This post isn't meant to discourage anyone, purely just my observations and thoughts. I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks.
I've been thinking a lot about all the "why is it so slow" and "where are all the tippers" threads (including my own) lately and all the advice people are giving - have a consistent schedule, get/don't get a Lovense, have a tip menu, play games, play/don't play music, talk, tease, OnlyFans, Twitter, etc... I've tried just about everything and I seem to attract and retain mostly studio models (most likely their room monitors) that don't participate, reply to chat or PMs or tip. My regulars have seemed to disappear or become irregulars. The Lovense toy and hashtag has marginally helped.
It's discouraging for sure. I think it's been about 40 hours of broadcasting since my last tip. I was hopeful for some good tipping while having fun and great conversation with a guy in my room this morning until it he got scared away when our conversation revealed that we both may have crossed paths at one time and might actually know each other.
I am constantly researching on forums like this, lurking in other rooms to see how other models are doing it and to me it seems that when I and many other people are posting about being slow and not getting tips is getting bodies in the room. A lot of the advice about scheduling, personality, games and toys is more geared towards retention - keeping the viewers coming back and tipping once they get in the room.
For example: I have two cam model friends that consistently have under 100 viewers, one typically has less than 20. BUT, the one that has less than 20 viewers, she is getting thousands in tips in under an hour and the one with around 100, she is getting similar tips across more tippers. I was lurking in a room that had almost 20,000 viewers and she was getting similar numbers as my friends. But, then another room with around 20,000 viewers was crushing it - 80,000 tkns in 30 minutes!
*TLDR*
So, how to get people IN the room in the first place?! When I ask advice on it being slow and getting people in my room from those friends they both used to give me similar advice I mentioned above, but now they are saying it's really about luck. They put on a sexy outfit, or comfy outfit or go topless or nude and hope that their thumbnail and visible portion of the room subject attracts viewers into the room.
I think I agree with them - getting people in the room is down to luck. It's 17:30ish where I am and on Chaturbate there is currently over 6500 female cams broadcasting (over 60 pages) and almost 2000 male cams (about 17 pages) broadcasting. I thought it was difficult enough as a male camming, but look at that competition female cammers have! There are so many choices that it's difficult to stand out with just a thumbnail and room subject to get people in the room or to get people tipping. Once they are in the room it's down to all those other tips and tricks to keep them and get them to tip.
I don't throw that out there to be scary, just a fact. When I started as a viewer however long ago I don't remember there was anywhere near 60 pages of cams in the Women category.
Thoughts? Is it really just that saturated? Am I just crazy?
I've been thinking a lot about all the "why is it so slow" and "where are all the tippers" threads (including my own) lately and all the advice people are giving - have a consistent schedule, get/don't get a Lovense, have a tip menu, play games, play/don't play music, talk, tease, OnlyFans, Twitter, etc... I've tried just about everything and I seem to attract and retain mostly studio models (most likely their room monitors) that don't participate, reply to chat or PMs or tip. My regulars have seemed to disappear or become irregulars. The Lovense toy and hashtag has marginally helped.
It's discouraging for sure. I think it's been about 40 hours of broadcasting since my last tip. I was hopeful for some good tipping while having fun and great conversation with a guy in my room this morning until it he got scared away when our conversation revealed that we both may have crossed paths at one time and might actually know each other.
I am constantly researching on forums like this, lurking in other rooms to see how other models are doing it and to me it seems that when I and many other people are posting about being slow and not getting tips is getting bodies in the room. A lot of the advice about scheduling, personality, games and toys is more geared towards retention - keeping the viewers coming back and tipping once they get in the room.
For example: I have two cam model friends that consistently have under 100 viewers, one typically has less than 20. BUT, the one that has less than 20 viewers, she is getting thousands in tips in under an hour and the one with around 100, she is getting similar tips across more tippers. I was lurking in a room that had almost 20,000 viewers and she was getting similar numbers as my friends. But, then another room with around 20,000 viewers was crushing it - 80,000 tkns in 30 minutes!
*TLDR*
So, how to get people IN the room in the first place?! When I ask advice on it being slow and getting people in my room from those friends they both used to give me similar advice I mentioned above, but now they are saying it's really about luck. They put on a sexy outfit, or comfy outfit or go topless or nude and hope that their thumbnail and visible portion of the room subject attracts viewers into the room.
I think I agree with them - getting people in the room is down to luck. It's 17:30ish where I am and on Chaturbate there is currently over 6500 female cams broadcasting (over 60 pages) and almost 2000 male cams (about 17 pages) broadcasting. I thought it was difficult enough as a male camming, but look at that competition female cammers have! There are so many choices that it's difficult to stand out with just a thumbnail and room subject to get people in the room or to get people tipping. Once they are in the room it's down to all those other tips and tricks to keep them and get them to tip.
I don't throw that out there to be scary, just a fact. When I started as a viewer however long ago I don't remember there was anywhere near 60 pages of cams in the Women category.
Thoughts? Is it really just that saturated? Am I just crazy?