Super discouraging first night back. Just kinda need to vent.

[gingering]

So, two years I started camming, and I got a super lucky break. Working very irregularly, over not even 2 months, I made about $3,000. Then, I went off to college and couldn't cam anymore. I also went through all this personal stuff and so just didn't really feel comfortable with it anymore.

Now, I'm much happier with where I'm at, and actually have the space, hardware, and general necessities. Last night was my first night back, and it was just so damned discouraging. Only two people talked the entire time I was on, the same two people were the only ones to tip, and I just kept feeling like I was fucking up somehow by doing what I did before. I was in a super sexy outfit, I was singing along to my music, my wifi was good, I was wriggling around all sexy like. And when I did pretty much all that before, 2 years ago, things worked out super well.

I do realize that there are a million reasons why I didn't make as much money as I wanted: it was early in the evening (10 pm my time), my regulars from before haven't all come back yet, just the luck of it...The list goes on and on. I know it's not necessarily anything I did, but damn, that was rough. Sitting there, with the room dead silent, and I was pretty much naked at that point, I got so close to tears that I just had to get off early. I went and cuddled with my partner, and then had a bowl of ice cream. I feel a lot better today, and I do plan on going back tonight, but agh. That could've gone a lot better.

There. I feel a lot better with that off my chest.

 

[Snowie1969]

The fact that it's the vacation period AND the olympic games going on probably didn't help either.

It is a well known fact that models who leave for a time lose a lot of their traffic. People will remove you from lists if you don't log in for a while. I do the same. I give models a month to a year depending on how much I liked them to return.

I would advise models who do need to take a brake from things to try to warn regulars in their room about this.
Like: "Hey, my real life is quite busy right now but it probably will settle down in a few months and I will be back then".

That will give members a reason to keep you on their lists for a while.

 

[EmiliaSong]

Start a new account. I don't know if you can on MFC, but I know you can do it on Chaturbate. It might help to try a different site, too. @Snowie1969 is right about the time of year, though. August sucks for everyone.

 

[LilPixy]

MFC will not allow you to have a new account. I just came back after a long break and experienced the summer slowness even with new model status on CB. It's the worst time to start but other businesses also suffer during summer so I expect to make less and try not to get upset after 0 tokens shifts.

Don't let it stop you from getting on cam because if you're not online, you don't make money or let new people to become your regulars

 

[EmiliaSong]

MFC will not allow you to have a new account. I just came back after a long break and experienced the summer slowness even with new model status on CB. It's the worst time to start but other businesses also suffer during summer so I expect to make less and try not to get upset after 0 tokens shifts.

Gotcha. I still stand by looking into other sites if you have the time, but that has more to do with not having all your eggs in one basket.

Stay strong. Things will pick up soon!

 

[Pandora1066]

So, two years I started camming, and I got a super lucky break. Working very irregularly, over not even 2 months, I made about $3,000. Then, I went off to college and couldn't cam anymore. I also went through all this personal stuff and so just didn't really feel comfortable with it anymore.

Now, I'm much happier with where I'm at, and actually have the space, hardware, and general necessities. Last night was my first night back, and it was just so damned discouraging. Only two people talked the entire time I was on, the same two people were the only ones to tip, and I just kept feeling like I was fucking up somehow by doing what I did before. I was in a super sexy outfit, I was singing along to my music, my wifi was good, I was wriggling around all sexy like. And when I did pretty much all that before, 2 years ago, things worked out super well.

I do realize that there are a million reasons why I didn't make as much money as I wanted: it was early in the evening (10 pm my time), my regulars from before haven't all come back yet, just the luck of it...The list goes on and on. I know it's not necessarily anything I did, but damn, that was rough. Sitting there, with the room dead silent, and I was pretty much naked at that point, I got so close to tears that I just had to get off early. I went and cuddled with my partner, and then had a bowl of ice cream. I feel a lot better today, and I do plan on going back tonight, but agh. That could've gone a lot better.

There. I feel a lot better with that off my chest.

Some of the most genuinely fun and entertaining people I've watched on cam do shit, while others can just sit there and watch the tips role in. There's only so much you can do. "just the luck of it" sums it up most of the time. I think this is why some models try and open new accounts for another roll of the dice. I hope you have better luck next time.

 

[Moonnymph]

In my experience I think if you keep at it, you'll get your fans, new fans, and regulars back. I started last year in August, I took several months off from January-July (and last year Mid September to November because my license expired and had to order a new one), I was only logging in inconsistently due to depression and life issues. I recently started again and it was like a reboot, I have a lot of people in my room and new regulars plus old regulars came back. I'm doing better now that I was before. You can do it! I believe in you!

 

[SaffronBurke]

MFC will not allow you to have a new account.

If a model closes her MFC account, then opens a new one about 6 months later, they'll let it slide, but some models who've done this noticed that they were phased out of New Model status faster.

 

[baileyhawke]

This is my first post, but I've been lurking for a while--long enough to hear over and over again that MFC's not too keen on models opening up new accounts to milk the new model status placement thing.
Basically, about a year and a half ago, I made an account on MFC, broadcast one time with new model status and did okay despite not really knowing what I was doing, and then got into a car accident the very next day which kinda hecked me over pretty badly physically and emotionally for... well, up until these past few weeks.
The ID I used to open my MFC account had expired, and I've since gotten a new one, but the option to add another ID under the model admin is completely greyed out for me, so I emailed support about it to try to get things sorted, and their email response back was literally 'open a new account'. Like, my account still functions, I can still broadcast--I just can't add up-to-date ID. My camscore's still 1000 so like... that's not a bad place at all to work back up from, so I'd rather use the account and username I have now than start new.

BUT. The takeaway from this, relevant to this thread, is maybe opening a new account for placement and drawing in members and potential new regulars might not be a completely impossible/inadvisable thing for you. Everybody has good nights and bad nights, and the bad nights can be super crushing to the ol' self-esteem, but you gotta remember--this too shall pass. It might pass like a damn kidney stone, but it will pass.

Hope you have some good nights soon