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Tea4Me
02-04-2017, 10:36 AM
Wow that's worrying, are credit companies pulling out? Fetlife had to remove content to keep their payment processors happy.

The thing I don't understand is....C4S has to be a Gold mine. Porn is a billion dollar industry. Who WOULDN'T want to cash in on that?

justsometwat
02-04-2017, 10:48 AM
I think that it being high risk with fraud and chargeback can be an issue. They also have to worry about illegal porn, like minors or snuff/bestiality etc.
Imagine how much it costs these companies when they have to deal with chargebacks and thousands of dollars in fraud. I can see why lots of places don't want to deal with it. It just sucks for those of us that abide by the rules. :(

justsometwat
02-04-2017, 10:54 AM
Oh no, I just checked. I have only had sales on the 2nd so far. This is very unusual! I've had the same number of sales on C4S as I have had on KB so far this month. That's a definite bad sign!

Tea4Me
02-04-2017, 12:58 PM
I think that it being high risk with fraud and chargeback can be an issue. They also have to worry about illegal porn, like minors or snuff/bestiality etc.
Imagine how much it costs these companies when they have to deal with chargebacks and thousands of dollars in fraud. I can see why lots of places don't want to deal with it. It just sucks for those of us that abide by the rules. :(

Yeah, definitely, but some of those fees get passed along to the merchant. I remember when I had CCbill process for my paysite, I had to pay a $750 fee just to accept Visa cards. And then a yearly renewal fee of $375, which was later upped to $500. And then Mastercard jumped on the bandwagon and I had to shell out $500 to them every year as well. All because I ran an Adult site. CCbill also withheld .5% from every check for Chargeback fees and they were returned 6 months later. I remember there was something about not going over 1% chargebacks a year. I don't know if they'd close your account or you'd get hit with a big fee or what, but it wasn't good. I never came close.

I am curious if Clips4Sale has to deal with similar types of fees for processing Visa/Mastercard/etc for us. I do appreciate that they BLOCK those who do chargebacks and also FREEZE big orders from new customers until they provide proof of identity.

And at least we don't have to pay any fees associated with chargebacks. I believe I read somewhere that another clip site started passing those fees along to clip producers. Something like $25-35 per clip order chargedback.

Ms.Lacey
02-04-2017, 03:02 PM
Anyone get their paycheck and 1099 yet?

DonaDiabla
02-04-2017, 06:56 PM
I am still waiting for both as well.



Anyone get their paycheck and 1099 yet?

PixiieGirl
02-05-2017, 05:42 AM
I've only had two sales this month to - maybe there is some mess up with payments?

Ms.Lacey
02-05-2017, 08:45 AM
Ok when I worked SM I would get my check by that Monday after they mailed it on Thursday's. So it should be here on Monday for most of us. I'm just waiting on c4s to file my taxes and they are taking forever.

CandaceMoon
02-06-2017, 05:43 AM
xxxxx

Double post

CandaceMoon
02-06-2017, 05:44 AM
I haven't posted in this thread for months. I have been slowing down my clips production a lot in the last months due to fatigue, changes in my personnal life, lack of confidence, etc. I find it very difficult to go back on track and make as much clips as I used too. (Well, I don't want to make that much anymore since I burned myself, but still would like to make at least 5-7 clips per week.)

I also find difficult not beeing able to share my frustrations and struggles with people, except maybe my boyfriend, but since he doesn't make clips he can't really understand everything I'm going through. I'm sure I am not the only one in this forum who is lacking motivation/energy. It's hard to do everything by yourself and be your own boss. Sometimes you need somebody from the outside to to give you another point of view and push you, or a neutral person you can talk to without the fear of being judged.

So... I was wondering if some of you would be interested in becoming "accountability buddies". We could check on each other... it could be once a week or once a month... talk about how the week was, our struggles and successes, our goals for the upcomming week, what is our strategy to get to our goals, etc. You can send me a private message if you are interested.

I know it sounds silly to some, but I use a paper planner to help motivate myself and keep myself accountable. I currently use a filofax with pretty inserts that make me happy to look at them. I put motivational stickers sometimes, and pretty washi tape when the mood strikes. I keep track of sales and traffic, what clips I want to film, ideas for my sites or clips, etc. It helps me see in front of my face how much work I actually do and makes me proud that I can do this on my own.

DonaDiabla
02-06-2017, 06:11 AM
Ms. Lacey,
I am in the same boat as you. I am just waiting for c4s to file my taxes. I received all of my 1099s but waiting on there's :)



Ok when I worked SM I would get my check by that Monday after they mailed it on Thursday's. So it should be here on Monday for most of us. I'm just waiting on c4s to file my taxes and they are taking forever.

Ms.Lacey
02-06-2017, 01:29 PM
Got my check but still no 1099

MissJu
02-06-2017, 01:58 PM
I got check and still no 1099, but I can cash that check only tomorrow..I wish I knew that before, I went out spent my time....

EllieGold
02-06-2017, 05:35 PM
Got my check as well. I kind of like that it comes with a stub for income purposes. I wonder if I can switch because of that alone?

Sinna (2pee4you)
02-06-2017, 07:35 PM
is c4s down? i can't login ...

That is you on #1 in clips, right? Nice :)

justsometwat
02-07-2017, 07:25 AM
There's definitely something fucked with c4s. I've made $63 in my main store so far this month. That's highly unusual. Even in my slowest months of typically have earned around $200.

Please excuse me while I have a mild heart attack.

AuroraJade
02-07-2017, 07:46 AM
Is it worth to sign up for C4S and make all this fetish content? Is this site really as fucked as anyone says? I used to hear great stories about C4S...

I am new here by the way but could not find a introduction thread so hi :)

justsometwat
02-07-2017, 07:55 AM
I think it is, but there's slumps in this industry. You'll have a great month and then you might have one where you make nothing or half of what you made the previous month. Lots of times this boils down to time of the year, but it varies naturally.

It just depends on how much work you put in to it typically :)

PixiieGirl
02-07-2017, 07:58 AM
I think it depends if you like making clips to, I've made about $130 over my first two months (but the first month I barely uploaded) and while it's not a huge amount I have a vanilla job and camming to keep me afloat, personally for me its worth it because I was starting to dislike camming and so it means I can cam less

SophiaSylvan
02-08-2017, 12:50 PM
The past 2 days my sales are very low too. I had more sales when I wasn't updating for weeks. If it is processing hope it gets sorted ASAP as I'm getting back to daily updates immediately.

Sinna (2pee4you)
02-08-2017, 01:10 PM
I must say, last two days have been really low and especially today, nothing is happening at all. Worst I had like this was a week when the corruption issue came up. I secretly hope something is wrong, because at least that can be fixed :P

Edit: Okay I am taking that back. My book got published on amazon and I got a huge order on c4s. So I am more than back on track now!

Tea4Me
02-08-2017, 04:12 PM
I can't be the only one having a GOOD month.....?

Luna66
02-08-2017, 04:26 PM
I'm doing well this month too, no problems for me.

Tea4Me
02-08-2017, 08:24 PM
One of my goals for 2017 was to do a certain amount of updates every month and stick with it! I did it in January and had a great month! I feel like the only thing in the way of my success is ME and being consistent. It's SO easy to blow off a day here or there of shooting updates and before you know it, it's the end of the month and I've only done X updates when I could have done more. Last month I had a week where I made MORE on the days I DIDN'T update and I updated almost every day that week. I was so frustrated, especially since the first week of sales was great, and I just wanted to say 'screw it!'. But I didn't, I just pushed through and the next two weeks were fantastic! There are months I did good without updating much and I always wonder....what if I would have put a little more effort in that month, I probably could have made so much more. What if?? So, this year I have a little experiment of trying to stay consistent with updates every month and then I can see what happens by the end of the year.

PixiieGirl
02-09-2017, 03:06 AM
after a slow start this month I have more sales days than not now - I'm experimenting with a lot of new fetishes tho haha

Sinna (2pee4you)
02-09-2017, 03:57 AM
So, I know, total ego boost, but here is finally my first eBook.

I have been working on this day and night, every free minute lately. I neglected everything else.

The book contains absolutely newly written passages and my re-vamped and updated beginners guide, that many of you know. The guide was from 2015 and it was surprising how much I had to update. If you see that, you realize that clips4sale has changed quite a bit.

The cover of the book is actually different, but the thumbnail won't update. You can look inside the book though and there is the new cover. I used some of your quotes (from my public comment section) to make it more happy. These are anonymous, but if you don't want them there, I can remove them.

I have set the lowest price possible ($1.99), since I just want to reach as many people as possible to give anyone a chance to read a step-by-step guide to setting up a c4s store. I still think that this is a great opportunity that just few people know about. Had I been able to make just 100-200$ / month like this during my student time, I would have been able to decrease my loan and would have had less debt now. $400-600 would have meant no debt at all. Unthinkable.

I get 35%. I could choose a 70% option, but then I would have had to set the minimum to $2.99 and I did not want that.

There are 2 or 3 affiliate links in the book to benefit the adult-income project. Among 22,473 words, they won't disturb you at all. I just wanted to mention it. None of them harm (you know me!) but one gives a 10% discount only to my readers. And it's for a pretty cool product that lets you backup your c4s store to your own computer.

I will write about that on adult-income after beta testing is done though. So you don't have to get the book because of that.

Anyway, many of you support my project, I know that and it's awesome. Many of you have read the articles on adult-income, including the old versions of the ones in the book. As I said, I totally reworked all of it, but if you found my articles useful, then I would..

well, honestly, you could help tremendously if you left a nice review on amazon. But only if you know the articles and like them. Don't make things up, that would be wrong and I don't like that.

Here is the book, 104 pages (http://amzn.to/2kWcpqJ)

Here is the old article, 56 pages (http://adult-income.com/clips4sale-guide-for-newcomers/)

Sorry for this ego post, but it all somehow started here and I wanted to let you know that there is finally a "good" book about c4s on amazon. Finally. I am going to sleep now! :)

PixiieGirl
02-09-2017, 04:11 AM
So, I know, total ego boost, but here is finally my first eBook.

I have been working on this day and night, every free minute lately. I neglected everything else.

The book contains absolutely newly written passages and my re-vamped and updated beginners guide, that many of you know. The guide was from 2015 and it was surprising how much I had to update. If you see that, you realize that clips4sale has changed quite a bit.

The cover of the book is actually different, but the thumbnail won't update. You can look inside the book though and there is the new cover. I used some of your quotes (from my public comment section) to make it more happy. These are anonymous, but if you don't want them there, I can remove them.

I have set the lowest price possible ($1.99), since I just want to reach as many people as possible to give anyone a chance to read a step-by-step guide to setting up a c4s store. I still think that this is a great opportunity that just few people know about. Had I been able to make just 100-200$ / month like this during my student time, I would have been able to decrease my loan and would have had less debt now. $400-600 would have meant no debt at all. Unthinkable.

I get 35%. I could choose a 70% option, but then I would have had to set the minimum to $2.99 and I did not want that.

There are 2 or 3 affiliate links in the book to benefit the adult-income project. Among 22,473 words, they won't disturb you at all. I just wanted to mention it. None of them harm (you know me!) but one gives a 10% discount only to my readers. And it's for a pretty cool product that lets you backup your c4s store to your own computer.

I will write about that on adult-income after beta testing is done though. So you don't have to get the book because of that.

Anyway, many of you support my project, I know that and it's awesome. Many of you have read the articles on adult-income, including the old versions of the ones in the book. As I said, I totally reworked all of it, but if you found my articles useful, then I would..

well, honestly, you could help tremendously if you left a nice review on amazon. But only if you know the articles and like them. Don't make things up, that would be wrong and I don't like that.

Here is the book, 104 pages (http://amzn.to/2kWcpqJ)

Here is the old article, 56 pages (http://adult-income.com/clips4sale-guide-for-newcomers/)

Sorry for this ego post, but it all somehow started here and I wanted to let you know that there is finally a "good" book about c4s on amazon. Finally. I am going to sleep now! :)
thank you so much I will definitely be buying this! just a quick question cause I'm a bit of a noob lol, can you read it on laptops? dont need a kindle?

Sinna (2pee4you)
02-09-2017, 06:43 AM
thank you so much I will definitely be buying this! just a quick question cause I'm a bit of a noob lol, can you read it on laptops? dont need a kindle?

Haha, good question! I am a noob myself with this. I just googled

Can you read a Kindle book on your computer?


The Kindle app is available for most major smartphones, tablets and computers. That means with our free Kindle reading apps, you can buy a Kindle book once, and read it on any device with the Kindle app installed*. You can also read that same Kindle book on a Kindle device if you own one.







If it doesn't work, you can always send me a screenshot of the purchase and I send you a pdf or the word file or whatever suits you!

xStitchesx
02-09-2017, 11:28 AM
Congrats on your ebook, Sinna! I will be purchasing it since your articles are so helpful and you set it at such an affordable price.

To answer the question above, I use a program called Calibre to read ebooks on my computer. It's really easy to use and free. It was super helpful when I changed e readers (I needed to convert my ebooks from .epub to .mobi or was it vice versa?) You can convert to/from .pdf as well. I have over 15GB in ebooks because I'm a book worm and read comics that way also. So I find the program very useful lol.

Luna66
02-09-2017, 12:04 PM
OK I wrote out a long ass post and just deleted it all because I didn't like how it sounded. I'm aware that I'm going to get backlash for this and I am prepared. But it's something I feel extremely strongly about so I will post anyway.

It is my strong belief that you don't need to buy a book from a clip maker about how to be a better clip maker. It is similar to buying into get-rich-quick schemes and pyramid schemes. It profits off people who are struggling to make money and it's just unnecessary.

There is far too much free information on this forum and other forums. You can also learn by simply looking at other clip stores (particularly the successful top 50 ones) and seeing what they do (but not copying directly). You should experiment to see what makes you money and what doesn't. Try different fetishes, different types of GIFs/previews, different styles of descriptions, different posting schedules (as long as you update your store frequently and consistently, which is the main thing that will increase your income). Accept customs and suggestions, they will provide guaranteed income, allow you to try out new fetishes you might not have thought of, and give you a more interactive relationship with your customers. Plus everyone's experience is different so how can you know that what works for the person who wrote the book will work for you?

I'm sorry for the negative post. But I strongly believe there's no need to line another clip maker's pockets to learn things you can learn for free. Experiment, learn what works for you and what doesn't and keep doing what works.

Tea4Me
02-09-2017, 01:34 PM
OK I wrote out a long ass post and just deleted it all because I didn't like how it sounded. I'm aware that I'm going to get backlash for this and I am prepared. But it's something I feel extremely strongly about so I will post anyway.

It is my strong belief that you don't need to buy a book from a clip maker about how to be a better clip maker. It is similar to buying into get-rich-quick schemes and pyramid schemes. It profits off people who are struggling to make money and it's just unnecessary.

There is far too much free information on this forum and other forums. You can also learn by simply looking at other clip stores (particularly the successful top 50 ones) and seeing what they do (but not copying directly). You should experiment to see what makes you money and what doesn't. Try different fetishes, different types of GIFs/previews, different styles of descriptions, different posting schedules (as long as you update your store frequently and consistently, which is the main thing that will increase your income). Accept customs and suggestions, they will provide guaranteed income, allow you to try out new fetishes you might not have thought of, and give you a more interactive relationship with your customers. Plus everyone's experience is different so how can you know that what works for the person who wrote the book will work for you?

I'm sorry for the negative post. But I strongly believe there's no need to line another clip maker's pockets to learn things you can learn for free. Experiment, learn what works for you and what doesn't and keep doing what works.

I don't see it negative at all and I strongly agree (aside from the do customs/take suggestions comment....but that's just a personal thing).

Someone was on here before, Larkin Love, and she was going to post an ebook of all she has learned, but didn't end up doing it.

The thing is....I feel it's almost like people who look for a magical pill to lose weight (you know....without putting in the effort to eat right and exercise). There is no magical formula for making money on clips4sale. Someone can share their experience and perhaps a person can take away something useful from that, but no one can tell you do X, Y and Z and you'll make $$$$$ every month.

And since I'm now in bitch-mode, it gets tiresome reading "Gee, is clips4sale even worth it?" type posts. No, no it's not. No one makes *any* money on there. I don't even know why the site still exists....

Or people who whine about shooting clips. Really? Would you rather get up at the crack of dawn, and drive in rush hour traffic and spend 8 hours at a job you hate all day, 5 times a week or.....
be your OWN boss, make your OWN schedule, shoot clips in the privacy and comfort of your own home and make money in your SLEEP. Yeah, I know what I choose....

DonaDiabla
02-09-2017, 02:11 PM
Congrats on the new book, Sinna. I know you have helped me a lot ;)


Haha, good question! I am a noob myself with this. I just googled

Can you read a Kindle book on your computer?


The Kindle app is available for most major smartphones, tablets and computers. That means with our free Kindle reading apps, you can buy a Kindle book once, and read it on any device with the Kindle app installed*. You can also read that same Kindle book on a Kindle device if you own one.







If it doesn't work, you can always send me a screenshot of the purchase and I send you a pdf or the word file or whatever suits you!

PixiieGirl
02-09-2017, 02:22 PM
I can understand your girls points but cause of how I work I love to get research and knowledge from lots of places and put it altogether to find my own rhythm and style, it's not like I think I'll just copy the book and be a millionaire, but I dont mind spending such a small amount to have an easy to find example of experiences and that

Sinna (2pee4you)
02-09-2017, 02:29 PM
OK I wrote out a long ass post and just deleted it all because I didn't like how it sounded. I'm aware that I'm going to get backlash for this and I am prepared. But it's something I feel extremely strongly about so I will post anyway.

It is my strong belief that you don't need to buy a book from a clip maker about how to be a better clip maker. It is similar to buying into get-rich-quick schemes and pyramid schemes. It profits off people who are struggling to make money and it's just unnecessary.

There is far too much free information on this forum and other forums. You can also learn by simply looking at other clip stores (particularly the successful top 50 ones) and seeing what they do (but not copying directly). You should experiment to see what makes you money and what doesn't. Try different fetishes, different types of GIFs/previews, different styles of descriptions, different posting schedules (as long as you update your store frequently and consistently, which is the main thing that will increase your income). Accept customs and suggestions, they will provide guaranteed income, allow you to try out new fetishes you might not have thought of, and give you a more interactive relationship with your customers. Plus everyone's experience is different so how can you know that what works for the person who wrote the book will work for you?

I'm sorry for the negative post. But I strongly believe there's no need to line another clip maker's pockets to learn things you can learn for free. Experiment, learn what works for you and what doesn't and keep doing what works.

I was anxious to read your post but I am glad that we are on the same level. You could have taken the "look inside" and realized, that my ebook is not about being a better clip maker. It's not about making clips. Actually, the only thing the book says about the content of the reader's store, is this:

"With regards to content, I can't really help you any further. I don't even know what you are making :D"

The book is about basic and general info that we all assume everyone knows. What is a clipstore? What is a clipsite? Why open a store on there? Why not make an own website and sell clips with paypal? What are the benefits? What do the icons in the clips4sale admin area stand for? What do they do? How to navigate? Which boxes to check? What is a members site? What is streaming? How to add a watermark? Why add a watermark? What is encoding? What is bitrate? What are the rules on c4s? What is the difference between an individual and a business account that you have to choose during signup? What is https? What is traffic? Where does it come from? What is a bounce rate? How do the toplists work? How does c4s search work and what does that mean for my studio? How to choose a category? How to put a picture in top html? What is clip order numbering? How many characters can a clipstore name have? What is an anchor? Where are anchors in clips4sale? Where and how to upload pictures and clips when the site's uploader is not working? Which sites let me experiment with colors for my store? Do I need storage? What is the difference between SD, SDHC and SDXC cards? What is encoding? Where can I get free software for encoding, gifs and watermark? Which formats to choose?

And those are just off the top of my head. So it is totally not about what you were assuming. It's all about general info that I was searching for when I started, but I could not find it anywhere. Larkin can still write her book about how to make six figures. I am also linking to her thread from the ebook. I am not about that.

I also just published my post about the ebook, that you kind of made me publish now (it was a near-ready draft) because you mentioned pyramid schemes and get-rich-quick schemes.

If I can ask anything of you, please read it until the end. Or near the end at least:
http://adult-income.com/clips4sale-ebook-not-selling/

If it were not for the days of work I put in, and writing this all by myself, I could suggest that an eBook for $1.99 that sums up all the necessary basic info about how to start on c4s (literally, what to do from turning on the computer to having an activated store, step-by-step with loads of extra information), all of that basic info, if it were only neatly copied together, would be worth more than $1.99. It would safe you so much time.

But I wrote all of it. I put all my knowledge into it. Not about how I make clips or how others should make clips, just the total technical side and my experiences, so a newbie could go from zero to clipstore within 100 pages.

I chose the lowest price possible, $1.99. Although that is only possible in combination with the 35% share. Not the 70% share, which is only possible from $2.99.

So lining the pockets? What is that statement about. That time put into clipmaking would have been a better idea in terms of money. I know it's hard to believe that I am not about money. The only reason I need to mention earnings and income is to get attention, because the world only listens to money.

70 cents a sale. Let's have a miracle happen and I sell 100 ebooks. $70. lining pockets? Hey I understand your immediate thought and all and your urge to do something about my "scheme", but please just read the link and maybe the original version of the guide (http://adult-income.com/clips4sale-guide-for-newcomers/) (outdated, but totally free) and then tell me where the pyramid is and where in the world it was, from a financial standpoint, worth writing those posts and that book to me.

Quite contrary, I totally neglected my stores because of this which cost me more than this "scheme" could ever generate.

All this tells me is that writing a "long ass post" was the first thing you did, instead of checking out what I am actually doing. I worked hard for this. I don't need your gratitude. But if you criticize me and compare my effort to a pyramid and get-rich-scheme, then it would have been really really nice if you had actually had a look at my work before jumping to my throat about it.

Yeah, I think I just escalated. I got two kids and I am pregnant. I had next to no sleep the past days. I posted my clip for today and now I'll go to bed. That's it. I am out of here!

Luna66
02-09-2017, 03:07 PM
...my ebook is not about being a better clip maker. It's not about making clips. Actually, the only thing the book says about the content of the reader's store, is this:

"With regards to content, I can't really help you any further. I don't even know what you are making :D"

The book is about basic and general info that we all assume everyone knows. What is a clipstore? What is a clipsite? Why open a store on there? Why not make an own website and sell clips with paypal? What are the benefits? What do the icons in the clips4sale admin area stand for? What do they do? How to navigate? Which boxes to check? What is a members site? What is streaming? How to add a watermark? Why add a watermark? What is encoding? What is bitrate? What are the rules on c4s? What is the difference between an individual and a business account that you have to choose during signup? What is https? What is traffic? Where does it come from? What is a bounce rate? How do the toplists work? How does c4s search work and what does that mean for my studio? How to choose a category? How to put a picture in top html? What is clip order numbering? How many characters can a clipstore name have? What is an anchor? Where are anchors in clips4sale? Where and how to upload pictures and clips when the site's uploader is not working? Which sites let me experiment with colors for my store? Do I need storage? What is the difference between SD, SDHC and SDXC cards? What is encoding? Where can I get free software for encoding, gifs and watermark? Which formats to choose?

That makes it far worse, in my opinion. If you were selling a book which told readers about how to make money (even though I don't believe that would be possible as everyone makes money in different ways), at least it would have some potential insight that can't be found on Google/forums. All of this is just simple technical information which can be answered extremely quickly and easily either on clips4sale itself, with a quick Google search or on this forum.


If I can ask anything of you, please read it until the end. Or near the end at least:
http://adult-income.com/clips4sale-ebook-not-selling/

OK, I read it to the end. I agree with a lot of what you say about people spending all their time searching how to make money, instead of spending their time working and making money. But you have to understand that your cover for your eBook (about how you went from rags to riches), the title "22000 clip sales" etc are the same kind of sensationalist buzzwords that get-rich-quick schemes use to entice people into purchasing. Your description starts with saying you made money straight away, as soon as you opened your store and now you're earning a full income etc. Sure, you can write an article (on a separate website which people on Amazon aren't going to see) saying that your book is not a get-rich-quick scheme, but then your title, cover and description make it sound like instant, easy money from home which will certainly entice people to buy.


If it were not for the days of work I put in, and writing this all by myself...

...I chose the lowest price possible, $1.99. Although that is only possible in combination with the 35% share. Not the 70% share, which is only possible from $2.99.

Like I said, I'm very much in agreement about people who complain about not having money instead of working hard and making it. And that's why I was very surprised that you put so much work into an entire website helping other people make clip stores for free, and spending weeks writing a book and selling it for 70c. Why are you (as you admitted) neglecting your clip store while spending all your time helping other people for $0-0.70? Genuinely, not being sarcastic or rhetorical. Why?


Yeah, I think I just escalated. I got two kids and I am pregnant. I posted my clip for today and now I'll go to bed. That's it.

Indeed you did. I'm unsure as to why you're so defensive when I did not attack you personally. I would have said the same thing if Larkin had released her eBook. I'm not attacking anyone, just the culture of spending money to make money (especially when you specifically say in your eBook description that you want to help people "who want to generate income without having to spend money to get started").

gril
02-09-2017, 03:57 PM
Damn this is my best month, I made 1k already and my traffic is awesome. Daily updates really work.

Sinna (2pee4you)
02-09-2017, 07:20 PM
"Hey, you juggle bananas!" "no, I am juggling oranges" "that's even worse".

I wrote the book intertwined with my knowledge and experience, none of the info can be found on the internet in the way it's in the book, except on my own homepage.

I chose a sensationalist title on purpose, to get the people typically falling for these titles to read the book, because it's an honest and good book, confirmed by many comments from actual clipstore owners who found it very useful. The title is the truth. My idea behind this has been explained and a link posted.

The website is linked on the preview of the book, at the beginning. It's in the review extract on the amazon page as well. The review itself is filled up to all the characters I could use from that very article that you say is on a website somewhere else. People who search on google will find my website easily.

I am answering, because I think it's okay to discuss. I researched before I did though and found similarities in https://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/resources/tips/pc-security/you-cant-win-an-argument-with-a-troll.

If you just want to make my work bad for no significant reason then I have no other answer. It's $1.99 for a good book. There is only so much margin of reason to actually argue about details of it considering the content price ratio. I think your worries have been explained by me to a level that can be acknowledged in this case.

I kept this answer short to not provoke you any further. All the decisions about the book were made on grounds of my high ethical standards and with a lot of thought. There is nothing to worry about, except for small details about the formatting that was a pain to get right, but I tested it lots of times and I am convinced it looks like it should in the actual book. The "look inside" preview is difficult to get right. If any copy doesn't look good, I am always available to help.

Luna66
02-09-2017, 07:37 PM
I would think it's obvious that I'm not a troll from the fact that I've been on this forum for years, I come here often, I post useful things and engage in discussions etc. Why would I troll on a forum that I find value in and enjoy visiting? I certainly don't fit the definition of a troll in that link you posted.

If you're going to lazily dismiss me as a troll for saying people (in general) don't need to buy books to make money instead of actually answering my questions and concerns, then there is no further discussion to be had. Nice talking to you, congrats on your success and good luck.

nattythefattyforsure
02-09-2017, 08:26 PM
has anyone gotten their 1099 form yet from c4s? I want to file my taxes :/

justsometwat
02-09-2017, 08:35 PM
Nope, not yet

xStitchesx
02-09-2017, 11:01 PM
Question about watermarking and new stores. New stores aren't allowed to post any outgoing links on their profile for 30 days. Does that mean new stores also can't have watermarks on their videos/gifs that lead to their personal websites?

nattythefattyforsure
02-10-2017, 12:05 AM
99 percent sure you can include whatever you'd like on a watermark.
Question about watermarking and new stores. New stores aren't allowed to post any outgoing links on their profile for 30 days. Does that mean new stores also can't have watermarks on their videos/gifs that lead to their personal websites?

xStitchesx
02-10-2017, 12:57 AM
99 percent sure you can include whatever you'd like on a watermark.

I couldn't find any info about that after doing a few searches and no luck on the C4S site either. I'll see what happens when I activate my store!

xStitchesx
02-10-2017, 03:26 AM
In case anyone was wondering: no, you cannot have a watermark to your website on your video or gif/preview for the first 30 days.
I was going to re edit those videos but said fuck it, and I'm going to just shoot 10 more clips. I really enjoy clip making. And once I saw how nice my clip store was going to look, I got kinda inspired.

Sinna (2pee4you)
02-10-2017, 05:03 AM
In case anyone was wondering: no, you cannot have a watermark to your website on your video or gif/preview for the first 30 days.
I was going to re edit those videos but said fuck it, and I'm going to just shoot 10 more clips. I really enjoy clip making. And once I saw how nice my clip store was going to look, I got kinda inspired.

Oh I didn't know that either. I suggested putting the store name (in my book,) but then I edited it and wrote that one could also use the website. So I need to change that. However, I think the way you go about it is perfect. Just keep those videos for "after" the first 30 days and you have a lot of updates all of a sudden :) I sometimes like to schedule clips for a weekend and then have more time with the kids. Answering the shorter emails and messages can be done in between and I do the longer emails when they sleep.

I am currently making more clips for the future, it's a critical time after having the baby. Can't do much for 6 weeks "down there", even longer if it's a complicated delivery. So I try to make 11 clips a week now, which sometimes fails because my week never turns out as I had planned :P

justsometwat
02-10-2017, 12:22 PM
NEW & IMPROVED FILE UPLOADER RELEASED
We have been working to improve the admin file uploader and it's finally finished!

You now have the ability to drag & drop files (clips, clip previews and clip images) on the ADD CLIPS page and as well on the NEW UPLOADER ADD/DEL FILES page.

ADD CLIPS: https://admin.clips4sale.com/clips/show

NEW UPLOADER: https://admin.clips4sale.com/uploader

Reminders!

• Clip file size must be no greater than 4GB.
• Clip file duration must be greater than 2 minutes.
• Clip file size must be greater than 1MB.
• Clip file name may contain only alphanumeric​ (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789)​, hyphens, and underscores (e.g., my_vid_1432.mp4)
• Clips file names should NOT have any additional periods (e.g., myvid.1432.mp4)
• Minimum clip dimensions are 320X240

Please let us know if you have any feedback or any issues with the uploader by submitting a support ticket:

http://support.clips4sale.com

NOTE: The ability to delete files is still not available but it will be allowed again very soon.

We hope this helps everyone and makes your updates faster & easier too!

Clips4Sale Management
Clips4Sale.com

gril
02-10-2017, 12:33 PM
That's a nice change. I can't wait until they let us remove files from the server.

LazyCat
02-10-2017, 04:07 PM
No 1099 for me yet either. Oddly, I did get a paper check for last month. Did they have an issue with direct deposit? Sorry if that has been covered already...

justsometwat
02-10-2017, 04:14 PM
Did you not see the message in you c4s admin when you logged in? You have to acknowledge each message.

lil_smiley
02-11-2017, 02:32 AM
it is still not possible to remove old files :(