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Issabelle
04-24-2014, 04:50 PM
I'm at $347 for the day and will probably take calls only when I get back. $300 from the sub, and another sissy faggot bbc loving bitch prepaid for a show but forgot to cash that fucker in so he's gonna have to wait until tomorrow lol. Also, today must be a great day as I watched a TON of motivational videos on youtube yesterday and so far the turn around has been working in my favor. $706 so far in the past 2 days and my bank randomly credited me $30 from a dispute I had the other day so dinner is on me :D
@Issabelle, you can do this bb! Watch some motivational videos, have fun, and shake that money maker.
Fucking awesome--both of you girls. I'm at $26.50 for about an hour. It's not awesome, but it's a start. I'll make about $30 for work tonight (2.5 hours at my PT vanilla job). I have to break $100 today to get my 'reward sticker' and I'm over half way for all intents and purposes. I have a guy who just agree to a super short skype show, so if that pans out I can add another $25 to my total. Sure, 10 minute shows aren't a ton of money, but every little bit adds up.
KK, how on earth have you gotten so many financial subs and big spenders? Please, P.M. me your secrets! Hahaha, but seriously, you're my hero and gorgeous and I would totally do you if I met you in public. You down for skinny French girls with big tits and no ass? I promise, I make up for the lack of derriere in enthusiasm. ;)
On a very positive side note, I talked to the new boy about my job. Well, tested the waters is more like. Weird jobs came up last night and I mentioned a girlfriend of mine paid her way through school with a fast food job and phone sex, sexting, and camming. She's still doing it to pay through law school (she, of course, being me, and not doing law school). He wasn't at all bothered by it. So I tossed in that I sometimes did it with her in undergrad. His instant response was 'well, a job's a job and a buck's a buck. School is fucking expensive, so pay it however you can.' I may actually be in love with this guy. I can eventually subtly add that I've gotten back 'into' my side job once I've gotten him hook, line, and sinker. Woot!
SweetLilyRaven
04-24-2014, 05:54 PM
So yeah…I did my twitter marketing for this afternoon. Turned on my phone lines this evening. But once again, when it came to filming those stupid freaking clips, I backed out. Seriously, why can I not just get over this mental block? GAH!!
Issabelle
04-24-2014, 06:56 PM
Have you tried it without the Encoder? Sometimes I have better placement using HD.
I'll do that next time. It's worth trying out. I'm just frustrated with the whole thing. Placement means a lot to me since I lost my new model status at the start of the month and I'm still building a client base. I'm making money, but not near what some of you are and I would love to put away as much as possible obviously. Ah well, stay positive, get on, and the money will come eventually.
So yeah…I did my twitter marketing for this afternoon. Turned on my phone lines this evening. But once again, when it came to filming those stupid freaking clips, I backed out. Seriously, why can I not just get over this mental block? GAH!!
Sometimes, I have to just do it. And, yes, I do mean by force. The easiest time for me to make a habit of doing something I don't want to is to do it first thing. And I mean first thing. For example, getting back to a gym routine: I have my clothes out, my one snack bar, my keys, and my packed bag with headphones, tanning lotion, and music player. As soon as I'm out of bed, it's into the bathroom to change and out the door within 5 minutes. If I'm still blurry eyed, fine. I can't back out once I've driven to the gym and I'm only awake halfway through the workout, meaning too late to back out then. Haha.
I'd use the same logic for making clips. Lay out everything you need to get the clips done: costume, makeup, script/notes, cam angle preset and lighting in place and ready to turn on, etc. Then get ready and just get on. If it's terrible, delete and redo it. I just have to make that first time or two happen to get into the mood to do it.
SweetJulia
04-25-2014, 01:08 AM
Hello :) 271 Yesterday and today mostly from two awesome indie regulars, though 40 IS from tarot card readings, and oh $3.25 of that 271 is from arousr. But I'll get on there for at least six hours eventually lol. I'll try to do SM this weekend, but I deleted an old account and the ID/verification pics are too blurry for their liking. Again. Sigh.
SweetLilyRaven
04-25-2014, 05:40 AM
Just had two guys book indie Skype "red" shows. I'm interested to see how this works out as I've never done a red show before. One wants a 45 minute session…at $3/min, I'm fine with messing about during Shark Week, although my husband thinks I should be charging more because of the "taboo" nature of this show. What do you guys think? Charge more for a taboo show or keep my rates the same?
Sabihah
04-25-2014, 08:36 AM
Whoa. Just made $201 off of a NF cam call! Holy shit! *happy dance*
Issabelle
04-25-2014, 10:47 AM
Thought of the day: oh god damnit, I need to get naked.
But seriously, my fleece leggings are so warm. Haha. I'm pretty much wearing my dancer clothes today and doing real work is nearly offensive. Alas, the hustle must commence and, at the very least, my hair looks good. ;)
Edit: Arousr 'Asshole of the Day Award' Goes To: Mulattolov
Conversation was as usual, with a scenario of him wanting me to be his girlfriend's sister and get naughty with him. Fine with me. We start chatting in premium with me sending him a requested nude. I don't include face with nudes, but I warn them of that first because it's a comfort thing for me. He makes a crack about how his girlfriend's sister should have more clothes on, so I go, 'oh, yeah, probably. It's just so hot... Is this better?' with one of me in a mini skirt and sheer tank top. We get to a pretend massage and I'm doing longish texts, but still drawing it out. I mean, most guys wanna be teased and actually enjoy jerking between messages, right? Not this dude! He gets pissed about how I'm giving his imaginary blow job, pounds me with like 6 texts in a row telling me how I go from BJ to full penetration and done, then ends the chat. Um...okay? Nope, gets better. He comes back into free chat to say the following:
"You suck at this, I'm basically doing your job for you. And your pics were basic."
"And you are being rude and insulting. If you wanted me to tell an entire story without input from you, tell me. That's why ask for specifics of the fantasy. Goodbye."
Think it's over? Oh no. I put him in paid, so he does the same shit and I get this: "Quit your job sweetheart maybe actually blowing people would work better because your mouth/brains aren't good for anything else"
Where is my mothering ban button Linda?!?!
Seriously though, if the name didn't give it away, what is it with black guys being so in love with their cocks, expecting a perfectly obedient whore with no instructions, and then getting insulting and degrading? Tiny, tiny dicked assholes. I'm not trying to be racist here, but it's only ever black guys or guys who claim to be black guys who do this shit to me and it's behind irritating. I've got six other paid sessions going at once. I have a degree in neuro-fucking-science. Clearly my mouth and brains are good for plenty. Can I email Linda to have him blocked? I think it would just make me feel better.
kortneykay
04-25-2014, 11:23 AM
Fucking awesome--both of you girls. I'm at $26.50 for about an hour. It's not awesome, but it's a start. I'll make about $30 for work tonight (2.5 hours at my PT vanilla job). I have to break $100 today to get my 'reward sticker' and I'm over half way for all intents and purposes. I have a guy who just agree to a super short skype show, so if that pans out I can add another $25 to my total. Sure, 10 minute shows aren't a ton of money, but every little bit adds up.
KK, how on earth have you gotten so many financial subs and big spenders? Please, P.M. me your secrets! Hahaha, but seriously, you're my hero and gorgeous and I would totally do you if I met you in public. You down for skinny French girls with big tits and no ass? I promise, I make up for the lack of derriere in enthusiasm. ;)
LMFAO, you're super funny. Actually, it's the same guy. As you mentioned earlier, it only takes one custy to make your day. Same guy, he was just without internet for the week so I thought he got tired of me but he wasn't. I'm still working because you just never know when the wales are going to swim away. P.S. j'adore francias belles! Parles vous francais? hehe. Seriously, the secret is to act like you're the hottest bitch they've ever come across and sell them your lie. Works for me ;)
Issabelle
04-25-2014, 11:53 AM
LMFAO, you're super funny. Actually, it's the same guy. As you mentioned earlier, it only takes one custy to make your day. Same guy, he was just without internet for the week so I thought he got tired of me but he wasn't. I'm still working because you just never know when the wales are going to swim away. P.S. j'adore francias belles! Parles vous francais? hehe. Seriously, the secret is to act like you're the hottest bitch they've ever come across and sell them your lie. Works for me ;)
Hahaha, I'm gonna have to get my hottest bitch ever face and start advertising for financial domination. My tits should just be the ad feature. They usually do the trick. Also, j'ai etudie le francais pendant quatre ans au lycee. Soooo, I speak a little. Also, accent marks on a laptop? So not happening. Hahaha.
Didn't start because major family stuff happened. So keeping the goals but starting on 5/2 after my birthday.
First of all thank you KK for starting this challenge. I'm going to join in.
Your Hustle(s) of Choice: Camming, phone sex, MP3s, clips 6-7, possibly erotica, and my vanilla side gig
Your High Goal: $20,000
Your Minimum Goal: $10,000
Day You Will Start: Saturday, 4/16/14
Date of Completion: 10/16/2014
Your Completion Reward: A new place, and trip to NYC with friends to see Ewan McGregor on Broadway.
ETA: Goals are in addition to my normal earnings
kortneykay
04-25-2014, 03:53 PM
No rush, Rina, you can start anytime before the Summer ends, even if it's only a few days before hehe. Maybe someone will start a Fall/Winter Hustler's Challenge when I'm gone. *tear*
Sabihah
04-25-2014, 04:05 PM
Maybe someone will start a Fall/Winter Hustler's Challenge when I'm gone. *tear*
Nooo, don't say that! I'm trying to remain blissfully ignorant of the fact that you might well be leaving us. :(
KK you will be missed. I hope you'll at least pop in to tell us how you are, which of course you will be fabulous.
No rush, Rina, you can start anytime before the Summer ends, even if it's only a few days before hehe. Maybe someone will start a Fall/Winter Hustler's Challenge when I'm gone. *tear*
SweetJulia
04-26-2014, 10:35 AM
KK you will be missed. I hope you'll at least pop in to tell us how you are, which of course you will be fabulous.
Yeah, seriously :( You're the godmother of camgirls, you'll be missed.
Issabelle
04-26-2014, 04:01 PM
Guy on Arousr be like "Gimme a 9 minute skype show where you do tease and denial of me cumming for 300 credits." And I be like "Lolz bro, I charge 28 credits/minute for phone and you want me to do a fetish show for 33.3 credits/minute?" And he's all "what if it's only one way cam?" And I'm all "Sure--if the only cam on is yours, I'm down."
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL!
But seriously, second day in a row he's tried this and I'm just about dying. $.83/minute for cam? You're a fucking moron dude.
Arousr, where I can get free laughs all day for dealing with the cheapskates, beggars, and freeloaders of the North American continent.
kortneykay
04-26-2014, 05:23 PM
ETA: I just wanted to let you ladies know that I'm so happy for your achievements during the challenge AND I commend you for those days you just don't quite make it. Just know that every single cent you make goes a long way.
I don't want to pretend like I'm this perfect camgodess who does well every single day I cam because that's a lie. Every girl has a few off days*(even seasons) but that's okay. I think sometimes we (I do) focus so hard on the good days that we start to believe that bad days don't exist, but they do. We're going to have shitty days but what matters is that we get up and keep moving forward.
Please remember that we have a minimum goal and a maximum goal. That means that even if you don't make your maximum goal, you still won and completed the challenge. A minimum goal met is a great achievement!
Mini Rant!
Today was just not my day. I had money I expected to drop into my bank account and it never did so it turns out I'll see it on Monday. This is what I get for not ordering another pp debit card so that I can have my funds instantly; waiting 3 business days just sucks. My weekend plans went to shit with that as well.
The hustle is DEAD for me today. Hopped on SM for 1.5 hours and made $0 the first 30 min and $35 the last 60 min >< I wasn't logged in anything else but arousr and CMD today and on CMD I had 3 guys message me for shows and they ALL copped out which doesn't happen. Most of them were on some bullshit because they kept giving me excuses as why they couldn't use CMD as a payment. No, I don't take amazon for payment or anything else and if you read profiles you'd see that right away.
I had connection issues on SM as well as my customers and I had 3 regulars on skype reschedule their shows (without prepaying) so today has been shit for me but that's okay. I can partly blame myself as karma has its own way of getting back to you. Today was a failure for me because of a series of events. If I woke up early enough I would've been okay because I would've been able to work SM for more than 1.5 hours. I'm gonna dust myself off and HUSTLE TOMORROW! Love you bbs! Get to dat money!!!
I'm going to chuck it up as a relax-and-cuddle-under-blankets-with-movie kinda night.
Staples
04-26-2014, 05:41 PM
It's about to be shark week so my body practically forced me to sleep most of today. However, I'm taking tonight off to go to a BDSM party with some friends. Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!
Issabelle
04-26-2014, 06:59 PM
I feel you Kortney! I'm playing with my rates on SM. Arousr is easier because I like not having to be on cam hustling and letting freeloaders stare at my body while I try to hook someone. Unfortunately, it's not something one makes their whole living off of. So, I cam too. I wanna get into phone sex, but I don't know how to start there and it's something that definitely takes time and monetary investment (ahem, an actual corded phone line anyone?).
As for SM, super dead today. I hate peepers, so I've finally made my premium chat more expensive than my exclusive. I never get guys who wanna join--just free peeks. They throw off my show jive and piss me off, so I'm trying to eliminate them by making premium like $9.99/minute and exclusive $4.99. The guys always flee when I raise rates. Tough shit, but I'll get back online after I leave work for the evening and try to get my weekly goal before night's end. Granted, I need like $150 to do that sooooo, yeah.
Issabelle
04-27-2014, 10:37 AM
So, LOA? Awesome shit right there. I'm not normally someone to buy that kind of hocus pocus crap (because science; I have a degree in it), but Law of Attraction philosophy is intriguing and, in my experience, when I walk into a room thinking I'm the hottest bitch ever, I'm right. I want a man? He's mine. I've heard the words aggressive, fierce, gorgeous, etc., used, but it's all in just knowing I'm going to have that sort of winning day.
And that's how today will be on SM and Arousr. $150 to finish the goal for last week? Fuck--I'll do that plus the $100 I wanted for today by midnight. And I'm gonna make it to my date this afternoon and dinner with my father. It's happening. Game on, hustle time. Woot.
P.S. I seriously think I'll keep a diary on this LOA stuff. Science, remember? We have to keep track of the misses and not just the hits. I wanna see if there's something to this whole thing.
Sabihah
04-27-2014, 10:46 AM
I'm the worst domme EVER, I swear, but I've got an amazing new slave who loves to treat me. He's been emptying my Amazon wishlist and did a $175 session with me this morning. Which I needed, because I've been lazy this week and I need to start packing up for a big move.
I've got a new means of calculating my daily goal: taking the average earnings of the previous six days (by adding them up and dividing by 6), subtracting that from my usual daily goal ($250), and adding the resulting amount to $250. Since I've been lazy, my daily average for the past 6 days is only about $105. That means today's goal is $395.
Sooo... $175/395. $220 to go... seems doable. :D
kortneykay
04-27-2014, 11:08 AM
I'm going to do 4pm-12 and aim for my daily goal of $300. It's Sunday so it should be extremely doable. :)
jovannacherry
04-27-2014, 11:19 AM
my hustle= MFC
high goal= 10K
min. goal=4K
start date= 27 april '14
end date sept 30 '14
reward=new camera
JamaicanAliesha
04-27-2014, 11:36 AM
Hustle= SM, C4S, Arousr
High Goal= 20k
Minimum Goal= 10k
Start= April 26
End= October 26
Reward= New car & apartment!! :)
Issabelle
04-27-2014, 12:17 PM
I'm making bank on SM right now. Mwhahahaha, Wallet Raping Sunday is in full swing ladies! I was in paid like 65% of the time for the last 90 minutes. It slowed a tiny bit, so I decided to take a break. Now, to get back on. Heheheh.
SweetLilyRaven
04-27-2014, 04:45 PM
SWEET!! I have to thank you ladies on here for pushing me to get on SM with the encoder more often, because I just got Gold Show status!! Which means I can start doing some voyeur shows when I'm not feeling the regular show vibe. I'm actually pretty excited! I also was going to write off today as a non-work day because I was so lazy about turning my phone lines on, mostly because it's the last day of shark week and I was enjoying the break. But I turned them on at 4pm and within 5 minutes had made $20 with one regular and $16 with my favorite sugar daddy. That's $36 I didn't have when I woke up this morning!
Kourtney - thank you for doing this challenge. It's motivating the hell out of me in my countdown to my England/Spain trip! $36 will get me a nice little lunch while I'm exploring the Glastonbury Tor!!
Staples
04-27-2014, 04:56 PM
I have such awful cramps I can't even think about working. Thankfully it's usually only the first day of shark week that's like this. Back to the hustle tomorrow!
kortneykay
04-27-2014, 08:43 PM
Looks like the hustle will be on for this month. I'm, aiming for $8k. Today I failed myself by waiting too late to log in and only made $74. However, at least I logged in :D
IvyRose
04-27-2014, 11:57 PM
Get your hustle on girls!!!!
This week will be awesome, I can feel it!
I will maybe do my first skypeshow this week! So exciting! I hope the guy will follow through with it =).
For now sm it will be, have a great day everybody!
(I still have to update that ticker, and looking forward to it havent done that in a week or more)
Staples
04-28-2014, 01:30 AM
I'm heading to bed and I WILL be logging in tomorrow to work Kink Live and SM all day. I don't care how crappy I feel I gotta hustle.
Sabihah
04-28-2014, 02:53 AM
Made it to $342/395 today, which is fine.
Tomorrow's goal is $345, which is going to be tricky. I'll do the best I can.
Vlodina
04-28-2014, 12:20 PM
So... slight thread jack kind of.. but you girls will hopefully help me! I signed up for Arousr recently and went on tonight. One guy, I clicked the paid button, the admin alert came up saying I'll be notified when he accepts, the next admin alert was "you've been tipped". Firstly, I don't see a tip in my stats, secondly, I didn't get money from subsequent texts he sent me, thirdly, with the next guy who I put in paid I got a message saying "(20:10:36) SYSTEM MESSAGE : SYSTEM MESSAGE: Customer has accepted billing. -- Tip: End each message with a question this keeps customer interested --". That never happened for the first guy. What's going on? Thank you xxx
bigbootyjudy1
04-28-2014, 01:19 PM
Do you guys like the changes SM made to the homepage?
kortneykay
04-28-2014, 04:03 PM
So... slight thread jack kind of.. but you girls will hopefully help me! I signed up for Arousr recently and went on tonight. One guy, I clicked the paid button, the admin alert came up saying I'll be notified when he accepts, the next admin alert was "you've been tipped". Firstly, I don't see a tip in my stats, secondly, I didn't get money from subsequent texts he sent me, thirdly, with the next guy who I put in paid I got a message saying "(20:10:36) SYSTEM MESSAGE : SYSTEM MESSAGE: Customer has accepted billing. -- Tip: End each message with a question this keeps customer interested --". That never happened for the first guy. What's going on? Thank you xxx
Hey there, bb
Sometimes the stats below take forever to load but you should see something in your account. If not, I would print screen everything that happens from here on out and keep it for your records. When they "accept billing" it doesn't necessarily mean they actually have money. However, if they've accepted billing and the check box is in PREMIUM you should be getting paid for it. What happens on his end is if they do NOT have money but accepted they will get an automatic messaging telling them to add money. They can send, but you cannot send messages to them. It sounds like the system was just acting wonky so I would email the boss and tell her what's going on. Also, print screen any and everything you can as proof.
Issabelle
04-28-2014, 04:06 PM
So... slight thread jack kind of.. but you girls will hopefully help me! I signed up for Arousr recently and went on tonight. One guy, I clicked the paid button, the admin alert came up saying I'll be notified when he accepts, the next admin alert was "you've been tipped". Firstly, I don't see a tip in my stats, secondly, I didn't get money from subsequent texts he sent me, thirdly, with the next guy who I put in paid I got a message saying "(20:10:36) SYSTEM MESSAGE : SYSTEM MESSAGE: Customer has accepted billing. -- Tip: End each message with a question this keeps customer interested --". That never happened for the first guy. What's going on? Thank you xxx
Okay, so there are a couple of things going on there. Number one, you only get paid for the texts you send him, NOT the texts he sends you, and only if you are in paid chat (free = no go, obviously). If you send the request for paid chat, he has to accept it and enter his pin first. Until then, he can keep sending you as many texts as he wants and he'll just keep getting a notice that getting messages from you will cost credits if he wants to continue. Any texts you send him will NOT go through until he accepts and will have a system message saying that customer must accept billing before your texts go through.
Secondly, once a customer has accepted paid chat, the system actually says to send the actress a message with HELLO to continue (if you've ever wondered why so many of them do that--it's to notify you that they're in paid, though the system already does that with the 'customer has accepted billing' line). At this point, you're in paid and can continue your conversation where it was left off. Often, I have guys accepting paid who have no credits and think 'haha, now I'll get free dirty talk and she won't know!' Yeah, not how it works. His messages will still come through as they did before, but the prompt will now be that he has to buy credits to continue chat. Any messages you send will, again, NOT go through (and a system message will tell you the guy is out of credits). If you get that one, assume he's broke and ignore. If he pleads for free chat again, you can be certain of it. Freeloaders...
Finally, the admin alert that you've been tipped. It can take a while for tips to show up in the board below the chat system. Paid texts you send take time to refresh too, so that doesn't surprise me all that much. I recommend opening a separate tab when you first log into the dashboard. Under 'financials' there will be a 'request payment' button that shows your standing credit/money balance and you can refresh it at any point during your chats to see your actual paid balance. Tips show here faster than in paid chat. There's also a separate 'financials' button just for tips.
As an aside, I keep a third tab open to 'Chat Logs' that I refresh periodically. If I think the guy is a freeloader, I can check my chat history to be sure and just drop his ass into paid because he just wants to trick me into free dirty talk. Also, paying customers like if you remember their names/likes/dislikes.
You have a portion of my Arousr Bible now. Go forth and enjoy. :)
kortneykay
04-28-2014, 04:06 PM
Do you guys like the changes SM made to the homepage?
Yuck. No, actually I don't. It seems ALL the free chat sites are basically getting an ugly make over. I also notice they cut off our wording so instead of the guys reading them they'll just go by visuals and click on our images. DO NOT LIKEEEEE but, on well, we'll see how it goes with earnings.
Issabelle
04-28-2014, 04:09 PM
Hey there, bb
Sometimes the stats below take forever to load but you should see something in your account. If not, I would print screen everything that happens from here on out and keep it for your records. When they "accept billing" it doesn't necessarily mean they actually have money. However, if they've accepted billing and the check box is in PREMIUM you should be getting paid for it. What happens on his end is if they do NOT have money but accepted they will get an automatic messaging telling them to add money. They can send, but you cannot send messages to them. It sounds like the system was just acting wonky so I would email the boss and tell her what's going on. Also, print screen any and everything you can as proof.
Jinx Kortney! ;)
Beating me by three minutes and everything. :)
kortneykay
04-28-2014, 11:32 PM
The bill "thirst" is real for the month of May. I have to really grind this week because I have to two car payments (taxes and 1st car payment) in the month of may, rent, cable/internet/phone, energy, electric, food, gas. I have two bills due within the next week so I'll be hustling 4 sites in particular that I know will pay me by the 9th. I'm feeling super optimistic because May does have 5 Fridays which means 5 paydays on SM. :D
I forgot I also have to purchase a round trip flight to my Uncle's wedding ($300 cause your girl is NOT driving that far) :/ Why he and my father (my dad was re-married there as well) feel the need to have the family fly cross-country when they could've had the wedding in their hometown (one state away from me) boggles my mind. No, they enjoy people slapping down money for flights, rental car payments, and hotels just to spend one to two days watching them get married.
My family on my dad's side is fucking HUGE. (thousands, really) Why must they do this?! Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! I don't even know this chick he's marrying either so of course I have to bring out the fake smiles and hugs. I also didn't even know he was getting married. I heard through facebook and my grandmother two weeks ago. I'll have to hustle harder since I'll be missing two days as I won't dare cam from my hotel room knowing my family will be roaming the hotel's hallway and invading my personal space. Plus, I already know my cousin is going to want to sleep in my room. #eldestcousinproblems Ugh.
Vlodina
04-29-2014, 03:12 AM
Thank you Koutney and Issabelle!
I checked today too and I hadn't made a red cent from that first guy. Nothing in tips and nothing in transaction history. So that's not meant to to happen then..? When I realised I said to him that he hadn't accepted premium chat and I ended the convo when he gave me what I thought was BS.
Looking at the chat logs I've got a guy and it says my response time was 3600 seconds. I've never seen his name before. Could that have happened as I was logging off when he texted? It's put my average response time to something like 7 minutes! When I logged off yesterday it was 21 seconds. :-/
Issabelle
04-29-2014, 12:48 PM
Thank you Koutney and Issabelle!
I checked today too and I hadn't made a red cent from that first guy. Nothing in tips and nothing in transaction history. So that's not meant to to happen then..? When I realised I said to him that he hadn't accepted premium chat and I ended the convo when he gave me what I thought was BS.
Looking at the chat logs I've got a guy and it says my response time was 3600 seconds. I've never seen his name before. Could that have happened as I was logging off when he texted? It's put my average response time to something like 7 minutes! When I logged off yesterday it was 21 seconds. :-/
If the system message says you were tipped and he says he did (as opposed to, say, some jackass on SM sending the 'you have been tipped X gold' fake messages to get a free flash), then I would email Linda with a screenshot.
On a semi-related side note, I had a guy text me a few times in a free session saying he was maintenance working on the new mobile settings. Didn't ask for photos/dirty chat/anything. Linda has mentioned having a tech look at some issues and this guy texted me a few days ago, so that might coincide with the issues people are having.
As for the response time, yes. It will convert to 3600 seconds (one hour) if you don't answer. If the guy texts you right as you log off, it can happen. Honestly, I don't pay any attention to it anymore. I found that if I send guys who are frequent freeloaders straight to premium without at least a 'fuck off' response (well, more polite than that...), it'll list as a 'no response' even though I did respond by sending them to paid mode. Mine can sit at 7 minutes or at 20 seconds and Linda hasn't bothered me about it because I'm still making money. The other thing is that if I end a session, log off, and the guy texts me after, it'll pop up as a 'new text' when I next log in and, if I reply, I'll get the response time from that (of, oh, about 14,000 seconds, once). I just end those chats, since they're over anyway.
Vlodina
04-29-2014, 01:06 PM
Thank you so much Issabelle. I'll make sure and screenshot any subsequent weird goings on. It didn't help that it was my very first paid interaction and things weren't happening as expected! Apart from that, my first time on Arousr went well, so I'll be back! Xx
Via Flaminia
04-29-2014, 11:05 PM
I have been admiring this thread but was scared to join. Today one more relative got engaged, so with 3 weddings, 2 leisure trips and hosting one baby shower, I sure need to hustle this summer. Sooo:
Hustle of Choice: Camming and clips, signing up for new camming site for mornings and weekends
High Goal: 10,000
Min Goal: 5,000
Starting Day: Today
Ending Day: Sept 15
Completion Reward: Spending $$ for NYC and summer road trip, money to host cousin's baby shower and to attend 3 weddings.
Staples
04-29-2014, 11:19 PM
I applied for Arousr a week ago and never heard back. I think I used my stage name instead of my real name on the initial app because I didn't see Kortneys response until after I applied. Maybe I'll try again with my real name. However I'm always worried that I get rejected from a lot of these place because I'm overweight and have little boobs lol!
kortneykay
04-29-2014, 11:28 PM
Thank you so much Issabelle. I'll make sure and screenshot any subsequent weird goings on. It didn't help that it was my very first paid interaction and things weren't happening as expected! Apart from that, my first time on Arousr went well, so I'll be back! Xx
Vlodina,
This should tell you if you were being paid or not. On your dashboard click on "chat logs". Look for the guys name or look at the number of chats you had with the first few guys. Under "last activity" on the Chat Log dashboard there will be a little black text/chat box that says "view" if you hover over it with your cursor. Click on that and you will be able to see all the messages sent between you and your custie. If you indeed did click premium and he accepted it, you will be able to tell because your premium invitation will be in a red box Anything after that red invitation box (if he accepted it) is your proof. If it says "You've been tipped!" that is also your proof. I would print screen those sections, or print screen the proof that says he indeed excepted the premium chat.
Once you've done that, count the texts that you yourself sent after he accepted the premium (big red box) and multiply them by the amount you get per text sent. For example: $0.25 x 15= $3.75. This will tell you how much you're owed and Linda will be able to add it to your account when you reach payout.
Though you might not be able to see how much he's tipped, at least show that he DID tip you and perhaps she will be truthful and give you the tip amount owed. If it's not under finances on the dashboard, "tips" then she will most likely make up something or claim that it was a glitch. I hope this has helped! Remember, you only get paid for premium texts you send and not ones you receive. She used to pay for texts sent and received (the money was great!) but got cheap on us.
SweetLilyRaven
04-30-2014, 07:35 AM
I applied for Arousr a week ago and never heard back. I think I used my stage name instead of my real name on the initial app because I didn't see Kortneys response until after I applied. Maybe I'll try again with my real name. However I'm always worried that I get rejected from a lot of these place because I'm overweight and have little boobs lol!
I applied last week as well and haven't heard anything back from her. I also used my stage name on the initial application (and I too am worried about rejection because I'm a SSBBW). I was going to call her later today to see what the story is.
So my hustle has definitely branched out a bit. I'm now including all forms of income I get, from working at a friend's bookstore to camming and PSO, to odd jobs and copy editing. And last night, a very good friend paid me $75 to drive him to and from his office (2.5hr drive) so he could take a conference call and work on his laptop while I was driving. Easiest $75 I've ever made and this morning, he asked me to do some concierge/assistant work in regards to his friend's wedding this weekend. I'm not sure how much he's paying for that little service, but if it leads to more jobs, I'll be happy. It definitely saved my butt from the SLOOOOOOOW traffic on SM the last two nights. JBC has been treating me much better with my regulars, but I really need to market more. More baskets for my eggs…
So Far: $673.01 Left: $2326.99
GracieBlue
04-30-2014, 08:23 AM
Regarding arousr- I talked with Linda last week and she said she has a lot of girls right now. It could be a while before she hires new girls.
I need to join this challenge!
TheBrownFox
04-30-2014, 08:37 AM
Do you guys like the changes SM made to the homepage?
I just checked it out a few minutes ago, and HELL to the NO.....
Issabelle
04-30-2014, 11:29 AM
Regarding arousr- I talked with Linda last week and she said she has a lot of girls right now. It could be a while before she hires new girls.
I was wondering if that might be it. A ton of girls here have been signing up and saturating the business. I'm guessing she doesn't want too many girls for the senior ones to turn a profit or what not. Plus, she hasn't been happy about 'poor quality' sexting complaints, so it's possible that she's weeding out new sign-ups for quality still.
GracieBlue
04-30-2014, 01:18 PM
I'm not sure. But I have heard she turns some girls down if you aren't an established camgirl.
I was wondering if that might be it. A ton of girls here have been signing up and saturating the business. I'm guessing she doesn't want too many girls for the senior ones to turn a profit or what not. Plus, she hasn't been happy about 'poor quality' sexting complaints, so it's possible that she's weeding out new sign-ups for quality still.
kortneykay
04-30-2014, 02:02 PM
Gracie, most girls that work arousr aren't even cammodels. 50% of the girls on there are fakes (the ones with 5 stars) and the sexting end of the spectrum is a lot wider than the camming end. I'd say only 10 girls actually offer camming services.
Issabelle
04-30-2014, 03:18 PM
Gracie, most girls that work arousr aren't even cammodels. 50% of the girls on there are fakes (the ones with 5 stars) and the sexting end of the spectrum is a lot wider than the camming end. I'd say only 10 girls actually offer camming services.
Those are fakes? Like, fake profiles, or what? I know she requires that we use real photos, so I'm honestly kinda confused. Granted, I see quite a few of those profiles on 24/7 and never see them in the dashboard stats, so that kinda makes sense.
Seems like she uses the character bio that we submit to weed out applications too. Camming and sexting are different beasts. If you look gorgeous, talking isn't a requirement. In sexting, the ability to paint a good, dirty story is a necessity. Add in that good photos of yourself need to happen and I can see it being hard to get into. Honestly, I suspect having PSO experience is more desirable than having camming experience.