Will rising gas prices affect our camming income?
I was watching RT this morning and the EU has agreed to impose sanctions on oil exports along with the US. Full story here >http://rt.com/news/iran-eu-sanctions-oil-419/ . This is Huge, with camming as slow as it has been im wondering if it all will come crashing down when gas prices hit the 5 dollar range and we go to war with Iran .We are all already feeling it now with the slowing economy and less paying customers its harder and harder to reach our goal in gold and Pvts.
I know some girls have been camming for a long time we have only been in it for a year and half. How did the economic crisis in late 2000's affect camming ?
Re: Will rising gas prices affect our camming income?
there are always some men, somewhere in the word, who are lonely and have the money.
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On average, the money the average cam girl makes is statistically getting lower & lower. That's why you hear so many cam girls talking about the good old days when money was easy & there was a lot of it. The same thing happens with every lucrative industry though as more & more people find out about it and sign up. However, if you have a niche, do a lot of marketing, and build your brand, it won't be too much of a problem.
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on the bright side for you guys, if people really dont want to spend on gas they might be more likely to stay home and use the internet than drive out to the titty bar to see us.
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Maybe it will, but it still will be better than a vanilla job! (for me anyway) :)
I worked as a massage therapist, dealing with stinky feet all day long for like $10 an hour, anything is better than that! (you can tell camming spoiled me, lol)
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Don't even worry about it. If you think that way, then that is what is going to happen.
Everyone has been complaining that the money is soooo horrible, but shit, I'm still paying my bills just fine. The money is still there, you just have to know how to work it.
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I'm Glad most of you girls are optimistic about things.It helps me keep a positive out look when everything seems to go to hell ; )
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Agreed that you can't allow yourself to get discouraged. Indeed there will always be some webcam customers out there who view $ 1,000 a week blown on camgirls as 'pocket change'.
But in terms of cold, hard business reality, both exotic dancers and camgirls depend on the available 'discretionary' spending levels of customers. 'Discretionary' spending is defined as money left over to be spent on non-essential items after 'necessary' expenses have been paid out of the customer's paycheck. From that standpoint ...
- the pre-tax paychecks of most working guys are NOT increasing ... and in some cases are shrinking ( i.e. laid off from high paying job with replacement jobs paying much less )
- higher income / sales / property taxes are eating up a larger chunk of those pre-tax paychecks, leaving de-facto smaller after-tax paychecks
- prices for food, fuel ( except natural gas ), health insurance / health care, are beginning to noticeably rise
Combine the above and you have a smaller pool of customer money available. Now multiply that by the fact that this smaller pool of customer money must be split among a larger number of exotic dancers and camgirls
A somewhat obvious exception is exotic dancers who provide 'extras' ... which can often motivate a customer to spend money that he should have reserved for food, fuel and other necessary expenses.
Re: Will rising gas prices affect our camming income?
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ClaudiaReina
Maybe it will, but it still will be better than a vanilla job! (for me anyway) :)
I worked as a massage therapist, dealing with stinky feet all day long for like $10 an hour, anything is better than that! (you can tell camming spoiled me, lol)
eeep! you should charge more! i was giving massages (not licensed) and also non adult (no happy endings) and i made 30 per person plus tip (which as anywhere from 20$ to 80$, average was about 40$) and i live in ohio --shitville weather and economy. i think you could have done better. you have to constantly be searching for better oppertunities!
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alys
eeep! you should charge more! i was giving massages (not licensed) and also non adult (no happy endings) and i made 30 per person plus tip (which as anywhere from 20$ to 80$, average was about 40$) and i live in ohio --shitville weather and economy. i think you could have done better. you have to constantly be searching for better oppertunities!
Ugh, no way, I'm not going back ever! That was only for a few months and it was enough for a lifetime. I live in a very small town and I'm not from the US:)