“Only young and attractive women can become cam models” – that is just a dated stereotype that has been proven wrong too many times to count. There is a market for couples and straight (or gay) men in the industry and though there are significantly less male models than cam girls that only means there is less competition.

There are two ways for men to start a camming career: as a couple with a woman or another man or as a solo boy. Couples usually have more views but not necessarily more tippers so you will need to figure out a way to make tokens rain. Solo models don`t have to split their income but it might be challenging to gain an audience especially as a beginner cam boy.

How much do men earn in webcam

As usual, there is no bar, limits or guarantee that you will earn X or Z. As a beginner, don`t get your hopes up too high and remember that the amount of gay viewers on cam sites are much less than the amount of straight men so if you have 50+ users in your chat room that is already very good.

Also don`t get discouraged – there are some male models that would give cam girls run for their money. Let`s take a look at statistics of one of the most famous cam sites – Chaturbate.

#1 cam boy has earned more than $19k in previous 30 days in tips (this site doesn`t count privates).

Male models at the bottom of top 100 earn around $3k that is also decent. And most of gay models Chaturbate isn`t their only source of income.

Let`s view the Hall of Fame of another cam site that is quite popular among gay public and is rumored to be best site for cam boys earnings-wise.

It turns out, the #1 result is almost $1,6 million in one month achieved by Nick Thomson. Other impressive results are $657k in one day and $243,7k in a biggest single tip (in comparison to a highest single tip of $216k among female models).

It seems that gay couple videos are also profitable: Ryder McCloud and Raul Atreides have made $38,5k in cumulative earnings selling their recorded shows.

We ask cam boys that have been working for some time and most of them think that overall viewers to tokens ratio for male models is higher than for female models. In other words, even if gay rooms are not busy gay audience is usually more loyal and generous and gay men prefer to stick to one model.

Now you probably wonder how you are going to make money as a cam boy and what do members ask. These are some of requests that male models get while camming:

• Foot fetish shows. Yes, foot fetish is popular not only with straight men
• Body hair fetishes, shaving. You may be asked to not only shave your chest or legs, or even head, and shave it bald
• Anal play. If you don`t insert things inside your butthole you will be asked to flash it a lot or spread ass cheeks. Whether use anal toys or not – it is up to you. Some guys just stick Lovense interactive vibrator up their ass, some use butt plug Hush (it is also a Lovense product, a vibrating plug that reacts to the sound of tokens).
• Muscle flex, working out, posing in underwear or naked
• Cum eating, cum shots
• Penis close-up and regular masturbation with cum show
• Domination, cuckold fantasy, verbal humiliation, even financial domination.

If you want to be a non-nude cam boy it`s going to be quite hard for you. Most of your target audience will expect you to at least strip and, most likely, to perform a masturbation show, let alone ass play. The only way for you to avoid undressing is to become a master but if you don`t have the right look to be a dom (we will discuss that a bit later) that`s probably not going to work for you.

If you don`t feel comfortable doing something on cam regardless of what they ask just don`t do it. That is the golden rule of camming.

Best sites for male webcam models

Most of the cam sites we know of, allow cam boys to create model account. You may sign up as a solo model, as a couple or as a group. Note: If there is going to be more than one performer on a single account, you need to submit verification documents on every performer.

Chaturbate sign up: https://chaturbate.com/accounts/register/

When it comes to cam sites with highest earning potential most of cam models would name Chaturbate, and rightly so. There are many generous tippers and cam boys can thrive. Most performers prefer to stay in public chat and earn money from tips, doing certain tasks like stripping, playing with themselves naked or simply dancing.

Broadcasters are paid with tokens, 1 token equals $0.05. Site commission is 50% meaning you get the half of what members spend on you.

There is a separate category for men and you attract your target audience by using hashtags in your room topic. Look at Tags section, find out the most visited ones and choose those that suit your personality and show best.

Flirt4Free: https://www.webcam4money.com/

While Flirt4Free is not exclusively made for male modeling some would argue it`s the best site to start as a cam boy. There are many rich and generous gay men and the private rate is quite high: $6 per minute. However, this site can be challenging to stream.

First, you need to be aware of your PowerScore (an internal rating system that determines your position on site). If it drops too low you may not even be able to log in into Perfomer application to start broadcasting. The best way to maintain your score as to earn as much as possible with private shows, group chats, tips and gifts. You should also fill out your bio, upload at least 50 photos and a video teaser to your profile, as well as solving the test Quiz by Flirt training course. Don`t worry the questions are quite easy and you may answer after reading their Flirt4Free Wiki.

Stripchat: https://stripchat.com/signup/

Main competition for Chaturbate, Stripchat is fast growing cam community. Public chat is the main source of income where model set up goals for members and after completion perform something they promised as goal.

You may also earn money (model share – 50%), accepting private show requests, starting group shows and ticket shows where several viewers can watch and pay you per minute. Stripchat also has an option for streamers to create a Fan club (once you reach 1000 followers), sell their recorded or uploaded private shows and earn money sexting in Plasma messenger (created by Stripchat).

Stripchat is also one of the few sites than support VR streaming. There is market for female models and gay and couple models as well.

BongaCams: https://bongamodels.com/

BongaCams is a European site similar to Stripchat and Chaturbate. From the start, model share is 40% but you can increase it before going online by following simple steps: fill out your profile info and all the sections, upload photos and videos. You will find more details in your model account.

Broadcasters receive tokens in public shows, group chats or private chats. Private chat rate is by default 90 tokens per minute but you can change it if you want.

Every week BongaCams holds a contest for top earning models with the best earner winning $1000 prize and those who made at least top 100 get $15.

What do I need to become a male cam model?

Good news: you don`t have to meet any specific criteria to become a cam model. All you need is to be 18 and older because you will need to submit your government-issued ID for verification.

You don`t necessarily have to have an athletic body or modelesque features to succeed on cam (but if you do, that works in your favor). The more important thing is to appear friendly, energeticwell-groomed and look like you are genuinely interested in what is going on.

As we said, you don`t necessarily have to look like a fashion model to be a cam model. In fact, there is a market for skinny men and chubby men. In general, there are several gay men types and all of them attract their audience with a particular aesthetic.

Twink

Twinks are usually young boys in their early twenties (or you may be older but look like that) with delicate, sometimes even a little feminine facial features. They have little to none body hair or if they do they usually clean shave it all.

Twinks represent youth and innocence, they usually have a slim, lean body and can have no muscles at all. Some twinks show specific mannerisms that might seem a little theatrical and don`t fit into an image of conventional masculinity.

In cam modeling, twinks are usually submissive and fall prey to dom men that consider themselves to be “active” or masters or simple view themselves as the more experienced one in a couple.

Jock

Both gay men and women usually consider jocks attractive, they have muscular, athletic body with no body fat, because of their gym training. Jocks can be of any age but most of the times, even if they are pushing 50, they look younger thanks to their great physique.

Their most distinguished features are sculpted abs, broad shoulders, muscular calves. Often their facial features would be considered classically handsome. Jocks don`t exhibit stereotypical gay behavior and prefer to act masculine.

If you are a jock cam boy you will get requests like to show off your muscles, flex them, strip naked and pose, and, of course, typical masturbation and cum shows.

Bear

Bear men exude uber-masculinity vibes. They usually have a beard, a hairy body; generally look heavier and larger than the rest. Bears can be chubby with a protruding belly but not necessarily: they can look bigger than most because they work out a lot.

The term “bear” usually describes men in their 30-40s but there are many subgroups, such as, for example, polar bears, that is meant to describe older men with white hair, or “cubs” for younger guys in their 20s that exhibit bear features early on.

As a bear male model, you may look into dominating and verbally humiliating sub guys.

These categories might seem like too stereotypical for you and you might think of it as pigeonholing however, camming is mostly about a certain archetypes. If you master your niche and learn what the needs of your target audience are you will most likely succeed.

How to become a male webcam model step by step

In order to start working as a cam model you are going to need in ID, issued by your government, clean and safe space where you can stream, PC, high-quality camera, fast internet connection and plenty of time and dedication.

Signing up as a model on any site is simple and usually takes 1-2 days for your application to be approved (if you filled all the forms right). This is how you sign up for a premium site Flirt4Free:

1. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, choose an option Become a Model-Click here to learn more.
   
   
2. Fill in all the necessary info and click on Submit application. Make sure you opt for Single performer if you are a solo model and a Large Studio Operator if you are planning to open a studio.
   
3. Go to your e-mail, open the mail sent to you from Flirt4Free, click on a verification link and you go to the application form page. In the left corner you see all the necessary steps you need so your application can be verified.
   
4. Upload a selfie or a photo of yourself in good quality, not grainy, dark or blurry.
   
5. Think of a model name for yourself. Note that you will not be able to change it afterwards. Flirt4Free accepts nicknames that sound like typical name and surname, for example Matthew Stone, James Wright and so on.
   
6. Fill out information according to your ID. This will only be seen by site`s moderators, not members.
   
7. Upload a photo with your ID in hand. If you are not a US citizen use another government-issued document to verify your identity.
   
8. Fill a Flirt4Free agreement form. Type of identification – the document you used for verification.
   
9. Upload a headshot, strictly colored and not cropped or rotated.
   
10. Upload a main profile picture. It is in your best interest that you main photo come out appealing, sexy and in high quality.
    
11. Fill out Bio information, your physical appearances, categories that belong to your show, fetishes and sex toys.
    
12. Fill out Payment information.
    

Once you completed all 9 steps and your application is sent to moderator and approved you will get an e-mail. You may start camming right after verification but we strongly advise you to upload at least 50 photos to your account first and a Video introduction teaser. Also, check out Flirt University-Quizzes section and answer all the tests. This will help you increase your PowerScore (site`s rating from the get-go).

Before you go online for the first time, take your time to browse other models room, learn how they perform, what room topics they use and how they run their chat rooms in general. Read site`s guidelines and rules.

There are several ways of making money on Flirt4Free:

• Exclusive private chat with no spying (by default it`s 60 credits per minute, but the price can raise or drop depending on your ratings)
• Regular multi-user chat (private where others can join – by default 40 credits per minute)
• Group show with all participants paying in advance
• Party chat – you set a tip target to move towards and members should tip if they want to see a show
• Tip controlled vibrator
• Just tips and gifts from users
• VODs – your recorded past video sessions, you can set them for sale or delete some of them

Model share is:

• 25% for 1-4000 minutes online
• 27,5% for 4001-10000 minutes online
• 30% for 10001 minutes and more

Studio models get fixed model share of 30%.

This may seem small for you but give that an average private price is quite high and some of the members are generous and can tip big in public chat, even as a beginner you can earn $100+ a day.

Tips For Male Webcam Models

We asked some of our fellow male models a few questions about camming, finding their niche and of course how do they make $$ online.

Is it true you have to be gay to stream as a male cam model?

• Not at all. I`m straight and it`s not hard for me to figure out what my audience wants. In general, I just try to feel their mood: if they say they are horny, I start to flirt and talk dirty. If a member starts a conversation about something not sex-related, I just follow the lead and try to keep the conversation going. I don`t think it`s all that different from man-woman interaction on site.

Do you use any sex toys?

• I use Lovense Edge but I don`t really like it. I wish I had bought Lush instead.
• Lush, Hush (the smallest one) and a dildo.
• I don`t use any toys. If I get a request for anal play, I just fake it with fingering.

What are the most requested actions in your tip menu?

• I don`t really use tip menu because I stream on premium sites but mostly users ask about masturbation, show body hair, ass play or just want to talk.
• Show feet, penis, and asshole, take off underwear.
• I use a Chaturbate app called Roll the dice that allows members to tip for a random prize. My followers like to use it a lot.

What would you never do on cam (but asked often)?

• Any copro and toilet play
• Cut my hair and shave a beard
• Anal
• Lick fingers after anal play
• Change anal toys in the middle of the action

Have you ever had a girl tipper?

• I haven`t. Some members claim they are girls but it`s usually just a fantasy and role play. I play along pretending like I`m talking to a girl and they seem satisfied
• Women don`t usually visit male chat rooms to tip but I met one cam model and we got quite friendly. Sometimes we hang out in each other`s chat rooms during slow shifts. But it’s nothing sexual, just for support.

What are the benefits and downfalls of male camming?

• The biggest benefit, I`d say, is less competition. But then again, for a girl it is much easier to gain an audience. I rarely have more than 30 viewers on my Chaturbate profile
• It`s harder to fake an orgasm and maintain an erection all the time. I know some fake it with spit or soap.
• I never thought about benefits and downfalls. I just like to milk any moment I have on stream. Sometimes I have only 2-3 tippers in a day but they are whales, I think for girl models it`s the same.

Do you do privates? If yes, what is your typical private like?

• I work as a master so they usually come to be humiliated, I give them tasks and orders. Sometimes it’s roleplay, where I`m elaborating how I would fuck my sub`s wife and them him. Quite often members ask to watch porn together and discuss it.
• Cumshow, flash asshole, penis. Sometimes I had to stand for 10 minutes naked.
• Normally it`s just masturbation with orgasm and talking, nothing out of the ordinary.

Do you have any moneymaking tips for beginners?

• Know your regulars and try to maintain contact with them while you are offline. For me, my regulars are the biggest tippers
• Choose the right hashtags. I think gay men are searching for a specific type they are into so don’t miss your target audience. Check out all popular gay tags on Chaturbate and think how you can apply it to yourself.
• If someone request a show, you don`t like don`t brush it off immediately like something disgusting. For example, I don`t do anal play but sometimes I do roleplays where I tell members how I imagine them fuck my ass and they get off of it without me actually inserting anything inside my asshole.

We hope this article has been helpful for those who want to try camming as a male model. All in all, you never know until you try, and maybe this job is made for you!