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    When I noticed the top girl on the site start moving down the page I thought it very odd, cause she was #1 as long as I knew of the site... I still didn't put two and two together, although I wonder if they had opened up to the top models? I was #2 for a couple weeks at the end and they didn't tell me...but may have told the top models who were up there the whole time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by originalcyn View Post
    When I noticed the top girl on the site start moving down the page I thought it very odd, cause she was #1 as long as I knew of the site... I still didn't put two and two together, although I wonder if they had opened up to the top models? I was #2 for a couple weeks at the end and they didn't tell me...but may have told the top models who were up there the whole time?
    This is purely conjecture on my part, but I doubt it. The tops girls are the ones who are making the site the most money, so I doubt xpeeps would reveal anything to them that would make them want to stop working there/stop bringing in the money. I was hanging out in one of the top girls' rooms on the last night and she seemed genuinely surprised and hurt by the whole thing, I really doubt they gave anyone a head's up.

    I also noticed that the #1 girl suddenly stopped logging in, but I figured it just had to do with the fact that the earning potential wasn't as high on xpeeps as it is on other sites. The money I made on xpeeps was pretty consistent, but on the flip side, it wasn't a ton. For me that was okay because it was worth it to have income that I could pretty much count on, but I could see why someone would try a new site where they could make 5-10x per shift as they did on xpeeps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CourtneyRaine View Post
    This whole xpeeps thing has also got me thinking: How can we tell when a site will be viable, and when it's time to throw in the towel? Xpeeps, camwealth- it seems like sites are starting to go under, so how can we protect ourselves?

    I'd anticipated xpeeps going under eventually, but I thought it would be more of a gradual process. How do you as a model know when you should start worrying/start looking for a new site? For me, when I start seeing less traffic in total, less Paying traffic, and my hourly is consistently declining with everything else being the same I start to get nervous. Could we have foreseen this xpeeps debacle? Is anyone else starting to get paranoid that camming isn't as secure as we originally thought it was? Which isn't saying much, as this isn't really a "secure" profession, but I'm starting to worry about what would happen if more sites start going bust.
    Camwealth was different because it was an indy model listing site where xpeeps was a cam site. I personally never really thought xpeeps would be able to last that long because of their suspiciously high model % payout. As a model you should educate yourself on all sides of the business (or as much of it as you can).

    You'll see when a thread pops up in industry insight here or in other work a lot of the veteran girls grill the 'owner' about his business practices and his %s and usually tell him he doesnt have a chance.

    You can do your own research but to sum it up- theres a reason the big box sites pay around 35. Its all they can afford to pay models.A really simplistic overlook is - 35 goes to models 35 goes to affiliates to support traffic 20 is used to run the site (support staff, bandwidth etc)and for the site to pay taxes and 10 is the sites actual profits.

    MFC is a whole other beast. They pay 50% and have no affiliates. they generate traffic through the free shows. I have no idea what their profits are or their costs are. There are plenty of clone sites popping up trying to copy their success but no one has yet to.

    So any traditional cam site thats going to pay more then 35% to the models is going to have cut costs somewhere else (ie pay the models more but have less traffic, so youll end up with a site full of models but no traffic)

    As for xpeeps if they were trying to mimic MFC by implementing a blackout feature for non tippers preventing them from seeing free shows- that pretty much killed the free traffic that MFC thrives on. Just looking at their numbers if they paid models 70% and it costs an average site 20% to operate it only leaves them 10% wiggle room for their profit and money to generate traffic (since they werent getting it for free). Its kind of surprising they stayed online for as long as they did..

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    It's just sad that this is the third site I've been on that has gone under this past year alone (the other two being SupportMyWish and Stripville). I really need to figure out how to successfully go indy, because I basically just lost my job through no fault of my own. I don't like not having control over my working environment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CourtneyRaine View Post
    This whole xpeeps thing has also got me thinking: How can we tell when a site will be viable, and when it's time to throw in the towel? Xpeeps, camwealth- it seems like sites are starting to go under, so how can we protect ourselves?

    I'd anticipated xpeeps going under eventually, but I thought it would be more of a gradual process. How do you as a model know when you should start worrying/start looking for a new site? For me, when I start seeing less traffic in total, less Paying traffic, and my hourly is consistently declining with everything else being the same I start to get nervous. Could we have foreseen this xpeeps debacle? Is anyone else starting to get paranoid that camming isn't as secure as we originally thought it was? Which isn't saying much, as this isn't really a "secure" profession, but I'm starting to worry about what would happen if more sites start going bust.
    One of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten on SW is to never put all your eggs in one basket because you never know when a site will close down without warning.
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    Quote Originally Posted by justanothercamgirl View Post
    One of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten on SW is to never put all your eggs in one basket because you never know when a site will close down without warning.
    ^True story. I'm signed up for a bunch of sites but I really need to narrow it down to actively working two, plus two clip sites. There's definitely something to be said for having multiple sites in case something as drastic as this happens, but spreading yourself too thin can also be counter-productive. It's all about balance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CourtneyRaine View Post
    It's all about balance.
    I couldn't agree with this statement more. The hardest thing for me as a camgirl is definitely this balance.

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    I almost signed up for this bc of the 70% payout thank god i didn't. It just sounded too good to be true. This is why I only stick to big sites. Yes they could go down but it always seems like its the little sites....and I can't risk not getting paid. Remember all the girls that loved onhercam? How many other sites came and bombed? What a mess I hope everyone gets paid whats owed.

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    Speaking of getting paid, does anyone have an update on when we'll be getting our funds? I read they'd be sending out payments early this week but nothing has hit my bank account yet.

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    Nope havent gotten mine either im a little worried i mean seems very easy to just run off with our money

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    I got a 70 cents check in the mail from them today. (*laughs*)

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    Sorry to necro this but have any former xpeeps girls gotten a 1099 from them yet? I have not, but I've gotten 1099s from all the other cam sites I was expecting to... So... Are they even sending them out?

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    I was just wondering the same thing.... Has anyone received a 1099 from xPeeps?

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    Ooooh, I was wondering why this zombie thread was brought back to life. I completely forgot about the 1099!

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    I haven't.

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    should i still file if i made only like $7 from them?




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    Winona, I would still declare it. I mean, you're already filing taxes anyway so why not report the extra $7? I truly douby it will make any difference whatsoever in your return/what you owe but I am freaking paranoid about an audit. If xpeeps reports that $7 and you don't it could raise a red flag, I'd rather play it safe than sorry. It is such a ridiculous amount but I'd do anything to avoid that red flag. I'm not a tax expert, though, just a neurotic cam girl

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    Sooo if this site supposedly died, why is it still up and running?

    What happened with it? I always got good traffic there when I started out at the beginning...
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    It's a white label for streammate now. The site that's up isn't xpeeps.

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    Yep, just a white label from Sm.

    So no one's gotten their 1099 yet? Should I assume it's just not coming?

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