more and more cammodels each year
hey girls i have been camming for almost 2 years MFC and streamate mostly, but i watch those sites on a regular basis and i realized that camming is booming and Its just crazy to see bigger and bigger amounts of cammodels joining and being online. I remember even a year ago lets say MFC 1000 models online was really huge number but right now we can see about 1500 models online, the same streamate i saw a huge increase over those 2 years of models online. Well its all good i just hope those websites are doing huge promos to get a lot of customers comming in as well !!!!
For a newbie its much much harder right now to make it on MFC starting at 1000 camscore with 1500 models online then it was 2-3-4 years ago.... i bet
I am not trying to be Debbie-downer here .... I know lot of people still have no idea about those sites yet like potential customers, when i meet people in a real life most of them have no idea its all live,
Also MFC and streamate have more and more technical issues, like the whole site freezes and i think its due to more and more models online,
well no business stays the same, i just hope that it all evens out, like models and custies increase !!!! thats why its also important to promote yourself on your own, one week ago i just did an account on badoo.com and dailymotion.com some promo pics, and video my cammodel link and i got about 100$ extra this week for sign ups thru my cammodels link:)
so i knows those site have huge promo people, that advertise etc, but its also something in our hands :) to promote yourself, your own niche :)
merry Christmas to you ALL happy camming :):)
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I think the natural order of things evens everything out. If more girls join a site, but the customer base remains the same, natural attrition will happen causing girls to leave the site to find greener pastures. On the bright side, it's a lot less taboo to be in this industry compared to the past. I remember when I was still stripping and a friend from HS would find out, everyone called me a trashy slut.. but 5 years later, and so many more girls are in this industry (thanks to the internet) and it's not such a big deal. I think overall, customers to model ratios will even themselves out over time. There is only so much money to go around, and if girls aren't making money, they'll find something else to do to make money.. :)
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yep thats a good point:) also newbies usually hope to make that huge up to 10,000 a week lol and then they are like WTF .... they either quit or go elsewhere....
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JustineSexton
I think the natural order of things evens everything out. If more girls join a site, but the customer base remains the same, natural attrition will happen causing girls to leave the site to find greener pastures. On the bright side, it's a lot less taboo to be in this industry compared to the past. I remember when I was still stripping and a friend from HS would find out, everyone called me a trashy slut.. but 5 years later, and so many more girls are in this industry (thanks to the internet) and it's not such a big deal. I think overall, customers to model ratios will even themselves out over time. There is only so much money to go around, and if girls aren't making money, they'll find something else to do to make money.. :)
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Also think: Staying power! Many girls come, many girls go.. But this time of year, more than ever there are many girls looking to make Christmas spending money who will vanish when the season is over.
On a side-note, it has just struck me that Streamate prides itself on superior high quality (HD stream etc), and yet is not only currently less successful than MFC, but is decreasing in success compared to MFC, (as Alexa shows us), but also has the BIGGEST errors, glitches and fuck ups! They really need to get their act together if they want to be what they claim to be, because right now they're really not living up to their promises.
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lewandowskaewelina
yep thats a good point:) also newbies usually hope to make that huge up to 10,000 a week lol and then they are like WTF .... they either quit or go elsewhere....
Precisely! I've seen so many girls come and go that I've cammed with before. They were doing poor, so we cammed together, and made lots of cash on girl-girl shows, then when it's over, they stop making money and eventually quit... it's free market capitalism... supply and demand. :)
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Incantatious
Also think: Staying power! Many girls come, many girls go.. But this time of year, more than ever there are many girls looking to make Christmas spending money who will vanish when the season is over.
On a side-note, it has just struck me that Streamate prides itself on superior high quality (HD stream etc), and yet is not only currently less successful than MFC, but is decreasing in success compared to MFC, (as Alexa shows us), but also has the BIGGEST errors, glitches and fuck ups! They really need to get their act together if they want to be what they claim to be, because right now they're really not living up to their promises.
Alexa traffic doesn't necessarily tell the success of a site though. I've seen a lot of girls on twitter for months now complaining about how MFC isn't what it used to be, and MANY of them are moving to Streamate. MFC does get more traffic than SM, but so does LJ and we all know how successful that site is/isn't. I would be careful to use Alexa to gauge anything about a site except traffic, because that's really the only information that Alexa gives.
If there are more girls online now, it's probably because of everyone trying to get in extra hours for Christmas money. I said in another thread, there are girls online during my normal hours who NEVER work these hours and probably never will again until next Christmas.
As far as an influx of new models, camming has been in the media a lot in the recent years so more and more people are becoming aware of this awesome "get rich quick" job.... little do they know it actually takes knowledge, skill, and a damn good hustle to make it in this business! I always see new girls coming and going, it's become a game I play with myself. I make bets to myself on how long any particular new girl I see on SM will last. Usually only the ones who I see and think... okay this girl could do really well.... 9 times out of 10 they are gone never to be seen again within a couple months. The turn over in this job is interesting, and I can only assume it's because most people assume it's EASY when it's anything but easy.
Really, I wouldn't worry about it. :)
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SarahTime
Alexa traffic doesn't necessarily tell the success of a site though. I've seen a lot of girls on twitter for months now complaining about how MFC isn't what it used to be, and MANY of them are moving to Streamate. MFC does get more traffic than SM, but so does LJ and we all know how successful that site is/isn't. I would be careful to use Alexa to gauge anything about a site except traffic, because that's really the only information that Alexa gives.
If there are more girls online now, it's probably because of everyone trying to get in extra hours for Christmas money. I said in another thread, there are girls online during my normal hours who NEVER work these hours and probably never will again until next Christmas.
As far as an influx of new models, camming has been in the media a lot in the recent years so more and more people are becoming aware of this awesome "get rich quick" job.... little do they know it actually takes knowledge, skill, and a damn good hustle to make it in this business! I always see new girls coming and going, it's become a game I play with myself. I make bets to myself on how long any particular new girl I see on SM will last. Usually only the ones who I see and think... okay this girl could do really well.... 9 times out of 10 they are gone never to be seen again within a couple months. The turn over in this job is interesting, and I can only assume it's because most people assume it's EASY when it's anything but easy.
Really, I wouldn't worry about it. :)
Excellent points... I think because mass media has promoted the online camming "craze" lots of girls think they can just jump online, show their boobies, say a few dirty words, and guy are gonna make it rain dollars on them. They have no idea how much skill, patience, and hard work go into building a fan base and successful adult-business model to make big money in this world. If I were to count Twitter (and other social networks), photo sites, 5 camming sites, in-person modeling for photographers, self-marketing and promotion, and other things, I probably spend a good 80 hours a week working. Most girls don't want to put that much effort into it when they hear about camming.. they think they'll work an hour a night, and they'll make $1000+ a week. LOL
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I admire you Sarah for being so consistent and hard working, u are very responsible I can tell :) yea many girls trying to make extra money for Christmas,
Streamate in my opinion has a big advantage over MFC - high quality streams, many cutomers told me they prefer streamate over mfc, cause mfc quality streams arent so great and they pay for a private 60 tokens a minute, where they can get a nice HD camera quality for the same price on streamate, and its just like a real experience,
I also think that streamate rewards models that work hard, but on mfc if u work hard you kinda on your own, either u get lucky or.... 5 hours 500 tokens....
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SarahTime
Alexa traffic doesn't necessarily tell the success of a site though. I've seen a lot of girls on twitter for months now complaining about how MFC isn't what it used to be, and MANY of them are moving to Streamate. MFC does get more traffic than SM, but so does LJ and we all know how successful that site is/isn't. I would be careful to use Alexa to gauge anything about a site except traffic, because that's really the only information that Alexa gives.
If there are more girls online now, it's probably because of everyone trying to get in extra hours for Christmas money. I said in another thread, there are girls online during my normal hours who NEVER work these hours and probably never will again until next Christmas.
As far as an influx of new models, camming has been in the media a lot in the recent years so more and more people are becoming aware of this awesome "get rich quick" job.... little do they know it actually takes knowledge, skill, and a damn good hustle to make it in this business! I always see new girls coming and going, it's become a game I play with myself. I make bets to myself on how long any particular new girl I see on SM will last. Usually only the ones who I see and think... okay this girl could do really well.... 9 times out of 10 they are gone never to be seen again within a couple months. The turn over in this job is interesting, and I can only assume it's because most people assume it's EASY when it's anything but easy.
Really, I wouldn't worry about it. :)
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I would also say that this isn't a good time of year to judge the amount of models because college girls are on the loose! I didn't stream once after Halloween, but as soon as classes ended in November I was there lol. I'm also available at times I would normally never be on, so I'm sometimes there even though I have no crazy Christmas spending to prepare for :) Just wait till the new semester gets rolling, a bunch of us will disappear or go back to very limited time slots :P
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Great points. Also, although more girls are becoming camgirls, more guys are discovering camming everyday. Most people I tell about this have no idea that camming is a "thing".
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i have noticed alot more girls signing up this month, was very worried/concerned until i read this thread. thank you girls, very fair, valid points made :)
merry christmas
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SarahTime
I always see new girls coming and going, it's become a game I play with myself. I make bets to myself on how long any particular new girl I see on SM will last. Usually only the ones who I see and think... okay this girl could do really well.... 9 times out of 10 they are gone never to be seen again within a couple months.
Oh! Oh! I totally have to ask this then. When you first saw me did you think I was going to make the cut? I don't know about the rest of you but I am personally surprised as fuck that I was able to last one year. :D
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I also think, so many new girls (as you can see from the posts here) see the current media and get into camming thinking that it is this secret thing they can do, make tons o' cash, and if you have geoblocking no one will eeeeeeever know. I imagine it spooks quite a few the f*uck out when they realize that not only is it not secret and people record us, but their particular website may be using them as a poster girl someday.