I think I'd pass out if I got $2,000 from C4S, that's amazing!
I think I'd pass out if I got $2,000 from C4S, that's amazing!
Whaaaat... I've been top studio in a bunch of categories and I've never been near that amount. Here's a toast to you! Go girl!
@sophianz I used to upload about 5 videos a week but i've been uploading at minimum 3 videos a day. 2 random niches and 1 main niche. I have never promoted my store once in my life- I have a link on my twitter but I'm hovering just under 300 followers on that and majority of them are camgirls and other c4s studios and I rarely even tweet so i'm sure it's just mainly c4s traffic. I'd love to make more than that but for now I'm just happy with what i have.
Also thank you guys, had my wine and i'm about to wind down... tomorrow I have to edit more videos and then hop right back on cam to make a bit more for the end of the month
I'm excited and I feel like a tool, too!
I'm excited because I received my first email custom request last night! Wooo Hooo!
I'm a tool because I didn't realize that I had several feedback comments on my site from one guy in particular and didn't see it until this morning! His comments have been there over a week!
ACCCK!
Am I missing the big fat button that says YOU HAVE FEEDBACK ??? I must have looked at my admin screen a thousand times in the last two weeks and today I see the tiny text right above the C4S Content Piracy Report. uggh So sad. I feel horrible that I didn't see it. Customer service is important in this business and I've already dropped the ball!
Custom rates too high? Based on what I've been reading on here it seems that most charge $10/m for custom clips. I haven't had many custom requests as of yet, I mean I had a few that were kinda bizarre so I didn't entertain them and one recently where the guys English was so poor I honestly was confused reading what the hell he wanted. Anyways only a few that I would've considered making but when I told them the price was $10/min they all bitched and complained and were no longer interested. What to do? Is that really too high or is it just that I have all the cheapos emailing me? Should I post the rate on my page so if they're cheap they won't even contact me or is that really too much to charge.. I haven't done a singe custom yet due to price issue.
I know a lot of girls on this forum charge $10-$15 a minute and I might get flack for this, but I charge $4/min for most customs, $4.50 if it includes a couple of things which are harder for me (and I list all these things in my custom information email so that guys know). I charge double if it's exclusive (not re-posted to my stores).
I actually haven't had a custom from c4s yet because i'm still in the first 14 days where you can't advertise your email address so feel free to disregard my post entirely as it may not be relevant. This is what I charge for customs on ExtraLunchMoney, MyGirlFund, Adultwork, CamModelDirectory and on my Tumblr, Twitter etc.
I get at least 2 custom orders a day, often more. I could charge $10/min and when I see girls on here charging that (and getting it!) I wonder if I should do it too, but whenever i've tried it i've had about 1 order a week. A few orders a day at $4/min is better than 1 order a week at $10/min. If you can charge $10/min and get orders then why not, but if you're not getting any orders at all because of the price, maybe lowering it (if you're comfortable with less) is worth a try?
I personally am very comfortable charging what I charge because customs are probably my favourite type of work. I don't have to come up with the idea myself like I would for clips, I get $4/min PLUS whatever I might get when I repost it to my c4s, ELM, MGF, AW etc and I make a customer happy which may make him order more clips, want to cam with me etc. Because I get quite a lot of orders I can afford to be a little choosy, I don't take anything with a script that i'll have to learn by heart. If the guy wants a 10 minute video with a change in camera angle every minute and 50 individual lines for me to learn, he won't be getting it from me. I take the guys who say "i'd like you to wear this, do some JOI and do this action throughout, and maybe say this if you can remember?". Those type of customs are fun and easy for me.
But honestly, this is just what i'm comfortable doing and it's what works for me. I'd love to charge $10/min and get the same amount of customers I do now but it doesn't work for me. Do whatever you're comfortable with!
I don't have a price per minute. I do have a minimum for videos though. I had a custom request last night for a 15 minute long video and he offered $100 for it. The last request I got was for a 10 minute video and I got $50 and before that it was a 15 minute video and got $75.
All of the videos were easy to do and have sold quite a bit as just regular videos priced around $1/minute.
If people are complaining about pricing you'd have to think it through... do you get enough custom videos at your current price that it's worth keeping that rate or are there more guys complaining about price than there are buying customs?
If you think you'd make more money with lowering your price for a bit then try it. I ask guys what they feel is a reasonable price for the video they are requesting so I know what I am working with. If they send me a reasonable estimate then I tell them that I can do it, if it's too low I tell them I am willing to do it for this price instead. If they don't like it then they can find someone else.
I also accept video idea requests. If the idea is good and not too specific I will use their idea but not charge them custom video prices. These videos tend to sell really well anyway so it's more than made up for.
I'd try to find a happy medium and try that, but don't lowball yourself!
Yeah I def wouldn't lowball. I used to make customs before joining c4s for around 40-50 bucks depending on content they averaged 5-10 minutes in length and people were more likely to pay those prices so I might try going that route it's just that when you read $10/m you get kinda sorta excited lol.. But not so excited if they don't actually pay it so yes, I'd rather make $50 than nothing. And btw the last custom request I had was a 12 min request and I told the guy $100 so not even 10/m but it was a no go. Kinda understandable tho when they can chose from endless amount of pre-made clips priced at $1/m


When I was on SC I never got less then $10 a minute. On MGF however, I usually take $4. They just wont pay more, but I also tell them if they want the video exclusive then it's $10 a minute! Then I just repost that clip on C4S and make up the difference. After 6 years making clips I am out of ideas! lol It helps me to keep posting every week without having to come up with new stuff.
I take requests also, but I find some guys get super specific and don't understand 'that's a custom'! I also let guys send me stuff for clips. Just got giant beach toys to blow up....inflatables category lol Also got a fur coat to take a bath in. You can bet I'm shooting tons of pics and clips in it first! I always consider it that the prop is free and I'm selling a clip, plus trying out a new category. It usually works out well.
Ummm.. DirtyDiana...where is feedback? All these years I never knew we got feedback. lol
Oooo the fur coat sounds like fun! Doing these clips has given a whole new light to everyday objects. lol
FEEDBACK:
On the Store Add-Ons page, scroll down to about the middle of the page - click to turn Feedback ON.
On your clips page it shows up on the left hand side of the screen and is a fly-out contact box.
If you do get feedback, the only place that I have found to actually read it, is on the main admin page of the store. (keep in mind you can't respond to feedback unless they give you an email in the comment)
see between the big red arrows
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P.S... my store sucks so no bashing lol I'm so new to this, i'm not just wet behind the ears, my whole head is soaking wet.


Oh....found it! I was looking at my 'busy' store, and apparently I had feedback turned off cause messages for both store were in the original one! *sigh* I fixed it, but damn do I get some bizarre messages! LOL
ok....since you mentioned your store, I had to look! lol I like your header! It looks great! Do you notice that one type of file does better then the other? I just realized my laptop has been making MP4s and my desktop computer is set to WMVs. I'm not sure what to do now! The format that I posted honestly depends on which computer I edited at! LOL Do you think I should make both available? Back in the day we used to make 'dial up' sized clips and post them after the original clip. Some guys still buy these for their phones so I've kept any ones I had up already, I wonder if it's the same with MP4s?
I'm not the person you were asking but I post every video in MP4 and WMV so i'll chime in. For me, it's about 70/30 in favour of MP4s so far. I suppose because they are universal, you can play an MP4 on a PC, a mac, a tablet, a phone etc. But around 30% of my sales are WMVs so I keep posting them, wouldn't want to lose out on 30% of customers!
I have been wondering about a smaller size too, for people on phones/tablets or with slow internet. Currently I only post in 1080p so the file sizes aren't small! I think I might give it a go. Trial and error is my philosophy when it comes to c4s!
I honestly don't know which one sells better, I haven't sold that much. I've sold one file several times, all in the same format (WMV). Seems I should stick to the squirting videos that one is doing me well. lol
I, too, have been bouncing back and forth about whether or not to keep posting in both formats, just for the fact that it is time consuming and also it makes me a little crazy having two videos of the same thing one right after the other but in different formats. I don't know. The other thing to keep in mind is what SophiaSylvan & ClassyKaty have stated... by having both formats, you can space out your uploads (keeping you on the freshly updated list longer) and if you choose a different but still appropriate category it spreads your net a little wider to catch more fishies.
Honestly, since posting in this fashion, my store hits have doubled, but I haven't made any new sales, so that leads me to believe my content just sucks. lol
Even though I am in the BBW category, I am still extremely self conscious about my tummy AND IT SHOWS in my videos. This week, I plopped down a little money and bought new bra/panty sets, new thigh high stockings and a full corset. My lighting is still horrible and finding the right lighting and lights in my home has been a pain in the ass. Couple that with having a son in college who pops in at any time, I just can't leave my shit out and set up. So every day, it's put the camera & lights ups, fuck around with the settings, try to remember how I had the lamps placed the day I had awesome light. Hope I have it right. Film. Then tear it all down and put away. It's tedious! I told my husband last night he needed to help me clean all the shit out of my office in the basement and set up my studio there... permanently. The only drawback is that it's COLD COLD COLD all year long. He said "Honey, that's not a drawback. It will keep your nipples hard all the time! Suck it up & take it for the team!" lol fucking men!![]()
Addison Lynne - I looked at your website (AddisonLynne.net) You're a hot little chica! The fur coat is pretty![]()

I've done a few clips and made a few hundred dollars - nothing spectacular but want to get back into this more seriously and regularly to try and make a good monthly income.
Thinking of selling my current sony handycam and old camera and investing in a gopro. Does anyone have one already and use one of those? Any input appreciated!




^Actually, drtydiana I've changed my tactic and deleted all multiple versions of my clips and am leaving simply HD wmv. It's my most popular format by far. I did sell some HD mp4 but not nearly as much. I know some have the opposite experience. I had a few clips in the Top 50 (overall) and in order to maximize individual clip exposure was part of my decision, as well as to make my store appear less spammy. I polled my customers and the response was overwhelming and absolute--customers hate clip repeats. They also dislike multiple stores. But of course it's about what makes the studio money, not just customer satisfaction. I will have to report back when I've moved my clips over from my multiple stores into my sole updated store, and see if my income has taken a hit. So far it's the same (or would be if I hadn't got sick and stopped updating and filming for a couple of weeks).





How do you decide on which category to go for Sophia, when there are so many duplications and other categories that a clip will go into? I started out with having the all the clip versions in the same category but my sales increased when I put them in different categories. I don't think guys look around much and just stick to particular categories.
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Yep Yep, let us know how it goes with one format/one store. I'm curious.
Spammy & Clip Repeats are what I'm talking about when I say that my store drives me crazy. I mean I understand offering multiple formats, but with the technology & video viewing software available today, one format should be enough. I mean seriously, if a guy wants to watch it, he will find a way no matter what platform he runs. I know VideoLan VLC player runs on MAC, WINDOWS & LINUX and will read just about any format you can throw at it. It's even available for smartphones. I was thinking about scrapping my duplicates and just adding a little note on my page about the VLC viewer for all operating systems and smartphones.
This is exactly what I'm trying to decide right now - I've been thinking that 2 versions/categories per clip is the best way to go for starting my store; I'm willing to let things look a little cluttered in exchange for increasing my exposure & looking like I have more content off the bat. Interesting tho, will definitely test it later on.



I live with my grandparents and they now have to sleep in the livingroom (my gram can't walk the steps anymore and my pap sleeps with her) so I use their bedroom. My room is a mess and so dark. Their room gets a lot of natural light and a ceiling light so my videos are brighter in there, not as bright as I'd like but best I can do. My pap can walk the steps and will sometimes goes up there and he'll ruin my set up. I put my toys in my room but I use an external webcam and I'll try and leave it where I know there's a good angle for the bed and he'll knock it down. I use one of those walkers with a seat on it with boxes on top and set my cam on there and because he'll use that walker it will ruin it.
I'm also BBW and always just feel blah or stupid with some of the fetishes. Like WTF am I doing and this is stupid it would never sell, I sound stupid, I look stupid, ugh you can see that ingrown hair ext well I stopped doing that and said fuck it. My one guy always requests videos pretty frequently and he said he's noticed I've gotten better. Better angles, dialogue, don't sound as shy and look confident.
You can just clean your room and buy http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NTDOA2E/...I1G0VF1J1FY8X9 this light, 1 just to start. You can eat and talk about your body, use your bbw as advantage.
"Natural light" is so vague termin, sun moves so fast, and what if day is cloudy. Even if day is sunny you have that blue color from skyesm and most of the time i see oeople get overlighted with natural light.
You can always write down all your ideas, plan day very well, go to a hotel and record all day, why not?
I only offer WMV. I have a new camera on the way when I get it I will do a test and make two formats, mp4 and wmv and will let you know how it goes. I've only ever offered wmv on C4S and never ran into a problem. As someone else said VLC Player is free and easy to use so if anyone ever had any issues I would tell them to get that, but no one has ever told me that they needed other formats.
Someone mentioned using a GoPro to film. I had a GoPro and used it for a few videos. You have to tweak the settings quite a bit and use really good lighting for it to work well. They are expensive $200-$400 and do not come with the LCD screen on the back that's an additional $100. The sound is muffled when you have it in a case, even when it's not the waterproof one. The fisheye lense makes videos look odd, though you can fix it with their software when you edit. All in all for what you'd spend on a GoPro you may as well get a better camera. GoPros are nice because they come with a lot of covers and the table top stand, but it's not really great for making porn. I used the App on my phone for recording which made it a little easier, but it was a pain in the ass messing with the software because the videos are converted and then imported and the export takes a while.
Here's a gopro hero4 http://www.amazon.com/GoPro-CHDHY-40...keywords=gopro
Here's a cannon rebel t5 http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Rebel-EF...canon+rebel+t5
They are the same price, but the DSLR is way better and the one I linked comes with the accessory bundle for free (it's for a limited time as I understand), plus you can use EOS Utility to tether and record via your computer.
If you're not wanting to look too professional then I'd go with a webcam instead, but the camera is a pretty good deal right now. In camming connection someone said that the logitech 920 is on sale for $60 which is a pretty good deal and a LOT of models use.
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