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    Hello all A guy friend of mine is planning on joining SM. He dresses as a woman from time to time, though usually just to go out to the club or shows. While he is gorgeous as a man and a woman, he's not sure which one would be the better way to go with his profile. Is it possible for him to join as a man and occasionally dress as a woman, just to test the waters and see what makes him more money? Thanks in advance from the both of us!
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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    That seems to be a unique situation... I would suggest he contact SM and see what they say about how he should go about it, and which category to market from.
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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    Maybe have him contact Vanessa at [email protected]. She's also on these forums so maybe she can comment on this or you can PM her to direct her over here. I would think he would do better dressed as a female but that's just my opinion, I could be very wrong.

    Best of luck to him!

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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    Quote Originally Posted by Tsani View Post
    Maybe have him contact Vanessa at [email protected]. She's also on these forums so maybe she can comment on this or you can PM her to direct her over here. I would think he would do better dressed as a female but that's just my opinion, I could be very wrong.

    Best of luck to him!
    I think the email address is [email protected] , could be both though

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    So basically he is a man who enjoys wearing woman's clothing? That's a tranvestite (crossdresser). I'm not sure what category SM would put him in though I've seen straight up looking dudes under Transgender niche. I was appalled!
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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    ^ do you think perhaps you caught them on more of a "man day"?

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    I am a Transsexual woman so I am on hormones replacement. I developed breasts, hips and everything is smoother so there's no "man day" and never have. I am talking about STRAIGHT UP DUDES!

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    ^ do you think perhaps you caught them on more of a "man day"?
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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    I've seen a lot of videos listed as trans when it's just dude..sometimes in a skirt..I always assumed they just hadn't started/can't afford the process yet.

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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    Hmm, I think that he will ultimately need to go either-or, as each performer is specifically categorized on Streamate depending on their gender, sexual orientation, physical attributes, and fetishes/themes of his shows. Essentially, he will need to decide whether he wants to exclusively dress up as a woman on cam or not in order to select the appropriate "gender type" for his performer profile: judging from I've read, it sounds like would need to decide between being a "Male" or "Transgender" model.

    On Streamate.com specifically, he can appear as a "Male" performer (within one of the Male sub-sections like gay, straight, bi, etc.), or a "Transgender" performer (which on Streamate.com is a sub-category of the "Specialty Cams" section). Most of the sites within the Streamate webcam network (which is currently composed of over 1000 live 'cam sites) generally appear to abide by the same category/gender format as Streamate.com, so selecting the gender type that best suits his performer persona is essential.

    From what I personally have seen, a lot of the performers within the "Transgender" category who are live on the site at any given time are foreign (Phillipines, Colombia, Thailand, etc.), so if he were to go this route, he would have an advantage of better placement especially if he is in the US, speaks English, is using an audio feature, and has a high-quality stream/is broadcasting in HD.

    Does your friend have a general preference of who he wants his audience to be gender-wise? If this matters to him, then this may be something to take into consideration as well.

    Just looking at streamate.com at this moment, there are 31 "Transgender MtoF" who are live, 13 "Straight Guys," 47 "Bisexual Guys," and 77 "Gay Guys" (out of 148 general "Guys" who are live on the site right now). This isn't to say that the amount of model competition in each gender & sexual orientation category won't vary during different parts of the day, but this is just to give him an idea of where the different concentrations of models are and what he may be up against depending on which route he decides to go.

    Hope this helps!

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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    What about being able to ask another person that works in the same respect as he wants to?

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    Default Re: question for a friend about testing the water

    nevermind, got my answer, no need to threadjack

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    Thank you all! I will refer him here and have him post
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