About to Try my First Gold Show on SM
So I'm allowed to Gold Shows know (no idea why) and I thought I'd give it a try. I'd much rather do one longer show for everyone than these short little 5 minute quickies that all of my customers seem so damn interested it. My question is what to do about pricing. At the moment I charge $1.99 for premium chat and $3.49 for exclusive. Where about should I set a goal for a Gold Show? I know it's ultimately up to me and what I think I'm worth, but I don't want to low-ball myself or be ridiculously expensive either. What price range are these guys expecting? And how long are gold shows usually? Any suggestions for minimum buy-in cost? Would you say you need a big following to gain success with Gold Shows?
Also is the amount listed in gold the amount I receive? So if I set my goal at $150 gold, I will receive $150? Or do I just recieve 30% of $150, just like I only recieve 30% of my premium/exclusive rates? I'll probably browse streammate and check out the other girl's rates in a bit.
Any advice/answers would be appreciated. I'd also like to hear about everyone else's first experiences with Gold Shows. Tell!
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u get 30 percent of it. remember if u wanna hit ur goal be sure to price it right cause if u dont have enough traffic and u go low itll be harder to get that goal. i do 15mins make em pay 10 if im getting good traffic that night or the cheapos are on ill make em pay 7 or 8. id say if u get 75 percent of ur goal do the show cause usually with a long show ull have more buy in so ull end up hitting it most of the time anyways.
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Sorry I have no advice, but I just wanted to say I hope you had a great show! Let us know how it goes/went!
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Well I tried one with a buy in of $10, a goal of $100. The show was going to be 10 minutes long. I only made it to $20! I'm going to try again later tonight, but for now I'll stick to privates and exclusives!
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I'm not encouraging you to draw it out all night, but sometimes it can take a few tries to get a show going, especially if 1. you've never done a gold show before and/or 2. are not on the first page.
1. No matter how long you've been camming or how good you are at it, it's likely you'll be a little awkward your first time doing a countdown. The guys might need some time to warm up to you and make sure you are going to give them the show they're looking for.
2. Even though doing a gold show might "sort" you into a different placement, sometimes it can take a while for guys to find you if you're not on the top few rows or even front page. There is one model I watch who can pull in $700 for a goal, but sometimes she only has 20 guys in her room the first time. So she restarts until there are enough guys in the room to make her goal.
It's your room and only you can decide what to do, but I do have a few suggestions: Have patience with it at first, but don't make idle threats about signing off. If you tell them they only have one more chance & you don't make goal, actually sign off. If you don't make goal the first time, don't lower the amount the guys have to pledge. That only encourages them to wait around for a lower amount. I've seen very successful gold shows where the model raises the buy-in each time and gets her goal usually. If they're not going to spend, they're not going to spend. And be positive. I can only imagine how it is to the guys when girls start whining and berating the room. But that's just my opinion :)
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Well I tried one with a buy in of $10, a goal of $100. The show was going to be 10 minutes long. I only made it to $20! I'm going to try again later tonight, but for now I'll stick to privates and exclusives!
Also, I think it's really awesome that you're not going lower than $1/min. Lots of girls are doing 25 cents-50 cents/min or even lower. I think you should stick to your guns, but just realize it might take some patience to fill a room with guys willing to pay $10 for 10 min. But you WILL prove to them that you're worth it.
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If you ladies are only getting 30% then something is wrong - are you signed up through a studio?
You should be receiving 35%.
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I try to never give a gold show for less than a dollar/min per customer. So if you go for five minutes, you make them pay five dollars. If you go for ten minutes, you make them pay ten dollars AT LEAST. I mean, I understand if you want 50.00 for ten minutes then your cut is enough to justify your ten minute show. BUT it's the principle. These guys can pay a dollar a minute, my gosh when they pay your regular rate they don't complain!
The problem with gold shows is I can't do anything with them. They all want me to give them a pre show and they all want something for nothing. Then I have guys in there who want to take me Pvt and can't. So I say to hell with it for me. I just do pvt shows. Most of my guys hate the gold show atmosphere of a shark attack and I do too. Good luck, some women do well with them and don't mind it. But I charge a lot per minute, a lot more than you. And I think the more someone charges, the less their regs like it when they do gold shows. And I like to keep my regs happy, they make up at least 75 percent of my paycheck.
Have you tried increasing your rates? Try it out. I think you could make more. We need to make these men pay dearly for our services. 1.99 for premium? Are you doing the same shows in premium as in exclusive? Because if so, guys are ripping you off. Used to, before I made my premium and exl rate the same, I'd do ONLY teasing in premium. I made it clear as it was a dollar less than my exclusive. That way they couldn't rip me off for the same content at a cheaper rate AND the damn peepers get it too. I loved having peepers come in and I'm still in clothes in premium LOL. Plus, for guys who didn't know, I'd take the first thirty seconds just to talk like as in any private then after that they would be like "so got any toys" and I'd say "Oh sweetie, didn't you read my profile? I only do toys in exclusive" and they would check out. And I'd still get paid for just chatting due to their own stupidity of not reading my rules.