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i think it depends a lot on what you want your blog to do. i can't speak to how well a chatroom on your blog might work - i just direct folks to my streamate (or other site) page and most camgirl blogs i know of do this too - but it could possibly draw more indie traffic.
i've seen some blogs where girls list vids they have and others where they just link to c4s - i think when i finally get my c4s store up and running i'm going to put some non-fetish clips up & have a link to c4s for fetish clips because i want my c4s store to cater to specific fetishes while my blog is more of a general place for my custies to get to know me (& know where to find me) & it shows more of my personality.
as far as tip jars go - the closest thing i can think of to what you're talking about is chipin, which links to paypal (or just using a paypal donate button - both ways they can use their paypal accounts or a credit card w/o a paypal acct). i'm not sure if there are any other programs where you can have a tip jar without the customer having to directly transfer money in a more complicated way like with alertpay & payoneer, and i wish there were (maybe someone else knows of one). i have seen some camgirls use chipin to raise money for implants, new cars, and things like that using their mfc profile, blog, or twitter - so it may be a bit of a grey area with paypal since they aren't paying you for an adult service, necessarily. but i'd be careful with it.
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have you seen my camblog? http://lady.spookfox.net
I'm currently going back through things (so they might change while you're refreshing, looking through stuff, etc), but I DO have an individual page for each video, with its price, reminder how to buy, and I'm in the process of adding icons for each site each video is on*.
However, I use tumblr and blogger in conjuction with eachother because FUCK DOING THINGS THE EASY WAY I'MMA MAKE MYSELF CRY FIRST.
*I am totally willing to share these icons if you guys want them, or if you want one for a particular site.
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Thanks ladies...
I want to stay away from paypal only because they are not adult friendly. I think I am going to go my own website route really - I am going to go with HostGator and make my own website through them and just attach my Blogger with it. I have decided that Joomla and Wordpress just can kiss my ass.
However - have you guys seen any of the free adult web hosting? I saw racyspace and sultry server - I wonder if those are any good.
Also - I do have the programs to make buttons and such - and I think I would just make buttons for my c4s store or for Alert pay or what not...not sure yet - I am just writing down ideas and see what leads where. Believe it or not, me and my Mom are actually figuring this out and she told me to ask you guys for opinions.:)
BUT - Yeah - any input on free adult web hosting anywhere? I know HostGator isn't free but they are VERY reasonable.
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I don't know of any free adult hosting, but I pay 10.95 a month for my domain and all its subdomains through dreamhost. I learned when I first started web development as a kid that free hosting is almost NEVER what you'll want of it
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housewench
I don't know of any free adult hosting, but I pay 10.95 a month for my domain and all its subdomains through dreamhost. I learned when I first started web development as a kid that free hosting is almost NEVER what you'll want of it
just checked it out....seems like a pretty sweet deal! anyone who wants to trademark/own they're name should be buying they're domains now even if they don't want a website right now. i have read a few posts lately where some ppl were buying girl's names through domains so that they can profit off of they're personas and screw the girls over.
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I will def check that out...However - on c4s...on their cam section - you can put the embed code on your site. your cut is 50%.....
Think about it....You have the clips store, the image store, the video store, the camming there....you have MANY ways to make ALOT of money on there. Interesting.
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oh yea, i am def gonna be taking advantage of c4s pretty soon but gotta get my 2257 custodian set up first, lots of things to do!
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I signed up for racyspace when they were accepting apps.. but it turned out to be completely useless to me. Right now I am using moonfruit.. it's free for a little over 6 months, and allows adult content. But I know a lot of girls like hostgator and 1and1 for paid hosting. I bought my domain thru godaddy.com with private whois for $24 for the year. I also use tumblr for adult oriented blogging.. is your blog your main entry point? Once you start your own site, and host the blog thru your site- you can create your info page about ur vids.. I think once blogger saw that they would probably take it down.. (they take down every racy pic I ever put up).. and clips4sale is pretty good about having a variety of things you can offer. I integrated my membership site for c4s into my page.. but haven't worked out all the details as of yet.
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uck websites that take 50+% annoy me.. (random) but when you said that kitana it just made me really think about how bad it bugsssss me like wtf if your getting 50% for MY pic set or w.e you better be holding the camera and hand feeding me grapes n shit..ugh not for me.
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So - no one is interested in spending any time helping me out with this then...:)
If not - that's ok - I will just take it on my own blog - I just thought it would be a great idea.
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Ok ladies - I have to ask a few questions since I am in a mind boggle here on what I should do.
Ok - everyone knows I have a BLOG I am keeping it pretty basic and I want you guys to do the same when we are talking about this.
I am going to post one for the website I am building later and THAT is where the X rated things will come in.
I am learning just as well as you are and I have been researching on SW all day so if I did MISS something please post the link so I can find it.
Here is what I wanna know -
1. With my blog site - like on blogger - do you think it would be wise to put a page by itself with the buttons to each video, a short description of it, to a particular store that I have it for sale at? I am asking only to make myself more marketable and less clicking for the custy. Like to my KinkBomb or C4S or even my SMW.
2. Should I put in a little chat window and webcam window so I can be able to hold nice little sessions for the custys? Now - I know that being blogger has RULES - I can be flirty and that's it = NO NAKEDNESS. However, I could use this a tool to book private shows on Skype or somewhere else.
3. Should I find a program of some SORT to put in like a tip jar...I already have like my Cash-X and Alert Pay links there for those reasons, but I am looking to NOT have those there as something SO big.
4. Should I have a guestbook? Yes, I know - it seems like EVERYONE does it - but making the customer seem like they are apart of something is important. I was thinking like - sign this guestbook and win la la la la.
5. Again - I am keeping the blog portion SIMPLE with no nudity. I want them to come to the blog - talk to me - get teased - go buy the videos - or being able to discover where else cam site wise I will be. This way it takes the pressure of to buy all the time - many of my customers like to chill out and it makes them spend LARGE rather than just little here and there every day. If anyone has ANY suggestions - please let me know.
Thx ladies.
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KitanaBlades
So - no one is interested in spending any time helping me out with this then...:)
If not - that's ok - I will just take it on my own blog - I just thought it would be a great idea.
1.) Yes, but not on blogger... because they are against it. For sure take screen shots or make gifs and describe them.. I'm not sure if blogger will allow you to create a page and then link it to c4s.. but it's worth a shot.
2.) Is much more difficult than it seems; there are platforms like this that you can integrate, but most are against porn.. and you would probably be in violation of their TOS by integrating it into an adult site. I had a chat room on my site for a while, but didn't find it necessary. The fans enjoy the blogging, and if they want to see me live, they usually want to see me exclusively.. but try it and see what works.
3.) That would be AWESOME, and seems like a very smart idea.. please let me know what you use- because I have not found anything like that other than chipin or paypal donate.
4.) Guestbooks are great. I have a sign up on my site where I send out weekly discounts to all the people who have signed up to my mailing list, and have gotten good results so far.
5.) if you haven't already, put a twitter widget on your site and constantly tweet when you are, what you're doing, etc. with a link to your site and your affiliate link (like cammodels) ex: Come see Kitana from <yoursitehere> LIVE now at <aff.link>
If you have anymore Q's I'll try to help as much as possible ;D
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Doing some research on the blogger issues and the TipJar.
I think it would be wise to set up a diff twitter and such accounts for the blog if we do it.
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I have my blog and that on blogger and you have to accept the TOS before you see my page that there is adult content before viewing. you have to have the adult content or mature content buttons check though for that purpose. It's not like we have anything underage there. The site is for informational purpose - not full blown nudity or anything. Another reason I said blogger was because of the simplicity of the tabs and the layout and use of it. Also - the ease of giving permissions on people getting on it and writing and giving their contributions to the blog is super easier than anywhere else I have researched.
In terms of being against porn, this really isn't porn. It may be adult oriented BUT there are plenty of people that have adult content on there pages with blogger. There are many girls, including myself, that have banners and links to my sites that sell my videos and no one has said anything to me or the other girls. I could understand if there were nudity pictures and videos everywhere on the pages - but its information and the only issue may be the banners to the other girls pages we could use for promotions. I just haven't had any problems and seen anyone else have any issues - I think it's the matter of which it is done tastefully and not just throwing it on there.
The only reason I am stating blogger is because it is free and simple to use. Many people don't like Wordpress or Joomla and they do not know how to use it. Content Management is tricky if you do not know what you are doing and I want to error on the side of caution when I think that when you think for the easiest route for everyone blogger is the way to go. Like I said, I don't understand if you have to ACCEPT the TOS to see a blog - why would there be an issue IF there were adult content on there.
Here was what I found on the subject.
Adult Content: We do allow adult content on Blogger, including images or videos that contain nudity or sexual activity. But, please mark your blog as 'adult' in your Blogger settings. Otherwise, we may put it behind a 'mature content' interstitial. There are some exceptions to our adult content policy:
Do not use Blogger as a way to make money on adult content. For example, don't create blogs where a significant percentage of the content is ads or links to commercial porn sites.
So this basically means that you CAN use blogger to make money but you cannot be EXCESSIVE on making money with the adult content thing. Now - on my personal blog - I have small banners to my stores - that I MAY get into trouble for somewhere - but it's not like I have them plastered a million times. I have them in 4 places. Whereas the blog I want to create for THIS - we would be giving ADVICE on where to make it. It's not like we would be plastering the links or ads all over the blog to do so. We could be as informative as we want. We would just have to be careful as far as the banners or the links we would post. So I am sure if we mentions C4S or Kinkbomb - people would know what we are talking about. For example, if we have ONE page tab of where to sell your video advice - that just says WHERE to sell them - that's it. It's not like WE are selling them ourselves which is what I am gathering they are referring to. They just put it behind a MATURE CONTENT/ADULT Content block where you have to accept the terms in order to see it.
As outlined in the Blogger Content Policy, adult content is permitted on Blogger; however, when adult content is flagged by users, we may show users a content warning page before they view flagged material to prevent people who don't want to see this material from stumbling on it accidentally. We feel that this is the best solution in order to maintain a safe online experience for users of all ages and to be a platform for the personal expression and creativity that has come to characterize Blogger and its users.
A good thread to read....
Here is a great example - if THESE people have not gotten kicked off blogger then I do not think we should have an issue -
More interpretations on the rules of Adult content.
As far as the tip jar - I am trying to research this. Chipin uses Paypal you know as well I do Paypal is a no no and I still researching that one. Guestbooks I am so for. Twitter is a for sure thing.
I think we should be ok with it really after that research. :)
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When I said the thing about the TOS I meant the video conferencing's platform.. I used blogger for a while and moved over to moonfruit.com because I wanted to get a little more risque and in depth.. but when I was looking for a way to integrate a video conferencing platform on my site, I wasn't able to find a single one that would allow you to transmit 'adult content'.. ie. oovoo and tokbox.. which really sucks.
I'm going to include a link to my site that is hosted through moonfruit .. mind you I am BBW (I deleted my old account here on SW for privacy) I will delete the link later tonight
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And moonfruit has just rolled out their new blog feature so I am totally loving it right now! It's easy like blogger because it's uses a drag & drop type of website creator, allows adult content, multiple pages .. and it's also freeee! unless you want/need more space then it's like $6/month.
Oh and my site is still very much under construction.. but I would be happy to host some girls' banners on my site.. PM me!
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Oh the video conferencing! Well you didnt say that!! Durrrrr!! Well then - tosses out - now that's out of the they way. LOL
OHHHH MOONFRUIT! I haven't heard of it yet. I am totally going to check this out. :)
Thank you hun!
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Crap - it has PayPal capability - BOO!
I think I might research who has Cash X :)
BUT I love the features.
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Yea, I just use alertpay (but they wont let me have buttons yet) partykey, and second life for now.. I did sign up for cashx.. but do they provide buttons?
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Party Key?
I just posted in the Other Work Section asking about Payment Processing...
So, hopefully, there's some things out there some of us don't know about!
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Yes - I know that CashX Does provide buttons. You have to have a business account though I believe.
Do not quote me on that.
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I've been using partykey a few months now with no problems. They hold 10% of your payouts just incase of charge backs, and they take 14% from your payouts beings it's high risk. The fees suck, but it's definitely better than someone taking 65% of your money. I think Laurie said she used partykey a while back.
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Is it something like AlertPay and that? I saw it online - it looked like something for a nightclub lol
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It is similar to alertpay, you make a payment option for each show type.. here is my link I use for payments
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.. and yes, their website could SURELY SURELY SURELY use some updating! But I did ask around before trusting them, and so far so good. :)