I don't think the problem is on your end, it's SM. It's very annoying!
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You can use an online browser proxy to check your own placement. Just google free browser proxy. You don't have to download anything. It's slow as eff for web browsing, but I find it helpful just to check placement. You can also set up a browser proxy if you have a server, but that is more tech intensive.
Have anyone updated their flash player plugin to 11.4? How is it on SM? I had mine updated and it won't work on either Chrome or Firefox!!! I uninstalled and reinstalled the older version and it worked... but I had a message cross the streaming page saying my account will be suspended if I do not update to the latest version of flash player. ughhhhh.
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I have tried 3 of these types of browsers, I still can't find me :( ** whoops just saw the posting that says I need a member account to do that! I also have certain cities blocked, and I have talked to guys that have said they were from the same cities that I blocked.
Yeah, honestly their blocking is the total pits. I suggest not using it at all simple because it hinders you more than protecting you. The thing is, people in the blocked city can still see you as long as they know your url. So, let's say an affiliate marketer is advertising you: as long as they are advertising your link, you will always be found.
Geo-blocking just hinders your earning potential. I had it on and my earnings were terrible, once I turned it off I noticed a large increase in my earnings. I suggest turning it off because if people in your city can still find you, why not make as much as you can ?
^Well, if you have geo-blocking, they're not supposed to market you. That's the primary reason (or only reason) that a lot of girls (including myself) use it. However, I did notice a marked decline in my earnings once I put it on.
Thanks for your advice Rosemary! I seen you tonight holding strong on the top row. I did two shifts today. I am really trying to put all my effort into SM as it has much more potential I am seeing than cams.com and tonight I tried gold shows again. I reached my goal 3 times (My first ever yay!) in just 1 1/2 hours and made it around the middle of the front page by the end of my shift! I feel very accomplished!
I made it all the way to page 3 today and I was excited over that, all in under an hour! Yay! LOL.
Have any of you actually managed to do raffles on Streamate? It's not something I usually see on Streamate (it's the norm on MFC), but I remember I went into a SM room once where a model had a room topic of "Every $__ tip gets a raffle ticket for _____." I can't remember what the raffle was for.
I want to try using my pink prize wheel on other sites besides just MFC, but I don't wanna do some dumb shit that'll just put me at risk for account suspension/termination (like I know that mentioning Skype and Twitter on SM and on ImLive is a NONO). I've seen SM models doing the 'Message me to get your video links' and the 'Tip X GOLD and message me your info to get my panties' thing. And one of my favorite SM models has sent signed photos to guys who tipped X GOLD.
I'm curious about this too - Guys are often asking if they can buy panties or custom vids in my room and I tell them I'm not able to and that its against the rules. Is there a way to about doing this on SM, without breaking rules?
I store my custom videos on MediaFire. When you store a video file, photo file, or audio file on MediaFire, MediaFire will have a URL for each of those files. I've stored videos, pictures, and even audio files (custom audio clip of me reading something) on MediaFire, and each one was given a URL. When the guy on SM messages your inbox, you can reply to his message and copy and paste the video link that way.
I DMed a SM model just now, because I was curious how I could pull off using my prize wheel on Streamate. She said that in my chat room I could say something like:
Winner gets a special surprise, and tell the winner to message your SM inbox for details. Have them write their personal email, so that you can respond that way and tell them they won a Skype show (or whatever the prize will be).
You're not allowed to mention Skype on SM, so that's why she said it's better to just say 'special surprise'. :)
so it is okay on SM to exchange personal information or ask for a members personal information? As long as its not Skype or twitter?
No, you're not supposed to give them your contact info. Now as far as the member inboxing you HIS e-mail address, and then you responding by telling him "Ok," I'm not sure how that would be handled. If SM would suspend you JUST for telling the guy "Ok." I think I've read somewhere that MyGirlFund was maaad strict about that stuff.
I think I'm just gonna stick with the whole 'Message me for your video link' thing.
Hopefully the guy is smart and will just find you on Twitter, and then you two can exchange whatever kind of info you want via Twitter. I wish SM would change my model name, but I'd have to start all over with a new profile and everything to change my name. So right now, my SM name doesn't even match my Twitter and MyFreeCams name. *sigh*
There's a married couple on SM from Florida, and I know the wife is always sending panties to guys who tip her X GOLD in public chat. She tells them to message her their info. I'm not sure what happens next after the guy inboxes his info to her. If she responds to his message by typing "Ok." Or if she just keeps her mouth shut and ships out the panties without sending a reply message.
^Just to be clear about this, you're technically not supposed to have outside contact with the customers at all, this includes soliciting their personal info in your guest chat room. This person who is selling panties has gotten away with it so far, but it's technically against the site's rules since implicit in selling panties is the fact that you need the customers' contact info (address). I personally asked about selling panties and was told no it's not allowed. However, we all know that SM sends out different replies all the time. I wasn't willing to risk it.
GS girls who give away pic sets for high tips: Do you use a pic hosting site for your sets? If so, which one/s do you use? I am SO fed up of having to send each pic individually! >.<
Oh, and we are allowed to do that right? Link to an external pic hosting site?
^You're allowed to send a direct download link. That's all I have confirmation on. Hopefully someone else has an e-mail from them that says otherwise (I'm sure that together we can pretty much come up with any response we want from them, thru the various answers we've all received).
When someone tries to send me their personal info in messages I always respond telling them its not allowed and that we can chat through sm's email system - I'm scared of getting banned/suspended.
Is there a way to see the total amount of time you are online versus just the amount of time you're actually in shows?