Online sex work relies entirely on the populations
income (aka spare cash)!
There's also a surge of new and part time creators transitioning to full time due to unemployment. So you have less money being spread around more people.
My advice for keeping your head up is find stuff you really enjoy doing and keep doing it, explore with things, you might enter a new market that's more successful for you
Most of all don't give up
Success isn't a race to the finish line, so stop feeling like you need to sprint
There isn't one magic tip or piece of advice for being successful
It is okay if sex work is not for you, for some people it just isn't, no one insisted on it working for you, remember to be happy and be yourself.
It won't take days or weeks it will take months and years to build your business, this is NOT a way to get quick cash, this WILL take both TIME and EFFORT.
Don't give up when you've only just begun.
Everyone is different, and everyone will move at different paces so try not to compare yourself to others.
Your success is subjective! its unique to you and only you. We are all a different combination of unique variables that make us up as individual people, comparing us as if we're the same is insanity!
The ONLY person you should ever and CAN ever truly compare yourself too, is yourself.
The things most people don't know when they first start online sex work:
If it’s for you or not
You may have known right away, but for a lot of people (particularly if it's their first entry into online sw) just don't know if it's their thing or something they're comfortable with until they've actually tried it.
How to price yourself
Most don't immediately have the ability to judge what they see as fair payment for content/subs when they start, especially if you're pricing customs, you'll learn your prices over time and can use other sex workers prices to judge your pricing.
What your niche is or what content you'll do
You may have a few ideas of what you might like, it's okay to not know everything exactly, this is your time to explore and see what fits you best.
How far you will go
You may already know your limits, you may not have a clue, this is your time to explore, but remember that it must be you pushing your boundaries not anyone else and you must want those boundaries pushed.
How much time or money you'll end up investing
Some people do this full time, others manage it on the side, some people may invest lots (typically due to having a higher income) others may only be able to invest a small amount
How to deal with subs
How to talk sexually to them, how to advertise to them, how to deal with the assholes and turn things down you don't want to do.
All of these and more are things that you SHOULDN'T feel bad about not knowing or not being sure of when you start, they're all skills that take time and experience for you to develop.
No one is born a professional, everyone starts somewhere