Let's give suggestions to the SM guy (girl?) who has been checking out this forum
Hey girls, there is someone from SM that has been checking out SW and contacting girls to participate on party chat.
I know it because I was one of the people contacted and I do have party chat now.
I don't know if this person has influence on other matters at SM or if we could really get anything to change based on our suggestions, but we can at least let them browse our suggestions and maybe we could achieve something.
Now, I am talking about realistic things that could actually end up being changed. We know that saying we want 80% of the money we make for them will not fly.
Here are my suggestions:
- Even though I hate the damn 30 sec free thing, I suppose that the site wants to make the guys feel more comfortable going into a paid session, especially premium sessions that are already in play, knowing that he will have 30 secs to decide whether what is going on at that session is something that he wants to see. But allowing the guy to go in and out for less than 30 secs, several times, without paying is absurd. My suggestion is that, if the free 30 secs can't be totally eliminated, at least make it so that he can only go in for free, for less than 30 secs, once for each premium and once ever for each girl in exclusive (after all, in exclusive, the show is personal to him and he doesn't have to just accept whatever is already going on at the show.
- Only allow ratings by guys who spend at least 2 (or even 3) minutes on a paid session
- Not sure if others would agree with me on this but, for me, weighing the pros and cons, I think that it may be beter for us if they let us have a ratings page instead of just the stars on our profile page, make the ratings be accompanied by the username (I think that it is way easier for a guy to be mean when he is anonymous), make the rating be accompanied by a comment justifying the rating, and give us the chance of replying to the comment. That way, if a guy gives a bad rating because we wouldn't fist ourselves, whether he writes that on his comment or not, we can let other customers know why we got that bad rating.
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Give us a few more characters to write things on our profile.
- Not allow party chat shows ratings even when the program is out of testing. Many customers only get in to the show after it has already started and only see half the show. They are usually pissed about that, even though it is their own fault for not paying attention and realizing that the show is timed and he will be kicked out after the time is up even though he is charged the same as everyone else who watched the whole show. This customer will tend to leave us an unjustified bad rating. Also, some guys try and do the 30 sec thing during party chat shows but realize they get charged just for going in. They are also likely to leave a bad rating.
I have more suggestions but I need to go get ready to get on cam. If anyone has any other suggestions, please port them. Who knows? Maybe someone listens to us?
Re: Let's give suggestions to the SM guy (girl?) who has been checking out this forum
Just a few I could think off.
- Encode for iPhone and iPads, we are missing on a lot of those users.
- Include a clip store, I have tons of clips on C4S. Why not integrate a similar system.
Of course on my home made videos/clips I think the split would have to be the other way around.
SM 35% and me 65%. Maybe it's a hassle for them with affiliates etc
I still have never seen proof of SM selling videos from privates like a lot of girls claim on here.
Julia
Re: Let's give suggestions to the SM guy (girl?) who has been checking out this forum
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JuliaSands
Just a few I could think off.
- Encode for iPhone and iPads, we are missing on a lot of those users.
- Include a clip store, I have tons of clips on C4S. Why not integrate a similar system.
Of course on my home made videos/clips I think the split would have to be the other way around.
SM 35% and me 65%. Maybe it's a hassle for them with affiliates etc
I still have never seen proof of SM selling videos from privates like a lot of girls claim on here.
Julia
I do know that they advertise to the customers a "video library" where they can either watch or buy our videos, not sure. I have never seen this video library because only the customers can access it and I think that, aside maybe some kind of a free preview, they have to pay before being able to access it.
Also, if you click on the "My videos" tab on our profile, it says:
"Wanna watch my videos?
Join Streamate now for free!
and get access to my videos!"
Of course I do think that we should get at least a percentage of any of our videos that are sold, rented, viewed online, or however this video thing works, but I won't hold my breath.
Re: Let's give suggestions to the SM guy (girl?) who has been checking out this forum
Yes, I have a "user" account too, and when I go to a models profile it always says "i don't have any videos yet". I think maybe they are working on it. Hope so, I would love to be able to sell videos while I am offline.
Re: Let's give suggestions to the SM guy (girl?) who has been checking out this forum
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JuliaSands
Yes, I have a "user" account too, and when I go to a models profile it always says "i don't have any videos yet". I think maybe they are working on it. Hope so, I would love to be able to sell videos while I am offline.
I think it's just a coincidence that they haven't got round to putting the shows they record in that section yet. I've seen plenty of models where you can view their recorded privates for a per minute fee. However, the models don't get any of this revenue - it's all for SM and you have no control over whether they put those videos up there for people to pay and watch.
So i'd like to see the following:
1. Ask permission to sell our recorded privates to customers and if we agree give us a cut.
2. Get a better encoder that isn't as heavy on bandwith and CPU power - one that the majority can use rather than just those who happen to live in a country with fast internet. I'm on two other sites and stream in HD (but can't on SM) - so it's clearly doable.
3. Vastly improve the 'dashboard'. It's so basic it's a joke. One good thing about Imlive is the features for hosts. You can send mail shots to customers who have spent money on you or have you as a favourite. You can view whether any guests who have spent money on you in the past are online. There is a forum where hosts can discuss issues, customers, payment etc. You can record your own videos for guests to watch at a fee. It shows you how many guests are in free chat so you get an idea of what traffic is like. There are FAQs on basically everything you could think of even tips on how to promote yourself. The FAQ on SM is pathetic - hardly anything is answered on there - if they implemented that it might mean they got less e-mails to support which in turn would mean they could actually respond to the enquiries they do receive in a timely fashion.
All of these things should be available on SM - it wouldn't be hard to implement and would actually generate more money for SM as these are tools that hosts can use to target customers and make the most efficient use of their time online.
4. Have something on your streaming page to indicate at what position you are on in the listings so you know if you're on the first page.
Re: Let's give suggestions to the SM guy (girl?) who has been checking out this forum
Great suggestions boobygirl. I was modest and only talked about allowing us a few more characters, but you are right. We should have many more options such as the ones you mentioned. SM would only gain with that.