




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.
FUCK THAT.
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.
Last edited by funismymiddlename; 08-01-2015 at 11:42 AM.





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*


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.
No power in the 'verse can stop me.
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.
* Me, everytime a member has 100 requests in freechat, like he's at a 5 Stars All Inclusive Holiday Resort *





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!!





^^ 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.

Mine is 250$ per hr










@ 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.![]()





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 onDemand what you're worth ladies.





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!
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 :[




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
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want - Zig Ziglar
"Be thankful for the troubles of your job. They provide about half your income Robert R. Updegraff
* Me, everytime a member has 100 requests in freechat, like he's at a 5 Stars All Inclusive Holiday Resort *
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!



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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