/ot/ - off-topic

>>143998
It's a lot of money, I did it for about a month when I was 18 to help pay for my living situation, I made close to 10 grand.

It really is a lot of money but it also takes up a lot of your time if you want to make that much money. Unless you're super attractive, you have to put in a lot of hours. It isn't as simple as showing up. I would be working from 4pm to 2am most days. I'd only cam for 5 hours, but I'd have to put energy into other things like talking to people outside of camming, makeup etc. It was exhausting emotionally and physically.

Just block anyone who is rude, trolling, etc. It wasn't that big of a deal when I was doing it years ago but it might be worse now.

The cons are that your family WILL find out eventually, your future partners might think poorly of you, just assume everyone knows and judges you for it because that's what will happen in reality. It will take up a lot of time. If you're not successful off the bat you might feel like total shit about yourself. It's very competitive so you probably won't make as much money as you could 5 years ago. Honestly? I regret it even though it paid for like 1/2 my student loans and living situation for a long time, I don't like the fact that my family thinks I'm a prostitute and that my boyfriend knows I used to degrade myself on cam. But if you don't care what other people think it probably isn't a big deal.

Pros are that it's a lot of money for very unskilled work that requires virtually no experience. You can basically set your own standards and don't /have/ to get naked, I never did. I think the only thing I did was flash the camera a few times and wear lingerie. So you can stay within some semblance of a comfortzone, I guess. It's still degrading.

>>143999
Not OP but how did your family find out?
How much you were making per shift?
Did you have a niche?

Sorry you had to go through that shit. I've always thought that if I was going to sell myself on the internet, I'd have to wear obstructive makeup so that when digital face recognition databases are inevitably made public my identity would be safe.

>>143998
You could just stream on twitch instead and not have to take your clothes off.

>>144000
Someone who knows me noticed me and told them, basically.

I wore a wig and circle lenses for the majority of the time. And contoured, etc. My face wasn't even in the screencaps my parents got, they could just tell based on the body/surroundings/trusting the person that told them.

And I didn't make a set amount per shift, I'd usually cam from 9pm-2am. Some days I'd make $100, some days I'd make $500.

No videos of me online. I lucked out, this was before they did it all automatically. Now they automatically take screencap tires of every model and upload them online so that sucks.

>>144001
I have small boobs, so unless estrogen gel works or I can magically conjure the money for a boob job; I'm not getting far with streaming.

>>143999
>>144002
I'm honestly so sorry you got found out like that, but I'm sure as heck glad your face isn't around these days. I'm highly aware of bots that automatically record streams now which is why I'd gravitate to trying to sell clips and custom work I suppose (within limits clearly). I would cam as well too though but y'know.
I've never really had a bf that really respected me from the beginning except for one guy so I don't know if not camming would make much of a difference.
But I value your advice and the lessons you've shared, I'm really keeping those in mind.

>>35139
isnt this that chinese cosplayer living in japan whose boyfriend cheated on her but she outed the girl instead with her info to her 10k+ twitter followers

I did it 3 years ago.
Didn't earn a lot because i didn't get naked

>>35139
Those don't look small just squished up. It's a fact that "sex workers" make way less money before they get boobjobs anyway. Yes, even the super botched looking ones. Small tits (A-cup and below) also only work if your body is a 10/10 otherwise and you have a young face like the girl in that pic. The only other way to succeed would be if you were as close to child as physically possible for an adult woman and pandered to pedos looking for something legal. Anorexic fetishists seem to be desperate to not care too much about breasts but there's always someone spoopier and bustier at the same time.

also >Josh
At least try to pretend you aren't a robot with asian fetish on a board specifically titled "girl talk."

>>144003
Clips are good but if you get successful your shit will be out there too.

But the most important part is good lighting/angles/etc. It has to look perfect and really professional, not grainy or anything like that. Whether you're making clips or camming.

>>144007
most importantly: put things in your butt. you'll make boku bucks.(USER HAS BEEN PUT OUT TO PASTURE)

>>144003
small boobs are only a problem if youre a fattychan anon

>>144008
>going ass-to-mouth

Disgusting.

Somebody got some Advise for lighting?

Don't do this shit. It ruined the life of my friend when her boyfriend's friend (she was single when she was doing it) saw her videos years later.

People WILL recognize you. People WILL find out. This shit is gonna haunt you for the rest of your life.

>>144009
See >>144006

What you said is only true if you mean small by lolcow, porn, anime, and video game standards.

>>144003
You've never had a boyfriend that respected you?

No wonder you're the type of person who does prostitution and porn.

>>144013
This. There are some videos about this on Efukt I believe

Has no one really mentioned taxes???

Are you kidding?

Tax season is the worst when you're cam girl.

Girl, don't do it. It might seem like an easy buck for practically no effort, but it's not. You either have to go full hardcore (showing everything, masturbating etc.) to earn good money or have some sort of a niché that has an audience but hasn't been overplayed. Secondly, it's going to damage your psyche. You're selling your body and while it might seem fun and exciting at first, it's going to haunt you. And like other anons said, you will be recognized sooner or later no matter what you do. You might get obsessive stalker patrons who think they own you just because they give you money.

Most of the "lmao I make $1500 an evening putting my tits out and I just love the attention, all the guys are SO nice!" posts are written by men acting as women. Don't be fooled into thinking it's some sort of a glamorous, profitable profession.

>>143998
I've considered doing this with a niche in furries. Mostly clips, and the occasional cam when I can be bothered doing a full body costume make up of whichever animal I happen to decide on. I feel like that would be the only way to keep your identity underwraps in terms of visual identification, and anything else related to your cam would need to be created specifically for the cam and only used for the cam. Cheap smartphone with social media for cam on it. Dedicated room where you filmed all clips. You'd basically have to treat the cam persona as an entirely separate entity and set up all that it would need with very little connection to you in order to keep yourself underwraps and even then, someone will probably find out. it's risk/reward, I guess.

I wasnt a cam girl but i used to have an xhamster account and take pictures almost everyday. Guys loved it but sooner or later it got boring and I felt gross about myself. Quit it in the end i did.