I would personally contact Vanessa and ask her since I don't think that's an easy question!
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Hmm, I hadn't done a block session in a while but I just did a 15 minute block this morning. You know how it gives you a 5 minutes warning, then a one minute warning, then tells you the block is over but is being continued at the discounted rate? So I was going on and on and on, feeling like the show was lasting Forever, but didn't get any of those notices (I was watching for them to help pace myself). The guy finally finished and left and when I looked at my earnings report right after it showed that I was on the show for 17 minutes. But, I didn't see any of those timer notices? But THEN I looked back at my paid chat log after the session was over and scrolled up to see all three of those notices? Am I going crazy, or is the chat log being a little glitchy/delayed for everyone else? I can't see how I possibly missed those alerts but clearly I did.
I would keep an eye on this thread-http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?177051-How-to-get-out-of-that-Studio-Contract!! - she got herself banned (to get out of a studio) and is in the process of making a new account, should be updated any day now.
Or if youre asking for yourself, just go ahead and submit the paperwork yourself and see what happens. But perhaps if you cant get back in yourself, you may be able to get back in under PJ?
I dont understand the block sessions.
If they get 15 min with a % discount, why after the 15 min is up , they still get a discount......
So the WHOLE SHOW is discounted.......
So stupid.....
Or should we say " fake block session"
since they can exit before the 15 min are up..
bleah..
If you clicked the member name and then you keep it highlighted then you don't see any warnings, you will just see what the member type to you, It happened to me when someone sent me gold and I didn't say thank you, he just said I hope you got the gold, then logged off and I saw the gold thing.
It's still a discount for the rest of the show until you (or the customer) ends the show. It used to say that on the site, but I guess they removed it. It might actually tell you that on the one minute warning tho? I can't remember.
Additional info: "Discount rates are as follows:
15 minute sessions receive a 5% discount from your regular rate
30 minute sessions receive a 10% discount from your regular rate
45 minute sessions receive a 15% discount from your regular rate
60 minute sessions receive a 20% discount from your regular rate
If a customer decides to purchase a block session, you will be prompted and must accept or decline the session. Block sessions are available on both premium and exclusive levels. Exclusive blocks are one on one with the member. Premium blocks allow other members to join. However, any additional members who join will not receive the discount and you will earn your regular rate from them."
Nope additional minutes are still at the discounted rate. When the session is over, it will say something like "block session is over. customer will continued to be billed at the discounted rate".
It's still considered a block session because you have to purchase a minimum number of minutes before the discount is applied. ie 15, 30, 60.
The block sessions can be good if you know how to work them ;) I do them every now and then and I just movie realllly slow. I mean if he's getting at least 15 minutes then there's no reason to rush, right? I chat a bit, tease and slowly get down to business. That way they're less likely to try to leave after only 5 minutes.
I only had one guy do that (leave before time was up) and I blocked him. If you're buying a block session and getting a discount then you damn well better stay for at least the full session! Most of my block session guys have stayed 5 mins or so over the time though, and even w/ a discounted rate that's still a nice chunk of $. I personally wish I got more blocks, I hate free chat and enjoy having a somewhat guaranteed amount of time in private.
Did the guy who left stay at least 3 minutes? If so, then you should have been paid for the entire 15 minutes. Guys don't have to stay the whole time in order for you to get paid for the whole 15 minutes. So it kind of works out in your favor. They do have the option of coming back to finish the session later though. (I think it's a 2-hour frame they have). I had a guy buy a block session and then I accidentally hit the back button on my browser and lost it. I felt so bad but he was able to come back and finish it. Just treat the first 3 minutes as a teaser or talk time and then get down to business afterwards.
Hmm no I think he only stayed about 5 mins and I onyl got paid for that time, at the discounted rate! Maybe it was a glitch? SM is so confusing sometimes.
Okay, that explains it! I didn't think I clicked his name but since it was an exclusive blocK I wouldn't have noticed the difference. I seriously thought I was going crazy!
And yes, if the guy stays for longer than the block he opted in for it does give any extra minutes at the discounted rate but I'm still okay with that (it only changed my rate from $5.99 to $5.69, really not a big difference for that one show), and, I love when guys end the block 5 or 6 mintes early, because I'm basically getting paid for doing nothing during those minutes. Not bad! I don't get too many block sessions these days but when I do I love knowing it's guaranteed money as long as I can keep the custie in the show for more than a couple of minutes.
........ok........sooooo for once I may actually be considering to seriously end my relationship with Streamate. I never thought I'd be considering but here I am. Anywho I logged on tonight and the night started great. I had about 80-90 guys in my room. So I was doing a gold show and countdown and was halfway there. Then I get a request for a tv show that is a little more than the goal I had so I said why not? The countdown time was long but at least the goal is guaranteed. Well I made the goal on my own short of $10. Wopeee! So the goldshow starts and everything is going fine. Oil here, and dildos there....anyways 7 minutes into my 8 minute show I get a message that says something along the lines of "You did not make the changes the producer asked you to make. Your gold show is cancelled and the customers will receive their gold back." and back into free chat I go. I look like a deer caught in headlights because I have no idea what happened. After getting lots of an angry customers including my regulars for logging off early I signed out. I kept the window open and read back to see if the producer wrote me anything. Nothing. I also did not get a pop up during the show like they usually send. I watch the screen the whole time to talk back to the custies so I know I would have seen it. I messaged a regular of mine and asked him what he saw. He said the show was fine until I got abruptly cut off and back into freechat with everyone else. I dont understand what happened =( And I dont get why the producer waited till the majority of my show was done to cancel me. I am very sad because I have never had any issues like this with Streamate and have been loyal to the site for a while now. I know that doesnt matter to them but I trusted that this TV show thing was safe. Had I had done a normal gold show and not agreed to their show I would not have had this issue and I wouldn't be short the money I worked hard for. I am very disappointed. No one from SM messaged me after to tell me what the issue was or let me know why I gave a free show. I emailed Liz asap thanks to my amazing cam friends who helped me out with the info (thanks!).
I didnt post here to bitch but I did want to let you ladies know what happened so we can all stay aware of how the new TV mode is working or not working. Keep your fingers crossed for me please and have a happy titty Tuesday! Xoxoxox
i would never work for stream mate. they seem to treat their models like shit.
Oh my God Cupcake are you serious!!
SM, I left your asses long ago because you practically rob us as it is. Now reading this, and seeing that you want to put these women on tv, control their shows, AND still give them a 35% cut? Fuck that! Are you trying to turn into pimps? Because that is basically what you're doing, and it's wrong. You people should be ashamed of yourselves!
If a SM rep is reading this, I hope you compensate the above model, because you forced her to put on a FREE show for YOUR clients, and that is simply outrageous. OUTrageous.
i would of felt disgusted and used. i also think its fucked up that hard working girls only get 35% of what they make. that is worst than a pimp, not only that, its a private based site so girls are constantly banging out their vaginas for that 35%. its so wrong because SM and their whole company and projects would be nothing without girls obviously. yeah, you provide traffic and advertising n shit but we provide the pussy lol. its not like it would hurt their wallets if they gave models a bigger cut.
stream mate sucks ass.
I did fee horrible. I felt violated and robbed because I did all those things for free =( Still no response from Streamate
Oh No! So sorry you had this happen to you. I know how it feels to get d/c right before the end of the gold show, so I can imagine how you must feel with your TV goal shit. The only thing I can think is that you somehow were considered to have broken one of the additional rules - I don't think they provide warnings for these. Like, if you were using a toy that wasn't considered to be a proper sex toy or was too big, or had some music on (but I wouldn't think that would apply right at the end of the show). Urgh, I hope they either explain what you did wrong in a way that makes sense/is understandable or pay you that $$$$
I noticed on Streamate that customers have categories to choose from like big boobs, blonde, whatever...
I was wondering, is this something I can add myself to, select categories for my profile or does Streamate do this for me?
Because I can't find any place to enter categories.
Also.. What is another good choice for a cam company, if Streamate takes too big a cut is there a similar site that doesn't take as big a bite?
Thank you :)