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Growlerpussy
11-18-2022, 11:10 PM
How often do the lists in the categories refresh? I've sold one clip today 5 times which usually takes it to at least top 3 in the top clips list in this particular category. Instead the list looks identical to lunchtime today (it's now midnight in my country) and my clip is not on it (it's showing as it should in the category) Yes, I've tried another browser, refreshing etc.

I noticed that too. Sold a big bundle over $150 to 1 costumer and din't move up the list for hours. Pissed me off right away.

AlyssaJ
11-19-2022, 03:03 AM
It's been that way for months. Some refresh better than others (a little better), but others just seem *stuck*. Like you, I've made so many sales of a clip that would have normally had my store ranked higher, but not anymore. And I think it's pretty well known that clips usually sell the best in the first 7 days. So when I see clips ranked higher that are older than a month, then I have to wonder.

Honestly, the Clips4sale site we have in 2022 does not feel like the same site we had back in 2021 when Neil ran the site.

Lists seems refreshed now. I have noticed lags before, but not this long.
I sell more old clips than new ones, even years after is not unusual. In most of my categories clips only need to sell once to get on the lower half of the top list, and if they happen to sell twice within a time period (week?) and have been doing well before, it seems that puts them higher/longer on the list than a new clip selling twice (meaning it seems total sales helps ranking to a degree) Agree there are more glitches than ever but I don't think old clips on the lists is strange.

DonaDiabla
11-19-2022, 10:51 AM
This post is full of nonsense. You don't need a long preview to see if you want to purchase a clip or not. You either want it or you don't. Simple as that. :)


Believe me bro! C4s is still the best so far!! I tried iwantclips and manyvids nothing good about them comparing tk c4s..
C4s still holds the best old clips ��

DonaDiabla
11-19-2022, 11:11 AM
I do agree. Personally, I didn't see where ETP boosted sales a lot. Maybe there's something I didn't see?


In August ETP accounted for 67.41% of my hits and 9.9% of my sales
In September ETP accounted for 89.52% of my hits and 5.17% of my sales
In October ETP accounted for 71.49% of my hits and 10.05 % of my sales

So far for the month ETP accounts for 64.83% of my hits and 2.18% of my sales

Just randomly looking at other months - July's ETP traffic accounted for 58%, but 0% in sales?

These numbers have to be wrong. I know I keep saying it, but it just doesn't make any sense.

SophiaSylvan
11-19-2022, 05:02 PM
I checked the same thing for my friend ( I manage her store since she's not that much of a computer person) and it also counts some people that bought from her before as ETP customers. Maybe it is like you said, but how big is the possibility?


Also, this traffic is just weird. If I look at my friend's traffic for today ( not looking at mine, mine is definitely fucked up because I am in the program and I am not, don't know). For example hits (referring URLs) for this month is 2709 altogether. And in these hits only 6 are from c4s, 64 from google, there are some hits from other sites like bing, and...2635 hits from ETP :O
And page views for this month are 1105


So first of all what are these hits, I understand page views are actual page views of her store, but hits?
And even with this big number of hits from ETP, the sales from there are only 20% of overall sales.

Hopefully it's just glitchy and not...dishonest

SophiaSylvan
11-19-2022, 05:47 PM
I actually upped my prices a little bit (+2USD above the standard, so 12.99 for a 10min and 12USD/min for customs compared to 10USD/min before) So a little extra comes from this. I doubt it actually explains the increase of sales but it certainly didn't seem to damage it. But as I said, November has been slower for me than this good half year I had and I hope it's temporary.

We have to manually change all the prices right? I wish we could just write to support and get the whole thing adjusted but I doubt that's something their programmers will do. I am raising the prices on all of my new clips by $1, I've been on clips4sale since like 2005 and I've charged the same standard price since then, ridiculous. I encourage everyone to raise their prices due to inflation. Everything is costing more.
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Felicia[FightServ]
11-19-2022, 08:19 PM
If the conversions are really poor and getting worse, that should probably be brought up in the webinars. Maybe they'll reconsider this source of traffic since it has to cost a lot of money.
13% for the main store I manage
25% for the second biggest.

(Provided the numbers are accurate)

AlyssaJ
11-21-2022, 06:40 AM
We have to manually change all the prices right? I wish we could just write to support and get the whole thing adjusted but I doubt that's something their programmers will do. I am raising the prices on all of my new clips by $1, I've been on clips4sale since like 2005 and I've charged the same standard price since then, ridiculous. I encourage everyone to raise their prices due to inflation. Everything is costing more.
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I've only raised prices for new clips, I find it too tedious to go back and change hundreds of old prices. It's about time the standard price is raised. Most other businesses have raised prices regularly even before this inflation. But since C4S don't seem to have any plans to change the standard option, we have to set a new standard ourselves. I feel +2USD is still too low considering how long it's stayed the same, but I don't want to stick out too much. People will always buy porn though and it's only fair we get compensated for it.

WonderWoman0642
11-21-2022, 07:55 AM
I charge a dollar per minute plus 3 dollars. But I started with a dollar per minute and slowly added more over time. I've been on C4S for five years, so I gave myself a raise every other year or so. I also shoot a lot of niche fetishes. If you add a dollar to your prices, I promise it won't hurt your sales. I love shooting clips but porn is a luxury service. C4S also takes 40 percent of the clip that they had nothing to do with making. I know they provide traffic (or used to) but it's still a high percentage. I think all of this should considered when pricing content.

SophiaSylvan
11-21-2022, 10:46 AM
I've only raised prices for new clips, I find it too tedious to go back and change hundreds of old prices. It's about time the standard price is raised. Most other businesses have raised prices regularly even before this inflation. But since C4S don't seem to have any plans to change the standard option, we have to set a new standard ourselves. I feel +2USD is still too low considering how long it's stayed the same, but I don't want to stick out too much. People will always buy porn though and it's only fair we get compensated for it.

For me it would be several thousand though all my old stores (that I still sell plenty of clips on but haven't updated in years). I'll be happy to go up another dollar for custom rates as well as new clip sales in a year or so. They can get the treat of purchasing all the older content at the old rates! I'm not patient enough to change them all.

WonderWoman0642
11-22-2022, 02:57 PM
What do you all think of this new contest? I think the idea is cool but a bit more notice would've been nice. I planned on posting updates throughout the week, but now I'm thinking about posting more each day.

Felicia[FightServ]
11-22-2022, 04:42 PM
What do you all think of this new contest? I think the idea is cool but a bit more notice would've been nice. I planned on posting updates throughout the week, but now I'm thinking about posting more each day.

I feel bad for the compliance review team.

WonderWoman0642
11-22-2022, 04:52 PM
Right?! The more I think about it though, it seems like they are desperate for creators to post content. How can they realistically keep up with it?

Felicia[FightServ]
11-22-2022, 06:29 PM
Right?! The more I think about it though, it seems like they are desperate for creators to post content. How can they realistically keep up with it?

I'd looooove to post more stuff that hasn't been on C4S yet but they keep blocking it based on "excessive" whatever for compliance.

Tea4Me
11-22-2022, 07:28 PM
What do you all think of this new contest? I think the idea is cool but a bit more notice would've been nice. I planned on posting updates throughout the week, but now I'm thinking about posting more each day.

I don't get it. Don't a lot of content creators plan out their shoots/content? I do. But they basically want people to whip off as many clips as possible just to win a contest? Do they not want quality content? Or a bunch of 2 minute clips of whatever? Doing that isn't incentive for me, personally.

WonderWoman0642
11-22-2022, 07:35 PM
I don't get it. Don't a lot of content creators plan out their shoots/content? I do. But they basically want people to whip off as many clips as possible just to win a contest? Do they not want quality content? Or a bunch of 2 minute clips of whatever? Doing that isn't incentive for me, personally.

Good point. This could hurt them actually. If guys see a bunch of low quality, rushed videos, they might go elsewhere. They should just offer the customers a black friday discount and leave it at that.

SophiaSylvan
11-23-2022, 10:01 AM
Right?! The more I think about it though, it seems like they are desperate for creators to post content. How can they realistically keep up with it?

Isn't the site flooded constantly with new content? I didn't think there was ever a dearth/lack! lol I appreciate that they're doing something other than just an earnings based contest, maybe they're trying to be more inclusive.

SophiaSylvan
11-23-2022, 10:02 AM
Good point. This could hurt them actually. If guys see a bunch of low quality, rushed videos, they might go elsewhere. They should just offer the customers a black friday discount and leave it at that.

I love the discounts for promo they actually do work, I see a lot of sales from those. Especially love when we don't have to share in the discount haha :D

Growlerpussy
11-23-2022, 10:03 PM
I have a newer studio and still more than 50 audios to upload there. I d'love o know if it worth all the work to upload them all together or leave it til next week? Can't really imagine that soemone has more videos to upload all together.

AlyssaJ
11-24-2022, 04:47 AM
I have a newer studio and still more than 50 audios to upload there. I d'love o know if it worth all the work to upload them all together or leave it til next week? Can't really imagine that soemone has more videos to upload all together.

To me trying to compete in this contest is NOT worth it - why would I post more than usual just to let the clips drown in a flood of new content? The announcement comes too late for most studios to produce any significant number of new clips, even if you don't care much about quality. But for studios sitting on a bunch of clips it _might_ make sense to upload more at once, especially if your store is quite empty so far. It can't be just for winning this contest though (there are thousands of studios so don't assume noone else has 50+ spare clips) But a reason to do it is customers do browse your store and the more clips to choose from, the bigger chance they buy, and that they buy many at once. BUT a mass upload the same day, assuming many are in the same categories, you'll lose most of the exposure from updating regularly during a longer period of time, and new updates bring customers to browse your store. On most other sites, your new update wont hide your older ones in the category and newly updated list, but on C4S they do - you are actually punished exposure wise if you upload several clips at once. IF your clips are in mostly separate categories, I say go for it because of the contest AND to kick start a good store collection. Otherwise, you need to decide if sacrificing a longer period of exposure is worth $500?

AlyssaJ
11-24-2022, 05:16 AM
Isn't the site flooded constantly with new content? I didn't think there was ever a dearth/lack! lol I appreciate that they're doing something other than just an earnings based contest, maybe they're trying to be more inclusive.


I'm thinking C4S HAVE to think it is worth it to have tons of content flooding in at once, but to me it just doesn't seem as a good idea. This encourages producers to sacrifice quality over quantity, and/or to post a bunch of clips they otherwise would have released at a regular pace in weeks, maybe months, to come. Isn't that better for the site? If studios jump on this there will be a mass update followed by slower than normal. It often seems the C4S crew (or whoever is really running things) just throw out new ideas instead of work on functionality. God I sound boring lol, but both customers and producers need a user friendly and working site rather than all this experimenting.

SophiaSylvan
11-24-2022, 11:35 AM
To me trying to compete in this contest is NOT worth it - why would I post more than usual just to let the clips drown in a flood of new content? The announcement comes too late for most studios to produce any significant number of new clips, even if you don't care much about quality. But for studios sitting on a bunch of clips it _might_ make sense to upload more at once, especially if your store is quite empty so far. It can't be just for winning this contest though (there are thousands of studios so don't assume noone else has 50+ spare clips) But a reason to do it is customers do browse your store and the more clips to choose from, the bigger chance they buy, and that they buy many at once. BUT a mass upload the same day, assuming many are in the same categories, you'll lose most of the exposure from updating regularly during a longer period of time, and new updates bring customers to browse your store. On most other sites, your new update wont hide your older ones in the category and newly updated list, but on C4S they do - you are actually punished exposure wise if you upload several clips at once. IF your clips are in mostly separate categories, I say go for it because of the contest AND to kick start a good store collection. Otherwise, you need to decide if sacrificing a longer period of exposure is worth $500?

I don't mind the topic of the contest personally, but I'm not going to participate for the same reasons you mentioned, Alyssa. I think it would just be putting in a lot of effort for little reward. My standard release schedule serves me well. I couldn't sacrifice my production values and toss out a ton of clips with poor, short descriptions and an auto-gif, nope. I have a brand image to uphold! lol

Felicia[FightServ]
11-24-2022, 01:16 PM
Scheduled clip isn't appearing on the store, category, or front page, which is now stuck at over 10 minutes behind. Wasn't this bad previously.

What an incredibly stupid idea this was. They do NOT have the infrastructure for this!

Edit: 20~ mins later finally appeared on the store, but still NOT the front page.

Further Edit: Admin is now down and doesn't look like ANY of my updates are on the front page.

AuroraJade
11-24-2022, 02:59 PM
Can you accept customs on C4S? Is there like a messaging system? Are you allowed to post social media links/your email address on your store?

lilly90xxx
11-25-2022, 11:03 AM
I don't mind the topic of the contest personally, but I'm not going to participate for the same reasons you mentioned, Alyssa. I think it would just be putting in a lot of effort for little reward. My standard release schedule serves me well. I couldn't sacrifice my production values and toss out a ton of clips with poor, short descriptions and an auto-gif, nope. I have a brand image to uphold! lol



I thought about this black Friday contest for a while but after seeing some studio uploaded 70 clips yesterday, and about 30 today (at least it was 30 when I was checking it early morning) I will pass haha ( and this studio creates a good quality content with a lot of different models, good descriptions gifs and previews). I was sitting there thinking just how? It seems some people have their content recorded for a few years ahead :O

I was expecting a lot of shitty 2-minute clips flooding the site but it seems some big studios are well prepared.
BTW if some of you want to participate either way, here is how this 24h period looks like


November 24 3:00pm - November 25 3:00am
November 25 3:00pm - November 26 3:00am
November 26 3:00pm - November 27 3:00am
November 27 3:00pm - November 28 3:00am
November 28 3:00pm - November 29 3:00am

I asked the support about that since there was a lot of confusion on Twitter . So if someone uploads a clip on November 25 at 4:00 am for example the clip will not enter the contest ( I guess people don't know that since this big studio is just spamming their clips all day, and from what I saw half of them will not pass)

Growlerpussy
11-25-2022, 11:28 AM
I thought about this black Friday contest for a while but after seeing some studio uploaded 70 clips yesterday, and about 30 today (at least it was 30 when I was checking it early morning) I will pass haha ( and this studio creates a good quality content with a lot of different models, good descriptions gifs and previews). I was sitting there thinking just how? It seems some people have their content recorded for a few years ahead :O

I was expecting a lot of shitty 2-minute clips flooding the site but it seems some big studios are well prepared.
BTW if some of you want to participate either way, here is how this 24h period looks like


November 24 3:00pm - November 25 3:00am
November 25 3:00pm - November 26 3:00am
November 26 3:00pm - November 27 3:00am
November 27 3:00pm - November 28 3:00am
November 28 3:00pm - November 29 3:00am

I asked the support about that since there was a lot of confusion on Twitter . So if someone uploads a clip on November 25 at 4:00 am for example the clip will not enter the contest ( I guess people don't know that since this big studio is just spamming their clips all day, and from what I saw half of them will not pass)


To win $500??? Jesus, I got $200 and was second on another site with only 1 clip but sold the second most. Way less stress ......... For 500 thats just cheap and way to stressful. No thanks lol

sc
11-25-2022, 03:47 PM
To win $500???

That's the thing that makes this contest seem so strange to me! Most of us try so hard for consistency, right? We try to have a stash of clips built up so that we can ration them out and keep updating steadily. And then this contest comes along, and offers us the chance to trade all of our advance planning for a chance at $500. How could that be worthwhile, when compared to the benefits of consistent updates?!

Felicia[FightServ]
11-25-2022, 07:50 PM
I thought about this black Friday contest for a while but after seeing some studio uploaded 70 clips yesterday, and about 30 today (at least it was 30 when I was checking it early morning) I will pass haha ( and this studio creates a good quality content with a lot of different models, good descriptions gifs and previews).

How are they even getting 70 clips past compliance that quickly?

Classy_Katy
11-26-2022, 03:53 AM
;3308660']How are they even getting 70 clips past compliance that quickly?

Maybe this is the time to submit clips you feel may not pass.

Felicia[FightServ]
11-26-2022, 04:41 AM
Maybe this is the time to submit clips you feel may not pass.

The store with the most trouble passing clips is like 1 for 5, most is getting blocked and the last review took 3 1/2 hours. :(

lilly90xxx
11-26-2022, 04:59 AM
;3308660']How are they even getting 70 clips past compliance that quickly?

Maybe they started uploading them right after this contest was announced and set their clips for future activation at the days of the contest (but only clips UPLOADED between 24th and 29th take part in this, and I think a lot of the studios didn't understand that, to be fair I also asked support about it)

MissAdriana
11-26-2022, 11:32 AM
I have clips still in review that I uploaded on Nov 1st and Oct 31st that have not been approved so to see that makes me want to just give up on this site altogether

PrincessAngel
11-28-2022, 05:04 AM
May I please share a little story and thought with you?

Being too active in an insular community like some fetish clip sites will make you forget that something like gooning is still, for the most part, an unusual and niche fetish that doesn't have (immense) mainstream appeal. An ecosystem like this keeps selecting for consumers who have an extreme level of porn consumption, and creators who produce content for said extreme consoomers, which attracts more of said consumers. Quite a few of these people aren't the type of people who simply enjoy their fantasy and them simply go about their business, though some certainly are. There are enough people who actually display the extreme behavior described in clips: of basically ultra gooning for far longer than they can afford, or is good for them.

I remember, amused but horrified, that one time this guy told me the wonderful story about how his last Goddess, oh and, this was a guy from Israel - how his last Goddess "kept him in Goonschwitz by making him lock himself in his room and masturbating all weekend long, never leaving the room, eating nutella and defecating in a bucket", and I was just like "woah, woah, woah, woah. Woah. Did you just say the fucking words "Goonschwitz" to me with every expectation that I should just be totally okay with that?" And I pretty much had knowledge that he was quite literally doing as he said.

Sometimes it feels like in the age of RACK there is no more time to just take a step back and say something along the lines of "this is all fantasy, with me you'll be in safe hands, please consume responsibly". Even in a video. Why shouldn't I say this, though? The health and wellbeing of my customer is more valuable than interrupting his fantasy for 30 seconds.

There is nothing wrong with gooning fantasies in and of itself and all that - but people shouldn't spend away all their familiy wealth in the name of findom, develop a real crippling porn addiction in the name of gooning, seriously harm themselves in the process of cumming. Might be my educational background, but often I feel as though I can see right through these people, and what I do see is that they are seriously fucking unwell, and should stop watching porn, and I know fully well that if I say something - they'll simply go to someone else.

I can see why a guy would think it's hot when a FinDomme says he'll be eating Ramen and she'll bleed him dry and so on and so forth, because it implies an extreme level of exploitation and he likes his agency taken away - though I find the concept of selling findom to the socioeconomically disadvantaged a little weird: My ideal findom customer is certainly NOT eating Ramen. I'm 'stealing' his stock portfolio, not gas-station paycheck. If the guy is maxing out credit cards he needs a different fetish.

Anyways. Man: I can not be happy in any way when I remind myself of all the people who have literally ruined their lives. Literally literally. Quite often, of course, those who have this sort of fetish but not a lot of disposable income. I seriously miss talking to a guy who just has a fantasy and is happy to see it fulfilled. Sometimes it feels like everybody who messages me is, for lack of a better word, a coomer.

AlyssaJ
11-28-2022, 07:41 AM
I understand your thoughts. Do I feel ok doing this, knowing some people spend way too much money on this when they should see a therapist or spend time with their family/friends instead? And personally I figure... well yes.

It is impossible for me to know the state of a specific customer. I have to trust they ARE responsible. I do believe the vast majority is. Even if a customer shares details with me, I have no way of knowing what's true and what is trolling, and what is just dwelling in their fantasy. I have the choice to reply or not, but I don't think anything I say change their lives significantly (of course I wouldn't say obvious potentially harmful things directly to a person who seems unstable, but you NEVER know what might trigger someone)
Neither do I think including "consume responsibly" would mean anything to someone already past that. And I can't promise anyone they are in safe hands with me. My intention is not to hurt anyone, but once my clip is out there I don't have any control over how it's used or interpreted. If a certain fetish makes you uneasy and question yourself, I suggest you try others. But I think any of them has potential to be problematic to specific individuals.

The concerns you have applies to pretty much any hobby, online phenomenon, or anything you can spend too much money on. People have died of dehydration playing video games. Are the game companies responsible for this? I don't think so. People have attributed their psychosis to celebrities, TV series, music. Are those responsible? Of course not. Porn industry I feel has an obligation to minimize harm on both consumers and producers, but to ensure that to 100% would make a very boring world. It is painfully obvious though, that profit is the priority and any "aid" or regulation is just makeup, I do feel there could be so much more done. I think the industry, as well as societies' failure to help individuals, is the aim where raising one's voice can make a difference.

Btw what is "age of RACK"? :)

Tea4Me
11-28-2022, 12:16 PM
"Age" of RACK? RACK has been around forever like SSC and YKIOKMKIOK (your kink is ok, my kink is ok).

These guys are consenting ADULTS. It's not our job or responsibility to police their choices or be their therapists. Like Alyssa mentioned, there is no way to tell what they say is true or not (or an attempt at manipulation). Part of being an adult is being responsible for the choices one makes. And those type of guys SEEK out the fetishes/content they want. No one is preying on them. They aren't victims.

The tobacco industry doesn't care, or liquor stores, casinos, credit card companies, etc.

Personally, I don't engage with guys/customers who seem to have destructive energy. It's not my thing.

sc
11-28-2022, 02:59 PM
I'm hoping that it'll be back up so quickly that it'll make me look foolish for bothering to make this post... but is the admin dashboard down for anyone else?

Edit: back up 10 minutes later!

AlyssaJ
11-29-2022, 05:21 AM
"Age" of RACK? RACK has been around forever like SSC and YKIOKMKIOK (your kink is ok, my kink is ok).


Googled bot RACK and SSC and can't find anything lol. Note English is not my first language haha

AlyssaJ
11-29-2022, 05:36 AM
Can you accept customs on C4S? Is there like a messaging system? Are you allowed to post social media links/your email address on your store?

You can't post external links in descriptions, but you can in your store description (top of the page though one has to scroll to see it) I also include my email in the last frames of clips - not future proof though.

C4S does not have a custom system. You will find top studios openly announce they take tributes as custom payments, though this is not allowed. So, either only top studios get away with this because they bring in more money, or it is another rule C4S has formally but don't really act on. You decide.
Other options are to redirect redirect them to another site that has custom systems such as IWantClips or Manyvids. Or take a gift card. I've upgraded my camera equipment with amazon giftcards. Biggest advantage is you don't have to give any cut away. Another option is to put the finished clip up for the custom price and lower it once the custom customer has bought it - BUT to me this doesn't look professional + _always_ take custom payments in advance.

Tea4Me
11-29-2022, 05:00 PM
Googled bot RACK and SSC and can't find anything lol. Note English is not my first language haha

RACK = Risk Aware Consensual Kink and SSC = Safe Sane Consensual. Both are common terms in BDSM lifestyle/leather communities.

Luna66
11-30-2022, 11:56 AM
Bit of an inside baseball question here, but what kind of watermarks do you guys use for your previews? I'm currently doing a pretty in-depth moving GIF (2-3 second clips of every scene, showing all the scenes and angles in the clip, portraying the narrative chronologically, and even including very short clips of any explicit scenes so they know what my body looks like etc.). And I put a HUGE watermark on the GIF. Like, comically large, right in the middle. That way, the GIF gives the guy a really good idea of the video and whether he'll want to buy it, but because of the lack of sound and the huge watermark, it would be (I think) pretty difficult to jerk off to. Then I do a short 5-15 second preview video of just 1 or 2 sentences from 1 scene, just to prove that the video has decent quality sound, to show them how my voice/accent sounds if they haven't bought from me before, and to show the quality of the video (because the quality shown in the GIF is very degraded by the compression). This works well for me, but my question is, what watermark should I use on the free preview? I've just been keeping the tiny watermark that's in the actual video, so that the customer has an idea of what the actual video will look like. But the older I get, the more angry I get about people jerking off to GIFs/previews without paying, and people screen recording my previews and posting them on forums etc. for wank fodder. So now I'm worried that maybe I should put a huge watermark on the preview as well as the GIF? But then I worry that the customer will think that huge watermark is in the video itself, which would completely put them off buying! Thoughts?

AlyssaJ
12-01-2022, 04:30 AM
Bit of an inside baseball question here, but what kind of watermarks do you guys use for your previews? I'm currently doing a pretty in-depth moving GIF (2-3 second clips of every scene, showing all the scenes and angles in the clip, portraying the narrative chronologically, and even including very short clips of any explicit scenes so they know what my body looks like etc.). And I put a HUGE watermark on the GIF. Like, comically large, right in the middle. That way, the GIF gives the guy a really good idea of the video and whether he'll want to buy it, but because of the lack of sound and the huge watermark, it would be (I think) pretty difficult to jerk off to. Then I do a short 5-15 second preview video of just 1 or 2 sentences from 1 scene, just to prove that the video has decent quality sound, to show them how my voice/accent sounds if they haven't bought from me before, and to show the quality of the video (because the quality shown in the GIF is very degraded by the compression). This works well for me, but my question is, what watermark should I use on the free preview? I've just been keeping the tiny watermark that's in the actual video, so that the customer has an idea of what the actual video will look like. But the older I get, the more angry I get about people jerking off to GIFs/previews without paying, and people screen recording my previews and posting them on forums etc. for wank fodder. So now I'm worried that maybe I should put a huge watermark on the preview as well as the GIF? But then I worry that the customer will think that huge watermark is in the video itself, which would completely put them off buying! Thoughts?

I do gif and preview exactly like you, except with my workflow the watermark isn't in the gif. I now realize it definitely should, and even a bigger one as you suggest. As you say, I think for some customers audio is very important, many say they love my accent. The preview is also backup for those who don't realize gif:s are compressed (I don't get how some studios have super quality AND decent length in their gif:s? I've never found a gif maker that wouldn't exceed mb limit doing this).
I comfortably just choose one of the suggested previews (10 seconds in, half in etc) or if these are not good, use preview maker. I choose a snippet that represents the AUDIO in the clip well, not giving away money shots, as the gif represents the visuals. People wank off to anything lol, but in that case, I don't think they would have bought the clip anyway. That said, I don't think adding a huge watermark on the preview is a bad idea. If it is obviously big and in the middle, probably very few would think it's in the clip.

SophiaSylvan
12-02-2022, 12:35 PM
Seems like compliance is getting even more strict now. They must be using real humans to listen to the audio on the videos or the AI is really good.

SuperPookie
12-02-2022, 02:20 PM
Seems like compliance is getting even more strict now. They must be using real humans to listen to the audio on the videos or the AI is really good.

I got a video denied that even iWantClips didn't have a problem with.

pramilaganguly
12-06-2022, 02:21 PM
Hows it going saleswise for all of you? Its too slow for me since December 1st. Anybody else facing same issue? Or is it just me?

lilly90xxx
12-07-2022, 06:17 AM
Hows it going saleswise for all of you? Its too slow for me since December 1st. Anybody else facing same issue? Or is it just me?

For me it's terrible. I think the first time ever it's so bad. I upload daily, so I added 7 clips, and at least 3 of them are my usual best sellers and I have 30$ :O Usually at this time of the month I have at least 150$ earned. I don't know what is going on.

Classy_Katy
12-07-2022, 12:48 PM
Hows it going saleswise for all of you? Its too slow for me since December 1st. Anybody else facing same issue? Or is it just me?

November was very good for me but this month is off to a very slow start...fingers crossed it picks up.

SophiaSylvan
12-07-2022, 01:21 PM
It's been slower than I would like across the board, c4s, IWC, MV, OF. Starting to pick up a little. Could be people just paid rent/mortgage, and maybe they spent a lot for the Black Friday sales and are wary of spending more before the holidays. As SWers we are always wondering this lol

Felicia[FightServ]
12-07-2022, 05:59 PM
I wonder if a lot of customers are burned out from the big sale too.

WonderWoman0642
12-08-2022, 05:02 AM
It's slow for me too on all the sites. November was a really good month for me. I really hope it picks up. I try not to let it get to me but I've been working really hard on clips. Do you all check sales as soon as you wake up? lol. I do this and I need to stop. If sales are slow, it effects my mood and then I don't want to shoot.

Felicia[FightServ]
12-08-2022, 05:33 AM
It's slow for me too on all the sites. November was a really good month for me. I really hope it picks up. I try not to let it get to me but I've been working really hard on clips. Do you all check sales as soon as you wake up? lol. I do this and I need to stop. If sales are slow, it effects my mood and then I don't want to shoot.

Same here. If sales haven't picked up by the evening, I'm usually stressed over it.