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    Quote Originally Posted by EllieGold View Post
    Ladies I was at 3.99 for the longest time and slowly raised it up. You can all do the same. I highly suggest it. You will see that you will work less hours because their horny ass's will still pay.
    Have you been on Streamate lately?! Cuz no, they aren't paying. I was at $5.99 and went down to $4.99 and it's helping some. I'm still not getting more than %12 in paid chat this week...I seriously doubt raising my prices back up right now will help.

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    Lowered my rates from 6.99/9.99 to 5.99/8.99 because I'm moving and I need a LOT of money quickly.

    52% in paid chat as opposed to my normal 49%. No more people in my premium room than usual, actually probably less than usual.

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    I just raiesd to 7.99 8.99 im like fuck it I lost some weight I'm in better shape now so why not my body isn't where I want it to be but lets see what happens I can always fall back on gold shows.

    update: It hasn't even been 1 hr and I made 85 dollars before I raised my rate I was on for 20 min w/0 I hope this keeps up.
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    Alright, I'm at the point of needing input. SM is my bread-and-butter site and I do well there. I'm with daily pay, so I make 30% as opposed to 35% (I mention this because I've been toying with going back to weekly pay for that extra 5% soon, more on that later). I'm a top 10-15 model consistently when I log in. My hourly rate, conservatively, is $50, although the last month or two have been in the $60-$70/hour range, all at the 30% rate. I average 35-40% time in paid chat, but lately it's been sitting at 50% (matching my $60-$70/hourly average). My prices are $6.99 exclusive/$14.99 premium (can ya tell I despise them peepers) and my show type really caters to 1-on-1 shows. I do a gold show when the mood strikes me, so maybe once per month, and they really aren't an income source for me.

    I'm debating raising my rates up to $7.99-$8.99 range for exclusive, but I worry that this might be my sweet spot and I hate the thought of losing money. Granted, I also hate the idea that I'm losing money because the customers would be willing to pay more if I just bumped my price up. What do you ladies think of that idea?

    Also, keep in mind that I only make 30% with daily pay. If I were on the 35% weekly pay rate, my average hourly lately would be about $15/hour higher (eep!) and that's really a raise onto itself. However, it still begs the question of whether or not I could do a combination of increasing my cut (30% -> 35%) AND raise my rates higher to push myself to my goal of $100+ per hour. Basically, there's a small voice in the back of my head holding be back by saying 'don't be greedy--take the guaranteed pay raise by going off daily pay and skip the rate hike' but I'm still worried I might be leaving cash on the table. That said, balancing act--I don't want to raise my rates for a few weeks and realize my income took a nose dive because of it. Risk versus reward and all that shit.

    Thoughts?

    P.S. I'm honestly stuck on this one, so I hope this doesn't come across as a 'brag' post. THANK YOU for any input! *hugs*


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    Quote Originally Posted by Issabelle View Post
    Alright, I'm at the point of needing input. SM is my bread-and-butter site and I do well there. I'm with daily pay, so I make 30% as opposed to 35% (I mention this because I've been toying with going back to weekly pay for that extra 5% soon, more on that later). I'm a top 10-15 model consistently when I log in. My hourly rate, conservatively, is , although the last month or two have been in the -/hour range, all at the 30% rate. I average 35-40% time in paid chat, but lately it's been sitting at 50% (matching my -/hourly average). My prices are .99 exclusive/.99 premium (can ya tell I despise them peepers) and my show type really caters to 1-on-1 shows. I do a gold show when the mood strikes me, so maybe once per month, and they really aren't an income source for me.

    I'm debating raising my rates up to .99-.99 range for exclusive, but I worry that this might be my sweet spot and I hate the thought of losing money. Granted, I also hate the idea that I'm losing money because the customers would be willing to pay more if I just bumped my price up. What do you ladies think of that idea?

    Also, keep in mind that I only make 30% with daily pay. If I were on the 35% weekly pay rate, my average hourly lately would be about /hour higher (eep!) and that's really a raise onto itself. However, it still begs the question of whether or not I could do a combination of increasing my cut (30% -> 35%) AND raise my rates higher to push myself to my goal of 0+ per hour. Basically, there's a small voice in the back of my head holding be back by saying 'don't be greedy--take the guaranteed pay raise by going off daily pay and skip the rate hike' but I'm still worried I might be leaving cash on the table. That said, balancing act--I don't want to raise my rates for a few weeks and realize my income took a nose dive because of it. Risk versus reward and all that shit.

    Thoughts?

    P.S. I'm honestly stuck on this one, so I hope this doesn't come across as a 'brag' post. THANK YOU for any input! *hugs*
    I always opt for the higher rate. Particularly if they're under $10 per minute. If you can get them to pay 7, they'll pay 9.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oCURIOUSo View Post
    I always opt for the higher rate. Particularly if they're under $10 per minute. If you can get them to pay 7, they'll pay 9.
    Fair enough. On that note, I've generally raised my rates in $1 increments, but I'm not sure if I should do a $.50 bump for a few weeks and then another until it levels out/shows decline or just go all in to start. Thoughts?


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    If you bump it up .50 that's only .15 more per minute for you.*if it were me* I'd go $2 at a time. But, I realize I'm in a different position, so me demanding $12 per minute isn't a big deal but if you aren't comfortable with the whole dollar and selling people on it, do it a little at a time. You can always bump it up a couple cents per day. That way it's a slow climb but customers are less likely to notice.
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    I had so far Premium : 6.99 and Exclusive: 14,99 and I had my best earning weeks but my pvt time doesn't go higher than 15%
    But in the last 3 weeks it went pretty slow and I had more than 8 days off added.
    So I decided to drop the prices and see if my pvt time increases so I can gain some popularity and I have a new schedlue too. Also I switched the premium with exclusive prices and got my premium higher. New prices are Premium 9,99 and Exclusive 7,99.
    I will keep it like this for the next 2 weeks and use the new schedlue and see what happens.
    Be back in 2 weeks with updates.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Issabelle View Post
    Alright, I'm at the point of needing input. SM is my bread-and-butter site and I do well there. I'm with daily pay, so I make 30% as opposed to 35% (I mention this because I've been toying with going back to weekly pay for that extra 5% soon, more on that later). I'm a top 10-15 model consistently when I log in. My hourly rate, conservatively, is $50, although the last month or two have been in the $60-$70/hour range, all at the 30% rate. I average 35-40% time in paid chat, but lately it's been sitting at 50% (matching my $60-$70/hourly average). My prices are $6.99 exclusive/$14.99 premium (can ya tell I despise them peepers) and my show type really caters to 1-on-1 shows. I do a gold show when the mood strikes me, so maybe once per month, and they really aren't an income source for me.

    I'm debating raising my rates up to $7.99-$8.99 range for exclusive, but I worry that this might be my sweet spot and I hate the thought of losing money. Granted, I also hate the idea that I'm losing money because the customers would be willing to pay more if I just bumped my price up. What do you ladies think of that idea?

    Also, keep in mind that I only make 30% with daily pay. If I were on the 35% weekly pay rate, my average hourly lately would be about $15/hour higher (eep!) and that's really a raise onto itself. However, it still begs the question of whether or not I could do a combination of increasing my cut (30% -> 35%) AND raise my rates higher to push myself to my goal of $100+ per hour. Basically, there's a small voice in the back of my head holding be back by saying 'don't be greedy--take the guaranteed pay raise by going off daily pay and skip the rate hike' but I'm still worried I might be leaving cash on the table. That said, balancing act--I don't want to raise my rates for a few weeks and realize my income took a nose dive because of it. Risk versus reward and all that shit.

    Thoughts?

    P.S. I'm honestly stuck on this one, so I hope this doesn't come across as a 'brag' post. THANK YOU for any input! *hugs*
    I am thinking the same as you only I have my exclusive rate higher then my premium rate. I was thinking to put both rates up a dollar or maybe even two dollars but then enable block sessions and see if I get a better hourly percentage.

    But like you Im afraid I might already have my sweet spot and I dont want to drop down so I am trying to figure out how long I should try at the new rates to be able to make a fair assessment on how well they are working for me. So if you switch your rates how long will you try them out and what will you compare them to to determine if you need to tweek them more of if they are working for you?

    Also, no offense to daily pay, but 5% is huge! I would cut that out immediately if you want to make more money! I mean if your okay living without that 5% every week then switch to weekly pay outs and put 5% of that into a savings account. Then at the end of the year look into investing the money into something like mutual funds. Your just throwing money away!!

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    ^^ I just took the leap and I put my exclusive rate up $2 and my private rate up $1. Additionally I enabled all my block sessions. That is something I have never offered.

    I am going to be comparing the money I make for the next four weeks to the money I made last year at this time and ALSO comparing it again to the money I average per week and per hour since January 1st to see if I notice any difference. I think one month should give me a nice amount of comparison to judge whether or not I should stay this rate, go lower or even try for higher. Like you issabelle I really want to hit that $100-$150 range.

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    Mine is 250$ per hr

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    Quote Originally Posted by annietrix View Post
    Mine is 250$ per hr
    Tell me more!

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    @ Deep--yeah, it is a pretty large cut to take when I do the math for sure. I switched onto daily pay last year with Boleyn Models for the perks (income/employment verification, housing, faster access to my money by 3 weeks, ACH deposit, etc, etc.) and I'm in a position to switch to their weekly pay program now (basically 35% again). Just need to save up a cushion so I can hang in there between last daily pay deposit and first weekly pay deposit (about 2 weeks).

    On that note, I'm with you. I'll pop my rates up at least $1 in the next day or so. In terms of how I track how it's working--SPREADSHEETS! I can't emphasize the importance of tracking your daily/hourly/weekly/monthly rates enough! If you don't know where you started, it's hard to determine where to go and all that. I'll just track my hourly rate and compare it to previous days/weeks/etc in after no less than a week, probably two. I'm happy to show you how to build one for yourself if you need! PM me if you'd like.


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    It's been such a slow week on Streamate! So...I raised my rates!! Might as well get as much as I can from the guys who will actually pay right? I'm done with the cheap motherfuckers...it's all rich men for me from now on Demand what you're worth ladies.

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    Raised mine 50p to £4 on AW. Admittedly only during the wee hours when all the other girls have fucked off haha, but it's been working for me
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    Have been experimenting with bumping mine from $6.99 to $7.49 or $7.99. Have finally settled on staying at $7.99 for at least the next few weeks before I think of raising them again. Thanks for all your input ladies!


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    I e-mailed SM to raise my max rates to 9.99, and they told me they could only raise them to 7.99 "for now". Any idea, is it a matter of how long we've been with the site, or just who happens to answer the e-mail? I want to go higher NOW :[

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    Quote Originally Posted by AngelicaFox View Post
    I e-mailed SM to raise my max rates to 9.99, and they told me they could only raise them to 7.99 "for now". Any idea, is it a matter of how long we've been with the site, or just who happens to answer the e-mail? I want to go higher NOW :[
    No, it's a matter of money. The more you'll make, the more prices you'll receive. Once you reach a certain target, you'll get a message from them saying "You can now charge more bla bla".

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    Sure, that would make sense. But I take it no one knows what the target is? Just curious. It's nice to know, "at x amount I can look forward to raising my rates again."

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    Quote Originally Posted by AngelicaFox View Post
    Sure, that would make sense. But I take it no one knows what the target is? Just curious. It's nice to know, "at x amount I can look forward to raising my rates again."
    I would try mailing again, when in your position; maybe youll get someone else dealig with your request.
    You can also use the "I have a paying member who requested to see me at a higher price" - I actually had a findom guy once who requested the highest rate and sm staff made me able to go to 19,99per minute which is the max
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    Quote Originally Posted by AngelicaFox View Post
    Sure, that would make sense. But I take it no one knows what the target is? Just curious. It's nice to know, "at x amount I can look forward to raising my rates again."
    When I was able to raise my rates, I wasn't making more than $300 per week.
    So I guess it can't be a higher limit.
    Or, to be sure, better email Liz and ask her what are the terms for getting a raise.
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    I've been at 4.99/6.99 forever. Like a year... So I just bumped up to 5.99/7.99 today. Hope this works out!

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    Bumping this awesome thread
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    I start to doubt the " sweet spot" when it comes to rates..
    if there is no traffic or no good traffic you can charge whatever and it doesn't matter.
    when there is no traffic making 10 bucks from charging 2.99/min ( I dont charge that , Im at 6.99) seems amazing

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    Just raised my rates...hopefully I didn't do it prematurely. Overall I feel better but things seem to have slowed down a bit. Maybe its just the week. I'll see. This is the first time I have ever questioned a rate raise.

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