
Originally Posted by
Shanda1836
I want to know how many older models can relate to my story. As the cam model industry has progressed, I have found that older models serve a great value to their customers. But, I also find that older models are ignored by major camming host sites. I am in the "Granny" category on Steamate. I'm still hot, and I find that many of my fellow "Granny" models are also hot. Why the "Granny" stigma?
While I receive many great tips and advice from all of the Camming Connection threads. I do not see a Camming Connection forum dedicated to older models. I found myself disabled with a business washed out in the 2014-2015 floods in Oklahoma and Texas. I began camming to keep myself afloat (no pun intended). I still have a great body, but I am not too happy with my nose. Noses spread and sag with age, and that's all there is to that.
I do not want to go on disability and become a ward of the U.S. government. I have a college education. I am a skilled writer. I am not able to move forward with camming through social media because I may land a great writing gig. Sexy social media pics are out of the question. If I was discovered as a sex worker on a social media site, I could lose regular $$$ writing gigs.
My background info is that I was taking care of an unappreciative uncle in Oklahoma City until he was admitted into a psych ward at my age of 58 at my request. I had a nice income until the floods came and washed my business into the Canadian River in 2015. I own a cabin on a big lake called Lake Texoma. I had to ignore my cabin until I could move my uncle to a safe place. When I moved back to my cabin, I found that there were absolutely no decent internet service providers in my cabin's location. I had no choice of ISP companies; it was satellite all the way. The only cam site I was able to generate a decent stream with satellite ISP was Chaturbate. I am so very grateful to Chaturbate. I did not charge a premium price. I made it for 3 years without having to go hungry because of Chaturbate, but Chaturbate always made me feel low quality...
I have always written for many genres, but I never had to make a living at it. So, I began writing for money. That is a slow and demanding process. AND! With satellite internet, I could not guarantee that I could make a deadline. I had no choice but to take low-paying assignments that I could not guarantee, and it did not matter if I missed a deadline. Finally, my area was blessed with cable internet! Wow! What a big difference in all of my opportunities!
I have been writing for a local web magazine for three years now. That is great and shows my excellent skills. My writing portfolio is awesome, and I am finally seeing a result. But my camming credibility is going very slow. I have been able to secure a few whales who keep me afloat, but I should be able to make $300 a week camming as a part-time contractor.
I have not been able to afford a web hosting site and a web designer for my writing skills; my free Wix site is not a contender. I am on the brink of being able to write for what I am worth, but I still need that extra camming $. I only need to make $250 a week in camming to advance to my next writing level.
Can older cam models trade advice through the websites that offer the most traffic for mature women who are still hot or still have the charisma that exceeds their age? I resent that Streamate has put me in their granny category. Is Streamate honing in on all the little boys who want to fuck granny because there was no one who taught them to be a man...I am fortunate that along with the "Granny" label, some older men also want to pay for my shows.
However, I find that my brain can only handle so much play in the granny camming world.
Also, I don't find it so lucrative when I have to compete in a ranking category that does not describe what I am about as a sex worker.
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