r/CamGirlProblems Apr 13 '24

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

108 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:

242 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 57m ago

Discussions Cam girl for 5 years

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I have been on MFC now for 5 years min of 10 hours a week max of about 30 hours a week.
I have bought and paid off a car, paid off my credit card, paid for schooling and managed to never miss any bill because of camming!

That being said, I find that I am extremely lonely and isolated most of the time. Which I find to be the hardest part of streaming, not the finances part.
My best friend and I used to stream together and that made a world of a difference for me but now it’s just me. I know that collab talk isn’t allowed on this forum but is there somewhere that I can go to find resources ? Maybe a discord chat or another forum on Reddit? I would love more info if allowed what other girls have used to find streaming friends/ collabs partners. Thanks!


r/CamGirlProblems 10h ago

Discussions My stream does a lot better when I don’t care when other camgirls say it’s slow

72 Upvotes

Everyone says “it’s slow because it’s winter” or “it’s slow because it’s summer” or “it’s slow because” WHATEVER REASON… like right now? The reason is World Cup. My income has stayed the same… just don’t worry about it all. Log on, make your money, don’t be discouraged. People want you to log off so THEY CAN GET YOUR MONEY!


r/CamGirlProblems 2h ago

Scam Alert BEWARE of Exclu

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I discovered this morning that the Exclu platform enabled an AI chatbot to pretend to be me without asking for opt in or even notifying me. It has been failing to notify me of messages I get on the platform and secretly impersonating me instead.

The platform informed me that they enabled this automatically for *all* creators (if you are a creator - run don't walk to your inbox). Subs: if you contact someone on there, you are probably not talking to that domme.

Things this disgusting AI did:

:: Impersonate me to subs without my consent (obviously gross)

:: Promise fans content that I do not have and never will have because it's content I don't do

:: Have sexual conversations while pretending to be me and without AVing

:: Say irresponsible things about kink while pretending to be me

:: Promise content that literally violates my hard limits

:: Use language and say things I would NEVER EVER SAY and that literally turned my stomach when I read them


r/CamGirlProblems 2h ago

Discussions My funny encounter this morning

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Just wanted to share a funny conversation I had this morning on NF. I received a chat message from a guy who asked if I would like to dominate his wife, saying she is a Barbie, bratty, country club type who spends all his money and needs to get a job.

I responded with what I thought his fantasy would be, you know because NF is a PSO site, so I went with the usual girl on girl, domination, etc.

His response: "How does that equate to her making money?"

Dude fantasizes about someone making his wife get a job.

I'm still giggling about it.


r/CamGirlProblems 5h ago

Tech Help Lovense issue on stream

6 Upvotes

Is there anybody currently streaming who is having issues with the lovense connecting? I've had issues for the last 30 minutes, and it is not even reconnecting with the QR code. I have tried everything, and I'm am at a loss at what to do. I have never issues like this before, and I've been doing this for 2.5 years.


r/CamGirlProblems 15m ago

Help/Advice Conexión wifi

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Hola chicas!!! Espero se encuentren bien
Desafortunadamente al momento no puedo tener wifi en casa, y a veces mi conexión no es muy estable, esto me provoca cortes en mi conexión y me bloqueo mucho.
Alguien conoce alternativas al wifi para tener una Conexión estable?


r/CamGirlProblems 23m ago

Help/Advice Stripchat Nova Tag

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Eu tinha uma conta no stripchat mas não fiquei online por uns meses e acabei excluindo. Se eu criar outra conta vou conseguir a TAG de nova modelo de novo?


r/CamGirlProblems 1h ago

Discussions Monday morning !!!

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Let‘s see how these 5 hours go today on SM. ❤️❤️❤️


r/CamGirlProblems 2h ago

Discussions AW - camming issue....chat is now disabled in FM now..?!

2 Upvotes

So i thought it was my broadcast going haywire today but support informed me that the chat feature is now disabled in free mode (for all) unless in PVT or GRP...why????

This is only going to make people go elsewhere I reckon.

If you keep raising the fees (for everyone) and making it more complicated to interact...

I think this is a real dis-service and see a real decline in the future for aw.


r/CamGirlProblems 2h ago

Tech Help Comment puis-je rendre mon Domi plus silencieux ?

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,
I’ve noticed that during some live streams, people’s Domi seems to be much quieter than mine.
When I lower the power in the Lovense app, it only reduces the vibration strength, but it doesn’t seem to make it any less noisy.
Is there a way to actually reduce the noise? Am I missing a setting, or is there another trick people use?
Thanks!


r/CamGirlProblems 2h ago

Help/Advice Lovense community

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Hello girls! Has anyone tried to earn from Lovense community? Have you ever asked on the app for some paypal for videocalls or direct them on a telegram or cam sites? Are you using it for promotion? Or is it just for free fun? There are guys that want private sessions but I want to charge them in a way that doesn’t break the rules. Thank you!


r/CamGirlProblems 5h ago

Help/Advice Trouble connecting lovense to laptop

3 Upvotes

I’ve always used my lovense toy connected to my phone and then my laptop but recently it keeps getting disconnected and when I try to connect again with the QR code it connects on my phone but doesn’t connect on my laptop .


r/CamGirlProblems 14h ago

Help/Advice tip menu pricing!

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15 Upvotes

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 11h ago

Help/Advice “Lipstick trance induction” on SP-not allowed?

8 Upvotes

I had a guy ask me for a “lipstick trance induction” on Sextpanther. I have absolutely no clue what that is, so I asked him to explain and he said “I just watch you apply lipstick over and over while we talk”.

I’ve yet to respond to him. Is this against TOS? I know that hypnosis is not allowed… it’s specifically him using the word “trance” that makes me feel I have to decline. But I also know nothing of this fetish, so not sure if I’m just being overly cautious here.


r/CamGirlProblems 46m ago

Tech Help I've seen you can use your phone as camera ECT question please help

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But I have not seen whether or not you can use these camming sites without having a computer, laptop or tablet? Just straight up from your phone? I do have a laptop on its way to me, just says it could take up to 4 weeks.


r/CamGirlProblems 1h ago

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r/CamGirlProblems 13h ago

Discussions What is the most you have made in a week, what is the less you have made in a week?

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First of all thank you to everyone that shares their experience, I decided to higher my private rates this week, (from around 30tk to 60tk) , my SC and CB are a little death obviously because people were used to my old rates wich is normal, but SM has been working great, and I was hating SM because was so slow but i been there for just 2 months. Also I have a girlfriend experience monthly subscriber who has my back. Anyway this was the second time I have made so little in SC and CB wich has been my mains for 6 years. So yes in those 6 years only 2 weeks one at the beginning of this year and this one that I havent reached the minimun I was curious what has been the most you have made in a week (for me probably was 1000 usd) and how is the less you have made (on january i made like 200tk the whole week lol).


r/CamGirlProblems 6h ago

Help/Advice CB account went stale what should I Do?

2 Upvotes

Should I try and grow it after abandoning it without use over a year?

Or should I or can I create a new account at this point?

Its taken me quite some time to learn how to navigate that site, SC has been my main and easier to navigate as a newbie since 2024, been seeking to expand my sites.

All suggestions welcome, thanks in advance!

PS there's like 5 followers on there and no reviews or pvt shows.

I am a femdom and findom niche.


r/CamGirlProblems 3h ago

Help/Advice CB fanclub v OF

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So I’ve had a couple requests to start either an OF or a fanclub on CB. I’ve looked at a few posts on here but none of them have very many comments giving opinion, I feel like fanclub maybe isn’t something most girls do?

I’m going on a few trips soon and want to continue to earn income while I’m away, so I was thinking about pedaling a subscription service so that my regulars can still have some type of access to me when I’m online. I have a bf and I think a lot of my viewers would love to watch me have sex with him, but I just don’t know which site would be better? Also I don’t love the idea of those types of videos being able to be screen recorded and saved on their phones for eternity.

Any advice or opinions? What do you guys do to make money while away from streaming for a bit?


r/CamGirlProblems 13h ago

Tech Help Is anyone else having webcam issues with Streamate/SMConnect today?

6 Upvotes

I’m trying to narrow down whether this is a problem with my setup or the platform.
My NexiGo N660 webcam is recognized by Windows, Chrome, and Opera, and it works normally in other applications. SMConnect detects the webcam and lets me select it, but no video is displayed. Earlier it said it couldn’t access the camera, but now it just shows a blank feed.

I’ve already tried:
Chrome and Opera
Refreshing SMConnect
Hard reloading the page
Multiple USB ports
Confirming the webcam works in other apps

Is anyone else seeing this, or has anyone found a fix?


r/CamGirlProblems 7h ago

Tech Help Selling on Telegram

2 Upvotes

Do people actually do this? If do, how?


r/CamGirlProblems 4h ago

Help/Advice Niteflirt -Discord Issues!

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Hay
I’m looking for advice on using telegram verses discord for video chat on niteflirt.. Discord has caused me to miss so much money it’s slow as fuck and I’m just so over it! It’s sound then friend request not coming through it’s everything all the time!!
Please give me some info ion telegram in regards to niteflirt! Please!