I know exactly what you mean! When I lost 30 lbs I didn't notice it in my reflection in the mirror at all but I did once I saw old pictures of myself. Isn't it crazy how the human brain works? O.O
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That's the best part of losing weight...enjoying watching yourself on cam more than ever!! I've recently lost 30 pounds and love dancing for the camera now ;) Huge ego boost.
Right now here's my basket.
- MFC: currently active, getting paid, not much... but still getting established... right??
- Naked: currently active, haven't actually worked yet.
- SM: profile under review. I resubmitted my "about me" section
- MGF: waiting for approval.
- findoms: need to do on-cam verification.
- fetishCOD: I have 3 clips for sale
- C4S: I need more clips.
JAC, I have to say you are an inspiration because I've learned about so many new sites either from you or threads you've started. Thank you! / cam girl love
Alright, alright. I've been avoiding this but here we go.
Sites I'm somewhat active on:
- SM: Deadsville. Was my first/main site but haven't spent more than an hour at a time on there in weeks.
- IML: Has saved my ass. This is technically my main site at the moment. If it keeps up like this and chargebacks really aren't an issue, it may become my main site permanently.
- C4S: I have 6 unique clips uploaded but I need 4 more to open the store. Frankly I'm out of ideas, I think I can tackle the interesting stuff later down the road but I feel stupid uploading a giantess clip or something when I've never sold a clip in my life. Not having any feedback is making me really self-conscious.
Sites where I need to get my ass into gear:
- Naked: Signed up, never did the verification session because my cam hours are super erratic.
- Cams: Signed up, haven't broadcasted because I can't decide on the percentage haha. Analysis paralysis is my middle name.
- CMD: Signed up, sent verification photo, added the webmaster on Skype (this morning) still have to do video verification.
- ELM: Signed up, the social media feel freaks me out, as do the low prices and the whole omgscarycontent issue.
- CB: Signed up, got verified so I can receive tokens but like ELM the social media aspect freaks me out (even more so with CB) as do the complaints of hackers.
I really need to stop being so damn scared of anything that requires me to go out on a limb. I know it's just my anxiety/fear of the unknown, I know no one's going to be like "HA! you call that a hair brushing clip? GTFO" or shun me from token sites like it's junior high haha. Generally in life when I try something that I'm scared of it's the best thing I could have done for myself. What if I rock token sites? What if CB/MFC/etc is where I really belong and I miss out on that because I'm scared?
But... I'm really scared. :(
/dear diary lmao
IML has saved my ass for many years. When it sucks, I go on NF. If it really really sucks, I have a back up vanilla job that I do. I have read over time on the IML forum, and learned through my own experiences, usually guests who seem too good to be true at IML (willing to "just talk and throw kisses bs" at high rate per minute, etc) end up being the biggest chargebackers. Go with your gut, and dont be afraid to email Silvia and ask about a member you are wary of. I have done this, and she was very helpful.
Just want to say its really comforting hearing so many of u are rocking Imlive right now.
Yeah i feel the same with u, snowy. :) I need to try IML sometime soon. I am not sure if I have signed up long time ago or not. haha
Snowy: any luck with MGF? I canceled a couple of weeks ago because when I signed up in July they still. hadn't. approve me. I mean....really? I could throw that egg back in the good old basket...but wanted to see if anyone else was having luck or if they were being everlasting slow.
im still being lazy about getting new pix taken when i do i will reply for MGF and let u guys know probably in the MGF thread. its been raining for a few days here and ive been editing my CMD ad. two inquiries so far in the 2 hours my ads but up and about 30 hits. Seems promising =^y^=
My main site is chaturbate but I have accounts on SM and MFC as well, I'm having trouble getting myself to work on any other site but Chaturbate even though I'm not making the money I really want to be making. I don't know how to explain it, I love the interface of Chaturbate and every time I get on another site something about it pisses me off. With MFC I think I just haven't learned how to control the crowd yet. With SM it's the fucking encoder that still won't work (I'm pretty sure I've narrowed it down to being a Windows 8 issue though).
I also work on Southern Charms and it is my second largest income generator. I typically only sell photo sets there but I just got videos made for the site as well so I'll report back on sales from those soon.
I have an ELM account and I just applied for MGF but I'm not expecting much from them based on what I've read here.
I've also got a C4S account but I haven't gotten myself into the habit of updating it enough so I haven't actually sold a single clip yet.
I need some motivation to ditch chaturbate a couple of nights a week and start building audiences on other sites.
I would split cam but when I do it drops my frame rate significantly and I have really good internet too so I'm not sure what to do about that.
I've decided to try out Southren Charms too...I'll let you know how it goes.
ELM might be different for you. For me, I had lots of guys wanting VERY customized items for not much money.
Also, this is *sort* of an egg in a basket....I'm thinking of doing vouyer shows while I do my yoga (in booty shorts/bra), does anyone know a good site I can do that from? And get tips? NOT SM, I know that won't fly with my regs there. It's just I always do yoga so eh, why not right? Make some money doing something I'll be doing for free....
Try make clips of yoga for c4s?
Actually I started doing this a few years ago after Ifriends traffic went to streamate and mfc.
Basically I've noticed through the years that dependence on one site could be damaging. When Ifriends went from busy to dead I just kept working it hoping for a turn around. Then I noticed I was logged in for 12 hours a day making 0. Jumped that ship went to MGF got a few privates there yet kept bumping into the neverending talker. I thought this was how things worked there until I realized I was just being screwed over by selfish members. Moved over to MFC slow at first and then a whale found me. People tipped higher amounts more so to compete with him. I decided it was time to find another home but still hang out on MFC. Once the pushing to meet up and fuck started coming from the majority of my friendslist that's when I popped over to Naked. Now naked wasn't perfect surely I received more requests to meet for a fuck but I was still getting paid for dumb guys taking me private to ask " where are you" and then close the private when they didn't hear what they wanted. **good times** lol. Now? Naked doesn't allow music, watermarking your cam feed and also now they don't even cover chargebacks. So then I jumped back on MFC grabbed some cash here and there . Tried out Cam4 dead but the hourly was good and last week I pulled a $100 lol. Unfortunately the jumping around seems to be the only real option for me anyways. AW goes up and down so I tend to keep this running in my back. Usually I log into 3-4 sites simultaneously. The reason for this is when a private or someone tips for something I can tackle that right away. Usually when I get on cam the first hour is slow. People want to sit and stare and ask a few dumb questions. Then someone steps up and takes me private. So for me being on multiple sites at the same time allows for money to come at different times. I can deposit several checks into my acct within two weeks rather than waiting on one check from one place and putting all my energy into one site.
Over time with customers spending less I also do less. I don't show my face anymore I don't even shop for new outfits like I used to. Camming reminds me of what happened to stripping. No more over the top elaborate stage performances and costumes. Now most dancers keep it fairly basic. Stage tipping took a dive so most dancers make their money in lap or table dances.
Even cam customers have changed. I used to log in and be in and out of privates. Now privates seem to mostly be a "getting to know you before asking to meet to fuck".
Another thing is many of my regulars moved on from camming. Some had children , others lost their job or changed careers due to a shoddy market. So they can't afford to really play$$$ on cam anymore.
I like splitting because many members can tell. If they aren't going to spend someone else will and that allows me to shut the room down and say " I'll be back" letting them know time is money. I remember I would reject that alert from AW in the past because my regs would pop into my room on naked. Big mistake. Not only did those regs not spend but they came in for free validation and chat yet I missed out on time with someone that wanted to pay for my attention. What I'm noticing is that people are playing on the slower times on cam. If I'm busy and people are tipping those men just throw their money down no question. If it's slow it's as if they need some other man in the room to motivate them to spend.
Actually one reg is being demoted to time waster. He actually sent me a message on my NF listing just to say hi. Not log in to spend any money but "ohh hey yeah you haven't been on the other site in a while". Like wtf ?
Then there is the reg that wants to tell me how much free time a model gives him on skype and after a few token drops she lets him spend hours with her. So he keeps trying to push his skype as if I want to deal with that nightmare. I told him to pick a specific time and pick the amount for that time listed on my profile and all of a sudden he acts like he can't find the program for skype on his computer. lol
I have been on ImLive and SM for a little while now. ImLive is my main site and I have been doing pretty well on there and getting better. I've only been on SM probably for a couple hours the 3 different times I've gone on there. The waiting, guys jumping in and jumping right out, was discouraging me a little and messing with my encoder has been getting on my nerves. Surprisingly, even though I am rarely on there, I already have 17 hearts...go figure. I might just drop it and stay on ImLive for awhile, then find another site to add on. My vanilla job has made me busier lately, but I'm making myself stick to a better schedule so that I can cam more.
Thanks to all of the ladies for all of the other different sites you have mentioned. I really need to do more research!!
I feel your pain CBIS which is why I sign into multiple sites as well. I find myself logging off of sites just to take calls, etc and I love keeping busy. When cam is slower or guys are wasting time, I know that my hourly isn't diminishing because I'm going to make money either way and almost always the phone rings or someone in paid wants a show.
My current eggs are:
SM- Things were much more fast paced back in early summer, now things have slowed down but instead of missing out on money, I have to log on more which is fine with me.
IML- Always do well on IML and often "ignore" the room whilst splitting with SM. Once I hear that "ding" I mention "Gotta PVT BRB!" and go on break mode on SM and take care of my IML customers.
NF- I stay logged in and bid for my top spot when necessary. NF is great atm but I'm testing some new things out.
CMD- At first the site was uber slow for me, but then I made some changes to my listing and have been doing daily shows which add up fast when you're making 75%.
AW- It has its ups and downs for me. I usually stay out of Free Chat and do well and have a few loyal reggies.
ABBWC- (allbbwcams)I get shows but it's really full of broke time wasters who happen to have a fetish for BBW. I often see a paying member messaging me offline saying they want a show but I don't read my emails until days later lol.
TP- (Telepass/Arousr) I stay logged in to text custys in between sites, take calls, and recently have sold some cam shows. I love making $0.25-75 per text and calls and tips too.
MPS- (myphonesite) I keep this logged in and take calls when I want. I also send calls to another girl where I get a big percentage of. Works out for me because I have multiple sites with multiple characters and the calls come in everyday and regulars are easy to make. I've also had inquiries for cam listings in the past few days.
APP- (adultphonepal) It has it's ups and downs because I don't advertise offsite but generally the phone rings daily and I have a few regs.
C4S- Haven't recorded anything and I do have lots of ideas but I need to take some time to act on them.
What's so great about phone sex is because #1 I'm great at playing several characters, including myself, and it's fast and easy money. When I don't feel like logging on cam, or I take a day off, I don't have to get "ready" physically for phone sex.
Plus, with the percentage we get on most big box cam sites, I make that over the phone with my rates. I'm an indy phone ho so I charge $1.99-2.50 per min and keep 75-80% of that. My average talk time is about 20 min with quite a few guys calling for 30-60 min per session several times a week.
There's nothing better than laying back on the bed, eyes closed, and talking to some guy for money. It's like, wait. On cam that $50 would've taken me over 20 min of teasing, fucking myself, etc and here all I had to do was listen or engage in conversation. It still amazes me to check how fast money piles up in my account from talking lol.
Man, I just realized I have LOT of eggs but I LOVE it. I can never complain about not having income when I have all of these to log onto daily.
^ i think the thing helps you out tho is that a lot of what u is passive so it doesnt require ur full attention all the time. Only when u get something do u have to pull away from the things that do require ur full attention. Ur mainly logged into PSO/Sext sites content sites and PVT only sites i think the way u work it is great and honestly ive modeled the way i work now because of u untill i knew how u worked i was only working one thing at a time because i was scared of doing too much at a time and getting overwhelmed . but as long as u know what ur doing and are a great multi-tasker already ur fine and i am too. i agree ull never not be making money when ur plugged into so many things all at once.
Also I've decided to ditch two of the 4 indie sites i was logging into everyday im only focusing on camgirlservice and CMD now. My first day with my ad up o cmd and 60 hits and 4 inquiries no shows yes but still progress is progress its an awesome site i should have gotten in months ago.
Thank you bb! I was told on here to "work smarter, not harder" and that's what I've been trying to do. When juggling so many eggs (that your computer can handle anyway, lol) you can triple and quadruple your hourly rate. I swear whenever I get done with a show, another one follows or a text comes in or phone calls so there's no limit to making money. Recordings, affiliates, and clips also help because you can make money while you sleep. I'm proud of you bb!
KortneyKay, you have me interested in text/phone sites. I've always wanted to but never just dived in. I am going to look more on it.