View Full Version : What are the rates of Camgirls depending on which site they work?
IvyAdams
03-19-2015, 09:32 AM
I'm really hesitant about raising my rates. I'd definitely like too, but I'm currently very happy with the % in paid chat that I have and enjoy not spending a lot of time out in freechat. I'm currently at 3.99/4.99 and make about $70 per hour. I only have to put in about 30 hours a week to make my goal of $2000. It seems like even when it's "slow" there's always someone who is willing to go private at that price and I can always make my goal.
So I guess I have to ask. For those of you whose rates are higher what do you consider "good money" because someone whose rates are higher could be making a lot less of an hourly and spending more time in free chat. What one girl thinks is high, another might not.
I prefer to stay busy. I've tested out higher rates before, but didn't really give them enough time I don't think. It doesn't hurt to try it out again I guess and actually give it a decent amount of time.
I average around $100/hr and what I would consider "good money" is $150/$200hr.
Sunnylexie
03-19-2015, 10:28 AM
When I first started out in camming and talked to several studio owners who were trying to recruit me they had that exact same speech. Average cam girl charges $2.99 per minute cause then you will do volume and make $50 per hour, yadaa yadaa yaddaa
"Doing volume" is bullshit when you have to do physical work (and camming is physical work no matter what). It's like telling a loader to charge less so he could have more cars to unload: this makes no sense because one can only work this hard and for this long. Also, cam shows are a customized experience so volume hardly even applies here. Imagine having to please 3 or more cheap fucks at once who treat you as a disposable and don't care if you hurt yourself, and each of them wants you to ignore others and do what he wants and when you naturally fail at it they call you names and exit the show leaving you in a ruined mood and with $15 at the very best. That's what "volume" at 2.99 is like.
Also, from what I noticed, the "under $3" guys are after cheap prices rather than anything else. They don't care about your looks, presonality, unique skills or fancy toys and outfits and only care this much about your feed quality. All they need is pussy ASAP and 3 minutes of hard dildo action. Even if you have far more to offer, at 2.99 or less you will be basically casting your pearls before swine (I'm being optimistic here: in most cases you won't even get a chance to draw the said pearls out of your pocket).
SarahTime
03-19-2015, 12:23 PM
I'm really hesitant about raising my rates. I'd definitely like too, but I'm currently very happy with the % in paid chat that I have and enjoy not spending a lot of time out in freechat. I'm currently at 3.99/4.99 and make about $70 per hour. I only have to put in about 30 hours a week to make my goal of $2000. It seems like even when it's "slow" there's always someone who is willing to go private at that price and I can always make my goal.
So I guess I have to ask. For those of you whose rates are higher what do you consider "good money" because someone whose rates are higher could be making a lot less of an hourly and spending more time in free chat. What one girl thinks is high, another might not.
I prefer to stay busy. I've tested out higher rates before, but didn't really give them enough time I don't think. It doesn't hurt to try it out again I guess and actually give it a decent amount of time.
That's the same way that I am. I have to be busy or I'll log off and not make anything. I was at $5.99 pvt and wasn't keeping as busy as I would like so I went back down to $4.99 and it has picked up some. Occasionally I go to $3.99 if I am short on time, and I stay even busier.
If I were you, I would try $4.99 pvt and see if that keeps you busy and ups the hourly a little.
I assume you have multiple people in private, that's how you are able to make $70/hr, right? So think about this then... why are you only charging $1 more for exclusive when you could easily have 2 guys in private instead? Say you get a 15 minute exclusive at $4.99 that's $26 and some change in your pocket. What if you spent those 15 minutes with two guys in private at $3.99, that's $41 in your pocket. That's why I always charge TWICE the amount for exclusive than I do for private, because a lot of the time I have more than one guy in private at a time so exclusive at only $1 more per minute is not worth it.
If nothing else, consider upping the exclusive quite a bit, you may be surprised. ;)
ivybunny
03-19-2015, 12:45 PM
I have to get my toy game up though. Bought a couple and it came today. Lol!
Is anyone familiar with the love honey micro magic wand. IT IS TINY! So small and cute, I'm gonna keep it tho and buy a new one
thats more cam appropriate, the tiny can be for my personal use ;D
I know it's a little O/T but toys can get to a point where it's superfluous. Of course, it totally matters based on your guys, but a lot of times, I'll use the toys to kill some time - "This one or this one? This one does this but this other one makes me cum buckets!" - but most of the time my clients don't give two fucks. I don't have a realistic and I have NEVER been asked for one. The only one that people have requested is the Hitachi. As a Lelo loyalist I got the Smartwand which is 3 times more expensive - DON'T. The guys have brand loyalty to Hitachi. Get it. Anything else you need for toys tend to be either props - rope, crop, pinwheel, gag, handcuffs, belt, etc. - with the exception of a strap-on or a dildo with a sticky end so you can ride it. Seriously, I could go months with just the one glass toy and fingers without a single person asking for a toy. Lights, cam, internet, computer rate WAYYYY higher on where you should spend your money.
Oh, and so much <3, Hyori
xoxoxoxo
sexysusie
03-19-2015, 09:09 PM
I agree. I barely use toys and when I do it's because they've requested something "that will get you off", which means the Hitachi :D
Just as an update, I got called expensive today on my main site for the first time ever (he stayed for an hour regardless!). I was proud :D
AngelicaFox
04-01-2015, 05:07 PM
I had to re-read this thread after today, my second day on Imlive.
I got someone to sign up from my affiliate link so I'd get 85%, then knocked out what remained of my 90 minutes at .98 probationary period. It felt great! I immediately set my price to 5.80/minute, the max I was allowed.
Then I sat there in free chat for two full hours. I had two people pop into private, and back out before the 20 second preview was up. I did alright on Streamate a year ago; I would stay on for 8 hours at a time, but never had to wait 2 hours without a private (max maybe 45 min). So now I'm taking guesses as to what _I'm_ doing differently that is responsible (besides being on another site.) This can be helpful to a degree, but it can also be unnecessary torture :p
I heartily believe that I'm worth the higher rate, but my optimism takes a dive thinking about the 90 at .98 policy, which I feel normalizes cheapskatism. I get that those are different customers... but now I'm starting to wonder if the paying customers are out there? Or whether they can find me on the 4th page of Imlive?
SoloDesire
04-01-2015, 05:17 PM
I had to re-read this thread after today, my second day on Imlive.
I got someone to sign up from my affiliate link so I'd get 85%, then knocked out what remained of my 90 minutes at .98 probationary period. It felt great! I immediately set my price to 5.80/minute, the max I was allowed.
Then I sat there in free chat for two full hours. I had two people pop into private, and back out before the 20 second preview was up. I did alright on Streamate a year ago; I would stay on for 8 hours at a time, but never had to wait 2 hours without a private (max maybe 45 min). So now I'm taking guesses as to what _I'm_ doing differently that is responsible (besides being on another site.) This can be helpful to a degree, but it can also be unnecessary torture :p
I heartily believe that I'm worth the higher rate, but my optimism takes a dive thinking about the 90 at .98 policy, which I feel normalizes cheapskatism. I get that those are different customers... but now I'm starting to wonder if the paying customers are out there? Or whether they can find me on the 4th page of Imlive?
From my experience, none of the guys on Imlive are willing to drop that much money. I couldn't make any money on that site with the rates I was willing to charge. Those guys are cheap as hell!
AngelicaFox
04-01-2015, 05:23 PM
From my experience, none of the guys on Imlive are willing to drop that much money. I couldn't make any money on that site with the rates I was willing to charge. Those guys are cheap as hell!
Yep. Well, I'ma give it another try or two, and sign up for Kinklive as my next option... I can't wait till I can get back on Streamate. Stupid lockout!