Re: I got Into Camming Because...
I got into camming in 2013. (I'm about to hit my one year anniversary!) I was looking for a place to explore being a submissive. I was playing on a site called show for stars and started earning lots of stars which could be traded for money. When I realized my pussy wasn't just fun to play with but also made money, I was trilled! I went to chaturbate for 4 months and now Niteflirt. I am a confident submissive who loves her body and the power it wields. I couldn't be happier for all camming has given me!
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I was bouncing from nursing job to nursing job and hating every second of it. Two out of my four director's had been fired and fined for gross misconduct and I'd had to testify for investigations. The other two worked me upwards of 70 hours per week. I made a whooping...wait for it...$1200 per month! I got up to $1500 when I was working my last job, but my coworkers were jealous of my education, looks, you name it. They tried to get me written up multiple times for mistakes or issues that were not related to me in any way and, personal favorite, I'd get called in on my only day off in the entire week at four a.m.. So, I flipped them all the bird and quit with about two to three months of expenses in savings and started hunting for a new job. Enter camming. I can finish school and be nearly debt free when I do now!
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My first experience with camming was about 6 years ago in my college dorm room. The honest to goodness reason was that I was a horny exhibitionist looking for attention but at the time I was too shy to go to kink parties. I had no clue what I was doing and it only last a few days. I started again in April of 2012 as a way to get out of the corporate world. I quit my job a little too soon but it's starting to pay off. I'm still a horny exhibitionist but now I know how to make it work lol! I'm also no longer too shy for kink parties lol
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Heidi_M
Your doing awesome Brooklyn! If you ever want motivation, remember those late nights rolling silverware and doing sidework:)
Right?! I still pick up a shift every now and then, (cash is good and gotta explain the money somehow. :P) but I certainly enjoy being able to say my head, "Say the wrong fucking thing AND I'M OUT! I'll go home and work!" :D
Re: I got Into Camming Because...
I recently got into camming because of several reasons. Several years ago I dabbled in online Domme play (foot fetish, financial Domination, etc) but left when the Financial Domme/sub ratio became outrageous. The subs knew there were more of us than them so they started playing the supply/demand card and wouldn't cooperate. Since then I've dabbled in the escort/sugar daddy playground, but that route is far less satisfying for the independent bitch in me. Anyway, a few months ago I considered signing with a studio I'd found on craigslist. THANK GOD I backed out! Recently, while I have a full-time job, I've found that I live in a lifestyle way beyond my means. There isn't much left after bills. We're all girls here. Beauty products ALONE can wipe out a weeks pay! Not to mention the rest of looking gorgeous; social activities; my designer bag addiction... You get the idea. Since I've been a little minx anyway, webcamming just made sense. The confidence boost has been outstanding! And I've actually impressed myself with what I've made so far in only a few shows (even though my first two shows were a clusterfuck)!
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4 years ago I got into camming when a friend of mine at the time was camming and I asked her about it, and how much she made. I knew I could make more than her so I gave it a shot for extra income.
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SaraLaughs
Mainly because after supporting myself from age 16 on, attending school and working, I felt like I had experienced enough of the typical rat race and decided I need to be self-employed. I also have a super rare and SUPER hard to treat sleep disorder (delayed sleep phase disorder, for anyone who's curious) and it was torture having set shifts.
I also really enjoy sex, and have wanted to try sex work ever since I was a teenager, but doing traditional porn, stripping, and escorting were all things I didn't see myself being very good at. Camming is really interesting for those who enjoy the psychology of sex, as well. Some people's fetishes leave me agog. I am happy to be a part of that.
I have DSPD too :/ it sucks. I have headaches all the time during my day classes. I use the weekends to catch up on sleep and then cam all night.
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sarajules
When I realized my pussy wasn't just fun to play with but also made money, I was trilled!
Hee hee hee. Sorry for being a dork, but this struck me as hilarious!
Re: I got Into Camming Because...
I got into cammng about a year ago when I realized my vanilla job was not cutting it, despite working my ass off, and I wanted to have more financial freedom. I live in the big city and work in a writing-based field..so yeah haha. I'm not sure how I came to the conclusion of camming, but I started reading a lot about it and lurking this page. I'm really, really sexual and always have been..and camming has been the first job that I honestly really enjoy. It's a way for me to express myself and satisfy my exhibitionist streak. Plus all my close friends are super supportive and are interested in sex work as well, so I have a good support system. Sometimes I have fantasies about quitting my full time job and freelancing or doing something I really love even if it doesn't pay the bills, but bringing in the $$ with camming.
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I got into camming like this: I was familiar with the sex trade. I am 50 and worked as a stripper in my 20's ro Early 30's, than I became an escort, first for an incall, than an agency, and then as an independent. I was earning about 2K a week with working too hard. I charged anywhere between $200-$300 an hour. I wasn't a "high Class" escort, just a pretty woman from suburban NJ! That ended and I got clean and sober (This has been a lifelong battle.) and got an office job. I became an administrative assistant and worked in "PURGATORY" for the next few years. Bitchy bosses, jealous and catty co-workers...
I had trouble kissing the asses of people I couldn't stand and began to think of office work as a "grownups" playground.
there were still bullies, only in bigger bodies who held more power because they were the ones who would usually sign my paycheck. Well, I had enough of these jobs, ending up in a psych ward from the pressure and internal death of my spirit. I got disability and wasn't quite making it. We (my husband) who is retired and earns a whopping $1100 a month and I the same. It isn't enough, so being that I'm the hustler, the mover and shaker in our relationship, whatever you want to call it...
I was cleaning houses, waitressing, under the table crap jobs until I saw an ad on CL for webcam models. I had to convince my husband that it was a good choice..He's a jealous Sicilian.lol..
So here I am.But camming is not rainbows and butterflies! This is a hard living. Stripping and escorting was so effortless and so lucrative...man, I miss that.
These guys on the "web" are so staunch when it comes to parting from their $$$$,. Cheap, nasty, annoying...
But it's a job, and MUCH better than any vanilla job I could have. I am grateful that at age 49, soon to be 50, I have an awesome body and look really youngl (With a little bit of help -) But, ya know, it's not just about looks or how pretty one is..I don't know the "secret" formula to get these guys off the fence and into a private, but I will continue to try to unlock that code...until then, I will work, work, and work to make the $ and look to SW for help and encouragement.
Peace..
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I'm a camming newbie. Used to strip in tough ass Manhattan but had to call it quits and ended up with a brief drinking problem which is so uncharacteristic of me. I love stripping but it's hard in my area, and I don't think I have the energy for traveling and spending exorbitant amounts of money in the hope of making it back and then some.
A friend who is a camming newbie too told me about it and I started to try it. I used to be the one who would warn ppl about cmming telling ppl how strangers could record you without you knowing. I'm at the age and maturity level where I don't give a fuck who knows if I cam, I just want to do what I want with no regrets. I love working in the sex indystry and this is my path.. I feel like a lot of awesome things could spawn from this.
The main motivator of course is $$$
Re: I got Into Camming Because...
I'm a camming newbie. Used to strip in tough ass Manhattan but had to call it quits and ended up with a brief drinking problem which is so uncharacteristic of me. I love stripping but it's hard in my area, and I don't think I have the energy for traveling and spending exorbitant amounts of money in the hope of making it back and then some.
A friend who is a camming newbie too told me about it and I started to try it. I used to be the one who would warn ppl about cmming telling ppl how strangers could record you without you knowing. I'm at the age and maturity level where I don't give a fuck who knows if I cam, I just want to do what I want with no regrets. I love working in the sex indystry and this is my path.. I feel like a lot of awesome things could spawn from this if i just let go my inhibitions and go all out
The main motivator of course is $$$
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I know I've written in this thread, but I'm back lol. As an update..I recently got fired from my vanilla office job. Boss said I wasn't "engaged" enough. I wanted to yell that I had to work all night on top of this meager $25K job to not only make ends meet..but also enjoy life!! That's why I'm so tired and unengaged!! It's slave labor. Straight up robbery. I live in NYC..where do companies get off paying so low?! It literally does not work. Especially since you had to have a college education and most kids have debt!!
Anyway, it's scary. I'm relying on camming right now..and to be honest...I'm in no rush to go back to the vanilla world. I do want to have something I can put on my resume at least as a front. So there aren't big gaps, and because I don't plan to do this forever. But I love it...more than the career I went to college for. Much more. And I'm making way more money in less than half the time..making my own hours, being my real self.
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I danced for 8 years then when the recession happened all the money went from the clubs so I turned to camming. There are plus and minuses to each job. I miss the girls and the camaraderie from the clubs but I don't miss working till 4am and dealing with idiots. I'm not very good at self motivation so I usually only manage 10_15 hours a week on cam, I want to try and improve on this. Xx
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Work got slow for the hubs and cash was tight, I'm an artist and things started slowing down there too. I wanted a job that I could do from home to still be there for the kids, and to continue making art. Nothing really offends me in regards to sex so I figured I'd give it a try. Started out as a "virtual working girl", It wasn't that great , so moved on to PSO, and now I PSO and cam and do the virtual thing when I'm bored lol. Been PSOing more than cam lately bc my internal cam blows on my laptop, but my brand spanking new Logitech will be here tomorrow yay!
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Because I have a 'bottomless need' to feel sexually attractive and desirable, combined with being money hungry.
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I saw my SO watch a camgirl and thought out loud how fun and unbelievably (laugh with me) easy it looked, and how I could do better than her! I signed up a week later.