I need some advice... I wanna be a camgirl!
Wicked_Gypsy
Ohio
Hey, everyone. I know it's been a long time since I've stopped through here but as I've explained to some of you so far, I'm stupid busy with work. My boyfriend and I are also in the process of moving and should (hopefully) be settled in within the next few weeks. Luckily for us, we've found a lovely little 3 bedroom abode that seems to fit us and our 3 fur-babies perfectly. He will have his own room for his computer/gaming stuff, as will I. We were joking with our landlord (he used to own the strip club I currently work at, wonderful guy) about putting a pole in my room somewhere for practice, and we got on the subject of cam modeling and streaming. I occasionally stream video games on twitch, so I have a basic understanding of the ins and outs of streaming while interacting with the audience.
What I would like to know is, does anyone have any suggestions about the best cam sites to get started on? What I really want is somewhere that has a nice bit of traffic, and provides good support for their "models". I also don't want to work for someone that takes a majority of my earnings or has a slew of crazy rules I have to follow. Ideally, I'd like to work around having to pay contractor's taxes on what I earn, seeing as I look forward to making money on my taxes every year; but I know this usually isn't the case with most of sites I've checked out so far. I want something simple and safe, as I'm sure anyone would.
Any other tips would be greatly appreciated, as this is something I'm totally ignorant to. Normal 9-5's, stripping, I know how that stuff works, but I'm excited to get myself into something new that will help me make some money along the way. I've been playing with the idea for a while now, and it's definitely something I'm going to try, given I can find the right place to start.
What I would like to know is, does anyone have any suggestions about the best cam sites to get started on? What I really want is somewhere that has a nice bit of traffic, and provides good support for their "models". I also don't want to work for someone that takes a majority of my earnings or has a slew of crazy rules I have to follow. Ideally, I'd like to work around having to pay contractor's taxes on what I earn, seeing as I look forward to making money on my taxes every year; but I know this usually isn't the case with most of sites I've checked out so far. I want something simple and safe, as I'm sure anyone would.
Any other tips would be greatly appreciated, as this is something I'm totally ignorant to. Normal 9-5's, stripping, I know how that stuff works, but I'm excited to get myself into something new that will help me make some money along the way. I've been playing with the idea for a while now, and it's definitely something I'm going to try, given I can find the right place to start.
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There's also myfreecams that works the same way where instead of trying to get private sessions you are setting goals for everyone in the room to put money towards to have X happen. Where X could be anything from cum show, to just taking your clothes off whatever. Just go check out the site, sit in some of the rooms and watch how much money these guys drop in there. It's pretty ridiculous honestly lol. It almost reminds me of findom in a way where they just get off watching a girl get stoked they gave her 100 bucks for not much of any reason lol.
* The site drives traffic through to you. (Affiliate marketing, ads, etc)
* verified adult payment processor (this is worth 10%)
* handle chargebacks (this is worth 5-10 % itself). This is a huge deal since many customers will do chargebacks, because, you're customers are sometimes jerks like that).
Having the cam site promote you is like having Don King promoting you as a boxer. I'd rather use Don King and pay him 50% (we share 10 million) than use Joe Schmo and pay him 10% (we share 3 million). Sure you can go indie but you need to do all of your own marketing (Twitter, etc) to drive traffic and spending customers to you.
Then the other guy is right. You need a payment processor who will do adult transactions. Here you are beyond the 2.9% fee. Adult transactions have higher liability, fraud, and chargebacks. So adult costs more. If you don't like it you can set up your own. I think Visa/MC will let you, but you need to pay a merchant fee of $1500 each for MC and Visa plus they take 10% or more for adult transactions. That's just the way it is.
My only advice is: don't work for a studio. Work for a cam site. But get an affiliate link: so you can market yourself too.
For this: you need to talk to the experts. The web cams models (cam girls) on StripperWeb.
https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/forumd…
You will want to try a few different sites to start. It is hard to tell on at site and with what audience you will "click with". Some to try are:
* MyFreeCams (MFC)
* Streamate
* MyGirlFund (MGF)
* LiveJasmin (LJ)
* AdultWork.com (AW)
* CamModelDirectory (CMD)
Make sure you have >2Mbps internet UPLOAD, a current logitech cam, a $50 lighting out from Amazon, and a dedicated PC with a Core i5 or i7 processor.
Expect payout to be 35%. But remember the cam site is diving traffic and paying customers to you (50%), doing adult payment processing, and handling charge backs(both worth 15%). Expect to earn/clear $1000-2000 a week (your 35% cut), if you keep a regular schedule and work at it. They also give you an affiliate link (direct link ) that you can market yourself on Twitter and the payout rises to 70%, I believe. Streamate has this. Use his to market your regulars, like you would in stripping / dancing. Also things like thongs, panties, and dildos are tax deductible and you can sell used ones / worn out ones to your customers $$ on ManyVids.com.
Other sites from time to time try to up the payment percentage (like 75% or so) but they either fuck up the adult processor or they never have traffic or all the customers are freeloaders who don't spend.
Good luck!
Dominic
They have a whole fucking section on it
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Like motorhead said, StripperWeb is the place to learn this. They have an active camming sub-forum.
I used to date a cam model and she was pretty successful. She was extremely attractive. The biggest part of her being successful was she was online a minimum of 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Often she would average out to 8 hours a day 7 days a week.
She had a lot of success working odd hours. She would log on at 5am and work until the afternoon. A lot of her customers were people who worked midnight shift jobs and their 5 o'clock quitting time was really 6 or 7am in the morning.
OP you might consider being on cam 7PM - 12AM. I think that is prime time for many reasons the regular customers, 5 days a week. Me, when I cam, I tend to go on at 4AM or 5 AM and my pickings are slim since less models are online then. One time I caught a Romanian woman (eastern Europe) and one time I caught a eat coast girl (3 time zones away from me). Both were eager to please and I took them private for 1-on-1 session for 10 minutes.
SJG
Let other people enjoy the pictures, and I know how to compose them and supply the girl with the right stuff to wear.
But I want to be with the girl and spend real time with her.
SJG
Pretty much.
When you are in free chat, it's mostly tame and boring. I just use it to quickly see if the woman is attractive enough. I'm in free chat for less than a minute then it's on to the next model, if I don't click. This is like JS69 MILF sex.
When you take them exclusive / 1-on-1 / true-private for $5-10/min, they really get their freak on and their personality wakes up. Usually figure a 10-15 minute session, with tip, will run you $100. It's kind of expensive for interactive porn, but since free chat is such a waste, you pretty much have to spend some to get some. This is like JS69 DS sex.
If you're not going to pay to go true private, you might was well just watch free porn on pornhub.com
Part of the fun for me, is spending the first 2 minutes just talking to the woman, telling her what I want out of the show. I like the interaction between me and the girl. It sort of mimics what I do with dancers in the front room of SCs, except you can't touch them, and it costs a LOT MORE per minute. The women also get a real rush from me, since I take them provide after 30 seconds, basically upstaging an entire room of freeloaders. It like I'm freeing her (temporarily) from her troll audience. It helps to motivate her. win-win. As you can tell, I like the social aspect as much as I like to see her strip, rub her body and display it, then shoves dildos in her vagina. God bless the U.S.A.
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