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    Just finished my first night - I chose to start with ImLive. I earned just over $11. I think it was because of technical problems.

    It was going great, and I only had to wait about 5 minutes before I was taken to private. One was good - lasted just over 20 minutes, and I can't believe the guy liked the unflattering angle I was in. Haha. The second was short but fine, and the third was off to a promising start. He had me smoke, and I was talking to him. Then he went quiet. It still looked like I was online, and it looked like he was in my room, but there was suddenly nobody in my free text chat. After about 20 minutes of total silence from the third guy, I looked around, and it seemed like I wasn't connected. So I stopped the chat, then logged in and out and went back into free chat. The guys coming into my room all told me there was no video. How annoying. I couldn't figure out what was going on, so I logged off.

    $11 is better than nothing, particularly for maybe half an hour. I didn't expect to earn anything at all! But I need to figure out why I was having connection issues. No clue if it was my computer or a problem with the site.

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    I wouldn't recommend starting with ImLive. Try Streamate out, I think there's more $$$ potential there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlotteslut View Post
    I wouldn't recommend starting with ImLive. Try Streamate out, I think there's more $$$ potential there.
    I have only been approved for imlive so far. I have the SM application in process, but I'm still waiting. I'm
    actually happy I made money in a short amount of time - just annoyed that I had problems. I will try again tomorrow and hope I can stay online for a couple of hours without trouble. (Or at least if I have trouble I hope I'm notified somehow so I don't waste time.) SM sounds interesting, but it also sounds confusing. Imlive at least is easy to use.

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    SM has a super easy interface. You can see when people take you into private, and there's a model FAQ you can read. Plus you don't have to worry about stuff like gold shows at first.

    I think it's very straightforward. Definitely give it a shot once you are approved.

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    yes i have never tried imlive, but i heard it isn't the greatest.

    sm has the bestest traffic, and no dumb camscore thingy like mfc. so basically, you can just sit and sit until you get your goal.

    one tip- if you sit for like, 45 min and get nothing, DO NOT GIVE UP.
    sometimes i will sit for what feels like AGES with no privates, but then I will get like, 2 or 3 back to back LONG ASS privates.
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    ^^ very true, melodie! i spent 2 and half hours just chilling, not trying hard and bam I got 28 minutes of exclusive at 9.99 per minute, just typing the story. be patient is all you need.

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    YES SM has a better potential. you will be very glad once your application has been approved... be sure to jack up your prices before you start your camshow!




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    ImLive has chargebacks, i hate that! SM has not so that's why i am on SM only cause i get paid for every single show i do. Good luck!

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    Apply to as many places as you can (that you know for sure aren't studios!) There is not one 'type' of camgirl. You are probably an amazing camgirl and are just the the wrong place for your style. <3

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    Quote Originally Posted by justanothercamgirl View Post
    Apply to as many places as you can (that you know for sure aren't studios!) There is not one 'type' of camgirl. You are probably an amazing camgirl and are just the the wrong place for your style. <3
    Thanks. I think I would have done well on my first night if it weren't for the video issues. I do have applications pending elsewhere, but I'll see how it goes on imlive for a bit - at least the next few days. Hopefully tonight I'll be able to keep my feed going for more than 20 minutes! I am definitely not amazing yet, but I didn't learn how to do my regular job in a day, so I'm looking forward to figuring it out. And as a BBW, at least there is slightly less competition! All the info I've been reading here has been incredibly helpful. I have masturbated on cam4 on and off for free for a few years. I never showed my face and never interacted with the people watching me, though. So learning about the "hustle" aspect has been awesome. I don't know why I waited so long to look into making money. (I have no desire to try earn money on cam4, but it was fun for my exhibitionist tendencies. Now I feel like a jerk for giving it away for free. )

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiburis View Post
    Thanks. I think I would have done well on my first night if it weren't for the video issues. I do have applications pending elsewhere, but I'll see how it goes on imlive for a bit - at least the next few days. Hopefully tonight I'll be able to keep my feed going for more than 20 minutes! I am definitely not amazing yet, but I didn't learn how to do my regular job in a day, so I'm looking forward to figuring it out. And as a BBW, at least there is slightly less competition! All the info I've been reading here has been incredibly helpful. I have masturbated on cam4 on and off for free for a few years. I never showed my face and never interacted with the people watching me, though. So learning about the "hustle" aspect has been awesome. I don't know why I waited so long to look into making money. (I have no desire to try earn money on cam4, but it was fun for my exhibitionist tendencies. Now I feel like a jerk for giving it away for free. )
    Don't be so hard on yourself! You can't punish yourself for information that you didn't have at the time and you aren't a jerk for 'giving it away for free'. You enjoyed it at the time, and now you have found a way to make money off of something you enjoyed. To me, that sounds like an amazing thing to find out about yourself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiburis View Post
    Just finished my first night - I chose to start with ImLive. I earned just over $11. I think it was because of technical problems.

    It was going great, and I only had to wait about 5 minutes before I was taken to private. One was good - lasted just over 20 minutes, and I can't believe the guy liked the unflattering angle I was in. Haha. The second was short but fine, and the third was off to a promising start. He had me smoke, and I was talking to him. Then he went quiet. It still looked like I was online, and it looked like he was in my room, but there was suddenly nobody in my free text chat. After about 20 minutes of total silence from the third guy, I looked around, and it seemed like I wasn't connected. So I stopped the chat, then logged in and out and went back into free chat. The guys coming into my room all told me there was no video. How annoying. I couldn't figure out what was going on, so I logged off.

    $11 is better than nothing, particularly for maybe half an hour. I didn't expect to earn anything at all! But I need to figure out why I was having connection issues. No clue if it was my computer or a problem with the site.

    Hi. Don't be too quick to give up on ImLive just because other models say they don't like it. I used to really dislike Streamate, but lots of models love it and do very well on there. You also don't have to worry about chargebacks.

    Also, you said that it was only your first night on ImLive. Read the host forums on there (on ImLive 'hosts' is what they call the cam models) for tips on how to do well on the site. I'm not just talking about reading the copy/paste suggestions that Customer Service always posts...lol. I'm talking about actually reading suggestions from other ImLive models on the forums. ImLive Customer Service is always telling models to spend more time in free video chat and to add more snapshots to their profiles, but A) I think free video chat sucks and has always just been a waste of my time and B) I'm not gonna fill up all 125 slots with photos. I don't need guys getting that many pics of me for free, and then coming to my text chat with no money and telling me "Your pics are making my dick hard." LOL. I think 5 or 10 profile photos should suffice. 125 photos is excessive.

    And of course you could cam on Streamate too. If you want, you could even try camming on ImLive and Streamate at the same time (a.k.a. 'splitcamming') if you have a good computer/internet connection that can handle it. I know there are some Streamate models who splitcam SM and ImLive, because I could hear that loud doorbell sound that ImLive makes when a guy is trying to take you private...lol.

    And, of course, read the threads on here...lots of helpful tips!
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    ImLive has a decent amount of traffic, I found but they are only paying you .99 per minute and lord knows how small your % of that is. You have to make a certain amount of money before you can charge more per min and get a higher %
    I'm not going to completely dog the site because you do get a lot of privates. If you want to stick around there what you need to do is work a LOT for peanuts until your earning is high and you can charge more.

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    What are your rates? I don't work IM live, but that figure seems really low for the amount of time in pvt!!

    One 20 min pvt + two short pvts (maybe 5 min each?) is 30 mins....so after your cut, you are making 35 cents a minute?! Up your rate!!! It sounds like you were having a pretty good first night, so you can afford to charge more!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ManyRoses View Post
    What are your rates? I don't work IM live, but that figure seems really low for the amount of time in pvt!!

    One 20 min pvt + two short pvts (maybe 5 min each?) is 30 mins....so after your cut, you are making 35 cents a minute?! Up your rate!!! It sounds like you were having a pretty good first night, so you can afford to charge more!!
    I'm required to charge $0.98/minute right now. I would not have started that low if I wasn't required to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiburis View Post
    I'm required to charge $0.98/minute right now. I would not have started that low if I wasn't required to.
    Oh that SUCKS! I hope you get SM approved FAST!
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    That rate makes me cry a little inside, OP. Hope you get into SM fast-like because sheeesh.
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    Actually back then as a complete newbie I found it nice because my room was instantly flood by members and I was taken private in 2 minutes to stay there for practically the entire 90 minutes of this promo period. Thou I don't remember if the guys money added up or not. I mean, like it was 90 minutes regardless having 1 or 4 guys in the room, but I always had multiple ones. I think I liked this first impression of camming better, than starting out with waiting and waiting. + It didn't leave me too much time to chicken out, cause they were already there and ding-dong for private But that's just me and I know many girls start out with immediate privates on any sites.

    When this period is over, you can charge depending on your ratings. I was allowed to charge the max. cause I finished the promo period with 5 stars. I still got traffic and privates after the promo, thou I didn't start to charge the max. I was just hit by CBs once and went furious. I'm still thinking of going back on ImLive at least with split cam, cause I do like its features and it was not that dead for me. Just those fuckin CBs...

    Ps. many girls say that they don't get cbs or only rarely and tiny ones. Cbs are are annoying and shouldn't even exist on the first place, but you might be lucky and don't get them. I'd try it. You can still split cam or work on other sites too, but I don't think you should ditch a site before seeing if it's working for you or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glasses View Post
    Ps. many girls say that they don't get cbs or only rarely and tiny ones. Cbs are are annoying and shouldn't even exist on the first place, but you might be lucky and don't get them. I'd try it. You can still split cam or work on other sites too, but I don't think you should ditch a site before seeing if it's working for you or not.

    I don't usually get cb's, but I feel bad for the top earning ImLive hosts who get tons of them every pay period. That's shitty.

    My rate on ImLive is now 3.80, and I stopped giving discounts to people. In the past, I've found that the very few people who even ask for a discount are the guys who never stayed long in private anyway, and giving them a discount doesn't make them stay any longer than they would've stayed at the normal rate. That's been my experience, at least. I'm not sure about the rest of you ladies.

    I think it's worse when a guy asks for a discount, and then has the nerve to ask for a very specific kind of private show (outfit changes and whatnot). WTF? Usually, when you ask a person for specific, extra shit, the price would go UP...not down...lmao. Take custom videos, for example, which are popular among MFC models. You wouldn't ask a model to make you a custom video containing this and that, and then expect to pay LESS than what everyone else pays for a regular video.

    If I ever consider offering discounts again, it'd have to be like for regulars who buy long sessions. Or for when I decide to make my rate higher...I don't know. For now I've just been telling people that I don't give discounts, and like I said, it's always the quickie guys who ask for them.
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    Technical problems suck! I had my first night on Naked not too long ago. I was really nervous, but the users were all nice! Plus I was taken into private almost immediately! I like that Naked has privates and spymode. At one point I had 6 users spying on my private! I believe Naked actually charges the users by the second, sorry less-than-a-minute-men, pay up! haha. Hope it works well for you, I recommend Naked if you're not happy with ImLive. Right now I am making a little over $100 an hour. Not too bad for a newbie cam girl.

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    What just happened? LOL.
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    Stupid imlive. It happened again tonight. I made $8 in an hour, because people kept not being able to see me. It was weird, because some people could see me at the same time that others couldn't. That makes me think it wasn't my computer or webcam causing the issue. Customer service gave kind of a weird answer. So I'm off to try another site, and hope the next hour goes better.

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    That is better than nothing, but even MFC especially for new chicks makes more than that. stream mate is cool too. I do Livejasmin and have yet to payout cause I cant work that shit technically. Fuck it. I make enough from the other sites. but my first week MFC I made over $700 and not knowing what the fuck I was doing lol. Good Luck! You will make more!

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    I wanted to do adult work but they want a damn passport now.

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    That is what makes or breaks this. Cam and internet has to be the best quality. Better Quality = More Money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jemmalyn View Post
    That is what makes or breaks this. Cam and internet has to be the best quality. Better Quality = More Money.
    Actually, I looked at their CS forum, and it's not just me. Thank goodness. I have a good cam and computer, and my internet is fast. So now I just need imlive to get their act together. I'm definitely not giving up completely until I make enough to get my first payout.

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