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SaraLaughs
07-18-2014, 12:40 PM
Did anyone not receive their Payoneer payment yet? This is my first time, I haven't received it yet, and I'm kinda freaking out.
Angelfaced
07-18-2014, 12:51 PM
check your email. i got a message asking me if i wanted instant load or wait 2 days.
SaraLaughs
07-18-2014, 12:54 PM
Nope, didn't get one of those. :P Should I call them, then? Ugh, I was so worried about this happening!
SaraLaughs
07-18-2014, 01:11 PM
Thank you. Is their customer support open on the weekends? What action should I take if it's not in there by tomorrow? I'm a teensy bit broke right now and was counting on my payment coming through.
Angelfaced
07-18-2014, 01:30 PM
you can call payoneers support since its still friday but if the problem is on streamates end they wont be able to really help you. try to contact nissim here on stripperweb. he works for payoneer and might be able to help you figure out what the problem is.
audreymadison
07-18-2014, 01:40 PM
Thank you. Is their customer support open on the weekends? What action should I take if it's not in there by tomorrow? I'm a teensy bit broke right now and was counting on my payment coming through.
Something like this happened to me like a month ago. The sm payment was listed in my Payoneer account as a pending transaction. Try looking there to see if it was at least sent by sm. Last time, I had to click that pending transaction and reauthorized the immediate load for $5.
Hope this help :/
SaraLaughs
07-18-2014, 02:15 PM
Thank you ladies, apparently I had an e-mail caught in my spam filter or something. I appreciate all your help!
reversecowgirl
07-18-2014, 04:45 PM
dear encoder,
I hate your stupid ass.
Sincerely,
me
camgirlcarmen
07-18-2014, 05:51 PM
Tax question!!
Ok I worked on streamate back in 2008 and 2009...as you know they did not send 1099's back then...then 2 years ago or so they started sending them out, and I got my 1099's for both years...I was young and dumb and didn't do my taxes for my cam girl income...I went to H&R block and told them my situation, filed them correctly and ended up making money, because I am considered low income, head of household with kids.
Anyways I want to start back on streamate, and this is my situation now: I have 3 kids, single, head of household, I have a w-2 "normal" job and make about 20,000 a year.
I just need some extra money, and am looking to make about $500 bucks a month on streamate, so 6,000 a year. I live her in the USA and I live in a state that does not have to pay state taxes. I would need to make about $50,000 a year to pay into federal taxes, because of my profile. I have heard that if you expect to owe more than 1,000 in taxes for the year, you will need to pay quarterly.
1) Will I need to pay quarterly taxes?
2) If I don't need to pay quarterly taxes, will turbotax cut it? Which edition?
I am not looking to do a whole bunch of tax write offs, I just to do the right thing and claim my income :)
Thanks! :)
reversecowgirl
07-18-2014, 06:16 PM
I am doing something wrong, but I don't know what. My green start button at the bottom of encoder isn't lit up and I can't activate it!! fml I went step by step and changed everything to what it said to.
Issabelle
07-18-2014, 06:55 PM
@camgirlcarmen, check under the 'Dollar Den' for more specific tax info and also the stickied thread at the top of 'Camming Connection' regarding camgirls and taxes for more details. The short answer to your questions is to save 25% of everything you make on SM. Just put it in a savings account and don't touch it. That's your tax money. The first year that you work SM, you get a free pass to not pay quarterly taxes and can just pay lump sum come April 15th next year. After next year, you'll pay quarterlies based on your income from this year (or just send the 25% that you've set aside direct to the IRS and accept the extra refund back). Since you have a job that does w-2 withholding, 25% will probably cover you with enough to get you a bit of a refund back.
Turbotax--eh. I use a CPA. You can write the cost of the CPA off, so may as well have someone do it right the first year.
Blovely
07-18-2014, 07:45 PM
I'm getting a 3-5 lag on the encoder. There's no lag before connecting, it only starts after I click connect. Is anyone else having this issue or have any idea how to fix it?
MissNicole2U
07-18-2014, 08:29 PM
I'm getting a 3-5 lag on the encoder. There's no lag before connecting, it only starts after I click connect. Is anyone else having this issue or have any idea how to fix it?
Same thing was happening to me about 15 mins ago, only thing that fixed the issue was to log off and restart my computer. Hope it works for you!
Issabelle
07-18-2014, 09:21 PM
If my lag is only like 3-5 seconds, I'm happy. I figure that allows for the connection to the server and what not. Now, 3-5 minutes? Yeah, that shits not gonna work.
Wow. Wth happened to today?!!!
CurvyWinona
07-20-2014, 06:11 PM
Too much of traffic, u meant? :) crazy too many guys today.
raine07
07-20-2014, 06:12 PM
Wow. Wth happened to today?!!!
What do you mean?
Femmestudent
07-20-2014, 09:30 PM
I declare this the "worst sunday ever" (Said in comic book guys voice)
super slow on SM for me which sucks as usually I make great bank on Sundays
Issabelle
07-20-2014, 11:18 PM
Ditty Femmestudent. I ended up making like $28 in two and a half hours. That's killer when it's during my prime time for shows at night!
BellaSinns
07-20-2014, 11:20 PM
so is Streamate the best to use?
Airrrie2
07-20-2014, 11:42 PM
LOL... I'm just gonna sit back and watch this :)
Airrrie2
07-20-2014, 11:45 PM
I'm getting a 3-5 lag on the encoder. There's no lag before connecting, it only starts after I click connect. Is anyone else having this issue or have any idea how to fix it?
Yes. I'm also having audio issues. It seems there is some kind of conflict and half the time my audio is disabled, not just via the encoder but the hardware. Not sure what's happening either. I thought maybe it was logictec because they have new cams out but I'm not sure. Perhaps encoder needs an update?
Yeah. I didn't see any sports on, but it was like pulling teeth yesterday.
pinkpink
07-21-2014, 05:28 AM
Things I learned about SM yesterday:
Gold Shows are awesome. I followed someone else's advice (I can't remember her name but she's a goddess) and started just going into gold shows all the time, no countdowns. You pay to talk to me dammit!
I also learned that it suuuuuucks when you accidentally close your encoder during a gold show when you were gonna make some money. </3
Issabelle
07-21-2014, 06:07 AM
I swear to god SM, kick me or one of my customers off ONE MORE FUCKING TIME and I'm going to AW full time!
Twice in 45 minutes. Jesus.
Also, I'm trying out having my premium lower than my exclusive for the next day--two tops--to see how the peepers to multiple-paying-customers ratio looks. I've only ever had sessions with more than one paying custie like twice. Every other time was a peeper in-and-out in-and-out. So, I'm literally keeping a list of names to auto-ban. I know they peep for fun because of their only showing up when I'm in paid (they're searching for paid-chat shows). Hate their crap. Gonna see if putting up with it is worth it, but thus far it hasn't been. Time will tell...
Glamourmilf
07-21-2014, 06:29 AM
Yeah, to what everyone else commented on--- What did happened yesterday? I had my usual higher than ever traffic, but only 2 regs went excl. in 5 hrs?
I usually get a prvt/excl every 5 min. or so.
No sports games were on, so... it's a mystery. The only thing that would make sense is that if a lot of guys were out and watching from their mobile devices just for amusement, and couldn't buy shows.
anonymous camgirl
07-21-2014, 09:48 AM
Since when did SM become a graveyard?? I am sorry i do not have certification in funeral directing or embalming or digging graves or even ghost busting..LOL
MissQuirk
07-21-2014, 09:50 AM
Since when did SM become a graveyard?? I am sorry i do not have certification in funeral directing or embalming or digging graves or even ghost busting..LOL
my first thought
"there has to be a ghost busters fetish, right..." i mean that has potential to be hot.
i'm procrastinating. gonna sign on and cam now >__>
RoxyKali
07-21-2014, 11:19 AM
So i was on a website last week where they had an advertisement for free accounts on streamate that didn't even require a credit card to sign up. I didn't do it at the time because i had people at my house when it popped up, but now i'm wondering is this possible? I've been wanting to make an account to look up other performers to see if i'm on the right track but i don't want to use my credit card to sign up only because i've had a credit card on file for another website that the hacker group "anonymous" hacked into the database and released all the users info and cc info that was easily findable just by googling my first and last name (make sure you google your name often to make sure this didn't happen to you) i actually went through almost a month filing complaints with google itself to get it taken down.
SoloDesire
07-21-2014, 01:49 PM
So i was on a website last week where they had an advertisement for free accounts on streamate that didn't even require a credit card to sign up. I didn't do it at the time because i had people at my house when it popped up, but now i'm wondering is this possible? I've been wanting to make an account to look up other performers to see if i'm on the right track but i don't want to use my credit card to sign up only because i've had a credit card on file for another website that the hacker group "anonymous" hacked into the database and released all the users info and cc info that was easily findable just by googling my first and last name (make sure you google your name often to make sure this didn't happen to you) i actually went through almost a month filing complaints with google itself to get it taken down.
You don't need a member account to look up other performers. So, what's the real reason you want an anonymous account?
RoxyKali
07-21-2014, 02:49 PM
true.. i don't know i guess i just want to see how it looks from the customers perspective to be honest. Maybe i'm just weird. >.<
on a side note i also have a question about tips. Do you still only get 35% for tips or do you get the whole thing?
You only get 35% of the tips too.
AngelMari
07-21-2014, 05:47 PM
Since I have my state blocked I can't see what page I'm on. I was thinking when I use the encoder to start a show does the number at the end represent where I'm at as far as page? Or as far as people? Or is it just random?
Ex: rtmp://fcs42-1.streamate.com/naiad/live11 .... The live 11 at the end.
BTW killed it yesterday 500 bucks in 6 hours. I love me some sundays!!
CurvyWinona
07-21-2014, 06:20 PM
it is random.
scarlettbelle
07-21-2014, 06:28 PM
Regarding the high traffic/few shows thing that's been going on lately...
I've been noticing that there aren't as many guys swooping in and whisking me off to private/exclusive anymore. BUT if I encourage them somehow, they'll do it. It's like they're waiting for ME to ask THEM to take me private.
I'll be sitting there with a packed room for 10 minutes or so, wondering WTF is going on...and then as soon as I say "I'm ready to go private when you are!" or "I'm going to start a Gold Show in a minute, who wants to take me private first?" BAM. I get whisked away.
Blovely
07-21-2014, 11:27 PM
Yes. I'm also having audio issues. It seems there is some kind of conflict and half the time my audio is disabled, not just via the encoder but the hardware. Not sure what's happening either. I thought maybe it was logictec because they have new cams out but I'm not sure. Perhaps encoder needs an update?
I dunna what I did but I either fixed it by fiddling around with stuff or it fixed itself on its own. That sound thing use to happened to me a long time ago. I'd have to turn the audio on through the logitech controller. It stopped doing it eventually. If it wasn't doing it before then I'd try re-installing the software or restore your computer to the date when it wasn't doing it.
beauvoir
07-22-2014, 12:33 AM
That started happening to me! Sound is totally off in all my camming sites. Ugh.
kittykrane
07-22-2014, 05:57 AM
You don't need a member account to look up other performers. So, what's the real reason you want an anonymous account?
True, but only if the performers don't have blocks in place; otherwise they won't show up in searches either unless a guest is logged in. I know another local cammer who has her block set up that way does that because she doesn't want her family to know she cams.
SarahTime
07-22-2014, 03:09 PM
Regarding the high traffic/few shows thing that's been going on lately...
I've been noticing that there aren't as many guys swooping in and whisking me off to private/exclusive anymore. BUT if I encourage them somehow, they'll do it. It's like they're waiting for ME to ask THEM to take me private.
I'll be sitting there with a packed room for 10 minutes or so, wondering WTF is going on...and then as soon as I say "I'm ready to go private when you are!" or "I'm going to start a Gold Show in a minute, who wants to take me private first?" BAM. I get whisked away.
This is so weird because I've noticed the SAME thing! They definitely need more coercing lately... I've been tolerating a lot more questions and verbal "teasing" and it seems to be working better than the old days of being able to just get taken private with basically no effort!
Bootsie
07-22-2014, 03:47 PM
my first thought
"there has to be a ghost busters fetish, right..." i mean that has potential to be hot.
i'm procrastinating. gonna sign on and cam now >__>
Not on SM, but I got tipped on MFC one time by a guy who wanted me to dance to the theme song. I did, and it was fun :D
Is there a way to get gold shows without the damned 4.5 rating? I'm stuck at 4 and support keeps emailing me the same response that they roll it out weekly blah blah. Any secret person to email? I don't do very well on SM, but I love the gold show format and am dying to try it!
~Carmen~
07-22-2014, 04:44 PM
This is so weird because I've noticed the SAME thing! They definitely need more coercing lately... I've been tolerating a lot more questions and verbal "teasing" and it seems to be working better than the old days of being able to just get taken private with basically no effort!
Yes! Me too. I have to practically send them an engraved invitation lately.
BlasianBytch
07-22-2014, 05:20 PM
Yes. I'm also having audio issues. It seems there is some kind of conflict and half the time my audio is disabled, not just via the encoder but the hardware. Not sure what's happening either. I thought maybe it was logictec because they have new cams out but I'm not sure. Perhaps encoder needs an update?
I thought the same thing, but when I didn't use the encoder the sound worked fine :-/ I thought that my computer just aged out of usefulness.
minniesoporno
07-22-2014, 07:24 PM
I swear to god SM, kick me or one of my customers off ONE MORE FUCKING TIME and I'm going to AW full time!
Twice in 45 minutes. Jesus.
Also, I'm trying out having my premium lower than my exclusive for the next day--two tops--to see how the peepers to multiple-paying-customers ratio looks. I've only ever had sessions with more than one paying custie like twice. Every other time was a peeper in-and-out in-and-out. So, I'm literally keeping a list of names to auto-ban. I know they peep for fun because of their only showing up when I'm in paid (they're searching for paid-chat shows). Hate their crap. Gonna see if putting up with it is worth it, but thus far it hasn't been. Time will tell...
how do you auto-ban ?
Issabelle
07-22-2014, 08:22 PM
how do you auto-ban ?
When I say auto-ban, I mean I'm keeping a list of names on a sticky note on my monitor to just ban on sight if they ever enter my room again. I wish SM had a function to automatically ban users whose names I put on a list. It'd be as good as being able to ban them after they've left the room. Ugh.
minniesoporno
07-22-2014, 08:53 PM
Regarding the high traffic/few shows thing that's been going on lately...
I've been noticing that there aren't as many guys swooping in and whisking me off to private/exclusive anymore. BUT if I encourage them somehow, they'll do it. It's like they're waiting for ME to ask THEM to take me private.
I'll be sitting there with a packed room for 10 minutes or so, wondering WTF is going on...and then as soon as I say "I'm ready to go private when you are!" or "I'm going to start a Gold Show in a minute, who wants to take me private first?" BAM. I get whisked away.
asking to go private or gold show is suggestive selling. learned that while doing call centre work nothing wrong in asking you gotta remind them why they are on the site in the first place - some don't know what to do some are too shy to speak up and others like being told what to do.
PrincessLavender
07-23-2014, 05:43 AM
asking to go private or gold show is suggestive selling. learned that while doing call centre work nothing wrong in asking you gotta remind them why they are on the site in the first place - some don't know what to do some are too shy to speak up and others like being told what to do.
One of my saved text says something about how I'm waiting for a private show and I use it when someone asks how I am, or what I'm doing. I've noticed a difference in the number of privates as a opposed to just saying, "I'm doing good today thanks."
SarahTime
07-23-2014, 08:52 AM
asking to go private or gold show is suggestive selling. learned that while doing call centre work nothing wrong in asking you gotta remind them why they are on the site in the first place - some don't know what to do some are too shy to speak up and others like being told what to do.
Then there's the guys who are like, "I don't like being asked/reminded/told what to do" which is frustrating for me... seems like a pissy excuse to be able to sit in my room as long as you want without paying for anything!
Nocturnelle
07-23-2014, 11:03 AM
You ladies are more then welcome to try this! I've done it a few times and it's always been a success. I do a quick gold show countdown for about 5 minutes. Advertise it as a "Quickie show.. I have to cum NOW!" and make the show only for about 2-3 minutes. I make the buy in super cheap (1$) and during the show countdown I hustle hustle hustle my video bundles. You can make the ultimate goal whatever you want, I just go for 50 and because it's a smaller goal it's always met above and beyond the initial goal. It's good for ladies who are in crunch mode or bored and want to make some fast money. I average about 15-20$ my cut for 7 minutes of work, not bad.
Also, the 2-3 minute show is not long enough for some guys to get off so I *always* get a private or exclusive right after. :)
Angeliqua
07-23-2014, 11:45 AM
You ladies are more then welcome to try this! I've done it a few times and it's always been a success. I do a quick gold show countdown for about 5 minutes. Advertise it as a "Quickie show.. I have to cum NOW!" and make the show only for about 2-3 minutes. I make the buy in super cheap (1$) and during the show countdown I hustle hustle hustle my video bundles. You can make the ultimate goal whatever you want, I just go for 50 and because it's a smaller goal it's always met above and beyond the initial goal. It's good for ladies who are in crunch mode or bored and want to make some fast money. I average about 15-20$ my cut for 7 minutes of work, not bad.
Also, the 2-3 minute show is not long enough for some guys to get off so I *always* get a private or exclusive right after. :)
I am definitely going to try this *if* I ever get approved for a gold show :) I would not mind to make that for a 5-7 minute time frame!
Kisha
07-23-2014, 12:02 PM
15-20$ in 5-7 minute sounds awesome.. But I never sold videos on SM, I'm too much afraid of being suspended because of sending the guys video links for gold. I know it's been discussed alot already, but I still don't know the answer: Is there any other way to sell videos for gold in GS countdowns than sending guys the video download link? If I have my videos e.g on Project Meanad, won't SM suspend me if I send download link to the guys?