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Camming versus Custom Vids
Hello ladies ;)
I've looked through a shit ton of posts but I have yet to really find an answer on this. I'm wondering how you price depending on whether you're camming or creating a custom video? I think I've nailed down a price for camming that I'm happy with charging, but I seem to be getting mostly requests for custom videos (go figure). And I haven't found much on how you ladies price your custom vids. For example, one guy wants a very basic masturbation vid (dildo) but he wants it 30+ mins. He said "send me an offer if you are interested, i dont send them. i will go with what you ask for."
Another guy wants, like, a documentary about my period...lol. Which is weird, but whatever. So the period fetish vid is actually more time consuming (he wants video of me changing every time) but it will probably be shorter in length.
I'm just having a hell of a time coming up with prices that I feel aren't insulting to me but that a guy will pay. So some guidance would be so, so appreciated! PLEASE!!!
Thank you, ladies!!
xoxo
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I've just asked how girls price custom videos on C4S and the answers I got were about 5-10$ per minute, and there are some who get 10$ per minute or more.
I charge about 2-5$ per minute, because I'm new and more still doesn't work for me.
And I think I might have the same guy with the period :)
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Well I don't think there's a right or wrong answer, and I'm sure we all have way different ways of calculating custom prices, but what I personally do is: if it's a mainstream video that I can easily resell I charge the same amount per minute I do for camming. If it's an unusual fetish, the guy wants me to say his name, or I otherwise cannot resell it I charge double my camming price per minute. I also don't do any editing on my videos whatsoever but if I did I would charge more.
For a 30+ basic masturbation video with a toy *I* would charge $120. Maybe knock it down to $100 if the guy is nice and I get the feeling he might become a repeat custie.
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Fantastic! Thank you. I was thinking $100 too because he has awesome ratings as a repeat customer. Plus the video he wants is pretty "vanilla" in my opinion.
I appreciate the input on this. The pricing stuff is hard :) $5-10 seems awesome, but given that I'm new and still have a pretty shitty cam I think I'll stick with the $3-5 range for content I can resell for now. thank you!
Ashley_3 you have the period guy too?! Haha...he was very detailed in his message!
Thank you again, girls! You both helped A LOT!!
Xoxo
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Well, I don't know if it's the same guy, but he wanted exactly the same thing on ELM. I told him there is no way I go with a camera every time I go to the toilet and he agreed to film just some of the changes. So I make about 15 min of changings :)
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It has to be the same guy! He messaged me on ELM too. Lol. That's awesome :)
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A 30-minute masturbation video? Sheesh! I don't think I know anyone who actually masturbates for that long.
I could see if you were gonna make it a compilation of several different masturbation clips all rolled into one. I did that before, and it was an 'orgasm face' compilation...lol. But it definitely wasn't 30 minutes.
To answer the question about custom vid prices, I do 10 minutes for $100.
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Depends on the content for me. I charge anywhere from $15 to $25 per minute with a 5 minute minimum.
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These prices amaze me. I only seem to attract guys who think they can get the vid for what premade vids sell for. I've asked for $5 a minute and even tried as low as $2 a minute and zero sales here :(
I used to do sell a few on ELM at pretty good prices but even that seems to have died for me.
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Damn! I may to experiment a little to see what prices work best for me. Kudos to you ladies :)
Regarding the 30 min masturbation video ...yeah, I've never masturbated that long in my life. Lol. I will have to add some different clips together to make 30 mins worth.
Thank you again for your input! It is much appreciated!
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How the hell do you charge that much for a video? O_O
Im on MGF and literally iv seen people give away like 7 videos for five bucks...
Sheeeeesh. I WISH I thought I could charge like that.
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Originally Posted by
CanadianRuby
How the hell do you charge that much for a video? O_O
Im on MGF and literally iv seen people give away like 7 videos for five bucks...
Sheeeeesh. I WISH I thought I could charge like that.
Why can't you? I'm on MGF also and guys Do contribute higher amounts for customs. I don't really get too many guys interested in customs, maybe 2-4 requests per month, but I do them and they are mostly fetish. I think the fetish guys tend to understand that not everyone can just do every fetish, if they find someone who can really cater to exactly what they are looking for the girl deserves to get more because she has a special talent. Also, when guys have occasionally tried to haggle me I explain to them that I do have a job and in order to prepare for and make his custom I've got to take time away from work so I need to charge at least what I would have otherwise made working. Time is money, ya know? And they tend to understand that and will order the custom, or they don't, but I don't undersell myself. I am actually making a non-nude custom in a few minutes just of me talking and I am getting $30 for it, doesn't matter that other girls are selling seven for $5 nude videos. Work smarter, not harder :)
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Originally Posted by
CanadianRuby
How the hell do you charge that much for a video? O_O
Im on MGF and literally iv seen people give away like 7 videos for five bucks...
Sheeeeesh. I WISH I thought I could charge like that.
We're talking about custom videos though...not premade videos. The girls on MGF who you're talking about are selling premade videos that cheap. Right now we're talking about custom videos where the guy tells us exactly what he wants, and something like that should be more expensive than premade videos. I've heard about guys being so picky about their custom videos that they actually send the model a long-ass script of what he wants her to say and do...lmao.
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CourtneyRaine
Why can't you? I'm on MGF also and guys Do contribute higher amounts for customs. I don't really get too many guys interested in customs, maybe 2-4 requests per month, but I do them and they are mostly fetish. I think the fetish guys tend to understand that not everyone can just do every fetish, if they find someone who can really cater to exactly what they are looking for the girl deserves to get more because she has a special talent. Also, when guys have occasionally tried to haggle me I explain to them that I do have a job and in order to prepare for and make his custom I've got to take time away from work so I need to charge at least what I would have otherwise made working. Time is money, ya know? And they tend to understand that and will order the custom, or they don't, but I don't undersell myself. I am actually making a non-nude custom in a few minutes just of me talking and I am getting $30 for it, doesn't matter that other girls are selling seven for $5 nude videos. Work smarter, not harder :)
Your posts are always so encouraging!
I seem to know how other cam sites work a lot more than MGF. Although that is the only site I am on....it seems more confusing @[email protected] I can see how premade vids that are easy to sell to many people could be sold cheaper.
I definately would rather sell less for more money, then sell to a bunch of guys for super cheap.
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TheBrownFox
We're talking about custom videos though...not premade videos. The girls on MGF who you're talking about are selling premade videos that cheap. Right now we're talking about custom videos where the guy tells us exactly what he wants, and something like that should be more expensive than premade videos. I've heard about guys being so picky about their custom videos that they actually send the model a long-ass script of what he wants her to say and do...lmao.
I had a guy the other day give me a script to roleplay on live cam, and dress in a very specific way, and do very specific things. MAN I should have charged more haha
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Originally Posted by
TheBrownFox
We're talking about custom videos though...not premade videos. The girls on MGF who you're talking about are selling premade videos that cheap. Right now we're talking about custom videos where the guy tells us exactly what he wants, and something like that should be more expensive than premade videos. I've heard about guys being so picky about their custom videos that they actually send the model a long-ass script of what he wants her to say and do...lmao.
Yep all the time, about the long scripts that is. I had a guy send me a 3 page long script for a 20 minute video. It would have only cost him 300$ but because of the extra long script I charged him another 100$ so he (happily) paid 400$ for it. You should always charge a premium price for extra difficult stuff. This is a personalized, one of a kind, video... these guys should have to pay good money for it. You are the only one that can make this particular video for him, there are no other yous in the world. Make them pay!!
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I had the period guy too. I wonder how many girls he's collected from at this point.
Hindsight being what it is, I wish now that I had been charging more from the get go and that I'd valued my time more highly. I now know there are guys who look for new girls to inflict their insane directorial ambitions upon, knowing that those girls won't know what to charge and won't have a realistic idea of how time and labor intensive certain things are.
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I don't really do customs anymore. I'm probably the only chick who doesn't like doing them. But when I did do them I charged $100 for a 10 minute non-nude fetish video. I was never really into doing toy or nude vids so I never did them. But shiiit for a 30 minute dildoing video I'd charge out thee ass lol. I'm with TXCamgirl at $400. Making a 30 minute dildoing video isn't as basic as your customer makes it seem. 30 minutes is a long time to do anything consistent to your body period.Your customer is asking you to set everything up, work your pussy and arms for 30 minutes, put everything away, edit a 30 minute clip, render a 30 minute clip, and upload a 30 minute clip. Plus there's always the possibility that he might pirate the clip or even use it to make money. That's alot of work so I'd def get my money's worth when it comes to doing this custom (and customs in general).
Also here's a couple of threads on custom videos and pricing:
Question about C4S custom clips?
ExtralunchMoney: how much do you charge for a custom video
Custom Videos
Quality vs Quantity : content prices & sales
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I just made a 45 minute custom video and charged $500. Custom video's are made specifically for that customer and his wants, so he should be willing to pay a high price. Not only are you shooting the video, but you have to include the time to get ready, the content, editing and possibly re-shooting a scene. That's time and your time is valuable. I have my clients sign a release stating this video is only for their private collection and my not be sold, put online, etc.
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Same guy messaged me on MGF with that exact line! :P Gave me $110 for a 20 min video.
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Damnit. Now I'm wishing I would've quoted a higher price! I suppose I could resell the 30 min vid though because it's custom but not "custom", if that makes sense.
Ugh...I'm kicking myself right now.
This is SO helpful though! Thank you all so much!! <3
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I love how guys throw in..."oh, and can you keep saying my name", like that makes no difference. I had one guy from ELM who wanted me to keep calling him Bronco, I didn't hear again when I told him that would double cost.
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TrixieDarling
DI suppose I could resell the 30 min vid though because it's custom but not "custom", if that makes sense.
There are custom videos (that you can resell to others), and then there are exclusive custom videos that is for that one guy's eyes only. Exclusive customs are usually pricier than regular custom videos. Like 1.5 times more expensive ($150 instead of $100, for example) or twice as expensive ($200 instead of $100).
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This thread is making me wish I charged more for customs. Don't be afraid to bump up your prices! I think I'm going to have to, also. I just got my second custom request of the past 24 hours, the one I did yesterday was $30 for 10 minutes, today I'm getting $45 for 15 minutes, both of them completely non-nude and just telling stories which I can easily re-sell. That might be high for typical MGF prices but if some of you are charging hundreds per custom I know I can do it too. Don't be afraid to quote high! That's exactly what I'm fittin' to do from now on.
And I agree with theBrownFox, I also make a see a big difference in exclusive customs vs. "customs" where the guy is giving you a video idea but it's a pretty generic video that you can resell multiple times.
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I just bumped my custom rates but I think it might be time for another bump :)