Camming is an increasingly popular profession, with hundreds of thousands of girls around the planet over plopping a webcam in their bedroom and taking their clothes off for a little extra spending money. Many of them are amateurs, and many view camming as a supplement to their main source of income rather than what pays the bills. After all, how could it ever be lucrative enough for that, especially with the number of free sex cams available?
The truth is that there’s a lot of money in camming at the top levels. Some girls aren’t just paying the bills with their camming income; they’re buying houses and cars. How is this possible? Why do some girls make only a couple of hundred bucks here and there, but others are well into six figures?
Let’s look at the biggest earners in the biz and what they’re doing to have reached the top of the pile.
Abella Anderson
This Cuban beauty can probably attribute much of her success to the fact that she is fairly famous outside her cam work.
She’s appeared in a couple of Childish Gambino music videos, works as a brand ambassador for more than one fashion label, and routinely makes speaking appearances worldwide.
Anderson supplements this formidable income with an equally formidable webcam income. Due to a combination of her celebrity, her devoted fan base and the fact that she is pretty damn hot, she reportedly earns north of half a million dollars a year just from her camming.
Kickaz
Kickaz doesn’t command the sort of following that Abella Anderson does. So why is she so successful?
Kickaz’s appeal comes down to her gimmick. She’s an old-school burlesque dancer who brings a uniquely Vaudevillian twist to her act that leaves fans constantly thirsty for more.
In the tradition of Dita von Teese and other burlesque dancers, Kickaz’s powers lie as much in what she doesn’t reveal as in what she does. There’s something very titillating about a sexy woman who exudes old-school femininity, and Kickaz exploits that to the max.
Olivia
This Native American cam girl’s cam performances see her walk away with more than half a million dollars a year. This is despite the fact that she works only sporadically and doesn’t offer the typically cheerful demeanour associated with many of the biggest names in the cam industry.
So what’s the secret of her success? It’s likely a combination of her artificially-created scarcity (she cams only once every few months) and her ethnicity. Perceived “exoticness” is a big draw in any sex industry, and there are very few Native women in the cam biz.
PumpkinSpice_
PumpkinSpice_’s schtick is that she’s the whole social media package. She doesn’t just maintain a presence on cam sites; she’s active on Twitter, Instagram, Kik and Snapchat and puts out a constant stream of content to keep her fans engaged. She also regularly interacts with her fans on these platforms.
Couple this with her irrepressible enthusiasm and a healthy dose of cutesiness, and PumpkinSpice_ has found a way to hit the jackpot each and every time.
AspenRae
AspenRae combines a sound head for business with being smoking hot. The 25-year-old cam model holds a degree in psychology, and it’s clear she’s putting that to good use figuring out what makes her viewers tick.
In addition to her extremely lucrative cam business, the self-described “professional masturbator” maintains a SnapChat account that she willingly hands over access to – for a fee.
It’s this George Lucas-esque attention to merchandising details that see the canny model take home almost half a million dollars in annual earnings from her cam appearances alone – and that’s not taking into account her Snapchat fees or gifts.
LexxiStar
Despite appearing on camera for a mere five months out of the year, LexxiStar is still making a killing from her performances. What’s the secret to her success?
LexxiStar has a few strings to her bow that help her come out on top of the pile. Firstly, she’s East Asian in origin – a huge draw in the cam industry as proven by the thriving Asian cam categories on sites like PDCams.com, as there are few native East Asians in the business – and she’s bisexual, a demographic that scratches many men’s itches for a little hot girl-on-girl action, but leaves open the possibility that they have a shot with a model.
Whether that’s realistic or not doesn’t really matter – the upshot is that LexxiStar pulls in about 400k a year from a mere five months’ worth of performances. You can’t argue with those kinds of results.
Natalia Grey
Cam girl Natalia Grey combines a curvy figure with a canny head for viewer retention. Her cam profiles are carefully cultivated to reward repeat viewers, emphasising tipping and buying access to her back catalogue of videos and photo albums.
Natalia offers “Grey Warden” status on her account, which unlocks a huge number of videos. These are not simply clips of her cam performances – many are full-sex videos with both guys and girls and provide an excellent incentive to buy a bunch of tokens.
Natalia also maintains various leaderboards detailing her biggest tippers, viewers with the most achievement points, and the highest single/cumulative tippers for a given month. It’s this sort of incentive to tip that keeps her viewers tipping and keeps them coming back.
Selena Adams
Diminutive yet busty Selena Adams is a huge draw for cam viewers, having already netted two marriage proposals from besotted viewers. She’s content to remain single for the time being, however – and her mammoth earnings may have something to do with that.
A huge part of Adams’ appeal is her down-to-earth persona and friendliness, which make her an eminently relatable cam girl. This relatability sees her earn close to 400k a year, despite only being active on a part-time basis.
Conclusion
There are many more high-flying cam girls out there, but we hope this has given you an idea of who some of the biggest earners are out there – and why, exactly, they’re pulling in six figures a year. Whether it’s approachability, the kawaii factor, or just really nice tits, there’s a reason these girls are making it big. How many others will be able to put their lightning in a bottle?