Question for Providers who are webcam performers

[Dallas Pleasure]

Im contemplating whether or not to become a web cam performer. Can anyone suggest a good website to go through or have any other information? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[Guest070818-1]

Myfreecams.com - That site has a lot of traffic.

[Dallas Pleasure]

Originally Posted by BrownSugarBaby

Myfreecams.com - That site has a lot of traffic.

Thank you girlfriend!!! I will check it out

[Grace Preston]

Depends on your body type. Myfreecams is good, but hard to break into at first. Streammate is a little easier if you aren't perfect.. because they categorize everything, and they also have the high traffic that Myfreecams has, without as many beggars for freebies.

[Prolongus]

Originally Posted by Dallas Pleasure

Im contemplating whether or not to become a web cam performer. Can anyone suggest a good website to go through or have any other information? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Be sure to send us a link, baby...mmmmmmmm

[Dallas Pleasure]

Originally Posted by GracePreston

Depends on your body type. Myfreecams is good, but hard to break into at first. Streammate is a little easier if you aren't perfect.. because they categorize everything, and they also have the high traffic that Myfreecams has, without as many beggars for freebies.

Thank you girlfriend I will check out streammate as well

[ktiix]

I am not a provider, but I can offer some advice. I have worked for a few of the companies, and even started one of my own.

LiveJasmin is one you should avoid, it is poorly run, the coding is dated, and the website frequently has server issues. In addition they poorly handle the payment process, it is done by outdated software and inept underpayed staff. You will 'eventually' get your money, but waiting is not a luxury everyone has. And to cap it off, they get a little overbearing on the stream quality they want you to maintain, so if you don't have money right now to spend on a good webcam you're DOA.

Secretfriends is the one I had my finger in. They had decent traffic (Not so high as Freecams, LiveJasmin, or even the YouCam site.) But the big thing is (or was) that the settlements were nearly instant. That and the overwhelming majority of the visitors are going to be English Speaking Americans, very hard to flirt with people whom you share no language with.

Again, not as a provider but someone that has worked with the girls in this line of work directly you want to know a few things.

1. The Traffic the site gets is the most important in respect to your $ potential. You can easily find this on Alexa.
2. Find out what % the site will pay you. Usually the range is 40-70%. If you take lower you'll be working for peanuts, if you get higher raise an eyebrow and investigate; something might be fishy.
3. Find out if you are to work from a home studio, or an office.
4. Find out if you are able to block geographical regions if you have people you know that you don't want seeing your cam performance. This is important, you don't want your kids/family/friends scoping your bibblies!
5. Most importantly, find out how often they pay you. If they aren't very very straight forward with this write them off, it's very easy to work for 2-3 weeks without seeing any money, and then never get it.

And lastly, not as important but worth noting, you should invest a fair amount into these things:
1. A good PC, purpose built. Use it solely for the web cam. You absolutely do not want to use the same pc to work, and play. You want a good GPU, and Processor. And a great motherboard. Enough RAM to keep it running smooth. You don't have to go overboard on this, but 600-800$ would be about minimum to maintain a good quality stream. For even better quality, you would spend more obviously. A bad pc will net you bad stream quality, and poor customer return.
2. A very good web cam. Logictech HD Pro c920 is about 60$ and is pretty much the best you can get in terms of modeling Webcams. 1080P Video Shooting, Auto Focus, Glass Lens, a stereo mic (good sound quality is important), 30 FPS. Get a tripod for it if you go with this camera, you can get more comfy in your studio if you do without sacrificing feed quality.
3. A wireless mouse and keyboard (Keep extra batteries on hand). This is mostly a comfort thing, but your comfort is important, and you can get more creative on your personal studio.
4. Most importantly you want to arm your new computer with: A damn good Proxy, A damn good Antivirus, and a strong password. Also you should run a registry cleaner. You can get the Antivirus and Registry cleaners for free, the best proxies are p2p.


I hope this helps, and if you need any more information in the veins I've touched on you can ask, if I know I will answer. The business can be very lucrative for everyone involved if it's done properly, best of luck. (:

[Jewish Lawyer]

Originally Posted by ktiix

I am not a provider, but I can offer some advice. I have worked for a few of the companies, and even started one of my own.

LiveJasmin is one you should avoid, it is poorly run, the coding is dated, and the website frequently has server issues. In addition they poorly handle the payment process, it is done by outdated software and inept underpayed staff. You will 'eventually' get your money, but waiting is not a luxury everyone has. And to cap it off, they get a little overbearing on the stream quality they want you to maintain, so if you don't have money right now to spend on a good webcam you're DOA.

Secretfriends is the one I had my finger in. They had decent traffic (Not so high as Freecams, LiveJasmin, or even the YouCam site.) But the big thing is (or was) that the settlements were nearly instant. That and the overwhelming majority of the visitors are going to be English Speaking Americans, very hard to flirt with people whom you share no language with.

Again, not as a provider but someone that has worked with the girls in this line of work directly you want to know a few things.

1. The Traffic the site gets is the most important in respect to your $ potential. You can easily find this on Alexa.
2. Find out what % the site will pay you. Usually the range is 40-70%. If you take lower you'll be working for peanuts, if you get higher raise an eyebrow and investigate; something might be fishy.
3. Find out if you are to work from a home studio, or an office.
4. Find out if you are able to block geographical regions if you have people you know that you don't want seeing your cam performance. This is important, you don't want your kids/family/friends scoping your bibblies!
5. Most importantly, find out how often they pay you. If they aren't very very straight forward with this write them off, it's very easy to work for 2-3 weeks without seeing any money, and then never get it.

And lastly, not as important but worth noting, you should invest a fair amount into these things:
1. A good PC, purpose built. Use it solely for the web cam. You absolutely do not want to use the same pc to work, and play. You want a good GPU, and Processor. And a great motherboard. Enough RAM to keep it running smooth. You don't have to go overboard on this, but 600-800$ would be about minimum to maintain a good quality stream. For even better quality, you would spend more obviously. A bad pc will net you bad stream quality, and poor customer return.
2. A very good web cam. Logictech HD Pro c920 is about 60$ and is pretty much the best you can get in terms of modeling Webcams. 1080P Video Shooting, Auto Focus, Glass Lens, a stereo mic (good sound quality is important), 30 FPS. Get a tripod for it if you go with this camera, you can get more comfy in your studio if you do without sacrificing feed quality.
3. A wireless mouse and keyboard (Keep extra batteries on hand). This is mostly a comfort thing, but your comfort is important, and you can get more creative on your personal studio.
4. Most importantly you want to arm your new computer with: A damn good Proxy, A damn good Antivirus, and a strong password. Also you should run a registry cleaner. You can get the Antivirus and Registry cleaners for free, the best proxies are p2p.


I hope this helps, and if you need any more information in the veins I've touched on you can ask, if I know I will answer. The business can be very lucrative for everyone involved if it's done properly, best of luck. (:

I'm surprised that the companies don't provide one for the performers.

On another note, I hope you realize all your traffic is coming from porn sites, and you can accidentally click on that CPU bogging down crap, and it is usually hard to extract yourself, so you may have a large amount of reluctant traffic. Also, there is a massive amount of free stuff out there, so unless you are exactly what someone is looking for, don't feel insulted by an apparent lack of interest. I'll bet it is not an easy way to make money anymore.