Hmmm... CMD is for sale.
http://adultsitebroker.com/rapidly-g...now-available/
What's going on??
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Hmmm... CMD is for sale.
http://adultsitebroker.com/rapidly-g...now-available/
What's going on??
Wow. I would be really sad to see the site run without Mark. I hope that the future owner would give us the same percentages and maintain Mark's no chargebacks policy.
CMD being down prompted me to launch my own site, so I can't complain too much. This just proves that we need multiple streams of income/marketing, in case something happens to one of them.
Devastated. No other word. Just that. :(
We talked to him, he's not going anywhere any time soon. He was quite happy the flag was lifted with the cc companies and he'll be back in business shortly.
If you have a good business model, are good with the models that are being good to you, and you've been doing things a few years, there's not a whole lot that can kill you. This hit right as summer slow-down is ramping up, so the recovery should be quick. As a business owner, sometimes you do get curious to see what you're worth.
I am not going to say anything, but this.
I know Mark is the target of a lot of hate on this forum. But he is a real human person. He has feelings like the rest of us.
I am in no way saying that the criticism he has faced has effected him in anyway, he is a bull if anything.
But for those of us who are sad, devastated, can't see a CMD with out Mark, have we thought of letting him know that? Like any other human being, he appreciates being appreciated.
I don't know that it makes a bit of difference on what may or may not be happening. But maybe we could let him know how much he and his site means to us.
My heart breaks for him and what he has had to go through with the site being down for the payment processor issues. it effects us, there is no doubt. But a smart camgirl will survive this. My overall earnings have not been too affected by this (goes and finds wood to knock on, salt to throw over shoulder)
But this has effected him immensely. This is how he supports himself and his family. He can't simply ask a client to pay on another site. Can you imagine the strain that this has put on him? We can and should be able to survive. Yes, this sucks.
Mark is a human being. And he is going through this, more than any of us. He has 1.6K models on this site that depend on him. Not to mention a family.
So, those of us who do care about Mark, maybe just send him a message saying how much he and the site mean to us. My heart breaks for what he must be going through. The payment processor being lost is not his fault. At all.
Ok--I am sure I will get some hate/shade thrown my way over this post. Whatever. I care about CMD and Mark. If any of yall do, how about you tell him?
^^No shade, because I love Mark to the moon and back. As a person.
As a business owner, not so much.
I must admit that I personally think it's his karmic retribution.
I was one of his first performers, and did extremely well.
But when he got greedy, and put the bidding system in place, my money quickly evaporated.
That, along with him pretending to be a client, who asks to be taken off site, put me off.
Just my :twocents:.
Obviously those who made bank on there feel differently.
It's subjective, is all.
Please stop with the dramatics. No one hates the man nor is he being targeted. You seem far too invested in his feelings to be honest. This is a forum where entrepreneurs come to discuss business. The good, the bad and the ugly. I don't even work on his site but I truly hope that he pulls through and from what I hear things are progressing in a positive direction. Also cammers have been loyal to his service for years and are now losing money because of this. So if someone complains and moans about it, it's not because it personal, it's business. No one here needs to send a married man a message telling him how much he means to them. That's his wife's job. That's what family is for. But this is about money. Mark if you're reading this I'd like to say I think you run an amazing service that's provided lots of cammodels with a viable income. And for that I say bravo. But please don't expect a avalanche of sweet nothings in your inbox. :D
I don't know Mark to really have an opinion either way, he seems nice enough I guess, but I have had very very limited interaction with him.....I just know that this entire situation has fucked my earnings on a huge scale. Will I survive this? Well, yeah. Camgirls are resilient. But I sure will whine the whole way lol. I just hope its back soon. Summer slump is bad enough without my top earning site being down as well.
Where is the 'target of a lot of hate on this forum' though? Can you provide the receipt?
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I would say it's the total opposite. I always read good things about Mark. He is very helpful, professional and nice and hot!
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I has a question. For some odd reason like 90% of my custies are canadian. Anybody have any canadian friendly payment processors similiar to google wallet?
Mark has always been pleasant and professional and timely with any issue I had. As a business person. I appreciate that immensely. I keep personal feelings out of business. That doesn't mean you can't be personable... But those are two different thing entirely. I hope CMD bounces back bigger than ever. It's a wonderful site to work on. A nice egg in my basket, not the biggest but a nice one.
umm I'm not sure if he's done that to me before... I have gotten a lot of request before trying to pay offsite ...... that happens on any site... not sure how u girls are pinpointing that it was him.... BUT if it was him so what... good for him... he should test out the loyalty of the girls on his site... I would too and really he is doing US a favor by filtering out the trash so they aren't taking the custies that potentially could have bought a show from u... plus if the site was flooded with girls that wanted to do shows cutting out the site that creates a culture with the custies that will affect how they treat u and what they expect from u.... Come on though girls I'm sure u already know this... lets not just try and throw stones just to be throwing them.
No one is throwing stones at Mark or targeting him? Where is this narrative coming from? His testing models was an actual thing. We've talked about this before on this board. I'm not sure if it's something he still does because I no longer use the site. I didn't have much luck with it to be honest but I'm still able to be happy for other models and I know a few personally who are scrambling right now. We talk about our experiences and preferences here on SW. It's discussion board. Mark is not being flamed. We want him to succeed because then the community succeeds as a whole.
Also I just wanted to add that when he first created CMD he allowed cammers to link to competing services like their cammodels.com links and other sites. In the beginning his main concern seemed to be models who used non-adult payment services. I think those were the ones he wanted to rid the site of. But over time he changed that and disallowed camsite links. He had an environment where people could very easily siphon traffic. I suppose you still could if you put your domain in your bio and offer alternatives on your personal website.
Mark is hot and that was the only reason I kept my account there for so long. It was really easy to get rid of my account in its entirety on CMD which is a lot better than any regular camsite. The big box sites tend to claim rights over your content.
FUCK!
is it just me or did someone make an ad on cmd that says.."CREDIT CARD PAYMENT DOWN...ALL TIME WASTERS SKYPE WITH MODELS NOW!"
I have NEVER had so many timewasters and loosers on cmd as I have since this all started. I've blocked half the damn crooked client list. It's like honey to a bear, they must just sniff out this opportunity.
gahhhhh!!
It's been a real mixed bag for me. Had a lot of Timewasters who wanted to be pay via Amazon and those trying it on. But had a lot of new custies and regs who were fine using Indiebill.
CMD has also just posted a new update. They are hoping to be approved by their new payment processor by the end of this week. And all being well they may be up and running by the end of next week :)
I have to say also, the ranking on CMD has been very fair. Mark has done a great job making sure all models get a fair go at being placed at the top - giving us all fair exposure during this time. Shows what a decent guy he is.