How much webcam models earn is an ambiguous question: it’s almost the same as comparing the average salary in Russia with the reality that some earn 15,000 rubles, and others earn 1 million, but on average 50,000.
To begin with, let’s sort out who is accepted as a web-model. These are girls, guys, couples (heterosexual and homosexual) and transgender people. Webcam is a field where the personality of the model is very important. Of course, some girls and guys gain an audience only through sexually explicit content. However, in order to count on high-paying privates, you need to know how to talk. In this article, we’ll try to figure out why some earn $10,000 a week and others barely make it to $200.
THE EARNING PATTERN OF WEBCAM MODELS
Not all models strip to make money – that’s a fact. There are two categories of broadcasting:
- Erotica – communication with actions of a sexual nature;
- Flirting – without any nudity, just pleasant conversation on a webcam.
Web hostesses launch online broadcasts, incentivize them to invite them into a paid private chat room or send them donations. These are the main ways of earning for most models, but they are not the only possible ways. Let’s divide income channels into several variants:
- traditional – ways to increase income only by means of webcam platforms;
- alternative – ways besides the functions of the services.
Traditional webcam model income schemes
For the most part, the interfaces of webcam sites are similar: somewhere there are more opportunities, somewhere less.
Private chat
A personal video chat between a model and a viewer, the main source of a webcam model’s salary. Some sites divide chat into two types – usual and fully private: the first allows “peeping”, the second does not.
The cost of private communication is set by the model, but the platforms set the maximum and minimum limits: for example, from $0.99 to $19.99 per minute. The average goes from $2 to $10; popular top models can charge as much as $19.
“Sneak peeks.”
The essence of the feature reflects the name: viewers can connect to an already ongoing private chat at a discounted rate. Depending on the site, additional users are either shown and can comment on what’s going on, or are hidden and denied the ability to write.
Costs on BongaCams range from 5 to 80 tokens per minute ($0.125 to $2).
Free Chat.
Free general chat, in which the model communicates with an unlimited number of users. The payment for the work is a tip, which is sent by the viewers at will. There are webcam platforms that do not involve private: there webcams earn only in Free chat.
To motivate viewers to pay, webcams hostesses attach a type-menu in the first message: a list of actions with rates. Additionally, you can set goals, such as a bouquet of flowers or a new phone. Average earnings here are hard to say, it all depends on the creativity and performance of the model.
Candy Show.
A group show with different names on different web portals. The essence of the function – the model comes up with a creative broadcast (show, performance), writes a story, sets the price of admission, time and duration, starts selling “tickets” to the audience about half an hour or an hour before the start.
Block Sessions
Not everywhere, but definitely on Streamate. The bottom line: the model chooses time slots convenient for her, sets the price and sells them to viewers for a fixed fee. Most often, viewers buy them at a discount. For example, a half hour can be sold for $50.
Cam2Cam.
A feature often found in the interface of popular venues. Cam2Cam – Camera To Camera – where a viewer connects their webcam in conversation with a model and they both see each other. Paid for separately. For example, on the webcam platform StripChat, the price ranges from 8 to 150 tokens ($0.4 to $7.5).
Private Messages
Private Messages – the function of paid correspondence, not available on all sites. Connect it in settings, set the cost and communicate with viewers for money. On Chaturbate the price per PM is from 2 to 5 tokens ($0.1 to $0.25). The prices are purely symbolic, but suitable for luring the user into a private chat.
Paid content
For selling photos and videos, the mechanism is implemented in different ways.
Closed content
The viewer immediately buys access to private albums through the service;
the viewer sends the model the needed amount of money in tips and she gives him the password from the closed gallery.
Fan Clubs
Thematic communities devoted to models and linked to the webcam platform. The user buys a monthly subscription to updates and reads the posts closed from other users.
Fan clubs have rules for posting: the regularity of posts and their format are defined. For example, she must post three photos and one video a week.
Models who meet the conditions can create fan clubs:
- high rating;
- a place in the top;
- a lot of subscribers;
- a completed portfolio.
The cost of membership fees depends on the success of the model. For example, on Streamate, the price of a fan club subscription ranges from $10 to $20 per month.
Social media links
Models may place social media links (preferably not personal, but specially created working ones) in their accounts and set a price for them. Streamate partners with Model Centro. It’s a platform to create your own site where the model posts content. Viewers buy on Streamate the webcam address in Model Centro.
Contests
Streaming platforms often hold incentive contests for top models. Drawings are daily, weekly and monthly.
LiveJasmin awards $10,000 to the top webcam models in 6 categories every week. BongaCams holds a weekly “Queen of Queens” contest with prizes of up to $1,000.
Alternative Schemes
Those earning options that don’t apply to platforms.
Working accounts in social networks.
Register working social media accounts under an alias and sell subscriptions/additions to friends for a month. You’ll have to keep track of deadlines manually, Google Sheets will work fine.
Popular working networks for models: Telegram, SnapChat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tencent QQ (Asian messenger).
Paid content by subscription
Register accounts with content subscription platforms. The most popular are Boosty, OnlyFans. Income depends on popularity, for example, on OF you can earn from $49 to $2,499 with 1,000 subscribers. One subscription costs $4.99 to $50 per month.
Boosty creates an author page with varying levels of access to content. If you are subscribed to 1,000 people with a subscription fee of 200 rubles, for a month you will earn 180,000 (including service fees).
HOW MUCH DO ONLINE MODELS EARN?
Here are the statistics on how much webcam models make on average on different platforms:
- BongaCams – $4,200.
- Chaturbate – $7,000.
- LiveJasmin – $3,900.
- StripChat- $9,000.
- xModel- $4,150.
Streaming sites also often post the highest weekly or monthly earnings of employees.
Three top models’ earnings in two weeks on LiveJasmin:
- $3.06 million.
- $2.38 million.
- $2.33 million.
Top three models’ earnings in a month on BongaCams:
- $34,460.
- $26,220.
- $24,020.
Enter data in the calculator and find out your potential income as a webcam model.
WHAT AFFECTS THE AVERAGE EARNINGS OF A WEBCAM MODEL?
In addition to the obvious luck (bumping into a generous memeber), the following factors influence earnings:
- experience – novice models earn much less
- work schedule – the duration of the time of day broadcasts, the number of working days per week;
- knowledge of English – the most solvent members are foreigners;
- quality of content – creativity, HD-resolution of broadcasts, good lighting and adequate background
- working profile design – filled out portfolio, nice photos, friendly and intriguing bio;
- broadcast category – flirty or erotic;
- use of erotic toys – increases average checks by 30%;
- number of loyal memebers – the more there are, the less you have to go out for free broadcasts;
- Sale of photos and videos – closed galleries and social networks, subscription services.
CONCLUSION
Here is a list of recommendations on how to make good money on webcam:
- Use the whole interface of the streaming platforms. If there are any additional paid options – be sure to try to master them and assess how useful they are to you.
- Broadcast with the help of a splitter. It is a program which allows you to send streams to several sites simultaneously: in this way you will get more money for the same actions.
- Improve your English skills. Ideally, a tutor or group courses. Can’t afford them? Look for free ways: try out English-language Facebook, Linkedin, QQ. Install language mobile apps and practice your vocabulary.
- Sell content through specialized services. We’ve already mentioned Boosty and OnlyFans, these are great passive income options.
- Do not stop on one webcam platform. Use 2-3 portals at the same time, test for at least a month and draw conclusions about the effectiveness for your promotion.
