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It's just the way of camming unfortunately- you can have really slow weeks for no apparent reason and then all of a sudden it'll pick up.
As with changing your rates around, it can be tempting but I personally wouldn't recommend it! Pick a rate that you're comfortable charging to start off with, and stick with it for a bit! Eventually the customers will find you, and if they're interested they'll pay up regardless of the price.
Have a read through this thread: https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/sh...ates-Challenge! You'll find that a lot of peeps can attest to the fact that sometimes RAISING your rates can massively improve traffic to your room and conversion to privates/exclusives! As a baseline, I'd definitely recommend at least $3.99/$4.99, but I've only been on SM for a couple of weeks and am at $4.99/5.99, occasionally going up to 5.99/6.99 and people will pay it!
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Also, have a good read of the streamate thread for tips on hustling!
https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/sh...reamate-Thread
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I posted in chat but not sure if you saw it. :p
Keep your rate at 5.99 and foster your confidence and hustle skills. Lowering your rates will get you those rushy men that you don't want. You'll spend more time between shows but you'll ultimately make more money. "Work smarter, not harder."
I'm getting a lot of those minute men even at $4.49 so I'm going to be upping it once the season picks up.
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Deffo keep your rate at 5.99. It may just be a bad week/month for you and if it's slow the 5.99 per minute makes up your goal quicker than the lower rate an you will find you will still get the same amount of guys.
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That's the nature of the beast that is camming. I say keep your prices at $5.99 as well. Some will complain but most won't. Make sure you put in those hours and even more than 23 if you can so you can continuously make $1k+ a week. Camming will always be up and down because different men with different salaries browse the site at any given time. Some of these men have money, some don't, etc. If you keep a schedule at least your regs will know where to find you and more guys will know that they can rely on you to help them with their fantasies. Good luck!
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So you ladies think having a schedule is important do guys really pay attention to that?
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It could go both ways. Most people prefer a schedule so that their regs know when to expect them on. Also, SM does ask this of us. If you don't create a schedule you have the potential to lose some regulars but I've come to realize that sometimes showing up random forces guys to spend because they miss you and don't know when you'll be on next. A lot of my regs will pop on (sm emails them when their favs sign on) after I've taken a hiatus and line up for shows because they don't know when they'll see me next. I prefer that but I do believe keeping some consistency (at least set weekly hours ex: 30 hour or 20) helps as well.
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Thank you, I guess I should just stick it out! Fuck these cheapazoids 5.99 or nothing, plus I feel like the quality of my show suffers, but I guess it is a slow week and I will set up a weekly schedule.
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No, no, no. I wouldn't, lower, but this is a personal question, you have to do what works for you.
I can honestly say I do not think it is your hair color, that is what gave you your confidence. Hell one time my eyes were almost swollen shut from lash glue reaction and I turned on cam to see if I would have had any traffic if I would have been able to cam. No one saw my face and I didn;t even turn on the lights, but still, 3 took me in a group private and I remember one saying "Well your pussy still works right? Can I just see that and hear your voice" lol, these guys. But that is what a reg will do, they get addicted to you.
However, I will attribute to staying on a schedule and random jumping on. I have my sweet spot I hit 3 times a week and like Kortney I want them to miss me but I also want to put in the hours. So the extra hours I will jump on 2 different times randomly. This is also good because sometimes your sweet spot isn't so sweet anymore and you adjust your time of day to cam (If you have that luxury) and you probably have some custys there already looking to be regs with you. Then go back to your sweet spot for your "random".
And I have been around a lot of salesmen who could sell a $25 can of paint for $500 (TRUTH). I would be almost disgusted at it and one very successful one told me, "Well if no on is complaining about the price, the price is too low" I have found this to be true. As far as raising it on regs, they don't seem to really notice or do not say anything, just keep your last 2 digits the same. But I am not cam wizard of oz, you have to trial and error. But this is what has worked for me.
I raised my rates and my confidence soars and now my jaw drops sometimes at what they will pay. There will ALWAYS be times when you are slow and when you are busy, it will ALWAYS fluctuate. One thing Sexyred taught me was to just stay on (That lady is a machine and a hard worker!). There have been shifts she has pushed me and I am grateful. I would whine and complain it was slow and she would say JUST STAY ON. I did and before I knew it one hour I made $6 and the next i made $138. She kept me going for I think 6 or 7 hours with maybe a 20 min break. It helps to IM while we are one and make the time go faster and talk shop while we are on.
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JackAlexander
"Well your pussy still works right?"
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Sorry, anwyay.
I would recommend keeping your rates and doing something extra to boost your confidence. Get new makeup! Do something that makes you feel super super good.
Guys will be attracted to how confident you are. That's what makes 5.99 per minute work! You'll have crappy weeks. Don't price yourself so low that you feel shitty about the work you're doing. <3
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Are you marketing? Many great threads on here to teach u marketing.
If it is dead Log off. No sense in rewarding free loaders with your presence.
Are you pushing guys to take you private?
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Develop another cam site, do c4s & such. Film plenty of clips to upsale on cam & to sale on the web.
Don't depend on just SM to provide you with converting traffic. U should be tweeting, posting pics, doing tumblr & such.
Sam
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I would say do a different hair color.. men seem to really respond to it.. I am dying to change my hair color but unfortunately I have to get my car fixed first:(
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Okay so let me start out by saying that when I started out on Streamate, I charged 2.99, soon I went up to 3.99 and then after a while I stopped getting as much privates and the privates I was getting were beginning to get very rude. So I decided to dye my hair strawberry blonde and and charge 5.99 and then all of a sudden the money slump was gone, I was getting guys almost consistently. I ended up reaching my 1000 dollar goal for the first time in only 23 hours online and everything was great until the next weeks I didn't work as much so my earnings were not so good. I was staying at a motel who's internet upload speed was only .69.
Now I am finally living in a place where the internet is great I still have my strawberry blonde hair, I am even taking nicer photos which go well with my niche which is domination but still I am going hours without any privates. I decided to drop my prices to 3.99 but I realized even though I got 2 privates they were no where near sufficient and the guys stood there for a short while then left. My question is do I stay with the 5.99 and just try to remind myself that at one point it made me the most I have ever made in the least amount of time or do I lower my prices and deal with the rushy rude men of SM!?
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About your signature!... I smiled for 3 yrs straight on cam.. really big... like a crazy robot.. and I did get a fine line on one side of my mouth because of it.. My smile is crooked that's why..so I quit smiling.. I was so pissed off!...lol
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kortneykay
It could go both ways. Most people prefer a schedule so that their regs know when to expect them on. Also, SM does ask this of us. If you don't create a schedule you have the potential to lose some regulars but I've come to realize that sometimes showing up random forces guys to spend because they miss you and don't know when you'll be on next. A lot of my regs will pop on (sm emails them when their favs sign on) after I've taken a hiatus and line up for shows because they don't know when they'll see me next. I prefer that but I do believe keeping some consistency (at least set weekly hours ex: 30 hour or 20) helps as well.
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you know, to lower price is always easier than to rise it up. Stay with your price :)) you will get the audience in time..
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I am a bit confused why performers keep their exclusive rate so low. I have always kept my exclusive rate double the price of my premium chat and have never had an issue getting exclusive chats. If my premium rate is $5.99 then my exclusive rate is $12.99. I do this because I frequently have more than 1 person in premium chat at a time. If I charged anything less than $12.99/min for exclusive chats, it would be a loss.
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Thank you so much ladies you guys are the bestest!!!!!!!!!!!