I made $30 my first time broadcasting on Chaturbate, and several hundred within my first 30 hours, which was a few months ago. Yes, the market is oversaturated, and there are a lot of factors to success as a new model. But I did a ton of research before starting on how to give the best show and host the best room I possibly could. And even so, that was shit pay for all that I put into it. So in my experience, making nothing is not typical. But if you are really killing yourself and doing everything possible to give a great experience, I wouldn't beat yourself up about it too much either. It's getting tougher and tougher all the time, because there are too many people on competing for the same few coins. Not enough money to go around for everyone.
Stick it out for a while, try whatever you haven't already tried to rake in the dough. There are tons of websites that give tips on good camming on the internet. Some people do say that another site might be better, that they are not one size fits all. So you could also try a competitor. Mostly, you need to do stuff to bring people in the room cuz it sounds like you are lacking the draw in the first place - you should be getting more than 5 people, even when new. So you need a tag line, hash tags, a reason for them to come in. And a unique visual that makes them click, even if then you have trouble getting them to stay because you need to work on your cam presence or whatever. But if you can't even get them in the door, it doesn't matter how good your show/room is.
Take some time to watch other more successful new cam artists, and take notes. But if you are really doing all that you can do, you might have just missed the camming train. There are way more people now than demand to support it, really. Unless you fulfill a niche no one else does, competition is very stiff. You don't make money just for showing up. You need to know how to market yourself, like in any other business.
