View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
justanothercamgirl
05-04-2014, 05:00 AM
So ladies, there is hope if you just manage not to lose your fucking mind lol.
I think this has got to be some of the best words of wisdom I've ever seen given on this forum. ;D
alexismay
05-04-2014, 05:42 AM
I haven't been online because of building work going on in the shop in the floor below which has been empty for two years up until now! Every day at the crack of dawn until now, starting from 9pm and lasting til 9pm!So... dayshifts fucked and sleeping of course as its right under my bed! I have had it with living here in this foreign place and with my bf who is always saying we will move when clearly he just does not care! because he has a nice quiet office to run off too during the week. Unfortunately peace and quiet where we work is not always possible!
Glamourmilf
05-04-2014, 06:37 AM
^^ I feel you on that! Construction noise where You live is the absolute worse!
I've lived in a few places where that has happened.
It's so jarring to the nervous system, and the lack of sleep is a bitch.
How can one cam and be sexy with all of that noise going on?
I have enough to deal with listening to city street noises. So many of my cam custies have commented on hearing sirens, cars honking, etc.
It's a buzz kill for sure.
I hope You will convince him to move.
Procrasturbator
05-04-2014, 12:00 PM
Blechhh I keep creeping Craigslist to look at places I can't have in the area I'm not at. :( One thing that I hate about this job is that it's not considered a "real job". That is, it's way harder to rent a place, get a loan, etc than if you get steady paychecks from an actual employer. The places I'm looking at are actually significantly less expensive than the place I've been renting for almost six months now (and I have the records to prove it) but IDK how to convince a potential landlord of that. I'm thinking I'll just have to work my butt off and save up so I can pay at least a few months upfront to convince them to give me a chance.
anoncamgirl
05-04-2014, 02:40 PM
I'm seriously annoyed right now. (Not pissed.)
This guy has been a pain ever sine he contacted me. He essentially wanted a custom video where I tear my vagina apart. He wanted to use giant buttplug whilst pounding myself with my biggest glass dildo. He also wanted me to squirt somehow.
Did I mention that I would have to have an entire pair of Victoria's Secret panties shoved into my vagina at the same time I'm trying to fuck myself with the dildo? I have no idea how there would be enough room for thick fullback panties, a buttplug, and my biggest dildo.
I'm annoyed because--
1. The glass dildo might snap if I have too much in there at much. Glass isn't fun to use when there's not a lot of "give". I'm not interested in fishing broken pieces of glass out of my vagina.
2. He has no idea how the female anatomy works. I do not have infinite room in my vagina, and it's not pleasurable to have that many items in every single orifice. In addition, I have to have access to my g-spot to squirt. I clearly would not have access to my g-spot if there's such a limited amount of space.
I just feel like he has no respect for me or my personal pleasure. I understand that we're selling a visual service and our personal pleasure is not a requirement. I'm not selfish in bed, but I do refuse to hurt myself for someone else's entertainment.
TattooedBBW
05-04-2014, 05:33 PM
I'm seriously annoyed right now. (Not pissed.)
This guy has been a pain ever sine he contacted me. He essentially wanted a custom video where I tear my vagina apart. He wanted to use giant buttplug whilst pounding myself with my biggest glass dildo. He also wanted me to squirt somehow.
Did I mention that I would have to have an entire pair of Victoria's Secret panties shoved into my vagina at the same time I'm trying to fuck myself with the dildo? I have no idea how there would be enough room for thick fullback panties, a buttplug, and my biggest dildo.
I'm annoyed because--
1. The glass dildo might snap if I have too much in there at much. Glass isn't fun to use when there's not a lot of "give". I'm not interested in fishing broken pieces of glass out of my vagina.
2. He has no idea how the female anatomy works. I do not have infinite room in my vagina, and it's not pleasurable to have that many items in every single orifice. In addition, I have to have access to my g-spot to squirt. I clearly would not have access to my g-spot if there's such a limited amount of space.
I just feel like he has no respect for me or my personal pleasure. I understand that we're selling a visual service and our personal pleasure is not a requirement. I'm not selfish in bed, but I do refuse to hurt myself for someone else's entertainment.
Yeah bb u should turn this idea down. If it makes me uncomfortable physically or mentally I turn the request down.
If you decide to do it please be safe !
anoncamgirl
05-04-2014, 07:02 PM
Thanks girlies! Sorry if I didn't make it more clear-- I was feeling annoyed because I had to turn him down. I wouldn't have accepted the offer if I knew that was what he wanted in the first place. He kept adding on new things after he paid. I was concerned that I simply could not please him, and I was very worried about him doing a chargeback when he wasn't happy with what he got.
I'm glad I got that off my chest because I feel really isolated when I get a complicated client like this. I'm glad that you wonderful gals on the forum understand my frustration. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
TattooedBBW
05-04-2014, 07:06 PM
Thanks girlies! Sorry if I didn't make it more clear-- I was feeling annoyed because I had to turn him down. I wouldn't have accepted the offer if I knew that was what he wanted in the first place. He kept adding on new things after he paid. I was concerned that I simply could not please him, and I was very worried about him doing a chargeback when he wasn't happy with what he got.
Oh good. You did the right thing. That guy sounds like a huge douche bag
anoncamgirl
05-04-2014, 07:09 PM
He was. I've had easy transactions with him in the past, I don't understand what made him do this. It's fine. Sometimes people change, and it doesn't reflect badly on me when someone else chooses to misbehave. (:
Spinnerette
05-05-2014, 09:38 AM
YOUR BONER ISN'T CURRENCY!!! GODDAMMIT!!! *flips desk*
...sorry, had some grey in free chat assuring me that he was turned on and it's like, "duh? that's a given. i'm not here for assurance that I turn you assholes on. i want money!"
Over an hour of non-stop dancing and pretending to bubbly and giggling and trying to get conversation started and...I really need to just hang it up and say goodbye to freechat. It used to be my bread and butter back in the day because I'm a huge exhibitionist, but those days are gone.
SarahTime
05-05-2014, 03:14 PM
I see nothing improved over the weekend.... since I've been in free chat on SM for 45 mins with no private shows..... LOL
JaneBurgess
05-05-2014, 05:26 PM
People are out partying and drinking for Cinco De Mayo.
I see nothing improved over the weekend.... since I've been in free chat on SM for 45 mins with no private shows..... LOL
SadieTaylor
05-05-2014, 09:25 PM
I am getting scared, it's sad when I'm doing much better on cams than SM. I worked 3 1/2 hours on SM today and made $10.60. WTF! I hope it gets better soon. In the process of signing up to split with imlive as well now.
RaeRae
05-05-2014, 09:27 PM
The last few times I've been on, I've done better on IML than SM and I'm used to IML doing a whole fuck ton less. I don't mind it being busy, but even at the highest rate I can set, it's still lower % and price than what I am on SM.
Femmestudent
05-05-2014, 09:52 PM
3 hours on SM = 25$. Camming officially blows right now
LilyAnderson
05-05-2014, 10:13 PM
I've been making about a $25/hour average this week. That's less than half of my usual. What. the. fuck? I have bills :(
EDIT: I ended my night with $33/hour average on what is usually one of my best nights. Looks like I'm going to be camming at least 12 hours tomorrow to make up for this awful week.
what?! 25 an hour is NOT terrible :O
LilyAnderson
05-05-2014, 10:14 PM
I've been making about a $25/hour average this week. That's less than half of my usual. What. the. fuck? I have bills :(
EDIT: I ended my night with $33/hour average on what is usually one of my best nights. Looks like I'm going to be camming at least 12 hours tomorrow to make up for this awful week.
what?! 25 an hour is NOT terrible :O
MissQuirk
05-05-2014, 11:58 PM
it's monday and cinco de mayo so i'm trying to not get bummed out. but...shit. :/
CAMMINGISREALLYSUCKINGRIGHTNOWATTHISVERYMOMENT
pinkpink
05-06-2014, 12:44 AM
Camming seriously sucked tonight. I didn't make jack. I forgot it was Cinco de Mayo though. Praying that traffic picks up...cause I'm new and it's not a good sign to be frustrated so early on in my camming career. I also need a new webcam, which I should be able to buy soon when I request my first payment from Cam4. Plus, I don't own a vibrator. (I know, I'm a freak.) but I ordered 2 & they should be here next week. Hoping all the pieces fall into place soon & I can start making more money and more consistently! :)
TashaToday
05-06-2014, 04:44 AM
Photographer contacts me about a modeling gig.
Hooray!
After planning it out, going over my rates, he asks if he could worship me during the shoot.
Fucker.
If you are interested in my modeling services, ask on my modeling pages. If you want me to dominate you, contact me through my kink accounts. Super unprofessional to go from one to the other. Grrr.
TheBrownFox
05-06-2014, 05:30 AM
Photographer contacts me about a modeling gig.
Hooray!
After planning it out, going over my rates, he asks if he could worship me during the shoot.
Fucker.
If you are interested in my modeling services, ask on my modeling pages. If you want me to dominate you, contact me through my kink accounts. Super unprofessional to go from one to the other. Grrr.
Inappropriate photographers is actually one of the reasons I stopped doing modeling photo shoots, and stopped logging into Model Mayhem.
alexismay
05-06-2014, 05:59 AM
the 5th May was a bank holiday in the UK and its always a shit night for me, i made 20 pence lol 20 fucking pence! on adultwork and a grand total of 22.87 on streamate, what a fucking joke! There needs to be less holidays, school holidays are a killer to the potential of a cam girls earnings!
scarletl
05-06-2014, 06:20 AM
the 5th May was a bank holiday in the UK and its always a shit night for me, i made 20 pence lol 20 fucking pence! on adultwork and a grand total of 22.87 on streamate, what a fucking joke! There needs to be less holidays, school holidays are a killer to the potential of a cam girls earnings!
That's why it's best to cash in as much as possible and save for the school holiday times. It does suck though
justanothercamgirl
05-06-2014, 08:42 AM
what?! 25 an hour is NOT terrible :O
I completely agree. I am just happy these days when I pull in minimum wage. LOL!
Camigirl
05-06-2014, 01:36 PM
Had a guy last night in my room who is a member begging. I actually did not see much of his typing. Then I seen him type take off the clothes baby, and I said sure tip me very very well and you got it! I told him this again, and the fucker leaves...so life is better without his shit.
I say fucking wanker, and another member says he's not a wanker just a freeloader. Oh gosh I about had it then, I said we are on a porn site I used freeloader in grade school, he is a fucking wanker and he left after sitting in my room for some time then begging. The other member than says well you could be nice about it and say he's cheap. I said sure "he's a cheap ass fucking fly wanking freeloader!"
That member left.... what did I enter the Twilight Zone last night, not to mention it was deaddddd :(
SarahTime
05-06-2014, 01:49 PM
what?! 25 an hour is NOT terrible :O
It's terrible if you're used to making much more, which the OP sounded like she is used to making at least twice that.
$25 and hour is terrible for me. I would just quit if I made that because my expenses require me to make AT LEAST 3 times that per hour.
It's all relative, ya know? :)
Procrasturbator
05-06-2014, 01:49 PM
@Camigirl I swear, these guys' priorities... IMO there is no worse insult than "freeloader"!
Jassi
05-06-2014, 03:51 PM
I love this forum...I'm still on hiatus from camming. I had posted sometime last month. I am having some anxiety/depression that I need to get a handle on--otherwise I cannot be the cheery party chick on cam. I still come on this forum--very inspiring--camming requires a sense of humor I guess.
It's just temporary--my hiatus. My anxiety is really disrupting right now...but I'm taking the steps to change around my perspective.
Some days camming really sucks--and other days its awesome.
thx ladies...you all rock
free loaders suck LOL
:D
AliceFun
05-06-2014, 06:22 PM
37455
For people thinking location, nationality or accent DOES NOT MATTER here is proof they all matter! At least i got a tip to open my mouth this time... it's frustrating!
Rhiiannon
05-06-2014, 07:01 PM
130 tokens in 1.5 hours -_-
And some guy was asking about what I was into. I said you'll have to tip me to find out! He tips 15 tokens. I tell him junk. Then he's like, I'd like to see your ass. *tips another 15* and I say ass is 40. He tips 10 and says "There, 15 and 15 plus 10 is 40." and I said "But the 15 counted towards something else..." and he got mad and left. Instead of just paying another $1.50...
Going to give it a break and go on again in a half hour. MFC is painfully slow. PM viewer FULL of people, only 2 or 3 in my room.
mia_noxx
05-06-2014, 07:20 PM
camming sucks right now because i made 0 shit in a 10 hour shift. humbug.
Marina Starr
05-06-2014, 07:29 PM
What site are you on?
camming sucks right now because i made 0 shit in a 10 hour shift. humbug.
mia_noxx
05-06-2014, 07:54 PM
imlive..
chloemonet
05-06-2014, 08:03 PM
I have this friend that thinks camming is this super glamorous life where you can just log on at any time and just make money for being a hot girl willing to masturbate on cam. Every time I talk to her about my job, even when I clarify that it's not all fun and games and it's actually a lot of work, she goes "oh okay" and the subject changes
Today she told me she's going to be doing live shows with a guy she met online soon. She said she's leaving all the legal information to him and she's just "the talent". When I tried to explain to her the basics of why you shouldn't just jump into internet porn (possibility of being recorded, on your legal record for life, etc) and she still is insisting she'll be fine an leave it to him. It pissed me off so bad because she's going to screw herself over if she does this. I have a feeling that, knowing her, she's going to flip out if she ever sees herself recorded and redistributed other places (and honestly whenever I search tube sites for possible pirated content, I always see way more couple videos than solo in terms of the webcam category) I'm tired of people thinking they can just walk in and out of this industry whenever and however they please. No. It will follow you, you should at least do something you won't be ashamed of when people ask you about it in the future.
TattooedBBW
05-06-2014, 08:08 PM
I have this friend that thinks camming is this super glamorous life where you can just log on at any time and just make money for being a hot girl willing to masturbate on cam. Every time I talk to her about my job, even when I clarify that it's not all fun and games and it's actually a lot of work, she goes "oh okay" and the subject changes
Today she told me she's going to be doing live shows with a guy she met online soon. She said she's leaving all the legal information to him and she's just "the talent". When I tried to explain to her the basics of why you shouldn't just jump into internet porn (possibility of being recorded, on your legal record for life, etc) and she still is insisting she'll be fine an leave it to him. It pissed me off so bad because she's going to screw herself over if she does this. I have a feeling that, knowing her, she's going to flip out if she ever sees herself recorded and redistributed other places (and honestly whenever I search tube sites for possible pirated content, I always see way more couple videos than solo in terms of the webcam category) I'm tired of people thinking they can just walk in and out of this industry whenever and however they please. No. It will follow you, you should at least do something you won't be ashamed of when people ask you about it in the future.
Oh girl I feel you on this. I have a few friends exactly like this, and it's soooo frustrating- at some point you end up sounding like a broken record because you say the same things over and over and they just don't listen. Obviously you're trying to help her but she already has that preconceived thought about camming so she will have to unfortunately find out the hard way :(
AliceFun
05-06-2014, 08:09 PM
It will follow you, you should at least do something you won't be ashamed of when people ask you about it in the future.
Can u clarify this pls? I think camming COULD be something to be ashamed of in the future for what it matters?! We are all cam girls here, i dont get ur comment fully so pls enlighten me.
TattooedBBW
05-06-2014, 08:10 PM
Make this short but sweet: my vent for the day is being sick of my dad guilt tripping me about multiple things, including him wanting me to live with him because he's lonely. And guilting me for my life choices. He doesn't even know about camming! I can only imagine what id hear if he knew.
Blah.. Frustrating night
MissQuirk
05-06-2014, 08:13 PM
Make this short but sweet: my vent for the day is being sick of my dad guilt tripping me about multiple things, including him wanting me to live with him because he's lonely. And guilting me for my life choices. He doesn't even know about camming! I can only imagine what id hear if he knew.
Blah.. Frustrating night
*hugs* i'm living with my mom at the moment because she spends allll day guilting me that if i leave, she'll die of loneliness. it's such a hard spot to be in :/ so I understand your situation. <3 i hope things get better for you, bb <3
TattooedBBW
05-06-2014, 08:19 PM
*hugs* i'm living with my mom at the moment because she spends allll day guilting me that if i leave, she'll die of loneliness. it's such a hard spot to be in :/ so I understand your situation. <3 i hope things get better for you, bb <3
Thank you *hug back* it's a frustrating situation to be in. You love your parent but you need to live your own life too, right? :-/
AliceFun
05-06-2014, 08:19 PM
imlive..
Before i read ur answer i was thinking 'it must be imlive, i am 99% sure of it' then i saw it!
I am sorry Mia, i open that site every time i cam & i make nothing on it anymore, me and my luck, i have money stuck in there same like on jasmin site, not enough for payout; imlive is dead & jasmin wont approve me a profile picture to be able to work & make payout & shut the damn account off for good. imlive is a waste of time lately :(
mia_noxx
05-06-2014, 08:24 PM
it's kinda been a waste of time for me for the past 12 months, to be honest... i remember the good old times when i used to be in HOF ... my fist period, i reached Best newcomer award and i was like ''aww yiiiis, this gonna be good!''.. not anymore.
SadieTaylor
05-06-2014, 09:36 PM
Please, somebody anybody tell me I'm not the only one completely stressing and doing horribly on SM, no idea what's going on! I'm like not even making a quarter of what I normally make. I've worked 5 1/ hours and am @ $12.20. I think I need to cry about it. I only usually work 10-15 hours a week and do great! I am going to try and work more this week, but not sure that will even help.
Staples
05-06-2014, 09:56 PM
Worked KL for 5 straight hours today and made nothing... zip, zilch, nada. Getting back on for another 12-16 hours tonight until tomorrow afternoon. We will see what happens. I'm going to try and split kink and SM.
JaneBurgess
05-06-2014, 10:03 PM
That can happen a lot on that site. It has a ton of potential but they need to work on the traffic part.
Worked KL for 5 straight hours today and made nothing... zip, zilch, nada. Getting back on for another 12-16 hours tonight until tomorrow afternoon. We will see what happens. I'm going to try and split kink and SM.
SophiaSylvan
05-06-2014, 10:27 PM
Yes, Jane & Staples, as to KL! I don't splitcam but I do SM & KL at the same time pretty often when I'm on and there have been nights I didn't get a single show on KL since I started in April. Sucks, but yeah their paying traffic is low. Hope they do something about promoting their cams because just waiting for runoff traffic from their paysites isn't working that well. They have some quality customers though, educated about fetish & smart guys. I appreciate that. Hope that crowd sticks around if/when they ever do get more traffic.
mollyisamilf
05-06-2014, 10:46 PM
MFC girls how have you been doing the past couple of weeks? I feel like I've hit some kind of wall! One day I was bobbing along happily and the next my earnings took a dump and my camscore has fallen significantly over the past couple of weeks. I can't figure it out... I don't think I've changed anything in the way I'm camming other than getting slightly more irritable because the tips have been so fucking slow!
tropo
05-06-2014, 10:51 PM
Can u clarify this pls? I think camming COULD be something to be ashamed of in the future for what it matters?! We are all cam girls here, i dont get ur comment fully so pls enlighten me.
I was surprised you jumped so hard on this. What she said made perfect sense to me. If a person would be embarrassed if friends and/or family find explicit videos online, then that person should find a different career. Make your decision to cam assuming someone you know will eventually find out. If you can't live with that, don't cam.
SavannahLynnn
05-06-2014, 10:54 PM
Please, somebody anybody tell me I'm not the only one completely stressing and doing horribly on SM, no idea what's going on! I'm like not even making a quarter of what I normally make. I've worked 5 1/ hours and am @ $12.20. I think I need to cry about it. I only usually work 10-15 hours a week and do great! I am going to try and work more this week, but not sure that will even help.
Nope. I'm doing horribly as well. I'm not sure why. It seems there are a lot of new people or people I haven't seen before. Anyway I went from doing freaking awesome making $100-$200 in 4ish hours to $50 in 8. Wtf.
Lola12
05-07-2014, 12:50 AM
90 min on MFC now = 84 tk :( I'm so pissed! I dunno what the hell happend. I also hit a big, fat wall! I'm supposed to travel with my boyfriend next month for a nice vaccation. Clearly, I can kiss that good bye! This month I actually was very positive and very determinated to make this month awesome. But now all the hope is starting to leave me. Soon I'm gonna dive in to "The Secret". I am THAT desperate. Lol.
alexismay
05-07-2014, 01:54 AM
Please, somebody anybody tell me I'm not the only one completely stressing and doing horribly on SM, no idea what's going on! I'm like not even making a quarter of what I normally make. I've worked 5 1/ hours and am @ $12.20. I think I need to cry about it. I only usually work 10-15 hours a week and do great! I am going to try and work more this week, but not sure that will even help.
I feel exactly the same! last time i was on nothing but creeps claiming to be fans, just fucking sitting there wasting my time! 22 measly miserable dollars for 4 hours. A waste of makeup, electricity and 2 bad tags from some random troll that likes girls to follow him on twitter!