I want to be a camgirl, now what?

For a cam model there are a lot of ways to earn extra income. Some will only be useful if you already have a big following (fanbase) and some are useful to help you get a bigger following. One of the first things you should do when you start out as a cam model is to create a profile on a clip site and a fan site. While they both offer ways to make money from your content, they differ in how they operate and the revenue streams they provide.

Selling subscriptions, pics and vids

Clip sites, such as ManyVids and Clips4Sale, allow you to upload and sell videos and photos to customers. These sites are great for earning a passive income, as your content can be sold 24/7 and you don't have to follow a strict schedule. You can also set your own prices for your content, which can vary depending on the length and type of content. The main advantage of clip sites is that you can earn money from the same content over and over again. So yes, creating content takes longer than a regular camshow, but a camshow you can only “sell” once. There is no limit on how many times you can sell the same content.

On the other hand, fan sites like OnlyFans allow you to charge a subscription fee for access to exclusive content such as, pre-recorded videos, photos, and more. With OnlyFans, you can build a community of loyal fans who will pay for ongoing access to your content, which can generate a recurring income. Like with clip sites, you can sell your subscriptions 24/7, set your prices and earn even when you are not online. However, unlike clip sites, you need to be more active. Your fans expect you to create new content every week or month, since they pay a monthly fee. Also expect to be more interactive with your customers. They will contact you and make requests. If you are doing this correctly you will get a bigger following and fan base.

As a cam model, it's important to utilize both clip sites and fan sites to maximize your earning potential. Both methods will offer you:

• Sales continue 24 hours a day
• You do not have to follow a work schedule
• You can determine how much the customers have to pay for your content (to a certain extent)
• Extra promotion and passive income as a webcam model

Clip sites will need less maintenance and you can sell your content over and over again, while fan sites require more content creation on a regular basis, but will allow you a way to build a community and generate a recurring monthly income. By using both platforms, you can reach a wider audience and diversify your revenue streams. It's important to remember that different platforms and strategies work for different models, so it's worth experimenting to find what works best for you.

The major clip sites

There are a lot of clip sites where you can sell you content. Some are very general and some are very specific. Most of the time you will also have the option to sell your pics and vids through the camsite you are working on. Here is an overview of the bigger players in the content selling world. If a site is not listed here, it doesn’t mean that it is a crappy site, these listed here are simply the biggest ones.

• Manyvids
• Clips4sale
• MFCShare
• Modelhub
• iWantClips

Manyvids and Clips4sale are stand alone sites. Their focus as a company has been solely on creating clip sites.

iWantClips is part of iWantEmpire and their main focus also lies with clips and content.

MFCShare is part of the Myfreecams company and Modelhub is the model part of Pornhub, the biggest tubesite in the world.

The Major Fan sites

There are many platforms available for cam models to monetize their fanbase through subscriptions. These platforms, often referred to as fan sites, social sites or sites for adult content creators , range from general to niche-specific. It's worth noting that just because a platform isn't mentioned here, it doesn't mean it's not reputable or successful, but these are some of the biggest and well-known in the industry.

• OnlyFans
• LoyalFans
• Fansly
• My.club

OnlyFans, although they are different entities, if owned by the founder of MyFreecams. 

Loyalfans and Clip4sale are part of the same company

My.club, like Stripchat is part of the same parent company, xHamster.

Creating your own content selling site

There are also ways to create your own website and use it to sell your content. You can use free site makers or buy a site. Either way, you also have to take care of a payment provider, which can be a hassle, since you are selling adult. There are sites that have an easy all in solution. They create your site, create the backend and take care of the payments. In return they get a percentage of the money you make, which is smaller than most clipsites. They only make money when you make money, so you have no setup costs. This is a very nice solution to start selling and create your own fan base in the process.

Here you can find examples of sites that work like that:

• ModelCentro
• xModel