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    I'm making about 2.50 a frigging hour if that. My new computer arrived finally so I can stream in HD, I'm friendly and attractive though not beautiful. I'm getting hardly anyone in my room and it's been like this since I came back after surgery. Yes this is a pity party but seriously I have to get some $$ .

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    Helps if you tell us what site you're on?

    Have a read of https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/sh...-For-Cam-Girls x
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    You do not have to be model magazine level to succeed at camming. Don't beat yourself up. Its summer, its slow season.

    You can start selling clips. That is an option. Also start marketing yourself. Use social media outlets like Twitter or Tumblr. Change up your niche. What are your rates up? Try raising them. If one site is doing shitty, jump to another. You can also splitcam. I'm on my phone, but I'll post some useful links for you in the morning.





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    Try being a bitch!.. it works fabulously.. I spent the whole evening getting my hate money.. make more money than ever masturbating...LOL

    Quote Originally Posted by SuperPookie View Post
    I'm making about 2.50 a frigging hour if that. My new computer arrived finally so I can stream in HD, I'm friendly and attractive though not beautiful. I'm getting hardly anyone in my room and it's been like this since I came back after surgery. Yes this is a pity party but seriously I have to get some $$ .

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    ^^^ Hate money? LOL So u doing it all on purpose, it's ur hustle then teheee *wink*
    If it's working, why not? BUT! Just so u know & I SAY THIS WITH LOVE, getting angry on them is very damaging for ur health, it keeps the cortisol (stress hormone) levels very high all the time so when u done camming u drained & ur body reacts very bad on the stimulation of this hormone, it's making u sick simply, no wonder. I know what stress did to me & i was avoiding getting angry on cam by just holding it back when i felt stressed, it was damaging still.

    To the OP, i am sorry u find camming not that lucrative lately but just so u know, it's simply slow, summers are always like this & by every year camming get's slower & slower, too much competition, too many girls getting into cam work during the summer, too little members spending for cam shows, it's not the right season, now it's beach time, going out a lot & vacation time so yeah, it's harder to make money on cam. Good luck & stay strong xx
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    Thank you everyone for being supportive . I'm on Streamate. I tried Chaturbate the other day and just hated it . Other models came into my room and were so mean that I cried when I got off.It seems most sites are token based and I would rather interact with one person at a time to the extent that it's possible. Unfortunately I don't believe my internet could handle split camming. I have issues running Pandora and streaming so I would think that would be harder. I'll try and ind another site I like and try though . I do have a Twitter that is slowly growing but so far it's mostly you guys lol. I also set up a Fet life account yesterday and have been promoting myself . I've gotten a few followers from there.

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    I was this camgirl for about 8 months. the most I ever made in a week at the time was like $100, but normally I'd make $20-$50 a week. Now things are better, but I still don't even have the best computer or the most amazing webcam and I make decent money. There are a few things you can do about this though.

    Work consistently and long. I only started making money at that time when I got on at the same time every day and logged off, regardless of how I did. I split shifts so that I didn't get worn out on cam, but when your people can find you at the same time each day, they tend to invest more in you.

    Work loooong hours. Split your shifts but in the beginning it pays to sit on cam for ages. The reason for this is so that a variety of people can find you and then become spenders etc.Also, even if your money is trickling in, you will make a lot more sitting for ages than you would sitting for a few hours. It's super tough when you start a new site etc, so yea.

    Also, I'm not considered to be conventionally attractive either, my last relationship was 3 years ago and guys in the real world walk past me without a second look. One of my ex boyfriends used to dedicate time into telling me how he wished he could make me a hot girl. HOWEVER, on the internet? Absolutely anything goes. Trust me you are beautiful on the internet, just go into every shift believing that you are the hottest girl these guys will ever have the privilege of talking to and you will be A-ok. A small attitude shift can also help you make $$. The hotter you think you are, the more you will feel ok charging these people lots to look at you, and the more money you will make.

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    SimoneGray is very very right in all that advice above. I used to be a lazy cam girl, only doing 1-2 hours at a time, maybe 3 max, and my earnings were equally abysmal for 2 years (omg..all that wasted time). Streamate sounds like a good fit for you, based on what you said, ie wanting focused interaction, mostly one on one/one at a time. I really dig that hustle myself for what I'm selling. I also do not consider myself conventionally good looking, and guys never hit on me in real life. I am in my mid 30s, I have extra pounds, cellulite, and stretch marks. I feel like I get less traffic than other girls that can exude sexuality better than me (and who happen to be well made up, blonde, slim, whatever) and who know fetishes (I am so vanilla it's not even funny), but I still get guys who dig my looks and style (just takes me more time to build regulars). The moral of the story is, stay online as long as time and patience permit. You might have 1-2 completely dead hours, and then you could have back to back privates for the next. The only way to know it is to be logged in and available.

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    Also just to add for the long hours thing, say you are making $10 an hour, $10 a hour times 4hrs is $40, BUT $10/hr for 10-12hrs is $100-$120 a day and that is damn good money if you work 6 days a week, heck some days I don't even break that, so its pretty neat. Long hours makes sense just because the money will pile up and you'll have a nice amount at the end of that day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SimoneGray View Post
    I was this camgirl for about 8 months. the most I ever made in a week at the time was like $100, but normally I'd make $20-$50 a week. Now things are better, but I still don't even have the best computer or the most amazing webcam and I make decent money. There are a few things you can do about this though.

    Work consistently and long. I only started making money at that time when I got on at the same time every day and logged off, regardless of how I did. I split shifts so that I didn't get worn out on cam, but when your people can find you at the same time each day, they tend to invest more in you.

    Work loooong hours. Split your shifts but in the beginning it pays to sit on cam for ages. The reason for this is so that a variety of people can find you and then become spenders etc.Also, even if your money is trickling in, you will make a lot more sitting for ages than you would sitting for a few hours. It's super tough when you start a new site etc, so yea.

    Also, I'm not considered to be conventionally attractive either, my last relationship was 3 years ago and guys in the real world walk past me without a second look. One of my ex boyfriends used to dedicate time into telling me how he wished he could make me a hot girl. HOWEVER, on the internet? Absolutely anything goes. Trust me you are beautiful on the internet, just go into every shift believing that you are the hottest girl these guys will ever have the privilege of talking to and you will be A-ok. A small attitude shift can also help you make $$. The hotter you think you are, the more you will feel ok charging these people lots to look at you, and the more money you will make.
    Exactly what I was going to say; its true in the club too; I don't necessarily think of myself as the hottest chicka in the room, but I do choose to believe that I'm beautiful- I actually avoid thinking of myself as hottest/hotter than her etc because the comparison game doesn't help me... but I do believe you have to carry that energy of I am beautiful to be successful... x
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    Quote Originally Posted by SimoneGray View Post

    Also, I'm not considered to be conventionally attractive either, my last relationship was 3 years ago and guys in the real world walk past me without a second look. One of my ex boyfriends used to dedicate time into telling me how he wished he could make me a hot girl. HOWEVER, on the internet? Absolutely anything goes. Trust me you are beautiful on the internet, just go into every shift believing that you are the hottest girl these guys will ever have the privilege of talking to and you will be A-ok. A small attitude shift can also help you make $$. The hotter you think you are, the more you will feel ok charging these people lots to look at you, and the more money you will make.
    HA! This! I call it "being bathed in the shining light of cam". If you don't look good on cam, adjust your lighting and your makeup. Work your angles, You'll find them, ways to look uber hot during shows without showing the things that make you go "ugh". I don't have a wrinkle or an ounce of cellulite on camera because I understand the easy tricks. For instance, my lower back thighs are...well...covered with thigh highs, problem solved! I have dark areas under my eyes, but I slather on a pound of "whore face" and BAM! flawless skin!
    And to anonymous cam girls point, be a bitch sometimes. Really, it's shocking how much guys eat that up. I'm nice until I'm not and the instant I get shitty my earnings go up. Gotta love the beta males.

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    Camming isn't for everyone. Is dancing an option for you?

    (Dancing isn't for everyone, either, but different people / personalities are better fits for certain parts of the sex industry than for others. So if someone is open to public nudity and interacting with strangers - a critical aspect of most sex work - then other avenues are worth a try!)

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    Can someone give me advice about how to stay on for long shifts? I have RAGING ADD and get bored/tired/frustrated sooo easily. I also just don't have the energy to sit there hours on end fake smiling and dancing around. My normal face is a terrible resting bitch face so it takes quite a bit of effort and energy to make it not look like that. I'll usually end up either becoming really bitchy (and the guys RUN as soon as that happens) or getting exhausted from trying to look happy and fun loving that I'll just lay down and close my eyes in front of my cam (so you cant see my face).

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie61 View Post
    Camming isn't for everyone. Is dancing an option for you?

    (Dancing isn't for everyone, either, but different people / personalities are better fits for certain parts of the sex industry than for others. So if someone is open to public nudity and interacting with strangers - a critical aspect of most sex work - then other avenues are worth a try!)
    My husband would divorce me if I did that and the nearest club is two hours away but thank you for the suggestion.

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    I'm actually fairly good looking just not in the whole porn star way. I have a natural look, glasses etc. I'm also in my 30's but that doesn't seem to bother the guys. I've only got nasty comments on my appearance from other girls when I got on chaturbate. I was making about 30-50$ an hour when I started but then I was gone for a month and now pocket change. I mean I stayed on for 10 hours the other day and came out with like 11$ wtf lol.

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    So I have been camming for 12 years (March 18, 2003) some know my story and a few don't.

    When I started camming I was working in a fake studio and I wasn't allowed to leave that place for 1.5 years - I know it's as horrible as it sounds. when I left that place and got my own place. I was too scared to leave and function in the real world that man did a huge number on me. So I lived on the internet literally. groceries were order online, bills were paid online and money was made online.

    I would be on cam 12 hours or more a day. like those girls you see sleeping on the camera. I didn't sleep on cam but I did have a freak out and cried my eyes out on cam no thank god it was the days before youtube and it's not record, but my psychosis post on certain messages boards are on the internet. What I am getting at it even if your not well mentally you can still make money on cam.

    what I am trying to get back for 30 years old now is the stamina and regular cash flow I got from camming now. work regular, remember guys who spend money on you, invest in yourself over time, new outfits, new make up, new hair etc whatever makes you look better then when you first started and SAVE your money.

    Even the most modest income from camming can pile up to be big earnings. your twitter and tumblr and other ways you are marketing yourself also needs to be consistent just as your cam schedule. So if you can put in 20 hours a week then stick with them regliously. when your not online you upload photos and blog post and interact with other cam models on social media. You said you are follow a good number of us then start tweet and retweeting, follow fridays, ass wendesday, tit tuesdays and thong thursday.

    What I've learned too is that my video blogs bring in webcam traffic . when guys feel like they can know like and trust you they will spend money on you. build those relationships by being consistent and building relationships.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperPookie View Post
    I'm actually fairly good looking just not in the whole porn star way. I have a natural look, glasses etc. I'm also in my 30's but that doesn't seem to bother the guys. I've only got nasty comments on my appearance from other girls when I got on chaturbate. I was making about 30-50$ an hour when I started but then I was gone for a month and now pocket change. I mean I stayed on for 10 hours the other day and came out with like 11$ wtf lol.
    Taking time off does mean that when you come back you have to hit it double as hard, sadly regs seldom stay loyal, but don't be too hard on yourself for that, it happens. If you were making decent $$ before you will get there again, but it won't be instant. Also, we all have ups and downs. The other day I stayed on for 8hrs and made a whopping $15. I was super sad at the end of that day, so it happens. Next day though made an awesome amount. Camming is a rollercoaster, for all of us, hut you'll gt back to where you were x

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    It sounds like I need to go post on the stay the fuck on thread .
    I'm also going to try and figure out how to make video clips. I'm very bad at anything tech related so if anyone happens to know of a site that explains how its done clearly that would be very much appreciated. I Googled it but most seemed to assume that the user had some skills to begin .

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    ^^ Pretty much...any time I've had to take time off, staying the fuck on is the only way I get everything back. If you need motivation getting or staying on, just think of your people not finding you and essentially spending YOUR money on other girls. Great way to stay on. Clips etc will also help, more eggs, more baskets and you'll start seeing livable money coming your way.

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    @Minnie I just wanted to say how sorry I am that you had to deal with all that. You must be very strong to have dealt with it.

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    You have to try with streaming few sites at the same time, I am with Imdead (seems no here one takes it seriously, but I do make 150-200 a shift there sometimes), SM (which I hate, but I am new there and I get all those idiots who normally hit on new models errrr and staying on to make it work for me) and CMD where some of my regs have found me already and I get shows there with new guys. My every day goal is 200 from all three, I have the list of paper by my side, where I put ....made and ...to go. It is refreshing to see how I am going towards reaching my goal.
    I am trying to sign up with AW now, but they seem to have problem with age verification (I am not in the UK anymore shame damn).
    I have started with Imdead to begin with 7 months ago and it was terrible when it was slow, one egg is not good at times.
    You should remember you have to be patient, have fun being you, I am quite bitchy and witty and when it is slow I joke with whoever in my room, making fun of them (it is just so me) and I do get shows out of that when some spender in my room digs my personality. I dont sit there bored.
    More you work more regs you get. Twitter is a lot of help indeed (so is Fetlife for me, I am a domme). I hate making selfies I do! But every time when I get ready I make those mirror selfies and tweet them, it helps me to get followers very slowly but still.
    Work, work, work, be patient, watch porn (I do a lot within my topic to learn), try smth new in your shows, get better you will see rewarding $$$. Decorate your room, try outfits, play with light (I have bought very cheap lamps, but expensive lamp bulbs with cold light (which works better with LG920 for me), it did make a huge difference.
    I have started with 100 and I am happy, but now I am at 200-250...yes, nothing compare to some amazing gals here with 400-500 and over a shift, but this will be my next goal. I know I will get there as I work more.
    Never get your chin down, no matter what! I know very succeful ladies in their 50s doing this job, it has nothing to do with looks alone and your age, dear.
    I read this forum a lot, it is educational and motivates me to get better.
    Good luck!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperPookie View Post
    @Minnie I just wanted to say how sorry I am that you had to deal with all that. You must be very strong to have dealt with it.
    Thanks - I've been working on my memoir for that time period in my life. There is a reason I get a little upset of girls on here complaining how it's slow or they are not making money cause of XYZ and other annoying things they do. I worked under the most horrible conditions when I started camming and I still made top model on cams when they use to post it after the end of of every pay period.

    For the most part that event is behind me but it does have me wondering . if i didn't answer his ad I would probably never would have found camming.
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