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Erika_Xstacy
05-06-2018, 03:46 PM
Maybe they are being a bit overprotective. I haven't seen any knee-jerk reaction to FOSTA on a number of other sites I use that stream from the USA.
TBH that worries me. I wouldn't half ass anything right now.
Models forget, do some dumb shit and we all are in the hole.
it is as annoying as entering adult website and recognizing you are aware of what you are doing and it is adult content must be 18. We know what we are doing as customers going to those sites.
I agree 100% about members.
customers are not fully aware the level of heat, they need to know the site rules without being told by model.
laurielegs
05-07-2018, 10:52 AM
I'm already soooo annoyed at having to promise SM that I'm not an escort or a sex slave every time I sign in.
its so super annoying, not my fave site to work on at the moment...
I thought so too until today. I've had a complete attitude adjustment since this morning waking up to see that I'm fired from one of my favorite side eggs because of the fact that I live in the USA.
First Adultwork then Camcontacts today.
No warning at all so my whales will never know what happened to me because I used a different name on that site. Never again! I'm changing ALL my names on all sites to match so they will be able to find me if this happens to more sites.
Now I'm extremely happy to check those boxes on Streamate and still be able to work.
I am appreciative of it.
They are trying to save all our asses from being homeless
Maybe they are being a bit overprotective. I haven't seen any knee-jerk reaction to FOSTA on a number of other sites I use that stream from the USA.
I thought so too but now that Adultwork and Camcontacts are both closed to me only because I live in the U.S. I'm more than a little shaken up. The patriarchy wins again, taking away another source of income. FUCK!
euro_princess
05-07-2018, 01:44 PM
Our prizes for the contest are loaded. Just spotted mine.
lula_xoxox
05-07-2018, 05:06 PM
sorry if this has been asked a dozen times - i know everyone (myself included) has been a bit shook up by the loss of FirstChoicePay... i was wondering if any UK SM girls could tell me how they've decided to manage it? i've been checking out the relevant threads and i'm struggling to find any definitive information for UK girls. both paxum and cosmo seem pretty dodgy, and seem to cream a big fee off the wages... i haven't been paid in like a month and i'm super broke, but just so unsure what to do! i'm half tempted to just opt for getting cheques sent at this point, but i understand that they'd be sent in USD so i don't even know how easy that would be... i don't know how long they would even take to arrive... and also what happens if they're lost in the post?! my trust in the postal services is as low as my trust in these new payment options. also, what on earth is an EFT? i keep seeing it and i still don't know what it means and if it applies to me as an option. anyway, i hope these questions don't sound too stupid. i really hate change! this couldn't have come at a worse time, i'm skint af and just feel a bit lost, i don't trust any of these services but i really need to get paid!! :(
alexismay
05-07-2018, 07:25 PM
sorry if this has been asked a dozen times - i know everyone (myself included) has been a bit shook up by the loss of FirstChoicePay... i was wondering if any UK SM girls could tell me how they've decided to manage it? i've been checking out the relevant threads and i'm struggling to find any definitive information for UK girls. both paxum and cosmo seem pretty dodgy, and seem to cream a big fee off the wages... i haven't been paid in like a month and i'm super broke, but just so unsure what to do! i'm half tempted to just opt for getting cheques sent at this point, but i understand that they'd be sent in USD so i don't even know how easy that would be... i don't know how long they would even take to arrive... and also what happens if they're lost in the post?! my trust in the postal services is as low as my trust in these new payment options. also, what on earth is an EFT? i keep seeing it and i still don't know what it means and if it applies to me as an option. anyway, i hope these questions don't sound too stupid. i really hate change! this couldn't have come at a worse time, i'm skint af and just feel a bit lost, i don't trust any of these services but i really need to get paid!! :(
Hi there, I am a Uk girl working on SM, i chose to get paid by check, the check got sent out on Friday and arrived on Wednesday the next week. I bank with barclays so no problem with the check being in dollars as it goes through their international banking system based in Poole. Most uk banks will happily cash foreign checks, only thing is it costs 9 pound per check. The clerk at the bank told me to expect the check to be cleared within 2 to 3 weeks but it was in my account in 1 day! I got the Cosmo card too but havent used it yet, there card activation fee is 12.95 and each load or payment costs 2.99 thats in dollars. Hope this helps!
Erika_Xstacy
05-07-2018, 11:06 PM
I thought so too until today. I've had a complete attitude adjustment since this morning waking up to see that I'm fired from one of my favorite side eggs because of the fact that I live in the USA.
First Adultwork then Camcontacts today.
No warning at all so my whales will never know what happened to me because I used a different name on that site. Never again! I'm changing ALL my names on all sites to match so they will be able to find me if this happens to more sites.
Now I'm extremely happy to check those boxes on Streamate and still be able to work.
I thought so too but now that Adultwork and Camcontacts are both closed to me only because I live in the U.S. I'm more than a little shaken up. The patriarchy wins again, taking away another source of income. FUCK!
Thats horrible, my worse fear :( I am so sorry to hear this
This is just a suggestion but make a twitter, skype or instagram under those names attach a email. post a pic that they recognize
hashtag adultwork camcontacts
lula_xoxox
05-08-2018, 04:21 AM
Thanks so much alexismay & Dahlia, that's really helpful. Well in that case I may just go with cheques for now, I don't mind waiting really so long as I know I'll actually get paid. In the mean time I really hope they come up with another option with less in the way of charges, Cosmo and Paxum just really don't seem user-friendly at all in that regard. I don't earn nearly enough to be charged $50 per transfer!!
innocentindian
05-12-2018, 01:24 PM
Does anyone know how I can stream with my girl friend?
In Streamate's FAQ it says that I have to make a separate couples account to stream with her, but I swear I've seen girls who have a friend cam with them for a day or two on their single performer's account. I thought I could just submit her ID on my account and let Streamate know which days she'll be broadcasting with me.
Marina Starr
05-12-2018, 03:11 PM
You don't have to create a couples account but I believe she has to be approved by Streamate as a model then you two can cam together.
Does anyone know how I can stream with my girl friend?
In Streamate's FAQ it says that I have to make a separate couples account to stream with her, but I swear I've seen girls who have a friend cam with them for a day or two on their single performer's account. I thought I could just submit her ID on my account and let Streamate know which days she'll be broadcasting with me.
tropo
05-12-2018, 04:20 PM
I thought so too until today. I've had a complete attitude adjustment since this morning waking up to see that I'm fired from one of my favorite side eggs because of the fact that I live in the USA.
First Adultwork then Camcontacts today.
No warning at all so my whales will never know what happened to me because I used a different name on that site. Never again! I'm changing ALL my names on all sites to match so they will be able to find me if this happens to more sites.
Now I'm extremely happy to check those boxes on Streamate and still be able to work.
I thought so too but now that Adultwork and Camcontacts are both closed to me only because I live in the U.S. I'm more than a little shaken up. The patriarchy wins again, taking away another source of income. FUCK!
I lost AW in January. The tried to tell me it's my country that's blocking it, but that's all bs. They are. Same thing - no warning. Luckily I had cashed out all my credits beforehand.
Glamourmilf
05-13-2018, 06:21 AM
Does anyone know how I can stream with my girl friend?
In Streamate's FAQ it says that I have to make a separate couples account to stream with her, but I swear I've seen girls who have a friend cam with them for a day or two on their single performer's account. I thought I could just submit her ID on my account and let Streamate know which days she'll be broadcasting with me.
Email Liz, and she'll add a tab that says you can add a performer to your existing account. Find it On your dashboard
You'll need to submit the person's id first.
Hope that helps.
tropo
05-13-2018, 08:54 AM
Thanks so much alexismay & Dahlia, that's really helpful. Well in that case I may just go with cheques for now, I don't mind waiting really so long as I know I'll actually get paid. In the mean time I really hope they come up with another option with less in the way of charges, Cosmo and Paxum just really don't seem user-friendly at all in that regard. I don't earn nearly enough to be charged $50 per transfer!!
... and the rest!!! I did one wire transfer with Paxum and it cost me an additional $40, so $90 in total... that was to a Citibank USD account in Asia - dollar to dollar. They said the $40 was charged by their correspondent bank (sounds like a scam to me - they never mentioned anything about it when I did the transfer) and it was out of their control. The money comes out of Belize. Right now I'm just waiting for my temporary Paxum card to arrive so I can start spending the money that has accumlated on there since last month.
I think the UK has EFT through Paxum. That's different than a bank wire (SWIFT transfer) and very cheap (I think about $5). The difference between EFT and bank wire is that EFT is totally electronic with no operator necessary to facilitate the transfer. They only offer it to a few countries. I'm out of luck there.
minniesoporno
05-13-2018, 11:44 AM
... and the rest!!! I did one wire transfer with Paxum and it cost me an additional $40, so $90 in total... that was to a Citibank USD account in Asia - dollar to dollar. They said the $40 was charged by their correspondent bank (sounds like a scam to me - they never mentioned anything about it when I did the transfer) and it was out of their control. The money comes out of Belize. Right now I'm just waiting for my temporary Paxum card to arrive so I can start spending the money that has accumlated on there since last month.
I think the UK has EFT through Paxum. That's different than a bank wire (SWIFT transfer) and very cheap (I think about $5). The difference between EFT and bank wire is that EFT is totally electronic with no operator necessary to facilitate the transfer. They only offer it to a few countries. I'm out of luck there.
IT's not a scam it only feels that way.
everything needs to make money from your money. - wire fees. to send and receive cost money. So you might want to search around to see where you can get a ATM that will dispense US cash. I found two ATMS for me one at the airport and also via the CiBC bank branch luckily one is walking distance for me.
for me my main bank will take $15 for the wire and paxum is saying to send $50 for the wire. so if money mart goes over $65 in fees for a check. I will have to travel to the airport or a cibc bank and get my funds in US currency.
plus now that I am learning foreign exchange and having a broker account. I am actually making more money by learning how to invest. So the fees these companies and banks are taking don't hit me that much anymore.
and with what I am finding with being self employed and registering myself as a business. I am able to claim those fees as a business expense as well.
so it's worth to search around the best way to get your money working for you or how you can spend less as possible , or register yourself as sole sole proprietorship and find out exactly what is allowed to be claimed as expenses.
tropo
05-13-2018, 12:10 PM
IT's not a scam it only feels that way.
everything needs to make money from your money. - wire fees. to send and receive cost money. So you might want to search around to see where you can get a ATM that will dispense US cash. I found two ATMS for me one at the airport and also via the CiBC bank branch luckily one is walking distance for me.
for me my main bank will take $15 for the wire and paxum is saying to send $50 for the wire. so if money mart goes over $65 in fees for a check. I will have to travel to the airport or a cibc bank and get my funds in US currency.
plus now that I am learning foreign exchange and having a broker account. I am actually making more money by learning how to invest. So the fees these companies and banks are taking don't hit me that much anymore.
and with what I am finding with being self employed and registering myself as a business. I am able to claim those fees as a business expense as well.
so it's worth to search around the best way to get your money working for you or how you can spend less as possible , or register yourself as sole sole proprietorship and find out exactly what is allowed to be claimed as expenses.
I did find the best way to receive my money. That wire transfer that cost me $90 all up was the last one I ever did. Fortunately I wired $5500 at that time (mid-2014) so it was less than 2%. I'm not going to pay $40 for a corresponding bank. That fact is my account was a Citibank USD account, and they are charging $40. My bank doesn't charge me to receive money. I'm pretty sure that was a scam. By scam I mean deliberate overcharging. They can easily get away with it by answering queries - "sorry, we have no control over what the corresponding banks charge". They can charge what they like and there's nothing I can do about it.
I could get money out from my Paxum card at any ATM where I live, but I chose to spend the money shopping online or POS... the cheapest way.
Scorpio Girl
05-14-2018, 03:04 PM
Did anyone get the bonus for the May Day contest on this week? I didn't place in the contest, but I did make one of the bonuses and did not receive it and the only thing showing up under additional compensation is the 20% bonus for the week before that which I already got on last week's check.
Marina Starr
05-14-2018, 03:33 PM
I did, got my check today. Did you work at least 25 hours?
Did anyone get the bonus for the May Day contest on this week? I didn't place in the contest, but I did make one of the bonuses and did not receive it and the only thing showing up under additional compensation is the 20% bonus for the week before that which I already got on last week's check.
Well, this is a new one. "Camera not detected" when I try to open the broadcaster. Does it on BOTH laptops with either cams?? And the cameras/cams show up on my other sites, just not on the broadcaster
@jessryan were you able to sort it out? i'm having the same issue too.49888
kamiliam
05-14-2018, 07:03 PM
well well well, they have added this to the customer chat interface
" Please do not share contact information with the performers ":thanx:
Scorpio Girl
05-14-2018, 08:29 PM
Yes, I worked 25 hours. Crap. Well I already sent them a message about it, so just waiting to hear back.
Scorpio Girl
05-14-2018, 08:42 PM
When you get offline tips, do you get any kind of message about it or anything like you do when they send gold after a show? I just logged in and have made $4.20 today, but I have not been on at all. It is for 3 tips from 3 different customers. I mean I'm not complaining about random money showing up, but I can't figure out why it's there. Offline tips are the only thing I could think of and it's weird that 3 different people would all decide to send me an offline tip today.
BadBitch
05-14-2018, 08:53 PM
When you get offline tips, do you get any kind of message about it or anything like you do when they send gold after a show? I just logged in and have made $4.20 today, but I have not been on at all. It is for 3 tips from 3 different customers. I mean I'm not complaining about random money showing up, but I can't figure out why it's there. Offline tips are the only thing I could think of and it's weird that 3 different people would all decide to send me an offline tip today.
Haha! I got it, too - from 2 different people. I thought it was strange.
JessRyan
05-14-2018, 08:55 PM
@jessryan were you able to sort it out? i'm having the same issue too.49888
sorry, I haven't checke in here in a few days. NO, I give up when I feel I'm wasting time. I tried both laptops, different cams...it's the broadcaster. So, I use OBS no issues with it. I un-installed the broadcaster. Also with OBS I can easily record privates and will offer them for sale.
sorry for the late reply xoxo
JessRyan
05-14-2018, 08:58 PM
This is the video I followed exactly for OBS set up: https://vimeo.com/229579793
then just copy and paste the stream key/url code in settings (stream) just like the old encoder then click "start stream"
LizzyMe
05-14-2018, 09:26 PM
When you get offline tips, do you get any kind of message about it or anything like you do when they send gold after a show? I just logged in and have made $4.20 today, but I have not been on at all. It is for 3 tips from 3 different customers. I mean I'm not complaining about random money showing up, but I can't figure out why it's there. Offline tips are the only thing I could think of and it's weird that 3 different people would all decide to send me an offline tip today.
I saw that tonight too. I got 4 tips and I checked it out. I did shows with these guys within the last month. That was tips we made and now we are finally receiving it.
SuperPookie
05-14-2018, 09:27 PM
Who do I contact regarding reissuing checks? I found 2 from last year that had never been cashed and they have expired.
Scorpio Girl
05-14-2018, 09:29 PM
I saw that tonight too. I got 4 tips and I checked it out. I did shows with these guys within the last month. That was tips we made and now we are finally receiving it.
Yeah, I also had shows in April with the three I got. How weird. Never had that happen before.
kamiliam
05-14-2018, 09:41 PM
I saw that tonight too. I got 4 tips and I checked it out. I did shows with these guys within the last month. That was tips we made and now we are finally receiving it.
yeah also have the tip thing, I wonder if these guys included some sort of contact message in their after show tip?
LizzyMe
05-14-2018, 09:51 PM
yeah also have the tip thing, I wonder if these guys included some sort of contact message in their after show tip?
A couple of these guys are long time regs that have tipped me before and they have never tried to contact me. Not sure what happened.
kamiliam
05-14-2018, 09:56 PM
me too just trying to theorize. some of that was during some sort of contest and I can't help being a bit irked about it
Editing out my last question because I found the problem!! In my paranoia for wanting to keep my stream secure, I disabled my webcam from being accessed by my apps. The SM encoder is an app. Scroll down to method #2 and let me know if it fixes your issues.
BadBitch
05-15-2018, 02:44 AM
I saw that tonight too. I got 4 tips and I checked it out. I did shows with these guys within the last month. That was tips we made and now we are finally receiving it.
Unbelievable.
kamiliam
05-15-2018, 03:17 AM
Who do I contact regarding reissuing checks? I found 2 from last year that had never been cashed and they have expired.
Go to payment history and there will be a button in the top right that says request reissue, select the one's you want. If I remember correctly you get an email from support saying they will inform accounting, they then send another email confirming it will be reissued the next check cycle.
tropo
05-15-2018, 04:30 AM
Yeah, I also had shows in April with the three I got. How weird. Never had that happen before.
I just checked my account and noticed 2 offline tips over the last 2 days when I wasn't online. I wonder if this is new?
euro_princess
05-15-2018, 06:00 AM
It was from a glitch during the contest week. My tips are from clients that I never spoke with, but joined shows in that week. How awesome and not shady at all.
^^^ I got a tip last nite when i was online but i never saw the guy in my room, i was puzzled how i received that tip ...
Glamourmilf
05-15-2018, 07:36 AM
Go to payment history and there will be a button in the top right that says request reissue, select the one's you want. If I remember correctly you get an email from support saying they will inform accounting, they then send another email confirming it will be reissued the next check cycle.
Just fyi- SM charges $25 reissue fee. For each check. And another$30 if you want them sent by FedEx.
Fees are taken out of that check's earnings.
Blovely
05-15-2018, 08:23 AM
I just checked my account and noticed 2 offline tips over the last 2 days when I wasn't online. I wonder if this is new?
Its not new. A newsletter about offline tipping was sent out, I think they released the feature publicly like a year or two ago (it was discussed in this thread). I say publicly because it was stated on here that certain customers had access to the feature way before the feature was released to everyone else.
chloemay
05-15-2018, 08:39 AM
Just fyi- SM charges $25 reissue fee. For each check. And another$30 if you want them sent by FedEx.
Fees are taken out of that check's earnings.
I forgot about a couple of small checks last year and SM reissued them automatically. I was surprised by the mystery check as i hadn't streamed in a long time but deposited it anyway. Then while I was getting my receipts and stuff together for taxes I found the old checks with some paperwork and figured it out.
Glamourmilf
05-15-2018, 08:49 AM
well well well, they have added this to the customer chat interface
" Please do not share contact information with the performers ":thanx:
Where does it say that?
I didn't see it anywhere when I logged into my customer account?
Thanks
xoprincessremy
05-15-2018, 09:03 AM
So I’ve been trying to stream and for the last day, I cannot find myself anywhere at all on the site.
I cant find myself in any of my categories. I only come up when I actually type in my username.
Im usually in the top 6 rows on the 1st page.
I also see men men on the first few pages? Never seen that before.
So I have no clue what is going on.
Is anyone else having this issue?
anonamiss
05-15-2018, 09:29 AM
Just fyi- SM charges $25 reissue fee. For each check. And another$30 if you want them sent by FedEx.
Fees are taken out of that check's earnings.
I thought I read somewhere that if you reissued it after a certain amount of time has passed since that payment week (I want to say 90 days?) then the reissue is free. But i can't seem to find the small print that says this.
LizzyMe
05-15-2018, 09:49 AM
Where does it say that?
I didn't see it anywhere when I logged into my customer account?
Thanks
I see it in the customer chat.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-15-2018, 09:54 AM
So I’ve been trying to stream and for the last day, I cannot find myself anywhere at all on the site.
I cant find myself in any of my categories. I only come up when I actually type in my username.
Im usually in the top 6 rows on the 1st page.
I also see men men on the first few pages? Never seen that before.
So I have no clue what is going on.
Is anyone else having this issue?
Are the instances where you're seeing men are they couples accounts? Maybe the female cammer is off cam somewhere?
xoprincessremy
05-15-2018, 09:57 AM
Are the instances where you're seeing men are they couples accounts? Maybe the female cammer is off cam somewhere?
No, these are actual men's solo accounts. Why are they in the first few pages?
I still can't find myself anywhere :( no matter how far or deep I look
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-15-2018, 10:08 AM
No, these are actual men's solo accounts. Why are they in the first few pages?
I still can't find myself anywhere :( no matter how far or deep I look
Maybe try clearing your cookies or access through a different browser. I just visited the site from dolphin for the 1st time in many months and I didnt see solo male accounts.
What Ive learned from my sm experience is it may take 20 mins before your placement is back to what it is normally if you're just logging on or coming back after a long show.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-15-2018, 10:10 AM
Sorry I just realized you said for the last day. Still clear your cookies. How is your traffic?
xoprincessremy
05-15-2018, 10:26 AM
Sorry I just realized you said for the last day. Still clear your cookies. How is your traffic?
I will try clearing cookies.
minniesoporno
05-15-2018, 10:34 AM
Who do I contact regarding reissuing checks? I found 2 from last year that had never been cashed and they have expired.
https://streamatehelp.com/payment/
your answer should be on that page.
xoprincessremy
05-15-2018, 11:02 AM
I will try clearing cookies.
I cleared all cookies on safari, firefox and chome. I then restarted my computer.
I am still having the same issue :/
naomi_doll
05-15-2018, 11:14 AM
did you set up a member account to check? have you ever clicked on mens or couples rooms before?