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    I can't believe I have not seen this thread before... you guys are hilarious. ;-)

    A few points:

    1) You MUST be using the hd encoder. Brings you to the top of the front page.

    2) Are you SURE 1.99 is the price to be charging? I dunno... I figure if a dude likes what he sees, he will pay 2.99 or 3.99 just as readily.

    3) YES, you must make your setup look as appealing as possible. Good lighting is a must. And... ditch the dirty sweats.

    4) I always say this to everyone... to be successful, stalk a few of the people who are ALREADY successful, watch them, and do what they do. Example: Alpha-male, from ifriends (He probably cams elsewhere, too.) http://www.ifriends.net/membrg/ShowC...LE&pstyle=home
    He is consistently at the top of the top 10 list for 100% payout members, and affiliate sales: http://www.ifriends.net/membrg/mosta...ostactive/main

    You could probably get in on some of the action using your cammodels link, etc etc.

    GOOD LUCKKKK!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Billabong View Post
    My friend would do well. He was hot, young, had a nice lean, bodybuilder body. Total boy next door thing. He'd make $80 or more a day working part time hours. About 3 or 4 a night. He was on imlive, jasmin, streamate and I'm not sure what else.

    He eventually got very bored of it although it came to him more easier than me. I have to sit there and put on a fake in free chat. He'd just ignore everyone and browse other sites until he heard the ding. Hahah. There was a top guys promo video on jasmin and he was like 5th place. The other guys were jerking off, teasing wearing nothing but little undies and then you get to his video and he's just sitting there in sweats looking bored as hell. lmao.
    I have found that the hard to get thing works very well in almost all things in dealing with men.

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    I am so glad to have found this thread! I too am new to the male camming business and I must say there is definitely a rather steep learning curve. This is especially true to straight guys doing gay for pay. I hope prescottvespoli will pop back in and update us on his progress and some of what he has learned :-)
    I wish I could share some tips and tricks I have learned but I am really completely new to the whole thing and grad school has been so that I can not really log in that much...but all that will be changing soon :-D
    Needless to say, I will share some of my thoughts and strategies I am currently pursuing. First, time of day seems to be a critical factor in business for the gay side of caming. There are times where not a single person will be in my room. I am currently on livejasmin while I wait for my profiles on Niteflirt and Streamate to be approved. They can take so long *sigh*. So when I say not a single person I mean not even a single unregistered guest. To me this says that those annoying pop ups that attack everyone trying to look at porn are not really being able to do their jobs because no one is looking for gay porn at those times. Or at least its a small fraction of what it is at other times. This seems to be during the window of 4-630 CST (I work late nights til early afternoon when I am able to work). During this time it is not uncommon for me to go 10 minutes or more without a single guest poping in and then immediately leaving which I take as a signal for a likely pop up. During other times I will usually average 10 or more guests in my room with my record being 70. The same seems to hold true for registered members as well during this time frame.
    My current strategy to capitalize on camming and make enough money to support myself is to diversify income streams. To accomplish I plan on working two cam sites as well as working phone sex with cam. By dividing the needed income among multiple streams the individual workload needed for each stream is reduced. Example, if my daily goal is 75 dollars (easy number to work with) then this theoretically should be easier to achieve for 3 income streams producing 25 dollars apiece than one income stream needing to produce 75 dollars consistently. For guys where the earnings are lower and the traffic more difficult to get, this seems a logical and practical way to distribute the earnings load in a more sustainable manner, and most importantly increase per hour $$$
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    I am still heavily experimenting with this. Currently, I am going for a sweet guy next door type of thing. I am very talkative to people in my room and when no one is being talkative I will either starting kind of singing and dancing or smoke a cigarette in a sexy manner. Basically, anything other than just sitting there looking like a statue. I also figure the more personality I have the more customers will be drawn to me. This is necessary for me. I am muscular but not cut, cute but not gorgeous, and of a good size but not jaw dropping lol. In other words, it seems that anything you can do to distinguish yourself from your competition will be well worth it. Heck, if it doesn't work then just don't do it anymore...you have nothing to lose by trying every strange idea you might have. I too will post on my experiences with this as I go along. I know there is a severe lack of information regarding this and I think this would be a good way for me to contribute to the forum :-)

    One last thing,
    It seems that almost all guys only use their keyboards to communicate with guests...even when they have sound. I advise against this. By speaking to your potential customers you will make the setting seem more intimate and real. Also, since everyone else seems to be doing it one way it could be worth it to take a different route and distinguish yourself in that manner.

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    Southernguy, Niteflirt should only take a few days for your profile to be approved. Do not keep adding content until approval because that will start the process all over. Submit what you already have, don't touch it and get approved. Then you can tweek it and add photos, and other content. Approval is easy.

    FYI I know a guy on there who does well with domination. He sells a lot of videos too. I know guys have it harder so you might want to make one of your pages about financial domination or something along those lines. Go to NF and search financial domination on the male section to get a general idea of what to do. Some of those guys are really good. Good luck!

    One more thing. How do you know you're not jaw dropping or gorgeous? You have to believe in yourself more
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    So I did pop in here after a bit.. It's great to see another guy on here. Even though I have been on for a few months now, I still consider myself a newbie. That being said, here are some of my thoughts on your questions southernguy.....

    1. Time of day really does matter for us. For me too there is a perpetual duldrum from about 2 until 8 CST. Earlier then that I get guys from Aus and NZ and after that europe and south america then the US a little later.... I know south america is not in the same timezone as europe, but they seem to come online a bit earlier.....

    2. Figure out who you are. By that, I mean know your limits, know your market, and play to that. You will not please everyone that comes into your "free" room. Sounds like your playing the guy nextdoor type, which is cool. Just make sure you can play it to a "T" atleast in the begining. Someone said they have a friend who just sits around in their sweets, well I think that might work ok for traffic, at the end of the day, how much did they make? You do have to entice to go PVT, and to the guys coming on here, that has not worked for me.

    3. My mind says guys looking for guys on these sites want a bit more, but I may be wrong. The fact your in the US plays in your favor for getting guys to go PVT. I am not sure what you do in your show, but the limited guys online from the states makes your percentages that much better.

    4. Listen to the girls on this site. Especially the ones who have replied in this thread. The guy side of things is a bit differant from the girls, but the lessons they have learned have proven to be true in our side of the business.

    5. The fact your thinking about diversifying your income between multiple sites is a good idea. I myself have not done that yet. Busty has some good advice on the FD... It does take a differant persona online than I or you are used to, but the benefits of it look very interesting. Do alot of research like she suggested. I have, and will probably get into it in the future, just have'nt had the time.

    I hope you continue to post and share your travels in the male webcam world. Hopefully some of my ideas either help you, or open up more discussion. Don't forget the basics either. Good lighting and good camera....

    THX,
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    Thanks for the advise busty! I will make sure to leave it alone until its approved :-)
    I'm so glad you popped in prescottvespoli! I have a couple of questions for you if you dont mind :-). In your other post did you mean 2-8 am or pm? And also, I noticed on here you mentioned lowering your price to 1.99 while you were new. How did that work out for you?
    I noticed that there are hardly any models on SM from the us...and most of the one I have been spying on dont seem to speak english very well. I was wondering how that would play into things so I am glad to know its a potential boost :-)

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    So the 1.99 was just during the "probationary" period till I earned the $20 pay out. One of their rules. As soon as I could, I changed it to 3.99 I think, might be 3.49. Any less then a dollar a minute earned, I thought was a waste of time. And really for the guys that will pay for your time, and it is 99% guys that you want, have no problem with it.
    The times are definatly in the PM. After 5 am CST dead until about 10 am. But Aus and NZ are 13 hours ahead. So at 10 am CST its 1 am the next day there. So Fri and Sat mornings are good for that region. Time it so your on from 12 to 4am their time if you can. And really I have had some really long PVTs during those times from guys from there.
    The potential boost for being in the US is from the fact your higher on page. There are lots of other variables but from what I have experienced, guys from the us have no problem being atleast in the top 10 on SM. Doesnt matter what you look like. To get into the top row, the first guys people see when they come on, I think it comes down to how many pvts you get and how often you are online..... That being said, I have taken breaks for 2 weeks at a time, then get back on, and after a couple of pvts, am the number 1 guy online. So as long as you can sell your time and experience you should have no problem.
    Let me know how things go on NF. I haven't signed up yet, but am very interested in the whole concept of FD. THX again busty, you always have something genuine and worthwhile to say. Also look at Camwhore. She always talks about building her empire. And she has alot of good thoughts on the whole camming thing....
    Keep this alive southernguy... It can only help.. Plus I know some of the girls on here might find it funny, but we have the same chemistry as the ones paying their bills. There is alot that we can learn from eachother..... Right.
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    As anyone who has clicked on my link may know I have a blog that I write articles about sexuality and web caming links. I have several different trackers on it and for models and customers. The customers do the most clicking after 11:00 pm up to 7:00 am the models do more clicking during daytime hours.

    The "gay" and the "story time" links seem very popular with the customers. I also have a link that has a variety of different types that get a lot of clicks.

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    Hello all, i red the thread because i am interested in becoming male cam model.. I think i will be good as entertainer, i am not gay though. But is there anyone out there to help me get started ?

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    Hello, even though you are not gay, the majority of your customers will be men. So hopefully that wont be a problem for you, because that is where the money is. Not very many women pay to see cam shows. You should read this thread to start http://forum.stripperweb.com/showthread.php?t=117091
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    Quote Originally Posted by cracktor View Post
    Hello all, i red the thread because i am interested in becoming male cam model.. I think i will be good as entertainer, i am not gay though. But is there anyone out there to help me get started ?
    JMHO, but I agree with Busty, and know first hand. Your custies WILL all be men. Ok, 99.9% will be and the other .1% will be pretending to be female. Hence being OK with performing for men. I am also not gay, only have relationships with women, have had sex with men though, so I guess if you would label me sexually it would be bi yet I don't really see myself that way..... If you know what I mean...

    Starting out I would go with Streamate. I am still with them, and really from what I have heard they have the best traffic to get started. That way you can figure out who your cam persona is. I have yet to branch out beyand that but niteflirt and adultwork are also options once you have things figured out.

    I am still doing that. Been offline for a few weeks due to a injury from my day job,but that would be another thread.

    Maybe Southernguy will log back on and tell his experiences.....

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    It's nice to see some male cam models on here. Cracktor let us know how it goes!
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    Once again, thanks busty for your insight... Just wish more MWCMs would be on here and share their thoughts.....
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    I want to bump this thread, I think it's worth it for male cammers
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    Thanks for bumping this thread :-). I think its worth it for males to cam as well....however, this past week on SM has been absolutely dead. I will be glad when things pick up again.

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    Tell me about it! Although this will be my 3rd day, it has been a ghost town for me on ImLive! I just don't get it

    Perhaps I need to modify my profile or something, or get someone to tell me what's wrong with my profile? IDK
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    Its been a ghost town on streamate too. I have been either number one or two and have had a hard time even getting people to come into my room. Getting on now so hopefully tonight will go better :-).

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    Quote Originally Posted by prescottvespoli View Post
    So I did pop in here after a bit.. It's great to see another guy on here. Even though I have been on for a few months now, I still consider myself a newbie. That being said, here are some of my thoughts on your questions southernguy.....

    1. Time of day really does matter for us. For me too there is a perpetual duldrum from about 2 until 8 CST. Earlier then that I get guys from Aus and NZ and after that europe and south america then the US a little later.... I know south america is not in the same timezone as europe, but they seem to come online a bit earlier.....

    I've learned this to be true so far, or at least on ImLive. So far my room has been dead! I'll be camming during mornings starting this monday to see if I can get some traffic from asia and oceania, who knows, though.

    3. My mind says guys looking for guys on these sites want a bit more, but I may be wrong. The fact your in the US plays in your favor for getting guys to go PVT. I am not sure what you do in your show, but the limited guys online from the states makes your percentages that much better.

    This is VERY true, as well! And it's not only with camboys, but also with camgirls. I noticed that many freeloaders ask me to give them my msn or whatever to stay in touch with me, hell, one of them asked me if I was an escort and already wanted to meet me in person! So be ready for that, and to know how to handle it.

    4. Listen to the girls on this site. Especially the ones who have replied in this thread. The guy side of things is a bit differant from the girls, but the lessons they have learned have proven to be true in our side of the business.

    Ditto

    5. The fact your thinking about diversifying your income between multiple sites is a good idea. I myself have not done that yet. Busty has some good advice on the FD... It does take a differant persona online than I or you are used to, but the benefits of it look very interesting. Do alot of research like she suggested. I have, and will probably get into it in the future, just have'nt had the time.

    I'll point to this thread, it has the info on that

    I hope you continue to post and share your travels in the male webcam world. Hopefully some of my ideas either help you, or open up more discussion. Don't forget the basics either. Good lighting and good camera....

    THX,
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    I just wanted to add some of my opinions.

    I also want to say that I'm still waiting on my approval for Streamate and I hope I can join soon. It IS important to promote yourself if you wanna have customers, which I'm finding a bit difficult atm 'cause I have no idea where to promote my room as a male. I already got to make a twitter account and I'm setting up a blog soon at blogspot.com so, all I'd have left to do is to make a Facebook page and start promoting myself on gay porn forums, which is what I'd like to find since google isn't really throwing results.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KarinaGiselle View Post
    I just wanted to add some of my opinions.

    I also want to say that I'm still waiting on my approval for Streamate and I hope I can join soon. It IS important to promote yourself if you wanna have customers, which I'm finding a bit difficult atm 'cause I have no idea where to promote my room as a male. I already got to make a twitter account and I'm setting up a blog soon at blogspot.com so, all I'd have left to do is to make a Facebook page and start promoting myself on gay porn forums, which is what I'd like to find since google isn't really throwing results.

    EDIT: This should be moved to "camming connection"
    Male members can't post in "Camming Connection", so that's probably why they haven't moved it

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    Didn't know that. Oh well. I SO need to get approved on Streamate!! T_T
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    THis definitely is an interesting thread. I've been trying to find some male webcam models to interview since we haven't had any guests yet providing the male perspective on webcamming...would either of you guys, presccot or southernguy be interested in doing an interview on our blog show (elmaveshow.com)? Would love to learn and share info about the other gender when it comes to camming.
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    I have hired some writers to help me write lead ins for the actors that sign in under us.

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    Hi, i am a male wannabe webcam performer.. what would be the best site to start? I just wanna expiriment if this is something i can do & enjoy making cash

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    Quote Originally Posted by benic View Post
    THis definitely is an interesting thread. I've been trying to find some male webcam models to interview since we haven't had any guests yet providing the male perspective on webcamming...would either of you guys, presccot or southernguy be interested in doing an interview on our blog show (elmaveshow.com)? Would love to learn and share info about the other gender when it comes to camming.
    I'd definitely like to see that show!
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    Hello again... Been awhile since I've been on here. Had a great vacation in the caribbean in June for a week. Haven't been online as much as I should have. Still averaging 15 to 30 hour depending on the night. As long as I shut down on a high note. You gotta know when to holdem and when to foldem!!!!
    Sure benic I will do your "interview". Checked out your youtube channel though and there is nothing on it. Why?
    Thanks karine for your thanks and bumping this thread. If you use the advice on this site you should have no problem building you clients.
    Men, no matter how they label themselves, will always have a need to expand their sexuality. whether it be through webcams or their personal lives. That is why we, as cammers, can make a comfortable living off the fantansies of such people. It really comes down one of the 7 deadly sins. Lust. A vast mojority lust for what we can't have, hence the business we are in. We provide in an unthreating way, a release. Releases are good.....

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