quick idea if members complain on price raise ,u can say : oh , sorry, the site raised it for me, I can't change it back.
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quick idea if members complain on price raise ,u can say : oh , sorry, the site raised it for me, I can't change it back.
Personally I don't say anything. I smile ever so sweetly while reaching for my mouse. Then I kick them out of the room. Sometimes they come back and spend. Sometimes they go off to a more affordable room. I haven't raised my prices in awhile? I think I'm gonna do that today?
My favorite thing to do lately when a guy says you are so expensive..is play dumb..really?? Lol u think so?? Hmm that's weird u say that because im always in pvt ...then I get a pvt...usually an exclusive right away ..lolol..now there embarrassed n feel like the cheapo loser who couldn't afford me
Ahh, things have been going so well that I just bumped my rates to $9.99/$12.99. Since things have been working out pretty great, I'm able to increase my daily goal amount! After all that time with lower rates, I felt lucky if I could hit my lower daily goal.
i just raised my fees on aw from 1.49 grp to 1.69 and 2.49 to 2.69 prvt. lets see...anyway this week aw is dead on my end. not sure why, hope its not the fees and hope i can make my goal as i just started my reno and need the bucks....;/
@Sana. Hey sorry for the subject change, but what is the boleynmodel link in your sig about?
Sus, how much do u think i can charge on sm and aw separately? on aw im kinda scared of raising too much as im non nude, not sure how guys will react to it. and on sm im totally lost as im a newbie, not sure i should go all the way up as ive seen here, like 9.99 and all. help?
We all struggle with what we should charge. It's hit and miss and I'm constantly moving my rates around to try and make the most of my time online. Just experiment with it until you find a place you are comfortable with. I wouldn't go any lower than $3.99 for private and $4.99 for exclusive though. Any lower and you'll lose your ass...but feel free to go higher if you're able! If you're making good money at a lower rate and you're staying busy enough for YOU, then raise them up! That's just my opinion :)
i set them now to premium 9.99 and exclusive to 7.99....makes sense? is it too high for a newbie? ty
I've been messing with my rates on sm for a while. I dropped my group by .25 and raised my excl by over a dollar and have had WAY more customers. my per hour earnings have gone up by about $13, which makes me super happy. Come september, I plan to jack my rates up by about $2 a minute and Dec I plan to up it again by $1.50 or so. I need to save up for a move, so I've got to push myself and start committing to more hours. Really want to double my hourly average earnings by Dec.
^^ In any area of life, when you target a niche market, it's hard to grow your audience beyond that niche. Your audience by nature is small, and the smaller it is, the more you should charge. They want something very specific that's not necessarily easy to come by, and you just happen to have that rare, specific thing for sale. In the case of trans, it's not like a girl offering a foot fetish show, where anyone with a pair of feet and the time/motivation to do some research can offer it. So arguably, your market is even smaller than most other niches, as far as the number of people who can fulfill that fantasy are concerned. Lowering prices to cast a wider net should not be a thing there -- the number of fish is the same, no matter what, and they're not that many. They want to have a live interaction with a transgirl. You're a transgirl. How much should they pay for the privilege? Inflate yourself. Act like you're worth more and people will pay accordingly. Always assume the yes.
In any walk of life, charging more than the average is a tough sale. Some mental trickery is required. But if the person making the sale acts like it never occurred to them to charge less, because *their* product is _clearly_ worth every penny, you can make the sale in a heart beat. Making it somehow different helps, too, in that it can disassociate your product slightly from others selling the same thing. But a huuuuge part of it is attitude. Starbucks and Apple are both great examples of things that charge borderline ridiculously marked up prices for essentially the same product, with only minor differences. (Granted, if you do a lot of graphic design, macs are one of the best computers out there because you can consistently see colors "as they are" on their monitors without much filter effect, and up until this last generation of phones, the iPhone was famous for its camera -- but the vast majority of people using Apple are not graphic designers. They're just after the "better" product... which they mostly only think is "better" because it costs more.)
It's sort of a silly thing to compare but...Most of people always ask me why I still want to buy a 15k hermes birkin as it's a "normal bag" and so expensive. And somehow the answer is: People usually wants stuff that others can't have, or not that easy at least.
Same with camming ;)
Every time I lower my rates on SM thinking it might pull in more money for me I fail miserably. I raise them back up and I'm back to making my goals. It's crazy that more guys don't buy shows when I have lower prices! I'll never understand it, but I'm all for being paid more.
^ So true. I've lowered my rates once before and I'll never do it again. Honestly, lowering my rates scares me more than raising them.
Finally got fed up and did the thing...
Traffic has been absolute SHIT for me on SM-- I'm talking, I haven't had a 25% or better in paid chat day in WEEKS. Played with my rate.. even dropped to 1.99/3.99 just for giggles... finally bumped it up to 5.99/7.99. Still a shitty % in paid chat, but I'm making a lot more for it.
One of these days I'll figure out why my % sucks so hard. I don't get it. I have a better room set up now, my tech is on point, I'm friendly and engaging, fully made up on cam. Yeah, I'm a BBW-- but I have a pretty fucking face. Meh... I'll figure it out eventually.
Screw the time in paid chat percentages. The only number I get emotional about is the one I see in my bank account.
I raised my rates and my % in paid is also down and I make more money as well. Think about it..... You are now a less affordable option. Less people are going to go private thus lowering the stats. Also, the stat on your hourly wage is flawed as well.
The stats are wrong, the information is not valid. The only validity you need is did I work less and make more? I did. I now make in 2 hours what I made in 2 shifts but according to SM my hourly is horrific and my time in paid chat is the lowest it has ever been so I stopped looking at them.
Like Ivy says, you are a luxury item. I am sure the Ferrari dealership sells less cars in a day than the Toyota dealership, but I bet they make more money in a year.... see the diff?
My % in paid chat was shit when I was at 2.99/4.99...
Glamour-- I've literally cammed at every conceivable time of day... this has been a year long journey so far. The BEST stats I've ever had were right around last Christmas. I was at 3.99/5.99 and hit right at 35% in paid.
Raised my rates! On SM A whole dollar too. Premium is now $7.99 Exclusive $9.99 I was thinking how I offer pretty much every thing (Anal/DP/ATM/Role/RacePlay...and do a lot for these guys. I deserve it. No complaints and there very well shouldn't be. My guys hopefully know better and also know I'm worth it.
Finally been bopping around the first 3 rows even at prime time, so my group is up around $5.49 & my exclusive is in the sevens... i just want it at 9 by the end of the year. I've come so far from 3.49 & 3.99 in january when i started on streamate. Im so much happier being primarily on a ppm site over a token site.
I just raised my rates, so i want to build up my custumer base at this price before going up another dollar. The customer base varies wildly from 4.99-6.49, so upping it should be gradual before i jump some more. Christmas i know ill be up to 7.99 and 9.99, so it's all in good time. I hope i can charge $15 a minute some day. ☺