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Yup. I did. Stripper money ain't what it used to be.
Being a stripper was fabulous but camming is even better. Its even MORE freedom to come and go. I love it.
I like camming better.
It's hard for me to say whether the money is better, because I cam sporadically since I have another job and have never cammed a full day or a full week, but if I average it by the hour I make the same or more than stripping.
I'm in cali too and dancing here is not even worth the effort or gas money anymore. All the san fernando valley clubs are DEAD! It's kinda sad because I had fun dancing (when it didn't totally suck), but camming is def way more fun for me. No groping guys or dressing room bs! :)
I'm not a stripper who's left that biz for camming. But, I've worked with many who have. I've run cam sites, and way back when... when not every person had their own computer, webcam and high-speed net connection, I ran a physical cam studio. There's a lot to consider... such as where to cam, to go independent or work through a network and how "public" to go with your camgirl alter ego.
I'm new here, and I'm surprised that MyFreeCams (MFC) seems to be popular with some of the girls who are into cams. As you may know, camgirls traditionally earned by doing private shows on a per-minute basis... the more minutes you performed, the more money you made.
But, a new business model is emerging and changing the cam biz. And, it's primarily "tip" driven... where the girls seem to be pushing more for getting tipped. So, they're now doing things for "tips only" in free, public chat that used to be only done in private chat. Probably, another consideration for you.
If you'd like to get a dialogue going either here in this forum or through the forum's PM feature, please don't hesitate to hit me up. Be glad to offer my insight and experience.
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I actually make way more camming then I did dancing for the most part. I was going home with like 50 bucks (if I was LUCKY) towards the end of my dancing career in valley clubs.
At first (5 yrs ago) it was a different story, but things just got worse and worse at the clubs around here. No customers and tons of girls willing to do anything for a dollar :(
I can make up to 200 a day camming and I dont have to travel or follow a schedule :)
@neliana
$200 a day is my starting goal, so that really makes me happy it's doable!!
^^I know you're a newbie as am I,but if you don't mind me asking: how long does it take you to reach that goal? Do you work straight through or split the hours at different times of the day? I'm trying to make the same amount as you daily,but I get really bored very quickly. Trying to figure out if I should just change my hours.
I don;t know if ur asking me lol, but it took me about 6-8 mnths to start regularly making that. I'm mostly indy (I only do the free chat sites w my man a few times a week) and it took me a little while to build regulars and get my name out there.Once I had the regs, it became a lot easier to hit that 200 goal, and now even on slow days I usually still make something thanks to the regulars :)
i did and i am glad that i did. after 9 years its a welcome break!
Thanks for all the info, I just started on streamate and sign up for mfc, which site do you think is best, also what price is best to start off with
search function is pretty sweet.
i am a new poster on this site but i do wanna say that leaving stripping for camming is the best decision that i have ever made. the money definitely is not what it used to be in the clubs (and thats anywhere you go). you gotta deal with the shitty management, bitchy girls, customers who want more for less! i just couldnt take it anymore, lol. but i got into camming and i love it. it is not the fast money like stripping can be right away, but once you give yourself enough time to build a good regular base the income potential is limitless. camming gives you your freedom to do whatever you want and you dont have to deal with all of the above. i have only been camming for a month now and i love the direction that i am going in, i am constantly making new regulars every week, it allows me creativity to make it my own and most importantly i still have my sanity! i cannot stress enough how awesome camming is:)
This thread makes me so happy!! I'm currently on hiatus from dancing, and I'm planning on giving camming a try - the knowledge that it makes so many girls so much happier makes me feel so positive about the future!
From a lot of what I'm reading on here, it looks like a lot of girls do a LOT of social networking to improve hits - do you girls do this? This seems like the only major difference from stripping in terms of how much time and effort you put in (as in, with both stripping and camming, you show up when you want, work as much as you want, and walk away with decent money!) - do you girls find that this makes a huge difference? Are you doing more/less/the same amount of social networking that you did when you were stripping?
The SC money gets worse and worse every year. I've always felt like camming is the future of the industry--I mean, it offers everything you would get a SC and more--at the leisure of your own home.
Hopefully,someday I can work up the courage to try it, lol.
Well I'm sure it makes a whole lot of difference...if you decide to do it. You have some promo Goddesses like Camwhore that can do it all day. Then you have some lazy people like me and I think KittyKrane(correct me if I'm wrong) also said she was lazy when it came to promoting. People like the two of us just log on,make our cash,then log off again :D Seriously though I'm sure it helps,there's no wrong way to promote. So why wouldn't it??
exactly...camming is definitely the future of the adult industry:)
go for it!!!...you will be way more happy in the long run...stripping wears a girl out quick...after 3 1/2 yrs of stripping...i was dunzo...camming is the best decision that i have made in a long time...and i am more happy for it:)
The only site I have cammed on is SM, and from what I hear from a lot of the ladies on here as well as my experience, it really is the easiest and best way to start camming. There is guaranteed traffic and always tons of guys online. The do take out a lot of your money and record your sessions for the "video" category on your profile (which is so obnoxious!) but if you put the effort in you make $$$. I think one of the best things to do is to be consistent with your camming time, and to have a good webcam (HD)
wow.....WTF am I doing wrong?? I am making not even a fraction of what I made dancing? I have watched other cam girls and appear to be doing the same techniques as they are.....Maybe I am just not spending enough time.....My biggest theory is that I am lost in the masses of girls as my room never has more than a few people at a time.....but the people who do actually find me seem to like me? Any advice on how to get more traffic to my room??
SM....and I am now Really convinced, that just like touring GF ads that SOMEHOW I am being hated on......you cant tell me that EVERYTIME I go on that people keep clicking off and on, buy privates when my room starts to attract a FEW custies and then immediately log off at 30 seconds, not responding to my chat voice, tits or what the fuck ever.....just long enough to completely CLEAR my room and then leave a 1 star rating??????? How the
@#$ would you click on 30 seconds and leave a one star rating......it really sucks as I have been busting my ass on twitter, which btw SM is not RT when I am on???? FB, Myspace.....youtube.......you cant TELL me that its not intentional!!!!!! Maybe its the SC I have worked for, or other "strippers" who are into camming now......I have a few suspects Haters go FUCK yourself......everything I have ever don in my life has been on my own and I will have the last laugh
oh and BTW......my previous profile on THIS site was DELETED by an admin, and I think I know why, I am NOT a nubie to survival 101, so if you delete me again or suspend my profile for no apparent reason......it only proves my point
I did. It's so much easier to cam for me because the guys can't try to touch and if I don't want to talk to one; I can kick them out or ban. I also can't deal with working with so many ignorant women that the clubs I've been to had. They were loud,obnoxious and always fighting with each other. LOL. I hardly worked and every time I did go in there was drama I'd notice among other women which was sad,because you'd think we'd all try to stick together...I knew the management must've thought we were all nuts. hehe. Anyhow, I made great friends too but I just enjoy not having to pay a house fee,tip out, worry about someone following me home...I save gas, I dont have a boss telling me what to do and so on. It's hard waiting on a paycheck when you're used to daily fast cash but that's why you can do daily pay programs, I only join those programs and it really motivates me. Just my opinion.