View Full Version : Streamate's Commercial =)
BuffyFlame
03-01-2011, 12:18 AM
My internet connection sucks , I get the s hit end of the stick right off the bat , the last thing i want to deal with at the end of the day is someone who just comes in for a date.
Hehe, I think y'all are noticing it a little more, but the commercial has been out for a while.
I always see it on comedy central after my tosh fix! ;)
Arialandre
03-01-2011, 12:30 AM
Umm if we want to bitch we will bitch. No one said they don't make money on the site ok? We were just saying it sucks they promote it to be something it's not then leave us to clear up the confusion. Fielding date offers all day gets annoying when ur not looking for a date you're looking to WORK.
BuffyFlame
03-01-2011, 12:31 AM
Ive never seen it , i wouldn't even know it existed if it wasn't for here.
I have noticed a large increase in beggars and time waisting single losers
February though.
I work so much on cam , i guess i just notice it more then people who work it part time.
7-9 Hours a day every day this month.
The guys who want dates , almost never buy shows. We are not mail order brides.
The last thread about the commercial was kind of positive. It's weird seeing it be rehashed in a completely different light.
I think eventually the dating site idiots turn into cam site idiots, tho! I've transitioned a few of those really awful ones that send the email biography. First part of the show, they're sitting and chatting, second part of the show they're nicely asking, by the end they're like every other handhumper on SM. I think in a month or two for most of them it will be Fist Ass BB as usual.
Arialandre
03-01-2011, 12:44 AM
^word. Yesterday a guy got a show and today he got all pissy when I told him that NO I wasn't looking to fall in love and have a relationship with him! WTF??????
BuffyFlame
03-01-2011, 01:02 AM
And the ones who want dates also seem to think we owe them something after buying a show.
Like , yea i bet you liked that huh baby, wait till you see it in person.
::)
BuffyFlame
03-01-2011, 01:05 AM
Honestly , i can fake it with the baddest of bitches , Ive master anal , and am still a butt virgin , I could stand on my head , while dildoing my armpit , and still watch my favorite show in the background...
Doesn't mean i will go as low to pretend i actually want to be with some of these guys outside of work.. Because i dont. I make good money either way though , regardless of telling the loser to suck a toe.
There is only so many times you can say , No sorry , I dont ever meet in real life sir , Im sorry , You can purchase a show though , and ill sure please you here. And hearing , Sorry girl, If i wanted sex , im more into the real thing , You really should come to *Insert stupid town here*.
pamand
03-01-2011, 01:43 AM
Hehe, I think y'all are noticing it a little more, but the commercial has been out for a while.
I always see it on comedy central after my tosh fix! ;)
Exactly. According to what a camgirl friend of mine (Carmen) told me tonight, The commercial has been out for a long time. I just don't get why people are making a big deal out of it. Why complain about something you can't change?If anything, Complain to the sites. When I talk like this I'm accused of being "negative" but it's true lol. MFC WAS my main site but shortly after signing up and playing on sm I fell in love. I really have no complaints about the site other than a few short privates that urk me a little. I just wish people would be more positive and stop complaining about the small things.
lagirl
03-01-2011, 02:56 AM
actually ill say it- i DONT MAKE MONEY ON STREAMMATE> i dont know what page or categories im showing up on but its definitely NOT the main page. I get VERY LITTLE traffic even when on the encoder. i dont know how to scoot myself up so i show up on the main page. every time i log into that site its mostly beggers or immature people calling me "bb' i seriously make more on skinvideo which has a lot less traffic. i think only girls who show up on the main page are really making money and i just dont know how to show up there.
though guys dont usually ask me if i wanna date.. probably because i dont answer questions like "where are you from." maybe that helps?
i really cant stand the begging though. where do these guys get off thinking that we are there just dying to obey all their commands???
BuffyFlame
03-01-2011, 03:16 AM
They get off in their sock , But not to live feed of me because their broke asses are looking for a deal >.<
Arialandre
03-01-2011, 03:48 AM
Lagirl I have NO idea how ranking works, though I heard encoder and volume puts u closer to the top. Today was my... Forth or fifth day on SM so im still getting into the swing of things. I don't use the encoder even though I have an HD cam. I may try it tomorrow. I showed up jn the too row of ebony cam girls and the third row of huge tits but of all girls I'm prob on page 50 or something. I think that all we can do is keep pushing forward and trying different things to get to the top. I'm really hoping that a bunch of good feedback/5 stars will help. Don't be shy to ask them to score u. If they tell me they had a great time I straight up ask for a 5 star review.
BuffyFlame
03-01-2011, 04:19 AM
I get good traffic because i stay in top of teens, and huge tits, But ive noticed the teen category brings in allot of pervs wanting to chat.
Good traffic doesn't necessarily = good money.
Good client base dose.
kittykrane
03-01-2011, 07:30 AM
I can't complain too much. Most know I'm there to do shows. There's a small percentage who ask for the real thing, but they are annoying, no doubt. There is nothing in my profile that implies that I would ever want to meet a guy in real life. I've read profiles over the past few years that are very vague and many a guy could easily read in to them. I keep mine about what I like to do on cam, not in person.
OMG..some guy just gave me a 1.0 rating.. nice eh? FUcker didn't even say anything! Grrr... I wish we could find out who rated and be able to block them.
kittykrane
03-01-2011, 09:06 AM
Here's one for you:
"Show me tits before private. My gals over at MyfreeCams do that for me"
I told him " so what are you doing here then if they treat you so well over there? " and I blocked him.
PrincessLavender
03-01-2011, 09:38 AM
I heard one time that the longer you stay in pvt the higher up you are on the main page. I've been there twice I think but what helps me is that I'm always in the top 2 rows of huge tits. Most of my shows they just want to see them so they are pretty short. And for some reason I show up in a search offering sound even though it's turned off. Can't figure that one out but half of the guys looking for sound end up going pvt even after they find out I don't have it.
kittykrane
03-01-2011, 11:05 AM
How do end up putting you in a category, for example "big tits" or "teen? Based on your measurements, age, ethnicity?
Because the only categories I see we can choose when we do our profile are "themes" and "fetishes".
kittykrane
03-01-2011, 11:11 AM
Nevermind, found myself on page 3 of curvy women.... I guess they do use our stats.
Absynthe
03-01-2011, 01:23 PM
I don't think anyone was complaining per se, rather sharing what they thought was an increase in a particular kind of traffic (lonely hearts club) which may or may not be related to how the site is advertising. Personally, without everyone sharing and venting their experience I would have had no clue about this. I've only been camming for a few months so I am still learning as well as many others. But the point is that without everyone giving their feedback, experience, complaint etc a lot of girls wouldn't have any clue of how others were experiencing the site due to the very isolating nature of camming. That being said, It's good that the site is at least making an effort to promote us. Now that we know we are going to see an increase in a particular type of traffic, we can better adjust our hustle strategy to turn them into paying customers. This past week alone, i've had more customers new to the site than I've ever had before buy shows. The good thing is that while yes they may be new, at least they aren't seasoned vets that are used to getting free hardcore shows and are absolutely appalled at the thought of giving you tokens, paying for private etc. LOL
I like the idea of giving the actual site feedback, is that even possible to do? I know you can email them, but I doubt one person's input isn't going to make a difference when they have thousands of girls who don't say anything. Maybe if we collectively email them?
pamand
03-01-2011, 02:36 PM
It's good that the site is at least making an effort to promote us. Now that we know we are going to see an increase in a particular type of traffic, we can better adjust our hustle strategy to turn them into paying customers.
:) My thoughts exactly.
I like the idea of giving the actual site feedback, is that even possible to do? I know you can email them, but I doubt one person's input isn't going to make a difference when they have thousands of girls who don't say anything. Maybe if we collectively email them?
I think this is what happened to webcams.com. People started complaining about not being able to sell content, the site crashing and they did something about it. Instead of complaining about the problem, we would make a big difference if we all were to at take at least 30 minutes out of our time and send these sites an email. I think that would make a bigger difference than complaining about it on sw. The sites don't read sw. They're too busy making their millions. If we took our complaints to them, I think they'll listen.
TeeBaby
03-01-2011, 02:52 PM
well since we're on the subject ... just a few moments ago.
* says: so can i get a show
I told him he can by getting a private with me
* says: how do i do that im new at this
I told him to click the private button at the bottom of the screen
* says: y do everything cost
I nicely asked him what did he expect when signing up with a CC
* says: so u work 4 them
I told him I work under the site.
* says: so i can never meet u
I said no he cannot
3 minutes later
* says: i get how it works now
* leaves
I'm not complaining because I've been getting the "meet me, love me" guys from the jump of being in the business. I think this is the wrong type of business to advertise us as "local girls who want to meet you." for a few reasons. Phone girls and chats w/out a cam are better for that type of "marketing." I will roll with it but not lie to these dudes, just convert them into customers.
lagirl
03-01-2011, 10:53 PM
so im showing up on page 2 of blondes. 3rd page of housewives
but im not showing up on latinas at all even though i have my ethnicity marked down as hispanic! nor am i showing up in the "friends" section even though i have it marked down. arggg
ahhh i notice huge tits has only 8 people live right now! maybe i should change my cup size on my profile to like DD lol
Camateur
03-01-2011, 11:19 PM
How did you guys find yourselves in the categories??? I've been searching for awhile and haven't. My traffic is good w/o encoder but I would really like to know that if I'm in some weird category lol.
lagirl
03-01-2011, 11:31 PM
did you just start? youre probably in new models. when i first started i was on the first page of new models and had more traffic though nowhere near as much as the girls here claim they have
Camateur
03-01-2011, 11:55 PM
It's been about 2 1/2 weeks but I just checked and I'm not in new models.. So weird ..
kittykrane
03-02-2011, 05:18 AM
It's the same with sites like AFF (adultfriendfinder)...men join hoping to meet real LOCAL women and on their homepage you see tons of hot gals that are 'supposedly' in your area (based on your ISP), but when you actually join, all those hotties aren't really in your area at all. They may be available on your computer monitor. Perhaps that is the new definition of "local"? In your home, but not in person.
lagirl
03-03-2011, 02:19 AM
but adult friend finder is actually a hookup site where people sign up for the purpose of meeting losers to have casual sex with.
AFF advertsing hot girls when in reality most of the girls there are gross looking is good marketing, and what almost EVERYONE does when they market their product. they make it look better than it is without outright lying about what they are really selling. Its not like you sign up to AFF and suddenly you have to pay per minute to talk to the girls or the girls arent really there for sex.
What streammate is doing though is outright lying. Its trying to promote itself as a dating site when it is not that AT ALL
lagirl
03-03-2011, 02:21 AM
maybe we should just take advantage of this false marketing- lower our rates- fill out on our profile that we are looking for love and go on cam fully dressed, jacket and everything, and pretend that the guy needs to pay the SITE per minute to get to know us in "private." then in private we dont take our clothes off. instead we chat about our common interests then after the guy has spent a bit we pop up with a deal breaker like "oh by the way i have herpes and aids, and terminal cancer, I'm dying in a month..still wanna meet up" so that the guy leaves.
CamWhore
03-03-2011, 02:48 AM
LOL LA that was hillarious
lagirl
03-03-2011, 03:35 AM
i am seriously considering making an account like that. maybe even a joke one. where you pay to go on a 'virtual date' with me
kittykrane
03-03-2011, 05:56 AM
but adult friend finder is actually a hookup site where people sign up for the purpose of meeting losers to have casual sex with.
AFF advertsing hot girls when in reality most of the girls there are gross looking is good marketing, and what almost EVERYONE does when they market their product. they make it look better than it is without outright lying about what they are really selling. Its not like you sign up to AFF and suddenly you have to pay per minute to talk to the girls or the girls arent really there for sex.
What streammate is doing though is outright lying. Its trying to promote itself as a dating site when it is not that AT ALL
Hubby and I used to be members of AFF, we know exactly the types on there: fakes, losers, small-dicked guys who couldn't get laid anywhere else, and camgirls using it to mislead the guys, or extortionists from foreign countries. We did meet a few nice people.... very few though. Yup, mostly losers. So we left because it was a waste of time. And most of the guys on there don't have the balls to meet, they just want camsex! So damn..make them pay for it! There's a cam site I once signed up with (cams.com/streamray.com) that was affiliated with AFF...Once the guys gave up trying to meet a real woman, the site would offer a pay side. I didn't make squat there...those guys were still trying to meet for real!
Point is, both sites are lying...different lies but same concept....Lure the losers/horny men to the site and cash in on them anyone you can. Give the guys just enough to want to "bite"..... But it makes us camgals look bad because we know that we signed up to cam for $ AS A JOB, not to mislead guys in to thinking we are wanting to date them for real.
Then again, every site has its loopholes/exceptions, whether it be exchanging outside contact info [MFC allows that and the guys know it and try to take FULL advantage of it but so do the smart gals who sell that info at a price]. IMLIVE was very clear when I signed up about not exchanging ANY outside info, NEVER meeting or misleading the guys, or telling them you loved them, etc.Technically, SM says " no exchanging email addies or websites"..but other than that, it's pretty ambiguous (phone #, IM, the 7'11 around the corner from your house at such and such crossroads)....
Leading guys on is very dangerous game,,,some gals play it though....stupid stupid tactic. Regardless of what the site says in their commercial, stick to your guns!
laurielegs
03-03-2011, 06:18 AM
I really do hate how they make it look as if we are there for dates. I find these ads for every single major cam site out there though. Point out one that doesn't do it? I can not find any major one that does not, so I guess it works.
I still hate it though. I think it's sad.
pamand
03-03-2011, 06:45 AM
and you know with all this false advertising if we were to give the clients our number we would get banned on some sites. I know Devon Santos uses this as a marketing tool. She has a separate cell phone for her cam clients. When she is ready to get on cam she sends a mass text. Genius. I'm going to start doing this myself but I will have to register for a program like google voice
kittykrane
03-03-2011, 07:19 AM
and you know with all this false advertising if we were to give the clients our number we would get banned on some sites. I know Devon Santos uses this as a marketing tool. She has a separate cell phone for her cam clients. When she is ready to get on cam she sends a mass text. Genius. I'm going to start doing this myself but I will have to register for a program like google voice
I never even thought of using google voice but it works. My husband uses it quite often when he is traveling.
xxxevexxx
03-03-2011, 09:34 AM
and you know with all this false advertising if we were to give the clients our number we would get banned on some sites. I know Devon Santos uses this as a marketing tool. She has a separate cell phone for her cam clients. When she is ready to get on cam she sends a mass text. Genius. I'm going to start doing this myself but I will have to register for a program like google voice
O wow, now that is amazing!! Plus, most of these guys are sitting at home and would most lkely jump online if you got a text form their fav. camgirl, and what a way to make people feel connected to you, plus you could tip to get the number! ahh i love it (:
pamand
03-03-2011, 10:14 AM
O wow, now that is amazing!! Plus, most of these guys are sitting at home and would most lkely jump online if you got a text form their fav. camgirl, and what a way to make people feel connected to you, plus you could tip to get the number! ahh i love it (:
yUP! I will start doing this from now. You can also subscribe to Skype unlimited world if you have a lot of clients in other countries. I don't know if google voice texts/make calls to other countries on a set plan.. at least I don't think. Skype unlimited world is only $20.00 a month. Can't hurt.
kittykrane
03-03-2011, 11:26 AM
check out REBTEL too for worldwide phone. The rates are cheaper than SKYPE. You enter people in to your contact list, they assign them a local number (local to you) and it ends up being cheaper than calling them overseas,especially since it is very high to call cell phones in certain countries like the Uk OR Australia. .
IsobelWren
03-03-2011, 01:43 PM
How did you guys find yourselves in the categories??? I've been searching for awhile and haven't. My traffic is good w/o encoder but I would really like to know that if I'm in some weird category lol.
If you have your state blocked you won't be able to see yourself.
Camateur
03-03-2011, 09:04 PM
If you have your state blocked you won't be able to see yourself.
Streamate doesn't allow state blocking (I thought) I found myself in Toys; I ended up having to google myself and I was on page 7 of toys:)
lagirl
03-03-2011, 09:19 PM
Hubby and I used to be members of AFF, we know exactly the types on there: fakes, losers, small-dicked guys who couldn't get laid anywhere else, and camgirls using it to mislead the guys, or extortionists from foreign countries. We did meet a few nice people.... very few though. Yup, mostly losers. So we left because it was a waste of time. And most of the guys on there don't have the balls to meet, they just want camsex! So damn..make them pay for it! There's a cam site I once signed up with (cams.com/streamray.com) that was affiliated with AFF...Once the guys gave up trying to meet a real woman, the site would offer a pay side. I didn't make squat there...those guys were still trying to meet for real!
Point is, both sites are lying...different lies but same concept....Lure the losers/horny men to the site and cash in on them anyone you can. Give the guys just enough to want to "bite"..... But it makes us camgals look bad because we know that we signed up to cam for $ AS A JOB, not to mislead guys in to thinking we are wanting to date them for real.
Then again, every site has its loopholes/exceptions, whether it be exchanging outside contact info [MFC allows that and the guys know it and try to take FULL advantage of it but so do the smart gals who sell that info at a price]. IMLIVE was very clear when I signed up about not exchanging ANY outside info, NEVER meeting or misleading the guys, or telling them you loved them, etc.Technically, SM says " no exchanging email addies or websites"..but other than that, it's pretty ambiguous (phone #, IM, the 7'11 around the corner from your house at such and such crossroads)....
Leading guys on is very dangerous game,,,some gals play it though....stupid stupid tactic. Regardless of what the site says in their commercial, stick to your guns!
well no duh theyre losers! most people dont need to troll online for sex. im sorry but its just dumb to sign up for a free sex site and expect there to be attractive quality people. i mean if youre hot and love random sex that much you might as well just be a hooker and profit off of it. adult friend finder is EXAGGERATING as is done often in marketing. for examples- mcdonalds doesnt actually taste good and ross isnt actually classy and axe isnt actually going to get girls addicted to you, but people with common sense know this is just marketing.
streammates commercial is flat out lying. its pretending to be a dating site when its a sex site. AFF is honest about what it is- a hookup site where you can meet people who are genuinely interested in having cyber sex or casual sex for free. of course theyre not gonna use ugly people in their marketing. NO ONE does. think of the way your local strip club is marketed. they never use girls who actually work at the club they use models. then you go in and the girls are nowhere near as pretty as the girls in the ad. they're exaggerating but they're not lying about what they are, they're STILL a strip club. now if the strip club was advertised as a sportsbar, a family restaurant, or a singles lounge, that would be lying.
HustletteDiva
03-03-2011, 09:29 PM
Yeah, it does suck that they used false advertising...LOL I liked the over all presentation and the "classy look" approach though, but it would have been nice for them to throw it in there that it's a paid webcam site or something along those lines without killing the fantasy...
They could've said something like "When it's not convenient for a local girl to meet you for fun, a girl at Streamate is always available on her webcam for a private one on one session. See her in a exciting show right now" hahahahahahahaha
Arialandre
03-03-2011, 09:50 PM
Yes, I enjoyed how classy they made it. Total props to class.
TeeBaby
03-03-2011, 09:55 PM
They could've said something like "When it's not convenient for a local girl to meet you for fun, a girl at Streamate is always available on her webcam for a private one on one session. See her in a exciting show right now" hahahahahahahaha
That would have been a better idea. I mean it's not like we all don't remember that those phone sex commercials were straight to the point back in the day.
jessatron3000
04-22-2011, 06:42 PM
Streammatetv.com = genius. At least they can track the volume from their advertisement.
As for the false advertising, I mean it's not great, but by being as vague as possible it gets the highest traffic of people to the site, period. Whether that translates into business for us, I'm not sure.
I had a guy take me to paid chat to try to get me to meet him, at least I got paid for it. lol
minniesoporno
04-22-2011, 07:00 PM
It's the same with sites like AFF (adultfriendfinder)...men join hoping to meet real LOCAL women and on their homepage you see tons of hot gals that are 'supposedly' in your area (based on your ISP), but when you actually join, all those hotties aren't really in your area at all. They may be available on your computer monitor. Perhaps that is the new definition of "local"? In your home, but not in person.
This marketing has been going on for years, it is why streamray and adultfriendfinder merged many years ago.
Katie Evers
04-22-2011, 07:05 PM
Haha the girl at the end *breathes* loooog ooon... nooow.... :p