View Full Version : I made six figures on clips4sale alone...I want to share my knowledge
larkinlove
07-22-2013, 11:04 PM
I am curious, and if you don't want to answer here you can DM me, but to get into the top 50 on c4s... what would you say your average daily sales were?
The magic number is going to vary depending on how other studios are doing, but in general, the sweet spot to crack the top 50 is consistent earnings of $250 or more a day. For a while, one of my studios was in the top 10 when I had a good run of $500 a day for a few weeks.
Your earnings have to be consistent. You won't pop up there just from one day of good sales.
diane andrews
07-23-2013, 11:17 AM
Right, that's pretty close to what I figured, I have just been wanting to hear it from someone who has gotten there. Thanks so much for your reply :)
diane andrews
07-23-2013, 11:39 AM
I just have one more question: I saw you mentioned you get most of your traffic from social media? What would you ballpark is your avg hits in a month?
Thanks so much.
VeronicaVaughn
07-30-2013, 03:18 PM
Thank you for all the helpful priceless information, you are a blessing! I have learned a lot as well regarding self publishing. I am happy to have found this forum and this post.
Kiss!
Veronica
RandyBell
08-14-2013, 03:52 PM
I now I have a release date on the instructional videos! They will go live on 8/15/2013. I'll make sure to do more announcements as we get closer to the date (and once I finish the website at which they'll be available). Just wanted to give everyone who is interested a time frame.
Thanks for everyone who contributed to this thread! I hope you guys like what I've cooked up.
My stores just keep doing better and better. "Larkin Love's Fetish Theater" is now in the top 10 on Clips4sale's leaderboard. I just found out the other day that Clips4sale wants to bring me out to FetishCon this year in Tampa, so if you want to talk to me personally, be sure to stop by their booth! I'd be happy to answer questions.
Hey - is tomorrow the big day? I've had the date circled on my calendar since you announced it!
Noelle_Noir
08-15-2013, 05:10 AM
Hey - is tomorrow the big day? I've had the date circled on my calendar since you announced it!
Ooooooo!So excited!!!!!!
LittleBee
08-20-2013, 10:24 AM
Any updates on this?
Aurora14
08-20-2013, 10:33 AM
As a minor thread jack:
My boyfriend surprised me with a new porn DVD yesterday. Guess who is on it! Larkin, I hope you don't mind if I watch it and take notes. I've been watching movies lately for some inspiration for my store, and you seem like a good role model.
larkinlove
08-20-2013, 11:34 PM
Sorry guys. The August release date was overly ambitious. I have a bunch of the tutorials done, but I couldn't complete the site by the projected release date. I've been too busy working my ass off making cosplay porn, then getting ready for Fetishcon, then being a debauched lunatic at Fetishcon.
New release date: October 1st. I don't have any major porn projects between then and now, and I'm over halfway done, so we should be good.
I wish there were 3 of me, so I could work 24 hours a day in shifts.
larkinlove
08-20-2013, 11:39 PM
As a minor thread jack:
My boyfriend surprised me with a new porn DVD yesterday. Guess who is on it! Larkin, I hope you don't mind if I watch it and take notes. I've been watching movies lately for some inspiration for my store, and you seem like a good role model.
Which DVD? I'm hoping it's a Burning Angel or Evil Angel one. I've never put out any of my self-shot material on a DVD, so the quality of the work out there varies a lot depending on who shot it, the talent with whom I was paired, and how much of an asshole the producer was (or was not). Anything I've done for Burning Angel or Evil Angel is really good, because those studios have their shit together.
Aurora14
08-22-2013, 12:07 AM
Which DVD? I'm hoping it's a Burning Angel or Evil Angel one. I've never put out any of my self-shot material on a DVD, so the quality of the work out there varies a lot depending on who shot it, the talent with whom I was paired, and how much of an asshole the producer was (or was not). Anything I've done for Burning Angel or Evil Angel is really good, because those studios have their shit together.
I believe it's a Burning Angel DVD. It was a POV one. (I hate watching men, some of them look so goofy having sex and it ruins it for me) I haven't seen the whole thing yet, but I liked what I saw.
Definitely decided to focus more on quality after reading the entire thread though. I'll never be able to put out the same quantity as you do with my kids running around. So if I can pump out higher quality that keeps my customers coming back I may be better off. Keep them WANTING the next one.
DiamondCupcakes
09-05-2013, 09:38 PM
I just saw an interview with Larkin talking about pretentious bon bons....I love you Larkin! lol your the best. I hope to one day be as successful as you are =)
Where do you find yourself getting the most traffic aside from c4s itself?
I'm trying to target what might be the most profitable way to get good traffic. I dabble in a lot of things but haven't found one that really benefits me enough to boost my profits.
astridorbital
09-12-2013, 11:53 AM
I noticed that you wear a black wig in your main pictures, even though your normal look is with blue hair. Is this because you've noticed that you're more marketable without showing off your extreme hair color?
I want to know because I'm obviously pretty alternative and I wonder how it effects my earning potential.
Saratoga120
09-14-2013, 06:06 PM
Hi Larkin,
I have a fleeting familiarity with your work and have found it lovely. Thank you very much for so generously sharing your ideas on this thread. I am in the midst of gathering material to open a store and I'd like to ask your advice on a specific topic.
Most of my videos will center around the smoking fetish theme, but not all. From your experience, might this situation be similar to the one you've described with femdom. That is to say, do you think it would be unwise to produce videos themed around other fetishes and contain them in the smoking fetish store?
I suppose I'd also appreciate your take on smoking fetish as a revenue generator. It's my erotic passion, so there's no chance of my concentrating on something else. But is it a solid money-maker, provided the models are attractive and are obviously not faking it?
HaydenBlue
10-01-2013, 11:38 AM
Is today the day?!
larkinlove
10-01-2013, 11:53 PM
No, not yet. Circumstances have forced me to move studios suddenly. It's actually a good thing, but I don't have time for anything else at the moment. I'll announce the vids when I can.
DiamondCupcakes
10-19-2013, 11:53 PM
Do you know how often C4S cycles the top studio list? Is it a daily, weekly, monthly? I was thinking about changing my store category but wasn't sure how long it might take to see my clip store on the list if it does in fact do well.
Also, do you find a good common size to post your videos at? I found that when videos are very high def and a large download size, it can exclude some people who don't have fast internet and don't want to wait 8 hours for the download.
ClaudiaKink
10-25-2013, 04:22 PM
Really looking forward to your book, thank you so much for the information in this thread - I've found it really motivational and I've moved to being a lot more organised already with my clips, keeping better records of what sells and what doesn't and planning out a month ahead :)
LoriAmes
10-26-2013, 11:21 AM
Another "Thank You" for this wonderful thread and how giving you've been with advice and tips about what has worked for you.
I set up a C4S store this month, am still trying to figure out how to get it to look decent, and am just starting to upload clips more regularly. I look forward to your tutorials being for sale and will be one of many who invests. Thanks so much!
DiamondCupcakes
10-27-2013, 12:04 AM
bump =)
MissL
10-27-2013, 10:49 AM
My first post on these boards (although I have been lurking for a while), just want to say a huge thank you to Larkin Love for all the info in this thread... since following it my Clips store has really taken off and I'm amazed by how much of a difference it has made to my earnings! Will most certainly be buying any books/clips you bring out :)
Also a quick question... do you find your income snowballing over time as you have more content overall for customers to download, or are your earnings quite steady month to month with your newer uploads selling best?
x
sydneyscreams
11-01-2013, 05:07 AM
Bump!
Larkin, thank you so much for sharing what you've shared here. You're definitely an inspiration!
misspandora
11-04-2013, 07:34 PM
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us! I'm amazed that someone can make 6 figures on C4S these days and very impressed. I have 2 stores, but I'm too scattered. I am doing many things at any given time..modeling for pay/developing websites/shooting customs etc. So I don't have the time to update my content as often as you do.
I would definitely be interested in your book and I think there is a need out there for more guidance on these topics. I published an ebook about how to be a fetish model..I did it through Amazon Kindle. At first they get traffic for you by offering it through a special program where you are not allowed to publish it elsewhere..I think you have to do that for 6 months. After that, though, you can publish it anywhere you want. I haven't gotten a TON of sales, but I think it's because I need to promote it better.
Anyway, keep us posted when your book is available! :)
Joe Redban
11-25-2013, 03:18 AM
Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. I will definitely be buying your book as well as purchasing your premium tutorial content. Is there any sort of mailing list I can sign up for to alert me when it is available?
CummingCouple
11-25-2013, 11:17 AM
Larkin, we think it's really awesome what you're doing and hope you can have the book completed this year so all the SW fans can benefit from your examples.
CurvyWinona
11-25-2013, 11:27 AM
I am very interested in the book, too! hope it comes out one day!
CummingCouple
11-27-2013, 11:35 AM
I noticed that you wear a black wig in your main pictures, even though your normal look is with blue hair. Is this because you've noticed that you're more marketable without showing off your extreme hair color?
I want to know because I'm obviously pretty alternative and I wonder how it effects my earning potential.
I'm also wondering this since I've got freeform dreads. I honestly like rejecting the overall opinion of what pretty hair should be and the work that had to go into my long straight hair to make it look its best only to have it in knots... but I have a feeling it irks some people to see something out of the ordinary. I get the "your hair was so pretty" thing all the time and I'm just like fukovv, if they're not financing, feeding, or fucking me. I do wonder if the customers prefer my old hair but it's very difficult to hide dreadlocks so a wig might not be an option for me.
carmen-may
12-02-2013, 06:31 PM
Does anybody know if its ok not to talk in your clips4sale clips? :)
EvelynHeartsYou
12-02-2013, 06:53 PM
Does anybody know if its ok not to talk in your clips4sale clips? :)
A majority of mine don't have any talking whatsoever, and I make money just fine :)
carmen-may
12-03-2013, 01:17 AM
Hey, thanks for the reply :) Just starting work on my 10 clips.Cheers! ;D
maryjaynexo
12-03-2013, 06:29 PM
Sometimes I don't feel like talking, so I don't. It really depends on the fetish, but in general not talking (or even in some cases cutting out the audio) hasn't kept the clips from selling.
carmen-may
12-04-2013, 12:41 AM
thanks,thats good news as I currently share a house and well talking would just be awkward lol :)
Joe Redban
12-08-2013, 11:59 PM
Carmen, I have the same problem, talking is sometimes difficult because of my roommates! :) During live cam if I have to talk quiet and they don't hear me I can always type it out, but on videos, you can't talk too quiet or it'll sound bad. Here's hoping we can both get our own place soon!
carmen-may
12-09-2013, 07:45 AM
yeah, I find it awkward talking, I have people in the same house and me and my bf share a room! would definately be nice to have our own place hehe ^_^
RandyBell
12-13-2013, 11:40 AM
This thread has evolved into the year's biggest disappointment for me. Nothing but coal in my stocking, and I was (mostly) good all year. Oh well, there's always 2014!
Djoser
12-13-2013, 12:41 PM
Eh, don't be too discouraged, Randy--both the last two years pretty much sucked for most people I know.
And the economy has not been so great this year, especially in the adult industry as far as most people selling videos, websites, etc.
I have a feeling 2014 will be better for a lot of people.
djezcheeze
12-13-2013, 12:51 PM
UGH this really makes me want to work on my store. I'm just so lazy and have no work ethic when working from home, which is why camming/clips has never panned out for me. Maybe it's time to bite the bullet...
JamaicanAliesha
12-13-2013, 05:31 PM
I started my store a couple days ago. So far my mouth videos and stocking/feet videos sell the most!! I try to upload a clip every other day!!
Joe Redban
12-13-2013, 11:19 PM
^Wow, congrats on making some sales right off the bat! I am kinda into feet so I want to pursue that fetish too, I'm just at a loss of how to get more than a few videos worth of content from feet without a partner. I do yoga and am pretty flexible, so I can bring my feet up the side of my feet to lick, etc, and also I got a good reaction last night when I got half my foot in my mouth, lol. :D But aside from that and a few other ideas I'm drawing a blank!
Nikki_Fox
12-26-2013, 10:15 AM
cool Joe - I used to have an escort client who was a rugby football player - he used to give himself blow jobs - worked for me - I will gladly get paid to watch you blow your self while I eat bon bons - he was very flexible and had a 10 inch cock - i'm sure you can find a way to make that pay for you
Joe Redban
12-27-2013, 03:21 AM
Nikki, that sounds like an ideal situation, seems he does all the work, ha ha. So was it like an ego thing for him? He wanted to show off his sizable manhood and athleticism (flexibility)? In any case, I think you're right, I just have to give it some additional thought, I'm sure I could put such a talent to good use. Once I think of some other unique things to try that require flexibility I can also change up my yoga routine as needed to focus on the positions I want to achieve.
On a side note, when I was doing my martial arts training a few years back, I remember clearly my Jiu-Jitsu instructor rolling backwards and his knees touching the floor next to his head. My first thought was "Wow, I'm 99% sure he can blow himself." :P
Nikki_Fox
12-27-2013, 07:38 PM
Yea he was a tool - I actually saw him for the first time back in the 80"s and the agency I worked for at the time had drivers - this guy had money - he owned a few businesses- but he was really cheap and annoying - one night he pissed me off over $5.00 - stupid but it was the principal - I took off walking in a snow storm at 2 in the morning instead of waiting for my driver - oh he was a coke head too - I miss the good old days of all nighters with coke heads -made soooo much money off of them
seems to me about anything will find a buyer on C4S - one girls best selling clip was her mowing her lawn -
CurvyWinona
12-27-2013, 11:37 PM
Lol I think u were referring to me (on mowing her lawn). Yeah I made good money on that clip. Mostly from Australian customers. I guess they had never seen the grass. Lol.
But yeah if you are doing something or doing an errand, just make a clip out of it. You have nothing to lose.
Nikki_Fox
12-28-2013, 03:35 PM
I remember you were upset someone came over and mowed your grass - lol - wasnt this when you first opened your store?
CurvyWinona
12-28-2013, 04:08 PM
No it was just me having a hard time with my crappy mower. Haha. Yes it was just a random clip while trying to make ten clips to open my store.
Nikki_Fox
12-28-2013, 09:56 PM
I was thinking that after you opened the store and the clip sold an uncle or cousin came by and mowed your grass and you had thought about filming again - anywho it is just amazing what some people will purchase- the whole c4s thing boggles my mind - but in a good way
CurvyWinona
12-29-2013, 12:25 AM
Yeah. I haven't really make clips this month. Damned holidays. Hosted two Christmas dinners at my home in less than a week and had to work on more days at work. Ugh.
CurvyWinona
12-29-2013, 12:28 AM
Oh BTW I now remember I was pissed. I was happy with how my mowing clip went. I was gonna do second mowing clip and I came out only to find my lawn was already mowed. Couple hours earlier by my family friend. Lol
terrycl
12-30-2013, 06:19 AM
Do you need to have a business to list your "studio" on clips for sale?
maryjaynexo
12-30-2013, 04:43 PM
You just have to own the rights to the material posted, and then you're technically a business owner.