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the groups have ruined aw dont you think? its brought down the overall cost of the entire platform as all the girls are charging so little there its hard to up your price without looking ridiculously expensive. i noticed a lot of girls have dropped their prices to keep up with the competition. before, it was only eastern european girls charging 1£ per min, now uk girls are doing the same - and thats including the 19% vat !! they must be coming out with 50p or something :/
the whole point of doing this line of work is cause you make good money, if your gonna charge that low you may aswell go work in mcdonalds lol
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I agree Kiki, it's exactly why I wanted to hear from more AdultWork girls in this thread! I find that by raising rates on AW, because so many girls in certain groups are doing 99p, 1.19, etc - the rest of us end up looking extremely expensive like you said! There's a girl on AW who does really well, at 1.50 / 2.50 so I tried it and I genuinely have been SO busy! But with the VAT changes I only end up with around 1.26 and 2.10 ... which is nothing!
Prior to the changes, I was 1.99 and 2.99, sometimes 3.99 and now no guys want to pay it!
Raising Rates is hard on AW!
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ThatBritishCamGirl
I agree Kiki, it's exactly why I wanted to hear from more AdultWork girls in this thread! I find that by raising rates on AW, because so many girls in certain groups are doing 99p, 1.19, etc - the rest of us end up looking extremely expensive like you said! There's a girl on AW who does really well, at 1.50 / 2.50 so I tried it and I genuinely have been SO busy! But with the VAT changes I only end up with around 1.26 and 2.10 ... which is nothing!
Prior to the changes, I was 1.99 and 2.99, sometimes 3.99 and now no guys want to pay it!
Raising Rates is hard on AW!
yeah i was 2.99/3.99 which now after the VAT shows as 3.56/4.76... id stand out like a sore thumb, for all the wrong reasons lol. i used to make amazing money on adultwork back in the day but now id have to drop my rates significantly which means more work for less $$
have you tried splitcamming with other sites? thats what im thinking of doing. x
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ThatBritishCamGirl
I agree Kiki, it's exactly why I wanted to hear from more AdultWork girls in this thread! I find that by raising rates on AW, because so many girls in certain groups are doing 99p, 1.19, etc - the rest of us end up looking extremely expensive like you said! There's a girl on AW who does really well, at 1.50 / 2.50 so I tried it and I genuinely have been SO busy! But with the VAT changes I only end up with around 1.26 and 2.10 ... which is nothing!
Prior to the changes, I was 1.99 and 2.99, sometimes 3.99 and now no guys want to pay it!
Raising Rates is hard on AW!
You get far less than £1.26 and £2.10 your cut if you are charging £1.50 / £2.50, those are the prices you have to ask before AW adds the VAT to the customer so that THEY pay £1.50 / £2.50. Your cut is the amounts quoted, less 5% cam facility fee, then less 30% withdrawal fee. My maths has it around 84p / £1.39 p/min your cut. Not including anything you might pay for positioning, featuring etc.
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If you email support they can up the limit for you x
I’m still waiting for reply to a message sent a week ago so waiting for a miracle!
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This is all with $9.99/$10.99 rates with a lot of GOLD on top just for yesterday on a Sunday. Best yet!!!
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Ladies: I'm a BBW foot fetish Domme. I rarely take my lingerie off and men will pay high GOLD menu prices and tip high on top of the high rate. Just gotta believe you deserve it.
RAISE YOUR RATES!!!
This is my GOLD menu and men pay:
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Said fuck it, today has been stupid slow- raised my rates from 6.99/7.99 to 7.99/8.99.
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Said fuck it, today has been stupid slow- raised my rates from 6.99/7.99 to 7.99/8.99.
Hell yeah fuck yeah!
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I’m still waiting for reply to a message sent a week ago so waiting for a miracle!
Me too! They take forever to get back to you!
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^^You guys can always email Liz. Fwiw I only communicate with her and never bother with official support. Liz usually gets back to me within a day or two, the last time I had a question she responded within an hour.
Just checked my email and it looks like she approved my rate increase request within 2 hours
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So Liz approved my rate. I want to be a 14.99 per min model. Should I raise my prices slowly? I’m at 7.99/9.99. I’m kinda scared to raises my rates. I was thinking incrementally raising them. One thing I learned is once you raise them keep them there! My last customer tried to beg me to lower my rates because I had been playing around with them. If I raise my rates I’m going to keep them there unless it’s absolutely brutal.
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moneybags
So Liz approved my rate. I want to be a 14.99 per min model. Should I raise my prices slowly? I’m at 7.99/9.99. I’m kinda scared to raises my rates. I was thinking incrementally raising them. One thing I learned is once you raise them keep them there! My last customer tried to beg me to lower my rates because I had been playing around with them. If I raise my rates I’m going to keep them there unless it’s absolutely brutal.
I'd say $1 up at a time. I tried from $10.99 EXCL to $15.99 & sat 4+ hrs without a show. $1 up isn't so shocking.
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I'd say $1 up at a time. I tried from $10.99 EXCL to $15.99 & sat 4+ hrs without a show. $1 up isn't so shocking.
It's possible it was a coincidence too. Even low priced hosts get dead times. (Also it depends on whether you need money fast. If I were in a position where I could wait it out I'd probably just bump it up all at once).
It's hard not to blame the price when it goes quiet like that though!
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Might be a good time to raise prices!
in the news this week:
U.S. consumer spending rose 4.2% while the economy keeps growing
https://doralfamilyjournal.com/u-s-c...keeps-growing/
US wages and benefits jump as economy reopens
https://www.wistv.com/2021/04/30/us-...onomy-reopens/
Flush With Cash, Americans Are Buying Everything From iPhones To Teslas
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/99239...nes-to-dresses
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I'm trying raising my pvt & ex rates by 0.50. I realize that isn't a lot but about all I've gotten lately is regs so I don't want to freak them out.
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I raised my rates to 9.99/14.99 I did it ladies! Getting shows too!
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Can I ask please ladies, those of you who charge 'high' rates and do well, are you offering something 'unique'? I'm not sure how to phrase it so I apologise if I come across clumsy! What I mean is do you need to offer something special, domination etc or maybe a unique service to ask and do well with high rates? Or would you say that success with high rates comes from owning it, personality or nothing particular other than raising rates and being patient?
I charge decent rates but would love to go high, I can go to $15.99 on SM. Although we are all unique and special, I certainly don't offer a lot of things and prefer simple vanilla shows without toys to anything else. I suppose I'm trying to say would I be silly to try the top rates?
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AW ladies - not sure what my rates are but i left it at whatever it was before the tax add on thingamajig. I rarely log in but I still get shows when I do.
The key to raising rates is patience and riding it out.
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I raised my rates to 9.99/14.99 I did it ladies! Getting shows too!
This is great! All the best!!
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fetishqueen
Can I ask please ladies, those of you who charge 'high' rates and do well, are you offering something 'unique'? I'm not sure how to phrase it so I apologise if I come across clumsy! What I mean is do you need to offer something special, domination etc or maybe a unique service to ask and do well with high rates? Or would you say that success with high rates comes from owning it, personality or nothing particular other than raising rates and being patient?
Honestly? Idk. Possibly a bit of everything you mentioned. However, it's also important to understand we are all unique in our own ways, we offer different services, some are only on one platform or multiple, some are veterans and have been in the industry for a long time and loads of other factors.
Success doesn't always come overnight and sometimes appearances can be deceiving. If you feel confident enough to raise your rates, do it!
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I charge decent rates but would love to go high... I suppose I'm trying to say would I be silly to try the top rates?
Raise your rates. If you want to go to the top. Do it!
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fetishqueen
Can I ask please ladies, those of you who charge 'high' rates and do well, are you offering something 'unique'? I'm not sure how to phrase it so I apologise if I come across clumsy! What I mean is do you need to offer something special, domination etc or maybe a unique service to ask and do well with high rates? Or would you say that success with high rates comes from owning it, personality or nothing particular other than raising rates and being patient?
I charge decent rates but would love to go high, I can go to $15.99 on SM. Although we are all unique and special, I certainly don't offer a lot of things and prefer simple vanilla shows without toys to anything else. I suppose I'm trying to say would I be silly to try the top rates?
I think knowing you deserve a higher rate and believing in yourself is the key. I do a lot of shows just showing off my feet and men pay $10.99 a min and tip on top for just that. Sure it's a fetish and feet are kinda like pussy, but I don't have to shove dildos in me all day to make my goals. Not every guy wants you to use toys. Some men just want JOI and you can remain clothed for that. A lot of men like SPH and I rarely take my lingerie off for that.
If you wanna do all vanilla without toys I'm sure you can. You may have to wait a little longer for the target audience you're right for, but I feel better knowing I'm getting paid what I'm worth even when I have to wait 6-8 hrs to make or exceed my goals.
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Thank you ladies! It's so hard to know what we are worth I guess! One thing I do know, I enjoy shows much more when I'm getting paid a decent amount... :)
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^^^honestly raising my rates high just has to do with my belief sex work should be expensive. After beauty and taxes, I should have something to show for it! It’s up for debate, but after reading scholarly book (camming: money, power, and sex) the author says virtual sex isn’t much different than in person sex. I agree to a point. I think sometimes models and clients devalue our service because it’s not “real sex”. Just because there’s a screen doesn’t mean we aren’t really having sex with these guys. I think that’s up to every models personal interpretation, but my perspective is I’m having sex with you I deserve to MAKE MONEY! I feel like it’s an equal energy exchange. When I was charging lower rates it’s didn’t feel good. I felt used and exploited.
I’m offering my SOUL. My SOUL shouldn’t be on discount.
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^Congrats on raising your rates. I agree that this line of work should be expensive. A luxury. I will not go on a full blown rant about Onlyfans but I hate the way the industry seems to be moving toward these subscription based services, like everything else in the world. We are not Netflix. Guys don’t deserve to consume more content for less money. It cheapens and devalues the entire industry, I've seen several guys commenting that cam sites are dying and that they spend their money on OF now. Which translates to they are ecstatic to spend less for more now, and they really, really can the way a lot of creators run their OF. Why contribute to a cam girl's 20,000 token topic goal when they can instead gain instant access to daily pics/clips paying for the price of a pizza per month? I’m grateful that the cam industry is still alive and well and that there are still a healthy amount of guys who prefer live interaction instead of static pics and clips, which seems so regressive doesn’t it?
I disagree about the part where cam girls are having sex with clients but thanks for adding that it’s up to our own interpretation.The way I perceive it is girls are simply masturbating in front of a webcam. Voyeurism that is consensual and paid for. These losers couldn’t pay me a billion dollars to touch their shrimp dicks. I’d rather tie weights to my ankles and let myself drown to the bottom of the ocean than ever let one of these guys touch me, sorry if that is dramatic
I consider myself an actress and whatever I do on screen isn’t real. The fact that this is a through a screen makes all the difference in the world. I am playing a character, acting out fantasies in a digital medium. It’s show business in real time. Just my 2c.
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^^^Everyone can interpret what sex is to them. It’s definitely a gray area. I could go into more detail, but I don’t think that would really be useful.
On the topic of changes in the industry. I saw they same thing with dances. It was really sad to see. I think any of us veterans can vouch for the decline. I think the same thing is happening in the camming world. With dancing a lot of top earners started bartending because they made about the same with their clothes on and less customer contact, but about the same in terms of emotional labor. The bottle girls were making more than dancers. Similarly, I think the same observation can be made with online content. I think girls who have other options will use their skill set to make more money doing something else. I can fault anyone. With coronavirus more people are doing survival sex work.
It’s like art is “expensive” because your buying a piece of someone’s soul. That’s how I look at my work if people want a Walmart painting they can go to Walmart. I’m a fine piece of art and I deserve to be appreciated. Nothing against cheap artwork. When you’re broke and just need something to put on your wall cheap art works...lol. You’ll always have people that balk at a $300-$600 painting. Saying that’s “expensive”, I’ll go to Walmart or wherever. I personally would never tell anyone there artwork is expensive. That’s just rude. I’m just like, “Sorrt, I can’t afford it.” The customers “should” have the same attitude, but they can be toxic to me when they see me rates. Insulting me and such.