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    Hi gals, total newbie here. I really need your help.
    So I started camming on Friday night and I loved it, seriously, except one thing - I'm not earning money The guys were so nice, I've got a few admirers, there were even almost no beggars but no tipping too and no one wanted to take me pvt. My camscore dropped to 680 and I don't feel enough motivated to go online again. And I desperately need money :p
    I'm rather a girl next door type and I'm not going naked in free chat, but I've read carefully, bought myself some nice short dresses and new lingerie, I did all the make-up thing, smiled all night until my face hurted, talked with guys even though I'm not native English speaker and I have a weird feeling my accent is horrible (but they liked it!) and, well, nothing. I don't know what's wrong with me. To be honest, I feel like a loser. I think I could really like this job, but I can't afford to work for free. I don't expect to make 100$ in hour, but for the love of God, SOMETHING.


    Oh, and ofc I have good lighting, good upload speed, good cam, I'm not that fugly and I spent about 10 hours on MFC earning maybe 40 tokens :p Gah.
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    Default Re: Bad start on MFC - what to do?

    MFC can be a tough site to start on honey. For some people it's the perfect fit, for others... not so much. So much I have read though, from girls who do well there, talk about slow starts, and having to put quite a bit of time in before seeing the returns. Why not try another site as well? Some ladies, myself included, just find the token type sites to be the equivalent of Satan's a**hole. I'm not saying give up on MFC, but just give yourself an alternative to see that people really will spend money to cam with you. Good luck, and the fact that you took the time to read through the threads and go into this with some know how makes me think you'll be just fine.


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    And work that accent girl. Men love exotic creatures.


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    Yeah, MFC is a tough beast to tame... it takes a LOT of time and effort to obtain a fan base. MFC is more about turning yourself into a celebrity-type... so it takes a lot of creativity and hard work to build up a loyal following. There really is no site like it. It's not necessarily about being the prettiest, sexiest, biggest boobed, best figured, or anything and everything in between. It's about the show.. almost like a prime time TV production. If you can't entertain the masses, they'll move on...

    Think of it like a major network TV show that has the hottest women on it... that alone won't keep the show from getting cancelled. If the show doesn't have a plot and great story line that keeps the audience wanting more, then it will get cancelled.

    It's a little off the subject, but if you really need more of an immediate success to pay the bills, you could try Streamate instead. While the traffic is not as good, 95% of the guys there are there for one reason, and that's to see you get jiggy with yourself, so it's much easier to get them to go private. It might give you good practice in the cam world, and when you have your "hustle" down, you could apply what you learned to MFC. That's what I wish I would have done.

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    I had the same exact thing happen to me this weekend. I wanna say my camscore went to the 500's lol. If you really want to stick with MFC, search the threads. There has been a lot of good advice, you just have to look past the first page of threads. But there are also other sites you can check out too. Lots of info on those in here too.

    There are a lot of women on this site that have been camming for years, and their experiences are chronicled here. Take advantage of it! Good luck!

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    Play games, sing, laugh,dance, joke, do random stuff
    My cam score is like 879, 2 days ago it was 840 so it bumped up a bit and i only made like 45 the first day and 49 last night. I am new as well but i do not have that new girl tag so i am working my butt off to get my score up...but dont worry about your score, you will be stressed out and it will show, I am slowly working on getting the score up....but definitely not gonna stress over it..you gotta give it time. and just keep yourself occupied while its slow...and people will come see you again. I had the same people in my room plus a lil more on my second night...and at the end of my show my first reg tipped me 500 tks...this is what bumped it up..just because I was having fun, dancing around, and taking shots for 50tks each week make a schedule of what games you will be doing, what times you will be on...and you set goal, start of with probably like 25 as your goal next day bump it to 40, next day 50...just bump it up a lil at a time. Be creative, watch the other girls, not necessarily the top girls but the girls with a camscore of 3k so you can see what they are doing...and learn from them i hope this helps you out, as i am a new girl and am just starting out too but without the new girl tag since i kinda messed it up so use it to you advantage if you have a new girl tag

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    Default Re: Bad start on MFC - what to do?

    Sadly, with MFC all you can do is pretty much 'just keep swimming'.



    With token-based systems you can't take it personally. I agree with all the good advice you've gotten above to check out other camming sites too. It is more than possible that the problem isn't that your camming style doesn't fit the site and instead the site doesn't fit your camming style.

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    Sorry it's not going well. There are good and bad days with all the sites it seems. For MFC, I learned so much from reading the threads here and watching the other models. JUST MAKE SURE YOU LOG OUT OF YOUR MFC ACCOUNT WHEN YOU WATCH, OTHERWISE IT WILL HURT YOUR CAMSCORE! That was my mistake. I would just stay on and couldn't figure out why my camscore was dropping. Once I stopped doing that, it went up.

    Also if you might want to consider doing public nudity at least to get started. It would get guys in your room. I see lots of girls with "TOPLESS at _____tokens" topic. If that's not your style then you might want to try Streamate. That's pretty much ALL PRIVATES on there are you can make quick cash since they pay weekely! MFC is really big on the public shows so if that's not your thing, it might hurt you there. Hope you start making more $$$ soon!

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    Default Re: Bad start on MFC - what to do?

    cam in the morning instead of night. There are usually only a few hours difference between time zones and most girls cam in the PM.
    So get on at like 6am.

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    Thank you for all of your help, ladies. Today went better, about 1000 tokens, so let's say I'm doing some progress. Going nude on public it's not my cup of tea even for tipping. I considered Streamate but when I think they would record my private shows and let my tits flow through the Internet I'm not quite sure about this I mean, I know someone will record me anyway, but at least my naked ass will not pop up on redtube with a big flashing caption saying "come to Streamate, we have more of this". I need to come up with some games. I was thinking about the lottery but I have no idea what to give my custies for a prize, when I'm non-nude in free chat and generally boring.

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    Default Re: Bad start on MFC - what to do?

    Quote Originally Posted by Clavat View Post
    I spent about 10 hours on MFC earning maybe 40 tokens :p Gah.

    Do you mean that you A) stayed on MFC for 10 hours in ONE shift, or you B) have done a total of 10 hours on there since you started? If it's A, staying on for that long and getting only 40 tokens is going to be bad for your cam score. It would've been better for you to log off after like the first hour if 40 tokens is the best those guys could do.

    But you may be referring to B?

    MFC isn't the ideal cam site for first-time cam models starting out. When I started on there, my private messages were open to everyone, so I got lots of idiots PMing me nonsense (now I have PMs set to 'friends list' only), I was unaware of the whole cam score thing, and I don't even remember whether or not I ever had music playing in my room.

    Also, do you have a Twitter profile that you use to let guys know when you're on cam? I was really late in getting a Twitter profile, but now I'm glad I finally have one.
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    Default Re: Bad start on MFC - what to do?

    As it has been said, MFC is quite a beast to tame, and also, it is a celebrity-type thing that goes on there. I will say though, if you're not going to be flashing anything on free chat during your first month, it may be harder for you to get any traffic, but that may not be the case, it's just a general comment. Once you are a little better known, you won't have to do it as much if you have a group of hardcore loyal followers, but that take a lot of time and a LOT of energy.

    If you can not afford to spend the time planning shows, talking to people on your friends list off duty, keeping up a twitter account and so on, MFC is probably not as well suited for you. Starting on MFC will be slow; it definitely was for me. But then again, I hate privates, so I prefer to show my body without having to do any sex acts. That's just me though. I worried about camscore at the beginning. It started at 1000, went up, went down, then I freaked. And then a member on MFC just told me to not worry, to keep getting on as to acquire more regular. Another member here on SW told me to stick it out. I did both of those things and then eventually my camscore got better. Some girls log off immediately after 20mns if tips don't start rolling in then, but I've found that I've had to stay on for at least 45mns - 1 hour before that they roll in, and then I usually hit my goal for the night after that.

    I think that what's most important is that you find a cam site that will suit YOU. If you are scared of being recorded, you should just reconsider camming in general because YOU WILL BE. Some guy is going to record you "just in case if anything happens," you never know where it's going to end up. Really ask yourself if you are comfortable with that. At first, I was hesitant, but I've come to not care that much about it anymore. I don't advertise it, but I wouldn't freak TOO much should someone find out lol.

    Again, be sure to look through the threads here to see which site may be best for you. IF you are still planning on staying on MFC, I suggest (as ginger has said) to go and look through other girls' rooms; from the top girls at ridiculous camscores, to the girls with a good camscore (around 2000 - 4000) to the girls with 200 camscores. You can learn the do's and don't's that way as well. That's how I did part of my research.

    In any case, I wish you the best of luck to find something that is most compatible with you ^_^

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    Default Re: Bad start on MFC - what to do?

    I think that what's most important is that you find a cam site that will suit YOU. If you are scared of being recorded, you should just reconsider camming in general because YOU WILL BE. Some guy is going to record you "just in case if anything happens," you never know where it's going to end up.
    I don't care that much, I'm not a top model type so I'm not afraid that suddenly I become star of redtube I don't even offer hardcore stuff in private.
    Do you mean that you A) stayed on MFC for 10 hours in ONE shift, or you B) have done a total of 10 hours on there since you started?
    No, B. I would have died working ten hours in one shift. I work an average of 5-6 hours a day. Really need to try working in the morning, maybe tomorrow, today I overslept -_-
    Anyway i'm still considering Streamate or maybe some European sites without free chat.

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    Word of advice never think you are free from having your vids put all over the net. Especially when all sites have affiliate programs whose marketer's put promo material wherever they please.

    Quote Originally Posted by Clavat View Post
    Thank you for all of your help, ladies. Today went better, about 1000 tokens, so let's say I'm doing some progress. Going nude on public it's not my cup of tea even for tipping. I considered Streamate but when I think they would record my private shows and let my tits flow through the Internet I'm not quite sure about this I mean, I know someone will record me anyway, but at least my naked ass will not pop up on redtube with a big flashing caption saying "come to Streamate, we have more of this". I need to come up with some games. I was thinking about the lottery but I have no idea what to give my custies for a prize, when I'm non-nude in free chat and generally boring.

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    Ugh honey I feel your pain I think my camscore is 560 right now? BAD! I'm finding that I do better selling the videos and pictures rather than completing a countdown or games etc. I do the whole goth thing and although I've seen gothic girls on there before I'm wondering if I should give up on mfc or just the whole goth vibe altogether. I made a twitter and used one of those sites you pay for your followers - that helps a lot! Opening accounts on other websites directing to your MFC helps boost traffic more than you'd expect too! Signup on EVERY website you can find that has a free signup and link it to MFC ( as long as it isn't against their rules of course ) And like the other girls have said MANY times that really is very important - get on cam every single day as often as you can - even if it's not at the same time just be on cam as much as possible. I'm still learning a lot about MFC and most of the top models seem to have been on there for at least a year if not 2 or more. Maybe you should look into splitcamming with another site at the same time

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    Word of advice never think you are free from having your vids put all over the net.
    Yeah right, so I just ordered a nice wig and nerdy glasses and I'm thinking about blurring my eyes in private shows with ManyCam (though I'm not sure of that, guys on MFC love my eyes, gah choices). Somehow I have a vision of how my poor dad finds me accidentally derping on the web and what happens later is a real chainsaw massacre.
    Sorry for being importunate but what are you doing when someone pops up with that "I know where you live" stuff? I'm not showing my real location to anyone (and who cares, I'm from the internet, dammit!), but I forgot to change it on Chaturbate when I opened an account there and probably that was my nemesis. And tonight a guy asked me where do I live and when I answered, he was all "no you're not" and I was like ohshitohshitohshit. Tried to joke with him about this, but it killed my mood very effectively (especially that I hate lying and my only motivation is protecting my real life). And the question is, does MFC really protect our privacy and what to do with guys like that one? Ban them immediately? I was afraid it could drive him mad and cause something worse than being creepy.

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    I am going to be honest with you people recognize me and I admit to what I do because when I decided to do this I knew there was no real way of hiding. I am on You Tube, Facebook, interviews, clips4sale, custom clips, Tumbler, Twitter, and host of other places. Technically IMO you have to be all these places to create your brand which will bring you money. So if you are camming afraid someone will recognize you outside of the site. You will be on edge all the time.

    I technically can't do all the secret agent stuff. I put it on my taxes, apt. applications, banks, and wherever else it needs to go.

    Banning I only ban if you are rude to me right now since 09 I am up to 50.

    Quote Originally Posted by Clavat View Post
    Yeah right, so I just ordered a nice wig and nerdy glasses and I'm thinking about blurring my eyes in private shows with ManyCam (though I'm not sure of that, guys on MFC love my eyes, gah choices). Somehow I have a vision of how my poor dad finds me accidentally derping on the web and what happens later is a real chainsaw massacre.
    Sorry for being importunate but what are you doing when someone pops up with that "I know where you live" stuff? I'm not showing my real location to anyone (and who cares, I'm from the internet, dammit!), but I forgot to change it on Chaturbate when I opened an account there and probably that was my nemesis. And tonight a guy asked me where do I live and when I answered, he was all "no you're not" and I was like ohshitohshitohshit. Tried to joke with him about this, but it killed my mood very effectively (especially that I hate lying and my only motivation is protecting my real life). And the question is, does MFC really protect our privacy and what to do with guys like that one? Ban them immediately? I was afraid it could drive him mad and cause something worse than being creepy.

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    Ok, so I'm really really considering Streamate again. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I got the impression that MFC is mostly based on personality and I have at least to sit there being cute, talking to guys all the time and interacting with them much more than I could do on Streamate. I'm starting to think quick privates fits me more than sharing my personality to the hundreds of people. I mean, I really like being a cute doll, fluttering my lashes, giggling and joking with my custies, but I feel that I could feel better being a headless body on Streamate rather than talking about my sex life with strangers. Or maybe I'm wrong. Damn, beginnings are sooo difficult.

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    LOL I'm new to the mfc site too and it's ok..but I've been a stripper for a long time so I find it similar in the sense that there will be shameless time wasters and then the tippers wont make you go through a bunch of b.s ...they will straight up tip and /or wanna do a private show. the tipless talkers will prolly never tip.

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    Thanking just to send hugs. MFC is a very fickle site. Although my camscore is in the 3000's I go on sometimes and absolutely crickets, not a single tip in sight. Other nights it's kaching! I would definitely try a few more shifts before you give up or consider starting over. A simple thing I found worked really well was the lucky dip - have a few things you can do or make easily as prizes such as flashes (would not suggest pussy as you're gonna be pissed if you show that and all you got all night was $5), silly face, draw tarot card, sexy dance for 1 min, suck dildo etc etc, and charge tips per go. I started at 35 tokens, then 55, then 75. Then I got a prize wheel and charged 99 - 150 tokens for slightly better prizes like 1 day snapchat, vibe over panties for 1 min, friend add etc. A game of high low also works really well. Try these 3 things (not all on the same shift or you'll confuse people). Aim to make at least 500 tokens, preferably 1000 in an hour. If you haven't made at least 500 in an hour log off and try again in an hour. Likewise if you DO make 1000 (or more, yay!) in UNDER an hour, LOG OFF! Wait another hour then go on again. This will boost your camscore. Encouraging offline tips is another great way to boost it, so if you offer skypes for eg or sell videos or snapchat, offer discounts for buying with offline tips. Definitely try the lucky dip!! Good luck x
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    This is a SALES job, NEVER ever forget that. Men rarely tip or spend money unless you ask, pester or demand it.

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    The worst thing about mfc it really does not allow new models to find out their camming personality , style whatever. Few hours with no tips should not land anyone at the bottom of page with practically zero traffic.Just my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clavat View Post
    Hi gals, total newbie here. I really need your help.
    So I started camming on Friday night and I loved it, seriously, except one thing - I'm not earning money The guys were so nice, I've got a few admirers, there were even almost no beggars but no tipping too and no one wanted to take me pvt. My camscore dropped to 680 and I don't feel enough motivated to go online again. And I desperately need money :p
    I'm rather a girl next door type and I'm not going naked in free chat, but I've read this thread carefully, bought myself some nice short dresses and new lingerie, I did all the make-up thing, smiled all night until my face hurted, talked with guys even though I'm not native English speaker and I have a weird feeling my accent is horrible (but they liked it!) and, well, nothing. I don't know what's wrong with me. To be honest, I feel like a loser. I think I could really like this job, but I can't afford to work for free. I don't expect to make 100$ in hour, but for the love of God, SOMETHING.


    Oh, and ofc I have good lighting, good upload speed, good cam, I'm not that fugly and I spent about 10 hours on MFC earning maybe 40 tokens :p Gah.
    Keep working. Especially with your new model tag. Get on everyday and be consistent with your hours. If you get no tips for 2 hours, sign off for a bit and come back. It's all about building a fanbase and connecting with the guys. It takes time and some nights are going to be slow and you won't make much but keep at it and there will be nights that are amazing for you. Look at other girls topics, at what they are offering and what guys seem to like. Use that to your advantage and make it your own. It really comes down to how bad you want it. Don't give up. Stay consistent, smile, dance, have fun! It will get better

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