When people mention nicknames like Violet or Gisele (review), everybody knows to who belong these nicknames. And it is not just because they know how to promote themselves. Girls like BENEA or NIVEA never promoted themselves and people know them pretty well. It is because their nicknames are unique and easy to remember.

My opinion as customer

As customer, I prefer girls with nicknames that sounds like a normal name, normally composed by two names. Examples: Diamond James, Frankie Chemical, Natalie Nice… The reason I like this kind of nickname is because they seems more personal.

Nicknames that use too many words or have numbers or keywords, normally don’t attract me much. Here is a surreal example: 00000000000028. This nickname really exists on LiveJasmin. If you search for “0000” on LiveJasmin you will find more strange nicknames.

Using nasty keywords (bad)

I don’t like it. Nicknames like BoobsBombsX or Pussyberry are not my favorites. Also, I learned, and I’m sure that many other guys have realized it too, that girls who have skills (anal, fisting, squirting…) as part of their nicknames, normally don’t perform it in privates for real.

If you decide to use a keyword, make sure that the keyword reflects what you do in private.

Using numbers (bad)

They look terrible. Seems that the girl hadn’t any other idea and as someone else had already got that nickname, she just added a number to the nickname.

Not to mention those nicknames that start with a number so the girl can be listed first when members browser nicknames alpha. Even worse are those that are only numbers. Like on the example I gave above.

Using the year when you started camming (bad)

I still wonder what made ShyTeenn to remove the “2009″ from her original nickname. She told me that she didn’t like the number. But maybe it was also because having 2009 on her nickname would mark the year that she started camming. Remember that many guys look for new models.

Using your location (maybe)

I don’t like much, but they might work if you combine with a good word. British Brooke, for example, is a good one. Jayde19uk, is not too good. This nickname not only marks where the girl is from, but also her age, which is something that will change for sure. But both will easily attract people looking for British girls.

If you decide to use a nickname like that, it is better you be ready to present yourself as a girl from that place. Don’t put “British” or “UK” on your nickname if you barely speak English or if your accent does not sound British.

Using normal names (good)

My favorite, even if it is not your real name or if it is mixed with a “fancy” word. Gisele, who was Love Gisele, then changed to Got Gisele, has a good name. Amber Cutie merged a real name with a fancy word and the result was a cool nickname. They are also easy to remember.

Using words that resemble luxury or class (good)

Those are very good too. Makes the people feel that they are interacting with a classy lady. Diamond James or Violet (also know as viorotica, a good agglutination of the words Violet and Erotica).

Using something unique (excellent)

Having an unique nickname is the best way to create your own brand name. Imagine if a company decides to build a car and call it Fettati (as Ferrari wouldn’t be allowed). People would think that it is a cheap copy of the original.

I have a database of the nicknames used on 13 different webcam sites in the past 6 months. I developed a script to gather the most common words used on the 31902 nicknames. Here is the top 20:

1. Hot 1199
2. Sexy 1023
3. Sweet 666
4. Girl 535
5. Love 478
6. 69 (the number) 479
7. Sex 387
8. Angel 378
9. Lady 354
10. Doll 275
11. Wild 252
12. Miss 243
13. Horny 234
14. XXX 231
15. Baby 214
16. Blonde 191
17. Nasty 182
18. Dream 171
19. Cute 167
20. Pussy 158

Now you can have an idea what words you should avoid if you want to have an unique nickname.

Have you notice how many times nasty words are used? That’s why I advise you to keep away from it. And as an extra info, 4104 nicknames use numbers.

But the most important thing is who build the nickname and the fame around it. YOU and your behaviour either in free as in private.

Notes

• Sites analised: CamContacts, Cams.com, CamSpot, CamWithHer, ExtasyCams, Flirt 4 Free, LivePimpin, NeonCams, OnHerCam, PeekShows, Private Feeds, WebCamClub and XLoveCam
• Nicknames shortest than 3 characters were not considered
• Male nicknames were not considered
• The database is part of a project I’m developing and it is not available for public yet. Webcam sites that want to be on my database will have to provide a decent API or XML feed so I can gather the data.

Further reading

• Get a name girls! (by Streamate)

• How are you?
• What is your name?
• Where are you from?
• Got toys?
• Wanna see me on webcam?

No matter how boring is the question or if you already answered it hundreds of times, members expect you to give the answer.

But one thing is for sure. If you don’t answer, it will not help the customer to take you in private. On the contrary, the customer will think that you don’t wanna talk to him or that you are not even paying attention to the chat. And soon he will leave your room.

So, even if you are tired of answering questions, try to give them some attention.

Many girls start working on this camgirl job thinking that nobody can’t record the shows. Actually, many of them think that it is not possible. Others think that nobody will do it. And few models know that it can be done and are aware that members might also share it online.

It is well known that the main fear of many models is: “and if my family/friends find me working here?”. This is not the biggest problem, even because models can block their countries from viewing their webcams/profiles. The problem is when someone decides to record your show.

Reasons that make someone record your show? Well, many. I recorded my first private because I did want to watch it again later. This happened way before I even think about my blog. Many members do the same because they don’t want to pay again to see you naked. But some of those members might share the videos to the world, on a site where your country is able to visit. This might be a problem to you if you want to keep this job in secret.

What can the sites do about it? Not much besides banning the user who shared the videos. If they know who is the user, of course.

What can you do about it? Nothing! You can’t avoid members from recording your shows. But if your are concerned only about who will see the recorded videos, you might want to do like some girls do. Don’t show your face in private. But be aware that this will not be good to your performance in private.

Anyway… this is only one of many risks of being naked online on a webcam site.

Some girls use to do that and when the customer realizes the photos are fake he can get mad at the girl and the girl and the camsite can loose the credibility… Also, some camsites don’t like this and they can suspend your account.

If you don’t want to show your face in the pictures (which I don’t advise), do anything, but not use fake photos.

Instead of that, use your real photos and then retouch them with PhotoShop. If you don’t know how to retouch a photo, just forget PhotoShop and use your original photos.

But do not use fake photos.

Related links

• Smashing Magazine – Beauty Retouching Photoshop Tutorials

I give you an example. I used to be a guest on MyFreeCams, then after a friend tell more things about this camsite, I decided to create a free account. When I did it, I thought that I would never spend money there. Most of the girls were already working on other camsites where I had credit, so why spend money there?

For one week I visited a girl (Calicat) and even I being a member with no credit, she was very nice with me. What happened? One week after creating my free account, I was buying my first tokens to spend with Calicat. Something that one week early I was sure I wouldn’t do.

If she had ignored me or treated me as just another basic member with no credit, I’m sure I would have never spend money on her. Eventually I would buy tokens, but for sure it wouldn’t be spent on her.

Being a nice girl made her bring a new buyer to MFC and a new customer to her. After that private show I also tipped her few times.