc is at a low camscore and I do not want to go through it again.. :/

The Scarlet Letter
03-07-2014, 10:45 PM
4 freaking hours and nothing at my higher rates, going to chill out for an hour calm down and try again.

ETA: After 6 hours between late last night and early this morning nada, zilch, zippo on SM. Later today has to be better! *Faceplant giggling! I'm going nutso, care to join me?* :P

Blovely
03-07-2014, 10:58 PM
Was absolutely dead for me too. It was great during the day but tonight I was on for 2 hours and made $0.

SadieTaylor
03-08-2014, 12:23 AM
This week was soooo dead for me. And I put in more hours and made about half of what I should.

Via Flaminia
03-08-2014, 12:29 AM
This week was soooo dead for me. And I put in more hours and made about half of what I should.

Me too. Those fuckin wallets.....

Procrasturbator
03-08-2014, 09:57 PM
3 hours. Less than minimum wage on IML, an indie show brought the total up to... a little more than minimum wage.

Why. :(

The Scarlet Letter
03-08-2014, 11:11 PM
Worked 18 hours last week and saw 50 dollars, don't get me wrong I'm grateful for the money and the experience but resolved to have a better week and put in more hours this week. I'm not on for 2 hours and my room gets cleared out 6 times by 'members' taking me private then leaving abruptly. Beginning to think this is not a coincidence and some model is fucking around with me. If she is reading this: Karma is a bitch, bitch. That is all. :)

Rhiiannon
03-09-2014, 05:38 AM
It's been super dead for me yesterday and today. It seems like no one will even come in my room, and when they do, they barely stay. I'm not doing anything differently from the past few days. And it's so awkward when there's 5 people in the room, but no one is saying anything. And I'm just like "So what's up? What's everyone doing today? Where's everyone from?"
*crickets*
"Hellllooo?"
*someone leaves*
Like what the fuck?

Marina Starr
03-09-2014, 05:43 AM
Which site are you on? Working 18 hours for only $50, something must be wrong. I don't think it's you!

Worked 18 hours last week and saw 50 dollars, don't get me wrong I'm grateful for the money and the experience but resolved to have a better week and put in more hours this week. I'm not on for 2 hours and my room gets cleared out 6 times by 'members' taking me private then leaving abruptly. Beginning to think this is not a coincidence and some model is fucking around with me. If she is reading this: Karma is a bitch, bitch. That is all. :)

Glamourmilf
03-09-2014, 06:18 AM
^^ Agreed. I use to work 8 hours, 7 days per week, and was on page 10, with crappy internet when I first started, and made way more than that.
Double check everything.
Do You tweet, and re tweet during Your shift? How is Your stream? Are You in the correct category, etc?

Blovely
03-09-2014, 09:37 AM
^^ Agreed. I use to work 8 hours, 7 days per week, and was on page 10, with crappy internet when I first started, and made way more than that.
Double check everything.
Do You tweet, and re tweet during Your shift? How is Your stream? Are You in the correct category, etc?
@The Scarlet Letter Would like to add what are doing in freechat? What are you doing to convert these guys? Is your cam hd? Do you have an i7 computer? How is your internet connection?

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
03-09-2014, 09:54 AM
I dont think I've ever posted in this thread before. Mostly I avoid it. But for the last 4 days camming has sucked. But on the other hand phone sex has been phenomenal. But I can definitely relate to the in and out. In and out. No one is buying shows. I cant even get a hello in before they are out of the room. I have an I7, HD cam, upload speed of 6,a gorgeous smile and cleavage down to my knees. (jk not really but close lol) But I have noticed that the guys who are popping in and out are mostly names I have never seen before. So I am getting new traffic they just arent feeling me. Or my prices? I figured they are in long enough to check my price and then hop back out. Not sure what the problem is? It was going well for two days at those rates and then the in and outs started.

RaeRae
03-09-2014, 12:21 PM
Camming doesn't suck, but I do. In the middle of an exclusive, I begin to feel horribly ill. I try to tough it out, thinking the feeling will pass. It doesn't. A mess ensues and I end the excl. immediately. I hope to fuck that the guy wasn't recording it as I don't want to end up on efukit. :( I wasn't at goal yet for the day either.

Marina Starr
03-09-2014, 06:00 PM
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The Scarlet Letter
03-09-2014, 09:57 PM
Worked 18 hours last week and saw 50 dollars, don't get me wrong I'm grateful for the money and the experience but resolved to have a better week and put in more hours this week. I'm not on for 2 hours and my room gets cleared out 6 times by 'members' taking me private then leaving abruptly. Beginning to think this is not a coincidence and some model is fucking around with me. If she is reading this: Karma is a bitch, bitch. That is all. :)

Update: Deleted a couple posts, I felt they were taking up too much space. I'm on Streamate use an i3, run the encoder, I use a Logitech c920 and have the fastest upload my area offers at 2.10 Mbps. I worked 6 hours between last night and tonight as well and nothing but free chat requests without tipping and some reg who tipped 4 gold. I even (gasp!) lowered my prices to 3.99/5.99 and that didn't help thinking since I was new maybe I was aiming too high. I don't know what to do and like I'm going to cry. I can't even pay my internet bill. I'll keep trying. In my reading on the SW forum I have read of others who have had craptastic days/weeks, as well. I won't give up. If anything, it gives me a new respect (I've always had respect for y'all don't get me wrong) for how hard camming can be and how much effort it takes and that it truly is a JOB.

Mare
03-10-2014, 07:01 AM
Wow. So good today I logged off. Nothing new going on. No 0$ gs. No new over the top chicks. No major porn stars. Traffic slow but coming in. Not sure wtf.

Holly_xoxo
03-10-2014, 11:24 AM
Sitting at 7$...2 hours in.
Woohooooo....build that empire!!!

Procrasturbator
03-10-2014, 11:34 AM
Update: Deleted a couple posts, I felt they were taking up too much space. I'm on Streamate use an i3, run the encoder, I use a Logitech c920 and have the fastest upload my area offers at 2.10 Mbps. I worked 6 hours between last night and tonight as well and nothing but free chat requests without tipping and some reg who tipped 4 gold. I even (gasp!) lowered my prices to 3.99/5.99 and that didn't help thinking since I was new maybe I was aiming too high. I don't know what to do and like I'm going to cry. I can't even pay my internet bill. I'll keep trying. In my reading on the SW forum I have read of others who have had craptastic days/weeks, as well. I won't give up. If anything, it gives me a new respect (I've always had respect for y'all don't get me wrong) for how hard camming can be and how much effort it takes and that it truly is a JOB.

Have you tried other sites? It might be that SM just isn't working for you right now. I know it seems like everyone's go-to site (that or MFC) but that doesn't mean it will work for everyone. Also, have you checked your cammodels link while you're streaming? Some slow hours/days are to be expected but I feel like there has to be something else going on.

The Scarlet Letter
03-10-2014, 12:00 PM
^ Yes I did check the cammodels link, I looked fine. I was forced to relog in a bunch of times though. I will try splitcamming with another site perhaps AdultWork after I stay on a consistent few hours and see if things are better today. Appreciate your post in the other thread, thank you!

thetarantulaarms
03-10-2014, 02:52 PM
Sometimes I feel like this camming business is just a dead end for me. It's extremely exhausting to keep having massive success one day, and then no one even saying hello to me the next. LiveJasmin is like communism gone awry, but USED to have enough traffic (before they pushed me to the very back of every listing because I didn't meet all of their ridiculous "requirements") to make serious bank easily, and SM on the other hand lets me do whatever the fuck I want, however the fuck I want, and always puts me in the top row of the first page, but has 0 traffic for me. I don't think I've ONCE, in distant memory, had more than 5 people in there at once, which feels absurd given my placement. I'm sick of all the in and out of chat and then the one asshat who sticks around thinks it's match.com.

I'm sorry for the belly-aching, everyone. I'm just mortified by all the fluctuation in results from one day to the next. I'm pissed off that the site that was virtually "perfect" for me has gone so terribly downhill. SM just doesn't seem to work for me at all, which sucks because they've been very generous to me in terms of staff interaction and placement. :'(

SarahTime
03-10-2014, 03:28 PM
Sometimes I feel like this camming business is just a dead end for me. It's extremely exhausting to keep having massive success one day, and then no one even saying hello to me the next. LiveJasmin is like communism gone awry, but USED to have enough traffic (before they pushed me to the very back of every listing because I didn't meet all of their ridiculous "requirements") to make serious bank easily, and SM on the other hand lets me do whatever the fuck I want, however the fuck I want, and always puts me in the top row of the first page, but has 0 traffic for me. I don't think I've ONCE, in distant memory, had more than 5 people in there at once, which feels absurd given my placement. I'm sick of all the in and out of chat and then the one asshat who sticks around thinks it's match.com.

I'm sorry for the belly-aching, everyone. I'm just mortified by all the fluctuation in results from one day to the next. I'm pissed off that the site that was virtually "perfect" for me has gone so terribly downhill. SM just doesn't seem to work for me at all, which sucks because they've been very generous to me in terms of staff interaction and placement. :'(

Are you checking your placement while logged into your own members account? If so, they have started putting the rooms you visit a lot at the top of the listings... so to you it will look like you are in the 1st row but you may actually be a lot further down. If you have no more than 5 people in your room at any given time, I'm thinking this might be what's happening?

Try looking at placement logged out of any member account and that should be more accurate.

SarahTime
03-10-2014, 07:38 PM
I meant like, if you click on yourself and view your own stream, eventually it puts you at the top. If you never enter your own room while logged in it should be accurate.

Blovely
03-10-2014, 09:24 PM
Update: Deleted a couple posts, I felt they were taking up too much space. I'm on Streamate use an i3, run the encoder, I use a Logitech c920 and have the fastest upload my area offers at 2.10 Mbps. I worked 6 hours between last night and tonight as well and nothing but free chat requests without tipping and some reg who tipped 4 gold. I even (gasp!) lowered my prices to 3.99/5.99 and that didn't help thinking since I was new maybe I was aiming too high. I don't know what to do and like I'm going to cry. I can't even pay my internet bill. I'll keep trying. In my reading on the SW forum I have read of others who have had craptastic days/weeks, as well. I won't give up. If anything, it gives me a new respect (I've always had respect for y'all don't get me wrong) for how hard camming can be and how much effort it takes and that it truly is a JOB.
Guys popping in and out and asking for requests without tipping is pretty normal. Before you edited you said you always had to log off due to pets. I think constantly signing off is the issue. Its probably seriously affecting your placement. Also have you tried working different times? You should also try different camsites like @Procrasturbator said as well as content sites like Clips4sale.

The Scarlet Letter
03-10-2014, 11:27 PM
Things are still slow but are picking up a teeny bit. However, what gives with the guys who love, LoVe, LOVE your show and rate you a 1,2, or 3?! Assholes.

aqua
03-10-2014, 11:41 PM
I think the idea of some people mis-clicking is a lame-ass excuse when it comes to ratings, but I think the case may be that some guys just rate you a 3 by default as a bad habit. I've had loyal regulars who would always rate me a 3 which I never understood. Finally, I asked a few who did that one time (since I was mad as fuck about it) and they seem to be of the opinion that 3 is "good", 4 is "fucking awesome" and 5 is "best show they've ever had", not realizing that 5 is actually standard unless something went really wrong. Maybe those guys were total n00bs and didn't know how the system worked, Scarlet? Either way, sorry to heat about them either being idiots or assholes.

Rhiiannon
03-11-2014, 05:38 AM
It's SO DEAD for me on MFC! I was doing fine, but the past few days have been dead. Almost nobody comes in, and if they do, they say for 2 seconds! I don't know what's going on. Anyone else have traffic issues?

Glamourmilf
03-11-2014, 05:55 AM
I agree with the lady a few posts above who stated that with SM's ups and downs, it's very draining. :(
I have had nothing but guys coming in, both on Sunday, and Yesterday, who are there to insult, or just say hi, and then leave.
Lots of the usual regs, just popping in to say hello. Not even 1 show.
After 2 hours of that bs, the wind was out of my sails, so I just did a gs, to make something.
Today is another day, but I was so bummed by the last 2 days, that I didn't even want to log in last night, even though it could have been a great night.
I still feel that way today, but the week is already going so fast, and I'm trying to avoid Saturday camathons because I haven't made my weekly goals(on sm).
:frown:

SoloDesire
03-11-2014, 08:49 AM
It's days like today that make me HATE men and their trickery! I've seen more beggars, con artists and creeps today to last a lifetime. No, I won't give you a "tease" before you "take me private". No, I won't "prove" to you that I'm worth it, because I know I am and if your broke ass has never bought a show then I have nothing else to say to you. The ban hammer is coming down hard today ladies!!

Vlodina
03-11-2014, 08:51 AM
Asshole. Wanker. Fuck you. Cunt. SM.

Glamourmilf
03-11-2014, 08:57 AM
^^Welcome to how its been for me for the past 2 days! I'm dreading logging in today.

Sabihah
03-11-2014, 08:58 AM
I have developed quite possibly the worst habit ever of showering, shaving, putting on my make up, all that jazz... then taking a nap. Which of course turns into a full 8 hours and by the time I wake up my make up is gone. I've done this at least 4 out of the past 6 times I've gotten ready for cam.

It's like once I'm ready for cam I have no reasonable excuse not to cam so my only way out is to go to sleep. It's kind of ingenious and totally infuriating.

Oh my GOD, are you my alter ego? Make up and outfit on, hair done (or as close as it's going to get)... time for a nap!

I seriously need to get my brain to understand that it does NOT get partial credit in this game, heh.

Renton
03-11-2014, 09:22 AM
Nothing but time wasters and assholes so far on SM for me. I had one guy take me excl for 5 seconds. I hope his dick gets stuck in something very rusty and he bleeds to death. That happened to me like at least 5 times last week in an hour or 2, I really wish we could block people with just the username...

ladyjalyn
03-11-2014, 09:42 AM
I am about to drive myself in to a tree.... Nothing but BB Show this or that... And I don't see any new traffic, it's all the same use names just bouncing from room to room hopping they will get lucky and get some free jerk off material... It is working like this today- Sit, don't do crap- room is totally empty... Or... Move and tease a little- Room fills up within second and as soon as I say "private anyone" everyone just vanishes... I wish SM brought us some quality traffic, not all we get is FuckMeForReal.com traffic....

PlayfulDesire
03-11-2014, 09:47 AM
So display photo is my massive cleavage.
Guy comes in my room instantly says he's disappointed my tits aren't as big as my photo. All he has seen is my face.

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
03-11-2014, 10:18 AM
Sit, don't do crap- room is totally empty... Or... Move and tease a little- Room fills up within second and as soon as I say "private anyone" everyone just vanishes..

This is sooo funny that you say this. A few days ago when I was on I got loopy and silly while waiting for privates. So I started crossing my eyes and making monkey noises. My room filled up with guys Asking if I was drunk. Or if I was okay. Those fuckers sit on the outside of the room and hover over our windows. So I stop and go back to just sitting there and they leave. A second later I popped a tit out and the same guys came right back in. HAHA I banned all of them. No this did not make me money but it made me feel good. I even looked into my camera and said "I'm soooo bored. Since Im here all alone I guess I'll just masturbate to pass the time." 5 guys popped in. LOL LOSERS

lemonberry
03-11-2014, 10:30 AM
So I'm about to just change my headline on my sm profile to say Theres nothing in here for free and no I don't meet, move along. -_-

ladyjalyn
03-11-2014, 10:34 AM
I just loged off... Ill go do something productive... Camming is not for me today, will try again tonight...

lemonberry
03-11-2014, 11:10 AM
How I felt before logging on this morning and how I feel now since this shift was a waste.

Marina Starr
03-11-2014, 11:32 AM
I love reading your posts. So witty, makes me smile!
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t94/tsmelania/tumblr_m7xtguXb321qgy8r3o1_500_zps145f83aa.gif (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/tsmelania/media/tumblr_m7xtguXb321qgy8r3o1_500_zps145f83aa.gif.htm l)

I am about to drive myself in to a tree.... Nothing but BB Show this or that... And I don't see any new traffic, it's all the same use names just bouncing from room to room hopping they will get lucky and get some free jerk off material... It is working like this today- Sit, don't do crap- room is totally empty... Or... Move and tease a little- Room fills up within second and as soon as I say "private anyone" everyone just vanishes... I wish SM brought us some quality traffic, not all we get is FuckMeForReal.com traffic....