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winnipeg
04-22-2018, 10:17 AM
Well the only people that are up when its UK morning time are those toward the East such as Australia. And I don't think i've ever had any Australian customers! Sometimes you will get the odd American who gets up early before work for a cam show but 9am UK time is 4am USA eastern time and 1am USA western time so the majority will be asleep. Are you wanting customers from other countries for any particular reason?
scarletl
04-22-2018, 10:25 AM
I think in terms of best times, there are no worst or best times. Some of my best shifts have been day times & some have been my worst. Same goes for nights.
The most important factor is picking a time & sticking to it and remaining consistent. You'll eventually build a regular base for your chosen time and people will expect you around that time.
I cammed on MFC btw.
Classy_Katy
04-22-2018, 11:01 AM
You can try Adultwork during those times...I was stuck with 10am - 2.30pm for years but working 9-5 would be better.
anouk.oui
04-23-2018, 02:35 AM
Is there good traffic from the US during the day? Camming from australia (sorry if off topic)
AuroraJade
04-23-2018, 04:46 AM
I work UK daytime on Streamate and frequently have 200-300$ days . If you work afternoon you work the US morning shift which can be pretty lucrative.
DeepThoughts
04-23-2018, 06:34 AM
^^ This is true for me as well and also I get a lot of Aussie clients on there!
GeezLouise
04-23-2018, 11:39 AM
There are no wrong or right times to be online anyway. Especially when you get regulars for your working hours you'll make your target. And less competition if you don't work night times.
anouk.oui
04-23-2018, 11:42 PM
im in Australia so it’s difficult to work out which time zones are best. I try to be on both during the day and at night on MFC and SM but still figuring it out.
what time of the day works best for you / when is there most traffic?
AuroraJade
04-24-2018, 01:51 AM
^^ This is true for me as well and also I get a lot of Aussie clients on there!
Yes exactly. West EU and Aussie guys are also way nicer. I also get a lot of Scandinavian guys, they are nice and good spenders. I get way less abuse during the daytime compared to when I cam during USA times (evening/night here).
I dont know but since Trump got in the White House US guys got way more rude, entitled and xenophobic. The guys who have called me a 'stupid Eastern European whore', telling me 'you are not American so you should GTFO of this site' and made fun of my accent are all guys who said they were American. A lot of these US guys come into your room, already having a hostile and entitled attitude. This is something more prevalent in US guys, unfortunately. Sucks big time.
Yeah I love Eu daytime shift. On cam there is always an extent of abuse but EU daytime shift has WAY less.
ashleyjj
04-24-2018, 03:13 AM
See this is what I want, to aim for overseas clientele :) xx
AlyssaJane
04-24-2018, 03:14 AM
For me there is no ryhme or reason to the best time to cam. The only real trend I have noticed is I tend to do well anytime Sunday morning, all day and night sunday and sometimes Monday mornings US central time. That isn't a hard and fast rule tho, I have had crappy Sundays. I decided to just pick a schedule I like and stick with it, which has been a 3 year struggle for me. So far I've been at it for a couple weeks and they seem to just now be catching on to my regular times. I regularly get mainly US clients but also a good chunk of UK and Aussies as well. Hope that helps!
ashleyjj
04-24-2018, 03:17 AM
Not for any personal reasons, I just used to cam most nights 8pm - 3am and had a huge AW following. When I went off on maternity they closed my account without warning and I lost that wonderful following I had. Now I can't cam at night and feel all the sites I use now and used to use are so quiet during the daytime hours, hence why I think it would be a great plan to aim for people abroad where its night time for those guys? xxx
ashleyjj
04-24-2018, 03:17 AM
Thanks sweetie xx
anouk.oui
04-24-2018, 10:47 PM
Yes exactly. West EU and Aussie guys are also way nicer. I also get a lot of Scandinavian guys, they are nice and good spenders. I get way less abuse during the daytime compared to when I cam during USA times (evening/night here).
I dont know but since Trump got in the White House US guys got way more rude, entitled and xenophobic. The guys who have called me a 'stupid Eastern European whore', telling me 'you are not American so you should GTFO of this site' and made fun of my accent are all guys who said they were American. A lot of these US guys come into your room, already having a hostile and entitled attitude. This is something more prevalent in US guys, unfortunately. Sucks big time.
Yeah I love Eu daytime shift. On cam there is always an extent of abuse but EU daytime shift has WAY less.
I'm Eastern European too high five! I would have thought western EU guys would be more abusive about that than the US.
I geoblocked the whole of australia tho so I think the only other people I would have in my timezone would be NZ?
AuroraJade
04-24-2018, 11:11 PM
The fun thing is that I am not even EE but those idiots assume that Europe=EE. I had a Scandinavian display country at the time :P
Yeah NZ and Asia but I doubt they are on camsites. If you cam afternoon you get US morning shift too.
anouk.oui
04-24-2018, 11:17 PM
@Pearl...Thank you for that. These are new ladies to the industry looking for guidance and giving an impression of basically a first response being "figure it out" why is there a forum?
THANK YOU I agree 100%! I have been on this site for like 8 years and found the stripping and other sections super useful and specific with girls offering a lot of personal experience and guidance and had a real community feeling. I'm slightly disappointed, since I switched to camming every response to questions have been a mixture of 'figure it out for yourself' and 'log on cam and do it/ the only wrong way to cam is to not log on'.
And while I get it, i'd be thrilled to hear what works FOR YOU, how YOU learnt, or how YOU do stuff that works for you so I and many other newbies can learn for themselves through that advice how to make camming work FOR THEM.
When I wanted to know when you think the best time to cam and which site you use at specific times does have an answer, I can give an example of how I would've answered it had it been the same question regarding my stripping shifts in the past:
I worked in an upscale club in the middle of the city, I changed my look often but was usually either girl next door or accessible fetish.
City Club - the dayshifts are more suited to girls have have been there for years, have regulars and like to sit and talk for a long period of time before doing dances. I didn't like dayshifts and hardly made bank unless I got lucky coz my hustle was more suited to a busier night.
- in terms of weeknights the busiest were 5.30-8pm and 10pm-1am due to people leaving work and also guys from out of town in nearby hotels. they liked both girl next door and dreamgirl types who liked to sit and chat. I liked working Wednesday nights coz often there was a conference in town and you get some spenders who stay in shows for hours then go back to their city so not great for regs but the occasional bank.
- friday & saturday nights were packed with bucks parties and were suitable for quick hustle, especially interesting look/porny/tattooed girls who really stood out or knew how to work it coz there were a lot of girls working and a lot of competition. Lots of shorter shows and dances, if lucky one of the bucks party guys would fall in love and stay in shows for several hours till close.
so the hustle, look and clientele were all different and different girls would succeed but a breakdown like that is still incredibly helpful, and similar to one I was looking for in regards to SM and MFC as opposed to just 'log on and figure it out'.
There has to be times of day that are more and less busy than others. I'll make do and log on and figure it out but thought i'd get a bit more info on here as i'm pressed for time, as i'm very behind financially, study at university and work in a bar all week I don't have a lot of time on my hands to experiement if I wanna pay rent again next week
anouk.oui
04-24-2018, 11:21 PM
The fun thing is that I am not even EE but those idiots assume that Europe=EE. I had a Scandinavian display country at the time :P
Yeah NZ and Asia but I doubt they are on camsites. If you cam afternoon you get US morning shift too.
aw damn! lol ssame in aus, if you have a european accent that's not uk or french, they automatically assume EE or just blanket everyone as russian.
Yeah I tried US night so far but only short time, I'm gonna go for UK evening/US morning or similar coz I just feel better camming in the evening and hopefully busy enough with actual spenders but still have to figure that out
DonaDiabla
04-25-2018, 09:19 PM
Hey anouk.oui,
I can help you out with some of the things that you asked. Personally, I found that afternoons and evenings pacific standard time was the best time for me to cam. For the past couple of years, I found that Fridays and Saturdays were my best days. However, I cam on foreign PPMs and guys usually wanted me private quickly before bed. Day shifts work best for camathons and holidays such as Valentine's day for me. Usually, slower hustles and bright clothes work better during the day shifts. So, what type of cam model are you? Are you an domme? Are you an vanilla cam model? :)
THANK YOU I agree 100%! I have been on this site for like 8 years and found the stripping and other sections super useful and specific with girls offering a lot of personal experience and guidance and had a real community feeling. I'm slightly disappointed, since I switched to camming every response to questions have been a mixture of 'figure it out for yourself' and 'log on cam and do it/ the only wrong way to cam is to not log on'.
And while I get it, i'd be thrilled to hear what works FOR YOU, how YOU learnt, or how YOU do stuff that works for you so I and many other newbies can learn for themselves through that advice how to make camming work FOR THEM.
When I wanted to know when you think the best time to cam and which site you use at specific times does have an answer, I can give an example of how I would've answered it had it been the same question regarding my stripping shifts in the past:
I worked in an upscale club in the middle of the city, I changed my look often but was usually either girl next door or accessible fetish.
City Club - the dayshifts are more suited to girls have have been there for years, have regulars and like to sit and talk for a long period of time before doing dances. I didn't like dayshifts and hardly made bank unless I got lucky coz my hustle was more suited to a busier night.
- in terms of weeknights the busiest were 5.30-8pm and 10pm-1am due to people leaving work and also guys from out of town in nearby hotels. they liked both girl next door and dreamgirl types who liked to sit and chat. I liked working Wednesday nights coz often there was a conference in town and you get some spenders who stay in shows for hours then go back to their city so not great for regs but the occasional bank.
- friday & saturday nights were packed with bucks parties and were suitable for quick hustle, especially interesting look/porny/tattooed girls who really stood out or knew how to work it coz there were a lot of girls working and a lot of competition. Lots of shorter shows and dances, if lucky one of the bucks party guys would fall in love and stay in shows for several hours till close.
so the hustle, look and clientele were all different and different girls would succeed but a breakdown like that is still incredibly helpful, and similar to one I was looking for in regards to SM and MFC as opposed to just 'log on and figure it out'.
There has to be times of day that are more and less busy than others. I'll make do and log on and figure it out but thought i'd get a bit more info on here as i'm pressed for time, as i'm very behind financially, study at university and work in a bar all week I don't have a lot of time on my hands to experiement if I wanna pay rent again next week
sexysusie
04-28-2018, 09:06 PM
Lol well Lacey just gave the condensed version of the same thing everyone else is going to say. ;)
I'm about to switch from night time to day time camming, today's my first day shift. I'm planning on trying 4 sites. I'll let yall know how it goes. :)
Answer: try it out like I'm doing to figure out which sites will work best for you. It's a nice thought to try and cut out the leg work and just ask someone to tell you what's going to work but unfortunately camming doesn't work that way. Not because we don't want to spill the beans on the best shifts or sites, but because the best shifts and sites are literally different for everyone.
And for the same people too! Like Sam said above, we get guys at 4pm, then the SAME guy may be horny again at 4AM.
OP I know it sounds like a cop out but we could all say, 3pm saturdays are the BESTEST ever time to cam, then when you try it you hear nothing but crickets! Just depends on the guy, the things going on that day (big matches, world events, pay day etc), and also how you're coming accross. There could be thousands of horny guys on and checking out your cam room, but if you've been up all night waiting to catch the night owls, or gotten up early to get the morning larks and now you're pale as fuck with swollen eyes and a shitty mood... they ain't going to buy! So in short, the best time is the best time FOR YOU. I will say that the US is a MUCH bigger country than the UK, so their evening times do tend to be busier than our day times (but there is also more competition). I used to bank for years between 10pm - 1am GMT, now I do better around 4am - 6am GMT. Try out different shifts like Sarah is doing. Cam is really all about working things out as you go, you just have to jump in and try things.
Violet_Z
04-29-2018, 03:25 PM
The best time for camming is going to be the time of day that gives you a quiet atmosphere as well as being a time when you can be perky and cheerful.
All of my customers always tell me they are getting online just after getting off work and having dinner between 8-10 pm their time. So if you want a particular region of bussiness try to be online 8-10 pm for that time zone.
Teddy_Bear
04-29-2018, 06:17 PM
My best days/times change every week and it is very frustrating to try and keep up with them. I try and stick to the same schedule for the week but often I will give up half way through and change my times so sometimes I end up with a shitty week for hitting both shitty times for the week back-to-back. I'm convinced if I just stuck to the same schedule week-in week-out I would earn more and more consistently as well but my impatience takes over too often.
However I will say try as many different shift times as possible in the beginning so you have regs at whatever time you log on. This is a positive of my yo-yoing pattern that every time I log on there are guys who are like 'where you been? I've missed you let's get you naked' etc.
I will be attempting to keep to the same shift pattern when I move next month though so fingers crossed it does compute to even higher earnings.
Lovely_charlie
04-30-2018, 03:39 AM
I believe the days and times you cam a lot are the ones that will be the big earning moments. I used to only work wednesday friday saturday sunday, always same hours at the same time, and after a while if i would log on at a different day i would not make as much as on my regular hours, its all about building up your clients at a certain time, for me that where usa mornings. But it could have been any other time i think.
inevitableswimming
05-12-2018, 06:12 PM
So I was wondering when the best times for chaturbate and streamate are, to make the most money of course ;) I'll be having my first day on each of them soon.
I was also wondering: I plan on doing 21 hours per week on each, does this sound alright? Or should I just pick one of the two and give it my whole 42 hours? I KNOW I don't HAVE to work so much, but I have the time and would LIKE to ;) I don't want to splitcam for reasons I'd rather not say ;)
Genoveve
05-12-2018, 07:37 PM
So I was wondering when the best times for chaturbate and streamate are, to make the most money of course ;) I'll be having my first day on each of them soon.
3:12am-5:48am for Chaturbate and 10:11am-1:04pm for Streamate.
inevitableswimming
05-13-2018, 11:25 AM
Thank you so much!
Genoveve
05-13-2018, 12:28 PM
What's your time zone though? The times I gave were for YAKT.
inevitableswimming
05-13-2018, 07:06 PM
I live in the Chicago area
inevitableswimming
05-13-2018, 07:11 PM
so CDT, I believe?
xxxGothBarbie
05-14-2018, 12:48 AM
What about for west coast time?
Magical_Hoohah
05-14-2018, 04:40 PM
3:12am-5:48am for Chaturbate and 10:11am-1:04pm for Streamate.
What's your time zone though? The times I gave were for YAKT.
I'm pretty sure this is a joke... At least I hope this lovely lady is not living in a sparsely populated, terribly cold area of Siberia. And unless you have access to the back end of these sites and some pretty serious computing abilities, there's no way you could know the best times down to the minute like that.
The best times differ from person to person. Some people do great during busy times, others do great during times when fewer models and customers are on. Some people absolutely must show up on a schedule to see their regulars, others find they do best when they switch it up and see fresh faces.
As far as whether to split your attention between two sites, usually it's best when you first start to concentrate on one site only until your "new model" status wears off, and then add the other one.
chloemay
05-15-2018, 10:27 AM
I'm pretty sure this is a joke... At least I hope this lovely lady is not living in a sparsely populated, terribly cold area of Siberia. And unless you have access to the back end of these sites and some pretty serious computing abilities, there's no way you could know the best times down to the minute like that.
The best times differ from person to person. Some people do great during busy times, others do great during times when fewer models and customers are on. Some people absolutely must show up on a schedule to see their regulars, others find they do best when they switch it up and see fresh faces.
As far as whether to split your attention between two sites, usually it's best when you first start to concentrate on one site only until your "new model" status wears off, and then add the other one.
Ha, yes I liked it b/c it made me laugh. Who knows, maybe someone will take it seriously and bank?
caramelcraze
05-15-2018, 11:35 AM
Ha, yes I liked it b/c it made me laugh. Who knows, maybe someone will take it seriously and bank?
Hilariously, my best hour ever on cb was at 3-4 am on a monday like 4 years ago. you never know when some drunk rich dude will show up with $$$ to throw at you because he doesn't want the party to be over.
inevitableswimming
05-15-2018, 02:49 PM
LOL well, I'm still going to try it then ;) It actually suits my schedule very well, and who knows, maybe I can "law of attract" it into working haha ;)
TinaCoast88
06-13-2018, 03:46 AM
It's hard to tell what the best times are because it depends on the geographic region of the traffic. If the site is getting more US traffic then evening hours are best, but even lunch time hours have traction. If you get on at a "busy" traffic moment, you may have too much competition from other models as well, so it really depends.
The best would be to take advantage of your New Model status and build up your followers ASAP and cam as many hours as possible. This way you'll gain fans faster because of your boosted status and then when it's over, you may not have to cam as many hours. I mean, it really depends about the hours. Some models decide to cam more because they earn great money while others just cannot.
Back to the actual "best times" will always depend on where the traffic is coming from. So best to go with a site that has traffic for your region or try to broadcast different hours that overlap with other time zones.
DeepThoughts
06-13-2018, 06:09 AM
My best times for camming are normally Morning, Afternoon, Evening or Night Monday to Saturday.
KatyBoleyn
06-13-2018, 11:06 AM
We've studied this issue inside out because it seems to be one of the most common questions we get from our models.
By year, there is a seasonal cycle. Early summer and early spring are the low points (usually), New Years and "Spring Fever" are the high points. The fluctuation is only around +/-10% average earnings though, so its "statistically significant" but not enough to say cam or don't. You'll lose a lot more trying to avoid low season by losing your placement and clients when not working than if you just treat it as a normal thing.
By days of the week, its very tiny. Low point is Wednesday, high point is Saturday night/Sunday morning. Again though, the percentages aren't that big, less than +/-10%. Its best not to rely on everyone's average and just pick which days are your lowest personally and take a psychology break then.
Time of day, we've found absolutely zero correlation between earnings and hour. You personally will do better or worse during certain hours. There are peaks where there's more customers, but it also means more models online at those times to meet the demand so the supply/demand curve evens out.
The best answer to "best time to cam" is always, "Now!"
nevenkashultz
02-01-2019, 03:10 AM
I have a hard time staying awake at dawn and I really want
to know which are the best schedules to work,
those that have more flow of people on the camgirl sites.
maybe I do not even need to change my schedule.
sweetandnaughty
02-01-2019, 03:26 AM
[QUOTE=nevenkashultz;3099647]I have a hard time staying awake at dawn and I really want
to know which are the best schedules to work,
those that have more flow of people on the camgirl sites.
maybe I do not even need to change my schedule.[/QUOTE
You have to figure that out on your own. Work different shifts and tally the results. It's not rocket science but you have to do the leg work and find out what works for you. Everyone is different.
GirlWithAPlan
03-14-2019, 04:35 AM
When you have had sleep.
ANY time of day or night is a good time.
princessxx
09-21-2020, 01:39 PM
hello, i am alittle bit new to the cam world, i have made account on sites with good traffic but the hours i get on seems to have very few traffic, i have european time zone, what do you girls think its the best time for an european girl to cam? thank you
AriaSunset
09-21-2020, 02:29 PM
I work morning and daytime in the U.S. and do fine, but it depends individually. Try different times until you find your best hours.
Cutie101
09-21-2020, 02:30 PM
As an European, good times to cam are kinda the most odd. You must either wake up very early in the morning, either work the nights.
Even tho, I know other European girls who succeed very well during normal hours, so you must test.
From what I noticed, best hours are from 10 PM to 10 AM, Greece time.
That's when it usually works. Now, you can set your schedule to catch those hours.
For example, my schedule now is from 6 PM to 2 AM.
If you are a morning bird, you can start from 5-6 AM to 2 PM.
And so on...
Every shcedule must be tested for 2 weeks to a month, to see how it works, so, feel free to test.
But, as I said, I do know at least 10 examples of European girls who are making money at "unusual" hours, like 12 PM- 8 PM. And very good money and always busy for them.
Don't be afraid to test and fail, even if you have to test every month a new schedule for an entire year.
EmPea
09-21-2020, 03:25 PM
If I have to get ready before evening, I am gonna be SOL. But yeah, when I first started out I did the mornings/afternoon and did well, but I am not doing bad in the evening either. This really is a 24/7 hustle someone always online. Especially with the pandemic going and everyone at home, no reason no to wank at work lol.
I work morning and daytime in the U.S. and do fine, but it depends individually. Try different times until you find your best hours.
princessxx
09-21-2020, 04:16 PM
i have greek time zone the time we're talking now is (2 am) so Ive been on cam for lets say three active but not working everyday, I have worked 11-12 days in equal (had my ups and downs so there were days I didnt want to do it) first week, I made around 550 euros, I would get on evening like 10 to 2am or 12 to 4 am, and some other time 2 pm to 6pm and etc ( I choose mostly a 4 hour schedule as a begginer schedule so idk if I might have to work more) but second week I earned alittle lower than tha half I made the first week and third week NOTHING, so I felt instantly like a failure (lol) and started blaming that maybe was cause I would change time schedules all the time and I got on different hours everyday, or maybe there was something wrong with the hours I broadcast so thats why I decided to ask here cause im trying to find a schedule to stick for some days/weeks now and I havent decided myself which one could that be
Brooke
08-18-2021, 12:04 PM
Hi Ladies! I'm currently camming on Friday and Saturday nights (US time). I'd like to pick up another shift or two but I'm not sure what other nights are best. Are there day time shifts that tend to be best? I realize it varies from site to site (I'm on Flirt) but I imagine the clients have commonality across sites. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Edited to add: I asked this before the mod combined my question with the thread that already answered it. Thanks to all!
random stripper
08-19-2021, 02:54 AM
Idk, the times and days of the week that work for me seem to be constantly changing. It drives me crazy, but it is what it is.