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    I was just wondering does anyone notice a difference in the amount they make if a girl who is similar to you is online? I fit into a niche where I basically had a monopoly because I'm one of the few Americans. I'm concerned that the new girl in my niche will take business from me. I have a better face she has a better body. Our personalities are opposite. I think maybe we're different enough for it to not matter. I just wish there wasn't someone who looks so similar to me online at the same time I am.

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    In some ways, it doesn't matter what you think about how you compare to her, (you have a better face / she has a better body? None of us can speak for our audiences - for example, your fanbase may well disagree and place you as overall preferable, face and body. They likely do because they still pick you over all the others!) Unless you see a very significant dip in your earnings when she is on, two girls even in the same niche are usually more than sufficiently different to one another to enable both those girls to still reel in their clients. I don't think you have anything to worry about.

    Having said this, I am in a small niche on SM and get weird whenever I either see that there are many girls in that niche on, or there's a top girl in my niche on. I think it is still important that we both make our niche as well-defined as possible to max out the guys who are into that particular niche, whilst either having a few other niches we can easily fit on the back-burner, or already. I think we still could still do with knowing about our other skills / traits that fit niches as some extra back-up.




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    Default Re: Working while similar girls are online?

    yep
    I see a difference....

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    I don't see a difference, but also, I haven't come across any girls who are like me on any of the sites I work on (light skin English speaking American ebony [technically multi-racial] with ass length long natural hair, thick but height-weight proportionate, and covered in tattoos). I feel pretty unique in my appearance and don't really have other girls I could compare myself with looks-wise. However, I do notice a very significant difference when the most popular models and porn stars are online at the same time as me, even though our niches are completely different.

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    Personally, I don't even look at who else is on. When I go on, I just focus my attention on my room and what's going on there.
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    I'm worried my income will drop dramatically I like working that shift. I wish she would go away she even wears her hair and makeup like me. And she has big boobs mine are medium. The only other difference between us is I'm the princess sorority girl type and she's like wild or something. She's also a studio girl I know they get a better placement. I hope she quits. I know I shouldn't worry about it. Personally I wouldn't wanna look like her I'm happy with my self but I think men prefer big boobs so I feel threatened.

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    I work for a studio and trust me, we do NOT get better placement. Lol I don't care what they say, it's all lies

    Don't worry so much about her and just do YOU. I'm of the opinion that looks honestly don't matter that much in camming. It's all about your attitude and how you are able to connect with guys. The internet is FULL of free porn with drop dead gorgeous, perfect faced, slammin' bodied bombshells performing every sex act you can think of, and yet customers still come and spend their hard earned money on marginally pretty, mediocre, and even "ugly" (by traditional mainstream societal standards, NOT my personal opinion!) cam girls. Why? Because we give them the attention they want. We entertain their minds AND their cocks. If you can do that, THAT is what they are paying you for, not just to sit there and look pretty.

    In my private life I consider myself a 6. If I compared myself to other cam girls appearance wise, I'd probably be too self-conscious to ever turn my cam on. I have bad skin, stretch marks, some cellulite on my booty, scars, you name it. But you know what? When I get on cam I have men telling me every day I am a goddess, I am a queen, I am beautiful, I am sexy, I am cute, I am perfect- yeah, guys actually tell me I am perfect! If I ever mention in passing that I want to gain 5 pounds to make my booty a bit thicker or start working out more to make my tummy a bit flatter, do you know what members tell me? They tell me not to change anything because I am sexy and perfect just the way I am. It is NOT because I am drop dead gorgeous. It is because I am confident when I get on cam, because I know how to appeal to what they like, because I remember their names and little fetishes of theirs, and they love me for it and totally see past any physical imperfections I have because the way I entertain and satisfy them makes me exactly what they want.

    If you can tap into what they want YOU will be their ultimate fantasy, they won't care for other cam girls, and they will keep coming back to YOU. But you know what? If you keep stressing about another model you're not going to be able to give 100% to your customers because you'll be too busy worrying and putting yourself down, and they'll sense that you're not 100% with them, and That's what will cause them to stop doing shows with you.


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    Courtney you are right. Thanks so much. I'm just suffering form a case of only child syndrome. lol I just need to focus on bettering myself and my shows. Idk why I saw her as such a threat when I saw her at first I wasn't worried. I think the slow day made me feel that way too.

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    I assume you're talking about Streamate. There is only 1 other woman on SM with my cam personality, but she is in her 50s (also American) and does not look like me. There is another who has a similar personality (but she is english), but she does not offer what I offer or look like me at all. There is only 1 woman who looks like I do and offers what I offer, but she does not have my personality, so it doesn't really affect me. She has been on SM way longer than me though, and whenver I go in her room I ALWAYS see my customers typing to her lol (I would love to collab with her but she lives in Amsterdam apparently!) But customers outnumber her & myself so its ok. Otherwise I have no competition. Those 3 are my only competition IMO, but it doesn't matter because I mostly have sessions with regulars who are happy that I know how to fulfill their needs bc its hard to find a girl that knows the ropes in some of these areas.

    I also don't do gold shows. I bet girls who do gold shows have a terrible time getting $$$ when lots of gold show girls are on.

    Find your niche and there won't be much competition.

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    Wow if looking at other girls is going to throw you off your game then DONT LOOK! From reading your posts there really doesn't seem to be that many similarities between you and her anyway besides the fact that youre both American and you have similar hair styles and makeup. She has bigger breasts and shes a wild type while youre a princess sorority girl.

    I can promise you if you keep looking you will find someone that is very similar to you and you may not be able to deal with it. So just dont look. Its not doing you any good.

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    Really? If I sat there and compared myself to other girls on MFC, I'd spend all my time worrying about why customers prefer so-and-so over me. I'd suggest not doing that. What good does that do for you to compare yourself to others? Your guys like YOU. Even if another girl looks similar, she still isn't you. Don't do that to yourself.
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    I'm just so caught up in my only child syndrome. I need to tone up and lose like 3 to 5 lbs. My face is my selling point. If I see a girl with a better body I don't worry bc I know I still have my face. But her face is almost as good or as good as mine and she is in better shape so I felt super threatened. But I'm going to just work out more and stop focusing on other ppl bc in my regular life I'm happy with myself. I wouldn't change my face or body type for the world. I just need to focus on myself.

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    I gotta agree with Eye. I don't even look anymore, because it puts me in a negative mind set. There are gorgeous girls, with my assets, charging a lot less and willing to do a lot more. There always will be, with more coming in daily. Worrying about that is pointless. BUT, there are also A LOT of horny men who think I am exactly their type, and you too especially if you are on SM (I think I saw that). Perhaps she is your horny dude demographic's type as well, but that shouldn't be your concern babe. There is something different about you that will have them coming back.

    Men come to us because they are men. Unlike the real world they get to enjoy not being monogamous, and sample a pool of exotic women sexually, and occasionally open up and show their vulnerability to a stranger who can't hurt them. Outside of regulars (who I know are regs of several girls generally) or those who are in the mindset of making a stronger mental connection with a certain girl, I think their thought process is kinda like, "Hmmmm, what am I in the mood for tonight? ABC? Oh I love Candy and Houston. And they both do A...they both get me rock solid, but my cock says Houston tonight." I'm not sure it's much more deep than that.
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    OP, seriously, most cam customers aren't nearly as picky as you imagine. Unless they're feet fetish guys lol. Probably about 99% of them won't notice/give a fuck about 5 lb.
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    I continually worry about myself in comparison to other models. I'm VERY alternative looking (not even in the tattoos/piercings area but also just not the norm camgirl type I guess) and also sort of a sassy, chubby nerd. I work a bit harder to get my shows and customers but I get very loyal customers. I sort of have the 'only child' syndrome thing but I know that my individuality is what works for me.

    I've always thought of my cam persona as the cartoon version of myself. Taking my features that are appealing and overdoing it a bit to suit a fantasy role. Even if they are parts of me that I dont really like...I start to like them after a while and embrace it. The only time I look at other girls is to see how I can improve myself and not by looks but by how they perform.
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    Guilty of it every once in a while.
    If I see there are 17 porn stars on, I think "Wow, there is money to be made." I log on & bank. Other porn stars post & tweet that they are camming which brings in more traffic.

    If I see only 5 porn stars are on, I think "Wow, no competition, let me log on & clean up." LOL guess I try to put a positive spin on everything.

    In the end, you only compete with yourself. There is only one you, positive thoughts & go for it. Every day is a chance to build up your regulars base.

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    I'm so guilty of this..but then again I think well..we have so much in common and she's banking right now so I should too right?
    Right. ^_^
    Especially if I manage to stay on even just an hour longer, then her room disperses and if they come my way they'll probably like me as well. Maybe not, who cares as long as someones spending lol

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    I wish I could thank loveshooks' post a milllion times lol. I don't even think about other girls when Im working.I don't care who's on or what she does/looks like thats similar to me. I used to compare myself ALL the time to other girls while dancing and it just psyched me out and I wasted time and energy. Sure I do my best to look as hot as I can (working out, makeup , hair etc.)..but there's always gonna be some girl that's hotter then me.

    So I just get super selfish now and pretend like Im the only girl camming or the only girl at the club haha. Seriously being a top earner is NOT all about looks. Not at all. Patience, personality, and hard work are much more important. I only wish it hadnt taken me years to figure that out.

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    There's a model who's in the same category/niche, offers the same shows, and works the same hours as me. I was the only one in my niche and then she came along and we were literally side by side in placement. My placement dropped and her's went up...she became #1 in the category and niche. I noticed that my traffic does slow down when she's online but I dunna if it's because of the time that were on or if its because the traffic goes into her room because they see her first.

    I always check my placement when I'm streaming and I have peaked into her room. She was on the phone and said how much she made which was more then me. I'm not going to lie my placement dropping, her becoming #1 and making more then me made me a little upset. I don't feel that I'm in competition with her or anybody else though. I do however feel that I need to step up my game because I want my dam placement back. We may be the same race, have the same category/niche and offer similar shows but we don't have the same style. Worrying about her or any other model is not going help me and its dam sure not going to pay my bills. So I started focusing on what I could do to solve my problem. In the next couple of weeks I'm upgrading my internet, getting a new cam, and also will be directing my own traffic to my room (no more depending on the site).

    While your worrying about and comparing yourself to her I can guarantee you 100% that she's not thinking about you in the slightest. I'd focus on you and what you can do to improve yourself/business.

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    I don't pay attention. I'm too focused on making my own money.

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    I've never looked at the other girls and hopefully I will never be tempted to.

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    Funny because the girl you wish would 'just go away ' , could well be in this thread motivating you to keep your chin up and carry on :-) and if you knew her , You'd likely really like her ....If something bad happened to her, and she couldn't cam , and you regained your monopoly of the niche , you'd probably feel bad for her , and wish her back ... it's a funny old world, and jealousy is a funny old emotion ( one we're ALL guilty of ) -- Don't let it get the better of you .

    Competition is healthy , don't let it make you feel bitter - Embrace it , and turn it into $ Just don't make more than me , or go away !!! ;-)

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    Funny because the girl you wish would 'just go away ' , could well be in this thread motivating you to keep your chin up and carry on :-) and if you knew her , You'd likely really like her

    Competition is healthy , don't let it make you feel bitter - Embrace it , and turn it into $

    Where the 'huge boobs' niche is concerned, while there is indeed some element of 'customer interaction skills' and 'personality' involved, ultimately physical appearance is the dominant factor. And this is especially true in the case of attracting the attention of 'new' customers.

    With the 'huge boobs' niche being relatively small ( in terms of the number of participant girls ) it is indeed the literal truth that more than a few girls working this niche have indeed met each other ( via conventions, video work, whatever ). And it indeed turns out that most are 'sweethearts'. However, reality is what it is, meaning that every time one of the girls makes a new visit to her plastic surgeon this immediately translates into more income for her and less income for the rest. So yes no matter how friendly the competition may be, the competition is nonetheless very real ... and failing to 'keep up' will cost a girl money !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    Where the 'huge boobs' niche is concerned, while there is indeed some element of 'customer interaction skills' and 'personality' involved, ultimately physical appearance is the dominant factor. And this is especially true in the case of attracting the attention of 'new' customers.

    With the 'huge boobs' niche being relatively small ( in terms of the number of participant girls ) it is indeed the literal truth that more than a few girls working this niche have indeed met each other ( via conventions, video work, whatever ). And it indeed turns out that most are 'sweethearts'. However, reality is what it is, meaning that every time one of the girls makes a new visit to her plastic surgeon this immediately translates into more income for her and less income for the rest. So yes no matter how friendly the competition may be, the competition is nonetheless very real ... and failing to 'keep up' will cost a girl money !!!
    Exactly , keeping up = upping your game , in whatever niche .... as opposed to stewing and wishing someone would bugger off

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    I try not to focus on other girls because I have my own looks, my own charisma and my own brand of charm. Though there's one girl who's really busier than me when we're both online and I am fine with that because I don't do many of the things she does. It's not in my personal comfort zone.
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