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nemcis
07-22-2012, 01:04 PM
You can change your rates, make premium expensive and exclusive cheaper, with exclusive you do get a accept/deny button
First, thank you to everyone! I am still a newbie and this site has been a haven!;D
My question, is there a way to leave private chat and go back to free chat. Yes, a little backwards I know. But I have those individuals who log into my rm, quickly take me to private, and then leave (w/o saying anything) before the 30 secs are up. In the mean time, all the clients I was working on have left my room. I tried to block these individuals but they are too quick for me. Idk y they keep coming back, cause i dont show anything in the first 30s, especially if you dont say hello to me :mad:!
Can I enable something so you have to ask to take me to pvt, like w exclusive? Will clicking on the guest chat text box bring me back there? Thank you for your help!!
Cam_Model_Jess
07-22-2012, 01:13 PM
First, thank you to everyone! I am still a newbie and this site has been a haven!;D
My question, is there a way to leave private chat and go back to free chat. Yes, a little backwards I know. But I have those individuals who log into my rm, quickly take me to private, and then leave (w/o saying anything) before the 30 secs are up. In the mean time, all the clients I was working on have left my room. I tried to block these individuals but they are too quick for me. Idk y they keep coming back, cause i dont show anything in the first 30s, especially if you dont say hello to me :mad:!
Can I enable something so you have to ask to take me to pvt, like w exclusive? Will clicking on the guest chat text box bring me back there? Thank you for your help!!
When the customer leaves, you will automatically go into a 30 second countdown. If you don't want to wait 30 sec, push the button that says "Return to guest chat now" or something like that. Then the countdown will stop and you'll go right back into guest chat.
If someone takes you private who you already know you don't want to perform for, simply kick him out using "boot" button & then pull yourself back into guest chat. If he comes back, explain that you do not want to perform for him and he will be banned if he takes you private again.
If you have the same customer pulling you into private more than once (and not paying) use the privacy screen on your camera so he doesn't even see you. Sometimes I get guys who jump in/out super fast multiple times. Using the screen confuses/slows them down enough that I can ban them. (Click the button on the webcam controls that looks like a shade. This is all assuming you have a Logitech. ) The reason they do this is so that they can take screenshots of you. Take away the reward and they'll stop the behavior. It's like training dogs. :)
Also, if the same customer pulls you into private and leaves without paying and does it at least three times, e-mail his name to support and ask that he be suspended. Sometimes they'll do it. And, while looking at his account, if they find that he has a history of doing it to other performers, they'll probably IP ban him.
CurvyWinona
07-22-2012, 01:22 PM
Yeah, I tried to rollback to older before the update but could not. it was not listed, only for ones when i deleted antivirus n etc. :( FML haha. i wish i had cammed much sooner so maybe i could have enough $ for an i7 laptop.
nemcis
07-22-2012, 01:27 PM
Only options left, as far as I can think of now.
download a brandnew browser, like opera or safari for windows, make sure you install them without any addons, only flash
Ask someone you trust with a macintosh computer to log in to your account.
CurvyWinona
07-22-2012, 01:32 PM
HOLY FUCK.... It finally works on Firefox, for now. I guess they are working on it? I tried IE and safari and chrome (which i usually use) still do not work. So weird!!! I am emailing the support to see if they did do anything to my account. crossing my fingers it will stay work on firefox! :D
nemcis
07-22-2012, 01:34 PM
Good luck, hope it wil keep working for you!!!
HOLY FUCK.... It finally works on Firefox, for now. I guess they are working on it? I tried IE and safari and chrome (which i usually use) still do not work. So weird!!! I am emailing the support to see if they did do anything to my account. crossing my fingers it will stay work on firefox! :D
GracieBlue
07-22-2012, 01:35 PM
My first couple of weeks on SM have been fun and interesting to say the least! So many fetishes I have never heard of. Do you all just play along? One guy asked if I would blow my brother for 100 grand, we were in pvt. I said no but I'm thinking I shouldve played along. I am so new to all of this but I guess it is better business to indulge their fantasy. Anyways, love the support on here wish you all were my real life friends!
Cam_Model_Jess
07-22-2012, 01:39 PM
Unfortunately, no one is going to pay you $100k on SM. I wish.
If you're new, decide what your boundaries are going to be as far as fetishes go. Incest is not allowed on SM, but there are SO many girls who still do it. Just decide if you are going to do it/talk about it or not, and be prepared to accept the consequences if you're ever reported for it. You probably won't ever get in trouble for it, but just be aware that's it's one of the things they supposedly don't allow, along with bloodplay (period play), scat, vomit, and urination. Also, if anything is illegal in your area, you are responsible for that, not the site. The contract you signed says you acknowledge that you will only perform legal acts. Just a little warning.
JuliAnne333
07-22-2012, 01:54 PM
My first couple of weeks on SM have been fun and interesting to say the least! So many fetishes I have never heard of. Do you all just play along? One guy asked if I would blow my brother for 100 grand, we were in pvt. I said no but I'm thinking I shouldve played along. I am so new to all of this but I guess it is better business to indulge their fantasy. Anyways, love the support on here wish you all were my real life friends!
First off, the guy was NOT going to give you 100k even IF you blew your real brother. Most of the guys who say stupid stuff like that are full of baloney.
Second, read the TOS and rules on SM. Acting out a fantasy of incest is against the rules and can get you banned. Especially if it is some other cam girl or studio owner who is looking to trap you into saying you will do something either illegal or against the sites rules and then, bam, you have no account.
Third, even if you could get 100k off this moron for blowing your "brother", how on earth is this nimrod going to verify the guy you blow is actually your brother? LOL You could bring in your boyfriend or some random guy (they would have to go through the verification process anyways before being on cam) and "pretend" it's your brother you are doing. LOL
That's why I say, the guy is a moron claiming he will give you 100k to watch you blow your brother. haha
GracieBlue
07-22-2012, 03:21 PM
Oh I know he wasn't, I know he was trying to get off and see how far I would go. I'm a straight shooter, just wondering what the norm is. He was odd, he logged off when I said no I would never do that. What about mom and son role play? Some guy asked for that! I'm 35 in the housewife category. Apparently there are some mommy issues because the young ones are flocking to me. I guess the mom son thing would fall into insest too.
Thanks Jess and Julie very helpful advice.
BashfulBaby
07-22-2012, 06:26 PM
I do have a logitech, where do I find the privacy screen?
Cam_Model_Jess
07-22-2012, 06:37 PM
I do have a logitech, where do I find the privacy screen?
Double-click on Logitech Webcam icon (software) then click on "Webcam Controller" and a little box will pop up. (Also, an icon will now appear at the bottom of your screen, so you can quick-open it later.)
You should now see a box that has two tabs: "Controls" and "Effects". Under the Controls tab there is a little box that looks like a window shade. Click on that. The program comes pre-loaded with pictures that can be used as a "screen". If you click the shade button, the customers will see whatever image is there instead of your cam stream. You can drag and drop pictures in, or you can just put a blank screen in there. I recommend not putting in anything copyrighted. :)
Also, sometimes this feature disappears when I update my software. I just uninstall the patch if this happens.
marsey
07-23-2012, 06:16 AM
OMG i had such a crap 24 hrs. Only went on cam for two hours last night, had a lot of traffic flow through the room and got 10 pvts ( so my SM session page tells me) of which half got disconnected for some reason or another. Loads of guys in free telling me they got server issues, etc WTF, grand total made = £25 ($38.79)
I am really pissed, cos one of the guys that got disconnected told the room and I had a few regs and two waiting fetish guys sat there, who funnily enough lost interest after he wrote it, Im STILL waiting on my goldshows and to top it all off I never recieved the £25 in my bank, only £18. So thats prob gonna be a chargeback.
Considering it was a sunday, which are normally pretty great, I got so dissappointed that i just logged off and sat with a tub of Ben and Jerry`s watching Family Guy, just to lift my mood. >:(
Pottymouth101
07-23-2012, 07:43 PM
I thought I read somewhere that only sm admin can write in red font. This way you know its admin. And not some guy preteding Is this true?
Angelfaced
07-23-2012, 08:13 PM
i thought on streamate we were protected from chargebacks ?
Cammi
07-24-2012, 12:29 PM
OMG i had such a crap 24 hrs. Only went on cam for two hours last night, had a lot of traffic flow through the room and got 10 pvts ( so my SM session page tells me) of which half got disconnected for some reason or another. Loads of guys in free telling me they got server issues, etc WTF, grand total made = £25 ($38.79)
I am really pissed, cos one of the guys that got disconnected told the room and I had a few regs and two waiting fetish guys sat there, who funnily enough lost interest after he wrote it, Im STILL waiting on my goldshows and to top it all off I never recieved the £25 in my bank, only £18. So thats prob gonna be a chargeback.
Considering it was a sunday, which are normally pretty great, I got so dissappointed that i just logged off and sat with a tub of Ben and Jerry`s watching Family Guy, just to lift my mood. >:(
I couldn't even get online on Sunday, so you coulda had a worse night *hugs*
Seductive
07-24-2012, 02:25 PM
My first couple of weeks on SM have been fun and interesting to say the least! So many fetishes I have never heard of. Do you all just play along? One guy asked if I would blow my brother for 100 grand, we were in pvt. I said no but I'm thinking I shouldve played along. I am so new to all of this but I guess it is better business to indulge their fantasy. Anyways, love the support on here wish you all were my real life friends!
If he was in private he may have been a guy I've had before. He's an incest guy who gets off on you telling him the exact amount of money it would take to see you fuck a family member. He's a very easy guy to deal with and I love him.
GracieBlue
07-24-2012, 03:22 PM
Might be. I didn't have to get naked or anything. Can't remember the name though!
cvarga
07-24-2012, 03:36 PM
I'm so fed up with SM right now. My stress level is through the roof. Lately it takes me a minimum of 4 hours just to psychologically prepare to log in. I have never experienced such a high stress site in my life.
CurvyWinona
07-24-2012, 04:41 PM
Yea... So dead tonight. pff. Did a gold, just to pull in some custies, but not much.
cvarga
07-24-2012, 11:17 PM
Yea... So dead tonight. pff. Did a gold, just to pull in some custies, but not much.
You know something, it wasn't dead. That's the sad part about it.
I clicked on every chat room on pages 1 and 2 tonight to see if it was just me and from what I saw these guys have absolutely no reason to spend a damn penny. Messy blow jobs in 4 or 5 of the chat rooms, spitting, lotion all over the place, chics licking and biting their fucking nipples, feet to the cam showing the soles, then the toes then licking them. There was even one girl tit fucking her dildo and spewing lotion all over her tits.
I can't compete with this shit! My niche is GONE. Why even bother with soft core anymore. It's all over the damn place!! Hell, it's more than soft core that I am seeing. There are girls doing things in free chat that I wont even do in my paid chat and what pisses me off royally is that I am not allowed to click "non-nude" on my profile because apparently SM thinks foot fetish, panties, uniforms, dancing and smoking requires some form of nudity. It's making me bonkers!!
I'm so flustered. My attitude sucks. I'm yelling at everyone. I'm just... UGLY!! ANGRY!! AT MY WITS END!!
I remember guys used to pay for this shit at any given time of day, time of year, time of whatever. Now? fagettabowit!
These guys have been taught and have come to expect that there will always be something for free. Get something free and then think about paying after he's done looking for what he "came" for. So stupid!!
end rant
CurvyWinona
07-24-2012, 11:37 PM
These girls need to quit doing that, not because we are losing the custies to them, but because they are cheapening themselves. =/ Sad, I know.
Incantatious
07-25-2012, 12:39 AM
I can't even get onto the streaming page of SM right now. All I'm getting is the "loading interface" page. Woop for incessant SM problems! :| I've messaged support...
CurvyWinona
07-25-2012, 12:47 AM
that was what i was dealing with past whole weekend.... lost a lot money on that glitch. :( MFC saved my life, barely.
Incantatious
07-25-2012, 12:51 AM
How did you get around it Winona? SM have asked about my flash version, pc specs n shit... Did SM sort it out for you, or did it just kind of randomly go back to normal on it's own? :/
CurvyWinona
07-25-2012, 12:59 AM
I have asked them if they had something that made me get in, but not really. No response on that. All they said was if i still have problems, just let them know. they asked me the same questions. pff. but it came back on its own i guess.
Pottymouth101
07-25-2012, 12:33 PM
I just poked my head in on a gold show with a new girl from a studio. And it was kinda uncomfortable. She's really shy and not talking much but theres someone in the background trying to sell her like she's a pony or something. Very awkward. Not sure how I feel about this.
SarahTime
07-25-2012, 01:05 PM
You know something, it wasn't dead. That's the sad part about it.
I clicked on every chat room on pages 1 and 2 tonight to see if it was just me and from what I saw these guys have absolutely no reason to spend a damn penny. Messy blow jobs in 4 or 5 of the chat rooms, spitting, lotion all over the place, chics licking and biting their fucking nipples, feet to the cam showing the soles, then the toes then licking them. There was even one girl tit fucking her dildo and spewing lotion all over her tits.
I can't compete with this shit! My niche is GONE. Why even bother with soft core anymore. It's all over the damn place!! Hell, it's more than soft core that I am seeing. There are girls doing things in free chat that I wont even do in my paid chat and what pisses me off royally is that I am not allowed to click "non-nude" on my profile because apparently SM thinks foot fetish, panties, uniforms, dancing and smoking requires some form of nudity. It's making me bonkers!!
I'm so flustered. My attitude sucks. I'm yelling at everyone. I'm just... UGLY!! ANGRY!! AT MY WITS END!!
I remember guys used to pay for this shit at any given time of day, time of year, time of whatever. Now? fagettabowit!
These guys have been taught and have come to expect that there will always be something for free. Get something free and then think about paying after he's done looking for what he "came" for. So stupid!!
end rant
Have you considered another site for your niche? Cams.com has always been a good back up for me, have you tried there?
I just poked my head in on a gold show with a new girl from a studio. And it was kinda uncomfortable. She's really shy and not talking much but theres someone in the background trying to sell her like she's a pony or something. Very awkward. Not sure how I feel about this.
There is a top model on there that has this going on also.... a guy in the background "selling" her show. You can see she kind of tries to laugh at the things he says but ultimately she has this look on her face like she's not really stoked about it.
I think it's an awful approach, but that's just me.
cvarga
07-25-2012, 03:32 PM
Have you considered another site for your niche? Cams.com has always been a good back up for me, have you tried there?
Bah. I don't think it really matters what site I'm on. I'm just miserable having to cam out of need and not for something extra. My post was more of a vent than anything. It felt good to be able to type in caps and pound those keys with a vengeance LOL.
I'm on track to make my transition, it's just frustrating getting there.
Cammi
07-25-2012, 08:51 PM
Bah, tech issues were as bad as ever tonight. Somehow fluked a very good first hour then had 15 minutes with just 3 talkers out of 60 (yes, I just counted) followed by 2 back to back pvts where the guy got booted out straight away.
Ragequit so hard.
GracieBlue
07-25-2012, 09:06 PM
What do you all do in party chat if no one is in your room or talking? Everytime I say hello it seems like they scurry out like they've been caught! I try to move around a bit I'm not much of a dancer unless I have a few drinks lol. Maybe I should just sit and knit in my bra and panties.;D Any suggestions? I figure they are coming into my room with me half naked they should extend the first greeting!:D
CourtneyRaine
07-25-2012, 09:12 PM
I usually don't broadcast in party chat anymore, because yeah, it's really weird sitting there trying to make a conversation by yourself. At least in classic chat the guys can't see what/if other guys are writing. Sometimes I have entire imaginary conversations in classic chat by myself, but the members think I'm just talking to other members, so I don't look as unpopular. And schizophrenic.
GracieBlue
07-25-2012, 09:21 PM
Funny! Do you type or talk to the guys in classic chat? I do enjoy the competitiveness of the guys in party. Not that they fight over me but one will talk about private and boom someone else will sweep in and take me private first. Men are funny creatures!
CourtneyRaine
07-25-2012, 09:57 PM
Oh, I only talk. I hate typing on cam, I'll only do it in private if a guy requests it because he doesn't have audio.
I find that I attract nicer guys in classic chat. I feel like in party chat a lot of guys (at least, the ones who vist me) just want attention or are looking for a reaction. Whenever I get insulted on SM it's usually in party chat. If a guy tells me I'm ugly and I know other members have seen it I find I feel the need to defend myself or at the very least acknowledge the insult. In classic chat I rarely get insulted, but when I do it's so much easier to just ignore the guy and silently ban him without getting distracted.
It's also much easier to politely ignore members who just want to talk, talk, talk in free chat. If I stop acknowledging them and they complain about it, hey, "I'm sorry, but there are a lot of guys in here talking to me at once, I guess I missed what you wrote. If you want my undivided attention we should go exclusive so you don't have to share me anymore ;)" Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but at least I don't come off as being rude, which completely contradicts my cam persona.
Vanessa_Paws
07-25-2012, 10:17 PM
I'm finally starting to make money on SM. I dont know what I was doing wrong before but hey! I can't complain now! It's still no where near as much as what I make on MFC in the same amount of time(probably because I don't have a following there) but I'm excited!
cvarga
07-25-2012, 11:59 PM
No one is even logging in to my chat room. It's the strangest thing. I have tried $1, $2, $3 $4 and $5 gold shows.. not one person logs in my chat room. This is page 1 and page 2 we're talking.
WTF?
GracieBlue
07-26-2012, 12:32 AM
I was on too, now I'm spying. I had a pvt and exc. I am new so maybe I don't know but SM is flooded with studio models who can and will do it all! It also seems like lots of models are bargaining and throwing out things like $2 gold for tits. One girl said she would get naked for 10 gold. I thought you couldn't do that. SM needs to enforce the rules, it's turning into MFC.
marsey
07-26-2012, 06:28 AM
I am a little confused over streamate, twice now I`ve had money go into my account from them which has been less then expected, then a few days later had more money then expected ( so it balances out to the correct amount im owed) but I dont understand why it fluctuates then vice versa, im on DP. Does everyone get this??
Also I have emailed SM about getting my goldshows enable, this is the second email I have sent on the same subject ( first was a month ago), If I badger them, is it more likely I will get what I want or can/will they just tell me to get lost and delete my account ( or similiar ). Im so damn desparate to see if these goldshows work for me, I need to maximise my earnings as I only cam part time ( single mom ), yet I cant afford to be kicked off a good site.
OMG Im in paranoid rambling mode now.
BritishBecky
07-26-2012, 06:55 AM
The only thing I can think is that you are counting money to midnight BST whereas SM counts to midnight GMT (which is 1am BST). Obviously when the clocks change the day will finish at midnight again. They will only give you gold shows if you have a good and stable upload speed, which is difficult to get in the UK unless you have cable. Ask them to check if you meet the requirements, (and list and confirm the requirements yourself) - that might spur them on.
nemcis
07-28-2012, 09:47 PM
Also I have emailed SM about getting my goldshows enable, this is the second email I have sent on the same subject ( first was a month ago), If I badger them, is it more likely I will get what I want or can/will they just tell me to get lost and delete my account ( or similiar ). Im so damn desparate to see if these goldshows work for me, I need to maximise my earnings as I only cam part time ( single mom ), yet I cant afford to be kicked off a good site.
OMG Im in paranoid rambling mode now.
I've asked them about it 6 times in 6 months......
Decalyn
07-28-2012, 09:50 PM
If they haven't given them to you yet, there's a reason. Email Vanessa, she'll work with you to get them.
She went through with me and told me exactly why the system wasn't letting me have them yet, which helped me to correct the issue.
icedancer
07-30-2012, 02:52 AM
logging onto streamate is a problem....i keep getting the loading window forever, and then "system error" which will not even allow me to send a message to support...
using firefox browser....and or internet explorer....adobe flash player 11 what could be the problem...and they have no phone number to tech support to help....someone please help me..
thanks!
icedancer
07-30-2012, 02:56 AM
logging onto streamate is a problem....i keep getting the loading window forever, and then "system error" which will not even allow me to send a message to support...
using firefox browser....and or internet explorer....adobe flash player 11 what could be the problem...and they have no phone number to tech support to help....someone please help me..
thanks!
TeenageAnnie
07-30-2012, 04:09 AM
I am tired of trying to get verified for SM. I have sumbitted my age verification and performer agreement over and over only to be rejected everytime. they accept my ID scan which has my AGE on it so why the eff do I need all this other bollocks? Sorry but I've successfully registered to over 10 camsites now in about 5 minutes flat each because they are so easy to sign up to. Not everyone has a scanner and a printer and it has taken me a lot of time and effort to get the documents printed at friends houses and then go into a store and get the assistant to scan my papers (how embarrassing you know they are reading it). So like I now have to accept that I will NEVER be able to work on SM unless I go out and spend a ton of money attempting to get verified 100 times. Sort it out Streamate there is no need. If there was need for it why did not of the other sites make me do it?
AliceFun
07-30-2012, 07:10 AM
Annie, did u get an answer why they wont approve u on site at all? Maybe u should email them stating u sent ur docs over and over again and u getting rejected, ask what is the problem? I must say in order to register with them i bought me a scanner/ printer combo so i can do all at home having privacy. I tell u the investment was worth plus u have the scanner/ printer available for whatever u might need them for in the future. I hope u can afford the thing, Good luck!
Pottymouth101
07-31-2012, 03:48 PM
So Im still wondering if..Only sm employees/admin can post in red font in models chatrooms? does anyone know if this true or not?
Cam_Model_Jess
07-31-2012, 11:10 PM
So Im still wondering if..Only sm employees/admin can post in red font in models chatrooms? does anyone know if this true or not?
Customers can choose whatever font/color they want. Here's how you can disable/enable it:
Go to your streaming page. Click on the "T" box below your chat window (below where it says "Compose Message"). Click the box next to "Set other users' font color" and choose black if you don't want to see the fonts/colors. Or click on "Show other users' font settings" if you want to see them.
If you have people in your chat room who are telling you they're support, it's likely not true but you should e-mail support and directly ask them about it. Take a screenshot of your chatroom and send that in with your e-mail. As far as I know, support doesn't come into your chat room on SM, or if they do it's only tech support and only if you have an appointment set with them to help you with an issue.
A simple solution is to ban the person. I highly doubt support can be banned.
Pottymouth101
08-01-2012, 07:23 AM
Thanks, cuz yeah I have a guy I believe has several member name using the same line of bullshit. He's admin and he's trying to see how the new girls are fitting in blah blah blah. Ive blocked him but he comes back with a new member name. Just wondered because I thought i saw it somewhere that admin used red. Or maybe that was MFC? Hmmm Anyways thanks again!
Tbean
08-01-2012, 08:53 AM
wow I never saw anything like that on SM but I did on another site that most people don't like but was my very first company...and it was when I was just brand new and had no clue what I was doing, some jerks with weird admin-like names kept popping in and telling me to close the window because my video feed wasn't working etc.
I was pretty mad when I discovered it wasn't the case, I emailed their support and found that it was just fake, most likely people trying to hurt new models chances of succeeding for whatever reason.
Marina Starr
08-01-2012, 02:22 PM
SM phone service is always down. SMH!