So what exactly is sex texting?

Basically, you type from your home computer to customers who are receiving your messages on their cell phones. Most of the large sex text companies seem to be based in the UK, as are the customers.

You get paid (usually) per message. The faster you type and the faster you think, the better you’ll do. Still, even the best texters probably earn less than ten dollars per hour.

The pay that sex texters earn is nowhere near what a skilled phone sex op can make with a trolling company or as an independent but probably is very comparable to what an entry level dispatch PSO makes with one of the big “phone sex factory” type companies.

For women with young children, it works as a second gig (or as an alternative to phone sex jobs) for when the kids are home and they can’t do calls. It also attracts men who want to work from home and others who just aren’t comfortable doing phone sex for whatever reason.

There’s an interview here with a guy who worked as a sex texter in the UK. The article contains some pretty good info about the ins and outs of paid sex texting work.

If you’re seriously considering sex texting work, I’d strongly suggest signing up at the Textilicious sex texting forums. There you will find a list of sex texting companies who employ home workers, service reviews and you’ll be able to ask questions and get answers from current and former sex text workers. Textilicious also offers loads of info on PSO jobs, cam work and other work at home jobs and is a nice place to network or relax between calls.

Here is a partial list of webcam sites to check out, if you think you might be interested in becoming a webcam performer online:

http://www.ifriends.net

http://www.imlive.com

http://www.camcontacts.com

http://www.streamray.com

If you’re seriously considering cam work, I strongly suggest going over to the forum at http://adult-webcam-faq.com and to http://www.camgirlsociety.com and comparing notes with working chat hosts. I’ll be adding these links to the sidebar as well.

None of the cam sites that I am aware of pay more than 50% of the per minute rate that the customer is paying you and some pay as low as 30%. Bringing in your own customers or meeting the criteria for bonuses and performance incentives can increase your take, but keep in mind, these are the base percentages you’ll be offered. You may also be required to be in a free chat room where you offer “come ons” and try to upsell the customer into going “private” where you’ll then be paid for your time.

Ifriends and some of the other sites have friendly-chat areas where you can offer a non-sexually-explicit type session. The overwhelming amount of traffic and the faster money will be found in the sexually explicit areas of these sites.

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