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    An hour in and at one frickin' token/5 cents. I hate the freeloaders. One guy pm'ed me asking me to watch his cam and rate his dick. I said that I'd be happy to rate his dick if he tipped me for it. I have cam watching on my tip menu list. He said 200 tokens was too expensive for that and that I should be willing to watch his cam for free since he has an alleged 14 inch dick, tipped me 1 token, and left. Nights like these make me hate men.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miss_ShaSha View Post
    That's it. I've had it with camming. In Jan it will be a year full time. I've read 4 sales books, I've switched up my hustle, I've put in consistently about 30-35 hrs a week and I'm not even making $1K a week like I had planned. I'm making far less than that on average the last 3 months.

    I'm going to get licensed as a Reiki Practitioner and prolly move to CA to practice. I'm done. Planning my exit starting tomorrow. I have put in max effort for shit. I will not choose to damage my heart and mind like this anymore.

    Camming fucking sucks!!!
    I admire you for quitting because life is too short to be miserable. You will never know how another path will go until you try. Take that leap of faith! You have the drive and self discipline to do really well in something you enjoy.

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    I used to feel like you for a long time.. I tried to commit suicide when I was in my late 30's just to get away from men... and now I am in my late 40's and life keeps getting better and better and I can imagine good things. I didn't feel that way when I was 40 I felt hopeless and nothing will ever get better... just get through it if that's all you can do.

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    Thank you but i'm done with life. I am just here on this earth now to care for my pets and thats it. I've lost to much to even have the silver of desire to move forward. I mean I couldnt even make $12 bucks today to buy my dogs a small bag of food. Sigh. I've been on for 2.5 hours and nothing to show for it. As usual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigbum View Post
    damn i am stuck at $200 to $250 range per week on SM i hover at $10 per an hour at most and 95% of my shows are only 2 minutes or less. i am priced at 4.50/4.99 . if i work 3 hours i make the same as if i stay on for 5 hours. for whatever reason.
    week after week. because i live outside the usa i literally only need $400 a week to be living super well. gosh. this sucks.
    the best i did was $380 and $350 2 months ago since i started. my rates are at $4.50/$4.99 . i dont get complaints but is that high or low?

    Please raise your rates. Pretty please.

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    Quote Originally Posted by webcamcutie View Post
    I just upped my hours from 30/week to 40-50 and now pushing for 60hr weeks because I refuse to not hit my goals and now with the baby 2yrs old now I can juggle a few more hrs online.
    Hi and ty for ur nice post, what amazes me most is, how do u manage to cam for soo many hrs considering u have a 2yo baby? 60 hrs a week means 10 hrs a day if u cam 6 days a week, when do u have time to do all domestic things in the house, take care of ur kid, rest and sleep? How do u have stamina for these all? I get tired after 3-4 hrs on cam and it's not just age and health condition, i always been like this and had poor energy level, my body never been able to sustain intensive effort or long hrs work, i struggled soo hard with everything i did, being house chores, vanilla work or camming.

    Some of u guys are really strong and hard workers, reading how u cam for 10-12 hrs a day its just something i would never be able to anymore (i did 12 hrs shift when i started camming at a studio many years ago but i was a zombie from it and there was no free chat back then, it was exhausting and i had my kid at my parents, no man at home either to have to cook or clean for still i was not able to do anything at home but sleep; still single now).

    Yeah, reading ur posts about making goals (hrs, money, camathons) just make me feel like i am a wimp cause i cam 2-3 hrs then if i make nothing or too little i log off, i cant take it anymore and even on good days (which are rare now) i cant do more than 4 hrs a day shifts (i cam night time here).
    Anyway, congrats for being this hard working cam girls, for the determination and will to push urself to the limits, no wonder u guys reach high goals there, i think SM is counting on this exactly when they run contests, models really work hard and make lots of money there, u guys deserve the prizes. Bravo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by KatM View Post
    Hi and ty for ur nice post, what amazes me most is, how do u manage to cam for soo many hrs considering u have a 2yo baby? 60 hrs a week means 10 hrs a day if u cam 6 days a week, when do u have time to do all domestic things in the house, take care of ur kid, rest and sleep? How do u have stamina for these all? I get tired after 3-4 hrs on cam and it's not just age and health condition, i always been like this and had poor energy level, my body never been able to sustain intensive effort or long hrs work, i struggled soo hard with everything i did, being house chores, vanilla work or camming.

    Some of u guys are really strong and hard workers, reading how u cam for 10-12 hrs a day its just something i would never be able to anymore (i did 12 hrs shift when i started camming at a studio many years ago but i was a zombie from it and there was no free chat back then, it was exhausting and i had my kid at my parents, no man at home either to have to cook or clean for still i was not able to do anything at home but sleep; still single now).

    Yeah, reading ur posts about making goals (hrs, money, camathons) just make me feel like i am a wimp cause i cam 2-3 hrs then if i make nothing or too little i log off, i cant take it anymore and even on good days (which are rare now) i cant do more than 4 hrs a day shifts (i cam night time here).
    Anyway, congrats for being this hard working cam girls, for the determination and will to push urself to the limits, no wonder u guys reach high goals there, i think SM is counting on this exactly when they run contests, models really work hard and make lots of money there, u guys deserve the prizes. Bravo!
    Hey Kat,
    I've been a cammodel for almost 12years now and I've always had a pretty strong work ethic, in my younger years camming when I started off on imlive I had to work 12hr days just to make what I wanted and to build up a customer base, at that time I had a younger child (my oldest is 13 now) and I would cam when she was in school then again in the evenings-late night. I've always been a hard worker in anything I've done though and I LOVE to keep busy, I feel like I'm not doing enough if I sit around too long, thats just how I am and how I was raised, haha. Vanilla life before camming I worked 2 jobs and worked 60-65hrs a week in the retail life! god, I was so much younger back then too, surviving off 3-4hrs of sleep a night was SO much easier then!

    Now its kind of the same thing, obviously I haven't cammed an extreme amount of hours like that for years because I didn't need to, but this year I am making about 1/2/hrly what I am used to cause as I said, all of us are feeling this slow down, so my obvious fix to making what I want for my goals would be to increase my hours. I'll tell you what, its definitely NOT easy and takes a ton of motivation and dedication to sustain a schedule like that with not only a 2yr old but also a teenager I'm responsible for to commute back and forth to school, etc. I mostly cam during her nap (she naps 3-4hrs during the day), she spends her mornings with me, unless I'm trying to start an hr earlier then I have my stepson watch her for a bit in the morning prior to her nap, with a break to pick up my other daughter from school, then again in the later afternoon for a few hours (when she gets up from her nap her older sister will spend some time with her coloring, playdoh, activies, etc if I'm still online) and then again in the evening-night while she is asleep, and in between I'm running errands, doing housework, cooking, cleaning, and literally get maybe 30mins of downtime in a 10-12hr day on cam and I sleep very very little. I do try to give myself at least 1 night off a week, and one full daytime off during the week to do things like grocery shop, go to the laundromat, etc. Breaking my days up into 3 'shifts' per day of shorter hours is the way to go and what works for me, its hard to sit for 4hrs+ especially if its slow, and I will sometimes, but rarely do I cam longer than 4hrs at a time in a shift.

    I'm not as young as I once was and camming so many hours is very taxing on my body. I go to chiropractor 2x a week also because I'm working on fixing issues and problems I've had for YEARS. I AM fortunate that my husband has a very good job and that's helped me out this year that when I could only cam 30hrs a week (Ive sustained full time hours on cam basically my whole career, no less than 30week aside from the first year of the babies life when I cammed very part-time) and I was making about 1/2 what I'd like to it didn't hurt me because I have the support of another household income which wasn't even a thing for me up until 3 years ago because it was all me, and only me.

    I don't even place in the contests, lol. I haven't placed in one since last year when I was making more money hrly than I am now. In order to do that with the hrly rates I'm making I would have to work 14-16hrs to attempt to place, and I might be crazy and have a high work ethic, but I do enjoy the little downtime and sleep I do get, and to me for the small prize I would get, top 200 or maybe top 100 if I'm lucky, its just not worth it. I also notice I get more issues and lower traffic during contests and most of my time online is just basically the 'waiting game'. I can have consec 0$/hrs like everyone else and I just sit around and wait for one of my regs to come by or luck out with a new guy for a long show. With streaming on SM for 9yrs you'd think that all of my regulars suddenly didnt vanish into thin air and I'd be relying on this 'new traffic' thats coming in, but it happens VERY often. I try not to get discouraged and just keep pushing but these past 2 months I've really stepped it up from camming 30-35/hrs a week back to the 50-60 range because quite frankly, I HAVE to. I want to buy a house in the spring/summer and I know the only way that is going to happen is if I work more hours.

    Don't get me wrong, I wish I had more downtime (and in the summer months I plan to, because I take my kids out to do all kinds of fun outdoors stuff when the weather is nice, so we get to enjoy that time together because summer only lasts so long!), I was doing 10-12/hrs a day with 2 days off but for the month of December I am giving up my days off (like camming today a shorter day of 7hrs) because I have a HUGE goal and I want to hit it, and I know if I keep up the motivation and keep logging on and doing my hours I WILL get there and that'll be a nice christmas present to myself.

    My secret weapon, which I realized shortly after I had the baby and sometimes I could legit only log on for 20-30 mins at a time between her 'cat naps' (she was an awful napper, the first 6 months after she was born was the worst, I'd put her down for a nap and she wouldn't even sleep a full REM cycle before waking up again) is I would just log online. I'd brush my hair, grab a tank top or a bra, park my cam infront of my cleavage, and get online and sit there. I was lactating back then so the $$ was a lot more than it is now, but I knew I didn't have time to worry about my makeup, or my hair, or fancy stuff, and I'd just get on whenever I could for however long I could. In the beginning of the year after I wasn't lactating anymore, I was tired of the traffic I would get from 'boob camming' - as I call it, lol, and I would just get a lot of short rushy guys, who would come in and appear rude (because 90% of them are streaming from their phone) and I wanted to attract customers like most of my regulars were. Guys that wanted to chat, and hang out between shows, and have good conversations with, etc. So I went back taking the time to do my hair and makeup, and showing my face in freechat again, and after 6 months of doing that I REALIZED it didn't matter! I wasn't making any more money with wasting my time on hair and makeup and showing my face in freechat than I was if I just logged in and tossed my boobs on screen in freechat, in fact, I was making LESS money because I would work less hours, cause I got TIRED of looking at myself on the webcam unhappy because I would see consistent in-outs/freeloaders/rude rushy guys, etc, so you know what? I went back to doing boob-cam, and now my income has doubled since then. Clearly that type of hustle wouldn't work for everyone, but the year I didn't show my face in freechat (last year) and just worked when I could as long as I could was actually my highest earning and most successful year on cam. And if thats what it takes for me to be online as long as it takes to make my goals, then that's what Im going to do! So if its working now, I don't care if the guys in freechat don't like it (and my regulars are very understanding), they are welcome to take me to pvt or exclusive to request to see whatever they'd like, and I tell them just that. The demographic of cam customers has changed a lot over the years. As mobile becomes mainstream, more and more guys are rushing online between breaks at work, or short jerk off sessions here/there where they dont have the skill to point the cam from their phone on their dick, type more than one word at a time while watching us on cam without them appearing rude or rushy, so I make sure to take my time, not get fed up (I used to block guys like that without question) if they appear to be rude, snap back at them any chance I get (if its warranted) and let them leave my room if they don't like how I do things, and adapt and change as the demographic has, and for that, I'm a happier camgirl. I'm just doing what I gotta do to take care of mine and my own, so that's why if a guy doesn't like that I don't show my face in freechat (face beggars are definitely a thing as much as tit/ass beggars are) oh well, they are welcome to go to the next host and spend some time with them instead, you know? Lol.

    Sorry for being long-winded. But there ya have it. Lots of hard work and dedication and I have some high goals, so if it takes me 60-70-80hrs a week to get those goals, whelp.. I'll sleep some day (unlikely). lol

    --- also to re-read what you said, let me just add: Don't be discouraged or feel like a 'wimp' you are doing what you can, and it can be frustrating, I get that, for sure. But if you are only able to work 4hrs a day then thats all you can do, you know? Cam has really taken a different turn this year for everyone, and SM has been in an awful state, but I'm positive once they finish doing their html5 convert and SMC is in full and complete operation, things might go back to more normal and the good days will outweigh the bad days. I've been praying for this for the past 4yrs since things went south like anyone else - its only a matter of time that the site will run smoother and things will be better for everyone, hopefully sooner rather than later! I remember when they did the changes with widescreen and 720p, it was TWO YEARS of low income and glitches and me back to working 60-70hrs a week before it seemed to go back to normal, then they started to do the changes for html5 and everything went to shit again. they are rewriting the whole software and creating something from scratch, it sucks, but I can look beyond the bullshit and see into the bigger picture. Will SM ever get back to the 'old days' like it was 4+ yrs ago? Who knows, one could hope, I don't know the future, but I do know that *I* am going to work as much as needed to make what I need to make to take care of my family and what my bills/budget are based off my old income, etc. You're doing the best you can, and thats all you can do! Please don't ever feel badly about that. We all work hard in our own ways with what limitations we have. <3
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    Wow. Tough crowd today. Lots of begging. Lots of ins and outs. Barely any tips and some loser took me to exclusive and then left 15 seconds in. I've been on for an hour lol only 5 more to go lmao.

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    ^^^ Wow i am even more impressed cutie!! Ty for taking the time to write these all, ty!
    I wish i could do the boob thing myself cause i am tired of doing make up and hair and all and as u said i get sad after a while being slow and cant continue anymore but... I DONT HAVE TITS!!! for that LOL
    What else can i put on cam, my ass? I need it to sit on it plus is the backside, i wish i had proper tits cause they in the front side and easier to work with ) (i know a cam girl who puts the camera at the back and shows her ass only when sitting but i dont like to do this). I have to rely on my charm and smile and do what i can given my situation and health condition.
    All the best and good luck reaching ur goals, u a strong woman!!! xxx

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    Quote Originally Posted by KatM View Post
    ^^^ Wow i am even more impressed cutie!! Ty for taking the time to write these all, ty!
    I wish i could do the boob thing myself cause i am tired of doing make up and hair and all and as u said i get sad after a while being slow and cant continue anymore but... I DONT HAVE TITS!!! for that LOL
    What else can i put on cam, my ass? I need it to sit on it plus is the backside, i wish i had proper tits cause they in the front side and easier to work with ) (i know a cam girl who puts the camera at the back and shows her ass only when sitting but i dont like to do this). I have to rely on my charm and smile and do what i can given my situation and health condition.
    All the best and good luck reaching ur goals, u a strong woman!!! xxx
    You're welcome. I don't mind sharing my journey, life, etc, and it looks like I'm committed back to the forums cause.. I just can't stay away, and missed a lot of you ladies also.

    Camming is hard to do when you don't want to be online, I have no issues sitting here for hours with my tits on screen while I browse the forums, google, watch youtube, anything I have to do to keep myself occupied to STFO, for sure. To me seeing my face is a personal thing, and the way the guys act is like they're not into being 'personal' and getting to know me like they used to be, so I'm going to give them what they want so they can do their thing and fuck off, and make my money that way, then there is no ill feelings on my part, and if there is on theirs, they are welcome to pay me to see what they want, we do this for a living after all. In my experience if a guy is truly interested in a show then they will go to a show, regardless if my face, tits, ass or foot is on the screen, I've always felt this way, and clearly its working, lol.

    Hey girl sometimes you just need to pick your best ASS-ets and find a proper cam angle that works for you, lower down and angled upwards and close makes things appear, larger, if you get what I'm saying? My tits shrunk a lot from losing 50lbs and no more milk, but they still look nice n massive enough to draw the guys into paid chat, haha.

    Wishing you all the best <3

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    yea, been on for like 30 minutes (if i'm being generous and rounding ALL the way up) but it's too dead for my attention span.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miss_ShaSha View Post
    That's it. I've had it with camming. In Jan it will be a year full time. I've read 4 sales books, I've switched up my hustle, I've put in consistently about 30-35 hrs a week and I'm not even making $1K a week like I had planned. I'm making far less than that on average the last 3 months.

    I'm going to get licensed as a Reiki Practitioner and prolly move to CA to practice. I'm done. Planning my exit starting tomorrow. I have put in max effort for shit. I will not choose to damage my heart and mind like this anymore.

    Camming fucking sucks!!!
    The girls here already said it all, so all I am going to say is that I will miss you, and that I wish you all the best. I am going to miss your posts and your good vibes. Love you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SapphireXO View Post
    I'm very pregnant and someone told me I should really get implants on StripChat last week. Mind you: my chest is perfectly symmetrical and someone tipped me out my goal to stay topless in free chat. It set me completely off. I went full rampage, no filter, cussing him out about how commercial mainstream pornography ruined his view on a healthy, ideal female body. Had to educate him on how YES my nipples are much bigger and darker atm. They are so heavy yes they do droop slightly but not unsightly. Then I had to remind him about implants causing lymphoma and breast implant disease. After I was completely infuriated and berated him for several minutes, I got a private, more tips, and users begging me to ban him. Then a private message asking me if I do humiliation shows. LOOK AT MY PRE PREGNANCY pictures IDIOT?!?!?! He didn't know what the fuck he was talking about.

    Sorry you had to deal with that fucking loser.
    Never mind, they just are sick people. I have a natural K size breast and they still complain that I need got bigger and put implants there. I guess even Beshine not enough big for them. I guess it's a some fetish because their nicknames ounds as increase, belarger, etc. Useless fetish.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miss_ShaSha View Post
    That's it. I've had it with camming. In Jan it will be a year full time. I've read 4 sales books, I've switched up my hustle, I've put in consistently about 30-35 hrs a week and I'm not even making $1K a week like I had planned. I'm making far less than that on average the last 3 months.

    I'm going to get licensed as a Reiki Practitioner and prolly move to CA to practice. I'm done. Planning my exit starting tomorrow. I have put in max effort for shit. I will not choose to damage my heart and mind like this anymore.

    Camming fucking sucks!!!
    I can't believe my eyes that you're quitting camming, you were so positive and inspiring, made many of us smile and laugh in the hardest and darkest days of camming, this forum without you will not be the same.
    I wish you the best and hope you will be doing well, I have no doubts you will be a great healer. And will miss you a lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Miss_ShaSha View Post
    That's it. I've had it with camming. In Jan it will be a year full time. I've read 4 sales books, I've switched up my hustle, I've put in consistently about 30-35 hrs a week and I'm not even making $1K a week like I had planned. I'm making far less than that on average the last 3 months.

    I'm going to get licensed as a Reiki Practitioner and prolly move to CA to practice. I'm done. Planning my exit starting tomorrow. I have put in max effort for shit. I will not choose to damage my heart and mind like this anymore.

    Camming fucking sucks!!!
    I just want to let you know that your positivity on this forum has helped me got through some really tough shifts and pulled me out of my self-blaming thoughts when things are slow. I will miss you. I wish you all the very best in your new venture, Sha!

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    Mfc and sm sucked too bad for me tonight. I felt like crying. I swear if it wasn't for this other site I recently started on, I'd give up and go back to fbsm full-time. The traffic is low there on this other site and I've been spending most of my time listening to music or watching Netflix but at least there's a guaranteed hourly rate. I know this one won't last long but I'm going to milk it for as long as I can.

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    Been on for almost two hours on SM and nothing. Some moron crying in my inbox about how I kicked him out. Wanting to chit chat for way too long and then tells me models like me don't last long. Bullshit I have been on and off for 5 years and what didn't last long was me being way too nice for too little.

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    ^^^Im at a point in my life where I’m grateful when things don’t work out because it means there’s something better for me waiting on the other side. Goodluck.

    To quote a cool lady on SW Camming will always be waiting for you if you change your mind.
    Thank you for your support. It means the world to me. I'm moving forward, but I WILL NEVER FORGET this community!

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    Long read ahead, your post triggered me to do some word spillage.

    I said before that $1k a week isn't easy for everyone to make, I still stand by that. Some can make it some can't, some it takes sooner to make and some it takes longer to make. I think you would've been easily able to make that years ago, now it isn't as easy. Camming isn't what it use to be. It really sucks but its no longer easy to make money in the adult industry. Making your goal regardless of the number use to be hella easy. You could work 1 camsite and make your goal. There was no stressing about whether or not you'd make it. There was no having to put in more and more hours just to make it. There was consistency. All you had to do was log on for a set amount of hours and you'd make your goal.

    Making money with camming/the adult industry seems to keep getting harder. For most its going to keep taking longer and longer to make whatever goal. So I say good for you for deciding to throw in the towel. I know many people view quitting as weak or defeat but imo its very smart and mature to admit when something is no longer working for you. Regardless of what job a person does its hard (and some times impossible) for most people to admit and accept that a change is required. Most avoid change and drag it out until it destroys them.

    I've been trying to hold on to camming for years, I kept hoping that it'd go back to the way it was or at least get better. But truth is nothing ever goes back to how it was. I use to love camming but now I've seriously come to hate it. I switched to ignore cam years ago because of how dead things got. I couldn't bare to sit on cam for hours with people barely coming into my room and then when they did come in they'd leave as soon as I mentioned a tip or pvt. Dealing with that repeatedly minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day especially when it didn't use be like that is mind numbing, soul crushing and energy draining. I couldn't take that culture change so I started ignoring people until they tipped or took me pvt. There were times where I'd tried to go back to regular camming ya'know say hi, how are you, etc. You know what happened? These mofo would leave or try to waste my time and like clock work when I'd mention pvt they'd scatter like roaches. I ended up going back to ignoring their asses so dam fast (some people just can't have nice things, smh). Its sad but ignore cam is the only way for me to keep generating money while keeping my sanity. The thing now though is that I can't even bring myself to log on even if its to do ignore cam. Sitting in front of the camera even if I'm just waiting for a tip or pvt is still draining. I no longer have any patience or desire to be in front of a camera anymore. The lack of traffic and the change in culture has sucked me drain. I don't log on until or unless I absolutely have to do.

    Although I am so over camming I am still appreciative of it, it has done alot for me financial wise, emotional wise, mental wise and skill wise over the years. One of the things I thank the adult industry and camming for is putting me on to web design. Without the adult industry I probably would have been an entirely different person. The reason I got into this industry and web design was because I came across a glamour model's website that she designed and coded herself. She inspired me to do both things on my own. Would have never known about tech or that I had a skill in web design. Although I don't necessarily have a passion for WD, it is a skill that will allow me to move away from camming and start a new life which is what I need because camming is no longer working, beneficial or healthy for me.

    Getting a job however hasn't been easy. I hate the current job market and process. You send out 100 resumes and nothing... not even a rejection email. I thought it was me at first until I googled and read that this is the norm. It also doesn't help that where I live doesn't have much of a tech scene. I've been hesitate to apply to out of state jobs because I'm kind of scared to get out of my comfort zone but I'm going to start because I really getting tired of feeling stuck plus I have a feeling that I'm going to have more success getting a job else where. I watched this one guy on Youtube who taught himself how to code. Once he felt that he knew enough he applied to developer jobs all over the U.S., which ever place gave him his first offer that's where he was going to move. Welp, he got an offer, moved, worked at that place for a few years, learned as much as he could from the job, quit and started his own business as a freelance developer.

    I've be camming for 10+ years. It was great at first now I'm just ready to start a new chapter/new life. I'm tired of camming. I'm tired of combining camsites, clip sites and phone sites to try to make enough money. I'm tired of things getting shitter every year. I'm tired of these snowy ass, cold ass winters. I'm just tired. I want out of this state and out of camming. I am so ready for a new life. Even though I am over camming I know that I won't be able to leave it alone forever. I still have a love for it, I probably always will. I'll probably cam off and on until I'm physically unable to click "start show" due to old age. Right now though....my goodness I am soooooooo looking forward to camming full-time or even part-time being a thing of the past. Once I do get a job I'll probably take a good 1-2 years off of camming and anything adult related. Its going to be glorious not having to touch a webcam and not having to logon to a; cam site, clip site, phone site, etc in order to make money.

    I personally love hearing about camgirls getting out. I don't think camming is horrible by any means, it just starts to feel like a trap with no easy exit at some point imo. When you do it for years it starts to feel dam near impossible to get out of which is why I enjoy reading about ladies finding success outside of it and being able to move on (especially if what they're moving on to is their own vanilla business). Camming as well as other things in my life have made me depressed which I am just now realizing. Its inspiring to know that happiness is possible outside of camming. Although I'm not looking forward to working for someone else (a schedule ugh, daily commute ugh, corporate/office politics double ugh, etc), I'm happy to know that I will have a consistent pay check and away to escape a situation I feel trapped in. Plus I know that working for someone else isn't a forever plan. I only plan on working as an inhouse web design for 1-2 years to get experience and to pay off debt (which has unfortunately occurred due camming sucking). Once I achieve both I am out of that bitch because I have no desire to work for someone else long term or until retirement.

    Camming has taught me that I am capable of working for myself and that I enjoy self-employed freedom waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much to ever trade it in indefinitely. I have goals in my head, I know what in the future and I know exactly how I want the rest of my life to be, I just need to get over this tiny hump in order to get there. Being able to work for ourself as camgirls is great but being able to work for yourself in a vanilla setting is ultimate paradise imo. Being able to work for myself in a vanilla way until retirement is my ultimate goal.

    Personally I think the way to go for camgirls who feel trapped, want to exit soon or just want an exit plan in general is to find something you (in general) have; a passion for, an interest in or at least something that you can tolerate doing. Once you have found that create a business out of it. There are so many different ways you could go with the exit plan you choose Miss_ShaSha especially if decide to incorporate social media and eCommerce. You could def have multiple streams of income as well.

    So many of the skills we develop and business practices that we learn as camgirls are transferable. I honestly think that as camgirls we have the skills and ability to be able to run our own vanilla businesses if we wanted to. There are so many different types of businesses these days, many of which you can do/run from home. No longer do people have to invest in a brick and mortar place or have a huge start up capital to start a business. Change isn't easy, but its dam sure possible. Wishing success to you ShaSha and every camgirl that's trying to move on/start something new whether its now or in the future.

    The one thing that sticks out is PASSION. Thank you for expressing yourself. It's great to hear. I'm going to follow my passion & stick to gut instincts.

    Quote Originally Posted by anonymous camgirl View Post
    Good for you!.. for leaving this toxic mess... I hope you are successful at what you want to do.

    Thank you. I mean, really...thanks!


    Quote Originally Posted by SapphireXO View Post
    I am really sorry to hear this. I hope you are happy at whatever you do! If you ever need to chat with someone, I am always here. Best of luck! You are always welcome here.
    I hope to come back in 6 months & throw big fat tips for all my whoregeous ladies. I'll be back here, but next time as a custie. I appreciate your full support!

    Quote Originally Posted by samuimoon View Post
    I'm beginning to think these camsites are just a big sinkhole for women who want to make a good and enjoyable living, There are minimum 1-2 Billion adult males in the world, horny and most with access to the internet. And yet these camsites are trying to make it seem that they cant even capture 1% of this potential, which is a staggering 10-20million. Every Camgirl should be
    busy from the time they log on to the time they log off. As Nita said the other week this is some Hunger Games BS going on. Sorry you are having such a horrible time Miss Sha Sha. You would undoubtedly make a great healer, if SM was not so utterly restrictive in terms of individual creativity, you would have already been earning an excellent living in your camroom as a healer. FTS!!
    THIS! ALL OF FUCKING THIS! Thank you sister!
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    I swear. I wanted to leave an hour ago as I have so much to do today but I have a cam appointment between like now and the next 15 mins. Normally I dont set appointments but he did before, and showed. And I told him he had to be 100% sure and that I would change my schedule for him and he was all excited like last time and promised me. If he doesnt show, I'll block his ass. This is giving me anxiety.

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    I'm on 2 sites and only one person is even in my room (and he's on the lesser paying site).

    I've made half of what I want and all i want is $100 dollars. If it wasn't for ONE GUY I'd be at 15 bucks for the day.

    Swear to god, if camming was the end all, be all, I'd be pulling my hair out.

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    Just 8 more dollars bruh. I might throw together a hella cheap tip menu (ie. Tits, Ass, & BJ tease for whatever equals 8 dollars, my cut). Cuz I'm ready to get off this shit and watch Hulu with bf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by webcamcutie View Post
    You're welcome. I don't mind sharing my journey, life, etc, and it looks like I'm committed back to the forums cause.. I just can't stay away, and missed a lot of you ladies also.

    Camming is hard to do when you don't want to be online, I have no issues sitting here for hours with my tits on screen while I browse the forums, google, watch youtube, anything I have to do to keep myself occupied to STFO, for sure. To me seeing my face is a personal thing, and the way the guys act is like they're not into being 'personal' and getting to know me like they used to be, so I'm going to give them what they want so they can do their thing and fuck off, and make my money that way, then there is no ill feelings on my part, and if there is on theirs, they are welcome to pay me to see what they want, we do this for a living after all. In my experience if a guy is truly interested in a show then they will go to a show, regardless if my face, tits, ass or foot is on the screen, I've always felt this way, and clearly its working, lol.

    Hey girl sometimes you just need to pick your best ASS-ets and find a proper cam angle that works for you, lower down and angled upwards and close makes things appear, larger, if you get what I'm saying? My tits shrunk a lot from losing 50lbs and no more milk, but they still look nice n massive enough to draw the guys into paid chat, haha.

    Wishing you all the best <3
    Thank you for your wisdom, I’m so glad you’re back I needed to hear inspiring input from another vet who’s still in an optimistic mindset. I know there will be better days, but sometimes my short tempered near sightedness dampers my optimist energy. I’m just like KatM, I’ve always been an low energy type person, ever since a child. Low social battery as well, just being in others auric fields sometimes depletes me that’s how sensitive I am. and having the camera pointed on my face for hours on end trying to weed & read through the bullshit, remembering to smile instead of sitting with the natural resting bitch face - I’m not even mad it just takes ENERGY to smile. This isn’t the only thing I do so it’s hard trying to do my customer log for phone sex, writing descriptions for videos, and other admin work & looking interested in what’s going on in the chat room at the same time. I could only fathom sitting in front of the cam for 3-4 hours at a time. I think I’ll start doing the boob, foot, or ass thing cause I’m tired of being weak minded and not being able to sit on cam for hours and reach my daily quotas. I want money so bad, but I’m so quick to call it quits sometimes. And it sucks cause I really want this to work out for me, I just know it can. So now I think I’ll try and set some goals with this in mind, Thank you.

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    I think things mostly not in low energy but very much depend from how is camming going, some day you have about 100 in a half of hour and some day 30 for 4 or 5 hours and those low earning day suck all energy away and youre not sure will it be better some day or will stay on that low earning level for days. And youre losing sence of self-estim when they sat silent, youre trying to tease and see that reaction:olden201 has logged off (reason: user left)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Midwest-Mistress View Post
    T Low social battery as well, just being in others auric fields sometimes depletes me that’s how sensitive I am.
    This exactly!! The whole post is soo similar with the way i function myself but the auric field/ depletion detail calls home with me really! I can feel their field, their vibration. I see nothing but feel it inside me if positive or negative.

    I mean, i can be near a person (not everyone just some people) for a while and i feel soo drained, it happened that i met somebody new and talked for an hr or so and i came home extremely tired and drained that i needed sleep to recover.
    It's like these people are energy vampires lol and some of us with high sensitivity get affected.

    Yes i am like this since a child myself, it's the way we were born and the way our brains are wired plus the way body functions (i know why i am like this, i was born premature).

    All the best there, ty for sharing ur experience and ty webcamcutie for the huge input!

    When i get tired smiling or being seen i'll point camera on my tits close up and rest my face, i just dont like to look bored, sad, bitchfaced or angry, my face is expressive and i dont want them to read it when i am not feeling ok anymore.
    Indeed face is personal same like voice, more personal than any other body part.
    Cheers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by KatM View Post
    This exactly!! The whole post is soo similar with the way i function myself but the auric field/ depletion detail calls home with me really! I can feel their field, their vibration. I see nothing but feel it inside me if positive or negative.

    I mean, i can be near a person (not everyone just some people) for a while and i feel soo drained, it happened that i met somebody new and talked for an hr or so and i came home extremely tired and drained that i needed sleep to recover.
    It's like these people are energy vampires lol and some of us with high sensitivity get affected.

    Yes i am like this since a child myself, it's the way we were born and the way our brains are wired plus the way body functions (i know why i am like this, i was born premature).

    All the best there, ty for sharing ur experience and ty webcamcutie for the huge input!

    When i get tired smiling or being seen i'll point camera on my tits close up and rest my face, i just dont like to look bored, sad, bitchfaced or angry, my face is expressive and i dont want them to read it when i am not feeling ok anymore.
    Indeed face is personal same like voice, more personal than any other body part.
    Cheers!
    Check out "The Empath's Survival Guide" by Judith Orloff. It has some really good strategies to stay grounded, self care for highly sensitive people and empaths, along with strategies to deal with energy vampires. I just picked the book up yesterday and it has some really useful and helpful information.

    I get like that too. I absorb other people's energy and emotions like a sponge. Empaths and highly sensitive people mirror neurons are much more active than other people's.

    I can feel good then if I get around someone that is going through a tough time- I take on their emotions (not on purpose- if there was a switch that I could shut it off I would.) If someone is experiencing sadness and start crying.
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    ^^^ I wish i was not like this because it's affecting me negatively but with some people i feel like i get filled with positive energy and feel good to be around them.
    Sadly most people are sad, depressed and have issues in this country where i live including myself sometimes but i am working on it.
    Is there any way to make money off these abilities?! Like being an empath or high sensitive person?!

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