Okay, do you know how to delete account? Do I have to contact someone or there is a option for it? Is there a chance I could contact support and ask them to give me new account without uploading documents etc?
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Okay, do you know how to delete account? Do I have to contact someone or there is a option for it? Is there a chance I could contact support and ask them to give me new account without uploading documents etc?
^^It might have already been deleted. They clear them out if you dont use them for 6 months. Have you logged in to see if its still active?
If it is you can contact SM support and ask them to remove it
Does anybody know if Streamate traffic has picked up at all? Seriously, I'm looking at other sites because I can't support myself on this. Making $30-$50 a night working 8-10 hours UUUGGGHHH.
Hi! I've been reading through the forums the last few days, so a lot of my questions I did find answers to. But there are still a few things I would still like to ask that I could not find.
I originally signed up on iCams, but after reading here, realized I should go on Streamate directly, so I did, and got approved in less than 24 hours.
I'm an entrepreneur entirely - I run a few other businesses (not sex related at all) but have been in need of another flow of income, so decided to try out camming. After reading about a lot of the different sites, I decided on trying strictly streamate for now - I don't want to confuse myself any more than I already am LOL.
I have already decided on price, and I'm not going cheap - already know from my other businesses that pricing yourself decently can actually create better and more business - also thanks to reading posts in here, I decided to not start out at the bottom.
So, as for my questions.....
For those who use Streamate, if I make a change to my profile, does it disable my profile until the changes are approved, or does my profile remain up and I just have to wait for the changes to show up? I couldn't find an answer to this in streamate's tutorial. I'm asking because there are some things I wish I said differently or want to add, but I'm afraid to make the changes because I planned on working for the first time tonight, and don't want to end up not being able to do it.
Next question - I think I understand the difference between paid chat, exclusive, gold etc. BUT - are there certain things that are better to do or not do in paid chat? Like certain things that should be taken to exclusive? I don't mean rule-wise, but as in "best practices" for best money making. Do you do entire, full shows in the paid chat, or only exclusive?
I think I have decided to be one who does not flash in free chat - not entirely sure yet. But I was thinking if someone wants me to flash them, I should be paid for it....and I've seen a lot of other girls here doing the same thing.
Another question - so it seems like it's not just all sex talk....customers come in and like to talk about all kinds of stuff, right? I stopped in a few cam models' profiles and they were talking about everyday stuff - kind of cool and makes it seem fun.
Last question (for now) - I have a 15 year old daughter. She is usually out with her friends a lot and sleeps out at their houses often, so most times I should have no problem with privacy. But sometimes she will be home, and I will have to make money - I know the simple answer is to just not make a lot of noise during a show. It's cool if I'm just chit chatting, but when it comes to a show and making noise or moaning, it would have to be really quiet. Do guys get mad at this? Do you tell them beforehand?
Thanks for any input you may have!
I can touch on the exclusive vs private chat. What Streamate recommends and what I see most girls do, is they set a lower price for the premium chat and only offer certain things in the higher price exclusive chat. For example fetish shows, anal, cam2cam, anything beyond a general vanilla show needs to be in exclusive. That works for a lot of people but I actually do it backwards. I charge double for my premium chat, because it was always a headache telling guys they need to go exclusive for that and they just log off. Now most of my shows are exclusive, I can indulge whatever they want, and if somebody does take me private hey, I am getting double my normal rate. They can get whatever they want and I am fine with it. Huge headache reducer for me. Also when you are in premium you get the 30 second peepers, guys who log in and out real quick to catch a glimpse before they are charged. Working primarily exclusive shows you avoid this headache alltogether as well. I am transparent about my rates, my room topic explains how I do things as well so they don't feel like I am trying to trick them or anything.
As for the changes - you can always still stream, but some changes may take a few hours or days to appear. I get this when adding photos. Typically takes a few days for new photos to appear on my profile. Changes in bio text has always gone through immediately.
You are on the right track about flashing. If you do decide to flash in free chat it should always be when you have been tipped to do so. I like having a tip menu in my autotext so they can see what I expect for tits/ass/feet/stand etc.
Yes you'll have guys talk about anything under the sun - which is a double edged sword. Just make sure you aren't exhausting too much energy on non spenders. Some guys will camp out in your room all night, ignore your requests to tip for your time (because in their minds if they aren't there to get off they don't owe you anything). I typically call these guys out and if necessary kick or ban. You will get a feel for it after a few weeks camming. On the flip side when big spenders really get to know you it can prompt them to spend even more on you. So take advantage of that.
As for the privacy - my first 6 months I cammed in my parents basement and kept it a secret. Guys actually love when you play it up. They get a thrill when you say you can't be too loud because you don't want to get caught.
Anyways I hope that helps and welcome to camgirl world!!
Thank you for your input! I am a little confused at how you work your exclusive vs. paid - I read it out loud a few times and still not 100% sure LOL. But I do understand what you said most people do. I'm thinking for now I will just go with that.
I wonder if it depends on how new you are how soon the profile changes show up - I just made some but they didn't show up yet. Oh well. At least my profile still gets to stay up so I can work.
Thank you for all the advice!
On Streamate there are two kinds of paid chat: Premium and Exclusive. You get paid per minute for BOTH types of chat. But here are the differences:
1) Premium: In Premium Chat, other customers can join in. You will get paid per minute for each guest (correct me if I'm wrong here, ladies). Streamate recommends your Premium Chat rate be lower than your Exclusive Chat rate - and as AlyssaJane said, you can do this and many women will save certain things for Exclusive Chat only (which is legit private-private). I also do as AlyssaJane does, I list my Premium Chat rate HIGHER than my Exclusive Chat rate ... because I don't like the idea that I can be nude, etc., while one customer is paying for it, and another guy pops in for 20 seconds, sees titties and busts his nut, and quickly logs out and never pays (because he wasn't in the room long enough to start getting charged for the per-minute rate).
2) Exclusive: Exclusive Chat is 1-on-1. A customer will take you Exclusive and no other customers can pop in on you or anything. Some women price this one higher than Premium (Streamate recommends this), and will reserve certain shows for Exclusive Only (phone, Cam2Cam, etc. like AlyssaJane mentioned).
Hopefully that clarifies that confusion.
Also, I like AJ's idea of playing up the 'I can't get caught!' ... if that works, great ... I don't think I would personally do that but that's just me. You might already be thinking this, but I wouldn't ever mention your 15 year-old. I think too many 'weirdos' would have a field day with that and things could get ... 'interesting' rather fast.
Don't worry, I had no intention of mentioning her. I would just say I need to be quiet because of others in the house. If they ask I just say roommates or something.
Here is another question - I just got done seeing the best way to make my set up, using what I have for now. My plan so far:
In free chat, just stay at my computer desk, where my computer is. It's a PC so it's hard to move around much. If someone goes to paid or exclusive chat, I can just grab my webcam and hang it over my computer chair and it gives a perfect view of me on my bed and close up enough, I think. Then when I hear the door slam? I think that's what happens when someone leaves - then I have an area I can run to real quick to put clothes back on and then run back to my chair back to free chat.
Speaking of people leaving - how do you know when a paid chat is over? I know in exclusive, I read you hear a door slam. How do you know paid chat is over? Is there a noise?
The only issue is - I cannot move my monitor close enough to see it on my bed :( Not like it's totally across the room, but it's not all that close either. I wouldn't be able to see what people were saying if I was in the middle of a show on my bed in a paid or exclusive chat. How bad is this? Can I tell them they need to tell me if they want anything special first, before I start? Not sure how to work that out. I have a laptop but it's at my office and for a different business of mine and don't really want to lug it back and forth...is there way to make the text in chat GIGANTIC so I can see it from my bed?
Just thought of another question - what is with the smoking or vaping for a show? Guys like to just watch a girl smoke? I don't get it. Never heard of it lol. I do vape.
Dahlia, do you have Twitter or Tumblr? You can promote yourself with those and Streamate promotes you as well. I don't do all the things that all the other SM models do and I still get plenty of traffic in my room. Have SM retweet you whenever you're going on and doing shows. Plus, look for some cam promoters and other SM models who promote other camgirls.
U get the same door slamming sound when paid chat ends too.
Is there no way for u to move ur monitor/desk close to ur bed? Cuz I think it would be realllllllyyyy hard to do successful shows without reading along as u go, most guys like it to be interactive and tell u what they want as u go along, want responses to what they say, etc. I would worry about missing something a guy said/requested and getting a shitty rating, which can really tank ur placement. If there's no way to move it closer, i know on chrome it's really easy to zoom so the whole page is huge.
I vape too and i've never found a customer/smoking fetish guy who was into it, lol :'( But I don't think its a huge turn off either, I hit my lil pink e-cig every once and awhile in freechat, Not during a show tho.
I just rigged it so it would be closer to my bed but this is as close as it gets. How the hell do you read while you're literally playing with yourself? Just keep looking up every few minutes? I'd have to sit up every few minutes then. And what if you're really getting into it? You can't even just enjoy it? Is there at least a sound when someone types a message? That would help for me to at least know to sit up real quick.
enjoy what? I get like maybe 1 or 2 shows that are enjoyable.. the rest are just quickies.. and even then I can't get close enough to orgasm before they leave!.. lmao. .. If you want to ENJOY log off to finish yourself off.. that's what I do when it is feeling really good.. haha..
Do you have glasses? and zoom for your cam? why do you need to hang cam over a chair.. you should be zooming into your bed.. that's what I do.. even though I am using a 27 inch monitor and only a few feet from my bed I cannot still always read what they write so I use my eyeglasses.
I have contacts or would wear my glasses. Still wouldn't be able to see the screen from my bed, it's too far away. Not a whole lot I can do with moving furniture. The webcam on the chair is over my bed. It's perfect angle. It's not on the part where you sit, I had it on the back of the chair, facing the bed.
I actually went on tonight for like 45 minutes to 1 hour. I found a way to get my monitor closer to my bed, but I'm not sure how well it would have went. Should the camera be facing your side or something? That's the only way I can imagine being able to see the screen. I've determined I think I'm going to have just start bringing my laptop home and use that.
So I did go on tonight, it was fun! No paid chats, but I am literally brand new and didn't stay on long. I had two guys talking to me for a while who also sent me pics. I'm sure they will be back. They were going to watch some game. Had a lot come in and say I was sexy, hot, etc. but a lot who logged in and immediately logged off. What is that about? Are they hoping you're already naked? LOL
Tonight was more like an experiment to see how comfortable I felt. I was fine! I'm surprised. Also became very chatty and I'm a pretty quiet and shy person. Never knew I could be so confident and outgoing. I decided to log off because I didn't want the first time I did a show to be with my daughter home. She's sleeping, but I just felt too paranoid. Maybe after a few times without her here and I'm used to it, then I'd feel better when she's sleeping.
I had a lot of people ask where I'm from, I just kept saying Mars LOL. I think I'm going to like doing this!
Oh yeah, how do I zoom my webcam? Don't know how.
What kind do you have? It may be as simple as downloading the driver for your particular cam, but without knowing, cant offer much advice. lol
While your baby girl is sleeping, spend some time reading through the threads. Even the ones that are like 77 pages long. It may seem tedious, but I wish I had done it before I got too deep into camming. The time, headache and MONEY a couple of hours of thread reading would have saved me is priceless. Grab a notebook and a pen and study up girl!!!
youll have to go to the logitech website and download their driver for that model. It should have a webcam controller embedded that u can zoom in and out with. There is a lot to read. I find myself spending my uncamable parts of the day her, picking up nuggets to use. So, even though I may only be on cam 4-6 hrs, my actual work day is like 10-12 between research here, pornhub, twitter, diary/blogging etc. I may need to factor that into my daily/weekly monetary goals actually.
But if your laptop from work isnt fast enough, maybe look at an inexpensive larger monitor or even a second hand tv from craigslist to use so that you can see your text better. You can also increase font size in SM i believe.