View Full Version : Streamate has me crying!
italianstarcamgirl
01-24-2013, 11:33 PM
SM has definitely been slower this month (specifically tonight for me) I made goal the past few nights but it was much more work and tonight I logged off after making 1/2 my goal - I guess we get spoiled when the $$ rolls in and then when hit slow patches and are unsatisfied - atleast its like that for me.
DiamondCupcakes
01-24-2013, 11:36 PM
I had glitch issues for over 2 months and had to do a lot of research before finding the issues. I say issues because I tweaked a lot of things before things got better. I had the same problems. Sometimes I would not show up with other live girls, I would get cut off during privates and my room would have no more then 5 people at a time in my room when I used to have 10 times that. Support gets a million emails a day and sometimes just send generic answers. They say you need an i7 but that's not true. Streaming would be better if you had one buts its not mandatory.
I was going to PM you but I will post this here so other girls having issues can look into these issues that may be the culprit.
I know you said nothing has changed in your situation and the issues came out of no where. I explained this to Streamate a million times when I had issues. They swore it was me yet nothing had changed. No new equipment or whatever to explain a random onset of issues. To this day I cant fully say what caused my account to go haywire but it did. And no one would hear me out. So I went out of my way to do research and max out everything I could in my power to cover all my bases on my end. Here are some important things you can do to possibly help your account
1.What are you upload speeds?
As the site grows with TV Shows and more traffic the demands have gone up. What is your upload speed? I have always paid for max upload to be safe and put myself in front of the other chicas ;-) Check your encoder settings with your upload speeds. I know you said you don't use the encoder but have you considered trying it out? Anything that can help you get more traffic and better placement is always a plus =)
2. Are you hardwired to your router? If so, are you hardwired to your modem?
Streamate said it was my ISP, my ISP said it was my router, my router support said it was everyone but them. So I went out and bought myself a snazzy $150 Asus Router. What did I find put? Routers are about as reliable as my bf....not very reliable lol. Any small thing can cause you to drop offline or your signal to be weak. A signal from your cell phone, a bad toaster (thats what my cable man claims) or whatever can make your wifi signal act up. I didn't want to take any chances and hard wired to the router. So I hardlined to my router and still had some issues. I hardlined to my modem so the stupid ISP couldn't say it was my router. Cut out the middle man and find out where you issue lies by illuminating possible causes.
3. Still having issues? Call your ISP and bug them about looking into the issue
My ISP hates me but I don't give two shits. I pay them for a service and they better deliver. I have had them change out modems, cords, and even transmitters. You'd be surprised what you find. Apparently the transformer for my neighborhood was bad but no one noticed because the internet only went out for about a second or two at a time. Not enough time for the average user to notice but enough time to cancel my gold show or kick me offline.
4. How's your computer doing?
How much cpu is being used while you stream? This usually isn't the cause of the issue but why not check? If you have a PC control alt delete will take you to the task manager and from there go to performance. Keep that window open while you stream and see how much cpu gets used while you stream. Also do you have an I5 or I7? I dont have any experience streaming with an i3 but my i5 sometimes had issues. I imagine it would be more difficult with an i3. I eventually upgraded to an i7 recently. My i5 was old so I just made the upgrade anyways. But I did well with an i5
5.What else are you doing?
I used to run pandora, a chat window with my friends, and my stream....bad idea. Just to be safe use an ipod instead of pandora. Will put a lot less strain on your stream and computer.
6.Have you worked less hours?
Yeah....that's pretty self explanatory. You can fall as fast as you rose with something as small as a change in hours put in, your dollar per hour, ratings, ect. I know this doesn't explain your account not showing up or moving around but some girls may have this issue.
Ok so I had more to write but I am doing like 20 things so I kind of lost track lol. I will come back and add other things to check as I remember =p
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
I know this seems tedious but in the end it was worth it to me as streamate and clips4sale are my main source of income. My C4S also benefited from better, more stable upload speed and laptop so I made the change. If I had another main site I probably wouldn't have gone through all the troubleshooting tbh. I also wouldn't rely on customer support to save you with this. Half the time their response doesn't even pertain to my question. I question whether an actual person responded or some bot that sucks at auto responding.If you cover all of these things they are more likely to help you. I would send them an email with my specs and explanations about how I already looked into issues they may blame the glitches on. A lot of girls email them without having checked these avenues. If its a ISP issue or faulty equipment they can't help. So really look into it and if its neither of the two explain that you already went through troubleshooting steps and everything on your end checks out. Don't lie about it because they can see if you lie about some things like upload speed and then they're less likely to help you out.
Did I forget to mention anything ladies?
P.S. Any errors in my typing are due to my ridiculous acrylics that make typing a f**king mission. I apologize in advanced for any horrible errors =p
vanity6girl
01-25-2013, 12:32 AM
keep in mind that restoring you computer basically resets it to a certain date. So if you've saved anything, download anything, etc in the last 3 weeks then it most likely won't be on your computer when its done restoring. If your using windows 7:
1. Click the windows icon>>control panel>>system and security>>back up and restore>>recover system settings or your computer>>open system restore
2. Select a different restore point and then click next
3. Click on a date where your computer was working fine. If you don't see a date where your computer was working fine click show more restore points and then select a date. Click next and then finish.
It will take like 10-20mins for it to restore. When it restarts and loads the main screen it should say your computer was successful restored.
thank you soo much!
vanity6girl
01-25-2013, 12:35 AM
I had glitch issues for over 2 months and had to do a lot of research before finding the issues. I say issues because I tweaked a lot of things before things got better. I had the same problems. Sometimes I would not show up with other live girls, I would get cut off during privates and my room would have no more then 5 people at a time in my room when I used to have 10 times that. Support gets a million emails a day and sometimes just send generic answers. They say you need an i7 but that's not true. Streaming would be better if you had one buts its not mandatory.
I was going to PM you but I will post this here so other girls having issues can look into these issues that may be the culprit.
I know you said nothing has changed in your situation and the issues came out of no where. I explained this to Streamate a million times when I had issues. They swore it was me yet nothing had changed. No new equipment or whatever to explain a random onset of issues. To this day I cant fully say what caused my account to go haywire but it did. And no one would hear me out. So I went out of my way to do research and max out everything I could in my power to cover all my bases on my end. Here are some important things you can do to possibly help your account
1.What are you upload speeds?
As the site grows with TV Shows and more traffic the demands have gone up. What is your upload speed? I have always paid for max upload to be safe and put myself in front of the other chicas ;-) Check your encoder settings with your upload speeds. I know you said you don't use the encoder but have you considered trying it out? Anything that can help you get more traffic and better placement is always a plus =)
2. Are you hardwired to your router? If so, are you hardwired to your modem?
Streamate said it was my ISP, my ISP said it was my router, my router support said it was everyone but them. So I went out and bought myself a snazzy $150 Asus Router. What did I find put? Routers are about as reliable as my bf....not very reliable lol. Any small thing can cause you to drop offline or your signal to be weak. A signal from your cell phone, a bad toaster (thats what my cable man claims) or whatever can make your wifi signal act up. I didn't want to take any chances and hard wired to the router. So I hardlined to my router and still had some issues. I hardlined to my modem so the stupid ISP couldn't say it was my router. Cut out the middle man and find out where you issue lies by illuminating possible causes.
3. Still having issues? Call your ISP and bug them about looking into the issue
My ISP hates me but I don't give two shits. I pay them for a service and they better deliver. I have had them change out modems, cords, and even transmitters. You'd be surprised what you find. Apparently the transformer for my neighborhood was bad but no one noticed because the internet only went out for about a second or two at a time. Not enough time for the average user to notice but enough time to cancel my gold show or kick me offline.
4. How's your computer doing?
How much cpu is being used while you stream? This usually isn't the cause of the issue but why not check? If you have a PC control alt delete will take you to the task manager and from there go to performance. Keep that window open while you stream and see how much cpu gets used while you stream. Also do you have an I5 or I7? I dont have any experience streaming with an i3 but my i5 sometimes had issues. I imagine it would be more difficult with an i3. I eventually upgraded to an i7 recently. My i5 was old so I just made the upgrade anyways. But I did well with an i5
5.What else are you doing?
I used to run pandora, a chat window with my friends, and my stream....bad idea. Just to be safe use an ipod instead of pandora. Will put a lot less strain on your stream and computer.
6.Have you worked less hours?
Yeah....that's pretty self explanatory. You can fall as fast as you rose with something as small as a change in hours put in, your dollar per hour, ratings, ect. I know this doesn't explain your account not showing up or moving around but some girls may have this issue.
Ok so I had more to write but I am doing like 20 things so I kind of lost track lol. I will come back and add other things to check as I remember =p
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
I know this seems tedious but in the end it was worth it to me as streamate and clips4sale are my main source of income. My C4S also benefited from better, more stable upload speed and laptop so I made the change. If I had another main site I probably wouldn't have gone through all the troubleshooting tbh. I also wouldn't rely on customer support to save you with this. Half the time their response doesn't even pertain to my question. I question whether an actual person responded or some bot that sucks at auto responding.If you cover all of these things they are more likely to help you. I would send them an email with my specs and explanations about how I already looked into issues they may blame the glitches on. A lot of girls email them without having checked these avenues. If its a ISP issue or faulty equipment they can't help. So really look into it and if its neither of the two explain that you already went through troubleshooting steps and everything on your end checks out. Don't lie about it because they can see if you lie about some things like upload speed and then they're less likely to help you out.
Did I forget to mention anything ladies?
P.S. Any errors in my typing are due to my ridiculous acrylics that make typing a f**king mission. I apologize in advanced for any horrible errors =p
WOW I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS..I WAS PUTTING IN LESS HOURS..BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS AND I GUESS THAT AFFECTED MY PLACEMENT. I WOULD NOTICE SOMETIMES I WONT SHOW UP AT ALL, I WOULD START AT THE VERY TOP..THEN 10 SECONDS LATER IM AT THE VERY BOTTOM
i WANTED TO GET INTO CLIPS4SALES BUT DONT KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, DO THEY PAY CHECKS. IT SAID OPEN A STUDIO..I THOUGHT I HAD TO JOIN ONE.
TheBrownFox
01-25-2013, 05:16 AM
i WANTED TO GET INTO CLIPS4SALES BUT DONT KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, DO THEY PAY CHECKS. IT SAID OPEN A STUDIO..I THOUGHT I HAD TO JOIN ONE.
Don't worry. A 'studio' is what they call all of the Clips4Sale stores. :) It's not the same as the cam studios you're thinking of that take a percentage of your money.
GracieBlue
01-25-2013, 09:24 AM
Out of curiosity...does anyone lower their rates during these slower times? I did last night and it did seem to help. What do you guys think?
DiamondCupcakes
01-25-2013, 09:35 AM
No I keep my rates as is. I found lowering my rates would bring about whiny customers. They would see the drop ad request more of a drop or I would have issues bringing it back up because guys would get used to the lower rate =/
I know you account jumps around and that happens sometimes for the first minute or two when your on to get you to the proper placement. Anything after that is a issue elsewhere. I did the same thing, I would see issues therefor work less so now I would have the issues plus bad placement. Not good =( Try going online and troubleshooting. Stay online for a while so your account settles properly then look for yourself. Also keep in mind models log in as we stream. I have been first row then like 6 really good models log in and I drop all the way to row three. I hate it but it happens too
DiamondCupcakes
01-25-2013, 09:40 AM
P.S. C4S is the bomb diggigty. Great backup when SM is slow. Its saved me a couple of months in a row. You just need to open a studio. Like what TheBrownFox pointed out, its the same thing as opening a store they just all it a studio. Its very simple to set up and they pay via check or wire. The only sucky part is that they only pay monthly. Around the 7th of each month =/
So I do Streamate and C4S and so far I'm doing ok. I dable in other things like MGF and used to in ELM but I'm happy with those two sites for now. I had too much going on and overwhelmed myself when I did all the sites. Find one other site you love and use it as your backup. As awesome as streameate is, the issues they have are usually big enough to cause a huge drop in my income and I can't afford taking any chances with that lol
Oh and to the OP, if you are still having issues feel free to PM me and I'll take a look at your stuff and see if there is anything further I can do to help. Nothing is more frustrating then not being able to log in and make good money so I feel you =/
GracieBlue
01-25-2013, 10:31 AM
Thanks DC! Yeah a regular came in later and acted like an ass do I was like fuck this they are going up tomorrow! I need to get paid for this abuse! Lol
ManyRoses
01-25-2013, 10:50 AM
I've considered lowering my rates, but I don't like to be inconsistent - it can annoy good regs.
TheBrownFox
01-25-2013, 11:01 AM
Out of curiosity...does anyone lower their rates during these slower times? I did last night and it did seem to help. What do you guys think?
If it worked for you and gave you the results you wanted, that's all that matters. :)
I won't lower my rate. I like it at 5.99 and the fact that it's equivalent to the price of an MFC private show...I like the kind of guys that it attracts, and the kind of guys that it helps weed out (I don't get the picky, demanding guys). I want to get it through these guys' heads that if they want a show, they have to pay my rate, and that it's non-negotiable. The moment I start lowering it, when I try to put it back up where it was, someone's gonna be like "But it was cheaper yesterday. What changed? What all do you do? Do you squirt?" :P
A guy on SM said to me "Damn, if you made your price 2.99, I'd stay in private with you all day." *rolls eyes* Suuuuure.
GracieBlue
01-25-2013, 12:05 PM
Thanks guys! You all are totally right. My rates are my rates!
Decalyn
01-25-2013, 12:33 PM
Broke loser that thinks sm is a dating site - Where u from bb/where u live etc
me- Azeroth
I AM STEALING THAT. <3
I could go even further and say I work at Like Clockwork in Dalaran.
/squee
Superwoman1989
01-25-2013, 12:52 PM
r you using the geographical blocker? I did and it slowly blocked out other areas bit by bit. I live in a big city, so not like most anyone would recognize me anyway. so I just turned it off, and things really picked up.
Everytime I was on I used to easily make make $100-$200+ ... Being online for less than 3 hours..and I didnt use the encoder..for some reason..for the past 3 weeks its super super hard for me to make $10
How can I go from easily making $100+ a day to being hard to make $10??? I make $5-$6 an hour now!?
My placement keeps moving, sometimes I get no guys to my room and there have been glitches..
I started to use the encoder and NOTHING changed.
Snowy0Star
01-25-2013, 02:07 PM
r you using the geographical blocker? I did and it slowly blocked out other areas bit by bit. I live in a big city, so not like most anyone would recognize me anyway. so I just turned it off, and things really picked up.
In my profiles i always say my job is a Horde Monk and i went to the School of Pandarain Mistweaving since my toon is a Panda Monk Mistweaver and im in the Horde
cumslut4u
01-25-2013, 04:47 PM
since my toon is a Panda Monk Mistweaver and im in the Horde My husband is too, except he is with Alliance. Why do I even know this Lol.
No Love ive been on sm for about two weeks thats all i get everytime i log in.
_______joined the room
_______left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
Entitled broke loser says - Show ___ or stand up
Me: ___ gold
Entitled broke loser has left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
Broke loser that thinks sm is a dating site - Where u from bb/where u live etc
me- Azeroth
Broke loser that thinks sm is a dating site - wheres that?
me - WoW refrance
Broke loser that thinks sm is a dating site has left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
_______joined the room
_______left the room
then maybe about once a day ill get a 2-3 private.
you can turn off the settings...so that you don't see when a guy join or leave you room.... I have the sound off for then people join my free chat...
I find camming is a lot less stressful when I am not seeing who come in and out of my room with out saying anything.
the only think I see in my free chat room is the guys that stay in my room and chat with me.
vanity6girl
01-25-2013, 07:31 PM
P.S. C4S is the bomb diggigty. Great backup when SM is slow. Its saved me a couple of months in a row. You just need to open a studio. Like what TheBrownFox pointed out, its the same thing as opening a store they just all it a studio. Its very simple to set up and they pay via check or wire. The only sucky part is that they only pay monthly. Around the 7th of each month =/
So I do Streamate and C4S and so far I'm doing ok. I dable in other things like MGF and used to in ELM but I'm happy with those two sites for now. I had too much going on and overwhelmed myself when I did all the sites. Find one other site you love and use it as your backup. As awesome as streameate is, the issues they have are usually big enough to cause a huge drop in my income and I can't afford taking any chances with that lol
Oh and to the OP, if you are still having issues feel free to PM me and I'll take a look at your stuff and see if there is anything further I can do to help. Nothing is more frustrating then not being able to log in and make good money so I feel you =/
I am registering for it right now. It's going to be limited what I can do tho. No boyfriend here to make clips with me. I have to find out what kind of clips really sale
Snowy0Star
01-25-2013, 07:42 PM
Anything you can think of go thru the c4s thread its inspiring to see what kind of out there things that they never thought would sell did.
http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?163549-The-Clips4Sale-Thread&highlight=clips4sale
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AliceFun
01-25-2013, 10:25 PM
No boyfriend here to make clips with me.
Hi, just a short message here for u: happy to see u left ur abusive bf!?! Hope u are better now, Good luck with business and all!
vanity6girl
01-26-2013, 12:30 AM
Hi, just a short message here for u: happy to see u left ur abusive bf!?! Hope u are better now, Good luck with business and all!
I'm surprised u remember that lol
ali2001
01-26-2013, 01:51 AM
I had my first night on streamate and did horribly i made more on mfc and thought it would be the opposite. No guys were coming in my room and the ones that did wouldn't chat or they would leave in 30 seconds is this normal?
Snowy0Star
01-26-2013, 01:54 AM
yes read my long post on the first page. lol
Im very proud of that post 15 likes i did not think it was going to be such a big hit thank guys =^y^=
laurielegs
01-26-2013, 06:56 AM
Out of curiosity...does anyone lower their rates during these slower times? I did last night and it did seem to help. What do you guys think?
I got a little desperate yesterday and went down to $4.99 (I had been rotating between 6.69 and 9.69/ 9.99 exclusive before). Got a bunch of idiots, a ton of peepers and ended up making $6 in two hours. wtf.
I signed out, messed around with my lighting some more and my makeup to get everything looking as perfect as I possibly could (took nearly an hour).
I decided to experiment, made my private and exclusive $14.99 just for kicks.
I figure what the hell - I can't make my bills on $3 an hour anyway so why waste any more time with the idiots I'm getting at $4.99 during this slow time?
It was hilarious! Guys would come in and have one of two reactions "wow you must be amazing in private to be able to charge that much" or "damn you aren't going to make any money that way".
It was still slow but i made $45 on TWO shows the next hour with two respectful delightful gentlemen. Yes!!!!
I'm not sure I'll leave them this high but I'm really debating changing my profile to a glamour/domme type one and seeing how that flies. I really really enjoyed those shows. I think I've developed a new personal fetish - seeing that money add up is such a thrill! mmm baby! hahah :)
Marina Starr
01-26-2013, 07:01 AM
So far I haven't but never say never. I just don't like when lower rates attract low caliber and cheap ass motherfuckers. I'm quick at kicking and banning ;D
Out of curiosity...does anyone lower their rates during these slower times? I did last night and it did seem to help. What do you guys think?
Cam_Model_Jess
01-26-2013, 08:35 AM
Personally, I won't lower my rates. I seriously considered it, but I decided it would hurt me in the long run. Models who constantly change their prices (this is just a guess) probably have fewer issues than those who only occasionally change them. I wouldn't be constantly changing my price, so I just decided to stick it out. But the last two weeks have been BRUTAL. If it doesn't pick up by the middle of Feb, I might consider lowering my price then. Just before Christmas I had decided to make my goal higher, but now I'm struggling to make the original goal.
I hazard a guess, by the number of models removing their geo-restrictions, that I am not the only one suffering.
catgirl
01-26-2013, 11:25 AM
i did by $2 and it hasn't made a difference- was still slow for me. going back up tonight when i log in!
loveshooks
01-26-2013, 02:19 PM
Personally, I won't lower my rates
i did by $2 and it hasn't made a difference- was still slow for me. going back up tonight when i log in!
that's probably smart. When I pay attention to post holiday spending trends, it's not that every customer is spending less than normal, it's that there are a lower number of customers but the ones who spend are spending regularly. If that's also the case on sm (a lower volume of customers spending normally), lowering rates just means that one is making less from each customer who would be spending anyways, and does nothing to attract the guys who are staying away from cam sites/not spending anything
Cam_Model_Jess
01-26-2013, 02:58 PM
that's probably smart. When I pay attention to post holiday spending trends, it's not that every customer is spending less than normal, it's that there are a lower number of customers but the ones who spend are spending regularly. If that's also the case on sm (a lower volume of customers spending normally), lowering rates just means that one is making less from each customer who would be spending anyways, and does nothing to attract the guys who are staying away from cam sites/not spending anything
That's exactly what happened to me on SM this week. At my higher rate I had to spend the same amount of time online. But I had fewer short shows & the same number of longer shows. Guys who were willing to pay my lower rate & stay in a long time were willing to pay the higher rate & stay in just as long. That equals fewer start/stop shows & being exposed to fewer guys.
So I made more per show (but w/ fewer shows) from the fewer "short show" guys & made a lot more from the same number of "long show" guys. I made my goal in the same amount of time online. The "long show" show guys picked up the slack for the guys who weren't willing to spend. Translation: "time in paid chat" was lower than normal, but average length of my shows was longer.
GracieBlue
01-26-2013, 04:25 PM
I had to log off last night! My attitude is horrible, PMS related! One guy said he had no $$ could he get free show? I said are you fucking kidding me and logged out! Took today off too! You ladies are right about the rates, they are staying. I'm hoping I will have a fresher perspective with the new pay period! :)
Marina Starr
01-26-2013, 04:28 PM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/tumblr_mad7aytaKs1rbiwbao1_500_zps1f46cfff.gif
I had to log off last night! My attitude is horrible, PMS related! One guy said he had no $$ could he get free show? I said are you fucking kidding me and logged out! Took today off too! You ladies are right about the rates, they are staying. I'm hoping I will have a fresher perspective with the new pay period! :)
GracieBlue
01-26-2013, 04:31 PM
Love your gifs Marina! We need a marina gif thread STAT!
Marina Starr
01-26-2013, 04:39 PM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/tumblr_mcbd39S3gy1qcfdmxo1_500_zpsf860dffc.gif
Love your gifs Marina! We need a marina gif thread STAT!
e-stripper
01-26-2013, 04:40 PM
Why would you log off for someone wanting a cheap show? Just ban and be on your dildoing way =)
I never let my room see me upset or mad, I simply find the numbnut's name and click "ban". Never remove a smile from my face or stop the flow of conversation.
Snowy0Star
01-26-2013, 04:42 PM
Why would you log off for someone wanting a cheap show? Just ban and be on your dildoing way =)
i think by that point she was just done and it was the straw that broke the camels back for her that day
Marina Starr
01-26-2013, 04:43 PM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/tumblr_mgrbjbpL4a1qcrgoyo1_400_zps3d7fc80c.gif
i think by that point she was just done and it was the straw that broke the camels back for her that day
whirlerz
01-26-2013, 04:55 PM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/tumblr_mcbd39S3gy1qcfdmxo1_500_zpsf860dffc.gif
Marina's gifted w/the gifs
VoluptiousBriadda
01-26-2013, 04:59 PM
I got a little desperate yesterday and went down to $4.99 (I had been rotating between 6.69 and 9.69/ 9.99 exclusive before). Got a bunch of idiots, a ton of peepers and ended up making $6 in two hours. wtf.
I signed out, messed around with my lighting some more and my makeup to get everything looking as perfect as I possibly could (took nearly an hour).
I decided to experiment, made my private and exclusive $14.99 just for kicks.
I figure what the hell - I can't make my bills on $3 an hour anyway so why waste any more time with the idiots I'm getting at $4.99 during this slow time?
It was hilarious! Guys would come in and have one of two reactions "wow you must be amazing in private to be able to charge that much" or "damn you aren't going to make any money that way".
It was still slow but i made $45 on TWO shows the next hour with two respectful delightful gentlemen. Yes!!!!
I'm not sure I'll leave them this high but I'm really debating changing my profile to a glamour/domme type one and seeing how that flies. I really really enjoyed those shows. I think I've developed a new personal fetish - seeing that money add up is such a thrill! mmm baby! hahah :)
I dont mean to thread jack or get in your ish but were you able to just up your rate to $14.99 without contacting support? What i mean is - not too long ago I contacted support and got them to finally up my rate limit to like $14.99 i believe.I wasnt going to jump up THAT high at once,so i selected 5.99/6.99 and planned to slowly move up from there.The only prob is that when I went to raise them just a lil bit again,my limit was no longer 14.99 but 6.99,that was the absolute highest itd let me go no matter what i did.
Ive seen a few ladies say the same thing but then ive read other ladies posts that have given me the impression that theyre able to go up and down all they want-from,for example, 14.99 to 10.99 and back to 14.99 in a few hrs, if they wanted.So im slightly confused here...And a lil irritated that Im gonna have to email support,and wait for them to raise my rates AGAIN and presumably every time i want to up them..
Snowy0Star
01-26-2013, 04:59 PM
this thread has totatlly de-railed lol but i hope the OP got everything sorted out and if you havent its still ur thread girly so ask away =^y^=
Snowy0Star
01-26-2013, 05:01 PM
I dont mean to thread jack or get in your ish but were you able to just up your rate to $14.99 without contacting support? What i mean is - not too long ago I contacted support and got them to finally up my rate limit to like $14.99 i believe.I wasnt going to jump up THAT high at once,so i selected 5.99/6.99 and planned to slowly move up from there.The only prob is that when I went to raise them just a lil bit again,my limit was no longer 14.99 but 6.99,that was the absolute highest itd let me go no matter what i did.
Ive seen a few ladies say the same thing but then ive read other ladies posts that have given me the impression that theyre able to go up and down all they want-from,for example, 14.99 to 10.99 and back to 14.99 in a few hrs, if they wanted.So im slightly confused here...And a lil irritated that Im gonna have to email support,and wait for them to raise my rates AGAIN and presumably every time i want to up them..
yes i am one of those that when i email support to have them raise it it the new highest is what i lowered to it too after they raised it very annoying.
catgirl
01-26-2013, 05:12 PM
yeah i hate that about changing my rates on sm- if you want to go higher you have to email them each time, if you go lower then the higher rates (anything higher than the rate you set) go away, even if they set it high for you.. -.- so annoying!
Snowy0Star
01-26-2013, 05:20 PM
Briaddas point tho is that she thinks some ppl dont have this issues so why some and not others aside from sm just being stupid and glitchy?
"Ive seen a few ladies say the same thing but then ive read other ladies posts that have given me the impression that theyre able to go up and down all they want-from,for example, 14.99 to 10.99 and back to 14.99 in a few hrs, if they wanted"
GracieBlue
01-26-2013, 05:26 PM
Which is why I logged off....so they don't see me mad. Believe me I'm familiar with the ban and kick buttons!
:)
Why would you log off for someone wanting a cheap show? Just ban and be on your dildoing way =)
I never let my room see me upset or mad, I simply find the numbnut's name and click "ban". Never remove a smile from my face or stop the flow of conversation.
laurielegs
01-26-2013, 06:05 PM
I dont mean to thread jack or get in your ish but were you able to just up your rate to $14.99 without contacting support? What i mean is - not too long ago I contacted support and got them to finally up my rate limit to like $14.99 i believe.I wasnt going to jump up THAT high at once,so i selected 5.99/6.99 and planned to slowly move up from there.The only prob is that when I went to raise them just a lil bit again,my limit was no longer 14.99 but 6.99,that was the absolute highest itd let me go no matter what i did.
Ive seen a few ladies say the same thing but then ive read other ladies posts that have given me the impression that theyre able to go up and down all they want-from,for example, 14.99 to 10.99 and back to 14.99 in a few hrs, if they wanted.So im slightly confused here...And a lil irritated that Im gonna have to email support,and wait for them to raise my rates AGAIN and presumably every time i want to up them..
Yes I was able to. Damn I hope they don't freeze my rates like that.
It might be because I normally keep them pretty high around 9.99?
SarahTime
01-26-2013, 06:13 PM
I don't lower my rates when it gets slow, and I don't suggest it because when I did this in the past, it was REALLY hard to go back up to my "normal" rate. Once guys see that you will let them pay less, they will just wait for you to lower again. This is especially true with Gold Show buy ins. I used to do $5 as standard... when it was slow I went down to $3... now I can't get anyone to do more than $3! Same guys will sit in my room and wait for me to lower it before they will buy in.
Also, for what it's worth, I know it feels really slow this month but I don't think it's any different than the same time last year. I used Cam Your Way to see what my percentage of income for Gold Shows vs Private was and it's pretty much dead on the same last Jan compared to this Jan... 50% of my income is from gold shows, 25% from private, the rest is made up of exclusive time, cammodels, and tips. Also my income is already more this January than it was last January, and I've worked less hours so far this year. That was helpful for me to see.
Sometimes I feel like I get a little spoiled when things are going well and then when they slow down, it's hard to keep it in perspective. Ya know? :) So if you can, compare last year to this year so far and maybe it will help keep spirits up. It will get better!!! Camming is not coming to an end! lol ;) Last Feb was one of my highest earning months, and I'm hoping to beat it this Feb!
TheBrownFox
01-26-2013, 07:59 PM
Once guys see that you will let them pay less, they will just wait for you to lower again. This is especially true with Gold Show buy ins. I used to do $5 as standard... when it was slow I went down to $3... now I can't get anyone to do more than $3!
This is what I forgot to mention in my earlier post. I've noticed in Gold show rooms, guys will sit around and wait for the model to restart the model a few times, if they know she's gonna lower the buy-in rate each time. Before you know it, she's now down to offering a $1 Gold show thinking "Okay, these guys have GOT to jump on this offer!"...but then it's another struggle because it's such a low buy-in and she doesn't have enough people in the room to make it happen unless several guys are willing to contribute much larger amounts.
Snowy0Star
01-26-2013, 08:04 PM
This is what I forgot to mention in my earlier post. I've noticed in Gold show rooms, guys will sit around and wait for the model to restart the model a few times, if they know she's gonna lower the buy-in rate each time. Before you know it, she's now down to offering a $1 Gold show thinking "Okay, these guys have GOT to jump on this offer!"...but then it's another struggle because it's such a low buy-in and she doesn't have enough people in the room to make it happen unless several guys are willing to contribute much larger amounts.
i dont have the gold show button but if i did if i didnt make payout i would lower my goal but raise my buy in. and if that didnt work i would just stop trying to do a gold show. Ive never done them so i cant say for sure but to me from what ive gathered about reading about them they attract a large number of ppl in ur room and if u cant make goal ull get guys wanting privates.
StephanieXS
01-26-2013, 08:41 PM
i dont have the gold show button but if i did if i didnt make payout i would lower my goal but raise my buy in. and if that didnt work i would just stop trying to do a gold show. Ive never done them so i cant say for sure but to me from what ive gathered about reading about them they attract a large number of ppl in ur room and if u cant make goal ull get guys wanting privates.
I don't think it necessarily attracts guys that'll want privates. The two times I've done them my room has become PACKED but only a few guys want to buy in and then no one really wants a private afterwards. Alot of that is because SO MANY girls practically give a free show during the countdown so for the few minutes before a show you get to see tits/ass/blowjob show and it hasn't even started yet. That's why so many guys flock to the room.
VoluptiousBriadda
01-26-2013, 09:28 PM
Yes I was able to. Damn I hope they don't freeze my rates like that.
It might be because I normally keep them pretty high around 9.99?
thanks for confirming! I think you may be right,Ive def noticed that the ladies who seem to change their rates back and forth without SM approval are usually the ones who have high rates,but i didnt want to assume without asking first.
sorry for the threadjack OP!
Bluerose1
02-05-2013, 01:04 PM
SM has gone downhill, I have logged in today the first time in months because I have been sick and had surgery and it was terrible men just peeking in and chatting for free do this do that, I mean nothing has changed at all.
Its time to go with another camming company and let them be for awhile. I signed up for a few. Im also a phone sex hustler and I do very well there, but it has slowed down to almost a crawl on the phone as well.