View Full Version : The "Just stay the fuck on" thread.
xxxGothBarbie
09-26-2022, 03:57 AM
Proud of myself for hopping on my Indy site early Saturday morning around 5 a.m. while watching TV, ended up making $97 in under an hour.
Genoveve
09-26-2022, 10:39 AM
don’t really understand it but I find this to be true most days. That 4-6, Especially after a contest. Ended up staying later then I intended last night because it was going so easy starting around 630.
Same I feel like I bitch about it ‘dying around dinner time,’ in like every other post of mine on here.
Cutie101
09-26-2022, 09:28 PM
Back, I ended up taking 3 days off, I was just too tired. No more days off till the end of the month. Time to finish my 200 hours goal.
10 hours today, as usual.
I am noticing I am extremely sedentary during those long shifts so now I am trying to insert the 10k steps goal by breaking it in 3 x 2500 blocks. So, every 3 hours, I take a break and watch some youtube and march in place, till fitbit shows 2500 steps. Or try to do it before sleep/ at waking up.
I have read that 1 hour of workout a day will not fix 23 hours of sedentarism, so... here we go :))) It's gonna take a while to implement this, but I can achieve it.
Edit: 10 hours. Horrible day. Off to do my workout and trying again tomorow.
Dreamqueen
09-26-2022, 10:10 PM
Same I feel like I bitch about it ‘dying around dinner time,’ in like every other post of mine on here.
What time and time zone is dinner time?
Is it just the U.S.?
Or are other countries included?
I'm so confused.
kamiliam
09-27-2022, 12:03 AM
What time and time zone is dinner time?
Is it just the U.S.?
Or are other countries included?
I'm so confused.
Im west coast, but I would classify it as the hour before and after sm changes days.
pippapippa
09-27-2022, 01:42 PM
^^^I log on around 8 EDT most days and it’s absolutely dead until 9 75% of the time, so I completely agree with this.
Dreamqueen
09-27-2022, 02:30 PM
Im west coast, but I would classify it as the hour before and after sm changes days.
Ok, thanks for the info.
I don't cater to West Coast guys, so that's probably why I haven't noticed it.
All daytime hours are slower for me than evening, which I mentioned in previous posts.
Especially now that guys are back to work again.
Or maybe studios get better placement.
Not sure.
Cutie101
09-27-2022, 04:40 PM
Back to work! 10 hours!!! Let's gooooo!
Edit: 10 hours done. Horrible day, just like yesterday. Bleh...
Back, I ended up taking 3 days off, I was just too tired. No more days off till the end of the month. Time to finish my 200 hours goal.
10 hours today, as usual.
I am noticing I am extremely sedentary during those long shifts so now I am trying to insert the 10k steps goal by breaking it in 3 x 2500 blocks. So, every 3 hours, I take a break and watch some youtube and march in place, till fitbit shows 2500 steps. Or try to do it before sleep/ at waking up.
I have read that 1 hour of workout a day will not fix 23 hours of sedentarism, so... here we go :))) It's gonna take a while to implement this, but I can achieve it.
Edit: 10 hours. Horrible day. Off to do my workout and trying again tomorow.
damn wednesday and thursday are not ahah a nightmare
actually wednesday is my part time, take easy day off... seems i m not the only one tho! xoxo i m not alone
kortneykay
09-29-2022, 01:25 AM
Was already tired chasing vanilla hobbies. Decided to stay up see who's online. Whale messages me and after staying on 7h I'm passing out $1200 richer.
Was already tired chasing vanilla hobbies. Decided to stay up see who's online. Whale messages me and after staying on 7h I'm passing out $1200 richer.
;D wow this is amazing. worst day for me.
MissAdriana
09-29-2022, 07:17 AM
10 hrs yesterday $230 TIRED but back again for the end of month slowdown blahhh
10 hrs yesterday $230 TIRED but back again for the end of month slowdown blahhh
this is what i do average in the worst day tbhhhh today still a nightmare and not only sm! everywhereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeee
not sure if i give up and i go to the gym back then;D
MissAdriana
09-30-2022, 06:51 AM
^^ Yes its true i probably should have gave up and worked on other eggs. Yesterday was the basically the same. I take too many breaks this week now I need to do 11 hrs today
SashaMalone
10-01-2022, 06:07 PM
Does the stfo method work for streamate? I was told it’s better to log out when it’s a little slow, wait 30 mins to an hour & hop back back on and play it by ear to not mess up your dollar per hour and mess up your ranking. I spent 22 hours yesterday hopping on and offline
kamiliam
10-02-2022, 12:09 AM
Does the stfo method work for streamate? I was told it’s better to log out when it’s a little slow, wait 30 mins to an hour & hop back back on and play it by ear to not mess up your dollar per hour and mess up your ranking. I spent 22 hours yesterday hopping on and offline
I do this to a certain extent but 22 hours seems like it may have the opposite effect. The scheduler wont record your hours correctly- I believe working in your predicted hours tends to bring more traffic, you are giving it too much data. I hate when I do this too much and it leaves me unscheduled on my busiest nights.
Yes by doing this you are training guys to take you to a show but if you are coming back all the time they could just never make it a priority to take you then. It cam make you overexposed which would derail a long term plan. If just hitting and quitting it will bring returns.
when you don’t have the time available it will feel like you aren’t making any money.
I do a mixture of stfo And bouncing.
SashaMalone
10-02-2022, 01:29 AM
Yeah I was up for 22 hours total but going on and offline I streamed a total of 13 hours
Cutie101
10-02-2022, 01:31 AM
Aaand... back. I had to take 3 days off because of catching a cold!! I haven't had a cold in more than... 5 years? 8 years? I can't even remember because I never get sick, lol. But not this time, idk what happened but I clearly couldn't work, lol.
Soooo, short day today, only 5 hours I think and from tomorow, back to my 10 hours regular schedule.
SashaMalone
10-02-2022, 01:34 AM
I do this to a certain extent but 22 hours seems like it may have the opposite effect. The scheduler wont record your hours correctly- I believe working in your predicted hours tends to bring more traffic, you are giving it too much data. I hate when I do this too much and it leaves me unscheduled on my busiest nights.
Yes by doing this you are training guys to take you to a show but if you are coming back all the time they could just never make it a priority to take you then. It cam make you overexposed which would derail a long term plan. If just hitting and quitting it will bring returns.
when you don’t have the time available it will feel like you aren’t making any money.
I do a mixture of stfo And bouncing.
i also have my new tag and I was told to make the most of it
SuperPookie
10-02-2022, 01:40 PM
Attempting to stfo but $70 in 7 hours across all sites total is making it hard. I'm depressed. Still optimistic that it might pick up though! It only takes one decent Skype show to make up for the garbage heap that SM is today.
kamiliam
10-02-2022, 03:10 PM
Yeah I was up for 22 hours total but going on and offline I streamed a total of 13 hours
Totally get that. On the days I work, I’m “ready to work” for usually 10-12 hours, actually online for like 5-7. I have a habit of getting ready really early, so even though I’m a night cammer, I’ll check out the site and try to work at least 30 minutes to feel it out. If it’s good I keep working, if not I try again. Later I tend to stick around longer.
I just think that is a big span of time where these losers who are totally on the whole time but will judge you for being too available to them. Since you have new girl status try to notice what times work best for you. Different for everyone!
Genoveve
10-02-2022, 03:40 PM
My goal today was 2 hours (lol). My goal for the week is 20 hours, my plan was 2 hours today then 3 a day every day. I really struggle with longer shifts and I also really struggle with logging back on again after too much time off so I'm experimenting with just streaming for a smaller amount every day.
Just finished my 2.
Cutie101
10-02-2022, 04:10 PM
Back to doing 10 hours today... still not feeling best, but I got some goals to smash. Wohoo!!
Edit: 5 hours done, kinda slow but not worse than last week tho. Got 5 hours left.
Edit: 10 hours done. Still bad, but not terrible like last week.
Back at it tomorow...
xStellaBlue
10-03-2022, 07:13 AM
no matter how long I STFO, it never picks up. my hourly has been the same all year - i never snag whales. i'm at a breaking point i think - does anyone know any work from home jobs or know of a thread where I can find something WFH? thanks
kortneykay
10-03-2022, 08:30 AM
no matter how long I STFO, it never picks up. my hourly has been the same all year - i never snag whales. i'm at a breaking point i think - does anyone know any work from home jobs or know of a thread where I can find something WFH? thanks
Have you considered incorporating indy? Most of us snagging whales do so out of free chat and have indy clients.
kortneykay
10-03-2022, 08:32 AM
$418/400 today so far. Indy Whale hit me up yesterday and made 3x my daily. Going to break and try free chat tonight.
kortneykay
10-03-2022, 08:38 AM
Does the stfo method work for streamate? I was told it’s better to log out when it’s a little slow, wait 30 mins to an hour & hop back back on and play it by ear to not mess up your dollar per hour and mess up your ranking. I spent 22 hours yesterday hopping on and offline
Honestly I just put in my time and log into sm and other passive sites and whoever pays, pays until I get to $400 and I fuck off and save my energy. Other sites add up fast so I end up only doing maybe 3h on sm then I log off.
Cutie101
10-03-2022, 05:44 PM
Online! 10 hours!!! Damn I feel like fucking shit, never felt so sick in my whole life, lol. Wtf is this!! :)))) Anyway... let's see what today brings!
Edit: Done with the 10 hours shift... slow 99% of it, then the last 25 minutes brought a whale and saved my day. Phew!
SashaMalone
10-03-2022, 05:54 PM
Online! 10 hours!!! Damn I feel like fucking shit, never felt so sick in my whole life, lol. Wtf is this!! :)))) Anyway... let's see what today brings!
i took today off and felt kindve bad for it but I needed to do laundry and grocery shop i literally had nothing to wear and no food. Then I had the choice to work 3 hours or take a nap, & I chose a nap. 22hours Friday to Saturday, 9 hours Saturday & 6 Sunday. I was exhausted. Back full throttle tomorrow
Cutie101
10-03-2022, 06:05 PM
i took today off and felt kindve bad for it but I needed to do laundry and grocery shop i literally had nothing to wear and no food. Then I had the choice to work 3 hours or take a nap, & I chose a nap. 22hours Friday to Saturday, 9 hours Saturday & 6 Sunday. I was exhausted. Back full throttle tomorrow
I had almost a week off last week, due to being sick. It's good to take days off, I usually work 10 hours a day for 5-6 days a week and I always have 1-2 days off. And during period I don't even bother to login, unless I am busy later in the month and need to take time off, otherwise, I take 3 days off.
So, don't feel bad, you need to rest and do things for yourself as well!
sarabimaraj
10-03-2022, 06:13 PM
Got a new whale on SextPanther who has been making me very happy these past two days. Glad I upped my cam rates on SP.
MelanieJ
10-03-2022, 11:12 PM
I was about to skip the night and ended up doing 5 hours. I really got to keep telling myself: "Even if you feel depressed, like absolute shit, get online."
Ended the night at $545 ♥️
yday omg 400 me too, today tuesday worst ever
so tomorrow finally day off much needed
hopefully i worked indy today and sold a custom video :) otherwise so much pain LOL
MissAdriana
10-04-2022, 02:41 PM
I slept in .. 7 hours only $150
Genoveve
10-04-2022, 04:08 PM
4 hours today. Only did like an hour yesterday so I have to do two 4 hour shifts this week. I'm an hour and 40 min in.
ETA did it, I love when I'm able to get it done in one stretch. Well I'm like 2 min short of 4 hours but I'm coming back for a reg tonight so I will probably end up doing 4.5-5 hours total today.
Cutie101
10-04-2022, 05:09 PM
10 hours again! I was this close to say "fuck it" and not get out of bed. I live in an apartament building and I got district heating so it's kinda chill (they turn on the heating only after the temperatures drop under a certain degree, for 2 nights in a row or something). I was so tempted to stay under my super cozy blankets and covers, I loooooveee this weather hahaha.
But then I forced myself to scroll trough my Pinterest dream board and motivational board and got a nice revival. Got out of bed, jumped in the shower, took my flu pills, made a flu tea, headed to the camming apartament and here I am now.
Let's see what today brings. I can't wait to get done with this cold, so I can get out.
Edit: done with the 10 hours shift. Been shit. Back at it tomorow...
SashaMalone
10-04-2022, 05:15 PM
Woke up at 4:44 the way I was supposed to. Started at 10 ended at 5. 715$/2000 for the week or 175$ for the day. At first I though this may just be the first day on streamate I didn’t hit 100$ but nope it wasn’t. Just had to stfo. Back tomorrow, Goal time is 9:30 am. WeekdAys I’m only free from 9-5 while my toddler is in Care so I make the most of it while weekends I am freeeeee to play ball😏👏
Luci Fer
10-04-2022, 05:57 PM
I swear this thread is my heaven when I am struggling through the hours:) I haven't posted for a while, but I am around! 4 hrs now. Did 7 hrs last night, and want to do at least 8 tonight.
SashaMalone
10-04-2022, 06:09 PM
I swear this thread is my heaven when I am struggling through the hours:) I haven't posted for a while, but I am around! 4 hrs now. Did 7 hrs last night, and want to do at least 8 tonight.
yesss! Now this is the energy I love! I clock hours like a mad woman and I love to know others do the same😀
kortneykay
10-05-2022, 03:13 AM
Period is making me draggish a bit. Was going to take yesterday off but stayed on long enough to make $150 which sliced my daily goal down to $340 for the week. After my meeting with my lawyer I'll hoo back on.
SashaMalone
10-05-2022, 07:51 AM
So goal was 9:30 am but I made it home at 9am after dropping my son off. Made it on at 9:45… not too shabby. I can never get 9:30 lol
MissAdriana
10-05-2022, 08:25 AM
I can't wait to get done with this cold, so I can get out.
You have been sick for awhile it must be bad ! Hoping you get well soon! 10 hours for me today too and slept in again despite going to sleep early
4 hours today. Only did like an hour yesterday so I have to do two 4 hour shifts this week. I'm an hour and 40 min in.
ETA did it, I love when I'm able to get it done in one stretch. Well I'm like 2 min short of 4 hours but I'm coming back for a reg tonight so I will probably end up doing 4.5-5 hours total today.
THATS THE BEST i love it!! I am 3 hours behind now so need to catch them up somewhere.. no days off this week
So goal was 9:30 am but I made it home at 9am after dropping my son off. Made it on at 9:45… not too shabby. I can never get 9:30 lol
I start to plan my outfit/hair the night before to save time whenever i can
Coolbeans
10-05-2022, 07:34 PM
I do this to a certain extent but 22 hours seems like it may have the opposite effect. The scheduler wont record your hours correctly- I believe working in your predicted hours tends to bring more traffic, you are giving it too much data. I hate when I do this too much and it leaves me unscheduled on my busiest nights.
Yes by doing this you are training guys to take you to a show but if you are coming back all the time they could just never make it a priority to take you then. It cam make you overexposed which would derail a long term plan. If just hitting and quitting it will bring returns.
when you don’t have the time available it will feel like you aren’t making any money.
I do a mixture of stfo And bouncing.
I have been thinking about this alot with SM. This first part of the week I have been watching my rate and not letting it slip under a certain amount but then again I feel like I could be losing out by not staying on. I think the rest of the SM week I'm just gonna STFO and do my 8-10hr shifts without stressing about the rate but that's very hard to do lol
Cutie101
10-05-2022, 10:34 PM
10 hours on!!! Already did 5, I've got 5 left! wooooohooo!!!
Edit: 10 hours done. horror day. trying again tomorow.
How is going for you all? feel a disastrer last dayssssss and not just SM everywhere. i do not know what happen. last week i make 2k this week still 700
feel desperate
MelanieJ
10-06-2022, 01:33 AM
It's been slow, but also randomly picks up at the end. For some reason, things really start picking up at the 4/5 hour mark (which is the most I ever cam in a day)
I'm gonna try to work Thursday/Friday/Saturday and see what happens. Also, nights have been so good, I've ditched mornings completely for the past six months. I would like to try a few hours in the morning eventually, just to see some new faces (and most importantly, new customers and more money)
SashaMalone
10-06-2022, 02:46 AM
Did 6 straight live hours yesterday with a 1 hour break. Today instead of getting up a 4:44am a Queen has rose at 4am to fight again to make it on at either 9:30am or before😏
It's been slow, but also randomly picks up at the end. For some reason, things really start picking up at the 4/5 hour mark (which is the most I ever cam in a day)
I'm gonna try to work Thursday/Friday/Saturday and see what happens. Also, nights have been so good, I've ditched mornings completely for the past six months. I would like to try a few hours in the morning eventually, just to see some new faces (and most importantly, new customers and more money)
after 6hrs damn;D
MissAdriana
10-06-2022, 07:22 AM
I have been thinking about this alot with SM. This first part of the week I have been watching my rate and not letting it slip under a certain amount but then again I feel like I could be losing out by not staying on. I think the rest of the SM week I'm just gonna STFO and do my 8-10hr shifts without stressing about the rate but that's very hard to do lol
you mean the % in paid chat rate or the $ hourly rate ?
I do the same thing. My % in paid is always under 20% Highest ever was 1 busy day @ 80% and highest week ever was 60% only because busy traffic. if my $ hourly goes to low i log off
i slept in again even thouh i been going to sleep early, so tired but need to make up those 3 hours still
xStellaBlue
10-06-2022, 09:01 AM
am i literally the only person who makes no money no matter how long i stay on? it's been like this since june. my hourly on streamate is 3/hr this week and MFC is no better. all my indy sites stay on at least 8 hours a day and I don't get anything there either.