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Bluerose1
02-05-2013, 12:50 PM
Thats a good option for that! Good thinking.

Im waiting for my other equiptment to come in the mail before I start my first fetish store because most of my videos are in VCR format and I have to convert them to dvd file format. And after that I have to buy a good camcorder to record movies to maintain new movie footage to keep my store running, I have lots of ideas since my ex beau and I done this 13 years ago before clips4sale was ever born and we made ok money then,

But good luck to you Snowy!

StephanieXS
02-05-2013, 12:54 PM
I filled out all the paper work aside from the part that says u need a scan of ur bill i dont have any bills in my name since i live with my cousin and everything is in his name and when i move next week all the bills are already in my boyfreinds name will they accept a bill from my cell phone company? its set up for paperless right now so i would have to drive over there and ask them to print me out something.
Most of the time you can get a PDF of your bill from your account page on the website. C4S would accept that, I believe.

Bluerose1
02-05-2013, 12:56 PM
Thats a good option for that! Good thinking.

Im waiting for my other equiptment to come in the mail before I start my first fetish store because most of my videos are in VCR format and I have to convert them to dvd file format. And after that I have to buy a good camcorder to record movies to maintain new movie footage to keep my store running, I have lots of ideas since my ex beau and I done this 13 years ago before clips4sale was ever born and we made ok money then,

But good luck to you Snowy!

pokemonesb
02-06-2013, 12:51 PM
Hey so what are you ladies charging on Clips4Sale? The going rate seems to be only around $1/minute which I find to be incredibly low. I usually sell my clips on mygirlfund for twice that if not more. What are you experiences?

AureliaC
02-06-2013, 02:21 PM
Hey so what are you ladies charging on Clips4Sale? The going rate seems to be only around $1/minute which I find to be incredibly low. I usually sell my clips on mygirlfund for twice that if not more. What are you experiences?
Honestly I thought the same thing when I came over from MGF. I'd start with $1 I've noticed you can up the price depending on the fetish/where you are in the rankings. In the category where I'm #1 I sold a $25 custom 5 times last night and I have no intention of lowering the price. Until you have some fans and can offer something that absolutely no one else can, I would stick to the suggested price though. It adds up fast, you will make A LOT more than on MGF.

Bluerose1
02-06-2013, 07:28 PM
It defaults to around $1 a minute, if its good quality and a good video some may upcharge. I just put up 12 clips up today just to get my store open, but it was too late they were already closed for the day I got my last one up, but these clips are extreme bdsm/fetish, I had to charge less on one set of clips because of the video quality but the last one Im charging more.

BlondebombGA
02-09-2013, 01:39 PM
Oh for craps sake...I am just about ready to open my clips store, and going through the checklist I realize my clips MB are way too large. I saved the movie to DVD like I read many here had done but my MB per minute are still coming out at around 15-20 MB. Did I do something wrong? I don't want quality to suffer. Thanks everyone.

Oh and right now I had saved them at 720X480. I would have done HD, but that would have been massive MB. Recorded with my Logitech, MovieMaker for edits, and in WMV format.

Classy_Katy
02-09-2013, 01:54 PM
I wouldn't worry about the guide size...that is email size on windows movie maker and the quality isn't great. I do DVD size and HD720. I use a Logitech c920 and edit in window movie maker too.

Mlle_Mystere
02-09-2013, 02:34 PM
I filmed a few of my first ones with my old Cybershot digital camera, and the size:time ratio was way, way over what they suggested. The clips uploaded fine and I didn't get any sort of warning, flag, or error messages when I released them in my store. I wouldn't make a habit of it, but it shouldn't cause you problems to have a few like that. Now I use a c270 and computer size, and they're always way under.

BlondebombGA
02-09-2013, 04:46 PM
Thanks so much ladies!!! I'm itching to get this up and running, so I appreciate the responses. :)

TeenageAnnie
02-12-2013, 04:48 PM
Nevermind i cant read

Mistress Anika
02-12-2013, 05:39 PM
At what point is opening a second store worth while? Ok I know that's a ridiculously open ended question. At what percent of sales is it smarter to break clips off into their own studio?

Classy_Katy
02-13-2013, 09:09 AM
I only opened a separate store because the yuck stuff was selling well enough to be in it's own store - I knew it would reach payout and that my main store would also reach payout with it, and also to remove it from the rest of the store so it didn't put off my other customers.

Mz Dynamite
02-14-2013, 05:14 AM
You dont have to reach minimum payout on each store. Its 100 minimum combined. I have 3 stores 1 anything goes/fetish 1 findom 1 giantess. The last two I opened because they are a specific niche.

I only opened a separate store because the yuck stuff was selling well enough to be in it's own store - I knew it would reach payout and that my main store would also reach payout with it, and also to remove it from the rest of the store so it didn't put off my other customers.

Pottymouth101
02-14-2013, 05:40 AM
You could sign into your online account and print out the summary. Most online payments have something like that. Make sure it has the address that you used to set up the C4S

Jinja
02-14-2013, 07:58 AM
I opened my store the other day and noticed that my 10 initial unique clips are not showing up under their category. The 2 clips I've uploaded since then do show up. I contacted support and they told me the initial clips are just for store activation, so they don't show up under their categories. So exactly how is someone supposed to find any of those clips if they can't search for them? It makes no sense to me.

I am debating deleting each of the initial clips one by one and adding them again to see if that will make them show up under their category. Has anyone done this? I don't want to get in trouble, but I want my clips to sell damn it!

Pottymouth101
02-14-2013, 08:25 AM
How do you guys minimize the length of time to have a file uploaded? I use filezilla and it took me 40 mins for a 370 mbp file.

Mistress Anika
02-15-2013, 08:52 AM
Only 2 ways that I know of 1) Reduce file size, hopefully without destroying quality. 2) Get better internet, A package with a higher upload speed will reduce the time it takes for files.



How do you guys minimize the length of time to have a file uploaded? I use filezilla and it took me 40 mins for a 370 mbp file.

Classy_Katy
02-17-2013, 02:03 PM
You dont have to reach minimum payout on each store. Its 100 minimum combined. I have 3 stores 1 anything goes/fetish 1 findom 1 giantess. The last two I opened because they are a specific niche.

I asked Studio Support whether I had to reach payout on each store and they said that I did. Also, my minimum is $150 as I'm in the UK.

Classy_Katy
02-17-2013, 02:07 PM
I opened my store the other day and noticed that my 10 initial unique clips are not showing up under their category. The 2 clips I've uploaded since then do show up. I contacted support and they told me the initial clips are just for store activation, so they don't show up under their categories. So exactly how is someone supposed to find any of those clips if they can't search for them? It makes no sense to me.

I am debating deleting each of the initial clips one by one and adding them again to see if that will make them show up under their category. Has anyone done this? I don't want to get in trouble, but I want my clips to sell damn it!

That is bollocks and I don't know why Studio Support say this...when mine don't show, they tell me that you have to have 5 clips in a category before they show but that simply is not true. It's a server issue and they need to get the tech guys to sort it. I either argue it out with them until they sort it or I convert the clip into a new format and upload it again, it usually then shows. You'll probably find that several Studios are being held up too and a load of clips will show at once.

Jinja
02-17-2013, 02:34 PM
I convert the clip into a new format and upload it again, it usually then shows.

Yeah that's when I ended up doing. I'm glad I did, because a bunch of those clips sold.

Mz Dynamite
02-18-2013, 04:44 AM
Sorry! Must have something to do with not having ACH then. (direct deposit)


I asked Studio Support whether I had to reach payout on each store and they said that I did. Also, my minimum is $150 as I'm in the UK.

Classy_Katy
02-18-2013, 08:01 AM
I receive payment by cheque...direct deposit is way too expensive at $45, and I'm happy with being paid by cheque, they arrive in good time and clear quickly.

TM1975
02-24-2013, 11:38 AM
I opened a 2nd store on my account a few days ago, and like others my first 10 clips didn't show up. I just assumed it was because of the 'initial clip' thing. But now as I upload new things, they're not showing up either. When I click on the drop down on the top of the main page to search for my new store by studio name, it's not in the list. Is this happening with anyone else?

Classy_Katy
02-24-2013, 12:22 PM
You need to email support...it does happen sometimes but it shouldn't, they need to manually update the categories. My second store didn't show in the new store list either and I had to tell them.

They may tell you that you have to have 5 clips in a category for a clip to show but that is not true.

TM1975
02-24-2013, 12:25 PM
I went and chatted with them and they said something about having 10 'new' and not transferred clips, so I started editing and adding or subtracting just a bit of video to make it new and unique, after I finished the first one I showed up on the main page and in the category... I think they just pushed it through and fixed it for me :D lol

Jinja
02-25-2013, 08:14 AM
I do 3 versions of each clip and my MP4 and WMV versions are selling but I haven't sold a single IPOD one. I am wondering if it is because I don't use 'IPOD clip' as the main category for those particular clips. I was thinking of opening a mobile only store for IPODs, IPADs, Android phones, etc, and I was wondering if anyone has luck selling mobile versions of their clips.

Mz Dynamite
02-26-2013, 04:57 AM
Sounds like alot of work. You can get away with one copy in an MP4 wihch anyone can play, pc, mac or phone.

Ashley_3
03-03-2013, 01:33 AM
Ok, I made my account at c4s. I got an email which said:

"TO ACTIVATE YOUR IMAGES4SALE.COM STORE - FIVE (5) UNIQUE ZIP FILES REQUIRED

Unique Files: You MUST have 5 unique zip files added and activated in your store (the minimum you can charge for a photo set is $5.99)."

And so on for clips, but I don't have clips now so I thought I'll try to upload some photos first. I uploaded 5 photos in zip files, but I don't know how to activate them and set a price. Can you explain me how it works?

Ashley_3
03-03-2013, 01:56 AM
I don't understand, can I sell individual photos or they should be only in a set with more pictures? I also tried to upload a set of images, I made a zip file with 5 jpeg photos in it and when I upload it, it says:
Errors exist in hotel.rar - Correct error(s) and re-upload file

Invalid Files: , , , , ,
Invalid file types in hotel.rar
Remove the following file(s) and re-upload hotel.rar
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
Valid file extensions: .bmp .gif .jpe .jpg .jpeg .png .tif .tiff

And there is really nothing else than the 5 jpegs in it.

Classy_Katy
03-03-2013, 10:19 AM
I would email studio support about the error message. You can only sell the photos in sets and I charged $2 a photo...I created an image store as a custom request, no one else has bought them though and C4S is known for not being good for photo sales.

MissEgo
03-03-2013, 09:15 PM
Ok, I made my account at c4s. I got an email which said:

"TO ACTIVATE YOUR IMAGES4SALE.COM STORE - FIVE (5) UNIQUE ZIP FILES REQUIRED

Unique Files: You MUST have 5 unique zip files added and activated in your store (the minimum you can charge for a photo set is $5.99)."

And so on for clips, but I don't have clips now so I thought I'll try to upload some photos first. I uploaded 5 photos in zip files, but I don't know how to activate them and set a price. Can you explain me how it works?

Upload .zip files (not .rar files, I guess) to the folder called Image Zips, *not* Images.
In your studio admin for the image store, click Add Image Sets, select the uploaded set you want, and click continue. Fill in all the information and voila, you're done. :)


I don't understand, can I sell individual photos or they should be only in a set with more pictures? I also tried to upload a set of images, I made a zip file with 5 jpeg photos in it and when I upload it, it says:
Errors exist in hotel.rar - Correct error(s) and re-upload file

Invalid Files: , , , , ,
Invalid file types in hotel.rar
Remove the following file(s) and re-upload hotel.rar
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
- Invalid file type
Valid file extensions: .bmp .gif .jpe .jpg .jpeg .png .tif .tiff

And there is really nothing else than the 5 jpegs in it.

Since the lowest price you can go is $5.99, you'll probably want to sell a zipped set rather than individual photos.
I just tried uploading a .rar file and yeah, they don't accept that, so make sure it's a .zip instead :)
Hope this helps!

TeenageAnnie
03-04-2013, 06:34 AM
What quality r your clips? I just opened a store and I filmed clips between 2 and 5 minutes long. I filmed with my DSLR camera, its very high quality, big picture ext... but then the file uploads are like 200MB.. Which I feel is MASSIVE for a 2-5min clip, I browsed other girls stores and there files are all like 20MB-60MB, for 2-5min clips even though theyre video looks the same quality as mine. My clips resolutions are like 1000pixels width by something or other. I figured guys would like high quality large picture. but now im wondering if i should just film 600pixel width webcam-quality clips that are smaller in size (like 20MB). I have sold a few of my clips, the 1s that sold were about 100mb, the larger ones 200mb+ have not sold at all. but they are such amazing quality. im wondering now if clips4sale is more quantity over quality because every store i visit seems 2 have average quality small resolution small file sized clips....

also on another note. images4sale = what a load of shit. they need 2 remove the viewing of thumbnails. i browsed some girls images4sales and if i was a customer i would just fap off over the thumbnails and not bother buying cause u can just squint and see everything u want. I wont be using that service thats for sure.

zivlet
03-04-2013, 06:44 AM
I finally got my ass in gear with clips4sale (3 attempts for them to accept my docs!) and now, I don't know what the hell to do!
I'm mostly ageplay on cam and I know that's a no-go area. I suppose I could just play on 'cute' and young (I'm NOT, but I look it on cam)...I'm shit at domination really. ..

Classy_Katy
03-04-2013, 08:25 AM
Have a look at the categories...they have one for taboo and Daddy's girl too! I don't do much domination, there is all sorts there.

zivlet
03-04-2013, 09:23 AM
Thank you hun, that helps a lot!I'm getting on it this evening, after a bad weekend at stripping and not being on cam much I need to stop being a lazy bitch and get going on this :)

TeenageAnnie
03-05-2013, 06:12 PM
Quick question, hoping some1 can answer. Customer sent me a videorequest email I am guessing somehow through the website? But it went to the email I originally signed up with and NOT the email that is currently on my c4s profile. Is this normal? Are all my custom-requests gonna go to that old email of mine now? If so how can I change it? thanks

AureliaC
03-05-2013, 06:58 PM
I believe on their receipt it has the email you signed up with, I put it on my profile and encourage customs and put it in the "credits" at the end of each video.

TeenageAnnie
03-05-2013, 07:22 PM
wow that is such a bummer. Can the customer SEE my email that i registered with then? The email i got was from... [email protected] and then had the customers message&email wrote underneath. so im wondering if customer can see my email address at all or if it is a 'forwarding service' as such.

AureliaC
03-05-2013, 07:54 PM
I'm not sure if they have a forwarding address but someone emailed me their receipt and at the bottom it had my email address on it. Thank god I didn't accidentally sign up with my vanilla address with my last name...

TeenageAnnie
03-05-2013, 08:09 PM
i didnt sign up with my vanilla address thankgod but i did use an email with my old camming persona name and wanted a new persona for c4s. nevermind i guess

Classy_Katy
03-06-2013, 07:40 AM
I signed up with my personal email address to start with but then saw on the site that the customer gets to see it, so I changed it on the system...I hope it's only disclosing the one I changed it to!

Lum
03-06-2013, 10:14 AM
i recently changed my email too. you can easily change it within your studio profile info- they will send a confirmation email to the old address and you have 72 hours to confirm it via link in the email. that fixed it right up for me.however my username is my old camming name. do any c4s custies see your user name? i have to contact support to have that changed - but if they can't see it and its just for my personal use then i don't mind. anyone know?

TeenageAnnie
03-06-2013, 06:24 PM
Does anyone know if you have to show face on your clips? Like I know other sites like MFC will ban you if you log on everyday with no face, but I wanna know if clips4sale has any rules on this? I prefer to not show face. I usually wear a mask of somesort or do angles so it shows mouth only. I mean my clips are selling so far and they dont have my face in them. I know obviously you will make more with face, I dont care about that I just wanna know if anyone knows if its a bannable offense?

AureliaC
03-06-2013, 06:56 PM
^ Nope they don't care.

TeenageAnnie
03-06-2013, 07:22 PM
thanks aureliac. time to go shoot me 100 videos then lol.

space_cowgirl
03-08-2013, 01:48 PM
Has anyone received their February ACH deposit yet? I ALWAYS get mine right on the 7th, but as of right now it isn't there. Wondering if something is off.

AureliaC
03-08-2013, 02:52 PM
Hate to clog up the thread, but does anyone know what we're allowed to say in the emails we send out. I know they review them first. I was just wondering because I spent a few k on new equipment and wanted to let everyone know about the quality change, maybe put a link to youtube where I have two videos side by side like a before and after. Or offer a free custom to the first person who emails me or something.

Rina
03-08-2013, 04:13 PM
Has anyone received their February ACH deposit yet? I ALWAYS get mine right on the 7th, but as of right now it isn't there. Wondering if something is off.

Received mine yesterday.

TeenageAnnie
03-09-2013, 10:20 AM
store not receiving that many hits. I'm getting like 50-80 hits per day on my store, even though I've added 5 clips each day which around 4 hours between them. they are all in different categories too. I've used the c4s tweet feature after uploading each 1. I've got a tumblr which has had 300 hits on it and I constantly spam my twitter account which has 1700 followers. I'm wondering if C4S has been broken for the last few days for some countries or something? I got google analytics code on it and that tells me that its had 49 hits in the last 24 hours. It also says that the average people spend on the page is 0.24 seconds (lmao oh god). I think I must be doing something wrong. The first 2-3 days I sold at least 1 of each of my videos each day (and i only had 10 videos and the store layout was still on default) and had over 200 hits. but the last 5 days has been pathetic and no sales. i'm mainly doing foot fetish clips and lingerie tease clips with a sprinkling of other random shit, i spent 2 days filming everything i did and if there was a category for it, i uploaded it (ie toothbrushing... hair washing.. cleaning..) Gah whats wrong with it? I even showd my fkin face in them and I like NEVER show my face so they should be feeling very lucky. and all low prices ($5.99 for 5 minutes)