Has anyone seen this? They started following me on Twitter. I checked out their site, www.CamSite4U.com. It looks pretty decent.
I contacted them to see what's up. I'll keep you posted.
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Has anyone seen this? They started following me on Twitter. I checked out their site, www.CamSite4U.com. It looks pretty decent.
I contacted them to see what's up. I'll keep you posted.
ok I have to say that looks pretty awesome.
I emailed them asking about it. A guy named Danny emailed me back. Here's the email:
Since he didn't tell me what time zone he's in, I'll be calling him today after 4 PM PST - my time zone.Quote:
Hi Velvet,
Would it be possible for you and I to have a phone call to discuss things? I've just found that a quick phone call is a lot easier than bouncing numerous emails back and forth. If that works for you, give me a number, and a good time to reach you, or if you're more comfortable, you're welcome to call me. I'll be tied up for the next couple hours, but you're welcome to call anytime after say... 4 PM.
-Best
Danny
(Here he put his phone number. I blocked it out. I wouldn't want someone posting my phone number without permission. ;) )
Administrator - http://www.CamSite4U.com
If you guys have any questions that you want me to ask him, feel free to post them here.
Some questions I have are:
- How much does it cost?
- It says webcam streaming in HD. Do I need to download any software?
- Do I need my own payment processor?
- If I don't need a payment processor of my own, do you take a percentage? If yes, how much?
- Do I have to utilize the token system?
- How fast is your turnaround?
- Can you integrate my blog into the site? (All you have to do is add a text or button link)
That's all I can think of for now.
What do you guys think?
xoxo
Velvet Rose
I like that. Lots of the questions I wanted to ask. This could be really great for indy camming!
Looks like it's designed by on2view.com. Template also used for ilovetotease.com kandigrant.com
is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Yup and we can add a blog to the site. I wonder if we can link to the blogs we already have though...
Thanks for posting that info AudrinaCams! I checked out those sites. When you register and go to purchase tokens, it takes you to a Zombaio form. So I'm wondering if they set that up for you or if they just integrate whatever payment processor you have (CCBill, Verotel, etc.). I have Verotel so we'll see what's up when I call in a few minutes.
The sites are a bit...ummm, boring though. The background colours are pretty flat. I wonder if they can do anything about that.
Worst case scenario one could probably have them do the initial set up. Then just have someone who specializes in flashier designs come in and spruce it up. I'll see what they're proposing for the basic design and ask about 'pimpin' it out as well.
This seems interesting. I sent off an email. Does anyone have a site on here already?
Ok, ladies!
I just got off the phone with Danny. He's a friendly guy. It sounds like he knows his stuff. I told him that I would be posting about our phone call (45 minutes).
He is located in Jersey. He does work for On2View.com but that is a mainstream website so there's no adult portfolio on there. If you want to check out a few, you can check out ilovetotease.com and kandigrant.com. I spoke to him about these sites and he confirmed that he set these up. He said they came about because a friend of his wanted to be able to broadcast a pay-per-minute webcam from her own site. He was like, 'I can do that!'
I asked him lots of questions and he answered everything very patiently.
How much does it cost?
He will design the site for FREE!
On camsite4u.com is says that we can stream in HD. Do we need to download any software?
He said we don't need to download anything. It's a flash-based interface. We are able to adjust our broadcast quality (low, med, high), but he recommends that we set it to 'high'. We also have the ability to stream two cams simultaneously. So if you want one that focuses on your face and the other on your body, etc. You obviously need 2 webcams for this.
Do I need my own payment processor?
We don't need our own payment processor. The website processes token purchase and the automated pay per minute feature through Zombaio.
Since I don't need my own payment processor, what is the payout structure like?
70% for the performer and 30% for 'the house". I liked when he said that. By 'the house' he meant tech support, maintenance, server use, etc.
We get paid weekly by check or wire transfer. He is looking into setting up Payoneer as a payment method as well. When you log into your account you can set what your minimum payout is. Once that is reached, checks are mailed out on Wednesday. Pay day is every Friday. There is a one week lag before you receive your first pay check. So if you start this week, today for example, Wednesday the 13th. Whatever you earn this week will be sent next Friday on the 22nd. (Checks are mailed on Wednesday.)
Do I have to use the token system?
That is how it is set up. He said that they have tried dollar amounts in the past but people seem to spend less. He said they also tried 1 token = $1, and people also spend less because they see it as what it is: a dollar amount.
Can you integrate my blog?
Yes!
What are my design options? The site a bit basic. Can we make it more flashy?
We can choose any color combo, background image and banner image. He says that really flashy sites tend to confuse customers. I know what he means by that. Sites that I work on now, customers will be like, 'How do I take you private? Where's the button?"
How fast is your turnaround? How fast can we get my camsite up and running?
He said he can have it done in 2-3 days!
What do you need from me to get this started?
He needs to know what colors you want, he needs pictures for the banner and profile pic on the main page, as well as the FTP info for your site. If you don't currently have a website or website host, he can host it on his server. He says it's also easier that way from a maintenance point of view.
Any and all content we produce on the site is ours to keep. He will never resell it. We maintain 100% ownership of all of our videos, pictures and broadcasts. We are also responsible for our own traffic.
Personally, after talking to the man, I am sold. I told him I am interested and would like to proceed.
If you have any questions that I didn't touch on, feel free to ask me here or PM me. I'll keep everyone posted on the progress.
xoxo
Velvet Rose
I am so fucking sold!!! So we don't actually have to pay him anything? He will do the whole site for FREE? Must email NOW!
This sounds like a pretty sweet deal if it's good. I know he says it is free, but if we do not have our own website and he hosts it is there an extra fee?
From what I understand it is FREE. If you want him to host it for you, I believe that is free as well. I'll ask him next time I talk to him.
After I got off the phone with him and posted all the info on here, he emailed me and asked me to call him again since I didn't give him my phone number. He had more things to tell me that he thought of that I didn't think to ask. ;D
There are 3 chat modes: Free chat (he calls it "free public"), paid group and private chat. Private chat is 1-on-1 with the customer. In private chat cam2cam is available as well as two-way audio.
I really like this part: the deadbeat timer! He set up a deadbeat timer for the free chat guests. They can hang around for 5 minutes. Then a screen pops up that says your free chat time will be increased if you just create a username. No credit card necessary. No email validation needed. Then they get kicked out of the room. They can come back anytime, but until they create a username, they will keep getting kicked out every five minutes. This will knock a lot of chuckleheads out of the customer pool.
After the customer creates a username, his free chat time is extended to 10 minutes. Then a screen will pop up that says if he purchases tokens, he won't get kicked out every 10 minutes.
If they they purchase tokens, their deadbeat timer will be set to 30 minutes in free chat. He assured me that the deadbeat timer can be adjusted - by him - as needed. At first I was a little skeptical about this, but then again this is an independent solo girl camsite. People who come to this site are coming to see YOU! This makes it very clear to them that your time is money.
Another feature I totally forgot to ask about: We can set our own prices! 'Nuff said!
He explained that we can create video galleries from our paid shows. When a paid show starts, we can click the record button. It will go into our video admin area. When we are ready, we can set it to 'pay', charge what we want for it and move it to the paid gallery section. He currently has safeguards in place that will keep customers from being able to rip videos from our sites!
Right now we're not able to sell pics. The picture gallery is just set up as a way to drive traffic; however, selling pics is on the agenda.
I was already sold before, I'm even more sold now!
I'll keep you posted every step of the way. ;)
xoxo
Velvet Rose
Sounds promising. I'm in for a SW "groupon" type deal--higher percentage anyone? ;)
omg this sounds so damn good. The only thing im worried about is driving paying traffic there. Well I guess thats why we have social networking, but I worry. But since it's free and all they take is 30% of what you make you dont have to worry about paying month to month on a dud site.
Woo hoo deadbeat timer. FINALLY some one GETS it.
Hell yes SW "groupon"!!! Higher percentages. I mean we have like 3 people all for going with them right now don't we? That deserves a higher percentage!!!
I'm just saying there are a LOT of potential cam girls who might be interested...
Well they get 30% of our profits I believe.
I saw this on here and sent him an email as well. This sounds pretty good.
Once someone gets a check from them - let us know! I want to make sure it's legit. But it sounds pretty legit.
The one thing is that you don't sell pics on here. There are free pics and free videos. There are paid videos but I'm not sure exactly how it works.
There is also a minimum payout fee. So you have to get x dollars before you are paid. A lot of cam sites are like that (not all are) but I'm not sure what that value is. I will be emailing back to ask questions again.
It sounds pretty good. And I can charge cheaper rates and possibly drive some traffic there :)
Ooooh that's what I forgot to ask, what the minimum payout was. I definitely sent him an email.
any more updates on this? :)
Ok so update. Spoke to him tonight and am going to go ahead with a site. We set our own minimum payouts which we can change at any time so. So we could set it at $5 if we want, and payout is weekly.
He is working on setting up the paid pix set section so that should be coming soon.
He just made it so that we can set our own topics, there is no character max like on MFC. Your topic can be a whole page if u want.
Yes we can sell videos. When streaming we can hit record at any time (free or paid chat). The clip uploads to the free video section. We go into our manager account and manage videos. We switch the clip from the free section to the pay section by setting a price for it. It's that easy.
I am also having him build a site for me. It goes live in a couple of days! I'm so excited!
Ya Velvet he showed me your site, it's great!