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    Search Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    I've been doing my earnings stats for the end of the winter challenge, and I noticed something interesting.

    Over the last 6 months I've had good days, and slow days, and awful days; I've had high rates, low rates, tried different hustles, worked on zero-free-chat-sites - anyway, I've tried lots of different things. But one thing that stays relatively stable is that very rarely have I been able to go over 70-80 minutes in paid chat without logging off exhausted and done for the day.

    Those 70-80 could have all come as a couple of long blocks all at once, or in 2-3 minute increments over the course of 12 painful hours of hustle, but apparently, as of right now, that's how much stamina I have for performing paid shows per day without being a gibbering wreck the next morning. The type of show doesn't seem to have much bearing either - be it an athletic bounce-fest or sitting there with my feet up on my desk eating ice-cream and chatting about books.

    This is obviously food for thought, because if my body/brain gives me this cut-off, I need to structure my work in such a way that I get paid the most money for each minute I perform. I haven't really figured out all implications yet, but it's definitely going to be my business task for the summer.

    Have you got a limit like this? If you've been camming for a while, has your limit grown?


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    Default Re: Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    ok. 48 people looked at this and no comments. I'll go first. I think what you need to do is adjust your rates. Go up higher. Even if it's just a little. You will get slightly less shows, but make just as much and less wear and tear on yourself.

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    Default Re: Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    Mare, I appreciate your answer, but that's not quite what I'm wondering. I'm exhausted after about an hour of paid chat time whether I charge $4 or $10.

    While obviously the first step is to charge as high as I can get away with to squeeze every dollar out of the hour I can perform for (that's what I'm doing now), what I'd really like to find out is whether it's common for girls to have a natural limit for how long, roughly, we can perform for each day.

    I guess this seems like an odd question if your performance stamina is higher than the number of hours in a workday.


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    Default Re: Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    How much paid chat time I can handle a day would depend on what kind of show I am doing and for who. Certain shows and custies can really drain the fuck out of you. I've been camming for over five years and I can handle paid chat for a very long time until it completely dies. Money is my drug. It gives me stamina.
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    ^^^"Ditto!' I did 9 straight hours yesterday, because when the money is flowing, I can do it. Plus it was 80% in paid chat.
    It's time in free chat that burns me out.

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    Oh, I must say this is quite a problem for me. Specially if it requires to be in same position for a long time or to do a lot of different hard positions. My bones start to hurt so much lool. Once I got a neck pain so severe I had to log off. Also if they want me to use dildo all the time, my vagina surprisingly doesn't hurt me, but my wrist does! Or if they want talking..I have problems and got a recommendation from the doctor not to use my voice too much, speak loudly or scream, but what should I do?

    I mean its so cool to get long pvt and I'm envious of models who get 3-4 hours long pvts, but for me, its really exausting. I much prefer gold shows or tips- u still follow their requests, but it's not so strictly- they can't rate me lol.

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    Default Re: Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    I would say that, yes, I have a limit to the amount of paid chat time I can take. I don't really know what that number is, but I have a general feeling about it, and it's probably not much more than a couple hours total, if I make it that far. It does fluctuate if I'm doing long shows with a person that I like and that mostly spends a lot of the time hanging out. Generally, though, I work pretty hard physically and/or mentally while I'm being paid, and I don't have very good stamina to do that for long.

    I've been camming for 2+ years with a couple breaks in there. I think my paid chat limit has gone up somewhat, probably because my brain has gotten more accustomed to it. When I was starting out, all the shows seemed very mentally stressful, so that wore me down quickly. I've also gotten better about not damaging my lady bits, so I got slightly more time from that, too. It hasn't been a shocking increase, though.

    Would you maybe benefit from having a fairly large price difference between private and exclusive rates (or the equivalent on any sites you work)? I assume that having three guys in private doesn't reduce the number of paid chat minutes you can withstand, and it's probably the most reliable way to raise your per minute profits without having to spend ages waiting for the guys that will pay high rates. I'm sure it will take some time to sort out your sweet spot, but if you're persistent and keep records, you can do it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by amanda121 View Post
    Also if they want me to use dildo all the time, my vagina surprisingly doesn't hurt me, but my wrist does! Or if they want talking..I have problems and got a recommendation from the doctor not to use my voice too much, speak loudly or scream, but what should I do?
    Yeah, I've noticed that, too - wrist and arm pain from excessive dildo use, and I lose my voice pretty quickly since I talk a LOT on cam (and scream, lol).
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    Default Re: Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    Yeah, I'd have to say it fluctuates for me too.

    The kind of shows I do wildly vary, from GO TO POUNDTOWN ON MY N---- DICK BB! to sph/joi/femdom (no nudity, no masturbation) to "I just want to see you have as many genuine (and they do mean genuine) orgasms as possible and we'll spend 20-40 mins talking". I get lots of shows that take minimal effort - smoking, teasing, drinking and hanging out - so I actually feel like that makes me have more energy to stay on. When I have lots of those shows, I could easily be in paid chat for 5 hours in one day. After one hour of submission, I'm done for the day. Totally.


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    My limit (at about 3 years in) is at about a hour too, though sometimes I can do two one hour shifts at least four or five hours apart. Switching to a little glass toy instead of a large silicone dildo helped, as did finding a better way to support my spine (leaning against some pillows, braced against the wall). I need to start keeping better records and figure this out for myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glamourmilf View Post
    ^^^"Ditto!' I did 9 straight hours yesterday, because when the money is flowing, I can do it. Plus it was 80% in paid chat.
    It's time in free chat that burns me out.
    OH yes. Freechat kills my life force.

    I can cope with hours and hours and show after show if they just want dildo, tits, pussy, exhibitionist, cum. The ones that drain me are the ones that I have to use my brain for. Cucks, Fets, Role play, advice, erotic chat, non-nude, recounting stories of my sex life, telling them what I would do to them....that's the tiring ones. An hour of one of those and I have to switch off.

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    I have anywhere from 83 (1 hr 23 minutes) minutes to 133 (2 hours 33 minutes) minutes I can handle in paid. I have about 10 hours I can do per week actually doing shows. I usually spend 50%+ of my time in paid. At most I am available to do shows for 4 hours a day. Vanilla shows are really hard on my body. I have a hard time doing them. If I don't have any fetish shows at the end of a shift, my vagina kills me and I am in a lot of pain. Fortunately the pain makes it look more real! Whatever haha.

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    Default Re: Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    Thanks for your responses, everyone! I'm tempted to do some science on it, and keep quite detailed notes on types of show and energy levels, etc.

    My gf has pointed out that professional stage actors rarely do a performance that's over 3 hours - and that in most plays they won't even be on stage all of this time, and that they're not expected to improvise their lines. Seems like a good goal to shoot for, though, health permitting.

    Quote Originally Posted by Magical_Hoohah View Post
    Would you maybe benefit from having a fairly large price difference between private and exclusive rates (or the equivalent on any sites you work)? I assume that having three guys in private doesn't reduce the number of paid chat minutes you can withstand, and it's probably the most reliable way to raise your per minute profits without having to spend ages waiting for the guys that will pay high rates.
    That's an interesting idea. I'm going to experiment with rates and see what happens.


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    Default Re: Is there a limit to how much paid chat time you can handle per day?

    Yeah I'm currently making a spreadsheet for tracking my shows (I know. I'm super late to the game) and it might make sense to make a column w/ a 1-5 scale of energy input to each show on a bell curve. If you do then factor an energy/paid min and compare this with days with equivalent time put in, that'd probably be the easiest way to figure it all out, neh?


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    Ever notice how some guys can really drain everything out of you and how others seem to give you energy? It could be the exact same actions for each show but for some reason one guy just completely takes the energy away from you. I can't even describe it properly. Like, I feel totally sapped. Yet, with another guy it'll be total mashfest pussy/ass/acrobatics and I feel perfectly fine after and I can keep going.

    Also, Gold shows seem to take so much energy, I don't know if it's because there are so many guys watching or what but I do the exact same actions in a GS and it'll drain the energy out of me like I ran a marathon.

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    YASSSS! I find it's easier with talkers, regs, etc. I know what to expect, I'm not mentally thinking about what works for them and what doesn't. It's the same reason I think that premium and GS take so much out of me. And ironically, having a real orgasm instead of faking will help too with the energy

    Quote Originally Posted by hyori View Post
    Ever notice how some guys can really drain everything out of you and how others seem to give you energy? It could be the exact same actions for each show but for some reason one guy just completely takes the energy away from you. I can't even describe it properly. Like, I feel totally sapped. Yet, with another guy it'll be total mashfest pussy/ass/acrobatics and I feel perfectly fine after and I can keep going.

    Also, Gold shows seem to take so much energy, I don't know if it's because there are so many guys watching or what but I do the exact same actions in a GS and it'll drain the energy out of me like I ran a marathon.


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