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    Default Starting up a studio...

    Ok, Before you shoot me! Read on...

    I don't mean a studio that takes a stupid % of girls earnings and has a bunch of tosh rules.

    I mean an actual physical location that girls can come and use to work in.

    I know its not for everyone as alot of people love the fact that they can work from home. However, for me I find the main downsides of camming are 1. Spending ALL day by yourself (it was nice at first but after 5 years its becomming boring and slightly lonely). and 2. Having the motivation to actually work!

    So I've thought about ways of tackling these problems and I came up with the idea of opening a studio specifically for cam girls. Where they pay an hourly rate say £7.50 per hour (rough idea) and they can book a space in the studio to work for however many hours they like whenever they like (24/7). There would be a lounge area where they can sit and chat to eachother (if theyre only offering group and private chats) or they can stay at the computer.

    Its only a basic idea at the moment and wanted to know if any of you ladies, IF this was available in yout local area, would take advantage of it?

    For me it beats the sitting at home working by myself all day and also the fact that I would have paid to work and driven specifically to work would mean that I would actually spend the time working and not vegging out on the couch/procastinating!

    I also find alot of distractions at home, a partner for example or making plans during the day and the realising 'oops, i should really be working' are other reasons that actually having a physical place to go at a certain time thats booked would give me much more motivation to work.

    So I was wondering how many of you would actually use this facility if it was available.

    Just a little research before I go ahead!x

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    Default Re: Starting up a studio...

    Quote Originally Posted by cutiebooty View Post
    Where they pay an hourly rate say £7.50 per hour (rough idea)


    IF this was available in yout local area, would take advantage of it?

    No I would not voluntarily work slightly above minimum wage in exchange for a social atmosphere, which is how youre kind of marketing the trade off.

    Do I think this would be attractive to some and you could turn a profit, absolutely. Most studios seem to charge hefty fees and this business model seems absent of them... and we recently had a thread spelling out why people select to work in physical studios and this model would fit many of those reasons: no startup fees, guaranteed payout, social atmosphere, no schedules, etc.

    But, youre asking a forum of people who mostly work at home who use SW to learn their maximize own takehome amounts... so if youre asking us (an audience that thrives on commission) directly: expect the answer to be no. Does it have utility in general, sure.





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    Default Re: Starting up a studio...

    I don't mean work for £7.50 per hour, I mean, The fee charged to the model is £7.50 per hour for the space.

    Anything they make in that time is theirs to keep.

    But thank you for your response.

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    I would LOVE to work from a studio in exchange of a FLAT FEE / month.
    Not per hour.. I dont think id like that..
    i;d have to count how many hours I did per day,/ per week per month... annoying..
    I have to calculate so many other things, one more thing to do math for would aggravate me..
    Im in the US, so in dollars, I'd say Il;d be willing to send 200-300/mo to go to a "studio"..

    now if u have 10 girls willing to spend that, u;d make some good extra $ , if u;d run this out of ur own house...
    if u;d have to rent... well, at least when Im at , a nice house is maybe 1500-2000 rent/mo.
    but I think each girl should get/would need her own room, because most of us use audio so that 'd be a problem..
    so a house with 10 rooms?... hum?

    But yea, I deff. think i;d work more/better if i;d go " to work" instead of working from home.....

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    Default Re: Starting up a studio...

    Quote Originally Posted by cutiebooty View Post
    I don't mean work for £7.50 per hour, I mean, The fee charged to the model is £7.50 per hour for the space.

    Anything they make in that time is theirs to keep.

    But thank you for your response.

    Ahhh I misunderstood. Sorry about that.

    Whoa that is low (would that be sustainable for you for rentig the space/overall cost of equipment/internet/cleaup/etc?) honestly I could see alot of girls doing it if it is just that amount for renting the space. Even if they had their own camming room. Id do it some of the time just so I remain uh socialized and have external motivation. I could see people doing it, absolutely.
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    Default Re: Starting up a studio...

    If you mean a workspace where I can use my existing accounts... it'd be a great idea for sharing ideas and networking. If it was local, I'd probably do a couple of hours a week there just for a break from the 'omg I'm stuck in the house working' feeling.

    If I was required to be signed up to your studio... hell no.

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    I know it says rough idea for the £7.50 per hour but thats very expensive. That could possibly put most out of business before they take home a penny.

    On 5 hours per day, 7 days a week for a month its over £1000, they could rent a very nice house for this with top notch internet etc.

    There can be alot of hours that will pass without making £7.50 profit from a cam site.

    Even at £3 per hour the rates are over £400.

    A monthly fee as mentioned above would work better.

    At quick glance at the numbers of running a physical studio they just dont add up. Running a physical studio can be expensive and if you charge high rates no-one will use it aswell.

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    I would toss out the comment that this might turn out to be a far better investment than you think ! The possible reason is the re-emergence of proposed US and Canadian Internet Anti-Piracy laws after this year's election season is over.

    Why would the passage of Internet Anti-Piracy laws create a favorable situation for 'brick and mortar' webcam studios versus work from home individual camgirls ? Well, one common thread which seems to exist in all of these proposed laws is potential 'blocking' of websites / web domains that 'rebroadcast' copyrighted material. Where work from home camgirls are concerned, including copyrighted music in their video stream or having a copyrighted picture on their wall or any number of 'innocent' inclusions of copyrighted material in their video streams without royalty payments to the copyright owners could put the webcam host site ... and all of the other camgirls using that webcam host site ... at risk of being 'blocked' from accessing US / Canadian webcam customers. Another variation of these proposed Internet Anti-Piracy laws would allow continued access ( based on 'freedom of speech' principles ), but would block the ability of webcam customers regardless of nationality to utilize US based online MasterCard / Visa / other credit card transactions to purchase goods or services from websites accused of Internet Piracy ( based on 'for profit' principles ). Either result would essentially bankrupt any webcam host accused of rebroadcasting copyrighted material in violation of Internet Anti-Piracy laws.

    A 'brick and mortar' cam studio would be in a position to control the outgoing content of client camgirl webcam streams and GUARANTEE that none of that content involves copyright infringement in any way, shape or manner. As such, if Internet Anti-Piracy laws are soon passed, it's a virtual certainty that work from home camgirl video streams will immediately represent a huge financial risk factor for webcam hosts.

    At present, US efforts to pursue SOPA, PIPA etc. were tabled, at least partially, because of the conflict between the general supporters of these bills i.e. the Hollywood Movie industry, US recording industry, Network TV and Cable companies, the labor unions covering these industries etc. ... and the general opposition to these bills i.e. Google, Facebook etc. But with Google already coming under fire for ( legal but outrageous ) US tax avoidance, with Facebook already coming under fire for 'screwing' IPO investors etc. it's entirely possible that if things go a certain way on November 6th that SOPA, PIPA will be passed soon afterwards as 'payback' to Hollywood, to the recording industry, to US Network TV and cable companies ( with one glaring exception !!! ), and to their associated labor unions, etc., for their campaign support ... in a manner very similar to the 'payback' that the US auto industry and their associated labor unions received for their successful support during the 2008 election campaign.

    Thus being the owner of a webcam studio at the point where webcam host sites are legally 'forced' to stop dealing with work from home camgirls could be an extremely profitable position to be in !!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PrincessJenny View Post
    I know it says rough idea for the £7.50 per hour but thats very expensive. That could possibly put most out of business before they take home a penny.

    On 5 hours per day, 7 days a week for a month its over £1000, they could rent a very nice house for this with top notch internet etc.

    There can be alot of hours that will pass without making £7.50 profit from a cam site.

    Even at £3 per hour the rates are over £400.

    A monthly fee as mentioned above would work better.

    At quick glance at the numbers of running a physical studio they just dont add up. Running a physical studio can be expensive and if you charge high rates no-one will use it aswell.
    Thanks Jenny, I will have to look into the numbers alot more to work them out. I was just looking at whether the idea would go down well to start with.

    I'm not looking to make a huge profit out of it. It's more of a personal thing.. I'd definatly go there if there was one close by. But you're right about charging per hour, maybe selling hours in blocks at cheaper rates would be better for the ladies.

    I will look into it and see wether I can get the numbers to add up. It's a personal thing for me too as i'd like a work space other than one at home.

    Glitterygoddess, Girls would be able to work on their existing profiles. Obviously we are self employed so they wouldn't be working for the studio but customers of the studio.

    Seems like it could be quite popular though x

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    I would love to work somewhere else. The fact that I "work from home" quickly changes to "I must be avaialbe for whatever" because I'm always home. Or worse the "your home all the day you must be a bum without a job" both piss me off to know end then on top of that the fact the bf thinks I can by little Ms-stay-at-home-1950's-wife because i'm home all day -,-

    Rant aside.

    I dont think its a bad idea. Offering a choice between a hourly rental & a monthly flat rate would probably make everyone happy. No real commitment if you want to try it out and then decide working at home is better. Also if your the type that just wants to work somewhere else once a week the hourly rental would appeal to you. Vs If you were planning on working daily the monthly fee would be more practical The social/ get out of the house option would be key. Along with the networking aspect.

    As for the space being equal to renting somewhere else. I've known people that would rather (& could only afford to) rent a weekly hotel room at the rate of $150/week instead of paying $400/mo for a room. Everyone looks at finances differently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cutiebooty View Post
    Glitterygoddess, Girls would be able to work on their existing profiles. Obviously we are self employed so they wouldn't be working for the studio but customers of the studio.
    Thanks for the clarification. Too many meanings behind studio - perhaps your 'studio' meaning work space, and 'studio' to mean a typical cam studio, and 'DP' to mean Daily Pay?

    So for me, the option to have a couple of hours in a workspace would be fab. My issue (because I was confused regarding the many meanings of 'studio') was that I'd only want to use it as a rental option, given that I'm on DP and love it.

    The biggest issue I can see is making sure that you are in an area with business class internet that can support multiple girls, soundproofing and so forth.

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    I ran a studio for two yrs here in Vegas, OMG what a mess!!! Keep in mind it was a 2 million $ studio. What a total headache it was, the girls can be gross....I will list a few things I dealt with.

    Girls on drugs, doing drugs and drinking at studio. To the point of falling down, using walls to hold themselves up.
    Girls peeing/pooping ...in the trash cans in each room and all over the bathrooms.
    Stealing anything they could get their hands on.
    Dirty smelly girls.
    Girls fighting and jealousy. Cops called.
    The crying/bitching and dealing with all the PMS drama.
    Trashing things, burning desks ect.

    A small studio could work...but to many girls together causes issues. Bolt everything down right to the webcams.

    The studio I ran was so pretty, showers/kitchen/2 levels. Just keep an eye on things, I had clorox wipes everywhere and a house maid.

    Get ready for the drama.

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    If I could just go to a physical location to work a few days every month I would. I do everything online. Work, school, shop. I really need to get out of the house and the prospect of a physical studio just to work without taking a part of my pay would be awesome.

    I also agree that a monthly fee would work out better.

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    I don't live in USA, but I think :
    1) 7,5$ /hour is expensive for camgirls (it is 45$ for 6 hours shift !! ) considering that lot of girls have a goal of 100$ ( that is what i've been told)
    2) it doesn't seem enough for you to cover your expenses: you will need several rooms + a very high speed internet connection ( that doesn't slow when you have lot of computers streaming at the same time) + several bed/sheets/couches or desks + electricity bill. then you will need to find camgirls that live in your area.
    But I think that camgirls living with their parents would be interested, this way no one will hear them moaning and they can say that they go to a ''normal'' job

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lexilexxx View Post
    I ran a studio for two yrs here in Vegas, OMG what a mess!!! Keep in mind it was a 2 million $ studio. What a total headache it was, the girls can be gross....I will list a few things I dealt with.

    Girls on drugs, doing drugs and drinking at studio. To the point of falling down, using walls to hold themselves up.
    Girls peeing/pooping ...in the trash cans in each room and all over the bathrooms.
    Stealing anything they could get their hands on.
    Dirty smelly girls.
    Girls fighting and jealousy. Cops called.
    The crying/bitching and dealing with all the PMS drama.
    Trashing things, burning desks ect.

    A small studio could work...but to many girls together causes issues. Bolt everything down right to the webcams.

    The studio I ran was so pretty, showers/kitchen/2 levels. Just keep an eye on things, I had clorox wipes everywhere and a house maid.

    Get ready for the drama.
    Holy crap that sounds like a nightmare! lol. Its hard enough as it is to work at the clubs in Vegas I can't imagine that nightmare

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    Quote Originally Posted by naughtycamgirl View Post
    I don't live in USA, but I think :
    1) 7,5$ /hour is expensive for camgirls (it is 45$ for 6 hours shift !! )
    $11.65 per hour. The poster is using £

    $69.99 per 6 hour shift.

    The number was a rough figure so im sure a more reasonable number would appear if it opened.

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    One of the main things I love about this job , is being able to work from home, and fit it around my daily life - leaving my house to do it somewhere else, would negate one of the main perks .

    Secondly I would have major privacy issues - I like to keep my 'job, on the downlow ... and that includes from other potential sex workers - Just because they're in the same business as I , does not mean they a.) care to keep it a secret or b.) care to keep their mouths shut about others....... The last thing I want to worry about , is bumping into someone I know - who is out and proud about this job , and their first words when they get back home would be ''You won't believe who I saw at work today !!! '' ...... I understand there's always a risk of exposure , but going to a physical studio in the local vicinity would just be increasing that risk ten fold ... so that's another reason it wouldn't work for me....... I understand you're selling it on the social aspect , but don't the majority of us want to keep hush about what we do - perhaps not to everyone, but I think the majority would rather choose who knew - and when you get random local girls knowing what you do , you can't rely on a secrecy pact - girls gossp ..... I know personally if I were at a studio and saw someone I did not expect to be working there , working on cam - I would go home and share the news with my family -

    If it's something you'd really like to do , I would suggest dropping it as a business plan for now , and rather inviting your camgirl friends round for a 'working sleep over' , least then it's friends only , and you still have the motivation aspect you spoke of, if not a little healthy competition !

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