Lost in the Sauce, need advice

[Lolaxleda]

Hello all!
My name is Lola Leda, Lolaxleda on myfreecams and other socials. I have been camming for 6 years but wouldn't say I have 6 years experience. I just starting camming consecutively in the past 2 years. I cam on MFC only as of now, and really enjoy it for the most part. I have never had guidance, and this site has helped me a lot. I fear that I did things wrong to early on that I can't fix it or change things. I am a "pornstar" so you can find me fully naked getting fucked for free online. So I try to offer a lot in privates and even will get full nude in my public chat. I used to have very good days, although I've never made over 1k in a day.... certainly not on MFC alone.

I read posts by you guys and look at top models and wonder what I'm doing wrong. It makes me breakdown and cry sometimes.
-I have a schedule that I stick to, Tuesday- Saturday, 3pm est- 11pm est.
-I am very courteous, and be as nice as I can unless I feel like I'm being disrespected.
-I do everything in a normal private other than anal. I even do some more "taboo" fetishes like raceplay.
-I try to keep my prices fair to where I get my money's worth, but I'm not making the member instantly broke either.

I often find myself sitting in a room all alone with the occasional pop ins, for hours on end. My camscore has gotten so low, its about to be in the 500s. I am not able to make 40$ on MFC a day in the last month. I have been gaining weight that people have commented on. I am about to quit smoking and really working on my body. But I don't know what to do in the meantime. I used to get so mad when I sit alone, but I started to keep busy by playing fortnite. The issue is I don't have the equipment or space to stream like you would on twitch. And it is distracting to the room, if anyone ever comes in.

I have cried on cam a few times, one being scammed by a member who committed fraud and MFC taking the tokens back (that's when I learned we are not protected from other peoples fraud. This guy was in my room the day before on a diff account tipping a lot, and bought a bunch of stuff off my wishlist that never came, because it was also fraud.) But I've also cried a few times because I feel like I'm losing it. You have to be online in my case it seems, to make money, but I'm just sitting here.

Because of my weight gain I've stuck to the same few outfits, not really trying to take it completely off, so no stripteases. I have never had much advice in camming, I was just thrown on as a Guinea pig and then used the very little knowledge to help my friends. I'm all alone in this. The isolation is hard, especially when there isn't even one member who may not be tipping, but is at least talking to you.

Is it my angle? I try to keep my whole body on cam. I had interactive games but no one ever played them. I don't talk much becuase no one is in my room... and when someone joins I try to make convo but they just pop back out. I really need advice. I've tried CB and don;t like it at all. In 4 years I can't make 20$ on there What am I doing wrong? What can I do? I have raffles, clubs, my MFC is LOADED, I even do B/G vids and offer B/G skypes.

What can a "pornstar" do to spice things up, without having people join my room, go "your a pornstar?" and leave to go jack to my porn, and come back to tell me they loved it and not tip. What can I do to catch peoples eye, get them more interacted? Sorry to kind of rant. I just feel so alone and feel me being so open with nudity and stuff did me dirty. I have had a few "whales" but they come and go. One bought me a Lovense Xmachine, but never came back to see me use it. Another just disappeared mid convo on Onlyfans (account deleted) and has not came on MFC. The other felt I abandoned them because I'm not emotionally available right now do to things in my personals life, which makes me feel sad. We are so easily disposable after all... I know I put myself under this pressure but yea... I think the most I've ever made in one day on MFC was like $700 in the whole 6 years.

Any advice would be appreciated. Feel free to check out my stream and give me pointers. Don't be surprised if I am just sitting here though It got really hard talking to myself after a week lol, I ran out of things to talk about Sorry for my longass first post, and if you read through all the way, here you go! You get a cookie!!!!

 

[mika_kedi]

One positive aspect of having an empty room is you don't risk anything by changing things up! There's no regulars with expectations who might disappear if you start doing things differently. And it's never too late to change things up, no matter what you've been doing since the beginning. Plus, all of us who has ever done anything sexual online have leaked porn out there, even if we weren't posting it ourselves on tube sites or working for mainstream companies. It doesn't really matter. Paying members on cam sites are there for a different experience, one that pre-recorded porn is not going to give them.

So ask yourself what would you like to do during your streams? Do you want to keep it nude and explicit or maybe prefer to change it? How about exploring more fetishes or Femdom, maybe that sounds like something you would see yourself doing? What kind of room would you like? More social or more action focused? Experiment, try different things, give it a little bit of time with each change to see how you feel with it and how the room reacts, unless you immediattely feel like it's not something you can feel comfortable with, no point forcing yourself. Maybe try different hours once a week if possible or different camera angles and/or setting?

And if you haven't yet add more sources of income for yourself - clip making, subscribtion sites, sexting, PSO, splitcamming to more sites... It is a difficult time now, a lot of us are struggling and income diversification can help immensly.

 

[luxgray]

I’m no MFC expert by any means. I’m new but I just wanted to offer my support I’ve been doing much, much, much better on the private based sites like Streamate. The guests there are there specifically to book privates. Unfortunately I think the word Free in MFC sometimes sets bad expectations….

Currently I cam on MFC for 3 hours and then SM right after for at least 3 hours. Some MFC users follow me to SM! I’m generally known to be constantly chatting during stream. Sometimes I even unmute the guests to get some interaction going. I’ve worked in customer facing jobs and I’m pretty good at putting my “game face” (sunny, flirty) on no matter how I feel. Maybe on days that you’re overwhelmed though, you can take a break? I think it’s ok to be real on stream and not always be bubbly, etc but it sounds like it’s not helping your heart.

I think the vids can def help. I think I lot of adult actresses can do well because people like their porn and camming is an intimate experience. So I think it’s a plus! I’ve had several $15 days on MFC so I feel you. I’ve been thinking of expanding to Reddit for my services. I just chug along on MFC and my “good” $200 days seem random, but I do think that the connections I make are worthwhile to the business as a whole.

On SM, folks say that they like my vibe a lot. For me, camming is a lot about acting. I keep my private self private and I definitely play a role on cam. I think friendliness can go a long way, though that kind of emotional labor can be really taxing. I believe in you! Though if you need to take a break, you should if you are able.

 

[MarieElise]

Is it good to stay on if you’re having a low earning day? I always thought the opposite was true?

Wouldn’t staying on 3 to 11pm on slow days do you more harm than good?

 

[Lolaxleda]

Is it good to stay on if you’re having a low earning day? I always thought the opposite was true?

Wouldn’t staying on 3 to 11pm on slow days do you more harm than good?

Your absolutely right! I just got off from a 2 month hiatus because of a wifi issue, and now I'm managing my time better. I made $200 in 2 hours my first night back! that's awesome on top of what I made that day from other avenues! I was just trying to log 8 hours a day online so I was equivalent to a 9-5 haha

 

[Lolaxleda]

I’m no MFC expert by any means. I’m new but I just wanted to offer my support I’ve been doing much, much, much better on the private based sites like Streamate. The guests there are there specifically to book privates. Unfortunately I think the word Free in MFC sometimes sets bad expectations….

Currently I cam on MFC for 3 hours and then SM right after for at least 3 hours. Some MFC users follow me to SM! I’m generally known to be constantly chatting during stream. Sometimes I even unmute the guests to get some interaction going. I’ve worked in customer facing jobs and I’m pretty good at putting my “game face” (sunny, flirty) on no matter how I feel. Maybe on days that you’re overwhelmed though, you can take a break? I think it’s ok to be real on stream and not always be bubbly, etc but it sounds like it’s not helping your heart.

I think the vids can def help. I think I lot of adult actresses can do well because people like their porn and camming is an intimate experience. So I think it’s a plus! I’ve had several $15 days on MFC so I feel you. I’ve been thinking of expanding to Reddit for my services. I just chug along on MFC and my “good” $200 days seem random, but I do think that the connections I make are worthwhile to the business as a whole.

On SM, folks say that they like my vibe a lot. For me, camming is a lot about acting. I keep my private self private and I definitely play a role on cam. I think friendliness can go a long way, though that kind of emotional labor can be really taxing. I believe in you! Though if you need to take a break, you should if you are able.

Thank you so much! I am going to have to check it out! I really appreciate all the insight and advice