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    I'll try to keep this short. I've been camming for about a week on MFC and webcams.com. I've been online about 5 hours a day...and I only made about $40 total from each site combined in the past week! And sometimes I go online for two hours and don't even make a dollar! WHAT THE HELL? What am I doing wrong? I look in other girl's rooms and they don't seem to be doing much differently. I try to smile and keep it lively. Like... I don't understand! I'm nice to everyone, talk to all the guys, but many want freebies or expect me to just take my clothes off for free! This is my MFC profile. Is it shitty or something? Is it normal to totally suck at first?

    I'm not trying to make bank but man, $100-$200 a week would be nice, so I can eat ya know! I'm studying in Germany and can't get a normal job at the moment because my German is shit. But I'm looking. Maybe somewhere will have pity on my barely-German speaking ass

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    I'm just so determined. I see other girls make bank. I'm decent looking, I dance, I tease, but Christ, am I doing something wrong? Is this normal for beginners? Please give me some words of encouragement or something. Working for 2 hours straight and not even making one damn dollar is just killer...
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    Preface: Ill be brutally honest and say I dont do most of these things with any kind of consistency, but theyre a good guide for people completely lost

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    I peeked in on your room and your cam is very pixelated and does not have fluid movement at all. Like it looks like still frames every few seconds, does that make sense? This is probably what the problem is.

    What is your internet upload speed? Are you using wireless?
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    Oh yeah, pixelated/freezing cam will absolutely destroy you. I mean imagine from a dude's perspective trying to become aroused... Having a dvd scratch and skip while watching movies is frustrating enough, so getting frustrated like that while trying to maintain a chub would be even harder.

    You can go to speedtest.net and run a scan on you laptop. What I do when I cam too is run a cord from my router directly to my laptop so that I can get the fastest speed available.

    I also find that I have to nudge guys a LOT to keep the tips coming, but I do it in a really energetic, bubbly, excited way. "We're only 400 away from top being off guys! I know we can do it, and I'm so excited to show you guys my cute new bra!" and I pretty much am constantly repeating stuff like that every few minutes. I've noticed that the more excited I am for them to tip me, the more they want to do it. If you aren't nudging though, they normally won't tip to try to get you naked and end up being content with just talking to you for free.

    And this isn't a criticism AT ALL so I hope this doesn't come off wrong, but something to maybe keep in mind is your name. I've have a lot of guys tell me that they really enjoyed my show and afterwards wanted to add me to friends when I got offline, and they searched for my name so they could look up my info. Mine webcam name is catchy and easy to remember. There's a chance that someone might want to look you up, but won't remember the number of x's after your name and never be able to find you again. I have no idea whether that would come into play or not, but that's the first thing I thought of when I saw your MFC name. I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG THOUGH, so if you love your name keep your name exactly as it is! ^_^ It IS super cute. <3

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    It was also kinda dark in your room when I went and peeked around. Between dark and "skipping" I can understand why tips aren't coming in as fast as you want
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    Yeah I'm pretty sure 99% of the time when newbies complain about not making money it's due to their cam quality, internet speed, computer speed, etc. Fix those issues and you'll start seeing the dough.

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    whatever site tells you you will make $10,000 a week is a lie. you need GOOD stuff to make good money. Maybe try mygirlfund or clips4sale until you fix the problem? if you can upload some content, you should be able to make some money.




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    It must be the cam then! It runs smoothly for the most part with me when I see myself. But people have complained about my jumpy and pixelated cam. I don't understand though... I just bought this cam for $36 last week. It's a Logitech C310 fancy something or other. It's not crap.

    My internet seems fast but... I don't know how to check how fast it is? I don't know how to fix the shitty quality problem. The next most expensive webcam was $80 and I didn't want to go THAT far until I was sure I'd make money camming. I also get "connection issues" on MFC and webcams.com sometimes where it kicks me off and it has to reload. So maybe it's my internet?

    Or maybe it's my computer? It's from 2009? It can be slow with certain things?

    I just wish I knew what was causing the webcam issue exactly, so I don't start spending money on things that aren't the problem. Fml
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    Sounds like you may have internet connection issues.

    Try running this test and see what grade it gives your internet:

    http://www.pingtest.net/

    and check your upload speed too

    http://testmy.net/upload

    Mine tests grade A on the pingtest and 4 mb upload speed and I rarely have connection issues.

    (edited to add - as mentioned above, the wireless could be your issue too. Don't use wireless connections to cam if you possibly can get an ethernet cord and hook up to a router or directly to your modem).

    also, I honestly can not make a dime on MFC, just does not work for me. Maybe try another site.


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    I would check your internet speed first. Like someone else mentioned, go to a speed test site, here are the two that I use:



    It should give you both a download (how fast you can get stuff from the internet TO your computer) and an upload (how fast things can get FROM your computer to the internet) speed in Mbps. Like previously mentioned, your UPload speed needs to be at least 2Mbps, otherwise you're going to have problems with others seeing your video feed.

    I know the girls who are featured and who are majorly raking in the dough are using HD cameras, which it looks like the C130 is. I went ahead and just bought a Logitech c930e while Amazon had them on sale, since I always say you have to spend a little money to make money, and I wanted something that was both mac and PC compatible. However, it looks like your camera should be good enough.

    It COULD be an issue with your computer; a lot of things can change in four years. Most of the websites that I cam on have hardware recommendations, you could look at those and then check your computer's, and see if they match up.

    It sounds to me like it's most likely your internet speed; I was having issues with mine last night, and I wasn't getting any privates. I just had to restart my modem and that fixed it, but it ultimately depends on the speed package you have through your ISP.

    Hope that helps

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    well you're from germany. not a lot of german customers. guys tend to like americans, uk girls and eastern european of the "romanian/russian/ukraine sort". doubt many search for german cams. maybe try lying about your location and pick a more popular destination. your tumblr account instantly said to me "shes all about the money". that can be a put off. and the photo album on your profile labeled "professional photos" looks like it was taken on a webcam or phone-camera. judging by your model tags you have marketed yourself into the niche category of "goth/alternative". thats a niche. means only a small % of guys are looking for your type. they will probs get put off and leave. try being more neutral. by that i mean, leave out tags like goth and alternative so that you are basically now 'everybodys type'. guys looking for alt girls are a small minority. if you wanna just target these guys go ahead, but you will be broke for a while until you gain regular alt-girl fans. you also wrote "virgin" as a tag. most are likely to think "liar" and fuck off elsewhere. if you're gonna pretend to be a virgin at least back it up with a less provocative profile. as i read further into this, i just think it's like you taken a few niches and thrown them together. you're basically an "alternative-goth-schoolgirl-virgin-playswithtoys-barbiedoll-german-american-nicegirl-metalgirl" with a tumblr account about how if you cant afford to pay fuck off and dont waste my time. i mean it says "I respect any women who is smart enough to realise that men will give her money to look at her naked and touch herself. Whilst not actually letting them touch her, Genius." so thats the first thing a customer sees when he goes to find out more about you. (i totally agree with the comment but dont post it to customers unless you're doing fin-dom or bitch fetish or something). sorry if offended just giving my thoughts.

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    There is a program google runs at the same time mfc does for video, forgot the name of it. But found a tutorial on youtube to turn off the google version of it then my cam didnt crash anymore.

    Got to spend money to make money.

    You joined a hardcore hustle site without a clue how to hustle, that is on you. Most new girls fail at camming & quit. Sorry but a $36 camera just wont get it.

    Camming is survival of the hardest hustlers, cause men love newbie. They love telling you how to do it so that they get free shows & you never make money. All the girls on the top of these sites have paid their dues the hard way just like you will.

    I too, looked at your tumblr page. You are to young to be so jaded. Guys who like younger girls like them because they are not tainted by men & angry at them for the bs they pull. Not saying you don't have a reason to be, but you cant play that angle.
    Also your mfc profile, no drinking, no smoking, no drugs, while I applaud you being a good girl, guys don't log onto cam sites for good girls. Need to slut it up a bit. This is acting job for the most part, seems you are forgot the fantasy angle. Men love a hot mess lol

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    Some good advice here! I think you have the right look and body, but you have to get the camera and internet speeds taken care of.

    The camera you have probably won't work. I use the logitech c910 which is really popular for cam girls as well as the c920. They are expensive, but worth it if you want to make money. I'm guessing your issue is more an upload speed problem more than the webcam though because of how you are getting the jumpy freezing frames. It will look smooth and fine on your end but from the members end it's a completely different story. Try opening your chat room in a separate browser and see how the image quality is coming across so you can see for yourself.

    Even tho you have tattoos and all that, I think you don't have so many that you would be in the "alt" type niche. I think it's a great suggestion to try to make yourself more mainstream, I'm betting you will do a lot better that way, if you can get the cam quality sorted out.

    Good luck!
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    Thanks for all the advice!

    I deleted all the posts on my Tumblr and just added normal pictures and things. You all have a good point about how I seem like I'm all about money... what a put off! I'm so dumb for putting that!

    I also changed my tags. I left anything goth/punk/alt out besides the piercings and tattoos, because I do have those.

    I checked my internet on pingtest.net and got a B and the upload test said "You might have a problem...
    Your connection scored only 43% of the Kabel BW average (57% slower). This does not always mean that you're in bad shape. If the Internet package you subscribe to is slower than most people using your ISP you will get this message." I guess the internet is the biggest issue then? Unfortunately, I'm in student living but moving in a few days. So hopefully the internet is better at the new place. Or it could be my computer as well, since it's from 2009. Damn...

    This is tough, because the internet here is out of my control. I could try camming from another computer or tablet here, to see if maybe it's my computer affecting the internet speed or something, and if that doesn't work, it's just the internet and I will have to pray that the internet is better in the new place. FML!

    Thanks for all the advice though. If you can think of anything else let me know. I honestly don't think my webcam is the reason it's pixel-y and jumpy, but I'll keep it in mind if all else fails.
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    ^ What was the upload speed? The grades are relative, the upload speed is the important part.

    I would try camming from another computer and also maybe try streaming from that computer on another connection--you don't have to do a show, just a test for a minute or so. You could borrow a friend's Internet, find a quiet corner of a library (where no one will be in-frame for the test--that's a big no no), park outside a restaurant with free Wi-Fi, etc just for a minute. Test the Internet to make sure it's above 2 mbps upload and then hop on cam just long enough to check your feed in another tab. If it's good, you know the problem's your connection.

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    My internet speed test said...

    Upload :: 885 Kbps 111 kB/s
    Your Speed :: 885 Kbps
    59% slower than your Host average 2.2 Mbps
    53% slower than the DE average 1.9 Mbps
    52% slower than the Index 1.8 Mbps

    So it might be the internet. I'll do the same test on my friend's computer (which is brand new) because we use the same internet here. If it's faster on their computer, then it must be my computer that's the issue, right? But if it's the same, then I know it's the internet, and I will have to pray the internet is better when I move!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhiiannon View Post
    My internet speed test said...

    Upload :: 885 Kbps 111 kB/s
    Your Speed :: 885 Kbps
    59% slower than your Host average 2.2 Mbps
    53% slower than the DE average 1.9 Mbps
    52% slower than the Index 1.8 Mbps

    So it might be the internet. I'll do the same test on my friend's computer (which is brand new) because we use the same internet here. If it's faster on their computer, then it must be my computer that's the issue, right? But if it's the same, then I know it's the internet, and I will have to pray the internet is better when I move!
    It's definitely your internet. It's way more your internet than your computer. If your internet is that slow, it won't matter if you have a brand new computer or not.

    To put it into perspective, I have a 5 mbps upload speed which is 5120 kbps.

    You have 885 kbps. That is not even 1 mbps (which is 1024 kbps) and most sites require you to have at least 1 mbps upload.

    I'm not sure how it works in Germany, are you able to choose your own internet provider and internet package when you move in? If so, you need to look at the upload speeds of various packages available and choose one that offers AT LEAST 1 mbps upload but if you can get higher than that, that would be better. I would say go for 5 mbps if you can. You're going to have to pay more for it, but that's just how it is if you want to make money camming.
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    It's still a hell of a lot better than my internet and I do ok on Streamate which "requires a minimum of 0.6", no it doesn't. If you can upgrade, do so (sadly I cannot).

    I remember, when I (briefly) tried MFC I had all kinds of problems when using the model software. When I tried the online version my streaming problems disappeared! However by that time my cam score had taken a dive...

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    I have 850 kbps upload and my stream looks ok on SM (I always check on the site). If you have stable connection I think there will be no issues. But if your speed falls under 300 kbps often or if you have disconnections (you sometimes don't notice this with normal browsing), than this is a huge problem. Your computer also matters more than you think, because when I was streaming from Intel Pentium my cam was freezing and there was a big delay.

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