Let’s face it – as a trans cam model, you’ve got competition. You’ve got a lot of competition, in fact, and you’ve somehow got to stand out from the crowd of other shemales and transsexuals. What makes your profile more appealing than the girl next to you or the one below?

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to creating the perfect cam model profile, but there are a few pointers and guidelines to remember. There are also some commonalities to every cam model profile: a good introduction, great photos, and clearly delineated boundaries. The former two are important to drawing viewers in; the latter is crucial for ensuring you’re never made to feel uncomfortable.

Let’s look at the other factors that go into creating a great cam model profile.

Establish Your Transsexual Cam Persona – and Stick with it

Being a trans cam model is all about selling people their own fantasies. On a site like PDCams, some viewers are into the sexy MILF next door, and some are into coquettish schoolgirls. Successful cam models identify a popular fantasy and center their persona around it, making sure that viewers who are into that particular fantasy flock to them.

Whatever your established fantasy persona, make sure you stick to it – and the tropes that go with it. If you’re an edgy goth chick, that needs to be reflected in your makeup, clothing, accessories, wallpaper, bedding, etc. etc. Your audience has to be drawn in by what you say you are, so make sure they buy it.

Manufacture your Brand around your Persona

Now you’ve got your persona, but that’s only half the battle. You have to be fully invested in it and ensure that it’s consistent across the board – not only in your profile but in how you act and dress in front of the camera. Try to think about the following:

• What’s your persona’s story? Where does she come from? What are her likes and dislikes? What is she into sexually? The more thought you give to this, the more consistent your character and performance will be in front of the camera.
• What clothing tells your persona’s story? This is a key feature of your persona; a babydoll anime girl will dress very differently to a BDSM dominatrix. Your entire wardrobe should be carefully chosen to reflect your persona (and enchant your viewers).
• What kinks characterize your persona? This is very important, as sex is easily the most important part of camming. You need to sell the viewer on the fact that you’re into whatever they’re into. Your kinks will likely be defined by the kind of persona you’re crafting.
• What’s your persona’s “look”? Separate from your wardrobe, how are you going to do your makeup? What’s your hairstyle going to be, and why? Will these aspects differ from performance to performance? If so, why?

Carefully Cultivate your Photo/Video Albums

Your persona is extremely important, but equally important are the photos and videos that you choose to show on your profile. If you’re offline (and everybody’s gotta sleep sometime), then they become the face you show to your viewers. If they’re good, they’ll stick around (and come back when you’re live). If not, they’ll move on to someone else.

There are four factors to consider when uploading photos/videos to your portfolio:

• Clarity: This doesn’t just apply to the focus of the picture (which is obviously important) but the lighting. If a pic or video is too dark or washed out because of oversaturated lighting, viewers will simply move on to cam models who don’t have this issue.
• Attitude and (sex) appeal: If you’re lounging around in a dirty room looking like you’d rather be anywhere else, but in front of that camera, viewers are going to pick up on your bad vibes and move on. If you’re well made-up, engaging, dressed sexily and in a welcoming, enticing environment, then they’ll pick up on that too.
• Visibility: viewers need to be able to see your body and face, both of which are hugely important in the camming profession. It will be a huge turn-off if you’re coy about showing either. They’re your bread and butter.
• Authenticity: don’t use other people’s photos, and don’t touch up your own. The former is worse than the latter, but they’re both attempts to dupe your viewers, and they’ll both be spotted very quickly once someone joins a live performance. If the viewers can’t trust you to be honest about your appearance, they can’t trust you about anything.

Writing a Good Bio

Another key part of your trans cam model persona is your bio. It won’t catch the eye quite as quickly as your pics/videos, but it will give you staying power when it comes to getting viewers to stick around. A good bio supplements your overall profile and puts meat on the bones of your persona.

• Check your spelling and grammar: this may not seem that important in the world of camming, but it does make a surprising difference. Poor spelling, punctuation and grammar make you seem lazy, disinterested, stupid, or a combination of the three. If you can’t spell for shit, get someone else to check it for you. It takes five minutes and can really alter viewers’ perceptions of you.
• Keep it short and sweet: nobody’s on a cam site to read a novel. Keep it concise and get to the point.
• Set boundaries: this one is very important, both for your comfort and for establishing reasonable expectations early on. Be clear on what you are and are not prepared to do.
• Treat it like a dating profile: you don’t want to come off as aloof or unapproachable, so pretend like you’re writing a Tinder profile. Make it personable, lighthearted, and jokey. You want the viewers to see you as a person, not just a piece of meat. Try to be relatable.

Conclusion

Though this is by no means an exhaustive guide to writing the perfect transsexual model profile on a live cam trans site (we could go for another four paragraphs on the importance of boundaries and the inclusion of stuff like tip menus), we hope that it provides a solid foundation upon which you can build.

Remember to work on those photos, spell your name right, and ensure you’re approachable; the tips will come rushing in.