Man, I just wrote this big ole long, somewhat helpful, reply and *poof* -- into the internet ether because StripperWeb made me log back in...
Anyhoo, here's sort of how it went:
I realize that this probably won't stop Streamate Hatefest 2010, but I did want to chime in with some information that no one else has posted yet. If you can drive your own traffic, then you CAN make a higher percentage on Streamate using your Cam Model link. Dunno what I'm talking about, login over there and see the Tips & Tutorials section. Find the section on Promoting & read it. By using your Cam Models link you get your base 35% PLUS 40% for anyone who signs up & spends money on you. Yes, that's right, 35% + 40% = 75%. If you refer someone & you're not logged in and/or they spend money with another model, you get 20% of that.
This means that you need to be good at doing your own marketing, if you're going to earn these higher percentages, but they can and do pay off. Building social media profiles that are worth a damn and using them ALL of the time (regardless of what sites or cam platforms you're utilizing) are terribly important. Same thing with personal websites/blogs. And the nicer thing about earning traffic this way is that it's tailored TO YOU. People who follow you on twitter can follow you anywhere -- with a moment's notice you can show them how to find you anywhere you're camming. Don't like camming on Streamate anymore? -- Get them to sign up somewhere else to see you.
I've been camming for a very, very long time -- as both an indie & a network performer. Remember the era dial up? Yup, I've been camming since then. I've seen and used a lot of different webcam platforms, have seen a lot of them rise and fall, and Streamate isn't near as "evil" as some. On Streamate: you can set & change your prices almost any time you like (and if you can't raise them higher beyond the defaults you can contact support and they can), you don't have to have a schedule or a minimum number of hours logged in to collect what you *did* earn while you were, you don't have to score a minimum rating to get traffic to your chatroom, you don't have to perform a 1 hour a week webcam show FOR FREE that THOUSANDS of assclowns will come and watch and insult you during to be a part of the system, you have kick/block buttons that actually work, you aren't competing against your own archived camshows that members pay pennies on the dollar for while you are LIVE,
your private feed(s) aren't on some mirror site that's marketed as "STOLEN PORN" that are given away FOR FREE because they are "still working out the bugs from the system, and it's just not ready yet" or whatever other bullshit they felt like spinning you that week, you aren't tricked into logging in more hours so that you can try to win some cash prize for the most amount of time online and/or in private that *mysteriously* the same three girls win every pay period. I could go on and on AND ON, but I'll stop there.
Alrighty, I gotta go pee. Been on here way too long... I rarely post, so I hope that what I wrote up there helps at least a couple of ya'll out. I tried!

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