Guide on How to Become a Cam Girl
Everyone wants to make money easily and one of the best ways to do this is from your bedroom being a cam model. When you jump on sites like MyFreeCams or Chaturbate and see how much money the models are receiving in tips you can’t help but be intrigued.
This guide will teach you the methods and useful ideas of have you on your way to becoming a successful cam girl today.
Love what you do!
We don’t always have the luxury of working and doing something that we love to do. If you love camming then it is for you. If not, find another career you enjoy doing. As they say you will be a lot more successful doing something that you enjoy doing.
You will have to work hard, especially at first so you must love it to get past the initial hurdle.
Your income plans should always be long term. That is you should always use rev-share programs and not PPS (pay per sign up) style affiliate programs.
As you are entering the adult industry you must be happy with telling everyone what you do as any great cam girl will build public profiles on all social media site and these will be found by friends or family in time. Often it can be a friend from school will spot your picture and tag someone they know and soon enough everyone knows. This can be great for your earning potential though, as more traffic usually means more $$’s 🙂
And while you might be completely comfortable with your new found job, not everyone will share the same opinion. Learn to block the haters, it will be much better for you self-steam and happiness.
First, before you even buy a webcam, make 100% sure you are prepared for the above risk of being outed as a camgirl.
Should you use a studio?
There are many studios around the world but it is always best do things on your own. Yes, they may be able to help you make more money at first but in the long run you will lose out by giving them their earnings cut as a commission.
Research All Cam Sites
There are plenty to choose from and so we have provided a list of our preferred sites below for you to select from.
Join each and try them. The main questions you should ask of each are:
- How much commission do receive from your tips?
- What’s the sneaky fine print they include when you join?
- Can you link to your social accounts to build your own profile?
- Are there fan clubs or store link features?
- Can they allow you to create virtual reality as some call this the future of cams?
- Do they accept men, only women, couples?
- Are they a new site or have they been around for years?
- Do they pay daily, weekly, bi weekly or monthly?
Sometimes commission to the sites can be up to 70% which seems like a lot but they may really help you get some great earnings. You may find that you make 10x more than you do on other sites so you don’t mind paying a little more commission for this privilege.
Talk To Other Cam Models On Social
Some models will just use social poorly by posting, even automatically and not engage. Join Twitter, Instagram at the very least and set up your profile. Detail what you do and a bit about yourself in your bio. Then once you are all set up follow a few other cam girls and chat to them about camming. Some will be very helpful and offer you ‘insider’ tips. There is nothing more valuable than someone who’s been in the industry a while.
Don’t ask them questions like what camera to use or how you get paid. Google that for answers. Don’t be wasting their time or some girls will get very angry at you 🙁
Protect Yourself While Camming
- Make sure location settings are disabled when setting up on your camsite, Skype, or whatever tools you use.
- You could even get a second phone and separate bank account if you’re that concerned.
- Never give out your address, no matter how “trusted” a customer is. Some girls may give a city they live in, and sometimes this can be too much.
- Make sure you use a ‘stage name’ for your camming and use this name everywhere. On your socials and for your cam username. It will help with building reputation in the industry.
Camming Is A Business
Just like and business it will take you time and effort especially in the early days.
Try To Be Different To Other Girls
There are millions of other cam girls out there so you want to try and be different to them. As in marketing one method people use is ‘point of difference’. It may be that you are into a certain niche that other girls aren’t. Maybe you like certain types of music. Who knows.. You think of what this could be and build on it.
How do you handle this and set yourself apart?
- Decide what you’re comfortable doing
- Decide on your unique style
- Choose a stage name and stick with it
- Have a good work ethic
- Be consistent with your broadcasting
- Always be sending traffic out to our social media pages
- Offer clips you can buy (optional)
- Be yourself
Should You Reply To Your Viewers?
The best camers I know do reply both in type and also voice. You don’t have to do this if you don’t wish though. There are some cammers who will even wear a mask to hide their face from their shows. These shows are interesting and convert a little but for the best success you want your customers to ‘fall in love’ with you. And often this is easier when they have a face to associate you with.
Trolls Are Everywhere!
There will be at times people who troll you and for whatever reason they have they will try and fuck with your mind and get under your skin. Don’t let them. Either ignore them or just block them and move on. Also you will receive some very weird and perverted talk in your cam window and on your socails at times. Again, just do the same and block and/or ignore.
Keep Building Those Socials
Your job as a webcamer is to get lots of ‘regulars’. These are the ones that will happily tip you all of their pay each week. Some may even be very wealthy and tip you amounts like $5,000 USD in one tip. It may feel excessive to you but to them it’s just pocket change and they don’t mind.
Always post the best pics on your social media accounts. Always do your hair and makeup for each cam session and for pics. It doesn’t have to be ‘stage’ makeup always but don’t do the ‘no makeup’ thing. Most guys and fans won’t like it even if they say they do. This has been tested with research studies time and time again.
Build anticipation for each show by posting things like, ‘watch my show tonight’ on twitter and instagram with a sexy image or short video teaser. Try to get potential fans to ‘follow’ your shows if possible as it will allow them to be alerted to when you are online and it will help you get closer to being the ‘top cam’. Some cam sites will even reward top camer, for example the hour or day with a prize 🙂
Have The Correct Work Tools
Like and job, you need the correct tools of trade and you wouldn’t turn up without these. This would be like a doctor turning up to work without a stethoscope. Things you NEED!!!!!
- A high definition webcam
- A powerful laptop or desktop
- A good microphone
- A high-speed, stable internet connection
- Good lighting
- A dedicated website (optional)
Don’t start camming and buy a cheap webcam to start with. The first few weeks are some of the most important where you want to use your ‘new’ status to grow fast. After a while if you are using a low quality cam you will be perceived as cheap of of poor quality in the industry. Often a cam viewer will only watch high definition cams and will close out of any that appear blurry or not HD. You don’t want this to occur. From the start you should invest $100-$200 in a good Logitech. The same goes for clothes and accessories.
As for sex toys, please don’t buy cheap ones. Often they will contain toxic chemicals (especially jelly). Stick to medical grade silicone or other body-safe materials.
There are also long-distance sex toys that you can set up to be controlled by your clients in exchange for tips. Use these wherever possible as these will greatly increase your earnings from tips. Just watch a few cam girls to see them earn with these.
Create More Income Streams
Remember when we mentioned clips and a storefront?
These could bring additional sources of income:
- Sell clips or videos
- Drive traffic to affiliate offers to join cam sites
- Recruit other cam girls into the industry
- Sell your used panties, clothes, or sex toys
- Offer private shows or custom content requests
- Sell signed photos
- Charge for sexy stories you’ve written (make sure they are good)
- Make commissions by becoming a sex toy affiliate
- Sell your WhatsApp or other chat contact information
- Fan/members only paid perks
- Collaborate with other cam girls for different videos or shows
- Create an Amazon Wishlist
Amazon Wish Lists
These can be great as some viewers prefer to buy you ‘things’ rather than just tipping you money. You can even offer to model a piece for a person should they buy it for you. Some girls have even made established business’s just from doing this alone. In any case it saves you spending your own money on things you were going to have to buy anyway. For example sex toys or even a faster computer.
Don’t be ridiculous with what you put in your wish list. Low priced items work best. Don’t fill your wishlist with $10,000 TV’s for example.
Do Models Pay Taxes?
You bet your sweet ass they do!!!! You don’t want the IRS knocking at your door so always stay on top of these. Keep records for all ‘tools’ you purchase for your camming work. And also keep records of your internet costs and other things.
Thank you for reading this guide. We recommend you visit out blog for other great articles including how to make more money on chaturbate and how to make more $$’s with myfreecams. Especially if you choose to use either of these sites for your work. If you have any questions about anything at all please contact us as we are more than happy to help you.