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Ashley_3
05-23-2013, 09:13 PM
If we have to dig in it payoneer is not the best also. There was a girl here who said she got her accoint suspended or frozen for having too many private loads.
Classy_Katy
05-23-2013, 10:49 PM
The guys I get act like they've never heard of paying extra for custom clips and can't understand how to make tribute payments...
MissEgo
05-24-2013, 02:30 PM
If we have to dig in it payoneer is not the best also. There was a girl here who said she got her accoint suspended or frozen for having too many private loads.
This may or may not have been me.... I think I've posted here about the two times I've had issues with Payoneer and my account.
If it was me, yeah, Payoneer has questioned the number of my private loads, and what I could possibly be selling, but it's all been worked out - you can't ADVERTISE that you use them (ie, posting on your clips4sale store, "pay me for custom videos via Payoneer"). You're not supposed to be posting links to them. The way around that - post on your clips store "email me for custom content" and then give out your payoneer private load link in the email.
Pottymouth101
05-24-2013, 02:40 PM
But even then Payoneer will question your private loads after awhile. Clips,Camshows ets. Use it but know that sooner or later they will throw a wrench in your plans. They may ask for your customers to provide additional information. Like a copy of their id. Most are not willing to do this. Payoneer is an option but there are limits to how long it will work out for you if you arent going through one of their partners.
Ashley_3
05-24-2013, 10:00 PM
Yes, It was about you MissEgo :)
Snowy0Star
05-27-2013, 03:43 PM
I have an rather small cam space and the background (as i work in the living room) is very unappealing (its the couch - an ugly couch among other normal living room-ish things) with a photography backdrop up and ive been using patterned bedsheets and holding them up with the photography clips. I have about 4 or so different ones that i have. I have an invader zim one that ive been using to cam with but i have a lavender (light purple) one a neon green one a white one with purple kinda viney swirly stuff and flowers i think i have a deep purple/ plumb colored one too. Theres stuff all over the house and i pretty much cant work anywhere to avoid the stuff. Were not hoarders just a small space and my boyfriend well i dont wanna get into it but when it comes to camming and (attempting to make clips) I work around him he doesn't work around me in the nicest way to say it. I'm wondering if its even possible to make qualify clips with the backdrop or should I wait till we get a bigger place when space isnt an issue anymore ? I'd like to be told that its possible because although camming is going good im trying to open up other avenues so i can move out and get away from the guy. or any other suggestions would be helpful.
maryjaynexo
05-27-2013, 04:21 PM
When I first started making clips, 80% of them were made with my cam background and webcam, and the other 20% were either up against the back of my door with another background, filmed with a close-up, or in the bathroom. When I started to make a lot of videos, I lived in an extremely small and not very nice bachelor apartment. It can be done. Just get creative with what you do have.
Snowy0Star
05-27-2013, 04:45 PM
When I first started making clips, 80% of them were made with my cam background and webcam, and the other 20% were either up against the back of my door with another background, filmed with a close-up, or in the bathroom. When I started to make a lot of videos, I lived in an extremely small and not very nice bachelor apartment. It can be done. Just get creative with what you do have.
Thax mary =^Y^= o i saw ur makeup clip on ELM today - ur cute as a blonde
edit - clip making n00b question
can you sell the same clips on C4S and ELM?
maryjaynexo
05-27-2013, 06:02 PM
Thank you :) I use c4s-watermarked videos on ELM, and haven't had a problem with it so far.
Ashley_3
05-27-2013, 11:28 PM
I watermark with my twitter name and use it on C4S and ELM. However on C4S I also put at the end my email, so they can contact me for custom clips and for ELM I remove that part, because they have messages and guys can contact me there.
Classy_Katy
05-28-2013, 12:42 AM
can you sell the same clips on C4S and ELM?
In theory, yes.
I forget I even have an ELM account...
chloemay
05-28-2013, 05:44 AM
Thax mary =^Y^= o i saw ur makeup clip on ELM today - ur cute as a blonde
edit - clip making n00b question
can you sell the same clips on C4S and ELM?
I have to thank-you with more than the 'thanks' button because I checked this forum out today with exactly the same question. :-)
CoffeeTime
05-29-2013, 07:06 PM
Sorry if this has already been answered, I had to breeze through the past 50 pages (lots here!).
Did anyone else have trouble starting their account on C4S? I can't get past the basic account details because it keeps telling me there are caps and special characters in my username, which is not correct. ...
ETA: that problem is solved, now when I try to upload my W9, none of the data is actually in the pdf. Ugh.
Mistress Anika
05-30-2013, 10:10 AM
Sorry if this has already been answered, I had to breeze through the past 50 pages (lots here!).
Did anyone else have trouble starting their account on C4S? I can't get past the basic account details because it keeps telling me there are caps and special characters in my username, which is not correct. ...
ETA: that problem is solved, now when I try to upload my W9, none of the data is actually in the pdf. Ugh.
Message tech support. C4S has pretty awesome support staff, They will figure out what the problem is and have you set up in no time.
Ashley_3
05-31-2013, 12:31 AM
Something very strange happened today. I've put my work email on my C4S store and everybody writes me there. But when I registered at C4S I used my personal email and that's where I get the clip orders emails. But today I got an email on my personal email (which I have not given to anybody) and it said he liked one of my clips and that he tributes $5. I had no idea what was this and I was going to tell him to use my tribute button as I have not gotten a tribute. But then I started wondering, how did he found my personal email? The only idea I got was if maybe he has sent me a tribute and left me a comment on it (I saw there is a space for comments). But if he has why I didn't got a tribute? And if he hasn't sent a tribute how did he find my email? Do you have any idea how this has happened?
AureliaC
05-31-2013, 12:39 AM
The email you sign up with shows up on every receipt the guy gets, so don't use your personal email that has your real name. Everyone who buys from you will see it, HUGE risk. Emails from c4s with clip sales is almost instantaneous, so I would probably doubt he tributed. He probably just wants attention.
Ashley_3
05-31-2013, 12:44 AM
Aww, really, I had no idea they can see my email. I'm going to change it.
Classy_Katy
05-31-2013, 03:54 AM
I signed up with my personal email address too but then I read that the customer sees the email address and quickly changed it before I had any sales...it's easily done, they should have that info in the place where you put in your email address.
I just looked to see where I'd found it...it's in the store set up instructions https://storeadmin.zapya.com/members/instructions.php
FAQ - Who Sees My Email Address? Please remember that when you apply for a studio account, the email that you register/sign-up with will also be the email that your customers will see when they purchase from your studio. The customer will also see your email address when/if you use the EMAIL tool found in the Studio ADMIN. Please make sure the email you list is one you can use for your new business.
Ashley_3
05-31-2013, 04:44 AM
Thank you, I removed it immediately. I just had no idea until now.
And one more question. I told you a while ago that I had problems with customers not buying custom clips. Well, one of them bought the clip, but the other didn't. It's been two weeks now since I uploaded it. I'm really pissed, because I think the clip will sell really good if I release it at a normal price. I emailed the guy and ask him what happened and he said everything was fine, he was working and shit and no word about buying the custom. Now I emailed him again asking if he's ever going to buy it and I doubt he'll reply. So what do you think is the best to do in this situation? I really want to write him some mean things, but then I think he might buy it eventually. Or I should just leave it like that and wait for him to buy it one day. Or I delete it and never upload again. Or delete and upload a couple of months later maybe (because I really think it's a good clip and I can't do another like it right now).
Classy_Katy
05-31-2013, 05:43 AM
This isn't Marco the crush guy is it? He kept saying he would pay but never did. After a long time I put the clip up at a normal price and someone else bought it.
It's best to get payment from them first...my preferences are a dummy clip for the custom, Payoneer if you have a card or Amazon.
Even if they do buy at full price straight away, there could have been other guys who would have bought it but were put off by the price and may not wait around for it to go down.
Ashley_3
05-31-2013, 05:53 AM
No, it's not Marco :) My didn't even kept saying he would pay so I have no idea what to expect.
Yeah, now I want payment in advance, but that was after this case occurred.
Classy_Katy
05-31-2013, 06:00 AM
There's a nose blowing guy who just doesn't reply or buy. Hopefully this one will cough up over the weekend, I would give it until Monday at least.
Ashley_3
05-31-2013, 07:59 AM
I had a nose blowing guy who didn't buy and I when I asked here the first time it was about him. He never replied, but at some point he bought the video. This one now is a cake crushing clip. And I've uploaded it two weeks ago. So I don't think there will be much difference on monday.
Classy_Katy
05-31-2013, 09:14 AM
Ohhh...I had a request for cake crushing, I told him he had to pay in advance and the cheeky bastard asked if I could upload just a small clip so he could see if he wanted to order a custom. I told him no and I at least needed the cakes paying for! I didn't hear from him again.
Edit: I would lower the price now, and re-upload in a new format so it shows in the category again at a price other guys will pay for.
Incantatious
06-01-2013, 12:18 PM
Urgh, not the best start...
I've uploaded the clip, filled in all the details, but when I click "Add Clip", a box comes up saying "Please select a Clip Time and Price"... I cannot edit EITHER of those boxes! Clip time is set to 1 min, and in Clip Price is says "Not Allowed", so... I'm completely stuck. O_o
chloemay
06-01-2013, 12:29 PM
Urgh, not the best start...
I've uploaded the clip, filled in all the details, but when I click "Add Clip", a box comes up saying "Please select a Clip Time and Price"... I cannot edit EITHER of those boxes! Clip time is set to 1 min, and in Clip Price is says "Not Allowed", so... I'm completely stuck. O_o
That happened to me the other day and I switched browsers (from Safari to Firefox) and it worked. Maybe help?
Incantatious
06-01-2013, 12:32 PM
^ Thanks Chloe!
About to give that a try. :) I'm using Chrome, so I'll switch over to Firefox and see how that goes. Fingers crossed!
Incantatious
06-01-2013, 12:49 PM
Agh. Still no luck. :S This is so weird.
AureliaC
06-01-2013, 03:26 PM
@incantatious, I get that message when I have a corrupt file, try editing and publishing your original video again and see if that helps. Always works for me
Incantatious
06-01-2013, 04:44 PM
Oh shit the clip was too short! *DOH!*
gingerstripper
06-01-2013, 10:15 PM
I just signed up for c4s...for the tax form i just took a picture of it, or do i actually need to scan that puppy in?
CoffeeTime
06-02-2013, 03:21 AM
I just signed up for c4s...for the tax form i just took a picture of it, or do i actually need to scan that puppy in?
Mine wasn't accepted until I scanned it. Had to go all the way to kinkos. Then had to email it in several formats because they kept not getting it. T'was a bitch.
Snowy0Star
06-02-2013, 03:38 PM
i just realized my store needs a name should i come up with something or is something generic like snowystars clips ok ? and if i wanted to do a 'dick in odd places' fetish like wrists/knees jobs is a stunt cock expected or can i get away with a real looking dildo?
EphemeronXOXO
06-02-2013, 03:43 PM
Snowy that is the odd insertions category:) and sureeeeeeeee:) i think there is a dildo f*cking category too but dont forget to select your stores main nice plus u have to upload all 10 clips to get fully veryfied and let others see your store on the main site too.
gingerstripper
06-02-2013, 03:50 PM
I got accepted today :) no need to scan it in.
I now need to make clips...just dont know where to start, haha.
Do clips need to be a certain length..min. or max length?
EphemeronXOXO
06-02-2013, 04:03 PM
hey ginger:) min 2 mins max i dont even think there is a max for that. You need 10 clips for full verification and after you uploaded them you will get an email if you account is fully ready anything you upload above the 10 clips will appear on main site plus in the categories u set them!
Best of luck muahh <3
Classy_Katy
06-02-2013, 11:26 PM
It's all in the link on the Store Admin page - For instructions on how to setup your store Click Here https://storeadmin.zapya.com/members/instructions.php
There's lots of info in there and worth reading carefully. Also there's a link to the full rules - http://clips4sale.com/do/storeinfo
When you've uploaded 10 clips YOU have to email THEM and tell them it's ready, and you need to ask them to let your store receive payment through all options, not just the Gizmo card "Once you have added your TEN (10) UNIQUE CLIPS/IMAGE ZIPS send an email to:
[email protected] Your studio will be reviewed during our normal studio support hours (studio support - 8am to 8pm EST / 7 days a week)."
"All clips must be at least 2 MINUTES long and the maximum allowed file size is 1.2GB."
DoodlebugBites
06-05-2013, 10:53 PM
Aw, yeah! Just had my first sale after launching my store on Tuesday after basically living and breathing video editing for the past month (when not camming).
That included wrestling with the mish-mash of videos I'd made here and there for six months–some of them botched–and having to start over half-way through to move from Photoshop to Premiere Pro (after a crash course!) to fix sync issues. It was getting a little Shining around here, for sure.
I knew I had to be patient but I was hoping to see an email every time I sat down to my computer. After coming home from running errands tonight, I checked again (of course) to find nothing. I made a sandwich, thinking "Hey, it could happen any time, like right now while I'm in the kitchen!" (yes, I am a little obsessed).
Then, I sat down at my desk to eat (and edit some more). . . lo and behold, my first order! For two clips, and regular "vanilla" ones at that! I didn't think they'd do that well but I am putting up all that I got.
Thanks to everyone who's shared knowledge in this C4S thread, which I have read and reread and read yet again. I know I still have a lot of hard work and perseverance ahead of me, but I am SO excited to have broken the hymen on my store, so to speak, and just had to share!
This is going to make checking email a LOT more fun! ;)
(Full discloser–one of my fave camming regulars knows I am getting this started and bought a clip before the store was even activated–LOL–to show support. Though that was exciting, it now feels legit that someone found my stuff on their own and bought the clips based on their own merit. Not discounting the initial sale, though–it was a thrill as well!)
Classy_Katy
06-05-2013, 11:15 PM
Obsessively checking emails comes with the territory...I do it at night on my phone too. Well done Doodle!
DoodlebugBites
06-05-2013, 11:30 PM
Obsessively checking emails comes with the territory...I do it at night on my phone too. Well done Doodle!
Thanks, Katy! Looks like I have to break down and figure out email my el cheapo phone. ;)
Ashley_3
06-06-2013, 12:39 AM
Hahah, I'm also checking emails at night when I wake up :D I sleep happy after I saw I made sales :D
AureliaC
06-06-2013, 12:51 AM
Those *?#^@*!? emails determine whether or not I'm going to have a happy day or a beat-myself-up-for-being-a-total-failure-at-life-day. First thing I do in the morning. But you know.. I could quit anytime, I just don't want to.
EphemeronXOXO
06-06-2013, 03:11 AM
Today I got my first thank you letter! Ladies I was so happy! I needed that feedback to be able to go on! It felt like the first warm sunny spring day after a long and cold winter! <3<3<3
ClaudiaReina
06-06-2013, 09:19 AM
@Ashley and Katy, thanks for this, I honestly thought I'm the only one who checks at night!;D I need to stop though because if I don't see any sales, I'm too disappointed and angry to sleep anymore; if I do get Clip Order email, I get excited and happy and...can't sleep anymore. Sometimes I worry about myself, I really do;D
@Ephemeron, good job, congrats!:) There will be many more to come!
DoodlebugBites
06-06-2013, 12:36 PM
Those *?#^@*!? emails determine whether or not I'm going to have a happy day or a beat-myself-up-for-being-a-total-failure-at-life-day. First thing I do in the morning. But you know.. I could quit anytime, I just don't want to.
Oh, I can totally see this happening to me quite soon. It's the computer equivalent of weighing myself while dieting. When the numbers don't budge, or worse, go up, I have a black cloud above my head all day.
I'm already super annoyed at other emails, especially marketing ones even though I signed up for them. "Fuck you Sephora! How did you get this address? I gave it to you? Well stop emailing me unless it's to tell me you have a custom request! I can't buy your fancy makeup if I don't get any orders, ya know!"
Classy_Katy
06-06-2013, 01:35 PM
My boyfriend loves it when I repeatedly wake him up and then blind him from the light of my phone during the night LOL
ClaudiaReina
06-06-2013, 01:41 PM
My boyfriend loves it when I repeatedly wake him up and then blind him from the light of my phone during the night LOL
LOL, I can imagine his delight! I have the perfect excuse, I have to go to the bathroom at least 4 times per night (nice pregnancy side effect, not that I'm complaining;D). I always grab my phone and check my emails while I'm there:D
Classy_Katy
06-13-2013, 01:51 AM
Nissim posted this in the Payoneer thread...I didn't realise it and it's worth knowing:
To confirm our exact policy regarding private loading:
The main purpose of your Payoneer account is to receive payments from companies/sites that pay with Payoneer (through any of our payment services such as prepaid cards, global bank transfers, US direct deposit, etc).
Payoneer cardholders that are active in receiving payments for that purpose are also eligible to use our Private Loading Service. In order to use that service we require two things:
1) Your Payoneer account must be active in receiving payments from any of our official partners (mentioned above). We based "activity" on payments over the last 6 months
2) The volume of private loads should not be disproportionate to partner payments. This doesn't mean the volumes need to be exactly the same, but overall the account should not be primarily used for private loading.
Payoneer is not a dedicated payment processor, and there are many online payment regulations that we must adhere to. If you are mainly looking for an account to receive private loads, we would unfortunately not be able to support that.
Ashley_3
06-13-2013, 03:18 AM
Yeah, there just isn't a legal way to get all your money...
Anyway I wanted to ask if you enable clip previews? I was wondering if it helps sales or not? My previews have been disabled, but now I enabled the preview of only one of my clips. And started wondering if that might help sales.
Classy_Katy
06-13-2013, 04:04 AM
I think it depends on the clip and how much you show in that time...most of mine show the first 10 seconds and I know at least one guy bought because he was able to hear my voice first.