If it makes you feel better, I won't be surprised if I never make my entire living off indy shows. I have nothing but the deepest respect for full-time indy girls. That is one hard gig! Heck, it makes mastering MFC look easy. :O
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True. In these last few days, every guy who's messaged me on Yahoo! or Skype has asked me to "turn on my cam real quick" or has asked to pay with PayPal, even when I've given them a few other payment options. And when I ask them "How did you find me?" (cuz I'm on a few different model directories), they just say "You did a show for my friend once." And they never tell me who this mysterious friend is.....Quote:
Originally Posted by justanothercamgirl
If I'm offline for five days, I will come back to 50+ Skype add requests, easily. Most of my bunk traffic comes from CMD. I have nothing but love for Mark, but most of the traffic to CMD is timewasters. I've had several paying customers, but ultimately, I'd say 85-95% of the traffic I get is timewasters. It's not the quantity of traffic - it's the quality. I get the same BS as you - "turn your cam on bb", "paypal, bb?" etc.
The guys who claim they want you to turn on your cam real quick to check your video...I'm curious what percentage of them are sincerely concerned about video quality, and what percentage is just trying to weasle their way into getting a free cam show? The one guy was so well-mannered when I refused to do a video call with him. I was expecting him to be a dick about it, but instead he was like "Okay, well thank you for your time." I kinda felt a little bad after that.
I'm gonna have to pull up all the indy camming threads again, but I know I read on here that some models actually do the few seconds Skype call thing. I think that instead of that I might just make a 10-second "Hey, I'm yummybrownfox, and I'm using a Logitech HD C910 cam right now!" video to put on all my indy profiles...just to help ease the mind of the guys who are genuinely paranoid about being scammed. But then, I'm sure there would be some guys trying to say "Well how do I know the girl on that video is you???" LOL...
I'd say probably at least 95% are scammers. The ones that are well-mannered sometimes are honestly concerned. Guys get scammed just as much as we do.
The things they're concerned about are:
1. Girls using fake pictures or looking completely different than in the photos.
2. Getting a looped video, not a real show.
3. Video/audio quality.
The first two happen a lot more than you'd think. They do have cause for concern, but the guys that are genuinely concerned about these things are few and far between.
VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE!!
Due to Mastercard's new restrictions on "high risk" businesses, I will no longer be offering a payment processor on Domino's Damsels. As of May 24th, your payment processor will no longer work. If you're looking for a new payment option, check out CamModelDirectory.
I am a stripper but I want to cam, Id be a newbie but Ive been doing my research so I think I could catch on fast, could I sign up? If so do I have to upload an id and give my birth name info and all that? I have an LLC and id prefer to do all business under that name and account, will that work?
No offense guys, but this is a thread about Domino's Damsels, can y'all take the conversation about MGF to the MGF thread? This thread is getting long enough as it is, and it's getting hard to sift through it.
You don't have to upload your ID or anything, but you do have to meet all the requirements listed on the site. Otherwise, it isn't fair to other models.
PSEUDORANT WARNING: There is a strong possibility that I will be shutting down Domino's Damsels. Or, more likely, not updating it any longer. It was a fun pet project, but it is simply not worth the amount of time I spend on it.
DISCLAIMER: I'm recovering from boob surgery, and am drugged on Valium and Oxy, and I probably will not be nearly as eloquent as I normally am (if I'm eloquent at all, normally, that's for y'all to decide).
Here's my reasoning for wanting to discontinue the site: I've spent a huge amount of time on Domino's Damsels. Literally, I dedicated at least a few hundred hours developing the site, creating profiles, setting up CCBill, setting up individual subaccounts, answering questions, etc. I've never made a dime off the site - on the contrary, I've spent a lot of my own money to provide a platform for my regular customers and legitimate, reputable webcam models to meet. The reason for this is that in the three years I've been doing this, I have more customers than I have availability for. I wanted to share the love. The site isn't perfect- in fact, far from it, but it obviously is not my first priority between being sick, being a mom, and having my own work to do.
Most models that have signed up for a CCBill subaccount have only used it a few times, not enough to make the minimum payout ($100, CCBill's rule, not mine). Then, I get asked to pay them out of my own pocket when they need the money. This puts me in a very difficult position. Additionally, it's not really fair to me, since I've already put the work in to get them the account in the first place, which is no easy feat with CCBill, as they are fantastically difficult to work with. Now, with the MC rule, I see no real reason to continue this service.
Thanks to all the ladies that participated over the last year and a half, I really appreciate you guys!
Its your site and inevitably your choice. I know your feeling shitty right now and that you've had a lot going on over the last few months, CCBILL's doushwazals signup process & new fees cant help & neither can the fact that camgirls are flakes. Lol most people would be ready to quite at this point too.
But think of all the hours you've already put into the project, the money invested is already eaten up. Closing the site wont bring the time or money, What you do have now is a pretty nice site and a few girls that are active, which will increase over time. As for making the site make money, because lets face it, if it dosnt produce income it can't exsit. Just look at pandora or facebook. Sure we wish all that shit was 100% free and ad-less but its not realistic. Step one change everyone streamate so you can make some affiliate dollars, second add affiliate code to everyone Amazon Wishlist.
I also think its beyond tacky for girls to ask you for money when they have not bothered to make payout. As with any new site sign up, there's a minimum payout. I've got a few dollars in sites all over the internet that I tired out, decided didn't work for me but I know better than to email those sites and ask for the dollars I have sitting there. Just because your a tangible (& Nice) person and not a big faceless website shouldn't make it different.