@peacheepie
Can I get verification that this is correct and answers to at least some of these questions. Sorry if I seem dense or am way off base here. I really need to find a suitable new income stream and, although CB is working decently for me on the weekends and late at night, that's not really conducive to my schedule at the moment.
Is there a best time of day to be on SM or would mid-afternoons to early evenings work ok?
You can definitely make money on streamate pretty much any time of day.
1. Party Chat is basically hanging out in your room chatting with men/women in the room and everyone chats with everyone.
How can you make money during this time? It seems like there are tip options? Are tip menus utilized, such as on CB and MFC? It seems like tips in party chat aren't something to spend much energy on because the real earnings come from gold, private and exclusive shows--yes?
In theory yes, that is how party chat works but you will find there is generally not a lot of chatting between members (at least in my room, maybe others have a dif experience). Most of your money will come from doing prem/exclusive/gold shows but having a tip menu for flashes (remember no below the belt nudity) or certain requests is always a good idea. If you have a tip vibe they seem to be a bit of a money maker during free chat.
2. During a Party Chat, I can have a countdown to a Gold Show once I'm allowed to do them. I set a flat rate to enter the show, and once the goal is met (I assume it's a certain time, or a certain number of tickets sold?), I begin the show. I also have the option to cancel the show.
Does it hurt your customer satisfaction drastically to cancel the show if, say, you only have one dude pay $5 for a 10 minute show? Is it better to just do it anyway or does that hurt you in other ways? What do you do during the shows? Are you sucking dildos, rubbing your clit, tit worshipping, and just doing generally more sexualized things while keeping your presence in party chat more seductive and teasing?
During a gold show you put in the description of what you want to do, it can be anything you want to do. Most of my gold shows are sexual/masturbation type shows but every once in a while Ill do just a topless chat or lotion, maybe a shower or something like that. You also set the total goal you want to reach, how much each person must contribute, how long the shows lasts, how long they have to tip until the show starts.
So a standard show for me would be something like "fucking and sucking my toy til I squirt" - $150 goal, $5 minimum to join, 7min show, 8 min countdown til show starts. Usually if we reach halfway my goal I guarantee the show starts. I also try not to cancel gold shows in the middle of a countdown but if I don't hit my minimum I will just let the timer run out, everyone that contributed gets there money back...no harm no foul. There is no reason to do a full show for just one person, unless that 1 person tips your minimum goal - it does happen!
3. I've already forgotten what a Classic Chat is *sigh* I will go back and find this answer again. Sorry to be obnoxious. My ADD brain will forget everything else I want to ask if I do it now, though.
Classic chat is where you can see what everyone is saying but the members cant see what each other are saying.
4. A private is a show where men come in and there credit card is charged by the minute once they have stayed in the room for 31 seconds. It is important to tease for the first 30 seconds to weed out those hoping for a free show. They may be in there for 31 seconds or for 20 minutes or however long the show lasts. Rates are set by default to $1.99/minute, but by contacting support, you can have increased rates and many seem to be finding success at $3.99-$5.99/minute, which is before the 65% cut to the site. You can show below the waist privates in a private show.
How long is an average private? How do you know what is and isn't working? Do you need to type at all during privates? Can the room visitors chat amongst each other?
This one is really going to vary from person to person and honestly even day to day.... Some days i get back to back 5-10min shows with multiple members for the entire show, others ill have 1 guy stay for 30+ min with a few other popping in here and there... and then some days it seems like all I get are exclusives. It really does vary a lot.
I personally dont type during prem shows and Im honestly not sure about the chatting thing, but even if they can I don't think you have to worry about it. SM isnt a community/chatting/friend making kinda of place, most member are there for your attention and to get you naked, they dont care so much about each other.
5. An exclusive show is a show for one guest. He can either pay for a block of time in 15 minute increments up to a 60 minute block. He basically runs the show and you do what he wants, within your limits. Many find success saving insertion, anal, and things of this nature for exclusives. You can show below the waist privates and cater to any fetish other than bodily fluids (pee, poo, vomit), animal, and family. Rates are set by default to $5.99 per minute but some are finding success with $7.99-$9.99 per minute.
Exclusive is for 1 guest, he can pay per minute or buy a block of time at a discounted rate.
Members can also purchase blocks for premium as well. When a block session is purchased you will get a pop up that asks if you would like to accept. It will tell you whether its a prem block or an exclusive block.
6. Setting higher rates than the default will help to prevent freeloaders and cheapskates. SM is a "classier" site and I will be able to remain clothed until being taken into a private, exclusive, or gold show.
Generally speaking raising your rates will weed some of those types out, but by no means will it prevent it.
I believe most models choose to remain clothed unless they are being tipped for flashes (no below the belt nudity). SM is all about trying to get a show started so you don't want to give to much away in free chat.
7. I should invest in a nice size crate or something for my cat. I live in a studio apartment. The only doors are the front door and the bathroom door, which due to the age of the building only shuts about 1/2-3/4 of the way. There is actually a small office space off the bathroom that I use for my other job. Because of my dog, I have one of those pet/kid gates up with the door so you can walk through it instead of going over it. Its pretty tall but she can still jump over it. If anyone has other ideas on ways to prevent her from jumping over it, that'd be great too, although I'm sure this is not a common problem.
There are lots of options for cat enclosures or screens, even a puppy play pen, but you def need something to keep kitty out of the cameras view.
8. I just got an email saying "You're Part of the Team!" for Next Level Modeling. I thought it was a cam site similar to SM's set up, but did not realize that it was a studio. I sent an email back stating, "I am no longer interested. I want to be sure that I do not have an active profile and that I am in no way associated with Next Level Modeling." Is there anything that might prevent me from signing up directly with SM? The email says I can now log in and begin streaming, which makes me uncomfortable because all I did was apply and I never received any kind of fine print when submitting my application, to my memory, that I would be under their TOS just through applying. I am hoping I'm right and by not logging into the account they sent a link to in the email, that I will not have any issue signing up directly with SM.
Looks like you've already got another thread for this.
Jeez, sorry! Also... How are privates initiated? One guy initiates the private and others can join? Are they just initiating it to see you do your thing naked since you are the one directing the flow of a private show?
Yes one person initiates it and then others can join in. I def run my show as a sit back, watch and enjoy kinda thing. I dont really do requests, prem is all about me and what Im wanting at the moment.
I was just commenting that SM seems to be more expensive than other sites. If SM has a lower payout that would make sense. I am not trying to disparage anyone, if the models can charge and get those rates then more power to them. Charge what the market will bear.
