View Full Version : The Clips4Sale Thread
SexyKitten311
12-26-2011, 07:00 AM
Ugh! Is there anyway around the 'verfied address' crap? Im having to stay with family for a few months, and since i wont tech have any bills how am I suppose to verify my address there?! I am highly annoyed that they wont accept my current address bills/ID then have a different address. Im wondering if a letter from my family saying i live there and pay bills will work? did anyone else find a way to get around this?
Nikki_Fox
12-26-2011, 07:14 AM
I used my checking account statement
maryjaynexo
12-28-2011, 05:01 PM
Does anyone know for sure what the 'click here to increase sales' button actually does? I'm going to feel dumb clicking it for a loooooooong time if it doesn't do anything :P
CamWhore
12-28-2011, 05:27 PM
^^^ i used to believe it made your page show up on the first page as "updated". I think I was highly mistaken...lol
LittleBee
12-29-2011, 06:37 PM
Have you noticed an increase of sales after you've clicked it? Say the next day or so? Now you've both got me curious!
maryjaynexo
12-29-2011, 07:42 PM
I tried to check but I'm still not sure. I've sat and clicked it for a few minutes and nothing, so if it gives you more sales it must be longer term.
girlundressed
12-30-2011, 01:00 PM
I'm inspired to finally start a store. My husband is going to set up my desktop for me again so I can upload easier. We'll have house guests for a few days but I should still be able to find some time to shoot quick clips (the people staying with us are actually fetish photographers). I've been wanting to do more foot fetish stuff so I think I'll try it out on c4s. I'm excited about doing balloon stuff too.
I'll let you all know how it goes.
maryjaynexo
01-01-2012, 11:04 AM
Hey, just thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone is interested: if you would like a tutorial on how to make animated. gif files for previews in your store (I use both these and still image .gif files), and you have access to a copy of Photoshop; pm me, and I'll tell you how :) I literally just figured out how to do this, haha.
ClaudiaReina
01-02-2012, 06:02 AM
I started my store a few weeks ago, a good thing I have a geek friend, I don't know the first thing about that HTML stuff... So far I love it and yes, I would like to know what that button is about too!:D
maryjaynexo
01-02-2012, 09:35 AM
I think I'm going to email Neil and ask him about the button, lmao. Then we can rest.
FetishModels
01-02-2012, 09:39 AM
I think a general Clip thread would be great, there are tons of new clip stores, Kinkbomb, C4S, Clipvia, fetishgirls, etc.
All with there own niches and rules.
maryjaynexo
01-02-2012, 12:34 PM
Update on the button, guys. Guess it really does do nothing. Lol.
It will be an active page with the new admin, right now it goes nowhere we are removing it.
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neliana
01-02-2012, 01:59 PM
Well I feel pretty dumb now lol, I was clicking on that button like everyday!
maryjaynexo
01-02-2012, 02:02 PM
Well I feel pretty dumb now lol, I was clicking on that button like everyday!
I was too, and I'm laughing at myself pretty hard ;D
girlundressed
01-06-2012, 09:30 AM
So my store officially opened for regular billing Thursday morning. I've sold two clips! Do you guys ever see any correlation between number of visitors and number of clips bought? I'm at about 90 visitors today but no clips bought and I've uploaded an additional 3 clips since the store opened. How often to you update and how many clips do you update at one time? I've got like an additional 8 clips to add but I'm worried about doing too much at once.
maryjaynexo
01-06-2012, 09:47 AM
I usually update 2-4 times per day and do pretty well, but definitely schedule them to be uploaded ahead of time so your store gets that extra traffic from the front page. As for hits vs. sales, it all depends (categories, etc); but generally the more hits the more sales, at least for me.
Caramel_BBW
01-06-2012, 11:41 AM
It depends for me. Sometimes I'll have 50 visitors in a day and no clips sold...another day i might only have 20 and sell 3 clips lol. A lot of my sales come from requested videos. Of course when someone requests a video I can (usually) count on them to buy it right away...so that counts for a least one sale that day. Then I have some regulars that will buy whatever videos I put up in whatever category.
Don't stress over your sales. They will come with time :)
TheBrownFox
01-06-2012, 12:45 PM
I've sent in all the required documents to Sara (as well as the 'info' e-mail address) a few days ago, but I didn't hear back yet. I have a few clips uploaded, but it's less than 10 (I wanted to upload others, but they're less than 3 mins...grrr!). So I have to do more clips and upload them.
Maybe they're just waiting on me to have all 10 uploaded, but the way their e-mail says "Once we receive this information (required documents), we will be able to get you started!" I thought they'd at least respond and say "Okay, we've got the documents, and it all looks good." No response though...
SydneyBrooke
01-06-2012, 05:48 PM
My account was verified and opened within an hour. I haven't uploaded any clips yet to open my store but the initial opening went very quickly..
AngeXx
01-07-2012, 05:13 AM
I've sent in all the required documents to Sara (as well as the 'info' e-mail address) a few days ago, but I didn't hear back yet. I have a few clips uploaded, but it's less than 10 (I wanted to upload others, but they're less than 3 mins...grrr!). So I have to do more clips and upload them.
Maybe they're just waiting on me to have all 10 uploaded, but the way their e-mail says "Once we receive this information (required documents), we will be able to get you started!" I thought they'd at least respond and say "Okay, we've got the documents, and it all looks good." No response though...
My hours are 7am - 4pm EST on Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat (Thurs & Sun Off)
^Those are Sara's hours. Not sure if that helps. I emailed on a thursday and it took awhile for her to get back to me.
TheBrownFox
01-07-2012, 12:27 PM
My hours are 7am - 4pm EST on Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri and Sat (Thurs & Sun Off)
^Those are Sara's hours. Not sure if that helps. I emailed on a thursday and it took awhile for her to get back to me.
Thanks. I finally got a response, and they told me I need to have 10 clips total updated.
whirlerz
01-08-2012, 02:51 AM
Good thread..
Vlodina
01-09-2012, 11:02 AM
I have hit my minimum payout and above, and it says they pay on the 7th. But I haven't had some sort of payment sent notification or anything. Am I missing something? Do I still need to request payment or something like that? Thanks x
maryjaynexo
01-09-2012, 10:06 PM
Hmmm, this is my first month for payout, but I don't think you usually get a 'payout sent' message.. all I've ever seen is the payouts button on the home page. Maybe the settings are different for you though, I'm paid by cheque.
Sam38g
01-09-2012, 11:27 PM
So my store officially opened for regular billing Thursday morning. I've sold two clips! Do you guys ever see any correlation between number of visitors and number of clips bought? I'm at about 90 visitors today but no clips bought and I've uploaded an additional 3 clips since the store opened. How often to you update and how many clips do you update at one time? I've got like an additional 8 clips to add but I'm worried about doing too much at once.
Doing to much at once? Really? you are only in the new studio part for a short amount of time. Do very little & hope for the best has never been a solid business plan, no matter what the business.
Also you need to be doing everything on you end for marketing. If you want sales then you need to get those numbers up their in traffic.
RULE #1 in business SALES!
Figure out which niches work for you best & update often.
Trail & error will help you find your groove.
But NOT updating, NOT marketing will result in NO Sales.
Smooches,
Sam
Vlodina
01-10-2012, 06:57 AM
Hmmm, this is my first month for payout, but I don't think you usually get a 'payout sent' message.. all I've ever seen is the payouts button on the home page. Maybe the settings are different for you though, I'm paid by cheque.
I'm getting paid by cheque too, as I'm in the UK. On the main page on the right, when I hit 'payouts' it is telling me that I have made X since last payout, and that my minimum is <X, but it has no record of a past payout. My earnings now are being added to figure X.
Guess I'll email them later. I want my money!! *rubs hands together*
TheBrownFox
01-11-2012, 12:23 PM
Right now I'm looking at a video I recorded of me eating an M&M fudge sundae, and there's a very thin strand of hair sticking up. :P
Vlodina
01-11-2012, 12:37 PM
Right now I'm looking at a video I recorded of me eating an M&M fudge sundae, and there's a very thin strand of hair sticking up. :P
Sticking out of the sundae??
maryjaynexo
01-11-2012, 01:26 PM
Sticking out of the sundae?? I hope not, maybe just sticking up out of place? :P
LadyCoco
01-12-2012, 12:40 AM
I want to try Amateur Fetish Cams through C4S, but the camera interface doesn't load. I tried this on Chrome and Firefox. What browser do you need for the video chat to work?
maryjaynexo
01-12-2012, 08:32 AM
I've never tried the cam feature, but as far as I know it's pretty dead. Not sure if this is the same for anyone else though.
LadyCoco
01-12-2012, 09:00 AM
Well, that stinks. It looks like it could be fun.
TheBrownFox
01-12-2012, 09:16 AM
Sticking out of the sundae??
LOL! No, it was a tiny strand of hair sticking up during like the first five seconds of the video. :)
Vlodina
01-12-2012, 10:48 AM
I have hit my minimum payout and above, and it says they pay on the 7th. But I haven't had some sort of payment sent notification or anything. Am I missing something? Do I still need to request payment or something like that? Thanks x
Figured it out. When you get paid around the 7th of the month, it's not including the 6 days prior to that, you are getting paid for the previous month. So although I had more than the min it was including monies made in the beginning of Jan, so I will get my first pay cheque in Feb.
maryjaynexo
01-12-2012, 01:36 PM
I got my check today, and payouts were sent out on the.... 5th I believe? I live in Canada though.
ManyRoses
01-13-2012, 06:17 PM
^^^ For Canada, the cheques usually get to us around the 15th. I am just starting on C4S, but it is the sole source of income for a friend, and she says that she gets hers around the 15th of the month. Usually it comes a little before that, but that's a good date to count on.
I hate waiting for cheques though - when there was the postal strike during the summer, it really screwed me up...I was waiting over a month for my money!! I know that the guys are trying to get better conditions etc, but seriously, some people need mail so that they can pay rent and buy food!!!
temptingmodel
01-16-2012, 09:09 PM
I really need a crash course for that site. Do they affiliate?
bmodel84
01-16-2012, 09:32 PM
So once videos, clips, whatever content is bought, can there be something like a chargeback done afterwards??
maryjaynexo
01-18-2012, 06:04 AM
There is the option for chargebacks to be done, but I've never gotten one out of hundreds of sales. I'm guessing they're not very common.
FetishModels
01-18-2012, 08:29 AM
Charge backs on c4s are minimal (never had one) they don't do alot of affiliate work due to the high payouts.
bmodel84
01-18-2012, 01:43 PM
Thanks for the reply on the chargebacks question ladies, makes me feel a lot better about the idea of doing this now. :)
msmochaxx
01-20-2012, 11:00 PM
Ok so Ive had my clip store for like FOUR months and thought it was activated even though I only have 4 videos...It showed that I was getting like 2 or 3 visitors a week to my store so I assumed it was somehow activated. But once I get my 10 clips I need to email support? Why would it show I have visitors to my site if my store isnt activated?
neliana
01-20-2012, 11:35 PM
You need to put up 10 clips and email support, before that you can only accept Gizmo payment (not totally sure what that is lol) and you won't sell anything. I had my store up for months with no sales before I realized that, once you do the 10 clips and email them I'm sure you'll get more sales. So it's technically activated right now, you're just realllly limited on what kind of payments you can take
TheBrownFox
01-22-2012, 07:11 AM
*Posted this question in the AdultWork thread, and copied/pasted it here*
When you ladies use Windows Live Movie Maker to edit videos, what settings are you using when you click 'Save Movie'? I've been trying to avoid using the 'For Email' setting because it says the video display will be at (426x240 pixels), which is pretty small. And of course the higher you go up, it shows the different options and gives you an estimate on what the file size will be per minute of video. I didn't see much info on this forum about this kind of stuff.
I realized that some of my video clips were a bit larger than necessary in file size, but at the same time I don't want the clips to be too tiny and shitty-looking. By the way, when I record on my Logitech C910 webcam I use widescreen 720p resolution.
Vlodina
01-22-2012, 08:03 AM
*Posted this question in the AdultWork thread, and copied/pasted it here*
When you ladies use Windows Live Movie Maker to edit videos, what settings are you using when you click 'Save Movie'? I've been trying to avoid using the 'For Email' setting because it says the video display will be at (426x240 pixels), which is pretty small. And of course the higher you go up, it shows the different options and gives you an estimate on what the file size will be per minute of video. I didn't see much info on this forum about this kind of stuff.
I realized that some of my video clips were a bit larger than necessary in file size, but at the same time I don't want the clips to be too tiny and shitty-looking. By the way, when I record on my Logitech C910 webcam I use widescreen 720p resolution.
I save as 'recommended for this project' or something similar. It's a bitch for Adultwork time-wise and their minimum pricing thing. I should really look into compressing video files but that's just another damn thing to do.
TheBrownFox
01-22-2012, 08:19 AM
I save as 'recommended for this project' or something similar. It's a bitch for Adultwork time-wise and their minimum pricing thing. I should really look into compressing video files but that's just another damn thing to do.
Thanks for responding so quickly. :)
Everytime I check out what 'recommended for this project' says, it ends up recommending one of the larger file sizes, which is gonna take a helluva long time to upload. It seems to always recommend really large file sizes for my clips.
maryjaynexo
01-22-2012, 09:29 AM
You can look up a free copy of Premiere Pro; it's what I use to edit clips and save them in HD. I always find movie maker quality comes out too small for me, but I think I may have an older version.
goddessc
01-24-2012, 04:48 PM
Is something up with the c4s website? I haven't sold a clip in like 48 hours lol which is really rare. And since I haven't sold a clip in that long I would expect to see my store and clip status drop way down the list but nope they are staying the exact same place! In fact, everything seems to have stayed the same on the list the past 2 days. I'm still #4 in my category. And I've had the most # of hits today for the entire month! Very strange. I've heard that c4s shaves sales to make more money. I wonder if that's whats going on here
xXSophiaXx
01-25-2012, 12:19 AM
Just wondering...When you open a c4s studio, do all your clips need to be in the same category?? Or can I put up different clips and put them into diff categories? Thanks :) x
Vlodina
01-25-2012, 12:45 AM
@xXSophiaXx My store is a mishmash of all different types of clips, from ass worship to gummy bears to vore. I didn't know originally what to put my store title down as, so I just choose 'Blondes'.
Edited to say, if all you do it balloon popping it would make sense to put your store down as such, to get more direct traffic. But there are different ways to search for things, and people do find me.
I think some girls have more than one store to cater for different fetishes, but firstly, that's way too much hassle for me (multiple logins etc) and I like the freedom of just doing whatever clips I feel like.