View Full Version : The Clips4Sale Thread
caramelcraze
03-26-2021, 06:47 PM
It's been a while since I uploaded regularly... are banners no longer a thing on each fetish main page? I'm not seeing any.
Felicia[FightServ]
03-27-2021, 01:51 PM
It's been a while since I uploaded regularly... are banners no longer a thing on each fetish main page? I'm not seeing any.
I just checked Queued Banners on stores I manage and neither has anything in it. Looks like something else broke. :(
What's worrying me the most though is the double order/cart bug has been resulting in quintuple, up to septuple in bugged orders! All stores are getting hammered by refunds from it the past few days.
That's going to scare off hard earned customers!
What's worrying me the most though is the double order/cart bug has been resulting in quintuple, up to septuple in bugged orders! All stores are getting hammered by refunds from it the past few days.
That's going to scare off hard earned customers!
And what sucks is that we're not getting e-mail notifications of sales so I have no idea if I'm getting double, triple, quadruple of the same orders.
justsometwat
03-28-2021, 06:04 AM
You guys are getting sales?
I have no idea what happened, but c4s is absolutely dead for me and has been for a while. ALL of my other sites are doing even better than usual, so what is happening!? My hits are down too. This is gonna be my worst month in years!
Tea4Me
03-28-2021, 06:39 PM
You guys are getting sales?
Sales? Yes. Sales emails? no. Refunds too, because I've also had a few duplicate orders.
Tea4Me
03-29-2021, 08:59 PM
Anyone post an update today? How long did it take to see it in your store. According to the times of clips posted on the main page, it looks like they stopped updating about an hour ago.
Felicia[FightServ]
03-30-2021, 07:12 AM
Things were moving around 6am, but they've frozen again at 9:45am. I should've checked before posting. :(
CatBBW
03-30-2021, 12:26 PM
edit - no matter, it's working now
Jessicas_DoE
03-31-2021, 10:26 AM
Just to update everyone:
I spoke to Neil pretty extensively 6-weeks ago via email, rasing all the constant ongoing issues, and asked him bluntly & directly if the reason why c4s is failing to resolve these issues is due to either financial problems prohibiting them from being able to afford to do so/or simply due to a lack of interest by c4s following their partnership with MindGeek.
I was told, directly by Neil, that:
*The automated sales tweets will be resolved.
(They made an attempted to re-launch that feature 2-weeks later, but as you're all aware it didn't work, and there has been no update since in regards to it being fixed).
*That the constant error, literally every single day with ''selecting an image from clips to be the display image'' will be resolved. | I suggested simply making it so we can upload a JPG ourself, rather than having to ''select a frame from the video''.
(That error hasn't been fixed, 2-months after him stating it would be)
*Was told that the huge amount of content being hosted, which is a direct violation of c4s's own policies (and far more importantly the policy of the credit-card processing companies which we as store owners rely on), content including implied scat / implied incest... ect, would all be removed.
(None of the 2,600+ clips, viewable simply by a basic keyword search, have been removed! Meaning the CC companies are well within their rights to just terminate all use of CC processing on the platform, like they did to pornhub, due to their inaction & failure by c4s)
So the bottom-line is whilst c4s/Neil may say whatever we want to hear (when chased-up about issues), the reality is they are either just too lazy and/or too technically incapable of actually fixing any of these issues.
CatBBW
03-31-2021, 10:33 AM
*That the constant error, literally every single day with ''selecting an image from clips to be the display image'' will be resolved. | I suggested simply making it so we can upload a JPG ourself, rather than having to ''select a frame from the video''.
(That error hasn't been fixed, 2-months after him stating it would be)
I don't understand - this is literally how I get a display image for each clip, by uploading my own JPG. This is how I have always done it, and still do.
Jessicas_DoE
03-31-2021, 10:49 AM
I don't understand - this is literally how I get a display image for each clip, by uploading my own JPG. This is how I have always done it, and still do.
The ''rollover clip-image'' is different to the ''upload jpeg'' option when creating a new clip.
The ''rollover clip image'' is the display image which is shown as the thumbnail for your clip to everyone who views it in the category.
Wheras if when creating a clip, you choose to upload a display image, that will mean you only have a static image (rather than a .gif) when someone views the clip in your store itself.
*Moreover I'm not sure if that actually is the display image for the clip when viewed in the catergory, or if c4s still assign it a random image, meaning you have to manually use the ''rollover image function'' to select the image you want to be shown.
Felicia[FightServ]
04-01-2021, 09:09 AM
Anyone else having problem with in-store search? I'm putting in exact titles and they're still not showing up.
Direct links still work, the clips are active and show up on the main site search.
MissAdriana
04-02-2021, 09:55 AM
I wish they would let us know a little more ahead of time about the monthly feature/hashtag promoted clips section what it will be. I record everything so far in advance I thought I would have something to fit somewhat into whatever tag they did. Then they did that 'wear purple' month, I had no purple outfit clips!! How lame of me. Now this 1 being naked will be easier to get a clip on.
AlyssaJ
04-05-2021, 05:33 AM
Anyone else having problem with in-store search? I'm putting in exact titles and they're still not showing up. .
Yep, same. As I use this often and have hundreds of clips, it is super annoying not to be able to find them easily.
Also, sales emails - haven't been getting them for years and gave up fixing it (always answered with the "been sent to the programmers" message). Then suddenly, a sales email today. One. Have sold several clips lol.
And yes, also having previews showing off to the side. Hopefully customers won't think this is an error with the clip. AND double clip orders. I haven't been refunded with those yet so this will probably create errors with the upcoming payout. And yeah, uploading took me 8 (!) hours with the last clip. I live in a city and my internet is fast, so it's not on my end. After three days it is still not showing in its category.
Everytime I start thinking about making clips full time, I am reminded it would be too frustrating.
pramilaganguly
04-08-2021, 12:19 AM
Did you all get ur monthly payouts? We r supposed to receive it within 7th of every month, but unfortunately i still did not receive it. Never happened before, i always received it well ahead of time :( Is it just me who did not receive?
MxtressValleycat
04-08-2021, 02:02 AM
I wish they would let us know a little more ahead of time about the monthly feature/hashtag promoted clips section what it will be. I record everything so far in advance I thought I would have something to fit somewhat into whatever tag they did. Then they did that 'wear purple' month, I had no purple outfit clips!! How lame of me. Now this 1 being naked will be easier to get a clip on.
It was really handy last year when we got a list in advance
lilly90xxx
04-08-2021, 03:12 AM
Did you all get ur monthly payouts? We r supposed to receive it within 7th of every month, but unfortunately i still did not receive it. Never happened before, i always received it well ahead of time :( Is it just me who did not receive?
I've got mine yesterday (wire transfer I am from Europe), but I also always got mine well ahead of the time. Maybe the delay is because of the Easter holidays? Either way you should contact the support, they even put the message lately in our admin area about that.
CatBBW
04-08-2021, 04:54 AM
Looks like the hit counter in the admin area is broken. I went to bed with it saying 0 hits, I've got up to find it still says 0 hits. And the graph is blank.
EDIT: and it's fixed now.
kinkygirls
04-08-2021, 08:43 PM
Hi, anyone else having problems with the clip future activation?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Felicia[FightServ]
04-08-2021, 09:26 PM
Hi, anyone else having problems with the clip future activation?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
It failed to post a previously scheduled clip for me this morning. When I logged in later in the day, the clip was marked Inactive.
Right now, I can't even get in to the admin. :(
pramilaganguly
04-09-2021, 12:33 AM
I've got mine yesterday (wire transfer I am from Europe), but I also always got mine well ahead of the time. Maybe the delay is because of the Easter holidays? Either way you should contact the support, they even put the message lately in our admin area about that.
I contacted they just said to wait for some days :( dont know whats happening!
pramilaganguly
04-09-2021, 12:34 AM
It failed to post a previously scheduled clip for me this morning. When I logged in later in the day, the clip was marked Inactive.
Right now, I can't even get in to the admin. :(
Yes for me too, all my future activation clips from 7th and 8th have been marked inactive, now that i checked i saw :( and then when i publish it now, it shows up as it was scheduled on that date. Guess i will have to delete and reupload republish them all
Felicia[FightServ]
04-12-2021, 10:54 AM
Anyone else stuck on the "I have read and agree to this message" page now?
I've logged out and in, tried other browsers, tried mobile, still stuck. :banghead:
Candy_Women
04-12-2021, 12:46 PM
Anyone else stuck on the "I have read and agree to this message" page now?
I've logged out and in, tried other browsers, tried mobile, still stuck. :banghead:
I have the same :(
SophiaSylvan
04-15-2021, 02:23 PM
They've been working on the site for months and doing server migrations and so on, we can expect glitches on and off...until they are done.
Re: what someone said above, it would be great if c4s was responsive to " and AND commands like Google. like "Slut Training" and find that title, instead of every clip with the word slut or training in it. And if you searched "pantyhose domination" AND heels you would get what you are looking for precisely. But maybe that's intentional to show people more clips in case they want to buy the others.
CatBBW
04-16-2021, 12:32 AM
Are Autotweets STILL broken for everyone? I can't link my Twitter to my C4S, just gives me a 500 Internal Server Error.
CatBBW
04-16-2021, 01:28 AM
If your store has a WHITE background: CHECK IT. All the descriptions have disappeared because the text has been made white - you can only see it if you highlight the area.
Going to report it now.
EDIT - Already received a reply:
"Thank you for contacting Studio Support. We are aware of the issue with the clip description text not displaying properly and we're working to fix the issue. It should be corrected shortly. Thank you for your patience."
AlyssaJ
04-16-2021, 02:50 AM
They've been working on the site for months and doing server migrations and so on, we can expect glitches on and off...until they are done.
Re: what someone said above, it would be great if c4s was responsive to " and AND commands like Google. like "Slut Training" and find that title, instead of every clip with the word slut or training in it. And if you searched "pantyhose domination" AND heels you would get what you are looking for precisely. But maybe that's intentional to show people more clips in case they want to buy the others.
Agree. Searching for something with the word and in it, like Aliens & Monsters, will show you an endless list of clips with the word "and" in them. Sigh. I don't think it is intentional, as finding precisely what you are looking for will increase the chance of a sale. It's just the site is so heavy and dated at this point, keeping up with features people now take for granted is a struggle. But redoing the whole site would mean shutting it down for some time and new issues coming up.
kinkygirls
04-19-2021, 04:38 PM
Hi everyone.
Anybody else having problems to upload clips via CuteFTP? We are trying to upload some clips and it says "The remote host actively refused the attempt to connect to it."
Thanks in advance for your answers.
TheBrownFox
04-20-2021, 11:02 AM
Hi everyone.
Anybody else having problems to upload clips via CuteFTP? We are trying to upload some clips and it says "The remote host actively refused the attempt to connect to it."
Uploading vids to C4S has always been a pain in the ass for me. Tbh I have some vids I haven't even bothered uploading to there yet, because I dread having to deal with the site. Lol.
Victoria_Gray
04-20-2021, 08:59 PM
Is there a just for fans thread or are people just talking about it here? I tried search but couldn't find anything.
Thinking of signing up, just want a couple of people's experience before I do.
SophiaSylvan
04-21-2021, 12:47 PM
Hi everyone.
Anybody else having problems to upload clips via CuteFTP? We are trying to upload some clips and it says "The remote host actively refused the attempt to connect to it."
Thanks in advance for your answers.
I'm having problems uploading with Filezilla. It is saying ECONN REFUSED thought it was just me
AlyssaJ
04-22-2021, 11:00 AM
I had too many errors with ftp uploaders so I always do it directly in the clips store page. It sometimes takes hours though.
Just noticed that
1. In the clip descriptions the last related category is not listed, instead the actual category is also listed as related. I think the only purpose of the related categories is to search a store easily, but now the choice of that last category will probably not matter if this error stays.
2. They moved all "peril" clips to "DID" (renamed from Damsel in distress, not clear at all for new customers) Haven't seen any message about this but I might have missed it. This censorship is just getting worse. My peril clips don't even make sense there as they are femdom so now I have to manually move every single clip.
caramelcraze
05-03-2021, 01:46 PM
Well I see where they've been investing their time and I'm honestly kind of proud of them. Making health care accessible for content creators at last!! Check you email. It is for US models only though...
justsometwat
05-03-2021, 01:59 PM
It's just making it so you have someone from velapoint insurance call you and help set you up with a plan you need. I mean, honestly, you can do this with most insurance companies.
When I first read it I thought it meant THEY were offering insurance, but they aren't. I read some bad reviews about that insurance company, but all of them are going to be assholes since that's what they do.
laurielegs
05-05-2021, 04:54 PM
Since Streamate has said that disabling clip previews has increased sales it's got me thinking maybe I should disable my previews. I've got mine on across all my sites. My thinking was if it were me personally I would not want to buy a clip without seeing what the voice and vid quality was like, but then again sometimes guys just get off on a preview and then don't buy. My gifs look pretty good usually.
I'm wondering who else has experimented with having them off and what the results have been? I think I'm going to turn them off for this month and see how it goes. My sales have tanked lately so it can't really hurt too much I guess.
CatBBW
05-05-2021, 05:13 PM
Since Streamate has said that disabling clip previews has increased sales it's got me thinking maybe I should disable my previews. I've got mine on across all my sites. My thinking was if it were me personally I would not want to buy a clip without seeing what the voice and vid quality was like, but then again sometimes guys just get off on a preview and then don't buy. My gifs look pretty good usually.
I'm wondering who else has experimented with having them off and what the results have been? I think I'm going to turn them off for this month and see how it goes. My sales have tanked lately so it can't really hurt too much I guess.
I know what you mean re "guys get off on a preview" - I like a "happy medium" where it's literally 9 seconds or something, a proper tease. I feel like buyers - especially new buyers to yourself - are less inclined to buy if they can't get a feel of the clip. It's all very well writing a fantastic description, but it's a well established fact that hard peens can't read.
So. Is it best we use gifs - as in a series of say 5-10 silent individual pics? Or no preview at all, just one static pic? Or limit the preview playtime?
I'll be interested to see others' views on this.
MissAdriana
05-06-2021, 11:11 AM
I'm wondering who else has experimented with having them off and what the results have been? I think I'm going to turn them off for this month and see how it goes. My sales have tanked lately so it can't really hurt too much I guess.
I keep them off. Occasionally do a promo preview here and there on social media so they can hear my voice and get the gist of the clip but not on the site. Too many of my customers have told me that they get off from the previews I do have and it's enough for some of them to the point they just sit there and rewatch the preview and dont buy the clip.
RambleOnRose
05-06-2021, 05:00 PM
So. Is it best we use gifs - as in a series of say 5-10 silent individual pics? Or no preview at all, just one static pic? Or limit the preview playtime? I'll be interested to see others' views on this.
Hi, I'm new to the forum but have been making content on C4S (in addition to PSO and Camming) for several years. My sales range anywhere between 200-600 per month, and I've built up a nice regular base who send me scripts and ideas that I work from. I have never used previews, only one snapshot of my choosing (I'm very amateur-ish and old school). Perhaps it lowers my sales potential, but personally I'm just more comfortable not offering previews at all.
Classy_Katy
05-07-2021, 01:04 AM
Since Streamate has said that disabling clip previews has increased sales it's got me thinking maybe I should disable my previews. I've got mine on across all my sites. My thinking was if it were me personally I would not want to buy a clip without seeing what the voice and vid quality was like, but then again sometimes guys just get off on a preview and then don't buy. My gifs look pretty good usually.
I'm wondering who else has experimented with having them off and what the results have been? I think I'm going to turn them off for this month and see how it goes. My sales have tanked lately so it can't really hurt too much I guess.
Guys have said to me that they like to hear the voice and see the video quality before buying...I think that's important too, so I include just 10 seconds near the start, so it's not revealing anything except how I sound and how the video looks. Then I make a gif using a few screenshots to give an idea of what's in the clip along with the description.
With respect to Streamate, I expect the guys have already seen and heard the girl, so the preview isn't as important.
ChloeGreenX
05-10-2021, 03:29 AM
Hi ladies, I signed up for C4S and want to make foot fetish related videos and sell them. Any tips on what kind of content I could make? I have a couple of ideas ready to shoot, but I would love some tips.
Thank youuu :)
RambleOnRose
05-10-2021, 10:46 AM
Hi ladies, I signed up for C4S and want to make foot fetish related videos and sell them. Any tips on what kind of content I could make? I have a couple of ideas ready to shoot, but I would love some tips.
Thank youuu :)
One thing I do is try to do is layer several categories into each clip I film. Just an example, I could start off with sneakers and socks on, then slowly tease and peel those off before some toe wiggling. I usually start with one idea to work from, then end up veering off in different directions during a filming session since I like to film numerous clips at once. I feel like they come off more natural that way.
Tea4Me
05-12-2021, 09:01 PM
Hmm....not get sales emails. Anyone else?
Felicia[FightServ]
05-13-2021, 01:19 PM
Hmm....not get sales emails. Anyone else?
Friend told me they weren't getting any earlier today, now I get this error in the admin -
There was an error with your request. Please try again in 2 minutes.
RambleOnRose
05-13-2021, 02:10 PM
Friend told me they weren't getting any earlier today, now I get this error in the admin -
There was an error with your request. Please try again in 2 minutes.
My sales emails go directly to Boleyn Models for daily payout. Also, same with the admin log in error today.
Anybody having a problem logging into their account? I keep getting "Session reset. Please refresh the page, and try again."
SophiaSylvan
05-20-2021, 06:27 AM
Heads up that many of my older clips and who knows what else are disappearing for no reason, the content is compliant. I'm going back over old content and releasing in the updated formats as before I used to do one format only. I noticed out of the clips I am posting the originals are totally missing from my store at a rate of about 10%. No idea why
Tea4Me
05-20-2021, 10:18 AM
No problems logging in and I checked my store and all of my clips are there. But I have had a couple of customers (one of them a very regular customer) mention they've had problems paying for clips. I'm going to contact C4S and look into this more. My regular said the credit card processing took a long time which makes me wonder if they are making some other changes behind the scenes.
justsometwat
05-21-2021, 10:30 AM
Anyone else getting with chargebacks and refunds suddenly? More than half of my refunds from 2018 - present are from the last month and a half.
pramilaganguly
05-21-2021, 11:53 AM
Anyone else getting with chargebacks and refunds suddenly? More than half of my refunds from 2018 - present are from the last month and a half.
Yes plenty of chargebacks and a number of refunds of late. And when asked about refunds, they say its from scammers, but then the refunds r being made at least a day or 2 after the purchase, so i guess the scammer has already had enjoyed the content before being flagged.