kristenjade
Cam Model
Do you think they'd give me a warning before they banned an account? Looking at camming on MFC at the moment, after having a fucking abysmal time on MV Live.
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Do you think they'd give me a warning before they banned an account? Looking at camming on MFC at the moment, after having a fucking abysmal time on MV Live.
SaffronBurke
Cam Model
- Jan 3, 2013
- 19,430
- 64,064
- 3,093
- 35
- Twitter Username
- @Sweet_Saffron
- Tumblr Username
- saffronburke
- MFC Username
- SaffronBurke
- Streamate Username
- SaffronBurke
- Chaturbate Username
- SaffronBurke
- Clips4Sale URL
- http://clips4sale.com/store/62613/Saffron
They're not going to ban you for having a camsite linked.
kristenjade
Cam Model
On MFC you'd likely get a warning. On MFC you can also upload all of your videos to MFC Share, which is what MFC would probably recommend if they find you linking MV anywhere on your stream or profile at the same time that they delete any links to it, or suspend your live chat for posting it in your chat.
Best idea for MFC? Don't link MV. Just use MFC Share. Not only are you safe from banning, but it saves you a ton of work behind the scenes sending out links to members for your videos.
On CB they have a ban first and don't even ask questions later policy, so I'd avoid that entirely as well.
c4s does not have a live cam option, so it's less of an issue. Can't really compare anymore.
MaePeach
Cam Model
- Jan 10, 2014
- 500
- 1,193
- 143
- Twitter Username
- @maepeachx
- ManyVids URL
- https://www.manyvids.com/Profile/821085/MaePeach/
I had ManyVids linked on my myfreecams profile and I got an email from them telling me they manually deleted all links to ManyVids from my code. They said not to do it again as they are now "competition" because of their new live aspect.
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Wouldn't that also now be the case for MFCShare and MV or C4S for video promotions? Not talking live stream, just video sales
MaePeach
Cam Model
- Jan 10, 2014
- 500
- 1,193
- 143
- Twitter Username
- @maepeachx
- ManyVids URL
- https://www.manyvids.com/Profile/821085/MaePeach/
They didn't care about my c4s link. It was also on my page when they removed the ManyVids stuff and they left it alone. I took it down anyway for personal reasons, but I'm not sure. It would make sense to see them as competition as well though, since they've started Share.
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Interesting that they left it alone. But, I guess if they don't see a problem, more of a chance to sell I guess.
JennyFae
Cam Model
- Jul 21, 2017
- 610
- 1,058
- 143
- Twitter Username
- @jennyfae_mfc
- MFC Username
- JennyFae
- Streamate Username
- Jennyfae
- Chaturbate Username
- diehardkum
I would loev to read the threas linked about getting people into your room, but it doesn't work. Any tips?
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Do you mean the threads that exist, are linked in this thread, or that the tips mentioned don't work. There's been a number of threads on it, and a number of us members have commented on what usually draws us in.
THE MOLLIE MARIE
Cam Model
Going out on a limb and guessing that you are talking about a thread that is in a Models Only subforum that you don't have permission to view. There are lots of old, locked threads from before the Great ACF Change in 2017 that impacted which MO areas we have privileges to.
Basically, "Get on and stay on without looking bored (or boring)!" is always the advice given. There is no magical secret. But you can't wait for members to come in before you begin interacting or entertaining. A member who pops in and sees you sitting still, stale, and silent will likely leave before you even have the chance to win them over. Figure out ways to keep yourself entertained and engaged and you will see that members are sticking around. Building your social media following is also suggested often, but I don't personally think that this is crucial to success.
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A lot of great info on this thread! I just spent waaay too long on the 19 pages haha.
I do have a question, I am not a “cam girl” exactly, as I’m on Manyvids selling clips, but I haven’t done the mvlive thing. Anyway, what is the best way to get -expletive to your site, is it posting on Twitter/IG/etc or is it more content on your profile, or possibly something else? I am new to the adult side of things, and working hard to build my adult followers while not alienating my cosplay audience.
I do have a question, I am not a “cam girl” exactly, as I’m on Manyvids selling clips, but I haven’t done the mvlive thing. Anyway, what is the best way to get -expletive to your site, is it posting on Twitter/IG/etc or is it more content on your profile, or possibly something else? I am new to the adult side of things, and working hard to build my adult followers while not alienating my cosplay audience.
Lunasha
Cam Model
From what I've seen, with MV you mostly need to bring your own crowd to your profile/vids, since it seems like MV itself is bad at showcasing their models/videos, unless you're top of the top? So if you're not a camgirl, I guess social media is probably the best way, especially if you have a following on there already. I'm no expert though, but that's what I've been reading a lot in the ManyVids thread of the forum (cammodels-only section of the forum though)
- Oct 7, 2018
- 5
- 3
- 1
- Twitter Username
- @TheHarmonyRey
- Tumblr Username
- HarmonyRey
- Streamate Username
- HarmonyRey
In almost two years of camming, only ONE (literally, one) person has ever taken me private/tipped when they said, "convince me to go private with a flash!", "naked and then pvt bb", "seduce me before I tip," or any other "free show and then I pay" scheme. The one dude who did it only tipped me because I knew his scam and it made him feel badly.
I would highly recommend that you never do free things if you at all want to get paid for them
This information has been sooo valuable. I’m currently on SM, but I aspire to be on MFC/CB one day.
This post and thread was so informative and helpful. I have been camming for awhile now but it's still nice to get a refresher of tips and tricks.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
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
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!)
MilfARIELx
Cam Model
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.
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
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
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!)
thank you so much!! i could kiss you right now lol
PeachyNeko
Cam Model
- Oct 27, 2018
- 240
- 407
- 43
- Twitter Username
- @peachyneko900
- MFC Username
- peachyneko900
- Streamate Username
- celesteal
- Chaturbate Username
- LaraJoy_
So thankful for all the great advice here!
I've been on MFC about a month and bit now, and theres sooo much to learn haha
I've been on MFC about a month and bit now, and theres sooo much to learn haha
- Dec 27, 2018
- 5
- 1
- 16
- Twitter Username
- @Notablkbarbie
- MFC Username
- Notablkbarbie
- Chaturbate Username
- Notablkbarbie
BadgirlIvy
Cam Model
- Jan 21, 2019
- 154
- 112
- 28
- Twitter Username
- @Cha0sIvy
- MFC Username
- IvyCha0s
- Chaturbate Username
- badgirl_ivy_bbw
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.
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
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.
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
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!)
Thank you so much! This was the final thing I read about MFC that made me decide to quit MFC until I am better at it. I've decided to stick to Chaturbate(which I'm actually doing pretty well on, have a little over 3,000 followers) and am still trying to decide if I want to do Streamate as well.
I didn't realize how much camscore mattered until I started reading these forums.
I’m a new model, I barely completed my first week on CB. During my first week I had +2K people in my room and was getting over 3K in follows per session. Since my “new” banner has gone away my traffic has dropped dramatically! I can barely get 100-150 people into my room and 100 additional follows per session. Not to mention my $$$ has been cut to 1/3 what I was making first week. HELP!!!
Looks like you did amazing so far. The drop is normal and the only advice is really to stay creative and keep offering interesting shows and things to tip for for your audience and stay persistent.
Exactly .. log in as much as you can and as long as you can so make fan stay with you and add some more and built nice followers list .. some night you'll have 100-200 viewer .. some 200-500 depends of the moment of the day and week ... my answer to HELP is: never give up .. have fun ... and smile
... do you have a lovense toy ?
Exactly .. log in as much as you can and as long as you can so make fan stay with you and add some more and built nice followers list .. some night you'll have 100-200 viewer .. some 200-500 depends of the moment of the day and week ... my answer to HELP is: never give up .. have fun ... and smile
I ordered one yesterday and express shipped it, it arrives today! Someone had “purchased” it off my Amazon WL during one of my first sessions so I was waiting for it but turns out it he/she was scamming and it was just reserved.
Wish I would of just purchased it, then just return a second one if I had got it. So much time wasted/possible revenue lost.
Thank you for your replies!!
yes possible revenue lost but need adapatation and time and soon you will have more income .. i've been hacked and i cannot log in since thursday .. so .. what i can do ?? wait and all be as usual soon cb support are on my caseI ordered one yesterday and express shipped it, it arrives today! Someone had “purchased” it off my Amazon WL during one of my first sessions so I was waiting for it but turns out it he/she was scamming and it was just reserved.
Wish I would of just purchased it, then just return a second one if I had got it. So much time wasted/possible revenue lost.
Thank you for your replies!!
just chill and smile and all be set soon and you will have nice income never give up .. did i say smile ?
take care
Back at it again with more questions...lol
How do you guys handle freeloaders? I created a Twitter & Skype handle to interact with clients/ promote my CB. I’ve gotten several people who add me on Twitter and then DM me constantly. They visit my cam but they are greys that never tip me. I’ve been polite but they demand full on conversations on Twitter. One man got super demanding, I told him politely that while I appreciate his support that if he would like my undivided attention he could schedule a Pvt or at least tip me for a PM. He went off on a tangent that he just wanted to be my friend, he had no interest in my “sex shows” and I was missing out on a life long friend. (Umm okay?) I had to end up blocking him.
Another guy just found my Skype, probably through my email and just added me expecting a free show.
??? I don’t expect people to just throw money at me but if you want things that other people are paying for (PM, Shows, pictures) for free I have a problem with that. Am I being unreasonable? How do you handle situations like this?
Maybe I’m being rundown by all the scamming that tries to take place everyday. I feel for every paying customer I have 10 people just trying to get freebies or scam me out of a show/panties etc.....
How do you guys handle freeloaders? I created a Twitter & Skype handle to interact with clients/ promote my CB. I’ve gotten several people who add me on Twitter and then DM me constantly. They visit my cam but they are greys that never tip me. I’ve been polite but they demand full on conversations on Twitter. One man got super demanding, I told him politely that while I appreciate his support that if he would like my undivided attention he could schedule a Pvt or at least tip me for a PM. He went off on a tangent that he just wanted to be my friend, he had no interest in my “sex shows” and I was missing out on a life long friend. (Umm okay?) I had to end up blocking him.
Another guy just found my Skype, probably through my email and just added me expecting a free show.
??? I don’t expect people to just throw money at me but if you want things that other people are paying for (PM, Shows, pictures) for free I have a problem with that. Am I being unreasonable? How do you handle situations like this?
Maybe I’m being rundown by all the scamming that tries to take place everyday. I feel for every paying customer I have 10 people just trying to get freebies or scam me out of a show/panties etc.....
First .. your room your rules, respect it all and tell them to read them on your bio ... Second, one of the more important words in camming from my advice is: Ignore ... So, ignore those you don't want chat with and ignore grey, 95% of them will never but tok, just do your show on the site and use skype with those who pay for and promote your show on twitter and dont dm no one. Interact more when you are on cam and just promote on social media (or with those who paid well for).
And you are not unreasonable, i repeat, your room your rules your life ... don't let no one tell you how to act (even me lol i just give my advice eheh). You have to be confortable and want enter camming each days so dont need freeloader beggar and bad man .. just .. ignore .. they will stop and if they dont .. ignore .. lol
hope that help a bit
( btw .. i even ignore grey comment and question when im online .. but i dont kick/ban unless its respectful or funny just to keep more people in my room to try be on frist page
)
JigglesJane
Cam Model
I'm pretty sure you can choose not to see these Twitter DMs in your general inbox. They come through mine as DM requests and I can view them before accepting the message and interacting with the freeloader sending them to me. (They are always freeloaders). Is that how it's working on your end or are they all flooding into your inbox?
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