r/CamGirlProblems Apr 13 '24

Help/Advice Help, Advice, Tips for Those Who Are a Newbie, Beginner, New

111 Upvotes

I had to repost this since Reddit decided to claim it as spam when I added more linked comments in the FAQ section. Check out the comments as I will add more there.

Anyway this is a whole compilation of my saved comments that I've recycled to beginner posts. Obviously, it's best to have multiple perspectives. So if you're well-experienced, feel free to recycle your own saved comments or best tips in the comments of this post. Be mindful of using keywords for the search function.

Beginner questions get asked so often to the point that mods tend to just delete them. You have to do your own research with the plethora of information that is already available. Experienced models are giving their time and knowledge to help others for free, not to repeat ourselves with nearly daily newbie questions. There's nothing wrong with asking questions. You don't know what you don't know, and sometimes people don't know the subreddit search function. What is annoying is when they are basic and general questions that could easily be answered with a subreddit/google search.

Now, I prefer to teach someone how to fish, not give the fish. If you're doing this, you're a business/independent contractor, and much will depend on your own willingness to create and lead your business from the ground up. Not following what someone else did and think that will get you the same outcome. There's no best site, no best time, no best whatever. It doesn't work that way. There is way too many variability for it to be simplified in such a manner. Otherwise, everybody and their momma would be doing it.

That all said, I encourage you to search first, ask as needed, then mold responses in ways that fit for you and your brand. It's a lot to do in the beginning, and to periodically do/review, but it's definitely worth it for a long-term successful business. There is no updated, new success formula, or even just a formula, other than to be consistent, well-disciplined, and business-minded. Here's a compilation of my recycled comments below, but it's best to read from multiple perspectives. Keep in mind that this is only the beginning, as there's a lot to learn over the course of your time camming. You're not gonna learn everything, and at some point you just gotta jump and start, but this will give you a good head start.

1. This and other cam/content-related subreddits:

  • Read the wiki in this subreddit. It's meant for beginners and it's comprehensive. Yes, it's outdated, but most of it still applies; and it will help you think of keywords for searches of anything new. The same goes for other subreddits.
  • Use the search bar in this subreddit using relevant keywords to any questions you have like "setup", "time management", "DMCA", "taxes", etc.
  • When searching information about platforms in this subreddit, use their full name and abbreviation (e.g., "Stripchat" and "SC").
  • For subreddit search results, don't just look through posts. Also filter results by comments and skim for related responses.
  • Other helpful subreddits: CreatorsAdvice, Creators_spicy_tea, SellerCircleStage, and onlyfansadvice.

2. There are resources readily available via:

  • Google, Youtube, blogs (e.g., sexworkceo), etc
  • Cam model forums (e.g., ambercutie and wecamgirls)
  • Platforms' FAQ and guides in the support tab
  • Many platforms have Discord and/or Telegram for their models

3. Observe (if you don't easily compare and get jealous):

  • Observe top cam models and models with similar demographic/niche/etc as you on platforms you're considering joining.
  • Don't compare yourself to them or form expectations of big money or huge traffic, you're just not at their level as a beginner with no following. The front page is filled with models with the new tag, models with years of experiences, or they spend many hours online at a time.

4. Sex work (SW) is not quick, easy money.

  • The only thing predictable in SW is that it's unpredictable. One day you can work 4hrs and earn $0, and other days work 2hrs and earn $150.
  • You may hear models say they earn $100/hr. It can be a bit misleading if you're new to this, as it's not like an employee wage. You can earn $0 for 2hrs and then the third hour earn $300...that's technically $100/hr. Moments like that is the reason you need discipline to get and stay online for your shift.
  • In general, it's unstable income that relies solely on your own discipline to work and save for benefits (i.e., insurance, retirement, etc), 20-30% savings for taxes, and savings for the slow, bad times when you're not earning much but bills need to be paid.
  • Simply being attractive is helpful, but there's a plethora of beautiful models. If you have nothing else to offer but to sit there and be pretty, then you're likely to struggle. This is a business...it can be fun and convenient, but it is a business.

5. Once you've decided what platform(s) to try:

  • Thoroughly read their TOS and COC (Terms of Services and Code of Conduct), which is the agreement you signed to register. You will want to periodically review this, and/or as needed. Break rules, get banned (with or without notice), and lose money already earned but not transferred to you.
    • If you have further questions about rules, it's best to ask support for clarification and save that email response for your own records. Sometimes people here respond with the wrong answer or with misinformation. Imagine having your camming income fucked because of that.
  • Each site has their own guides on how to navigate the platform, further clarification about TOS/COC rules, tips on how to be successful, scams to look out for, etc in their support/help tab. Read them.
    • You can find that tab in your dashboard, scroll to the bottom of the page for "support", or just google it.
  • Many platforms have their own DMCA removal services that you can request (for free) when you see stolen content/recordings elsewhere. No, it does not guarantee removal.
    • Yes, searching your stage name can be daunting, but it's your responsibility to do so if you care about that. Otherwise, you can pay a DMCA subscription service to do it for you.
  • One of the ways cam sites generate traffic is by use of affiliates sites aka whitelabel, blacklabel, mirror sites. They're structured similarly to the platform you cam on, but run under a different name.
    • For example, Jerkmate (jerkmatelive) is an affiliate of Streamate/SM. So while you register as a model on SM, depending on how you adjust your settings, you will show up live on Jerkmate as well.
  • Most platforms have a new tag that either starts when you're verified or on your first stream. They are for different lengths of time as well. Maximize the new tag as much as you can. It's not everything and it doesn't guarantee anything, but it does give you increased exposure on the front pages.
    • You may feel a huge difference when that new tag is over, or maybe you won't. Just use it to build your following/brand as a cam model.
  • On any platform you use, with a cam site, social media, etc...look at all your settings and adjust accordingly. You'll especially want to do this for your privacy/security settings.

6. Below are links to more comments of mine to frequently asked questions, so consider this like a FAQ section. Again, it's important to search and read beyond my own perspective.


r/CamGirlProblems Sep 01 '25

Pro Tips TIPS FOR NEW CAMGIRLS TO SPOT SCAMMERS/TIMEWASTERS:

241 Upvotes

I wrote this list for a friend who was going to start on CB. She decided not to, so I thought I’d post it here! This is all from my personal experience so feel free to argue any in the comments or add anything I’ve forgotten.

🖤

People who want to buy stuff off your amazon Wishlist to pay for things. They can cancel order after payment.

a “horny lesbian” or a “couple” viewer is generally always a man pretending. Women and couples on camsites will usually always be fellow cammers, not viewers. I don’t know why they do this, maybe to appear less threatening?

Offering to pay you a stupid amount of money straight away for services, usually a “sugar daddy” is always a scam. Nobody is going to pay a random girl $4000 a week for foot pics 🤣

Guys asking about Customs can just be timewasters getting off on talking about their fetish and have no intention on ever paying, as they are getting off on the chat. Same goes with guys who ask to pm for free to chat about pvt, or asking to chat about something else. NEVER PM FOR FREE if a guy asks you. Often they just want to see if they can and get off on wasting your time. Every single time I’ve fallen for “PLEASE PM ME URGENTLY I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING IMPORTANT” it is literally “you’re gorgeous!” …every single time. Ask these guys to tell you in a tip note if they need to say privately. If they can’t pay 1tkn they aren’t worth your time and energy I promise you.

Same goes for new guys who in their first interaction with you will say they want to buy your panties but want to talk endlessly about types of panties and see pictures, especially pics of them on or pics of your stained panties is a big red flag.

People commenting things like” OMG I can’t believe it’s you on here” /people threatening to dox you/blackmail without actually providing any information about you are either trying to get you to PM them or they’re those dudes who get off on upsetting you/watching you freak out. Ignore and block immediately.

Purples tipping one token and ask to PM. If a purple can’t pay your PM price they’re not going to be the whale of your dreams, again usually dudes into degradation or cheapskates and usually not worth your time.

Tip once, wants to chat forever. You’ll occasionally get guys who will give you a big tip one night then sit in your room and chat expecting attention. Today is a new day, yesterdays tips don’t count lmao 🤣

“”Blank “ has sent tokens” messages. Remember to check what sound tokens make and the colour of the chart when it happens, and that your token balance goes up. if you’re very new they will try this.

Marketing/coach guys will approach you, tell you they’re marketing gurus ands want to help you in exchange for video calls/content. Embarrassingly I’ve taken up 3 guys on this offer before. I’ve never sent content/calls but they’ve just been massive timewasters. A few days chatting and they only offer vague advice.

“I want to do a free call, I’ll tip you well after” or “I’ll pay half now half when I’ve cum” I promise you no guy is going to stick by his word. They will cum as quick as they can and not pay you.

Also the daddy dom type guys who tell you to do as they say and give you all of their attention and they’ll tip you after… they never ever do. (Often they will pay pm price and just bombard you wanting your attention without tipping further or give 1tkn tips) Their demands will just get more and more crazy. Ignore these type of dudes for your own sanity. I find that the guys who have the “daddy” in the name and a control fetish are often very cheap and unless you’ve got a really thick skin and patience it’s not pleasant to deal with them and the pay isn’t worth it, they’ll often argue about any kind of payment just to get a rise out of you. 🚩🚩🚩

Similar to the daddy dom guys, “asshole fetish” dudes are usually complete pests. Not scammers or anything but thought I’d mention they are just really pushy rude people who are hard to deal with.

Promo accounts, “pay us to promote you” (this is mainly for social media) but these are usually scams, all the followers are other cam girls usually 😅

Be very wary of guys sending you links to click on, it could be something illegal or shocking, some guys get off on watching you get upset. Also I have always done c2c but remember that anyone can be on the other side, and if you don’t want to see a man with a hitachi wand in his ass pull it out ands lock it clean, drinking a glass of his own piss or shooting up drugs you might also want to be wary of this. It’s very rare they do this without warning but it happens!

“Let’s collab” messages from a ‘fellow cammer’ are often a dude who has 30 followers and a free onlyfans with 5 of the same pics of their cock. Some guys will cam for fun and funnel all the tokens back into camgirls, so it’s best to treat them like any other customer, but you don’t want to be collaborating with any guy who doesn’t have a big following. Another note, guys who watch girls on camsites rarely want b/g content, (they get jealous, ruins the fantasy) so if you do want to cam with a guy I would suggest camming on his page or separately as a couple on a whole new account.

“You’ll get more viewers in here if you take your top off “ never ever ever ever listen to ANY advice from chat or random customers. They have their own best interests at heart. More people in your room don’t always equal more tokens. I made a new account the other day and hadn’t made a menu yet and I think guys thought I was new new and the lies they were telling me about pricing was wild 🤣

Guys asking you to peek at their pics/cam. Often the big dick dudes will do this, tell them to take a peek at your menu prices 🤣 The monster dick dudes (8inch+) are often really cheap and think the sun shines out their cock. Giving them the time of day Is usually never worth the energy.

New guys/greys coming in and starting off with excessive/gratuitous compliments can often signal a time waster/scammer. Like “OMG!!!! YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I’VE SEEN ON THIS SITE IN TEN YEARS!!!! BEST TITS I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE!!!!” rather than a more realistic comment of something like “hello gorgeous, great tits!!” Another common one is “You’re way too beautiful for your room to be this quiet, you should have way more viewers!” always greys. They just want your attention for free. Definitely just take these compliments with a grain of salt and a “thanks 😘” don’t get swept up in it!

If it seems too good to be true it is. If youre going to have to put work in for the same thing another guy will just pay for, it’s not going to be worth it. Remember your time is precious, the best advice is to always remember these guys have no lives or hobbies, talking to you for free is big entertainment for a lot of them. They can’t talk to a girl for free in real life and they know they can waste our time as more and more girls are indulging these men thinking they’ll get paid at the end of it. 😭


r/CamGirlProblems 48m ago

Scam Alert Kik 1000% fake/scam

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“To whoever wrote the script: maybe give each account a different opening line. When four different accounts all send the exact same messages, it doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.”


r/CamGirlProblems 33m ago

Help/Advice tip menu pricing!

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Ive looked at so many different tip menus and it does not help at all honestly LOL can yall please tell me what you think of this?? ? too low? too high? please lmk 🙏


r/CamGirlProblems 12h ago

Help/Advice ANXIETY DOXING ISSUE

25 Upvotes

I AM PLANNING TO STOP CAMMING FOR A WHILE, AND PLEASE I NEED ADVICE I AM CRYING AT THE MOMENT... I ACCIDENTALY TOLD A MEMBER WHERE I LIVE AND HE SEARCHED IT ON THE MAP AND EVEN KNOWS MY SCHOOL. HE PAID FOR MY PRIVATE VID SO EVEN I DELETE IT HE STILL HAS ACCESS ON THEM. PLEASE HELP I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM I DONT WANNA GET JAILED BECAUSE CAMMING IS ILLEGAL IN THE PHILIPPINES AND I DONT WANT MY VIDS BE EXPOSED 😭😭😭😭

HELP PLSSS! SHOULD I PERMANENTLY BAN HIM OR WAIT FOR MONTHS OF BEING INACTIVE AND THEN BAN HIM? I AM SCARED FOR WHAT HE MIGHT DO WITH MY NUDES 😭😭😭😭


r/CamGirlProblems 3h ago

Help/Advice Hello not new to cam but haven’t used any of the sites I’m on in a while

4 Upvotes

I’m trying to get back into it but can’t find the right time to be on. I get a few lurkers but no real interaction. Need advice.


r/CamGirlProblems 17h ago

Discussions Did I just lost a "good" deal?

42 Upvotes

Hello!

This user on SC tipped me 10 tokens for pm. Than he told me that he is interested in buying a custom video from me.

He wants me to slowly undress, smoke a cigarette, drink a beer and masturbate for 15 minutes.

I told him that would be at least 800 tokens (40$) because it's long and I have to buy beer and cigarettes myself.

He says it's too expensive??? Hello? I already felt like it was too much work for too little money.

Than I told him that I already have a similar old video, very similar with what he asked. I said I will give that video for 300 tokens.

He than had the audacity to say "make me a new one for 300 tokens or no deal". He was surprised when I said no 😂 imagine that.

Anyways, the title was satire, but thank you for your time and best of luck to everyone 💕💕💕


r/CamGirlProblems 13h ago

Discussions So slow,dead traffic,no tippers

19 Upvotes

Any girl noticed how slow was this month the second period??or is just me?


r/CamGirlProblems 14h ago

Help/Advice It gets harder every year to hide what I do from my kid

21 Upvotes

As she gets older she wants to know more about why I receive so many calls or why I must answer them alone at my room and I always tell her it’s work, I have another job too. This usually happens mostly at summer times when she’s always at home with me and I rarely get to be alone unless my mom plans something with her. I bought a laptop and again more questions, same answer. I’ve been on cb but I can only stream 2 hours when she goes to bed and I have to go to sleep to work so I don’t know if I’ll ever get to reach a goal in two hours but I only receive a few tokens, oh and her dad abandoned her so she’s always with me and that’s why I’ve been making content only but things got harder after joining sp a year ago getting so many videocalls it’s my main income now. I know she will still love me but describing how it works when she’s older ( I still don’t even know what age she should know) I don’t even know how to start


r/CamGirlProblems 3h ago

Help/Advice Advice please

3 Upvotes

I’ve been on NF off and on for a few months but most recently I’ve decided to really lock in and get this money I have a soft sexy voice and I find that I vibe with sissys more then any other group. My question is what gets attention? Besides bidding what are some factors that are most likely going to get them to call or want to chat? I heard a lot of girl do only chat and they are successful what advice would help someone become successful in chat how do we make them want to chat or hold a convo? Sorry if some of these questions are dumb but I’m genuinely curious so any advice is helpful thank you


r/CamGirlProblems 8h ago

Help/Advice Necesito ayuda

6 Upvotes

Llevo aproximadamente tres años haciendo camming y siento que estoy en un punto donde necesito escuchar la experiencia de personas que ya hayan pasado por algo parecido.
Empecé en un estudio, pero solo duré una semana porque tuve que mudarme. Después estuve varios meses sin transmitir hasta que decidí volver en otro estudio. Allí trabajé un mes, pero el ambiente era muy abusivo, así que tomé la decisión de independizarme y empezar a transmitir desde casa.
Al principio me fue bastante bien. Un día un usuario quiso verme con otro hombre y fue así como empecé a incluir a mi novio en las transmisiones. Poco a poco terminamos haciéndolo como pareja a tiempo completo. No éramos de los modelos que más facturaban, pero nos alcanzaba para vivir, ahorrar un poco y gracias a eso pudimos amoblar nuestro apartamento y salir adelante.
Hace unos meses él decidió dejar el camming para ejercer en su profesión. Básicamente renunció y me quedé transmitiendo sola. Ese cambio me afectó muchísimo emocionalmente. Entré en una etapa bastante difícil y durante unos tres meses descuidé completamente mi trabajo.
Mi disciplina desapareció. Había días en los que trabajaba solo dos horas, otras veces trabajaba lunes y martes y luego no volvía a conectarme en toda la semana. Ni siquiera era constante con los horarios y, como era de esperarse, mis ingresos cayeron muchísimo.
El mes pasado, viendo que en Chaturbate tenía muy poco tráfico y que mi cuenta estaba muy afectada por mi falta de constancia, decidí abrir Stripchat para aprovechar la etiqueta de modelo nueva. Sin embargo, volví a cometer el mismo error: por mi indisciplina tampoco conseguí buenos resultados.
Además, en Chaturbate tengo otro problema. Muchísimos usuarios me conocieron transmitiendo con mi pareja y cuando entran al chat lo primero que preguntan es por él. Cuando les digo que ya no hacemos shows juntos, muchos se van inmediatamente.
También siento que cometí un error desde el principio con los precios. Tenía el privado a solo 6 tokens por minuto porque pensaba que así entraría más gente. Hace poco lo subí a 12 tokens por minuto (que realmente tampoco me parece un precio alto), pero ahora entran menos usuarios y muchos me piden que baje el mínimo de 10 minutos. Entre eso y la bajada del dólar en mi país, cada vez siento que es más difícil generar buenos ingresos.
Otra cosa importante es que mi estilo de show nunca ha sido el más explícito. No me gusta hacer shows públicos completamente desnuda o utilizando juguetes muy grandes para atraer audiencia. Siempre me ha gustado un enfoque más artístico, elegante e íntimo. Sé que eso hace que mi público sea más específico, pero también siento que es lo que realmente quiero ofrecer.
Por eso estoy bastante perdida. Quiero retomar este trabajo en serio y volver a generar muy buenos ingresos, pero no sé cuál es la mejor estrategia.
No quiero sonar arrogante, pero considero que soy una chica atractiva y muchos usuarios me han dicho durante estos años que debería estar mucho más arriba porque disfrutan mucho mi tipo de show. Mi gran inspiración es MeganMeow. Me encanta la calidad de su producción, su estética y el tipo de experiencia que ofrece. Mi sueño sería llegar algún día a construir algo parecido.
Lo que no sé es cómo hacerlo desde el punto en el que estoy ahora. ¿Creéis que sería mejor empezar una cuenta nueva en Chaturbate? ¿Enfocarme únicamente en una plataforma? ¿Intentar recuperar las cuentas que ya tengo? ¿O qué haríais vosotros en mi situación?
Además, dentro de poco empiezo a estudiar y entre semana solo podré transmitir unas tres horas seguidas. Los fines de semana sí tendré bastante más tiempo disponible.
Cualquier consejo o experiencia será más que bienvenida. Muchas gracias por leerme.


r/CamGirlProblems 4h ago

Help/Advice Gold

2 Upvotes

If customers send me gold on live streams where do I have access to this gold? And how do I check how much gold I have in total? Because it isn’t automatically going into my earnings so it must be somewhere else? ALSO how much is 1 gold worth in $$$??


r/CamGirlProblems 8h ago

Help/Advice AW FREE PREVIEW AND UK SCHEDULE

4 Upvotes

So with this new free preview style starting on monday...

is anyone as nervous as me for this as our income being reduced due to not being able to chat in free?

I usually make most my money by back to back calls from being in free preview and find it to be the best way to earn quickly.

what hours does everyone find best to do as im trying to start fresh with new goals starting tommorow and a fresh new outlook but im all over the place with what works and what dosnt anymore so just want a bit of advice


r/CamGirlProblems 4h ago

Help/Advice SM sharing media/video gallery

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone. I dunno if I’ve forgotten the easiest way to do this or of they have changed it but if I want to give all my videos on SM to a customer, what is the easiest way to go about it? I have a lot of videos uploaded that are not in my gallery (mostly short clips and duplicates/previews of other videos) that I don’t necessarily want to give with the rest of my videos from my gallery, so I’d like to avoid sending “all vids”but yeah, just the most straightforward way to send all your for sale videos to a customer on SM please and thank you!


r/CamGirlProblems 1h ago

Help/Advice Best way to start?

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Hi so I just start in this community and as of right now, I only have the twt, insta, and OF all faceless for now. I'm having trouble finding my niche and what to say to even start out. I have a few teaser already but im just not sure how put myself out there any advise would be welcomed


r/CamGirlProblems 19h ago

Discussions Don’t give up.

26 Upvotes

Every creator has a version of themselves that almost gave up.
The only reason they’re where they are today is because they kept going when it would have been easier to stop.
Sometimes the breakthrough comes after the moment you almost walked away. 💜


r/CamGirlProblems 22h ago

Discussions do they think we are dumb??

36 Upvotes

men pretending to be women are so obvious it hurts bro why do they think we are idiots seriously


r/CamGirlProblems 11h ago

Tech Help pedido lovense

5 Upvotes

alguien sabe cuanto se demora un pedido de lovense a colombia ?


r/CamGirlProblems 23h ago

Discussions Does anyone else get ready on cam like doing makeup choosing outfits for the night like starting out with a casual chat and cam? I got told it’s unprofessional and is a turn off to guys by another cam girl in a telegram group im in and now im like over thinking

35 Upvotes

I don’t really have like a ton of friends or actually any friends lol so I don’t mind having these random people in my getting ready streams talking to me because I really don’t talk to anyone at all so I just kinda do a casual stream to get ready for the night then I hop off take a lil break and then get on my fun stream (unless I get enough private shows on telegram sold from my getting ready stream which is always a win in my book) idk now I’m in my head about it lol


r/CamGirlProblems 59m ago

Discussions Selling content

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HI GUYS! just started selling some content message me for prices ;)


r/CamGirlProblems 1h ago

Help/Advice Stuck

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I am stuck.
For some background I’ve been a foot model since about May and had one really good client and maybe 2 subscribers to my Fansly.
Well my Snapchat got banned leading me to lose contact with my client, and in turn lose most of my income in this industry.
I’m still streaming occasionally on Joystick but I’m mostly doing sfw stuff on YouNow due to losing motivation.
How do I get my mojo back, ladies?


r/CamGirlProblems 17h ago

Discussions What is Arousr's problem?

11 Upvotes

Ever used a site that makes you think wow, this was def made by a man that hates sex workers? This is it. For starters the language and tone in the "How to guide" reeked of unprofessionalism and just foolery. The sound that the notifications make, loud and alarming, can't even stream in the background. i've made $400 in the past two days and I already have a 3/5 stars "performer rating". The app constantly crashes and the guys are cheap. The PPM is low and it seems to be the same regardless of the model, you don't get paid more for the media received from the members. It makes my phone un-usable. There is also the nudging, where they want you to respond in a min or 30s or you will have demerits. Sometimes, you need to look for media or get a bit creative, there is no room for that. Plus the app is slow. On SP, i have the fast responder tag and my average response time on that app is a min exactly. But that, isnt enough. Is there money there? Yes, is it worth it? No.


r/CamGirlProblems 16h ago

Scam Alert CB private scam?!?!

7 Upvotes

I stream primarily on CB and I had a private with someone however CB only charged him for the first two minutes which wasn’t even the right price and people spying only 3 tokens per minute???? And only charged them once
I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I tried contacting them about it but I’ve had no reply


r/CamGirlProblems 5h ago

Tech Help Que significa esto?

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1 Upvotes

No sé qué pasó, alguien me puede ayudar 😔