As a viewer:
I haven't watched you long, but your stream seemed like a lot of fun, and it seemed to be pretty successful! I never would have guessed you had only been at it for 2 months! i thought you had been doing it for years, you were getting decent tips, you seemed super at ease, it was funny, entertaining, everything! You were also interacting well and super welcoming to a new viewer, But it might just have been a timing thing. There are girls who have been streaming for a year who struggle to consistently get 20 viewers, so i'd venture you must be in the top 10% of new models. There's a bit of luck (or even a lot) involved into this because of a snowball effect. I don't think there's a recipe to attracting 100s of viewers that will work all the time, other than having taken a lot of time building a viewer base.
Personally I never use the search by age, because the bracket offered don't suit me. I'd be interested in a 30-40, (or 25-40 because many models say they are younger than they actually are) but i'm too old to enjoy 20 years old, and not quite old enough to enjoy 50 years old (please don't take it wrong, you can be fun and gorgeous at any age, and I have friends of all ages, it just feels weird to me those 15 years age gap with a naked woman, both younger and older).
Just a few more random thought:
on a slow day, if you switch from being all about entertaining the viewers to trying to build more of a rapport with the few guys in your room, you might end up making a regular, and even if he only tip like 100 per stream, that's 20 bucks every week and while that is not much, and won't make or break your day, these can add up, (imagine if you were to add 1 of those guys every 2 weeks, in a year that's an increase of 400/week, and almost 25 more viewers per stream). Even if he only tip 100 per week, at the end of the year you still get the extra viewer and an extra 100$ weekly, which is still groceries for a week. The big tippers will make most of your days, but those regular small tipper still help and can add up if you get a bunch of them!
Personally, the rooms I go back to are the ones where there was a lot of back and forth the first few times I went (although i'm by no means a big tipper and will never make or brake any good model's day) and where i genuinely enjoyed the girl's company. After the initial connection, even if some days she's too busy to pay much individual attention, the days she can and do make it worth my time to hang out there most days. But if there's not that connection the first couple of times, I just don't go anymore.
About private, I also think that if the guy actually mind about having a spy during privates, it's either because he wants to ask you things that he believes to be super shameful, or because he thinks it's more than just entertainment for him, which I'm not sure it's something you're interested in anyway. At least a few of the models I have seen not allowing spy are actually leading their regulars on about having feelings for them and the others being only work.
And while you might loose some viewers by going to privates, If they are priced well, I think they are worth the time (of course not while there's a few people who keep dropping hundreds in public but that's not a constant thing) because a: the viewers you loose will be a lot of non-tippers who are just looking for a hot girl to jerk off to, and b: the viewers that already love you/your regular, whether they tip well or not, will either wait for you or come back. I think pretty much all paying users understands that privates are part of the game, and most of them will be happy to see you get this kind of attention. Especially your regular who wants you to succeed!
Also, personally I'm in bed by 10 most days, so while i might wait till 11, 11:30, there's no way I would ever wait up till 2-3 AM to get a private. At that point it will totally wreck my next day, affect my work, etc.
Lastly about privates, I will also say that it has happened before that I have taken a private with a girl I was genuinely only friendly with just because I wanted to talk and she had a long private while i was there and I didn't feel like waiting another hour or so to chat in public chat so I "snagged" her before someone else would
. So doing privates can actually lead to more of them. And if you are clear with each user before accepting the private about what you're willing to do or not, you can still manage the wear and tear to your body.
And this last one, i'm not sure if i'm off-base or not, but your OF costing a guy less than 1 minute of private, to me seems good for your OF, but maybe not so good for your live stream. But I might be wrong on this.
Sorry i always want to make short post and they end up being waaay too long