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I want to quit my job to webcam fulltime..
hey everyone,
Ive been having a very difficult time with my job recently (I work for a makeup counter, sounds fun but its actually horrible -.- ) ive only been working there for almost 6 months now, before that I had a job for about a month doing another retail job. Im really bad at holding retail jobs, not because im lazy or anything but more because I HATE dealing with people, I find people to be really rude in retail and I hate working the same hours and getting paid so little for working my butt off. There is the choice of me finding another 'vanilla' job, but frankly I dont think ill be any happier, im actual pretty depressed working in retail...
Anyhoo! I was considering being a stripper, and I still might try Im actually going to go check a club out in 2 days and if I like it I may apply :) ) but, someone got me interested in being a cam girl. Ive been interested in the myfreecams website. Ive watched a few girls on there to get an idea what camming is all about and I think I would enjoy it. I love being flirty, talkative, and being sexy! Ive seenplenty of girls just being plain old cute and doing nothing and get a shit ton of tokens O_O
I would LOVE to quit my retail job, asap like today or within the next week and just take webcamming seriously. I do plan on putting the hours in trust me!
does this just sound stupid of me to leave my job to webcam? do you all make decent or good money off camming? i know ill like it
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i wouldn't quit your job just yet if you start camming..it can take awhile to really get into the groove and start making money..as somebody once told me "stripping is a sprint,camming is a marathon". stripping is quick money, but with camming for most it takes awhile to find your niche, your site, regulars, really set up your cam, lighting, etc.. i would definitely start camming but don't quit your vanilla job just yet!
also in my experience the rudeness of working in retail is nothing to some of the rudeness of the key-board warrior trolls online. you will have to develope a very tough thick skin. the good thing is you can block the tards though :)
i would try stripping and camming if you can find a good club in your area
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Yeah, I wouldn't quit yet.
Esp with MFC, it takes a while for you to build up fans/regs.
If you wanna do it, start logging on for an hour or two every day....gain fans, ect, then once you're making some good $$ quit! The more often you're online, the quicker you'll get a fanbase. Try and be on every single day....(im awful at taking my own advice, lol)
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If you hate dealing with rude people and working the same hours then I wouldn't quit my job just yet. But I understand you. I've been a retail slave for over five years, my latest stint being last year. Its a job with little to no personal or financial growth. People and managers treat you like shit, you're on your feet all day, etc...but before you quit your job, I would figure out how much money you need to earn. At one of my jobs, my pay after tax would be $69 a day. Camming may look easy but I've had days where I couldn't break $40. It can be depressing when you have a string of bad days, and who's going to motivate you when you're the boss? You'll have to be consistent putting those hours in. Those girls who get paid for seemingly doing nothing probably spent a lot of time and effort to get that far especially on a site as fickle as MFC. I don't want to discourage you though. I would check out the club, and sign up for a site or two to see how you like it before you quit your job. Good luck.
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thanks for all the replies ladies! very helpful!!
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You may want to search for topics such as:
Being Outed/Family Found Out
Can't Get Hired Anywhere Else
Taxes
My Boyfriend/SO/Husband Doesn't Know I'm Camming
Apartment Complex Issues
Videos/Photos Being Distributed
Pretty much every single downside to camming, so that you know what you are up against. Some girls get into this job thinking it's all going to be fine and dandy, and then something like one of the above comes to smack them in the face. Ouch. On that note, I agree with everyone else. Don't quit your full-time job yet until you have a solid camming income.
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Yeah I wouldn't quit your regular job yet. At least a regular job is reliable money, you may make $0 or close to it on cam some days. I consider myself good looking, friendly and outgoing and I struggle to make money on MFC. Like others have said, it takes a while to build up a fanbase on there. Most of the top row girls have been there for years. I would give it a try, but just do it on the side and see how you like it and then if you're bringing in good cash, quit your regular job. :)
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Also dont think money will just be thrown at you, I keep hearing many girls saying how easy camming "seems" but just that. You must be constant and persevere, even when, like blkschoolgirl said, you make less than $40 a day. I started working 8 hours a day, like any other job and did a little bit over 500 my first payperiod, it was hard work for me, and I kept putting lots of hours till I made a fairly consistent fanbase that allowed me to work less hours.
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I worked at a makeup counter too and I loved it, but maybe my clientelle was friendlier? Haha ... anyway, I don't think you should quit your job before you even try camming. You might not even like it, camming doesn't work out for everyone.
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Pinkpowerranger
I love being flirty, talkative, and being sexy! Ive seenplenty of girls just being plain old cute and doing nothing and get a shit ton of tokens O_O
Girl, you're heads in the clouds. These are top girls who've spent years building a following. Try watching girls with camscores of 1k-2k, rather than top girls.
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sammii
These are top girls who've spent years building a following. Try watching girls with camscores of 1k-2k, rather than top girls.
^ Truth! Watching top girls on MFC do their shit is enough for anyone to think it's piss easy. I still want to crack MFC one day.
You might actually start off doing crazy-well at first on MFC. Not to brag, but I did amazing my first week or so, but you got to uphold that audience once your "New Model" tag wears off... And really the tag is nothing to get your hopes up about because you never, ever know how well you will actually do until you've spent a considerable amount of time on there. That is taking into account things like looks, personality, internet speed, tech... A girl can still have all of those things, but not do great. The recipe for success in Camgirl World is still somewhat vague and haphazard even when you think you have it all! It all really just comes down to trying it out and seeing for yourself..
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Like has been said before... Don't quit your day job just yet ... There is a lot to think about.
Lets say you start camming and can't make it work... Even if your backup plan is a stripper...do you know what strippers make in your area? Because in my area a great day stripping is $300.. For 8 hours. Now I didn't say good I said GREAT...great may never happen or maybe only happen once a week.. Once a month...
Now onto camming... You DO NOT KNOW you will like it.. Just like you don't know you'll like stripping. I have a friend who strips... Who would rather strip than cam... Me? I'm the opposite... Not that one is better than the other just a preference...
Also MFC is a horrible site to check out when thinking about camming... You get drawn into the top rooms... Seeing girls tipped a whole lot for nothing...and it doesn't work that way... At least not for 99%of us.
Try camming of you'd like.. But dont quit your day job.
I worked my horrible fast food job for 4 months while camming...and didnt quit til long after I was making $1k/week camming... Some people may say that's dumb but I'm the kind of person who likes to be sure, secure...
Don't quit your job ASAP.... Deal with it and don't rush into camming.. Do your research on here... Start on the main threads and search any specific questions that come up while you're browsing.
As far as money... No one here is really going to give you what they make... But I'd say most of us would agree we make decent money but ALL of us will agree we work hard for every last penny of it. It is up to you to decide what "decent" is.. I come from an upper-middle class family so my "decent" amount of money is FAR different from my bf (who is from a basically poverty level family's) idea of "decent money".
Ps... Omg I typed a novel... Too much caffeine can ya tell? FML I have class in 7 hrs and haven't slept yet.
Sorry in advance for any typos... I'm on my iPhone and autocorrect is not my friend.
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You know those rude women at your makeup counter? They don't disappear when you start camming. They just grow a d*ck and a much filthier mouth.
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BlondebombGA
You know those rude women at your makeup counter? They don't disappear when you start camming. They just grow a d*ck and a much filthier mouth.
Yes...
Sometimes I get really pissed at the guys demanding shit in free chat an ask them "is that really how you talk to a person, no hi or anything?" when they come in demanding and what not..
Remember everyone gets braver behind the (partial) anonymous cloak of the Internet... Especially these guys...
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sammii
Try watching girls with camscores of 1k-2k, rather than top girls.
I was JUST about to say that, you read my mind. Really, watching the top row girls on any cam site will give you a very deceptive idea of income expectations. Watch the girls with low placement, how hard some of them hustle for so little. If you like the idea of a site like MFC I'd suggest trying Chaturbate because it is very similar as far as features but it's less competitive. That also means there is less income potential, but it would be good to get your feet wet there before jumping into MFC and trying to contend with raising your camscore as a newbie. Perfect your hustle before you decide to make such a big decision and do tooooons of reading on here to get a feel for what camming is really like.
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I just joined this site =) i love it. i started camming a year ago, and i ended up just doing privates on skype using paypal and tokens, bcuz i got lazy, so now im having to build up a customer base. Paypal is bad tho, i have afew backup accts for the day when they ban me, i know its going to happen, which is why im trying so hard to get back in the groove on a camsite. my point iis, if ur oncam, and if u do skype privates, (payoneer is safer but not always instant) then ull make between 80 - 100 a day if u put in the hours. if i were u i would save up enuf $ to live on for a week or two before u quit so u have time to get afew customers. good luck! i quit my 9-5 and never looked back!
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i mean in the beginning... u can make A LOT more. and a lot less... thats wat sux about camming, nothings guaranteed, but its not hard to talk horny guys out of their money!
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sophiesecrets
I just joined this site =) i love it. i started camming a year ago, and i ended up just doing privates on skype using paypal and tokens, bcuz i got lazy, so now im having to build up a customer base. Paypal is bad tho, i have afew backup accts for the day when they ban me, i know its going to happen, which is why im trying so hard to get back in the groove on a camsite. my point iis, if ur oncam, and if u do skype privates, (payoneer is safer but not always instant) then ull make between 80 - 100 a day if u put in the hours. if i were u i would save up enuf $ to live on for a week or two before u quit so u have time to get afew customers. good luck! i quit my 9-5 and never looked back!
Noooooooooo PayPal! Never, never, never! BB! Don't risk it!
Although I agree that you can make fast money offering skype shows at a discounted rate, if you're on MFC get the guys to pay you in tokens every time! I desperately wish I had known this when I first started on MFC. THIS is exactly what killed my cam score. Even though my bills were getting paid through off-site payments it looked like I was making hardly anything on MFC and my score went down to less than 500, I got NO traffic, I ended up having to close my account because I messed up royally and could no longer get premium members with tokens into my room. It was something I did not consider until it was too late and the damage to my placement was already done. If you're serious about making a go of MFC don't sabotage yourself like I did, do anything you can to raise that cam score so you will attract more guys and (in theory) more paying guys.
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CourtneyRaine
Noooooooooo PayPal! Never, never, never! BB! Don't risk it!
Although I agree that you can make fast money offering skype shows at a discounted rate, if you're on MFC get the guys to pay you in tokens every time! I desperately wish I had known this when I first started on MFC. THIS is exactly what killed my cam score. Even though my bills were getting paid through off-site payments it looked like I was making hardly anything on MFC and my score went down to less than 500, I got NO traffic, I ended up having to close my account because I messed up royally and could no longer get premium members with tokens into my room. It was something I did not consider until it was too late and the damage to my placement was already done. If you're serious about making a go of MFC don't sabotage yourself like I did, do anything you can to raise that cam score so you will attract more guys and (in theory) more paying guys.
The same thing that tanked your cam score made mine skyrocket (well by only accepting tks but a discounted rate)... Now I'm just too scared to use MFC bc I know it will instantly plummet when I don't do Skype again...
So yes listen to courtney.Please listen to her lol . Only tokens on MFC... Pretty much for anything and everything.
@ sophie As far as having back up PayPal accounts for when the one your using now gets banned... It's likely If they ban you they'll ban your IP, your bank account, link emails, flag your legal name... This not only sucks for not being able to recieve money for shows but you'll also not be able to use sites that are heavily linked to PayPal such as eBay... Just some food for thought :)
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no your totally right... the back ups are on diff bank accounts, i was trying to b smart but ya, ur right, y im back now, to make the tokens! sorry to even mention PayPal, ill join the boycott soon!
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sophiesecrets
no your totally right... the back ups are on diff bank accounts, i was trying to b smart but ya, ur right, y im back now, to make the tokens! sorry to even mention PayPal, ill join the boycott soon!
No need to be sorry :)
Buttt join the boycott asap... Would hate to see you lose some of your hard earned money to a frozen account
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Yeah, also, forget saving up for a few weeks, save up money for a few months after you start making good money camming/stripping because it won't be fun when you have consistent broke days and you haven't saved squat for rent because you quit your retail job sooner than you should have. That my friend is when shit gets serious and when people tend to get desperate.
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Lots of ppl say save up 3 months of living expenises
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My situation is a little different. The area we live in is absolutely suffering in terms of jobs, so when my husband got laid off last August, and neither of us could find legitimate jobs, we had to do something fast and drastic. I started camming, and luckily, I took to it like a fish would to water... Now, almost 7 months later, I haven't let bills lapse yet. It can be tough, and we haven't had the ability to even begin building a savings because we wanted to get all of our medical and other bills paid first, but it was a lifesaver. Camming CAN be a lifesaver, but not for everyone... I don't want to think what could have happened, if I had not done so well. Do yourself a favor, and cling onto that retail job as long as possible. Some of us didn't have that safety net opportunity.
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If you're that into the idea and have a decent setup, I say go for it! Maybe keep your day-job and hours and see if camming for profit doesn't relieve some of the pressure of the shittiness of the day job? I do that, pretty often, with camming and school. I'll get burned out on one and use the other to sort of deflect the pressure or make it more entertaining. You work at a makeup counter, which is kind of cool since you have a background in beauty regiments (big plus in camming!) and you'll have all these resources available for supplies. You can use camming as sort of a profitable "hobby", at first and use makeup as a steady paycheck. I know retail sucks (that was my trap, too, for a long while) but sometimes you gotta just suck it up and deal until you're confident you can do better elsewhere. Since your day-job will compliment you camming, I say use it to your advantage. Plus, you can keep it up for as long as possible just to have something legit, on your resume. Remember, most of us don't site camming as a former "profession", on our resumes and either use school as an excuse for being "unemployed" or simply have gaps. That's a potential downside to getting into Adult work.
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Definitely spend time watching the girls on the BACK pages of the sites. Watching top girls makes it all seem just soooo easy....but the girls on the front page HUSTLE to get there, and to stay there.
On top of that, there is a lot of crap that comes with camming, and with stripping. I have been in the industry a long time, and have seen a LOT of girls who think that they would love it, and then end up sobbing in the dressing room at the end of the night. You could love it, and be awesome at it. You could discover that there is some emotional reaction that you never expected. You could discover that dealing with bitchy and rude make up counter custys is waaaaay better than dealing with nasty and rude cam customers. It may not be retail, but it is still customer service.
SO try it out! Give a few sites a try in the evenings, and give them a week or two each. Go to the clubs, work a few shifts. Feel it out before you do anything drastic!