hey all!
so, because i am attempting to juggle being a mom, going back to school and doing this, bringing new girls into the fold, and just taking care of DAILY LIFE I have to set some boundaries for myself bc i am finding myself CONSTANTLY at my computer or phone answering messages, emails, etc. and missing out on my LIFE.
This is not meant to be like, a "im so fucking mad" post, just purely letting you all know that from now on, here are how things are gonna work so you will KNOW.

On days I am not shooting, I will answer emails from 9 am till about 3 pm.
If you are wanting a custom and want to make sure you get a spot, send me exactly what you want to see and whatnot so that we can get all that taken care of and out of the way!
Please, if I do not answer a message or email after this time, do not be discouraged, it just means I have my life, my child and my home to take care of. Also, i have to take care of myself!
i WILL get on umd in the am and post if I am shooting or taking emails for that day on my profile so you know
so please, if you want a custom, please be prepared with pics of outfits you can pick out from amazon or wherever you please, ill let you know if i have something similar to use, your script, how much of all the supplies you need and everything! that way, i can price you right away and that way, your experience and MINE can be SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE. thank you for reading and I look forward to hearing from you all!
as for today, I am home and answering some emails but this will start tomorrow when the bit goes back to school

Have you considered creating a form so that you can quickly get answers to common questions you have to ask? That could save a lot of back and forth with customers and could let you set out some base expectations upfront.

If you'd like some assistance creating something with a professional feel in Word, feel free to PM me.

Good luck Jayce on everything you got going. I sure can't be easy juggling all of the hats you wear.

its tough
and i have been considering doing a "customs form" for people to fill out.
i have been doing something similar to it but some people get around it and i am insanely gullible.
so, i get dicked over a lot and hours are spent that i could have been doing things with my son, around my house, getting my oil changed, getting the new tire i need before it blows out, i mean EVERYTHING. setting things out for other customs before i fall asleep...remembering to EAT. its just overwhelming and dont get me wrong, i do LOVE talking to people when i can...and when i can i most certainly will....ask anyone who has emailed with me!
but sometimes, when it comes to customs and all that, we have to keep it business and then when i have my extra time to talk, id love to!
i just dont want ppl to give up on me because i dont answer an email after 3 pm...its just what i need to do to be able to be there for him, be able to start taking him to his afterschool activities...be able to take care of my home, be able to take care of my other customers and have time for my friends...i mean, ariel and i have only got to talk about work 90 percent of the time on the phone here lately and i hate that. she is my best friend. i love her and she is going through a rough time. as am i, and i want to be able to talk about our lives and leave work out of it sometimes!
i just want you all to know that i love you all, i love and appreciate EVERYONE but i just have to enforce a sorta, time schedule, and a "custom taking" system via email.
and believe me, im a talker....when i have time to talk i most certainly will like i said, ask anyone!
and thank you all for understanding!! i am really wanting to have some spectacular stuff come from the house AND wambabes, even though its not my store, this year....ariel is my best friend and i wish nothing but good on her store as well as mine! and we have some great ideas for this year. i want to accomplish them. I CANT accomplish what all i want for you all to experience with us if i cant get a hold on this issue. i just love you guys so much. you have not only financially but a lot of you have reached out to me AS PEOPLE to be supportive and you are great.
xoxox
jayce

OMG, I'm starting to feel a little self conscious since I sent about a dozen emails to you today. But I am glad that we got a custom in the works

Perfectly understandable that you need some time to have a life and need to set some boundaries. Producing wam content is something of a "job" even if it is also a hobby and something that you really enjoy - and you have to have time that you get off and go home from any job (even when that job is at home).

I hope that you are going to find time to post on the forum still along with answering emails and stuff - I enjoy reading your posts and would hate to see you disappear completely again.

When did Jayce learn how to juggle?

no no no, just to be clear, today, i was taking emails because I decided to take the time and do that today. i put some things on the backburner bc i wanted to.
do NOT FEEL INSECURE ABOUT THAT. i am wanting you all to understand that if it is a day i am taking emails, try to lock down your custom before 3 pm or if i dont reply after 3 pm, please try to understand that i have mom duties after 3!

i wait until he goes to bed to do editing most times so DO NOT FEEL INSECURE. like i said, i love to talk so, if im talking to you, its because i have the time and i want to!! if i dont have the time to, i will let you know! during weekdays, if i am taking emails that day, i can just only take them from 9 to 3. just letting ppl know and helping you all know to lock stuff down in that day so we can get started on your stuff! and get it locked in before 3 pm or you have to wait until the next day i am doing emails
some ppl think we just get messy and clean it up.
it is SO MUCH MORE than that.
so, please dont feel insecure bc if i have talked to you, it means i took a break, i sat down and I made time to converse with ya
i just have to set some boundaries for myself as far as taking customs since work is gonna start back up for the year and i really have some awesome ideas i want to come to life!!

that is part of what i love. i will always make time to get on the forums and post even if its 20 mins out of my day, i will always do that. i love being on here and catching up with yall

I understand Jayce, you do have a life and you need to spend time with your son, family, Ariel, and school. I wish you the best!

and we love you, yeahuno, you are honestly, a class act. just one of the ppl that we love love love to work with because, we talk when we can, you are totally cool about it, you understand how life can be and you have been insanely understanding and good to us. plus, you are just a NICE GUY.! and when we do have time, you are really great to talk to ! i love talking to just about everyone i deal with when i have the time! i really do! i just have to set some boundaries for myself but, when i am on my emails days, yall just hit me up!!!!

9 to 3 on email days!!
shooting days are completely full and most weekends i like to get on and talk for a little while in the mornings

Why thank you Jayce, you and Ariel always do excellent for me. I'm a patient dude, I know it's rough on the both of you and Ariel at the moment. I love talking to you both. I probably will get a custom with the 3 of you, got to teach Dixie on wam!

Another idea might be a 'Frequently Asked Question' (FAQ) page. A list of the most commonly asked questions with the answers.

It might cut back on some of e-mails Jayce and Ariel get if they don't have to answer the same questions over and over about their custom practices.

Just direct them to the FAQ page.

Hooray, your heading back to school as well. I am starting my 2nd Quarter back in College and totally digging it. You keep taking care of being a great mom and having a life, this part will take care of itself. You ROCK I am behind you all the way.

Boundaries are important, especially to make sure you take care of family. We definitely appreciate everything you do for this community, so take care of yourself so we can continue to enjoy your great work.

Looking forward to working with you and Ariel in February

clown customs...

thank you all! that really means a lot that NO ONE has gotten on here and said anything NEGATIVE. thank you!! that rocks so much. this is why i keep coming back to the umd
thank you! i am uploading a new vid at the moment and then dun dun duuuuunnnnn......
i have to get supplies from walmart. which, is going to be daunting...to say the least. lol XD lots of stuff!
and a new tire, and an oil change. walmart. where you can do everything but contribute to corporate billionaire ass hats...but its so convenient!!!!

I just want to give my support to the spirit of what Jayce is saying.
Getting messy is fun.
However it's only fun if the circumstances before and after it are ok.
Mutual respect between a customer and a model makes for a much better custom video,session and both parties benefit.
I've been very lucky this year in that I've had Mike not only improve my health dramatically but also take a look at the business with a business head.
I haven't got a clue how to run a business,I got into this via an ex who I thought would handle all that side and he did it badly unbeknown to me.
Mike just took a new view of it and I have to say in many ways he found it just isn't viable as a sole source of income.
However what he has done is make it so income has increased a bit,and become more consistent but most of all he has stopped me from drowning in the business and it ruining my life.
This is because as Jayce is trying to do now we put totally reasonable boundaries in.
We're not a 24 hour multi national so we don't offer that level of service.
Anyone asking about a session/custom is told by us up front what is and isn't allowed.
Jayce,Ariel,Candy etc have discussed the 'sense of entitlement' a minority of customers seem to have towards models and they expect us to prepare and protect a room from mess for free,have thousands of pounds worth of gunge tanks,dunk tanks etc etc just in the house,go to the shops for huge amounts of materials,trash our own outfits etc,spend hours cleaning up,make and edit a video and also do whatever sexual fantasy they want.
In other words about 7 hours work for about what a decent prostitute would charge for 60 mins.
So really the only answer is a two way respect and communication.
We as the models need to explain clearly to the customers what is available at what price and more importantly what isn't.
Then that needs accepting or not by the customer and payment to be forthcoming.
This is a stage most girls hate because the 'car crash/mother dying/had to go to hospital to have a new asshole' stage starts with some customers.
However they still,despite asshole replacement are still well enough to repeatedly ask us about how we will get them messy or what do we like about messy!
Well I don't answer those further conversations anymore.
Neither do I try on the potential outfits they want.
Mike straight away worked out 75% of session enquiries were people getting their thrills from the enquiries themselves.
So please the message is girls like me,Jayce etc are mostly normal girls who aren't wealthy but just trying to get by and do all the chores of a normal person cooking,cleaning,taking care of very demanding children who are willing to take part in a niche fetish to whatever level and the job involves much much much more time/mess/clean up/expense than a quick photo of a clean girl.
Usually the only reason the business exists is because a male producer has a WAM fetish or the girl thought it looked a laugh.
So just try and think logically about the life's we lead and what we have to do to make this product.
That way Jayce and the rest of us can carry on,afford to eat and not go insane trying to do the job!!
Keep going Jayce!
Love ya!
Jessie xx

I respect all of you and this is all I want to say...

If I shall order a custom I am pretty sure I can wait the right time to have it; everybody here has its own life so we have to live the real life first and then our fetish dreams...just my opinion! Take care, I love you!!

I can't begin to improve on Jessie's comments except by saying, Jayce, you come first. Get your education and take care of your, doubtless, fantastic kid.

We all love you.

I like the idea of a form. I think that everyone could use the same form. If you don't fill out the form or don't attach the form with your request, you're fucked. There is no reason that people should have to sift through a poorly prepared email for a custom. I realize that we have people from around the world that want customs. I think a simple drop down form on UMD would be the way to go. Easy to setup too. You pick the model. Then a bunch of required fields. Messy, wet, mud etc. Then clothing choices with a place to upload examples and the substances. If you can't fill out the form you don't get a custom. I would also say that if you are pestering a model or submit multiple requests under different email accounts with a similar theme you should get nothing. There is no reason to be an asshole to the models. The way I see it, until you have paid money to a model, down payment etc you have no right to demand the attention of a model.

Just my two cents.

thank you, but i do feel the need to explain myself, especially to customers i AM very close to, that have grown into close friends of mine, WHY i am changing my business hours so i dont have to tell them ALL individually why i am not answering emails after a certain time or why one day my status says "shooting" and i am not answering an email.
i just feel like family here with a VAST MAJORITY of the people i know and work with and when you change your business hours in your business, you let people know and me personally? I just tell people why. not for pity, not for any other reason other than that, i am excited about being able to juggle life better, i am excited to get back into school (i have 3 1/2 years of college...im almost there!) and yes, my family is part of that as well.
so, i dont feel like i am justifying anything. just being real with people. but thank you for saying that. that is very kind you are, as well, a class act, sir