View Full Version : The Clips4Sale Thread
Natalie0523
01-10-2018, 09:23 PM
Um....is it just me or does C4S look a little messed up at the moment. The Newly Updated stores on the main page and categories only show one studio "S" or "3" or something strange like that.
I just noticed this too. And also, when I'm in my store's page and go to pick a category in the drop down box it says "0 clips found in this studio". Hope this resolves soon.
Tea4Me
01-10-2018, 10:24 PM
It appears to be back to normal now....
caramelcraze
01-12-2018, 11:46 AM
So I'm working with another model for the first time on c4s & can't find any of the documentation I need her to sign for the site. can someone please point me in the right direction? I know they use to have this info available on our admin page but I can't find anything. :/
DancesWithSloths
01-14-2018, 08:04 AM
So I'm working with another model for the first time on c4s & can't find any of the documentation I need her to sign for the site. can someone please point me in the right direction? I know they use to have this info available on our admin page but I can't find anything. :/
Are you working for your own store, or is she setting one up as well?
If it's just your own store, you don't need her to sign anything specifically for c4s. You just need the normal porn paperwork from her: a model release, a copy of her ID, and a pic of her holding her ID up to her face. For a model release template, you can google "model release" + your country or state, and local photographer societies usually have example PDFs posted.
Felicia[FightServ]
01-19-2018, 10:30 PM
Have there been any announcements with the whole contest thing? It ended last week.
Luna66
01-20-2018, 03:57 AM
The final rankings are in the contest section of the C4S admin. No announcement as far as I know, you'll just get the bonus next month. I can see where you finished, well done!
I'm very very happy with where I finished! HUGE bonus coming in February :)
PixiieGirl
01-20-2018, 07:35 AM
anyones sales emails not working? nice surprise when I looked at my hits stats - had 3 sales but no notification emails
ericachronic
01-22-2018, 08:54 AM
I hate how it just shows the buyers initials now. Had a large chargeback occur a few hours after they bought a bunch of stuff.
Tea4Me
01-22-2018, 11:04 AM
I hate how it just shows the buyers initials now. Had a large chargeback occur a few hours after they bought a bunch of stuff.
Are you sure it wasn't a refund? I didn't know chargebacks happened that fast. Did you contact support and ask them about it? I always do that. It used to be any clip orders over $100 from a brand new customer (new to C4S) had to be verified by the customer. They couldn't download the clips until they did. Now they changed that to a higher amount. I ask support if the customer was brand new to C4S and if they were and didn't want to verify, then that explains the refunds. And in those cases the customer was not able to download the clips. But if the customer DOES have a sales history with C4S, you can also ask if they (the customer) has ever purchased anything from YOU before (prior to the order being chargedback) and you can ask for sales order numbers. (Since we can only see initials now, no way of otherwise knowing).
For ME, it doesn't happen often that a customer does a true chargeback. Because once they do, they are then blacklisted from ever purchasing on C4S again. The majority of chargebacks I've had are actually refunds and the chargebacks, genuine fraud.
ericachronic
01-22-2018, 01:06 PM
Yea what they sent me when I asked if it was a refund or chargeback was a generic reply. It was only 8 hours or so after the purchase. I am hoping C4S caught it and didn't allow them to download.
Thank you for contacting us today with your concerns.
If a bank calls us for a charge back / refund we are forced to honor it. Clips4Sale also has to pay an additional $25 each time this happens for bank fee's and it's something we can not avoid.
Many times this happens because of stolen or misused credit cards and the bank automatically refunds the customer. We do block customers that do this from using Clips4Sale.com again, but that is as much as we, or any adult online site, can do.
Thank you
Clips4Sale Support
Tea4Me
01-22-2018, 01:41 PM
Yea what they sent me when I asked if it was a refund or chargeback was a generic reply. It was only 8 hours or so after the purchase. I am hoping C4S caught it and didn't allow them to download.
I would ask via live chat with a C4S rep. Because yes, that is a very generic answer and they CAN look it up and tell you. I do it all the time. I just give them the clip order number and ask why a chargeback has been done (or just if a customer has a sales history with C4S...if it's a large order). They will tell you if it was chargebacked or refunded and why. And in theory....we SHOULD be able to get that same info via a email reply, but I just like to ask 'live' instead, incase they aren't clear or I have additional questions.
I'm getting refunds and chargebacks every month now. A few days ago I had a "refund" and all those clips ended up on a popular file locker website. So for me there's no difference between a refund and a chargeback. This is plague now. I'm seeing my clips all over pornhub, filelockers and other free tubes. The worst thing is I'm getting gorillions of emails like "Hey bb I've seen your videos on pornhub I love them send tits pics plz also rate my dick bb bye".
Robert De Niro
01-23-2018, 06:18 PM
It seems their cc scrub is set too low. It allows the scammers to flourish.
candidpl
01-24-2018, 01:58 PM
Dear people who has a store in clips4sale but live outside of US!!!
Do u guys paying tax after clips4sale money???
Stores from US getting tax papers every year so for them its not a question but outside of US store owners not getting any paper. I asked c4s staff but they couldnt give a straight forward answear.
i make around 1000 dollar/month. if it turns out i have to pay tax after this then i am fucked...
fetishqueen
01-24-2018, 02:29 PM
Dear people who has a store in clips4sale but live outside of US!!!
Do u guys paying tax after clips4sale money???
Stores from US getting tax papers every year so for them its not a question but outside of US store owners not getting any paper. I asked c4s staff but they couldnt give a straight forward answear.
i make around 1000 dollar/month. if it turns out i have to pay tax after this then i am fucked...
I don't know where you live but I'm in the UK and yes unfortunately you do here. It's income and it hasn't been taxed so yes sadly tax is still due, but only over and above the threshold of course and if $1000 per month is all your income you will most likely be under the threshold. That's UK though, you may be different but you should check your tax information on the government website, that will tell you. HTH.
candidpl
01-24-2018, 04:18 PM
I don't know where you live but I'm in the UK and yes unfortunately you do here. It's income and it hasn't been taxed so yes sadly tax is still due, but only over and above the threshold of course and if $1000 per month is all your income you will most likely be under the threshold. That's UK though, you may be different but you should check your tax information on the government website, that will tell you. HTH.
the funny thing is that i lived in the UK when i made my c4s store and made a credit card there where the money goes now and then i moved back to my east europe home country. But my details as the store owners connect me to UK. Is that matter?
fetishqueen
01-24-2018, 05:08 PM
the funny thing is that i lived in the UK when i made my c4s store and made a credit card there where the money goes now and then i moved back to my east europe home country. But my details as the store owners connect me to UK. Is that matter?
I'm sorry I don't know, I think you are best googling income tax information for your country?
Cam_Model_Jess
01-24-2018, 05:22 PM
Dear people who has a store in clips4sale but live outside of US!!!
Do u guys paying tax after clips4sale money???
Stores from US getting tax papers every year so for them its not a question but outside of US store owners not getting any paper. I asked c4s staff but they couldnt give a straight forward answear.
i make around 1000 dollar/month. if it turns out i have to pay tax after this then i am fucked...
US residents receiving 1099s has nothing to do with whether or not they owe taxes. In the US, you pay taxes on self-employment income over a certain amount. Even if you don’t make $600 on C4S you still pay taxes if you’ve made money on other sites in addition to C4S income which pushes you over the threshold. I know this isn’t your tax situation but I wanted to clarify that for the people in the US.
As for your country, I have no idea. But I believe that you are to pay taxes to the country you live in for only the period of time you’re living there. I don’t think that your address on C4S or that credit card has anything to do with it, but your residence would. If you’re reporting income in multiple countries, you should probably consult a professional.
Regardless, your payout information is available on the site. If you report based on the Cash method, then you would likely include Dec 2016-Nov 2017 earnings (or check the payout dates & go by that, reporting income which has payout dates of 2017 only).
lilly90xxx
01-25-2018, 02:47 PM
Dear people who has a store in clips4sale but live outside of US!!!
Do u guys paying tax after clips4sale money???
Stores from US getting tax papers every year so for them its not a question but outside of US store owners not getting any paper. I asked c4s staff but they couldnt give a straight forward answear.
i make around 1000 dollar/month. if it turns out i have to pay tax after this then i am fucked...
I can't send you a private message ( btw what is going on with that, on stripperweb ? it's taking me back to log in site every time i wanna send a private message), but i think we may live in the same country, and if so i can have answers for you. Please add some email to your profile, or post it here, so i can message you, because i think you don't wanna say out loud which country you live :)
C4S's website is all messed up right now so don't upload anything.
EDIT: Seems to be fixed now.
EllieGold
01-28-2018, 07:10 PM
I can't get my google analytics to work like usual with Clips4Sale... It keeps saying tracking code mismatch. I've checked and things look accurate on both ends. Weird!
I haven't got any hits for my store in over an hour but I just got sale. Anybody else having this problem?
Luna66
02-01-2018, 02:35 PM
One of the prizes for coming in the top 30 of the Clips4Sale contest was getting a link to your store on the front page of Clips4Sale for 3 months, February 1st - April 30.
We're well into February 1st and I don't see any of the top 30 stores on the front page anywhere.
This is very concerning. That is honestly the best part of the prize in my opinion, due to the exposure I would get from it.
I want to message them but I hate bringing attention to my store because whenever I do, they find something on my store to complain to me about, to try and make me forget about my complaint.
candidpl
02-01-2018, 03:34 PM
One of the prizes for coming in the top 30 of the Clips4Sale contest was getting a link to your store on the front page of Clips4Sale for 3 months, February 1st - April 30.
We're well into February 1st and I don't see any of the top 30 stores on the front page anywhere.
This is very concerning. That is honestly the best part of the prize in my opinion, due to the exposure I would get from it.
I want to message them but I hate bringing attention to my store because whenever I do, they find something on my store to complain to me about, to try and make me forget about my complaint.
Ask Neil in email, not in live support chat... what are they complain about?
justsometwat
02-01-2018, 03:50 PM
I was top 30 then in the last two hours suddenly got pushed way off. I was looking forward to the new traffic as well. It would have been a great boost for someone like me but nooo
Classy_Katy
02-01-2018, 10:59 PM
Ask Neil in email, not in live support chat... what are they complain about?
Whatever they can find...depends on the Store.
yumei
02-02-2018, 09:36 AM
the funny thing is that i lived in the UK when i made my c4s store and made a credit card there where the money goes now and then i moved back to my east europe home country. But my details as the store owners connect me to UK. Is that matter?
If You are from Poland-yes You have to pay taxes.
Scorpio Girl
02-02-2018, 08:09 PM
Does c4s send out 1099s?
naomi_doll
02-02-2018, 08:28 PM
Does c4s send out 1099s?
Yes, I got one last year but haven't gotten this year's yet.
lilly90xxx
02-06-2018, 02:23 PM
Is it me or February is a little bit slow? My sales are not impressive this month...( which is weird since my stats are higher than usual)
Plumeria
02-06-2018, 02:25 PM
February is always slow out here (Portland, Oregon). January is also brutal too.
lilly90xxx
02-06-2018, 02:35 PM
January was quite good for me ( for my standards :P) but looking at the beginning of this month i have really bad feelings :( I get like one sale in a day...
JaceyLynn
02-06-2018, 05:16 PM
Looks like Iwantempire is trying to buy c4s
"
iWantEmpire to Acquire KinkBomb
Expanding Lifestyle Brand Continues to Woo Clips4Sale
LOS ANGELES (February 6, 2018) – iWantEmpire submitted Indication of Interest letters to begin the proposed acquisition process for Clips4Sale and KinkBomb on January 19th. KinkBomb responded favorably while Clips4Sale rejected the initial offer. Undeterred by the first passing, iWantEmpire keeps its offer for C4S on the table.
“As part of our effort to grow and expand our brand we are pleased to hear our initial offer for KinkBomb was accepted, and move into the next phase of acquisition,” said Jay Phillips, founder and president of iWantEmpire. “Although our initial offer to Clips4Sale has been rejected, we aren’t swayed. We made offers to two of the companies in our segment which we respect. KinkBomb and Clips4Sale have great name recognition, a large customer base and brand awareness within the market. We believe merging these properties with iWantEmpire’s technology will enhance both the artist and customer experience. The merger will represent the largest acquisition in the history of clip industry, and one we will continue to pursue.”
Clips4Sale is known as the original clips site featuring thousands of clips in a variety of categories on its site, which averages 1.3 million daily page views and 20 million visitors each month. Clips4Sale properties include Images4Sale, Videos4Sale, and its streaming membership site, C4Smembers.
KinkBomb is recognized for its high-quality content from a wide variety of fetish artists and adult film producers who specialize in BDSM, cuckolding, femdom, foot worship, spanking, voyeur and more.
For more information, visit iWantEmpire.com."
justsometwat
02-06-2018, 05:21 PM
They tried to but Neil said no way, which is good because if iwc went under it'd take all sites down with it :/
DonaDiabla
02-06-2018, 05:35 PM
I am cool with them buying Kinkbomb but leave Clips4Sale be. Not everything should be sucked into IWC. Just saying. :)
Tea4Me
02-06-2018, 06:06 PM
Wow.....they want to totally dominate the clips market by trying to buy up all competition. Which reminds me....I wonder when we are going to see the February C4S newsletter....
Luna66
02-06-2018, 06:06 PM
Oh God no! The last thing we need is one company owning all the profitable websites.
Where does Iwantclips get all this money? I can understand them buying Kinkbomb because my best year on Kinkbomb was $200. I do OK on Iwantclips but I regularly do 10X more on Clips4Sale every month. Clips4Sale does way more business so you'd think Clips4sale would be the one buying Iwantclips.
Tea4Me
02-06-2018, 08:09 PM
Found this on Twitter, thought I'd pass it along....where guys like to buy clips from: https://twitter.com/AshleySinclair0/status/961021605932658690
anonamiss
02-06-2018, 09:51 PM
has anyone gotten their 1099 yet? please update here when you do! <3
justsometwat
02-06-2018, 10:03 PM
I got mine on the 5th.
Felicia[FightServ]
02-12-2018, 09:33 PM
One of the prizes for coming in the top 30 of the Clips4Sale contest was getting a link to your store on the front page of Clips4Sale for 3 months, February 1st - April 30.
We're well into February 1st and I don't see any of the top 30 stores on the front page anywhere.
This is very concerning. That is honestly the best part of the prize in my opinion, due to the exposure I would get from it.
I want to message them but I hate bringing attention to my store because whenever I do, they find something on my store to complain to me about, to try and make me forget about my complaint.
Same here, was looking forward to some better exposure. :(
Tea4Me
02-13-2018, 07:38 PM
Um.....did anyone get a strange email from Tax1099.com claiming to be from C4S?? This is part of the email:
Greetings from Tax1099.com !
Your 1099-MISC was submitted by Intermark Management, Inc for 2017.
Instructions for opening the form:
Click on the attachment provided with this email. You will be prompted for your password. The 8-character password is a combination of the first 4 characters of your first name/organization name (in lowercase letters) and the last 4 digits of your taxpayer identification number (TIN).
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It looks like it might be spam and I am not opening the attached document until I contact someone from C4S first. But the email had my first and last name.....odd.....
UPDATE: Live chat support said they can't help with 1099 and to open a ticket, I did and will let you know what they say. I'm sure it's bogus, but I don't know how they got my first and last name....
I got it and it's legit.
Um.....did anyone get a strange email from Tax1099.com claiming to be from C4S?? This is part of the email:
Greetings from Tax1099.com !
Your 1099-MISC was submitted by Intermark Management, Inc for 2017.
Instructions for opening the form:
Click on the attachment provided with this email. You will be prompted for your password. The 8-character password is a combination of the first 4 characters of your first name/organization name (in lowercase letters) and the last 4 digits of your taxpayer identification number (TIN).
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It looks like it might be spam and I am not opening the attached document until I contact someone from C4S first. But the email had my first and last name.....odd.....
Tea4Me
02-13-2018, 07:55 PM
Really?? Did you ask them about it or just open it? And nice of them to give producers a heads up with a message in the admin......
you know.....people here who were apart of the contest have mentioned that they didn't get the exposure on the main page as was promised, there is no February newsletter (which Neil himself said he would be doing monthly) and now this. I really have to wonder WTF is going on with C4S at times.
Meanwhile another clips site (the one that wants to purchase C4S) goes all out for their clip producers at AVN and even has some Valentine's promotion going on for them.
It just doesn't look good for C4S....disorganized....to hold a contest and then not deliver on what was promised. And then have some unknown company handle our tax info....not impressed.
I didn't ask but I opened it on my phone not my computer. I would have been hesitant to open it on my computer. But it was indeed my 1099 so I can finally start doing my taxes.
Really?? Did you ask them about it or just open it? And nice of them to give producers a heads up with a message in the admin......
anonamiss
02-13-2018, 08:06 PM
i just got the tax1099 email too. haven't opened it yet... think i'll wait til more people chime in here.
i still haven't gotten my physical 1099 in the mail (it's the last company i'm waiting on). if i don't get it by tomorrow i'll be contacting support.
naomi_doll
02-13-2018, 08:24 PM
It was my actual 1099 for me, its how Boleyn Models does its 1099's as well.
Felicia[FightServ]
02-13-2018, 08:28 PM
you know.....people here who were apart of the contest have mentioned that they didn't get the exposure on the main page as was promised, there is no February newsletter (which Neil himself said he would be doing monthly) and now this. I really have to wonder WTF is going on with C4S at times.
I emailed C4S about this, an email was sent out to the studio email address (where all the sales emails go) on Feb 2nd. It got buried and we didn't see it. Check your emails for a message from Dariusz or email him for more information (that name @ clips4sale).
Tea4Me
02-13-2018, 09:43 PM
UPDATE: They just posted a note in the ADMIN about the tax email coming from Tax1099.com and so it's legit.