----- Hi DeezNA, I'm forever sorry for corrupting your thread. I take full blame even though I am not the one that replied to my own post.
---- As some of you may know I no longer have internet and have decided to spooge off of the plastic conglomerates wi-fi, while I can still afford the dollar menu. (Flipping burgers in my state now pays $15 an hour
) But figured since you were nice enough to reply and have not been a model that long, Plus I have seen that you have not been online in over a month (on cam), I should at least give some pointers. Let's see if I can figure out this forum and get it right this time.
As far as I can see, this thread is not a guide on "How to Cam", this is a tool for newer or established models to learn what advantages and disadvantages different sites have, what options are offered and - as opposed to a "How-To Guide" - a venue to interact with and receive feedback from other models.
---- Exactly, you really have to investigate. Spend time on different sites before choosing one. and Decide which one will best suit you. Again there is no guide to say this site is best for you. Especially with the way it is now. Most guys will whip it out for free and not ask for a single token or credit. Which is a shame and a disgrace for that matter on all of man kind.
---- So the question is what has happened to male cam modeling? Did it really die before it even started? Or did it die cause of the sites enabling free nudity without privates or paying members?
Models are the industry, the industry standard only changes if the models allow it. What has been insinuated is that the industry has changed; this is accurate to a point. This, however, is not and should never be a point of hopelessness and dismissal that the "good ol' days" have passed. Make a change. Work how you want to work and inspire other like-minded models to do so. Just because more models are modeling a different way does not prevent anyone from establishing a business-model based around the "old ways". Building your room is the essence of expressing your individuality and identity as a model; I implore any newer models to keep in mind that the only inhibitions to your business-model are within the restricted rules and functionality of the site you work with.
---- I think I answered this question already....
"Cam Modeling", is Much, MUCH, much, MORE..... than just "Nudity"... You Really Need a Witty, Likable, Smart Ass Personality, or "YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE LONG".
If you are here to provide advice and resources, please feel free to post the resources! I think that's kinda what the thread is for, right? A link would be very useful, I'm sure, if you feel it is appropriate to cross-share information from a site-specific wiki on this forum - if it's not that hard to find, it's not that hard to post a link so not everyone has to go digging through "Jasmin-only Models" wiki pages. If that information is "private" and "Jasmin-only", then that whole point is really just recruitment-bait. You don't have to commit to a camsite on this forum and we'll all try to help you out to the best of our abilities. On a personal sidenote: it's very insulting to any model that works on any other site to be labeled "less professional" simply because they don't work on the site you work on.
Here ya go,
http://wiki.jasmin.com/display/EW/Model+Wiki+Home. For the computer illiterate, You are welcome.
---- It really is not recruitment-bait, but jasmin is very strict as you can read from all the wiki pages. The site is very professional. Compared to how they use to be back in the day. I would have compared them to cam4 back then. But LJ use to pay 70% straight up and still does if you know how to use the tools they provide
. But it all depends on what you prefer and want to do.
---- Jasmin is more of a privates only type site. But there is tipping in free. With No free nudity Allowed. (PVT Only) Defers Cappers, Very few to no cappers.
---- Chaturbate is more of a free room site with tipping, which is almost all the sites now. Cam4, etc.(Tons of Cappers)
---- Streamate is a bit different, enables tipping in free but with a twist of a cheap Gold show. Few Cappers, and enables PVts and exclusive pvts. Few to no cappers. Mostly capping in gold shows.
---- There are a few more sites like, Flirt4Free, where the site actually caps your pvts and exclusives, but you have a choice now. (Once I get internet again I will check it out and make a new thread with my review). One of the oldest sites. But streamate will argue with that.
All in all you really have to do some investigating. But the best advice I have is read the Jasmin wiki. It will help you out immensely. And whatever site you choose guys, watch the top girls on that site, they know what they are doing and it does work for male models too
---- Take Care, KerriBoy