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euro_princess
07-26-2018, 05:12 PM
I still generally make my average goals during contest weeks, but don't necessarily make any bonus money, so I think there is an in between. I've made $950 this week, $800 for my "top 3 days" and I am not in the top 200. I'm in the low 300s and am planning to work one more night this pay period. I just asked about this in the other Streamate Thread because I'm curious what the threshold for getting into the top 200 ranks is.
During a past "best three day" contest, I remember having a $1500+ week with about $1200 being my "top 3 days" and I still didn't rank.
Edit; I also recall there was a model who was fairly public about her earnings and showed that she made over $2k during a past 24 hour contest and placed somewhere in the top 5.
Yes. Usually the top 5 spots make around 2K-3K per day to rank in the contest.
Most of those girls stay online as much as possible during that day.
Btw, I clarified my mistake with top 200. I calculated exactly and you need around $950 to place (at least based on last morning).
^^^ Now i see why some people love contests ;)
Good for you guys, i am on the 'struggling' side of the contest game like many others.
I am happy to make money in between contests & something during contests if possible, still ok for me.
caramelcraze
07-26-2018, 08:30 PM
Agree! Why u mention this now, is any of you testing the interactive platform in SM Connect or u just saying for the record?!
I'd love to test it out if it used the nora, lush, or any of the other interactive toys I have. Sadly, shelling over $100+ for toys with an average of 3/5 star ratings across ALL the sites I've looked on isn't really something I'm biting at the bit to do. Maybe later I'll talk a reg into buying one.
^^^ Got it!
I mean, is any of u guys using the compatible toys on SM and do members have the option to tip thorough the new SM Connect interface just yet?
I dont have a member account to look things up, i just wonder if SM launched the interface or not, i dont have a compatible toy but thinking to buy me one soon, not sure if i'll have the option to use it on SM right now or it'll take a while til they implement the new interface.
If not ready yet i can wait til they launch the thing.
BadBitch
07-27-2018, 12:31 PM
This week is pure torture on SM with the contest on for whole week.....
I stay off of SM during contests. I tried to work it the other day and it was a glitchfest. Plus, traffic was bad.
BadBitch
07-27-2018, 12:34 PM
I still generally make my average goals during contest weeks, but don't necessarily make any bonus money, so I think there is an in between. I've made $950 this week, $800 for my "top 3 days" and I am not in the top 200. I'm in the low 300s and am planning to work one more night this pay period. I just asked about this in the other Streamate Thread because I'm curious what the threshold for getting into the top 200 ranks is.
During a past "best three day" contest, I remember having a $1500+ week with about $1200 being my "top 3 days" and I still didn't rank.
Edit; I also recall there was a model who was fairly public about her earnings and showed that she made over $2k during a past 24 hour contest and placed somewhere in the top 5.
Weird. I made $700+ in a day during one of the contests a bit ago and was #75.
Ladies, feel free to post in here if u wanna vent about SM.
To me was not worth to spend 2 hrs total to get ready and stay on cam for 2 hrs and do nothing yesterday, I was on page 6!! Omg!! Soo many models online competing for the prizes, I just logged off & went shopping as I was already dolled up, felt sexy at the Mall.
Lovely_charlie
07-29-2018, 01:41 AM
Ladies, feel free to post in here if u wanna vent about SM.
To me was not worth to spend 2 hrs total to get ready and stay on cam for 2 hrs and do nothing yesterday, I was on page 6!! Omg!! Soo many models online competing for the prizes, I just logged off & went shopping as I was already dolled up, felt sexy at the Mall.
hehehe good for you Kat!
Lovely_charlie
07-29-2018, 05:48 AM
Is it super slow for everyone else too for a sunday? Gosh
tropo
07-29-2018, 07:10 AM
Ladies, feel free to post in here if u wanna vent about SM.
To me was not worth to spend 2 hrs total to get ready and stay on cam for 2 hrs and do nothing yesterday, I was on page 6!! Omg!! Soo many models online competing for the prizes, I just logged off & went shopping as I was already dolled up, felt sexy at the Mall.
LOL. If I stop I have to scrub all my cam makeup off and start again. I wouldn't feel comfortable with the same makeup in the "real" world.
Lolaki
07-29-2018, 07:37 AM
Is it super slow for everyone else too for a sunday? Gosh
(The answer )
Lovely_charlie
07-29-2018, 07:52 AM
(The answer )
aiiiiii .... mmm... wondering why, would have thought it picked up again today
Glamourmilf
07-29-2018, 08:21 AM
I worked the 25 hours necessary to get the bonus.
I haven't worked that many hours on SM since 2012.. ish
All I can say is,,...... Ouch!
OMG!
I seriously feel like I've been run over by a truck! :rip::fever::scull:
God bless you youngins, who can do this on the daily.
Cause THIS old broad needs to sit DOWN!
Holy Macaroni Batman!
:wheelchai
tropo
07-29-2018, 10:20 AM
(The answer )
I'm finding SM a bit busier tonight than over the contest week. I worked 2 nights, but didn't get my 25 hours in. I suspect less girls working is the reason as all the competitors are burned out... but then again an lot of big spenders are a probably a bit light in the pocket too. Who knows what's going on.
anonamiss
07-29-2018, 11:47 AM
I made almost $600 the final night of the contest, and then barely scraped by with $50 last night... I can't complain too much since I was able to place/get a bonus, but damn, that is a brutal contrast. It was SO slow last night. Not a motivating start to this paycheck.
I think Saturdays have slowed way down for me over the summer in general, but I agree with tropo that maybe a lot of big spenders just needed a break after the contest week.
Scorpio Girl
07-29-2018, 04:02 PM
Last night was brutal. Saturdays are normally my money night. Granted, I didn't log in until midnight Pacific time. Traffic was okay, just nobody was spending.
tropo
07-29-2018, 04:03 PM
I made almost $600 the final night of the contest, and then barely scraped by with $50 last night... I can't complain too much since I was able to place/get a bonus, but damn, that is a brutal contrast. It was SO slow last night. Not a motivating start to this paycheck.
I think Saturdays have slowed way down for me over the summer in general, but I agree with tropo that maybe a lot of big spenders just needed a break after the contest week.
You made $600 on SATURDAY, the last night of the contest, yet you say Saturdays have slowed way down. If $600 is slowing down, what is a decent day? My days during the contest were worse than normal (worked 2 days only). Today, Sunday is my best day for quite a while. I won't tell you how much, because if $600 is your slow day, it would be embarrassing.
kamiliam
07-29-2018, 04:42 PM
You made $600 on SATURDAY, the last night of the contest, yet you say Saturdays have slowed way down. If $600 is slowing down, what is a decent day? My days during the contest were worse than normal (worked 2 days only). Today, Sunday is my best day for quite a while. I won't tell you how much, because if $600 is your slow day, it would be embarrassing.
I believe we both work the same shifts so I will clarify. She ment Friday into early Saturday, I refer to that as my Friday and also the last night of the contest. I had a very similar experience and only made low goal Saturday night thanks to some regs. She was saying that Friday was good. My best nights are typically Friday/Saturday
anonamiss
07-29-2018, 04:46 PM
You made $600 on SATURDAY, the last night of the contest, yet you say Saturdays have slowed way down. If $600 is slowing down, what is a decent day? My days during the contest were worse than normal (worked 2 days only). Today, Sunday is my best day for quite a while. I won't tell you how much, because if $600 is your slow day, it would be embarrassing.
no, the last "night" of the contest was Friday, since it ended Saturday afternoon (in my US timezone anyway). Saturday night was a shitshow.
$600 is WAY above average for me. I was all hyped up from that only to have Saturday suck. I worked 5 hours to make $50. That was my point. there needs to be a "camming is bittersweet" kind of thread for those moments where you go from 100 to 0 and it's super draining and discouraging.
edit: I didn't see Kamiliam's post before I posted. but yeah, what she said.
naomi_doll
07-29-2018, 04:50 PM
I worked the 25 hours necessary to get the bonus.
I haven't worked that many hours on SM since 2012.. ish
All I can say is,,...... Ouch!
OMG!
I seriously feel like I've been run over by a truck! :rip::fever::scull:
God bless you youngins, who can do this on the daily.
Cause THIS old broad needs to sit DOWN!
Holy Macaroni Batman!
:wheelchai
I'm right there with you, I'm trying to get back to work after being unable to all summer. Worked 5 hours last night and now I'm so sore! :(
tropo
07-29-2018, 05:00 PM
I believe we both work the same shifts so I will clarify. She ment Friday into early Saturday, I refer to that as my Friday and also the last night of the contest. I had a very similar experience and only made low goal Saturday night thanks to some regs. She was saying that Friday was good. My best nights are typically Friday/Saturday
Ok, got you. Saturday ends at 7am on Sunday for me.
Glamourmilf
07-30-2018, 08:37 AM
I'm right there with you, I'm trying to get back to work after being unable to all summer. Worked 5 hours last night and now I'm so sore! :(
I wanted to add that I never even did any insertions, so I wasn't sore from that.
I think it was a combination of sitting for that long, ( because I'm usually active off cam).
And having to do so much active listening and staring at the computer for hours on end.
I had a headache everyday.
^^^ Yes is the sitting & focusing mentally a lot getting us tired (sore back, sore head, sore eyes).
CamgirlsRockTheWeb
07-30-2018, 10:55 AM
I did real good the last day and good the other days I worked.
Mythical big spenders
One of my whitelabels gets massive chargebacks a couple weeks past contest.
500-2k have been charged back depending which contest. Week long kills my whitelabel that I rarely promote. Might be a coincidence.
XSelinex
07-30-2018, 11:59 AM
I don`t understand,why is 35 seconds costs 65c,then 59 seconds costs the same and 1 minute with seconds costs only 71c in comparison with 65c for 35 seconds hmm.
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KatyBoleyn
07-30-2018, 03:07 PM
I don`t understand,why is (paraphrasing) something things under one minute is the same price and things over 1 minute have strange prices.
Anything under 1 minute is charged as a full minute, then after this it is pro-rated by second intervals.
Glamourmilf
07-31-2018, 07:14 AM
^^^ Yes is the sitting & focusing mentally a lot getting us tired (sore back, sore head, sore eyes).
Yes KatM, that's exactly what it is.
At the end of the contest, I went out to check my mail.
One of my neighbors cornered me, and invited me in for a visit. I hadn't seen her in weeks.
Silly me thought that would be a good idea. You know, talk about anything but sex?
Wrong.
She sat and talked really fast, jumping from subject to subject, telling me all of her problems.:chat:
OMG!
That put me down for the count for 2 days!
I tried to cam yesterday, but...
I want to cry.:'(
tropo
07-31-2018, 07:37 AM
I don`t understand,why is 35 seconds costs 65c,then 59 seconds costs the same and 1 minute with seconds costs only 71c in comparison with 65c for 35 seconds hmm.
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I can't discuss the mystery of the payout as that has been declared as a subject we cannot discuss... I have no idea how we can explain it to newbies if we can't discuss it, but the mods have spoken. Perhaps a moderator will be nice enough to send you the important information by PM.
I'd be more concerned about your percentage payout, which according to your list is only 26%. I get a lousy 30%, but how do you only get 26%? Are you with a studio that's fleecing 10% from the standard 35% rate that US based models get?
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
07-31-2018, 07:55 AM
I can't discuss the mystery of the payout as that has been declared as a subject we cannot discuss... I have no idea how we can explain it to newbies if we can't discuss it, but the mods have spoken. Perhaps a moderator will be nice enough to send you the important information by PM.
I'd be more concerned about your percentage payout, which according to your list is only 26%. I get a lousy 30%, but how do you only get 26%? Are you with a studio that's fleecing 10% from the standard 35% rate that US based models get?
Her question had absolutely nothing to do with the peeper situation. Plus its already been explained for her. Theres nothing stopping you from being nice and sending her a pm here on the board.
tropo
07-31-2018, 08:32 AM
Her question had absolutely nothing to do with the peeper situation. Plus its already been explained for her. Theres nothing stopping you from being nice and sending her a pm here on the board.
I feel that's your job as you've banned discussion of it on the main forum.
XSelinex
07-31-2018, 10:13 AM
I'd be more concerned about your percentage payout, which according to your list is only 26%. I get a lousy 30%, but how do you only get 26%? Are you with a studio that's fleecing 10% from the standard 35% rate that US based models get?[/QUOTE]
I`m a tier 2 model of Boleyn Models with the lower rates than EU or US basis models.
kamiliam
07-31-2018, 01:30 PM
I am still disappearing from the main page, still in the top row for my categories. I was actually doing just fine last night till it happened. Had to log off, been going back and forth with support. I understand that by using a Machine Learning ranking these things will happen but they need support to understand how this works and live support at that. I feel they had people set it up then peace out, this costs us both money.
BadBitch
08-01-2018, 12:14 PM
Anything under 1 minute is charged as a full minute, then after this it is pro-rated by second intervals.
Did something change recently?
KatyBoleyn
08-01-2018, 02:06 PM
Did something change recently?
I think back when I cammed (many, many moons ago) it was in 6-second ticks. Calculating off models' earnings now, it seems accurate to within 1 second ticks. Minimum charge is for 1 full minute.
KRV_xo
08-02-2018, 06:44 PM
Got the tip vibe. it is awesome. I really like it much better than the lush.
Two apps
feel performer for sites that are linked to it https://www.kiiroo.com/collections/performers
ohmibod app uses sound to trigger it, we control the sound sensitivity and the vibe level
typing my keyboard and its going off
Is it smaller than the lush? I find the lush uncomfortable after a while.
caramelcraze
08-03-2018, 07:03 AM
Question: has anyone else tried the new streamate chrome broadcast option with a c922 cam? It made my picture so wonky I can't even use the darn thing. have yet to try it with the encoder, but dang... like producing something functional from the off would be cool. back to the broadcaster for me.
Glamourmilf
08-03-2018, 07:59 AM
Streamate going down yesterday was annoying.
I was all set to log back in for a second shift too.
Blah.
When it came back up, I noticed a football game had just started.
Mercury in retrograde, doing its thing again.
BadBitch
08-03-2018, 08:22 PM
Streamate going down yesterday was annoying.
I was all set to log back in for a second shift too.
Blah.
When it came back up, I noticed a football game had just started.
Mercury in retrograde, doing its thing again.
SM went down yesterday? When and for how long?
Glamourmilf
08-04-2018, 03:20 AM
SM went down yesterday? When and for how long?
Somewhere between noon and 2 ish I think. PST
Confirmed by Liz, and @realstreamate on Twitter.
I immediately came here to confirm it, but Stipperweb was down too.
Even FedEx site was down, when I went to get the tracking number for my check.
Facebook went down too.
Mercury in retrograde, doing it's thing again.
Someone22
08-04-2018, 07:53 AM
Is anyone having issues with audio? A couple people asked me to turn up my microphone volume because they couldn’t hear me well but it was up all the way. I’m using my Logitech C920 webcam microphone. Maybe I need a new microphone?
anonamiss
08-04-2018, 12:44 PM
Is anyone having issues with audio? A couple people asked me to turn up my microphone volume because they couldn’t hear me well but it was up all the way. I’m using my Logitech C920 webcam microphone. Maybe I need a new microphone?
are you sure that your broadcaster settings have the correct microphone checked off? I've had this happen a few times, usually after a computer reboot, where it picks up the Logitech camera but then sets the audio to the built in laptop microphone instead of the c920 microphone, which makes everything sound muffled.
innocentindian
08-04-2018, 03:56 PM
Is anyone having issues with audio? A couple people asked me to turn up my microphone volume because they couldn’t hear me well but it was up all the way. I’m using my Logitech C920 webcam microphone. Maybe I need a new microphone?
I'm having this same issue. I cam with a desktop, so the only mic input is the Logitech webcam itself. Every day I get at least one guy asking me to turn up my mic, but it's already set to max :/
Someone22
08-04-2018, 04:51 PM
Thanks for your responses anonamiss and Innocentindian. The audio was on Logitech mic but I switched it to my built in mic then back to see if it made a difference. I didn’t get any complaints today. But the last couple days I got some complaints.
DeepThoughts
08-05-2018, 04:13 AM
Is anyone having issues with audio? A couple people asked me to turn up my microphone volume because they couldn’t hear me well but it was up all the way. I’m using my Logitech C920 webcam microphone. Maybe I need a new microphone?
If you're using PC go to the windows Home Icon at the very bottom left of your screen or search under the magnifying glass for > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Change System Sounds. Select the tab called Recording and select the Logitech 920 microphone.
Select the tab Levels and there you will see a bar that you can use to increase the volume on your microphone. Slide it up to 100% and click Okay.
You will return back to the Sounds window where you will see a sound bar that shows you how your sound is picking up. Make a few noises and make sure its reaching up to half wayish or more and your all set.
Someone22
08-05-2018, 02:30 PM
If you're using PC go to the windows Home Icon at the very bottom left of your screen or search under the magnifying glass for > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Change System Sounds. Select the tab called Recording and select the Logitech 920 microphone.
Select the tab Levels and there you will see a bar that you can use to increase the volume on your microphone. Slide it up to 100% and click Okay.
You will return back to the Sounds window where you will see a sound bar that shows you how your sound is picking up. Make a few noises and make sure its reaching up to half wayish or more and your all set.
Thank you that helped! I didn’t have any complaints today. :)
Regarding sound on SM, i often get that pop-up window on SM that says My mic is too high lol, the window looks like the exclusive chat request.
Few weeks ago i checked on it to find out my mic was set to 100% (i did not do the setting but maybe it changed due to some event on my PC), i lowered it to 60%. Last time i cammed i got the pop-up window again, i was too close to the cam talking i reckon. Why Sm has to tell me my mic is too high and why on a pop-up window that i need to click away when i am in a show?!
DeepThoughts
08-06-2018, 02:03 AM
It started doing this to me as well after the last time they tweeked SMB. Now the mic level at the bottom left of the broadcaster is always set at about half way or a little less and I dont get the pop up but if I move it up to 100 then I will every time I have one of my dramatic orgasms :D It always makes me a bit proud to see it but yeah its annoying to have to click okay so just keep the mic turned down.
Glamourmilf
08-06-2018, 09:03 AM
Taking bets on if SM will have a contest for the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
Pool starts at $100.
I'm in for yes.
Anyone else?;D
Lovely_charlie
08-06-2018, 09:04 AM
Is anyone having issues with audio? A couple people asked me to turn up my microphone volume because they couldn’t hear me well but it was up all the way. I’m using my Logitech C920 webcam microphone. Maybe I need a new microphone?
heeeeey this happend too me too!
anonamiss
08-06-2018, 10:34 AM
Taking bets on if SM will have a contest for the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
Pool starts at $100.
I'm in for yes.
Anyone else?;D
in 2016 they did a 10 day contest called "Steamy August Nights" from the 5th through the 14th. Last year they had a one day "Steamy August" contest on august 20th.
My bet is they'll do that first. Not sure what day though. Then they'll do two 48 hour contests over labor day weekend and call it "Double the Fun", just like they have the past 2 years.
Edit: for those of you who hate working on contest days and try to plan around them, just go look back on past contests to have an idea of what's coming next. SM has been pretty consistent in that regard.