How much you can earn as a webcam model

Adult webcam models earnings – How much can you make?

The big question of every cam girl is "How much can I make?" Adult webcamming is performer based and down to everyone’s marketing and performance levels, thus determining how much they make.  It is down to each adult webcam model for getting tips/ private shows. Choosing a good high traffic webcam site will help. The adult camming site you choose will drive lots of traffic to your profile and chatroom, but no adult webcam site can guarantee earnings for its webcam girls. 

Difference between public chat and private chat

Public chat is free for people to chat, and they expect sexy lingerie or some nudity. But you can earn tips in this mode on most sites. This is where you try and entice your customers into your private chat. 

Private chat - This is the one-to-one chat where you can charge per minute. 

There is lots of factors to take into consideration that affect earnings. One webcam model may make thousands a day (usually a famous porn star), other £10 or others a few hundred. Also, the longer hours you work, the more money you can earn. Some tips to make more money:

• Fast internet connection / Good quality Feed
• Consider the type of shows you want to do. e.g., sex toys, fetish, nude. The more diverse you are, the more money you will earn.
• Appearance – make sure you look attractive, make – up, hair etc
• Brand – Who is your market? Are you a slim young college girl? BBW? sexy Milf or Gilf? Porn star etc there is a market for everyone!
• Personality – be happy and smiling. No one likes a miserable webcam model!
• Work longer hours
• Promote your webcam profile

Good Quality Feed will mean more income!

The higher quality your web camming feed, the more money you will make. There are quite a few things that can affect the quality of the feed, so getting this right is essential. Test and test again! Some of the things that affect feeds are split webcamming, slow internet connection, background sound, lighting etc.

When starting out you may be just using your laptop and inbuilt webcam. As soon as you start earning (or can afford too) buy a top-quality HD webcam. It will give you improved video and sound, thus giving you the edge over the competition.

Fast internet is a must! Make sure you upgrade your internet connection to the fastest speed. You can compare speeds and pricing of different internet companies online.

Take into consideration your webcamming room / space. Is it well lit? Clean? Quiet? You do not want to be that webcam model sitting in a dark bedroom that looks very unwelcoming!

Your Model Personality

Many adult webcam models have an “online camming personality” like an actor/ actress. They switch into this person when performing. The more of a personality you show on adult webcam, the more money you will make. Make sure you are warm and welcoming, be professional but not cold, (ignore / block any abuse and trolls), be bubbly and smiling. Warm smiling and bubbly personalities normally have much better success at webcamming. Webcamming is more than just getting naked. You need to entice your clients in with your personality as well as your body! In turn helping you build up regulars in the future.

If you are in a bad mood, tired or do not feel up to webcamming? It’s best to take the night/day off as otherwise it will show in your performances.

Appearance

You do not have to have model looks or glamour star looks to make it as an adult webcam girl/ model. Clients are looking for models of all different ages (18 +), shapes and sizes. Being attractive helps, but so does having a good personality, work ethic. You want to look your best when going on cam, hair done, make up, nails, nice lingerie, outfits etc.

Type of shows

Consider the type of shows you want to do. e.g., sex toys, fetish, nude. The more diverse you are, the more money you will earn. Only do shows you are comfortable with / enjoy otherwise it will show in the performance.

Work longer hours / different times

The more time you send on cam, the more you can earn. A model earning 8 hours a day will earn a lot more than a model working 2 hours a day. Also spending more time online will allow you to build up more fans and followers.

Try different times of the day/ different countries and time zones. For example, if you work late at night, when there is a lot of competition it might be harder to earn money. Swap for the mornings and see if it is more profitable.

Maybe webcam to another country / time zone. For example, you may be based in the U.K but webcam in the USA gaining new clients. Remember to check out the time zone though!

Promoting your webcam profile

The established adult webcamming sites are having professional marketing teams doing their promotions. Thus, they receive lots of good quality traffic, resulting in more paid viewers to your chat room. You do not have to do any self-promotion yourself, but it does sometimes help bring in some extra regulars. A few examples of self-promotion:

• Build up a social media following on sites such as twitter
• Build up your brand on other adult networks
• Start an adult website/ blog with links to your webcamming profiles. Do SEO to get ranked on the search engines.

However, bear in mind these actions take time and effort for results. 

Some final tips:

Do not expect every day on cam to be mega busy. Some days will be busier than others. Consider that busy days will be followed by quiet days. Its best to base your earnings over the month rather than day by day. You will get a better idea of your earnings.

As a beginner do not get disheartened that you do not immediately make money. It takes time to get established and build up regulars.

Make your profile professional looking. Most of the established adult webcam/girl model sites allow you to customize your profile. Some webcamming sites will just offer a basic profile such as adding some photos. Other sites are fully customized with HTML. Make sure your profile is completed as it looks more professional. Include information about what you do and do not offer. This saves timewasting.

Photos are especially important. Do not use dark, dull, or poor lit photos. Use professional or good selfie style photos to stand out from the other cam girl models. 

Xpunting.com is currently in process of developing its very own webcam feature which will be available soon, however we do have an adult fans page where you can upload your adult exclusive content and start earning straight away! 

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