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    Default Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    I work on Adultwork as my main site and lately find it to be pretty quiet at my usual time where I am normally super busy (even on the days where no world cup football is on)

    Do you adjust your prices lower/higher depending on how busy your shift is? Is that wise to do?

    When setting your price per minute do you charge lower per minute so your busy through the hour or higher so it's more worth while when you are in private?

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    AW has taken a massive nose dive over the past couple of months, i think more due to technical problems than the football. But yes I change my rates. When it is slow i put them UP to account for being in paid for less minutes. Some people can't understand this but i find with AW guys are not looking for the cheapest girl (otherwise all the cheapos at 99p would be constantly busy!).
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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    Susies right the sites been glitchy and I honestly feel its gonna get worse before it gets better. Guys could actually be trying to take you private but cant or the site crashed and no one can see you. I honestly don't think price changes can compensate for that and if it did, I dont think we would we know, at least not right now. I split with anther site and about one a month I do happy hour day where I lower my price and honestly my mins spent in private is the same as when my rate is higher, the only difference was I made less money.
    When the site is slow its just slow even if you were 65 a min, I personally don't think it would make a difference, at least not for me but give it a try and see what happens. If anything your'll gain a different audience
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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    "Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?" No. Because it could be completely dead for 15 minutes and then all of a sudden I'll get long back to back exclusive shows at my normal rate. 99% of the time if I just wait out the slowness it picks right back up.

    If I lower my prices I get the obnoxious 'harder bb, faster!!" guys and I'd rather not ever deal with them. They will also come back another day when your prices are back up and hassle you about lowering them.

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    Thanks ladies.
    After posting this, I actually put it to the test. I raised my rates quite a bit and was allot more busy.

    Weird this is today I had nothing but jerks coming through more than I usually do on my lower rate. (You know the ones that don't read your profile and come in asking you to strip within 2 seconds of saying Hi)

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    I always juggle around my pricing, but if I'm consistently going into private or exclusive and they're profitable enough, I keep the rate as is. If it's slow, I'll lower my rate and usually that helps bring traffic in.
    It took me a long time to realize that higher rates aren't always the best way to go. I would rather have 3 people in at 3.99 a minute then 1 person at 5.99 a minute. Obviously.
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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    Quote Originally Posted by LilyAnderson View Post
    I always juggle around my pricing, but if I'm consistently going into private or exclusive and they're profitable enough, I keep the rate as is. If it's slow, I'll lower my rate and usually that helps bring traffic in.
    It took me a long time to realize that higher rates aren't always the best way to go. I would rather have 3 people in at 3.99 a minute then 1 person at 5.99 a minute. Obviously.
    Yeah, see I have always gone by the structure of I would rather 3 people at 3.99 than 1 at 5.99. I work on AW and I am a domme and the entire time I have been there I have only ever had maximum 2 people in group at a time (with one leaving after 30 seconds) purely because I am domme and each guy has his own fetish and some don't have a fetish at all. So setting a low group cost serves me no purpose, and it has taken me ages to figure that out lol

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    I change my rates depending on how long I can spend online. There are days I only get an hour or two to work, so I lower my rates because I don't have the time to wait for someone to spend bigger money. I need people to bite ASAP. On days when I have 3+ hours to work, I will keep my rates up and wait for that generous dude, while scoring short privates or tips.


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    I up my private rate when it's busy on cb. I keep it at 60tk a minute until I have 1000 people in the room, then I up it to 90tk a minute. I figure if they want to drag me away from a full room, It'll have to be when they're paying me well. if there's over 1800 viewers, I bump my rate up to 120tk a minute. normally i'll get ~2 privates per public show, which is a bit of extra $ by the end of the day

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    Quote Originally Posted by smaddy View Post
    "Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?" No. Because it could be completely dead for 15 minutes and then all of a sudden I'll get long back to back exclusive shows at my normal rate. 99% of the time if I just wait out the slowness it picks right back up.

    If I lower my prices I get the obnoxious 'harder bb, faster!!" guys and I'd rather not ever deal with them. They will also come back another day when your prices are back up and hassle you about lowering them.
    I've cammed on SM for 5 years now and keep getting guys from the 2009 come back and whine about how I used to charge 1.49. Well, once we started talking about it - why not mention the shitty cam and laptop I was using as well as the fact I had no toys or outfits?
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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    Bumping this thread for how useful it is. Great advice!

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    Yes. I change my prices depending on the day/time. I usually lower my prices if I procrastinate and get stuck working the midnight-4am shift because I hate working those hours and being in free chat too long puts me in a shit mood.
    Last edited by sammii; 07-25-2014 at 10:18 AM.

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    I keep my EXCL price where it is because I'm not willing to do fetishes for less than that price, but I will adjust my Prem prices sometimes. Changes prices doesn't always mean lowering them. I was having a slow period, so I raised my prices by 2$ and it got busy again.

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    Like many have said, I lower to experiment- hasn't worked out to well in the past, raise when I feel like it or when I need more motivation and have enough sites at different price ranges for the 'public'. Right now my phone rate is lower, cam rate is the same, basically wherever I am want $2.00 or more my cut.

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    I used to, but the 30 second peepers come out in droves, because guys who are the first in usually stay longer, which makes for at least 10, or more peepers. Drives me insane!

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    If it gets slow, I lower my rate by one dollar. If I'm in free chat for more than 15 minutes, I end up getting really annoyed and it shows in my face, which makes it even slower bc who wants to take a girl private with a pissed off look on her face? Then somebody will say "You aren't talking" or "you look annoyed" and I will either 1) Say something sarcastic 2) permaban them or 3) log off. So, yes....I will lower my rates by a dollar! :-p however, if traffic is KICKING that day, I will raise my rates way more than average! Talk about a money high!

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    No
    Sometimes I even give myself a raise, bec it makes me want to work that room again and see if I can pull it off

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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    I do have an occasional happy hour when it's slow and drop my prices by $1 each to bring in traffic. If it's steady and works, I keep it. If I swamped, I'll up my rates to see how that goes too. I try to give everything at least 1-2 hours to see how it is. Let's me see what rates work best and all.

    I'm toying with flipping my premium/exclusive rates on SM around again. I have exclusive set to $1 less than premium because the peepers piss me the fuck off. I'm thinking I'll change it back to premium cheaper though, but only allow topless nudity (i.e. panties stay ON) to avoid the peepers getting a total free show. I already took toys off the menu unless it's exclusive, so why not? Whee, rate thoughts....


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    Default Re: Do you adjust your prices depending on how busy it is?

    When I am on cam and there's a lot of people in the room, I will raise my show goal, but give them the same amount of time to reach it. You either contribute, because you're sitting there watching or you all get nothing!

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