View Full Version : The Streamate Thread
MissViolet
07-14-2020, 07:20 AM
Is it super slow for anyone else this week? Sunday was really slow and Mon was worse for me. Are you experiencing the same? I've been on for 2 hrs and it's just dead. I'm trying to be optimistic, but this is pretty bad. Summer slow down?
It's odd because in June I had a couple $1k+ weeks. July just isn't working for me even with covid and guys staying in.
Today was sloooowwww for me, yesterday pretty sluggish as well.
Miss_ShaSha
07-14-2020, 07:31 AM
How do you get loads of tags? I've been on SM a year now and I've literally only got 13 tags. I'm guessing this eliminates me from a lot of guys specific searches on the site? Do I need to ask the guys to give me them or something? I get ratings and I get comments on my profile but I've not had a tag for like 3-4months
I'd ask members to tag, rate, and leave comments at the end of the show. This is how I got tons of foot fetish tags. I also ask regs to tag when they come by just to chat. I also ask fans to tag.
First, I'm not really sure those tags do a ton? I've been on SM since 2012 and my new account (I switched studios so they had to reset) has 20 tags and that's since 2016 I'd say? I also think it searches your show description. I'm not positive. But you could ask at the end of pvts/exclusive, "thanks hon if you enjoyed, please feel free to rate and add tags to my profile, much appreciated" etc. You could also put it in your room topic? But I honestly am not sure how much they matter because I haven't seen people talking about them a whole bunch. You think they would though.
Right. I think the profile description is also taken into account. You're on to something here.
Miss_ShaSha
07-14-2020, 07:32 AM
It was quiet for me yesterday and the first few days of July. I know there's always reasons it could be slow at any time of the year, but in every sales job I've done and business I've been in, including adult work, July and August were always the months that slowed down for me. The rest of the year seems normal to me with the usual ups and downs. This summer we've got the pandemic thrown into the mix. Some guys will be going back to work, so less time on their hands. Some will still be off work. Places are opening up so people are more likely to spend money out and about, then some people will still be staying in/still off work but they may be scared of spending because of the virus or their income might be completely affected so they haven't got a choice to spend. Then there's the usual reasons things slow down a bit in summer.
I'm keeping an open mind during this next couple of months and I'm not expecting too much of it!
Today was sloooowwww for me, yesterday pretty sluggish as well.
Thanks ladies for chiming in. It looks like it'll be a 40 hr week for me to make $1k. And I hate that!!! But I gotta make $1k+ this week as I spent a bunch of savings for the new equipment.
CamChik
07-14-2020, 08:45 AM
Audio is working for me tonight but lost a show cause I kept freezing on him when he would do C2C.... he tried a few times to. Oh well.
Hey, what do you guys do when your getting tip walled like amazing and some asshat comes and takes you away for like one minute and causes your whole damn room to clear for nothing. Do you just make a note and block him the next time he comes in?
I cuss them out and block them immediately after they hit the 30 second mark and get charged. Getting too old to put up with that shit.
Those that frequent my room are well aware of this and always come back when I block the offending members ass....
izshadow
07-14-2020, 10:02 AM
Wow, is SM even on?!?!?!
anonamiss
07-15-2020, 12:25 AM
anyone else have issues with doing gold shows tonight? when I would click on the icon in the top right, nothing happened. i tried restarting SMconnect and it didn't change anything. also i was definitely in party chat mode, but weirdly the guys in my room who said they were on "public/non invisible" mode apparently weren't showing up for anyone else.
MissAdriana
07-15-2020, 07:27 AM
Pissing me off that people are coming in to private thinking we are in EX.... and its not newbies playing the system. Its real clients of mine that are being truthful. I lost a couple shows cause they couldnt get in to EX and I wouldnt C2C or get fully naked unless we were in EX.....
I experienced that today, WTF is going on ? I went into OBS and of course had little to no traffic for 20 min gaps so just using OBS isn't exactly a solution
princess_casual
07-15-2020, 09:46 AM
Is it super slow for anyone else this week? Sunday was really slow and Mon was worse for me. Are you experiencing the same? I've been on for 2 hrs and it's just dead. I'm trying to be optimistic, but this is pretty bad. Summer slow down?
It's odd because in June I had a couple $1k+ weeks. July just isn't working for me even with covid and guys staying in.
Yes... wtf is this shit
Serena-Shields
07-15-2020, 10:45 AM
I...can't send PMs?? I just tried to reply to one and no matter how many times I clicked the 'Send' button, it would save it as a draft. I watched as I clicked and I most certainly did not click 'save draft' either time. The fucK??
Miss_ShaSha
07-15-2020, 11:15 AM
Yes... wtf is this shit
Yeah, my only resolution has been marathoning it to make goals & hitting up nights. It's brutal.
Ambercat
07-15-2020, 01:55 PM
I...can't send PMs?? I just tried to reply to one and no matter how many times I clicked the 'Send' button, it would save it as a draft. I watched as I clicked and I most certainly did not click 'save draft' either time. The fucK??
Same. After yesterday's issue with not being able to stream for 4hrs this problem hasn't been resolved. I messaged support this morning ♀️
gbjenna
07-15-2020, 02:39 PM
Yeah, my only resolution has been marathoning it to make goals & hitting up nights. It's brutal.
It is brutal! The persistence is REAL here. Someone came in my room earlier and parked for a while before saying “wtf is this shit?!” I’m guessing it was because I wasn’t parading my shit for free but I just said, I don’t know, you tell me. Lol
Miss_ShaSha
07-15-2020, 02:55 PM
^^LOLOLLLL face palm.
^^^ I know, right? I dont know what they expect us to do while in free chat, in fact i seem to understand, they looking for free performance.
Last nite for example i got this guy in guest chat tipping me nicely, 10 and 20 gold several times, i showed off for tips and other people were in my room watching w.o tipping plus the potentials number increased significantly.
I normally perform in paid chat but this guy only tips so i took it considering how brutal business is.
It helped me get some shows after so yeah, they just hunt for free stuff.
I most of the time sit clothed in guest chat waiting for tips or pvt's, that's why they come in and leave constantly cause they wont see shit but sometimes i show off for tips (within the rules of course) and even then, just the original tipper contributes most of the time, rarely the rest in my room.
Freeloaders!
AcidYellow
07-15-2020, 03:21 PM
Happy contest¡¡
^^^ Right!! I was expecting a contest!
AcidYellow
07-15-2020, 05:42 PM
Same. After yesterday's issue with not being able to stream for 4hrs this problem hasn't been resolved. I messaged support this morning ����♀️
Same here. I cant send messages. They must be working on the site. LoL.
xoprincessremy
07-15-2020, 05:46 PM
Streaming with SMConnect - I log into my customer account to check placement:
on the classic customer site site, I'm page 1 row 2.
on the new customer site, I'm on page 19-20 :(
AcidYellow
07-15-2020, 06:05 PM
on the classic site, I'm page 1 row 2.
on the new site, I'm on page 19-20 :(
Well, Ive never checked my placement due my geoblock, now I just unblocked myself and was in page 5-6, but what u are saying is true. Before with the classic page I was getting tonss of traffic, now with this new one, my earnings went to shit. I can be 10-15 mnts with noone in my room. My comment is if u are talking about using classic version and SMconnect.
caramelcraze
07-16-2020, 12:48 AM
it kind of bums me out that they only offer bonuses for working x number of hours. even if they had a flat % bonus and then an additional one for working x+ number of hours, I'd be all over it. Like a 10% or 15% bonus regardless of how many hours you worked and then an additional bonus percentage or flat rate cash bonus for streaming more than 25 hours during a bonus week would be BOMB! I work a lot of sites & cutting most of them out to basically focus on one is hard to do sometimes. I'd be more committed to working 25+ hours if i knew i was getting a bonus for the work i could put in.
on an unrelated note, I do have a question: I noticed a while back that the schedule section on our pages is no longer visible. Are our schedules visible to all customer accounts, only those who follow you, or not at all anymore?
sweetandnaughty
07-16-2020, 06:55 AM
Oh fuk is it slooooooooow today on SM! Kill me now. I'm on page one and it'll take me 6 hours to make my stupid $100 goal...I just have that feeling! This is what I get for procrastinating!
PixiieGirl
07-16-2020, 08:16 AM
SM doing the thing again where it shows me all the UK models first - means I cant actually check my placement ergh
gbjenna
07-16-2020, 09:17 AM
There's no issue with us having accounts on other sites alongside SM is there? I've had an issue with a customer on another site ages ago which extended over to SM and has been going on for months now. I really could do with contacting support but I just want to check there's no issue mentioning the other sites
On a positive note though, I'm looking forward to the bonus week next week. I'm going to grind it out and aim for 20%
Miss_ShaSha
07-16-2020, 10:55 AM
^^I don't think so. And I'm putting in 40 hrs or more next week to kill that bonus dead. I want another $1k+!!!!
izshadow
07-16-2020, 11:16 AM
Wow its so dead I'm falling asleep on cam. Okay I need to wake myself up, I just recently got approved for goldshows. Part of me doesnt want to do them for fear of being recorded but part of me does. How are goldshows with waking up a dead room? Does it start to bring people in? I may try my first one this afternoon.....
Esixxx
07-16-2020, 01:15 PM
Wow its so dead I'm falling asleep on cam. Okay I need to wake myself up, I just recently got approved for goldshows. Part of me doesnt want to do them for fear of being recorded but part of me does. How are goldshows with waking up a dead room? Does it start to bring people in? I may try my first one this afternoon.....
I am no goldshow expert.
I do run them it when there is slow periods online to see if there is traffic. And if nothing is going on in my room and there are members ti stir something up. Most of the time (not always) it will help to bring in more prvt and exclusive shows
izshadow
07-16-2020, 01:24 PM
I am no goldshow expert.
I do run them it when there is slow periods online to see if there is traffic. And if nothing is going on in my room and there are members ti stir something up. Most of the time (not always) it will help to bring in more prvt and exclusive shows
Thank you. I tried to start one and it did bring in some traffic and some guys wanting in the show but nothing came of it. I finally gave up and signed off but if anything it did bring me a few more potentials that did favorite me so hopefully that is some future shows! Its just one of those days and I'm going to relax a bit, maybe clean the house some. Which can be relaxing to me haha.
SuperPookie
07-16-2020, 01:30 PM
I streamed for 5 hours & got one 5 gold tip & that is it. It was often 15-20 minutes in between guys coming in my room at all and the one guy who did try to get a show got booted right away. Of the guys who did enter my room many were either rude beggars or requesting flagrant TOS violation shows. What is going on? Yesterday was the same.
gbjenna
07-16-2020, 01:40 PM
SM doing the thing again where it shows me all the UK models first - means I cant actually check my placement ergh
It’s doing this for me too. It must do it for people’s who’s IP address is based in the U.K. or something as I asked my bf to check my placement and he said it was all British people and the majority of my traffic is British guys, which is a bit rubbish as the majority of my customers are American. I dunno about you but for me half, if not all the British guys are all looking for a meet.
AcidYellow
07-16-2020, 01:46 PM
Same here. British guys and not to many N.Americans who actually are my bigger spenders. AU guys, are hard to get shows with. Now Im getting lots of traffic but just ins and outs or connection issues. Some dont see my feed when in private or Exc, also getting booted from my shows. Jeezzz
Oh, btw, Where are the e.mails saying: Lets get online¡ we are having an influx in traffic this week¡¡ ?? I miss those, really.. damm hehe
SamanthaMinx
07-16-2020, 02:10 PM
Hey Im super new! When someone gets private shows with you, what does "To Paid:" mean. I've just been typing in $60? What is that?
ggminx
07-17-2020, 03:45 AM
Hey Im super new! When someone gets private shows with you, what does "To Paid:" mean. I've just been typing in $60? What is that? it's your chat message to the paid chat room when you're in paid chat, whether exclusive or group
MissViolet
07-17-2020, 06:06 AM
it's your chat message to the paid chat room when you're in paid chat, whether exclusive or group
Yes, because I believe you can also type a message to unpaid chat members while you're in paid chat if you click on the "Guest" heading. I never do, but I know you can type things like be right back or if you're in a gold show to come in and join etc. So that's just telling you the message is only going to whoever's in paid chat.
Miss_ShaSha
07-17-2020, 07:27 AM
Placement really? I've made the most I've ever made in my 1.5 years streaming full time this week PLUS have an incredibly fast system and I've dropped two rows.
Sure I've put in more than 30 hrs this week to make $$$ but dropping two rows?
SM placement is so weird.
MissAdriana
07-17-2020, 08:36 AM
For everyone with audio issues I got a response that might be helpful. This should really just be on a help page though.
" Hello,
We're sorry to hear that you're having audio issues on SMConnect.
Please note that you may not be flagged as having audio when you first begin streaming, or if your room is quiet for too long. Try streaming for several minutes while speaking or playing music to see if the icon appears.
If you hover over your video on SMConnect, you will find you can raise an lower the volume there. You can also mute the audio by clicking on the microphone icon.
The audio problem may be related to what equipment is selected on the PC and on SMConnect.
You will want to make sure the equipment you want to use in SMConnect is also selected as the default equipment on your PC in the PC settings. Please also check the audio settings on the PC to make sure the microphone you are using has it's volume turned up.
We also recommend that you check to make sure the drivers are up to date for your PC, camera, and microphone.
Please also clear your cookies, cache, and browser history.
If you continue to have problems, please let us know what microphone you are using.
Thank you for contacting support. Please let us know if we can assist with anything else! "
I went to right click on my stream and then "show controls" and saw this.
53270
Which may or may not be ANOTHER button we need to click every time we start stream, I'm not sure yet. Before clicking this some people were saying they couldn't hear me. Immediately after clicking this someone said they couldnt see me. :shrug::
laurielegs
07-17-2020, 11:46 PM
Had a weird thing happen yesterday, this member tipped me for SPH (clearly labeled on my tip menu) and then when I started he said he thought he was tipping to see tits (which I have no tips for tits listed on my SM menu as I don't do nudity in public chat anyway). Meanwhile as he was telling me this another user showed up named member01 (not the real username but you get the point) then member02 and they both chatted as if they were the same person, but when I check their user card the tip was not listed!
Then both member names disappeared and the original username comes back. Since I don't offer nudity in free chat I sent him a free video (more than he deserved for tipping for SPH and being dumb enough to think that was tits). I then reported him as a possible hacker and blocked. (he was super demanding and I don't want to deal with him anyway, fraud or not).
I'm wondering if anyone has seen this username changing thing happen. I don't see how he could be in my room with 3 names like that all chatting without being a hacker or something, but the tip is still in my stats. Puzzling.
Have not heard back from support yet.
Damn this guy just keeps coming back stalking me with different usernames. I'm going to email support directly.
Something seems very off with this guy.
Never heard from support but the guy has not been back since I reported his new username the second time. I also checked my blacklist and both his usernames have disappeared from my blacklist so I'm guessing it was actually fraud and he was banned. I'm relieved he seems gone for good and glad I reported him, was just too fishy for comfort.
My money is still there in my stats (wasn't that much, like $17 my cut but still glad it's still there).
CamChik
07-18-2020, 08:43 AM
Oh yay! Another week long contest. >:( It's a good thing one of my fans keeps buying me Amazon Gift cards so I can buy groceries.....
MissAdriana
07-19-2020, 12:01 PM
Contest page wouldn't work for me today. Not like it matters since I never place
anonamiss
07-19-2020, 12:10 PM
Contest page wouldn't work for me today. Not like it matters since I never place
Oh yay! Another week long contest. >:(
ladies, it's not a contest. it's a bonus week. there's no leaderboard or prizes. if you work at least 25 hours and make at least $250, you are eligible for bonuses that increase in percentage the more you make.
Miss_ShaSha
07-19-2020, 02:13 PM
This bonus week is strange: so much more traffic than a contest yet hardly any spenders. I'm at the tail end of a 12 hr shift and it's not looking good. But last week Sunday and Monday were horrible and I still did well, so I still have hope.
Ladies, just put in hours and be sensual AF. The more you make the better the bonus. So plug away.
anonamiss
07-19-2020, 03:32 PM
I know they've done bonus weeks in the past, but did they always have a 25 hour minimum? For whatever reason I am not recalling that as a requirement, or maybe it used to be less, like 10 hours? I dunno, I've been super out of the Streamate loop for a while.
I was in very poor mental and physical health for a lot of the pandemic, and am just now getting back in my cam groove. I feel motivated but there's no way I can pull a 25 hour week this week. I've only been capable of averaging 2-3 hours a night, but those hours have been good, like $100/hour good. So it sucks that I won't be able to benefit from a much needed bonus right now. Sigh.
bigbum
07-19-2020, 06:13 PM
This bonus week is strange: so much more traffic than a contest yet hardly any spenders. I'm at the tail end of a 12 hr shift and it's not looking good. But last week Sunday and Monday were horrible and I still did well, so I still have hope.
Ladies, just put in hours and be sensual AF. The more you make the better the bonus. So plug away.
all ive had the past few hours has been 1 minute shows. literally. dozens of them. and non spenders in a room of 10 people or 15 people. which never ever happens to me. yesterday things went so well. i am taking a 20 min break. i am trying for the 2,500 bonus.
Miss_ShaSha
07-19-2020, 06:37 PM
^^Big! You got this. I'm sending you green money vibes!!!
bigbum
07-19-2020, 07:34 PM
^^Big! You got this. I'm sending you green money vibes!!!
i am going to try again tomorrow .. i literally only had 30 seconders and longest show was like 4 minutes all night.
this never happens to me.
i dont know if something was wrong because i had complaints of frozen screens. and then people getting kicked.
i have to try again tomorrow.
i dont know if ill meet the 2500 bonus because of this shit getting in the way.
yesterday i was at 93$ an hour . today was less than $30 an hour.
there must be something wrong.
hope things are going better with you.
Ambercat
07-19-2020, 10:03 PM
Big how many hours are you going for? I averaged $30 an hr as well yesterday so suddenly the 2.5k target feels too far away!
gbjenna
07-19-2020, 11:41 PM
This past week has been so weird for traffic! I’ve worked every day since Monday so far, I had the same as bigbum for 6 days straight, nearly all 2min shows and the odd shows under 10mins (bar my regulars but I try not to rely on regulars) aside from that though it was dire and very frustrating. Saturday I went just under 2hrs without a single tip or show. It was like being new again!
Then yesterday the money absolutely flowed for the first 2.5hrs, there was loads of traffic, I had 160 potentials at one point and I was getting actual proper shows and then I went back to barely getting anyone in my room, let alone getting a hello out of the guys!!
I’m aiming for 2.5k too, I’ve done made that before so I know it’s achievable for me but right now it does feel out of reach.
bigbum
07-20-2020, 12:05 AM
This past week has been so weird for traffic! I’ve worked every day since Monday so far, I had the same as bigbum for 6 days straight, nearly all 2min shows and the odd shows under 10mins (bar my regulars but I try not to rely on regulars) aside from that though it was dire and very frustrating. Saturday I went just under 2hrs without a single tip or show. It was like being new again!
Then yesterday the money absolutely flowed for the first 2.5hrs, there was loads of traffic, I had 160 potentials at one point and I was getting actual proper shows and then I went back to barely getting anyone in my room, let alone getting a hello out of the guys!!
I’m aiming for 2.5k too, I’ve done made that before so I know it’s achievable for me but right now it does feel out of reach.
this week i really want that 2.5 k so i am willing to stay online for whatever is needed.
if i need to wait for shows.. id wait, ect ect.
HOWEVER
today i gave up after 2 hours.
i had traffic... but since literally it was all fake clients, pop ins, 30 seconds and under 1 minute.. it just was impossible!
in less than 2 hours online i had 7 shows... ALL under 1.5 minutes!
plus atleast 10 or more30 seconds for free and then left..
longest show was 4 minutes... and that was only 1 show.
but it was ENTIRELY 1 minute or 30 seconds free.
i have no idea what happened. gosh i hope its not as you said for the entire week or longer.
yesterday it was raining money just as you said. and not regulars.. all new clients mostly.
ill update you ladies tomorrow and let you know if things go back to normal or if this seems to be some other kind of issue.
bigbum
07-20-2020, 12:07 AM
my theory is... sm comes in waves. waves of clients/no clients.. as well as waves of success/ waves of high tippers.
or waves of a specific show or tag type .
on a weekly or bi weekly basis.
PixiieGirl
07-20-2020, 02:29 AM
I really wish the bonus was $250 OR 25 hours - I rarely manage to work 25 hours and even less so now my boyfriend is out of work and at home a lot :(
Miss_ShaSha
07-20-2020, 04:58 AM
This past week has been so weird for traffic! I’ve worked every day since Monday so far, I had the same as bigbum for 6 days straight, nearly all 2min shows and the odd shows under 10mins (bar my regulars but I try not to rely on regulars) aside from that though it was dire and very frustrating. Saturday I went just under 2hrs without a single tip or show. It was like being new again!
Then yesterday the money absolutely flowed for the first 2.5hrs, there was loads of traffic, I had 160 potentials at one point and I was getting actual proper shows and then I went back to barely getting anyone in my room, let alone getting a hello out of the guys!!
I’m aiming for 2.5k too, I’ve done made that before so I know it’s achievable for me but right now it does feel out of reach.
Last week started pretty bad for me. Sun and Mon the slowest I've experienced in a long time then Tues was slow but I kept at it for hours upon hours and made high goal. Then the rest of the week flowed. It's great to hear Sun went well for you even some of the time as it was a total flop for me.
Here's to hoping this week rocks for you. Sending you love and light <3