Have any of you lovely SM ladies received the email yet and what are your thoughts? :-\
I guess that's the reason for all the new encoder settings, internet upgrade fuss. Oh, and for mobile device user accessibility.
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Have any of you lovely SM ladies received the email yet and what are your thoughts? :-\
I guess that's the reason for all the new encoder settings, internet upgrade fuss. Oh, and for mobile device user accessibility.
Yeah, I just saw the email. I'm not so sure about it yet. I'm going to wait and see how others like it first. I don't like all the copyright legalities.
FUCK no
Everyone got it. Here's I think what's going to happen:
Girls who currently do gold shows mostly who DON'T opt-in for TV gold shows are going to have a really hard time making $$$ from gold shows once TV finally launches. Offering TV will become heavily weighted- just like using the HD encoder, using sound, and offering phone. I only think this will affect "party chat" (gold show) mode though.
So those who are doing gold shows or in party chat mode who DON'T offer TV will have their placement dropped, or just heavily decreased foot traffic/pledgers. The reason for that is, with offering TV, Streamate is GUARENTEEING that you make 100% of your goal regardless (they go by averages of your past gold shows), so they obviously want the most pledgers possible so they don't lose out on $$$.
I wish i knew about their plans and why they required "ATLEAST" !!! an i7 pc, i am not doing gold shows anyway and my old pc was fairly enough to run my pvt shows with new encoder settings, my placement or traffic did not change since i have the new pc but my wallet is emptier. I was expecting the new hardware and all requirements to help all performers not just the gold show ones. Now i am even more upset :(
I'm on the fence about this. I like it but then I don't.
I wanna do this soo bad....just one thing, I have had the gold show option since after my first week performing, but only have performed one gold show EVER! I wonder what that means....would my buy in always be just $80 since thats what I did the one gold show?? And is it still 35% of the goal??
Decisions, decisions....think I am opting IN!!
Oh...nevermind, I didn't see the part about the non credit card members being allowed to talk, it HAD to be something!!
"Free Chat – In addition to streaming in Party Chat you must also allow Free Chat (no credit card required) in your room. The Free Chat option can be chosen from the Settings tab and must be set before streaming."
That right there makes me not even want to consider it.
Lmfao this would only work for me if I could charge $9999 per gold show :)
I'm not really thrilled at this new option from Streamate. My biggest concern so far is if i'm broadcasting a gold show through TV that the user will be able to DVR it. :/
I won't be doing it. I don't like offering sound so I've never even tried a gold show. Seems like they wouldn't work without sound. Anyways, what I'm wondering about is are the shows taped then sold again and again on Adult Pay-Per-View or are they just live? I know they record and sell our shows already but I think more people would buy them if they were on TV and pay more money. It's bad enough we don't get paid for the videos they sell already, imagine if they charged like 5 times the amount and sold 5 times more then the ones they sell on Stremate.
When I read the email I wasn't terribly excited about the idea...so from the email it sounds like they'll take the average amount you've made in the past doing goldshows and set that as your tv rate? Seems like it would work well for people that have higher gold show prices that make them regularly....I guess like with everything we'll see how it goes, but I won't be opting in initally.
This was my thinking pattern...from reading this forum, when the gold shows first started, the models that they chose first made GREAT money, until the audience got spoiled with cheap shows. If alot of us that are already non geo restricted models FROM this forum were among the first launched....maybe we could keep the new audience from being badly broken in...so to speak.
I do not like party chat at all due to the rude remarks but was willing to be a part of the team, until I read the part dealing with the none credit card holders allowing to randomly bark without the ability to ban them would really SUCK!!
If you read this Ms. Streamate representative.....please consider a different option for that.
^^ But if the price is based on a model's current average Gold Show rates and the TV rates is non-negotiable I don't there will be a way to control pricing. If models who charge low prices opt in their average will be lower, yes?
^^Maybe....but seems as if television producers would be looking for a "look", and if quality models were available...idk, it was a thought
It says straight up that time, price, and goal are non-negotiable. No thanks, I like control.
Yeah but I have seen girls with the "look" charge low, from time to time and it seems now that if they are taking an avg if used to charge low and then raised prices you avg might be lower that your current Gold Show rate due to the earlier lower pricing. So I just don't think models are going to have much control in terms of what the customers get used to.
The are not paying me enough to show my coochie on TV , so no.
Think about how much money THEY are going to make from this once it gets rolling. It's just like when "gold" first came out. Yes, models then had the ability to accept tips, but it was just another way for SM to make 65% of more of the money you earned. You are NOT getting a cut of the pay-per-view income. The "producers" (whoever they are) will make up the difference between what amount was pledged and what your goal is. But think about it... it will benefit them to force you to have lower goals, goals that are totally within your attainable range (based on your past goals reached) so that they don't have to pay you more. Also, they keep whatever they're getting from the guys who buy in from the TV side of it.
For example (and this is just my guess of how it will go):
Your average goal reached is $300. So they tell you your goal will be $280. The guys pledge $260. The "producers" pay you the extra $20 you weren't able to earn before the show started. And for their generosity, they keep the $200 (or whatever it is) they make from the guys buying on TV. Now, that's awesome for girls who have a habit of not making their goals, but if the "producers" know what's good for them, they won't request shows from those girls. They are going to request shows from girls who regularly make goals and who will make them the most money and provide them with the best exposure and return customer rate.
I think for some models this could be really awesome, but I think that overall it will hurt traffic, even more, for the majority of models. It's just another way for them to make money of course. I'm sure that some models will take total advantage of it and really make it work for them. And that's awesome. I wish them all the best. But for the rest of us who aren't willing to remove geo-restrictions, have our prices, goals and show times controlled, who aren't willing to risk getting our paycheck taken away for a minor violation (read the fine print, ladies), or are very skeptical of all the minor details they've left out that could become major (like DVR etc), we're definitely going to see some negative effects from this.
I would really like to know some of the details. I mean, they're allowing guys without credit cards to watch you. So how exactly is that "pay per view"? Does that just mean that SM customers without ccs can watch or is there going to be a channel where any 10 year old up late can watch you in free chat? And like someone else mentioned... are they going to re-air these shows or allow the customers to somehow store them for repeated viewing? Those were the first questions that came to my mind.
I say no...If I'm gonna be a TV porn star, I want to be paid like one.
with 35 %.. NO way..
with goals $ 300-500.. no way!
with less than $ 10,000 per performance.. no way!
Saw the title "WANT TO BE A TV STAR" and said pffft. Fuck that noise.
This is bull s**t,! I am also worried if I decide not to comply and do TV gold shows my placement will be affected. I'm pissed SM expects us to show our Queen Victoria's for only 35%. SMH
I suspect a lot more recorded shows will be on the internet too. :/
I have been wondering why Intel i7 ? What if i want a AMD equivalent possessor ? Would they know what possessor i was using lol?
Also i am real sketchy on this whole TV thing first of all i would Like to know what Networks are they working with ?