Are most of these girls from third-world countries?

[fred0s]

I would assume that they are because there you could pay them less for the same amount of work someone in a more developed country would.

[minniesoporno]

Not all of them are.

Just it's easier to "pimp" girls out on a webcam then in other industries.

and places in north american canada and usa the girls are more likely to do it by themselves because they have more resources to find out what is really going on.

Very few girls from other girls are able to set up doing webcam by themselves those are the lucky ones.

[Hony]

What's your definition of third world? A lot of them are from eastern Europe which possibly has limited economic development, but is hardly third world.

Any online work is liable to migrate to places were the cost of living are lower. Try to employee a freelance programmer these days and they are liable to be from India, Russia etc.

For that matter try to hire a real life qualified nurse in the US or England and they are liable to come from the Philippines or Poland!

Welcome to the 21st Century.

[hotbabee]

I agree, Eastern Europe does not mean third world countries, and most girls work from home. Only the poorest from Russia and Romania, and very few from other Eastern European countries work from studio. It doesn't require luck or brain to set up a business from home. Just a little money for a laptop, net connection and a cam. And read on the sites what to do is all. I don't think North American girls have more resources or advantages . Actually they will stop this business the soonest because as there are more and more sites and the prices will decrease, they will be the first who can't do a living on it. I don't have any problem with being E-European, my spelling is better than that of most naive speakers, and although I have an accent, men LOVE it

[Hony]

Of course what is new today is that with the US$ collapsing there will be more european customers and more US hosts!

That hasn't happened today but when Euro cam sites start to realize this it will happen -- except maybe a problem will be that US hosts are going to only speak English or Spanish while the Euro customer may want their local language.

[RKLover]

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[Squirtlady]

I agree, far from being 3rd world. In regard to supposed payoffs, my entry here is in response to bits and pieces of the posts above and my opinion. Let's call it "behind-the-scenes" instead of the underworld...
Most sites don't have a feature to block studio owners from controlling camhosts ratings. This is unfortunate to the camhosts in competing sites. It is also misfortunate to "customers" who are given "Shill" (fake) ratings, which happens with auction sites and other.
There probably would never be a cam workers union. But if everyone across the board agreed to keep rates higher, it would not matter if one was in Yugoslavia, Russia, Romania or whatver or whether they are in US.......All would make better money as the demand for sex crosses through economic trends.
There is a movie called "Human Trafficking" with Donald Sutherland...Not implying that people do it in this trade, just is interesting.
One of the main reasons I am concerned and mentioning this movie and my "fantasy" that there be a union is something that concerns me: Fisting.... so many men ask for this to "push the envelope".....I am not writing this for the woman that might actually like this. The means for survival tells me that alot of women are ruining their precious bodies to accomodate the increasing demand for this !!!!!
PS. Dear Hony, I know you read this and it was addendem to posts on this, but perhaps this could be posted elsewhere if you like.

[the saned]

I've met a host in real live, also met a (small) studio boss, both from St. Petersburg.
Not that I would say it's a third world country, on the contrary but they had been threatened with some mafia guys that wanted a piece of the pie as well.
So it does happen.

Luckily most hosts start working for themselves as soon as they can. Lowering the attention of the mafia.

In regards to Squirtlady I have to agree as well. My argument in regards to anal is: if you never tried it, don't ask the host as well.
Can't really say the same about fisting, although some hosts claim that they do anal fisting as well. Would never do it, but I may be different and respect every host and see every one of them as a human being, sometimes I notice some punters do not.

And yes, I did try anal myself, and after the initial pain I must say it was rather pleasant. But it's never going to be my favourite waste of time or pleasure part.
As I wouldn't even dare to get a fist near my arse I will never ask a host to preform it

Fred0s assumption seems wrong to me. As costs of living is a lot lower in eastern Europe, Azia and Russia compared to the US and western Europe the earnings for hosts makes it easier to earn a good living in their country than in the US and western Europe.
When more euro-sites come up, it will be even better value for those hosts.

And a union? Why not? but due to so many countries that hosts come from and the different sites spread all over the world on a legal basis a union will be hard. in The Netherlands there is a union for prostitutes and they offer a good service. But since it's the sex industry a lot of people are not willing to raise their voice and publicly come out. And regulation will be harder and dodgy business will continue.

Best offer is this forum, being independent and where hosts and customers can discuss freely the rotten apples on the net.
Downside is that website owners are far more aware of this forum than any punter or host. But it does gives the opportunity to express concerns and give praise where needed.

[Squirtlady]

Dear The Saned,
Thanks for your great input!! You can probably help more of us in the US understand what goes on where you are at. I hear super high internet speed via fiber optics and electric-line broadband has been around alot of Europe. So not 3rd world. Just maybe expensive. Most of these technologies are in Beta in the US still. A must for studios, telecommuters, or multi-taskers.
Being we are in widely different personal lives aside from doing this, it is refreshing to hear what others go through, who do what we do.

[the saned]

[hotbabee]

Studios are big in Russsia, Ukraine, Slovokia, Hungary and Romania.
I think not just because girls do not have resources. Also because of police and mafia. The studio owners pay them off and girls need protection[/quote]

LOL! You are funny! Mafia and police! Leave your TV alone for a short time and do some jogging instead!! LOL!!Trust me, this industry doesn't bring so much money that these "companies" like mafia and police would be interested! Protection? haha
There are not many studios here in Hungary, where I live. There were a lot but many had to close because of shitty dollar. Buying laptop and having internet connection and how to set up this everything are not a big deal in Eastern Europe, I see the one and only factor that decides if you will work from home or studio is the knowledge of language (since in studios there are operators who chat for models). I worked in many studios as operator(most of them closed by now), and all studios suffered of lack of girls, because those who speak English do it all from home, and those who neglected it in school, once they open their legs and get naked, rather choose real prostitution where they can make 5-10 times more money. As for infrastructure, I didn't do much research to find a good net connection but on the first website that I found there was a nice offer: cable net with a 20 Mb download and 3 Mb upload speed which is wow, compared to the fact that the studio where I am an operator now, has an upload speed of 4 Mb in total for all the computers!!
Beside being an operator, I also work from home, and nowadays due to the dollar/euro ratio I make most money by using my German and French than my English (

[livechatpair]

very nice post...and you have total true...in slovakia is the situation the same as in hungary in nowadays...IMO slovakia and hungary dont have even 1/100 of camgirls comparing to russia and romania

[John.]

[tara]

Hi,

I really am from the third world (Africa) The reason I took up being a cam girl is the exchange rate. When I first started 6 years ago, I earned 30 000 thousand dollars a month working as a bookeeper, had numerous perks, and yet US$125 per month gave me more money, even with my perks added on. This could possibly also be the reason why a lot of Eastern European girls do camming, as their currency is weak compared to the US$