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    Default how to up $ on sm?

    ok so tonight was my first real night on sm and in two hours made $20 which is ok for a first night i suppose but i want to be around the $100 mark an hour

    so how do you all make the $100 hr mark in sm? also how many hours do u do a night on sm?

    cheers xx

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    I have never made $100 an hour on Streamate... I'm sure some of the top girls do, but I don't. I consider "banking" to be about $50/hr, but my average is usually $30-$35/hr.

    I would recommend using the Adobe Flash Encoder HD... the audio & video quality is SO much better and I tend to get a lot more traffic and privates when I have it on. Keep your audio turned on in free chat. Be friendly and talk out loud to everyone. Maybe play some fun music (but don't blast it). Make sure your background setup looks nice and your makeup/clothes look sexy.

    I'm not sure what else to say. Make sure your price reflects what you offer... for instance, if your webcam quality sucks and you don't have any toys, offer a lower price. If you have high quality HD, lots of outfits & toys, etc., then up your price. Every night is going to vary. Some nights you'll bank it, other nights not so much.

    Oh yeah, I spend about 1 to 3 hours on Streamate each night. I'd spend more time on it but I get sick of it SO fast, even when the money is decent. Most of the time I can make $100 in three hours.

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    Default Re: how to up $ on sm?

    thanks smurfette for the reply

    i was happy with the $10 an hour for a first day so i dont think thats that bad but it could be better i will try again tommorow

    yeah i have a few nice outfits and a few toys so i think my price is ok tbh also tommorow i might try webcams.com too see if that brings anything in lol

    so desperate for money, i have £100 to last me more then a month eekkk xx

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    I don't make $100 per hour on SM either. I would normally consider that $40 per hour was going to happen every hour, and $60/70 on a good hour, but recently that's dropped to $30 and $50. Actually SM has become a bit annoying recently - I get really irritated with the beggars, but I think that's because I've been logging on earlier, when my regs aren't around. I've only made $100 per hour a few times and that's been on AW and ifriends.

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    Exactly what Smurfette said. I avearage $30 - $50 an hr and usually make $100 in 3 hrs. I spend 4 hrs at the most on there even when its good. I get bored.

    And you're right, $20 for 2 hrs is a good for you're first night. You're off to a good start. Good luck!

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    I've been averaging $20 to $30/hour in my first few days, but I just got the flu. Ugh..I'm going to try working with the encoder the next time to see how much of a difference that makes. I'd love to make $35/$40 per hour.

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    I work streamate as my main site with a few others running in the background. Middle of the day during the week is when I work the most often and my cut is $50-60/hr. Sundays almost always bring me over $100/hr. My rate is $4.99/min and I use the encoder. You MUST use the encoder!! I tried without it once because I was curious and it makes a huge difference!

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexisCam View Post
    I work streamate as my main site with a few others running in the background. Middle of the day during the week is when I work the most often and my cut is $50-60/hr. Sundays almost always bring me over $100/hr. My rate is $4.99/min and I use the encoder. You MUST use the encoder!! I tried without it once because I was curious and it makes a huge difference!

    ^^^^ Yes. I've been saying this forever. You MUST use the encoder. YOU MUST USE THE ENCODER!!!

    ***Not because it will necessarily make your vid look better. But BECAUSE STREAMATE AUTOMATICALLY SELECTS FOR ENCODER-USING HOSTS, and DRIVES THEM TO THE TOP OF THE SEARCH RESULTS!!!***

    If you tried the encoder and it didn't work, guess what? TRY AGAIN!!! You MUST get it to work!!!

    Imagine owning a nice store, in a great location, but your store has a really heavy front door that sticks. Customers are definitely out there! They are walking down the sidewalk right in front of your store, and many of them try the door, but it's stuck, so they can't get in. You can offer as many 'sales' and 'special offers' as you want, arrange and rearrange your product displays until you are blue in the face, but you won't sell a DAMN THING until you FIX THE FUCKING DOOR!!!!!

    *Sigh.* I love giving advice, and helping others out, I really do. But advice will not help you if you don't FOLLOW IT! LOL! So maybe I should change my party line? Ok... Ummmm.... DON'T use the encoder! It doesn't make a difference! It's sooooo complicated, booo hooo! It's just toooooo hard to use... not worth the time to figure out!!! Don't worry about it! Ten bucks an hour is a GREAT wage for a camgirl! ;-)

    (Hey.. more traffic for me!) ;-)

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    Yes, you STILL HAVE the 30 seconds on the encoder. You see the 30 second countdown on the little black 'screen' in your chatroom.

    You just have to play with your desktop so you can see all the important things at once... yourself on the encoder, AND your chatroom. I agree, this is kind of annoying. But it shouldn't be anything you can't handle. Let me know if you still have problems!

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    For those that splitcam, which program works best with the encoder(s)? I'd like to have another site open but I'm finding that I stay busy on SM.

    I'm charging $2.99 for premium right now and $3.89 for exclusive, but if I can get that encoder to work, I'm upping it!

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    Oh, and one more question. You know how when you click "START SESSION" that those two blue links pop-up that we have to copy & paste on the encoder? Do we have to do that everytime we turn it on? Because I emailed CS and they said no, once was all, but those URL's change so I would think we have to update it every time.

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    Default Re: how to up $ on sm?

    According to what my friend said: SM: paid weekly. The payment week runs Sunday to Saturday.

    Each week you're paid for your earnings from the previous week.

    Checks are sent on Thursdays every week, Payoneer and I-Payout and wires
    are sent on Fridays.


    Checks have a minimum of $20 to be issued
    Payoneer and I-Payout have a minimum of $100 to be issued
    Wires have a minimum of $240 to be issued

    Payments under these minimums will be held over until minimums have been
    reached.


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    Quote Originally Posted by whirlerz View Post
    According to what my friend said: SM: paid weekly. The payment week runs Sunday to Saturday.

    Each week you're paid for your earnings from the previous week.

    Checks are sent on Thursdays every week, Payoneer and I-Payout and wires
    are sent on Fridays.


    Checks have a minimum of $20 to be issued
    Payoneer and I-Payout have a minimum of $100 to be issued
    Wires have a minimum of $240 to be issued

    Payments under these minimums will be held over until minimums have been
    reached.
    Yes, there will be a check weekly but per Streamate's page
    "Payments are sent weekly. However, payments are on a three week delay due to the processors schedule. For example in week 4 of your account being approved you will receive a check for week 1's earnings."

    So if you are new, you have to wait a month before the checks from week 1 start rolling in. LiveJasmin was like that too when I worked there briefly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kittykrane View Post
    Oh, and one more question. You know how when you click "START SESSION" that those two blue links pop-up that we have to copy & paste on the encoder? Do we have to do that everytime we turn it on? Because I emailed CS and they said no, once was all, but those URL's change so I would think we have to update it every time.

    Yes every single fucking time

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    Quote Originally Posted by kittykrane View Post
    Oh, and one more question. You know how when you click "START SESSION" that those two blue links pop-up that we have to copy & paste on the encoder? Do we have to do that everytime we turn it on? Because I emailed CS and they said no, once was all, but those URL's change so I would think we have to update it every time.
    Yes, every time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ms.Lacey View Post
    Yes every single fucking time

    Tee hee! ;-) You beat me.

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    Go figure! Thanks....Sometimes I wonder who is working at the help desk at these camsites based on the various and often incorrect replies I've received over the years. However I can usually depend on other camgals!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ms.Lacey View Post
    Yes every single fucking time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jessica1001 View Post
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    If you tried the encoder and it didn't work, guess what? TRY AGAIN!!! You MUST get it to work!!!

    ...
    LOL This reminds me that it was SO pathetic when I was first trying to use the encoder. I was like, "wah, this is hard....oh wait. I didn't read the instructions." and there was a very obvious line in the instructions that said, "Don't hit connect. Hit start." and then another, "The screen will be black, you can see the screen in Adobe encoder ONLY. Not on your live screen."

    ....oh. Well. Worked fine once I RTFM.


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    sorry I didn't mean giving the wrong info about the paymentsz;(


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    the payment delay depends on country (shouldn't apply to new signups in the USA) and also whether you sign up directly or through a studio (pay delay will still apply if through studio I believe)

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    Yeah as far as payments go, there is no 3 week delay, at least if you are in the US. I sent an email asking about this and someone wrote me back originally and said that they couldn't change my 3 week delay to no delay. I was like "wahhhh noooooo "
    Then this morning I got this email saying-

    "
    Hello,

    Sorry for the previous reply. Your account has been set to 'No Delay'
    since the day you were approved.

    You are paid weekly. The payment week runs Sunday to Saturday.

    Each week we pay you for the earnings from the previous week.

    Checks are sent on Thursdays every week, Payoneer and I-Payout and wires
    are sent on Fridays.

    Please note:
    Checks have a minimum of $20 to be issued
    Payoneer and I-Payout have a minimum of $100 to be issued
    Wires have a minimum of $240 to be issued

    Payments under these minimums will be held over until minimums have been
    reached.

    Let us know if we can be of any further assistance!"


    So yes. No delay yayyyyyy!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lights View Post
    Yeah as far as payments go, there is no 3 week delay, at least if you are in the US. I sent an email asking about this and someone wrote me back originally and said that they couldn't change my 3 week delay to no delay. I was like "wahhhh noooooo "
    Then this morning I got this email saying-

    "
    Hello,

    Sorry for the previous reply. Your account has been set to 'No Delay'
    since the day you were approved.

    You are paid weekly. The payment week runs Sunday to Saturday.

    Each week we pay you for the earnings from the previous week.

    Checks are sent on Thursdays every week, Payoneer and I-Payout and wires
    are sent on Fridays.

    Please note:
    Checks have a minimum of $20 to be issued
    Payoneer and I-Payout have a minimum of $100 to be issued
    Wires have a minimum of $240 to be issued

    Payments under these minimums will be held over until minimums have been
    reached.

    Let us know if we can be of any further assistance!"


    So yes. No delay yayyyyyy!!
    Interesting. Well let us know if you get a check soon then. I emailed them too. My first week was last week and I hit payout so...wondering when I'll see my first check in the mail.

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    Oh, BTW, I just checked my payments page and it says a check was issued on 2/9, so could it be same to assume it's in the mail or will be shortly! That would be awesome!

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    I have a question, and it's a little off topic since I've never been on streamate before... but is streamate a hardcore site? Like is nudity mandatory? Do they have other sections? Are all you girls who are making $100 every 3 hours going nude?
    Thanks. I've heard a lot about streamate..but I don't know the details.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CuriousModel View Post
    I have a question, and it's a little off topic since I've never been on streamate before... but is streamate a hardcore site? Like is nudity mandatory? Do they have other sections? Are all you girls who are making $100 every 3 hours going nude?
    Thanks. I've heard a lot about streamate..but I don't know the details.

    They do offer a "Friends" (non-nude) section, although I can't speak for how busy it is. I would assume you have to be very entertaining in other ways, good talker, etc... to make money there. It just depends on what you enjoy and what you are comfortable with. No one will make you do hardcore if you don't want to or don't mention that in your profile. I offer a bit of everything, but I never do anything I don't want to.

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