SAN FRANCISCO—An auction for a private one-hour cam session with Kink.com director Maitresse Madeline has ended after an Australian fan won with top bid of $42,000. Kink.com believes the amount is the highest ever paid in the growing adult webcam industry.
“Webcams are one of the bright spots in the adult industry,” says Peter Acworth, founder of Kink.com. “They allow performers to really be entrepreneurs, and to reap the rewards. Madeline’s an incredible Domme, and she’s really earned this.”
The special two-week auction was a first for Kink.com and a test of a new format for adult entertainment. Bidding was competitive from the start, but it wasn’t until the third day, when bids first passed $10K, that the company knew they had tapped into something big. By the end of the auction, four separate bidders were competing in the tens of thousands of dollars.
“I've never heard of any other adult performer making this kind of money for a cam show,” said Madeline in an interview with online BDSM magazine, Kinky.com. “By the time we reach these high end bid amounts we're dealing with another level of customer. These types of customers are willing to pay for the performer they want, when they want and how they want [it].”
As an hourly rate, $42,000 puts Madeline in league with pop stars like Lady Gaga and Oprah.
Maitresse Madeline says the auction on Kink’s Divine Bitches site was a bridge between traditional “recorded content” adult film and the burgeoning webcam industry. In the future, she says, she’ll be working with other dommes on interactive auctions featuring everything from webcam shows to pantyhose auctions and chastity keyholding services.
“Working with Divine Bitches will give these women instant exposure to thousands of serious fans of femdom,” said Madeline. “The auction and the infrastructure built to support this kind of auction was the first offering of the project to roll out and go live. I'm thrilled with the result.”
Image: Maitresse Madeline, courtesy of kinky.com.
