Hi ladies,
I wanted to share a new tool that I have been using for the last few months to track my camming earnings. It's at www.camyourway.com. I believe the developer has already posted in Industry Insight (link to the thread is here), but seeing as not many of us routinely check there (because of the number of douchebags using that subforum as a recruiting ground for their scammy studios), I thought I would bring it to your attention here as well.
Some background: before the tools at CamYourWay existed, I had already been tracking my earnings meticulously. For those who don't know, I post a summary graph of my earnings in the 'Progress Reports' thread of the 'Paying off debts and saving support group' that ManyRoses started, and have been doing so on at least a monthly basis since May or June.
Even with the amount of time I spend tracking, counting, and analyzing my own money, the CYW tools, in the short time I have been using them, have already been of benefit. And by that, I don't mean that the software generates cool graphs that are pretty to look at. I mean: I have learned things about my own earning patterns that I did not know before, and I have already been able to apply my new knowledge to make even MORE money.
As an example: The CYW software tells you who your best spending customers are, breaking the data down across gold shows, 20% earnings, tips, exclusives, and premiums. I found out that my best spending customer (by far) is someone who almost NEVER has shows with me. He's a 20% guy. I always knew he was a good one, but when I saw the tally, over 2 yrs time, of all the $ he has generated for me (something you cannot see at a glance in your SM stats unless you literally count every 20% transaction.. that kind of math is damn near impossible to keep up with manually), my jaw hit the floor, and I emailed the CYW developers to tell them that their code was incorrect. Except... it wasn't. Result: I took two simple actions last month which substantially increased my cammodels signups. (I got more cammodels guys to sign up in the last 2 weeks than the entire rest of 2012.) So now I can capitalize better on the 20% commissions that I earn in my sleep. Nice.
The graphs and charts allow me to view my earnings clearly, across all earning categories. Here is an example, using my SM earnings for Sept 1 - today. (I selected this to display weekly data.) I can hover over a section, and it displays the exact dollar amount.
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Currently this works for MFC, SM, and iFriends. You can graph earnings from all sites on one graph like this:
Creating your own spreadsheets and graphs is certainly doable, but when we do that, we only input totals, not every single transaction, to the penny. This software tracks EVERYTHING for you, which then enables you to slice and dice the data more precisely, and in more ways.
It also allows you to track individual customers. Here is an example of the spending pattern of one of my 20% guys. (Note that this data CANNOT be seen in the SM earning reports.) His screenname is scribbled out for privacy. (Finally got an exclusive out of him this month! ha!) :-)
In short, I think this software is a great tool, even if you are ALREADY tracking your earnings on your own. I am sure more and more features will become available in the future.
As far as the developers are concerned: Walter and Jesse are long-time mainstream software industry professionals; I have absolute faith in their ability to create a product that is reliable AND secure. I know them both personally (not just as a random screenname in a random chatroom/forum), and can personally vouch for the fact that they are trustworthy, professional, and interested in developing a tool that delivers VALUE to cam performers, first and foremost.
I hope you find this software as useful as I already have. Thanks, and happy money-making. :-)
-Jessica






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