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Felicia[FightServ]
08-21-2020, 01:11 PM
And now it doesn't show a little preview image when I put my cursor over my store name or clip title in a category. Or for any other stores either. So they must be tinkering with something behind the scenes.
(And I think the slow loading gifs is an issue with my internet. It's been dodgy the last day or so....)
ETA: I just noticed a "Sign Up/Login" link(s) in the upper right hand corner of the screen. That's a new thing, right? It doesn't work yet, so I'm guessing it is.
Saw that, but next time I looked, it was gone. The signup page 404's now too. I hope this feature will be ready soon. Fans would love to see their order history + not have to enter their info all the time.
justsometwat
08-22-2020, 02:37 PM
I thought my hits were fine this month, but I am at half of what I should be. That explains why my sales are down, but why are my hits down!?
Growlerpussy
08-25-2020, 02:03 AM
I only do audio and always posted under the category "audio only". My sales were not bad, I was under the top 20 in the category.
Then I changed 1 audio to another category ..... boom! At least 10 times more sales and hundreds of hits per day.
I keep the "only audio" in the related category and mention in the clip description that it is "only audio".
But what a category change can do ...... I'm still speechless I didn't do that months before.
Tea4Me
08-25-2020, 07:42 AM
I only do audio and always posted under the category "audio only". My sales were not bad, I was under the top 20 in the category.
Then I changed 1 audio to another category ..... boom! At least 10 times more sales and hundreds of hits per day.
I keep the "only audio" in the related category and mention in the clip description that it is "only audio".
But what a category change can do ...... I'm still speechless I didn't do that months before.
That makes sense though. I mean "only audio" is kind of a general category. I would think you'd get more visibility by posting in categories that the audios are about. As you did!
sexybrunetteuk
08-25-2020, 08:46 AM
Hi, this is my first post here, but me and my friend have had stores on c4s for a long time now. We were both doing well up until January, then when you-know-what went world wide, our sales dropped. I think it was either Feb or March when it first hit us, and we lost about half of our supporters on Patreon too. Things seem to be picking up again, so hopefully we'll all see a return to something close to normal soon.
Hi, this is my first post here, but me and my friend have had stores on c4s for a long time now. We were both doing well up until January, then when you-know-what went world wide, our sales dropped. I think it was either Feb or March when it first hit us, and we lost about half of our supporters on Patreon too. Things seem to be picking up again, so hopefully we'll all see a return to something close to normal soon.
I actually had the opposite happen, when corona hit my sales increased. I have had big gains over the last year pretty much month to month (July was the exception as I only made $10 more than last July) since March. In fact I'll probably have made as much as I made last year by the end of the first or second week of September. I see a lot of people here saying that C4S has been dead for them recently but I personally haven't seen it.
sexybrunetteuk
08-26-2020, 06:28 AM
I actually had the opposite happen, when corona hit my sales increased. I have had big gains over the last year pretty much month to month (July was the exception as I only made $10 more than last July) since March. In fact I'll probably have made as much as I made last year by the end of the first or second week of September. I see a lot of people here saying that C4S has been dead for them recently but I personally haven't seen it.
I do have people who buy customs, and my regulars went quiet, or said they couldn't afford custom. I suppose some people have bought more, because they've been in lockdown and wanted to watch clips more often, and others have lost work and couldn't afford more. I'm almost back to normal now, so I'm glad about that. I'm looking forward to seeing how things go in the last few months of 2020.
Tea4Me
08-26-2020, 07:16 PM
https://www.clips4sale.com/user/signup
"Benefits of a C4S Studio Account"
"High Commissions"
Hmm.......what are these high commissions they speak of?
Yvonne.
08-27-2020, 02:10 PM
What do you mean they have two sites???
I only know of www.clips4sale.com. That is the other one? :O
Tea4Me
08-27-2020, 03:06 PM
What do you mean they have two sites???
I only know of www.clips4sale.com. That is the other one? :O
Correct. But last year (I think) they introduced a new search version of our storefronts.
The original version: www.clips4sale.com/studio/your-studio-number/your-studio-name
And a newer search version: www.clips4sale.com/search/clips/studio/your-studio-number/your-studio-name
Julie D
08-28-2020, 12:58 PM
Does anyone actually like the new search, especially how it lays out your studio? I do NOT. Lol I've been ignoring it.
Using Tea4Me's info, I see that the overwhelming majority of my customers do not use it and use the original layout.
misstres33
09-09-2020, 07:17 AM
Hi all - just wondered what other studio owners think about c4s's new 'fingerprinting' system to stop our clips being pirated..? Does this mean any videos of ours on tube sites etc are automatically detected without us needing to do anything?
I'm very keen on this if it's going to be effective as I am fairly concerned with privacy (although of course I understand if we put this shit online it's a risk we all take etc)
Usually the only way I found pirated content was by searching tube sites for similar clips and sometimes by seeing click-throughs to my store from fetish forums where my videos were shared..
Keen to know you guys' thoughts on this and if you think it'll be effective!
justsometwat
09-09-2020, 07:26 AM
Iwc had done it and then stopped after adding that stupid iwc intro to all of the videos uploaded before and around that time. Never stopped anyone from pirating and all of those videos are still up.
Manyvids has it and uses it actively but that didn't stop someone from joining my membership, downloading the videos, and puting them on all of the pirate forums :(
I honestly think it's pointless, you're never going to be able to get them all removed. I do like that they appear to be removing content without us having to ask. I can see the piracy reports I have sent off have been completed, those videos are gone where they comply. That's pretty nice.
Felicia[FightServ]
09-09-2020, 05:21 PM
Fingerprinting is supposed to stop things from being uploaded to tubes (mainly the mindgeek network) that take part in the system. So ideally this should mean less stolen content uploaded to pornhub, typically blocked near the upload phase. If it's already up, then it's usually not caught.
File lockers don't take part in any sort of fingerprinting database that I know of, so the porn blogs/forums/torrents wouldn't be affected. :(
That's still on their anti-piracy team to scan and find, as well as reports from us.
moneygoddess
09-09-2020, 08:57 PM
Did anyone get paid this month from C4S yet?
Growlerpussy
09-09-2020, 10:43 PM
Did anyone get paid this month from C4S yet?
I got paid
Robert De Niro
09-10-2020, 09:49 AM
Hi all - just wondered what other studio owners think about c4s's new 'fingerprinting' system to stop our clips being pirated..? Does this mean any videos of ours on tube sites etc are automatically detected without us needing to do anything?
I'm very keen on this if it's going to be effective as I am fairly concerned with privacy (although of course I understand if we put this shit online it's a risk we all take etc)
Usually the only way I found pirated content was by searching tube sites for similar clips and sometimes by seeing click-throughs to my store from fetish forums where my videos were shared..
Keen to know you guys' thoughts on this and if you think it'll be effective!
I like it, now they should add forensic watermarking to find out which buyer uploaded it first then ban that user forever.
Classy_Katy
09-12-2020, 12:01 AM
Email from C4S today:
Customer Appreciation $1K Giveaway!
Hello valued customer,
What can be better than winning free money? Free money for free clips on Clips4Sale!
Come see all the changes and new content on Clips4Sale.com and have the chance to win one of ten $100 ClipCash cards for free...
To show you our appreciation, Clips4Sale is giving away $1000 dollars worth of FREE clips!
For each clip you buy from September 11th through the 15th, you will be entered into the drawing one (1) time. Buy 5 clips and you get 5 entries! Every purchase is counted towards the giveaway - It's that easy!
We will tally up all of the entries on September 16th and contact the winners. 10 Prizes of $100 will be given via ClipCash so you can purchase anonymously from Clips4Sale.com. Prizes can not be redeemed for cash.
ladyofthewild
09-12-2020, 01:34 PM
Hi everyone,
Long time lurker, first time poster. Cammed bck then 5-6 years ago. But switched to focus on c4s. Still struggling to keep a consistent full time income from c4s though :(
Also Katy, I saw that email too. Which makes me wonder if c4s is struggling on their side? This would explain why my sales have been so low post covid ... But this really scares me IDK. Any thoughts anyone?
justsometwat
09-12-2020, 01:43 PM
My sales are absolutely horrible and have been for months. Everything else is fine, some doing amazingly. I just don't get it. I think iwc was having issues too, they started offering discounts and stuff, seemed like they needed more traffic or something.
Classy_Katy
09-13-2020, 04:25 AM
My sales are better this month. Love how C4S are giving away our clips!
Julie D
09-13-2020, 02:54 PM
My sales are better this month. Love how C4S are giving away our clips!
Unless I'm mistaken, they are basically giving the winners gift cards to use to buy clips? Like, we still get paid the same if they buy it using Clip Cash no matter who paid for the credits to be on there?
I personally don't care, I'll still get paid, don't care if their great grandma bought them a card haha.
Tea4Me
09-13-2020, 04:11 PM
Unless I'm mistaken, they are basically giving the winners gift cards to use to buy clips? Like, we still get paid the same if they buy it using Clip Cash no matter who paid for the credits to be on there?
I personally don't care, I'll still get paid, don't care if their great grandma bought them a card haha.
Yeah, that's how I took it too. We aren't missing out.
Victoria_Gray
09-13-2020, 06:55 PM
If C4S are struggling, at least they're being proactive.
Maybe it's just clip buying is going down, which sucks. At the moment, I feel like people approach me for 1-on-1 attention on NiteFlirt or OnlyFans, then they buy content. In the past it was the other way around, or they would purchase content and never talk to me, which was fine.
I had been feeling like maybe there was something wrong with my content, or my marketing... but, maybe the market just isn't there right now?
Has anyone else noticed similar changes in buyer behavior, or are your clip sales just down?
ladyofthewild
09-14-2020, 01:19 AM
^^^
Victoria I think its so funny how I just replied to OF thread and you were also the last poster haha sorry feeling super chatty lately . SW can be just so lonely at times...
Anyhow, well for me my sales been down in general. But I think you are quite correct with your observation.
Perhaps it's all the stress that people been feeling lately with the global situation. That could explain why those guys would desperately crave one on one attention. But then shouldn't that also convert to higher camming traffic? And yet I see the girls still complaining over at the SM thread also.
So many missing variables!!! But I will pay close attention to that and be more patient with them haha hoping it loosens their wallet a bit :)
Natalie0523
09-19-2020, 06:36 PM
I've actually noticed the opposite in my sales since this whole pandemic thing started. I started thinking, "Wow, guys are stuck at home and buying a lot more porn." lol My sales have gone up and my uploads have remained the same. My IWC sales have increased as well. These past few months on IWC have been my best selling months ever. My main site is C4S and even though IWC is doing well for me, it still doesn't come close to my sales on C4S. Although I do have many MANY more clips on C4S.
Natalie0523
09-26-2020, 09:29 PM
Anyone else getting an error message when getting onto C4S? It's happening on my Mac and iPhone. I've been trying for twenty minutes and gives me the Error : 503 page. Weird. Never happened before.
Tea4Me
09-26-2020, 09:45 PM
Anyone else getting an error message when getting onto C4S? It's happening on my Mac and iPhone. I've been trying for twenty minutes and gives me the Error : 503 page. Weird. Never happened before.
Yup. Just came here to check to see if anyone was having the same problem. And that 503 page looked so different from the look of the rest of the site...didn't you think so? It had a more modern look which made me wondering if they were maybe updating the whole site? (Doubtful, I know....lol) But yeah, it's frustrating.
Felicia[FightServ]
09-26-2020, 10:24 PM
Looks like everything was down for about an hour and a half or so. It's back now.
Djoser
10-02-2020, 09:42 AM
I want to start offering HD versions of the clips we've been selling for years now. But there's like 2-300 of them, and many years of people buying them. I don't want them to feel robbed, or like they should have to pay again for better quality.
But I'm damned if I can figure out how to find them all and offer it. WAY too much work. If there was some sure method of knowing who has already bought them and letting them download the HD version, I'm all ears.
Tea4Me
10-05-2020, 07:33 PM
Just curious.....is anyone else's sales 'off' today (the 5th)?? So far this month has been great and yesterday was my 2nd best sales day ever, but today....not a single sale. Really unusual. I mean it happens from time to time, but it's extremely rare so I was wondering if anyone experienced the same.
Just curious.....is anyone else's sales 'off' today (the 5th)?? So far this month has been great and yesterday was my 2nd best sales day ever, but today....not a single sale. Really unusual. I mean it happens from time to time, but it's extremely rare so I was wondering if anyone experienced the same.
Today has been an average day for me.
justsometwat
10-06-2020, 08:31 AM
I actually had a normal day on the 5th. So far this month is SO much better than two months ago! I also ended last month with my highest payout since May. I don't know what it is but summer months always drop off into oblivion. Maybe I have a bunch of dads that buy my videos :P I really hope this trend continues and I return back to normal earnings on C4S. Everywhere else is stellar, just need this to level back out.
Nastyaa
10-13-2020, 10:07 AM
Hello there, hope you are all doing great :)
This month was okay for me if we talk about selling clips but I'm uploading like twice a day two formats. There were days when I haven't uploaded at all but most of the time I was. And that's okay. I'm mostly doing only custom clips, have then enough to upload let's say around 3 per week and It was great. Last few days I haven't got one cc request.
Some categories when I was making a lot of money just don't work for me anymore and it's making me sad but that's the business I guess.
Now, I see you are talking about iwc and mv, and I would like to start selling on one more site. If I cover both iwc and mv it would be just too much. Let's say it's 2gb all together wmv and mp4 version and it would take so much time and I have 200gb internet.
I'm selling and filming only fetish stuff like cranking, belly punching etc. So no dirty talk, no sex of any kind, nothing! Also no femdom or any kind of that.
Now I don't know on which of the two sites I should put my time and energy into.
And yeah one more thing, do you think I can upload same clips on both sites?
Thank you :)
chloemay
10-13-2020, 01:13 PM
Hello there, hope you are all doing great :)
This month was okay for me if we talk about selling clips but I'm uploading like twice a day two formats. There were days when I haven't uploaded at all but most of the time I was. And that's okay. I'm mostly doing only custom clips, have then enough to upload let's say around 3 per week and It was great. Last few days I haven't got one cc request.
Some categories when I was making a lot of money just don't work for me anymore and it's making me sad but that's the business I guess.
Now, I see you are talking about iwc and mv, and I would like to start selling on one more site. If I cover both iwc and mv it would be just too much. Let's say it's 2gb all together wmv and mp4 version and it would take so much time and I have 200gb internet.
I'm selling and filming only fetish stuff like cranking, belly punching etc. So no dirty talk, no sex of any kind, nothing! Also no femdom or any kind of that.
Now I don't know on which of the two sites I should put my time and energy into.
And yeah one more thing, do you think I can upload same clips on both sites?
Thank you :)
MV probably better for you, IWC says its FEMDOM right in the tag-line. With either of the other sites you only upload one version of the clip so you can ditch the WMV once they are up on C4S.
Raziel
10-13-2020, 02:16 PM
I've actually noticed the opposite in my sales since this whole pandemic thing started. I started thinking, "Wow, guys are stuck at home and buying a lot more porn." lol My sales have gone up and my uploads have remained the same. My IWC sales have increased as well. These past few months on IWC have been my best selling months ever. My main site is C4S and even though IWC is doing well for me, it still doesn't come close to my sales on C4S. Although I do have many MANY more clips on C4S.
Yeah, I watch a lot more Porn. Can't fuck anybody, why not? And I'm not really into the camgirl thing (nothing against Cammers, I mean it). This Pandemic is ON MY NERVES. I wanna get back out there. Like NOW!
anonamiss
10-16-2020, 11:58 AM
quick question:
when it comes to tributes, are customers limited to the options on the tribute drop down menu on the top right of the studio page? ($5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2500, $5000) -- at least that's what i see on my own studio page.
or is there a way they can type in and send a specific amount?
Tea4Me
10-16-2020, 04:58 PM
quick question:
when it comes to tributes, are customers limited to the options on the tribute drop down menu on the top right of the studio page? ($5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2500, $5000) -- at least that's what i see on my own studio page.
or is there a way they can type in and send a specific amount?
As far as I know, no. But it would be really nice if there was such an option. However, there is a way to create custom buttons/links for a certain dollar amount and then you could give that to a customer or post it somewhere for them to click on.
Yvonne.
10-27-2020, 09:57 AM
Do you show your face in all the clips and most of the time?
How can I find some fetish forums to see what guys like most? For example for tongue, mouth, fart fetish...
Raven_C4S
10-30-2020, 09:14 AM
Hey Tea4Me! This is something that we will be looking into in the near future :)
Tea4Me
11-02-2020, 09:29 AM
I wonder if they are going to announce the winners of the 100% commission sales contest.....
Anybody noticing way less hits than normal on their store today? I'm talking about a 50% decrease than what you usually get.
Nastyaa
11-06-2020, 05:12 PM
Anybody noticing way less hits than normal on their store today? I'm talking about a 50% decrease than what you usually get.
My hits are great from beginning of the month..maybe you should expand to other categories, they tend to get used to you and wait for new ones..
Tea4Me
11-06-2020, 05:39 PM
Anybody noticing way less hits than normal on their store today? I'm talking about a 50% decrease than what you usually get.
I was getting those 503 Gateway errors a few times while trying to access the site today. I refreshed a few times and the site would show up, but I just wonder if others got those same error messages.
PS--Just went to check hits and yes, they are down from yesterday and yes, almost by half.
PS--Just went to check hits and yes, they are down from yesterday and yes, almost by half.
I was thinking it might be a glitch and I guess it is.
Raven_C4S
11-09-2020, 08:51 AM
I was thinking it might be a glitch and I guess it is.
Hey all yes we apologize we were experiencing a technical issue on November 6th which caused this, and the issue was resolved the same day.
justsometwat
11-12-2020, 09:54 AM
I don't know what's happening on c4s, my sales suck there this year. Everywhere else has been amazing, better than usual. I don't understand what's happening. My hits all look fine, but I feel like I'm gonna have to jump ship.
I also noticed that some of my older videos are missing a ton of keywords. I know for a fact I didn't have videos with only one or even no keywords. I'm afraid to see how many videos are likes this
Raven_C4S
11-12-2020, 10:48 AM
I wonder if they are going to announce the winners of the 100% commission sales contest.....
Winners are announced on the Blog.
Adriana Ray
11-24-2020, 06:35 AM
Hello Ladys I need an opinion. I will start a clips store with gfw, taboo, pov sex clips and I wonder if I should do that now or wait after new years? Christmas is coming and guys will spend money on gifts for family I think? So maybe it will be better to wait? Can anyone with more than two years of sales tell me if they experienced a decline in sales in the pre-holiday period?
Hello Ladys I need an opinion. I will start a clips store with gfw, taboo, pov sex clips and I wonder if I should do that now or wait after new years? Christmas is coming and guys will spend money on gifts for family I think? So maybe it will be better to wait? Can anyone with more than two years of sales tell me if they experienced a decline in sales in the pre-holiday period?
Most Decembers have been really good sales months for me. I had only one within the past 5 years that came in a bit below expectations.