after your opinions , girls, I changed my opinion too. thank you, I need to respect myself more, and probably I will not be so kind with my cleints....
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after your opinions , girls, I changed my opinion too. thank you, I need to respect myself more, and probably I will not be so kind with my cleints....
No you don't have to be mean to make money. My motto is sweet and assertive. Just don't let them walk all over you. It's good that you try to be accommodating but make sure you are being compensated in return. Decide what it is you do well and then expand on that. Build your brand around what makes you unique and then work from there. I'm happy to see that you've taken all this advice in stride, it shows that you have the potential to grow in your business.
I've noticed far fewer timewasters coming from this site... it's nice. Anyone else experiencing this?
Or maybe I've just already blocked everyone on the Crooked Clients list lol
PhatGirlDynomite!!! - I am not going to be mean with my clients of course, I will just be less kind ( I mean I will not agree on any free shows and discounts) . Thanks for your advice , now I have a vision how to improve myself as a model.
Girls, that use First choice pay and Standard load option, and who are not from the US, - did you receive your money??
I did! I usually receive it on Monday, sometimes Tuesday.
Fuck.....with CMD down....that's %50 of my income. Fuck fuck fuck.
What the heck is going on? Anyone know why the merchant account was suspended?
I'm in the same boat, waiting for a response from them.
Here's an email CMD just sent out to models. I've put up a notice on my CMD ads for clients to contact me for alternative payment options. I'm going to use my indiebill for payment until this is fixed. ugh!
Payment Processing Halted on CMD
Hello. As you are probably already aware, CMD is unable to accept payments at this time. Our merchant account has been suspended and we are working with our current payment processor to try and rectify the issue. At this time we do not know when or if the merchant account will be reactivated. We are also contacting other companies to try and establish another account that allow us to resume accepting payments.
We recognize the inconvenience this is causing you and understand that you will have to find alternative means of payment for your clients until this issue is resolved. You can rest assured that you will be paid for all your sales up to this point. Payouts will be sent according to our normal payout schedule.
We will update you once we have more definitive information.
Sincerely,
The CamModelDirectory Team
Thank god they okayed taking alternative payment methods temporarily, I wasn't looking forward to having to ask. That's not SO bad then... honestly, more than the lost income (which would be major, CMD is probably at least half of my income most days and almost all of it other days) I was dreading having to explain to 3842573047 guys why we couldn't play. But having to take them to LCMS for a while isn't the end of the world.
Yeah, that's not too bad. I hope guys are OK with using a different payment processor for now. I panicked for a moment when I first saw the email. D:
Ugh huge worry for me as well.... Thank you to @sweetandnaughty for mentioning indiebill, I signed up for that through Boleyn Models to get my daily pay.... but never used it.... phew!!! Thank god there's something as after using Arousr my Paypal got shut down!!
What about the models who already bid for placement this week? It doesn't say anything about being reimbursed.
Wow. Woke up to this email today. Very shitty. Lots of girls relying on this site for a great part of their income. Imagine a site like SM or MFC saying all of a sudden ' hey we can't process payments any more. girls who invested in the site for a good placement? well fuck you. you got regulars that only want to pay using our site? well fuck you, fuck your money and fuck them'.
I edited my profile and made it say that custies can also use ManyVids, MFC or amazon for payment. Not going to miss out on $ because of this although I know it will be the case.
I understand the CMD peeps are super nice and I feel for them but this is business and it sucks. We all are so fast to burn down a site like SM or Onlyfans for things that are way less serious. Meanwhile cmd gets away with a lot more.
^Please don't advertise Amazon on your CMD profile... it drives me insane when customers ask to use Amazon/Paypal/anything non-adult friendly on CMD. There are some great threads here in Camming Connection about why Amazon is not a good payment option. <3
I did okay last night despite the processor issue. Less traffic than usual, but the guys who wanted a show were OK with using IndieBill (all except for one customer who said he'd come back when it's resolved). I honestly looove IndieBill and am glad to have it as a backup... the payout is always 85% with no chargebacks, which is higher than CMD. The only thing is, they don't drive their own traffic like CMD.
Did Mark okay taking other payments for now? Someone up top mentioned that he had but I didn't see an email about that.
It was kinda sorta implied in the middle of his email.
Payment Processing Halted on CMD
Hello. As you are probably already aware, CMD is unable to accept payments at this time. Our merchant account has been suspended and we are working with our current payment processor to try and rectify the issue. At this time we do not know when or if the merchant account will be reactivated. We are also contacting other companies to try and establish another account that allow us to resume accepting payments.
We recognize the inconvenience this is causing you and understand that you will have to find alternative means of payment for your clients until this issue is resolved. You can rest assured that you will be paid for all your sales up to this point. Payouts will be sent according to our normal payout schedule.
We will update you once we have more definitive information.
Sincerely,
The CamModelDirectory Team
For BoleynModels, it would be IndieBill or SkyPrivate, though the hold on SkyPrivate funds may be in effect for pre-paid shows depending on situation.
^^^^^^ This........I have a few regulars with CMD and I'm afraid they won't want to pay thru indiebill:( Which would be better tho, CMD or Model centro? I'm on daily pay, so both of those would still work with daily pay but I can't remember what the pay out is for Model Centro? If the pay out is the same, which would the guys be more likely to trust?
I'm finishing the set up for Indiebill now tho. I started the sign up process but hadnt uploaded my license yet cause I was waiting for my new one to come in the mail ;(
For daily pay, ModelCentro is a little lower, effectively it comes to 63%. Indiebill is higher, coming to 80%, but some payments can be delayed for a full day because of the way your earnings are reported to us there. SkyPrivate is the same rate as CMD, but there can be issues with pre-paid shows (try to stick to the plugin there).
That being said, we are very much looking forward to CMD getting back to normal. In a given month, they make up the #2 or #3 spot for our models' earnings and a key egg in a lot of baskets.
Oh wow, I'm glad you mentioned that! I didn't realize they were allowing us to take shows with payment elsewhere.
Honestly I wish they would just partner with SkyPrivate. I read that they offered and were turned down. Pay per minute on CMD would be a dream come true for me.
I'd hate pay per min on CMD personally. We already have that with Skyprivate, and they have PLENTY of traffic. Pay per min + cheap indy prices = lots and lots of very cheap guys. Prepaid is a massive chargeback risk on Skyprivate, if CMD did pay per min they'd likely set it up the same. I like prepaid shows, I like knowing how many minutes it'll be, I like being able to map out the show in my head. I like getting paid in chunks and being able to do what I want the rest of the time. I like indy camming, and not just for the higher cut. There's a whole different vibe to it that will be destroyed if they try to make it like the big box pay per min sites. I mean, with that and the on-site chat, why not add a cam on the site to see what we're up to and show them a preview right? We could call it... free chat! No thank you.