Advice for new models

[VanessaSantos]

what happened? I had a great first 24hrs... not its slowed down a lot... I get it is summer.. but the traffic was there just on Monday.... still making more than I have in a weeks time, which I am very happy with.

I feel you... I get demotivated when nothing happens for an hour and my back starts to ache.

 

[KayleeGraves]

I'm a new model on Streamate and I'm wondering about the message inbox. I just recieved a "hello" message from someone who I saw in my chat room yesterday.
Is it common practice to reply to messages? Or do most models ignore them unless they're inquiries about certain types of shows that you offer?

 

[Alluminaughty]

I think what hindered my first experience on cam was consistency. I have been on again, off again camming on MFC since the end of June... I was online the very first day all throughout my new model tag - which lasted a couple days. Then, I had technology issues and had to turn in my computer for 3 days... and once I got it back, my regulars disappeared and have yet to return, and I went from a couple hundred viewers to 20 something. What can I do to bring myself more eyeballs, besides continuing to stick to a timely and daily schedule (what I've been doing since a few days ago)? I sell videos and advertise fun countdowns, but ever since this incredible drop in viewers/chatters, I have been unable to reach my countdowns let alone get people to say a simple hello and it is really bringing me down.

 

[Deleted member 37064]

I think what hindered my first experience on cam was consistency. I have been on again, off again camming on MFC since the end of June... I was online the very first day all throughout my new model tag - which lasted a couple days. Then, I had technology issues and had to turn in my computer for 3 days... and once I got it back, my regulars disappeared and have yet to return, and I went from a couple hundred viewers to 20 something. What can I do to bring myself more eyeballs, besides continuing to stick to a timely and daily schedule (what I've been doing since a few days ago)? I sell videos and advertise fun countdowns, but ever since this incredible drop in viewers/chatters, I have been unable to reach my countdowns let alone get people to say a simple hello and it is really bringing me down.

From an MFC member perspective, I think part of it is also that you are starting during the summer months. Which, is particularly slow compared to rest of the year. I've noticed it from a member's viewpoint, so I can only think it is really visible for the models.

Looking at your profile, you have a great model picture. Like the pink top, and black hair. Looking at the profile, you have a lot there for your birthday month so should hopefully help draw some activity. Profile is done quite well, actually. Informative (love the book worm and film devotee part), and should be enough to appease most people's interest and want to know more.

Based off the "LA strip" comment, I'm assuming west coast? If so, your scheduled hours might be a bit out of key times. If you start at 11:00pm, it's already 2:00am on the East Coast and mid to late morning in most of Europe. If those are your primary hours due to offline obligations such as school, work or family, then it's what you have to work with. What does your Fri/Sat start times look like by comparison? Sometimes, the weekdays might be a little busier than weekends.

All in all, I like your profile. If I see you on, will stop in and say "Hello".

 

[Alluminaughty]

From an MFC member perspective, I think part of it is also that you are starting during the summer months. Which, is particularly slow compared to rest of the year. I've noticed it from a member's viewpoint, so I can only think it is really visible for the models.

Looking at your profile, you have a great model picture. Like the pink top, and black hair. Looking at the profile, you have a lot there for your birthday month so should hopefully help draw some activity. Profile is done quite well, actually. Informative (love the book worm and film devotee part), and should be enough to appease most people's interest and want to know more.

Based off the "LA strip" comment, I'm assuming west coast? If so, your scheduled hours might be a bit out of key times. If you start at 11:00pm, it's already 2:00am on the East Coast and mid to late morning in most of Europe. If those are your primary hours due to offline obligations such as school, work or family, then it's what you have to work with. What does your Fri/Sat start times look like by comparison? Sometimes, the weekdays might be a little busier than weekends.

All in all, I like your profile. If I see you on, will stop in and say "Hello".

You know what, I've been hearing that Summers are the slow season recently too, and some models have been telling me it will pick up come September. And thank you very much for the compliments!

And yes, I am indeed on the West Coast! I usually start broadcasting anywhere from 7pm ish to as late as 9:30 PST, but the median is around 8pm. I also do these times because the later I'm on, the less the top models are on and I feel the more it helps my camscore (I am still struggling with how to raise it though, it's in the 2100 range and will not budge). And my Friday and Saturday nights are actually the slowest so far, opposed to most other models, which frustrates me because (to me) it would make sense that weekends should be the busiest. I make the most on weekdays, haha. But then again, the whole Summer season thing, and people like to be out with friends on the weekends.

Maybe I should start earlier on weekends? I am going to get on around 4pm PST today to see if that makes a difference on a Saturday. I just hope my 9pm viewers end up finding me!

 

[Deleted member 37064]

You know what, I've been hearing that Summers are the slow season recently too, and some models have been telling me it will pick up come September. And thank you very much for the compliments!

And yes, I am indeed on the West Coast! I usually start broadcasting anywhere from 7pm ish to as late as 9:30 PST, but the median is around 8pm. I also do these times because the later I'm on, the less the top models are on and I feel the more it helps my camscore (I am still struggling with how to raise it though, it's in the 2100 range and will not budge). And my Friday and Saturday nights are actually the slowest so far, opposed to most other models, which frustrates me because (to me) it would make sense that weekends should be the busiest. I make the most on weekdays, haha. But then again, the whole Summer season thing, and people like to be out with friends on the weekends.

Maybe I should start earlier on weekends? I am going to get on around 4pm PST today to see if that makes a difference on a Saturday. I just hope my 9pm viewers end up finding me!

You're welcome, and thank you. Hopefully, you find what works for you, and that your viewers can find you. I generally put alerts on for models that I like and frequent their chat room. So, hopefully they do that to in case you come at a different time.

It's still a learnin process with you being still new. The other models here can be of better service than I can since I don't know your side of the screen.

Hopefully things do pick up for you soon, and that your birthday month is your best to date.

 

[VanessaSantos]

Summers are slow? And I was wondering what was I doing wrong that my sales dropped! Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 37064]

Summers are slow? And I was wondering what was I doing wrong that my sales dropped! Thanks!

Yes, many models have commented that it's been slow for them over the years during the summer.

 

[Jimi Sin]

Oh god this makes me so nervous I spent like no time on Chaturbate because I liked MFC so much better

 

[KarlaKaress]

I'm a new model on Streamate and I'm wondering about the message inbox. I just recieved a "hello" message from someone who I saw in my chat room yesterday.
Is it common practice to reply to messages? Or do most models ignore them unless they're inquiries about certain types of shows that you offer?

i usually ignore DMs from users on Streamate. if they are just messaging a "hello," it's usually a waste of time. he could have said hello to you in your chatroom. beware of time wasters, dear!

 

[KarlaKaress]

Summers are slow? And I was wondering what was I doing wrong that my sales dropped! Thanks!

summer slump! it's been a thing for me--of course, i just started camming consistently in june so i'm really looking forward to it picking up!

 

[LylacDoll]

Just wanted to mention how grateful I was for all the advice in this forum, especially in this thread, for new models. I had my first CB show tonight and it went really well (made 2.5X my starting goal in a matter of 4 hours). It was a lot of fun. And I spent most of the night on the upper half of the front page, and a little while on the top row even (eek!). I maxed out at around 2500 viewers at one time and only had one person try to give me fake tips--to which I just said, "Sorry, if you want X item you'll have to actually tip me for that." And then they did and no one tried that again. So yeah, didn't wanna make a whole new thread for this, but just wanted to pop in and say, listen to this stuff. It helps! It's legitimately good advice. I'm so glad I was able to find it and use it! ^_^

 

[Neongamegirl]

Such a helpful thread!
I'm just starting out and there's so much I've been doing wrong
Thanks for all the words of wisdom!!

 

[Sweety_Pea]

Thanks for all these advices !

 

[ItsBabyBella]

I am seeing more and more often lately that ladies who do not have verified model status are coming to ACF looking for help. While there are guides and resources in the model's section totalling hundreds of thousands of words, this isn't very useful for someone who has to wait a few days to see them. In an industry where many newcomers are hoping to make cash in just a day or two, this is hardly helpful. So I thought I would put together a new guide in the public section with some handy info!

There are a lot of links in this post to model's only posts for further reference, but hopefully it will still be helpful to people without MO status.

If any of you ladies ever get verified model status, there is a lot of new info to comb through. If you want to expand your cam knowledge, I believe these are the best threads to start with, in order of importance:

New Model Mistakes (a thread where models share their past mistakes)
Camgirl Success Troubleshooting (help with everything from getting members to come to your room to pre-cam anxiety, earning tokens, doing better privates, and more; a great place to start)
MFC Camscore Info (if you want to cam on MFC, you need to read this)
Coming up with show ideas (a crash-course guide in thinking up show ideas, mostly for ladies on MFC but useful on any site)

As this is a public forum, I am going to predict that in the comments, there will be a lot of people who disagree with a lot of what I share. From the rules that are enforced to how hard a model has to work to make good money, people are going to disagree and cite proof to the contrary (whether or not they have cammed a day in their lives ). However, it would be silly to try and write a guide to the exceptions of commonality. I believe that this guide is accurate for the majority of new models.

For new MFC models:

If you are planning on camming on MFC, you NEED to understand how the camscore system works. I do not believe MFC is a good site for beginner models, which I argue in this post. If you are interested in camming as a career and want to take a more serious approach, I would highly recommend you get experience on a website like Chaturbate before you make the switch to MFC.

MyFreeCams FAQ:

What is the camscore and why is it important?
Camscore is the default ranking system for all models on MFC. In the webcam sex industry, default ranking is extremely important. It does not guarantee minimum earnings, but it is a great predictor of how much traffic a model will get - which she can then translate in to earnings (read the model's only stickied post on "being realistic about what a high camscore will get you"). Basically, camscore is how many you tokens you earn per hour, over a sixty day average. The more tokens you earn per hour, the higher your camscore will be. What other models on the website make influences how many tokens per hour you need to maintain a camscore of 1000. Nothing else contributes to your camscore. Ratings/admires do not count. Friends list adds do not count. Small tips do not lower your camscore. Offline tips do not help your camscore "more" except by improving your token/hour ratio.

How long does New Model status last and why is it important?
New Model status (NMS) is a short period of time where new models on MFC are listed with a bright yellow tag on their avatars. Typically, new models receive a great deal more traffic than they normally would. It is commonly considered that NMS is critical to make or break your camming career, and if you waste that time, you will have a more difficult experience on MFC. Many models are surprised and upset when their NMS wears off and suddenly, instead of 100 people in their room they are seeing 5.

New Model status on MFC used to last for ten broadcasting hours. Now, members choose how long they see models as being new (3, 7, 14, 30, 60, and 90 days). At the time of this post, members being able to rank new models as they choose is a new feature and it is yet unseen if this will make new model status less important or not.

Which rules are okay to break?
MFC very infamously does not enforce the majority of its rules. This can lead to confusion about which rules are "okay" to break and which are not. I started a thread in the MO section to get input from other models, and this is the culmination of those thoughts [link to that thread: here].

In general, these rules are fairly strictly enforced and breaking them will most likely result in getting a warning or your account being banned:
♥ Men on camera for any reason.
♥ Sexual relations with men, even off-camera (in the same room while camming).
♥ Minors, children, babies; may not be on camera or in the same room.
♥ Bestiality, or animals/pets on camera in a sexual or provocative context.
♥ Illegal drugs, or drugs that may be perceived as illegal in other locations. (Pot does not seem to be a bannable offense)
♥ Rape (most host websites like MFC, C4S, and others, will not allow simulation of rape to be displayed)
♥ Incest (sexual relations involving family members). [This includes incest role-play and fetish grey areas such as Daddy dynamics]
♥ Violence, blood, torture, pain, erotic asphyxiation, or any actions associated with bringing harm to yourself in any way (many models engage in, and totally get away with, mild to moderate sadomasochism, without blood play)

The following rules are sometimes enforced and sometimes not enforced, but you should probably play it on the safe side:
♥ Menstrual bleeding.
♥ Breastfeeding or lactation.
♥ Unauthorized persons (persons for whom we do not have proper name and ID on file.) - I have had female friends on cam with me for hours with no issue; other models have had their accounts suspended almost immediately for someone briefly coming on screen.
♥ Sleeping, "passing out". (I can't remember the last time I heard of someone getting in trouble for this)
Hypnosis (lol wut?)
♥ Discussing or arranging prostitution or escort services. (you can probably get away with it)
♥ Urination, defecation, "going to the bathroom", enema play, vomiting. (on the riskier side)
♥ Penetration of the vagina or anus with items not meant for sexual stimulation (e.g. bottles, baseball bats).
♥ Fisting.

The following rules are almost never enforced or are literally never enforced:
♥ Excessive consumption of alcohol or other legal or prescribed medicines or narcotics.
♥ Illegal or unsafe activity of any kind.
♥ Actions that may be deemed obscene in your community.
♥ Masturbation, penetration, using sexual toys or devices, cunnilingus, or other hardcore sexually explicit activity (in public chat).

A grey area:
♥ Public shows (shows where you are in a public location such as a library). Even though they involve illegal activity and often have strangers, including men, on cam, they do not seem to be in the red zone.



MFC requires a lot of personal legal info to sign up. Can I trust them?
In short, yes, you can. Hundreds of thousands of models have signed up with MFC and I have never even heard a rumor of MFC leaking or spreading the info of models. It may make you uncomfortable, but remember that if MFC was not a legit site, they would not require so much information to verify you

How much are tokens worth?
Every token is worth $0.05 USD. If you earn 20 tokens, you earn $1 USD. If you earn 2000 tokens, you earn $100 USD.

Members pay at least $0.0675 per token, and usually as much as $0.08 cents.

How much money can I expect to earn on MFC?
This entirely depends on you. Some models make very good money from the get-go ($100+ a day), while many others never seem to do well. It has been estimated that the highest earners on MFC make at least five digits (USD, not tokens) a month. There is more discussion about actual number amounts on this thread.

I have estimated, and never heard an argument to the contrary, that the majority of webcam models earn around $10 or less per hour. On MFC, the vast majority of models make less than $20 per hour. For many women, this is not enough to offset the inherent dangers of the job.

WHERE IS MY MONEY?!
♥ If you get paid by check: It can take up for 3 weeks for your check to arrive in the mail. This is, IMO, the worst payment option to select.
♥ If you get paid by direct deposit: It takes 2-4 days (usually 3) for most models to receive direct deposit payment. Remember that if the 1st or the 16th of the month lands on a weekend or holiday, your bank will take extra time to process the payment. Therefore, sometimes it can take up to 5-6 days for your entire payment to process.


Making money: why should anyone give you money?

This may sound a little mean, but don't take it personally.

Why should anyone give you money?

Women are not deserving of money just because they have tits and a vagina.

You are not going to be the hottest woman on whatever site you join. You are not going to be the most interesting or have the best body. You are not going to fill a niche market that nobody has thought of before. There are going to be twenty models online at any given time who are better looking than you and who will give it away more cheaply than you.

If you think you are going to join a camsite and succeed just because you were the prettiest girl in high school, I'll see you when you quit three months from now.

Models who are the most successful and make the most money are the ones that work the hardest. They work hard to make it look like what they are doing on cam is effortless. On MFC, they are the ones who have 14 hour work days and never take days off or have vacations. (Although I know of more than one model who works so many hours a day, it is interesting that many members do not believe this is true)

If your plan is to join a camsite and earn $50 or so a day; yes. You can do that with not a whole lot of effort, and probably not a lot of hours! But if you are hoping to make hundreds a day, then get ready for long months of tears and sweat. The simple fact is that the only thing which will differentiate you from the crowd is how hard you are willing to work. I have only heard of one model, ever, who made very good money without putting hard work in - and this was a second hand story Here is another way to look at it: I have been part of ACF for about 18 months at the time of this post. I have spent many hours of my life reading the stories and daily thoughts of other models. I have never ever in that time ever heard any model ever say, "it is so great that I make so much money with so little effort!". Ever. Yes, models who work hard do often enjoy periods of ease where their online shifts seem to flow easily and they don't have to "hustle" as hard, but that is always broken up by periods of hard work and difficulty. It may not be the hardest job in the world (I certainly do not believe it is), but you still have to work hard at it.

If you don't want to work hard, you can still make money. But you won't be making amazing money or even especially good money.

Advice to new career cam models:

I started another thread in the model's only section and got a lot of responses for the top advice veteran models would give to newbies. Before I put in their responses, here is my best advice:

Think about how you want to cam when you are successful. What do you want to be doing?
Do that starting on your first day on cam.

If you envision yourself as being the perfect non-nude model, then don't start off doing public cumshows because you don't know how else to increase your room counts. Likewise, if you envision yourself being a posh and exclusive model, don't sell your shows and content for ultracheap. If you want to be an easy-going low-key model, don't build up a posh and exclusive room and then expect everyone to be okay with it when you suddenly change your style.

Start camming with your eyes on your endgame. It's the best way to avoid big mistakes and to not get in the way of yourself.

Now, other the advice of other ladies!































Three common MFC scams

♥ "I'm an MFC admin and I need to speak to you on Skype." He's lying; report him.
♥ "I'm very experienced at watching other models be successful, and if you Skype with me I'll share their secrets with you." The best he will do is share common info with you that anybody could figure out. There are no "secrets" to being successful at camming.
♥ Fake tips: On MFC, when someone actually tips tokens, a ringing sound plays and the color behind the member's name changes to be yellow. It is common to scam new models by typing "has tipped 100 tokens!" or by posting an image which appears to be a legitimate tip.

How can I be successful on MFC?

♥ Price yourself according to what you are worth. This may sound mean, but be realistic about it - few models are worth 2000 tokens for a shot of vodka, and few models are worth $100 to take their shirt off (with a bra underneath, of course!). Don't worry with your prices being cheap if you are making an overall amount of money that satisfies you.

♥ Get on cam at the same time every day for 3 hours. Do not take days off. Do not get on late. If you get on early, stay till the end of your shift. Granted, very few models actually do this... and very few models are at the level of success they really want.

♥ Don't freak out. Any camscore above 1000 is great. When I started on MFC, I was happy as long as my camscore stayed above 1k, and I was able to put in more hours and make more money overall because of it. Don't stress out over a bad shift or two.

♥ Make and sell videos. Get online with a goal; get online to work. Keep in mind what members want to see - just because something is fun for you does not mean it is fun for the men who pay your bills. When you get online, you should be ready to work and geared up with things to sell for members who are interested. Getting online just to hang out because it's fun (and it totally is fun!) is not going to help your career any. Hang out in a member's room, work in your model's room.

♥ Smile and be happy. It is amazing how long you sometimes have to look on MFC to find a chick who looks like she wants to be there. Be the woman that looks like she wants to have a good time.

Alternatively, read this thread to learn success skills for MFC!

(Readers et all: I unfortunately did not have as much time to work on this guide as I would have liked. I hope future readers will add their two cents and extra help in the comments!)

Hi!!

So I'm new here, I'm also new to camming in general so reading this really helped me!

I can't wait to gain some more experience and make some cam girl friends along the way!!

Xox

 

[Kelly_Deadly]

Thanks for the great advice! I've just started on MFC and I still have to get used to all the features. Maybe I'll come off as stupid, but how do you mute guests (permanently) and ban models from your chat?
I know that there are muting commands you can use in your chatroom, but is there any permanent thing? Or do I just have to mute guests every single time I go online?

 

[Alluminaughty]

Thanks for the great advice! I've just started on MFC and I still have to get used to all the features. Maybe I'll come off as stupid, but how do you mute guests (permanently) and ban models from your chat?
I know that there are muting commands you can use in your chatroom, but is there any permanent thing? Or do I just have to mute guests every single time I go online?

Hi Kelly,

To ban models in your room, just go to Edit Profile > Model Settings and there will be an option to click a bubble that says yes or no to banning other models from your room. If you're broadcasting through the software, there will also be this option under the More Settings link.

As for the muting guests and basics permanently, I have no idea! I used to broadcast through the software, but I switched to the web browser because that's the only way I can use my Whiteboard (I think). And to the left was the "Mute guests/basics" option, which is not in the web browser version, but so far I haven't had a problem with them trying to talk yet since the switch so who knows lol

 

[Daphne]

Very good post! Sadly I found this forum after I started camming. But never is late. The best forum I have seen! Thank you so much for all the help!

 

[Helen Crimson]

This thread has got me even more excited to start camming!

I'd like to get a feel for Chaturbate before I start camming, but I'm not sure how their new model status works. Does it begin when you first sign up, when you get age verified, or when you first start broadcasting? I've held off on making an account just in case it starts then. I'm still working on getting a good quality webcam and am not quite ready to go live.

Also, with all the great advice here, the biggest tip seems to be getting verified so you can access even more information. There's a lot of things I'd like to check out, like how many tokens different things are approximately worth, but I don't know if it's possible to get verified before you've gone live. I have a tip menu drafted, but I think I might be low-balling myself by getting naked for 100 tokens.

 

[omgitsg]

Just wanted to mention how grateful I was for all the advice in this forum, especially in this thread, for new models. I had my first CB show tonight and it went really well (made 2.5X my starting goal in a matter of 4 hours). It was a lot of fun. And I spent most of the night on the upper half of the front page, and a little while on the top row even (eek!). I maxed out at around 2500 viewers at one time and only had one person try to give me fake tips--to which I just said, "Sorry, if you want X item you'll have to actually tip me for that." And then they did and no one tried that again. So yeah, didn't wanna make a whole new thread for this, but just wanted to pop in and say, listen to this stuff. It helps! It's legitimately good advice. I'm so glad I was able to find it and use it! ^_^

Yay! This is so cool. Did u get nervous at all? Any advice on how u dealt w/ur nerves would be so appreciated!

 

[CurvyVi]

Hi all! I am on my second week of camming on MFC and I was just wondering if anyone has noticed a better time in the day to cam? I usually I am on around 7pm-10pm EDT....still struggling to get a good following in my room. Would appreciate any tips on this!

Hi Mara,
Something I've noticed in the US at least is to avoid prime time hours, 12-10 pm. Honestly, if you want great traffic, the early morning is the best- from what I've seen! It may just be me

 

[modeling]

here even beginners earn a lot webcamchat

 

[a_haze420]

here even beginners earn a lot webcamchat

Looks like a livejasmin white label
Not really the proper thread to advertise that either

 

[KayleeAustin]

I wish I found this before I started about 3 weeks ago ! My cam score is SO awful (almost under 500) and I've been trying to hustle, I talk lots (and eventually just crash with that because NO one will reply), ask questions to no avail. I truly have no idea where to go from here lol! I'm hoping this thread helps though! Maybe I'll also sign up with CB or SM and see what happens over there! Thanks!

 

[PinkBunny]

Kaylee i'm having the same problem, just dont seem to be getting anywhere! So glad i found this thread though, hopefully all the tips and advise on here will help

 

[CosmicLove77]

Appreciating this post so much!

 

[Dawn Skyler]

Hi! I don't want to make a whole new thread for just one simple question so I hope this is the right place. Am I being oversensitive when I ask people to not call me names such as "babygirl, kitten and sexy" off cam? I don't understand why people call me these things while we are only having casual conversation but it keeps happening despite me asking people not to. Thanks!

 

[Ms_Gingersnatch]

@Dawn Skyler I'm not totally sure about the context. Do you mean on your camming Twitter and other social media?

I think it's reasonable to ask that people in your personal life not call you pet names for sure.
It's reasonable to ask that guys who aren't customers have different "pet name privileges" than someone who pays for your time/attention (e.g. "I'm not your bb... we've never played together, and you've hardly ever said three words to me!").
It's fair to request that people treat you differently in free/public scenarios than they do in paid chat (e.g. dirty talk is allowed in private, but not in the public chat room or Twitter).

However, I think it would be really hard to get people to treat "Dawn in the free chat room" much differently than "Dawn on Twitter." It's hard to explain why it's ok to call you babygirl for free in your chat room, but not ok on Twitter. You're getting paid the same amount either way (nothing), and anytime you're "in character," you're technically working, so you can't really claim that they're invading your private time/space/persona with their pet names.

Of course, you can have any rules that you want to have. I just think you may have trouble getting people to comply with it.

 

[Venxs]

hey! i'm not that new being a webcam model, actually i've gotten tons of experience with SM alone, but i'm quite new about Clip making and i'm wondering if you girls watermark all your videos? like if you upload them on manyvids or clips4sale or IWC or any other clip site (even when selling them on MFC), do you wtermark them all? maybe with yout twitter handle or with the link to your own site? i'm wondering this becouse if a video ever leaks (wich is most probably what is going to happen) at least it gives us the credit on the video and might redirect the viewer? idk just wondering

 

[Raven Lido]

Keep it up, I'm sure you'll manage it! Honestly when I was a new model nearly all of my income came from private shows, I found it very difficult to get any tips. Eventually I stopped taking private shows so I could work on my public room, I still got a lot of people requesting private shows but I'd usually save them for a certain day or if it got very slow. Recently I came back to camming after about 3 years off, I didn't want to do public cumshows anymore so I do a bit of public stuff but I usually make it clear privates are an option, though I tend to arrange them and then take them when the public room has gone quiet for a while or I have no countdown in tow. I also give the public room plenty of notice than I'm going to accept a private show rather than just disappearing. I don't find any members wanting a private have any issue with waiting a little longer for the show, I think for the most part they appreciate that I respect people who tip and view me. But because I was quite well known before I left most of the people who want to take me in a show know me already, it can make it difficult to make new regulars though. Since doing this my tokens per hour have shot through the roof and most of my income now comes from privates and spies.

Advice for getting longer shows, always talk to the person previously and ask them how long they want. I used to set a minimum of 550 tokens, but now I set it to 900 tokens. I think it's nice to get an idea of what they want and get each other hyped up about the show. If someone tries to take me private before even asking me in the room I don't tend to take it as in my experience it leads to awkward "do you do this?" "nope" then them ducking out, which ruins your room count for barely any tokens. Or you get the guys who take you in a private for less than 60 seconds to try and get you to show as much as possible.

I don't think I do anything special in private shows but I've had nothing but good feedback and people wanting more. It depends on who I'm with and how long I have, I always check they can see me ok first, I usually strip and tease a little bit at the start, but pretty quickly get down to the fun stuff, though starting slowly and building up. Most of the time I know the person or have discussed stuff first, but I'll refer back to them about what they want to see, if I should use any toys etc, and usually they'll guide me and tell me when to let myself have an orgasm. All I do besides that is keep myself on the edge but not allow myself to go over, it's amazingly frustrating and so fun with another person. I find it more similar to sex than masturbation, if I were alone I'd be pretty still and it wouldn't be as fun to watch, while in a private show I'm very focused on the other person and move a lot more like we're having sex. This is what I enjoy and works well for me, though it may be different for you. I guess the important part is the interaction and the entertainment.

Yeahhh this was a good read for sure! This whole thread has been super helpful. I've been struggling to keep a good schedule for camming, as much fun as I have when I go live... I'm super introverted and my anxiety can sometimes screw with my head. For instance, I went live last night. had a decent night, a few flashes but no full nude and no show. and promised myself I'd go live again tonight. but my anxiety of not knowing what to do to entertain and get viewers, I collapsed. I didn't go live. I've gotta get myself out of it, or else I def won't make it as a cam model. Even though I KNOW I can. U___U;