In leaping around the net there are several NSFW webcam sites that pop up if you use file downloaders that feature a portal to hundreds of women (and some men) who at any given time are hanging around in front of live webcams at (assumedly at their homes or apts based on the occasional household noises in the background) and will display themselves in front of the web cameras trolling for guys to sign on for a “private show” which usually takes the action up a notch. Most of the time they are typing on keyboards responding to guys trying to get them to perform for free and telling them to “take it private” if they want action. Looking at the menu of choices for any taste in existence there is a web cam woman to match. If you are curious googling “Live Jasmin” will take you the typical site am talking about.
The large majority of these women appear to be ESOL or non-English speaking even though the text interaction is in English. The amounts the sites charge for private shows are usually a few dollars a minute. I’ve never sighed up for any of these shows because this pay for tele wanking play is fascinating as a lifestyle decision, but not that erotic to me.
I can’t imagine anyone getting rich off this. From the women’s perspective I guess if you have a nice body or can be compelling to men, diddling yourself in front of a webcam beats working at the local sneaker factory for a few bucks an hour. How does the financial split with these setups work? How much does the site take and how much does the performer get? Can they make decent money doing this?
I know a lot of people who don’t fit any of the categories in the link. They handle it entirely themselves, don’t make that much money, but it gives them a bit of extra income. Most of them aren’t very friendly, but that’s the clientele they are going for. Only a select few are friendly, and it honestly seems genuine for them. In fact, their friendliness seems to be correlated with a lot of insecurity, since they also will go on about their lives in their public videos. They get as much out of us as we do out of them.
And I’m pretty sure some of them get off on people getting off on them. These are the ones who do more public videos than private, and squee when people say the most perverted things in the comments. I think the only reason they have paid sessions is that they need money. They’d do it for free, otherwise.
I know one person who’s dabbled in this. It’s inconsistent. >$50 an hour is definitely possible. It can be surprisingly physically demanding, not just in the “obvious” ways but it involves a lot of typing and sitting in non-ergonomic positions. Keeping “business” going can be the tough part. Like any job dependent on tips, it can really vary from day to day.