An Independent Webcam Girl Update That’s Been a Long Time Coming
As some of y’all may remember this independent webcam girl website was (at the risk of sounding dramatic) borne out of a pretty unpleasant situation. I had at that point been working as a skype camgirl for about 2 years in partnership with a company that ended up basically taking off with my $$$$ and everyone else’s. For the full details check out my blog post about why I became an independent camgirl cuz I don’t really feel like dwelling upon all those old unpleasant details again. 🙂 Suffice it to say I got ripped off by a company I trusted, a company for which I had made quite a significant sum of money during my time working with them.
When everything fell apart I was sad and really pissed off. I’ve led a pretty charmed life and I’m not accustomed to being treated badly so everything came as a total shock to me, and against the advice given to me by a lot of well-meaning friends and family I decided to pursue the situation legally. It felt wrong to let these people get away with what they did and while I moved on I wasn’t prepared to just forget what happened.
After a bit (ok, a lot) of research I found a wicked, sex positive (JA origin, holla, we actually know each other through friends of friends) lawyer who agreed to take my case and we filed a claim against both the company and the owners as individuals. The lawyer handled everything and wow I could not have made a better decision because a couple of months ago we reached a settlement and today I FINALLY cashed the last installment payment, putting an end to this whole unpleasant saga. Yeps, that’s right, I got paid back in full, including all the money I spent in seeking repayment. Every last cent. Woohoo for hiring a killer professional who fought for me so hard. So thankful, I could seriously not imagine a better outcome than this, exceeded my every expectation/hope actually. 🙂
While that situation involved a ton of grief and stress it actually ended up being one of the best things to ever happen to me, and to my independent webcam girl business. That situation forced me to go completely independent and taught me that, not only do I not need a partner to do things for me, I do things for myself far more effectively (and lucratively) than anyone else could. My independent webcam girl business jumped to a whole new level of success after I went fully independent, mainly because I work far harder for myself than anyone could on my behalf (being a neurotic workoholic has it’s upside) and I’m not giving anyone else a cut of my profits. In short, a year after that whole incident I’m far more successful that I ever dreamed I’d be, and far more successful than I’d be if I stayed in the old arrangement I had with the company before they tanked out.
So yay, I won. In every way. 🙂 While I got repaid every cent I was owed I consider the lesson I received to be far more valuable. I learned to trust my own talents and work ethic, and I learned to be far more cautious in regards to choosing with whom to work, and how. There are still some great businesses out there that add value to my business and with whom I enjoy working (for any independent webcam girls reading this you can check out more info about that on my information for skype camgirls blog) but never again will I allow anyone else to control my earnings, or my ability to market, promote and basically run things for myself.
I’m ecstatic that I can finally write this update, and I want to take a moment as well to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone who was a part of my relaunch as a fully independent webcam girl. Without you I would have never gotten off the ground, and I don’t take for granted that y’all haven’t gotten bored with me after all these years :). For real, without your generosity, care and support I could have never pulled this off. Seriously, thank you all so much for being so wonderful to me, as well as for all the wicked fun on skype.
Peace and Love, and so many hugs
Jesse