On AW, if you enable the free chat, you have the choice of whether or not to allow non-registered guests into your room. You are then supposed to encourage them to sign up. Ha! I don't think many girls let the guests in though.
On AW, if you enable the free chat, you have the choice of whether or not to allow non-registered guests into your room. You are then supposed to encourage them to sign up. Ha! I don't think many girls let the guests in though.





Wow I never even knew that existed! Maybe I'm missing a trick, but hell no am i letting in non registered guests lol. I disable that on sm too
I've binned off the free chat altogether now. It's just so soul destroying - I'd rather be doing something else entirely than sitting there responding to the professional beggars. And I end up so pissed off that it shows, which probably scares away the genuine ones :-)
I can see why free preview would be a good idea so the men can see that you really look like your pic...see how your stream quality is...hear your audio..what I dont get though is why the sites (not all but some) let members have unlimited time in there. Five minutes is all that's needed to see if that room is where you want to spend money.
Many sites are just catering to the trolls now. I'm on AW and dont usually do free chat but sometimes I give it a go and when I ask what brings them by today, I always get a few that say "oh, I'm just bored" or " I just like talking to people from other countries"
Alot of sites dont give much incentive to pay for shows. If I was a man I could think of a few sites to jump on right now and I could see a public anal show...I could see someone oiling up their tits...I could pretty much see all I need to stroke my dumbstick to...
I soooo wish that I'd been on cam in the good old days that some of you mentionbut to answer the question about a comeback...I dont think it will





Are you talking about guests? Why are you letting them into your room?! Ew.Originally Posted by cvarga





Also, for better or worse, free chats changed the webcam host's business model in a major way. With free chat, the costs incurred by the webcam host to provide a video stream are essentially the same regardless of how much 'revenue' a particular camgirl was able to generate via paid sales. Providing a free video stream ( versus posted pics ) also made it possible for webcam hosts to LOSE MONEY by hosting marginal camgirls. This in turn made it necessary for webcam hosts to SHORT payout percentages to top performer camgirls in order to subsidize those losses !!!We have customers trained (sadly) to expect free shows. The purpose of free chat was initially to assure customers what they were getting was real. Back before free chat sites it used to be that customers would just have a photo and profile to go by. Some customers were getting scammed or girls just not performing up to par. So free chat assured them what they were getting
I would argue that the free chat business model is now running into problems, both in financial terms and in 'hardware' terms ( i.e. streaming server capacity, internet backbone bandwidth capacity etc. ). Arguably, this is going to force some sort of change in structure ... although it's unlikely to be a return to past business models involving posted pics etc. See the 'percentage of paid sales' thread !!!
I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for it! You never know I mean really there must be some reason that there are still spenders on MGF and CC. There has to be some incentive there
I recently joined that site as well recently as a back up and i thought the exact thing you did after i joined. I couldn't believe how many videos these girls were selling and for so little money. It's like 12 videos and 500 hundred pics for $5.00. Then it makes guys think they shouldn't have to pay hardly any money which means they don't pay for privates or even feel the need to tip on any sites. I completely agree with how you feel it upsets me too that those girls sell content dirt cheap. It kinda ruins that site for me.
[shrug] I still like MGF for now...
but I get the feeling [even tho I'm new to the bizz] that it's always going to change. It changes like everything else. I'm just gonna try and adapt and continue to be a total hardass about what I feel I should be paid for my content and shows
I charge a helluva lot more than most girls on MGF for both camshows and content and I still do pretty good. Not a main source of income but definitely enough to pay bills and buy myself goodies.
I feel like....being a camgirl is about what you want i to be about. If you worry too much about how the industry is changing you'll get left behind.
I excel at making personal connections with my clients and they love it! So I know the personal connection thing won't die. After all, we move every day closer to en era where we're less social in person and more social through technology. That makes camgirls all the more incorporated and valuable.
just my thoughts...<3
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