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[Empress Mika]

What is the suggestion that would help the payment options? Is it simply a lower minimum payout for cheques? Growing extremely fast as we are does have its drawbacks. Minimum payouts for Checks are currently set at 100$ due to this reason. We actually are working very very hard to reduce the minimum to 50$. We will keep you posted in the coming months. Last week we recently added ACH. Yes it is at 500$, but it might be modified in the future. Everything is carefully calculated for smooth payouts twice a month.

Ideally, the payment options would have us cash out anytime we want to without a fee, in whichever payment method we choose, no matter what amount we have. If this is impossible, yes, lower the minimum as much as possible. At the VERY least, have some kind of time limit to send out whatever payment is in the girl's account, despite not meeting the minimum payment amount. Say, 2 months maximum? As you're set up currently, at least 3/4th of the girls cannot get paid because they do not meet the minimum payout amount, myself included. What if I never meet the minimum payment amount? Does this mean you made money but I never get paid? We are giving you 40% per each sale. Payment methods should be among the top priorities. Seriously. If I can get paid whenever I want to, I'm really encouraged to use and promote the site. However, when I feel like I probably can't make enough sales to even get paid, nor is there any definitive way to get noticed, my motivation to use and promote MV is significantly less. In fact, I even tell people to use MV for preview viewing and just pay me via MFC. I wouldn't have to do this if the payment method was fixed. In fact, MV would be in my favor because my cut is larger so I'd probably encourage my members to use MV. However, I'd rather take a smaller cut and know I'll be paid via MFC for sure rather than use MV and get paid God-knows-when because my sales are slow and unstable. It's a vicious cycle.

You make some great points. Most of the above I cannot answer right away, but I will print it out for our next meeting and bring it up. There is a couple of things coming up in the future that I cannot say right away, but WILL solve all the issues mentioned in point #4. Be patient its a lot of work but you will like the end result.

I look forward to seeing the changes!

 

[ManyVids]

Ideally, the payment options would have us cash out anytime we want to without a fee, in whichever payment method we choose, no matter what amount we have. If this is impossible, yes, lower the minimum as much as possible. At the VERY least, have some kind of time limit to send out whatever payment is in the girl's account, despite not meeting the minimum payment amount. Say, 2 months maximum? As you're set up currently, at least 3/4th of the girls cannot get paid because they do not meet the minimum payout amount, myself included. What if I never meet the minimum payment amount? Does this mean you made money but I never get paid? We are giving you 40% per each sale. Payment methods should be among the top priorities. Seriously. If I can get paid whenever I want to, I'm really encouraged to use and promote the site. However, when I feel like I probably can't make enough sales to even get paid, nor is there any definitive way to get noticed, my motivation to use and promote MV is significantly less. In fact, I even tell people to use MV for preview viewing and just pay me via MFC. I wouldn't have to do this if the payment method was fixed. In fact, MV would be in my favor because my cut is larger so I'd probably encourage my members to use MV. However, I'd rather take a smaller cut and know I'll be paid via MFC for sure rather than use MV and get paid God-knows-when because my sales are slow and unstable. It's a vicious cycle.



I look forward to seeing the changes!

TY for your response. Of course if we could payout daily that would be great. Here is the issue perhaps some of you don't know, and since its not a secret in the business world, I can share a little insight that hopefully helps you understand a bit more where we are coming from. For every sale we get, there is a large delay from the date of purchase until the actual time we receive this payment (payment processors). As you can guess we have to pay upfront on payout dates for the sales we still have yet to receive. Having a no minimum/anytime cashout is not manageable. This is also the reason MFC, chaturbate, etc have specific dates and do not offer this as an option.

As we stand, having reduced minimums would already solve pretty much all the issues mentioned above. If you sell more vids on MV instead of MFC, and the minimum is lets say 50$ on checks for both sites, you would get 2 paychecks at the same time, and that seems to be the ideal solution for you. One thing some people might forget is there is a 3rd person in the sales equation: our payment processor. They get the sales money first, and we receive it only after their % is taken off weeks later, and they also have fixed holdbacks every month ON TOP of their cut, which we get half a year later. It's extremely complex and we have one of the best accounting teams to ensure stable payouts. This is why clip sites like ClipVia and ManyClips are shutting down. It takes a very experienced team to manage this type of site and business model.

I hope this answers your questions!

Anthony

 

[Empress Mika]

TY for your response. Of course if we could payout daily that would be great. Here is the issue perhaps some of you don't know, and since its not a secret in the business world, I can share a little insight that hopefully helps you understand a bit more where we are coming from. For every sale we get, there is a large delay from the date of purchase until the actual time we receive this payment (payment processors). As you can guess we have to pay upfront on payout dates for the sales we still have yet to receive. Having a no minimum/anytime cashout is not manageable. This is also the reason MFC, chaturbate, etc have specific dates and do not offer this as an option.

As we stand, having reduced minimums would already solve pretty much all the issues mentioned above. If you sell more vids on MV instead of MFC, and the minimum is lets say 50$ on checks for both sites, you would get 2 paychecks at the same time, and that seems to be the ideal solution for you. One thing some people might forget is there is a 3rd person in the sales equation: our payment processor. They get the sales money first, and we receive it only after their % is taken off weeks later, and they also have fixed holdbacks every month ON TOP of their cut, which we get half a year later. It's extremely complex and we have one of the best accounting teams to ensure stable payouts. This is why clip sites like ClipVia and ManyClips are shutting down. It takes a very experienced team to manage this type of site and business model.

I hope this answers your questions!

Anthony

I understand and appreciate your side of the business. I didn't mean to make my post sound like daily pay is the only way. However, in an ideal world, I gave you my answer which I'm sure most if not every model would agree with. On a more realistic side, I don't think most models (myself included) would mind waiting 2 weeks for our payments. However, the minimum payout prices are very high, especially since (again) over 75% of all of models on MV cannot meet this requirement (myself included). You did not answer my question: If I never meet the minimum payout, does this mean I will never get paid? I'm assuming the answer is that I will not be paid. This is a very big turn off to the site as a whole. Again, at the very least, there should be a time limit that money can sit in a model's account under the minimum payout. My suggestion for this time limit is 2 months.

MFC pays every 2 weeks but the minimum payout is $20. This is way more obtainable and realistic from a model's point of view. I do agree the minimum payout should be reduced drastically on MV and it would solve the majority of the payment issues.

In conjunction, the way all models can be marketed within MV needs to be improved drastically to increase sales beyond just the top girls. As it is now, MV favors a small percentage of girls that sell a lot and they are the main ones advertised and promoted. For example, the top videos are the first thing users see on the page. The top girl is on the MV Twitter avatar by name. The "MV Girls" link rank the girls in order of sales. This is all great for the few top girls but it doesn't seem like there is a priority to increase sales to other shops.

 

[ManyVids]

I understand and appreciate your side of the business. I didn't mean to make my post sound like daily pay is the only way. However, in an ideal world, I gave you my answer which I'm sure most if not every model would agree with. On a more realistic side, I don't think most models (myself included) would mind waiting 2 weeks for our payments. However, the minimum payout prices are very high, especially since (again) over 75% of all of models on MV cannot meet this requirement (myself included). You did not answer my question: If I never meet the minimum payout, does this mean I will never get paid? I'm assuming the answer is that I will not be paid. This is a very big turn off to the site as a whole. Again, at the very least, there should be a time limit that money can sit in a model's account under the minimum payout. My suggestion for this time limit is 2 months.

MFC pays every 2 weeks but the minimum payout is $20. This is way more obtainable and realistic from a model's point of view. I do agree the minimum payout should be reduced drastically on MV and it would solve the majority of the payment issues.

In conjunction, the way all models can be marketed within MV needs to be improved drastically to increase sales beyond just the top girls. As it is now, MV favors a small percentage of girls that sell a lot and they are the main ones advertised and promoted. For example, the top videos are the first thing users see on the page. The top girl is on the MV Twitter avatar by name. The "MV Girls" link rank the girls in order of sales. This is all great for the few top girls but it doesn't seem like there is a priority to increase sales to other shops.

Valid points! As for being able to cashout 2 weeks from the day of choice, that would currently not be possible as our system, accounting and reporting is based on a 2 fixed day payout days. However, if after that 2 weeks it falls on the next payout date, it might be a possibility. I will bring that up.

As for the remaining cash out if you close your account and have under 50$, we can send it out of course.

We are always looking to find better ways to promote all girls on site. Currently the Search is used heavily by users. They search by vids tag and keywords etc, and the results are not based by rank by default, but by relevancy. If your title and tag matches at best the keywords/filters, you end up being found. Most users search for vids on the site.
As for girl search, we added the possibility to search by recently joined. A lot of users are using this (according to our data). It was a highly requested feature.
Also, when a user plays a vid, we suggest more vids to play based on tags. MV score has no part in this as well.

We are working on lots of improvements for the homepage, and as indicated in another post, the issues you pointed out will be addressed, so stay tuned

 

[NerdieBirdie]

I made a lot of points in another thread about C4S VS ManyVids here: https://www.ambercutie.com/forums/threads/manyvids-vs-clips4sale.22133/

But I figured I'd re-write them into suggestions for this thread:

1. I certainly agree that an e-mail should prompt the buyer to review the video purchase after 24 hours.

2. The video tags should be monitored more closely to ensure accuracy. The "Non-Nude" tag, for example, brings up some videos of girls that are nude and/or masturbating. Why they tag their nude video as non-nude, I have no idea, but it sucks for shops like mine that really are non-nude and thus my videos are getting more lost due to girls incorrectly tagging their videos and no monitoring system in place.

3. It would be nice to have better payment options. Direct deposits, although free, currently have a $500 minimum payout. Wire transfers have a $15 fee along with a payout minimum of $250. Payoneer, although free and has the lowest payout minimum of $50, is only supported with the pre-paid card which has a $12.95 activation fee, $3/month monthly fee, and $1 for each ATM withdrawal or balance inquiry. Finally, checks, although free, have a $100 minimum payout. I know for a fact that 3/4ths of the girls on MV are unable to get paid due to these minimum payout restrictions. I know this because I myself am around number 700 of around 3,000 girls with only $22 payable to me. When I'll actually be able to receive that money, I have no idea. Months? At best.

4. Stemming off of my #3, if more than 3/4th of the MV girls cannot make the sales of minimum payout then I think there's something seriously wrong with the marketability within the website for the models. It seems as though only the top girls are able to get exposure on the main page (top mv girls) whereas the rest of us are stuck with spending un-paid time on the solicitation of ourselves on member's walls, hearting profiles, and/or uploading content to be on the activity wall/twitter for minutes at best before it's replaced with other activity. There surely needs to be some kind of category spotlight, highlight, or anything else to increase the exposure to other shops, beyond the "discount" area. Really? I have to sell my videos even cheaper for more exposure? The site already seems to be a sell low to make more sales vs selling higher to sell to a smaller pool. The blog area is equally not-so-great. Are users coming on MV to read blogs? No. This is also where the new girls are listed. Why in the world is this not on the main page and off on a totally separate "blog" page users have to click on (and we know very few actually will)? Also, these blogs claim to have a 1 million unique visitor exposure (which may be true for the site but not the blog) yet the latest blog is at 56 views currently for MV girl of the day. The MV girl of the day from a week ago only has 152 views.

I hope this inspires some change! ^_^

Soooooooooo spot on with the payouts. I believe I uploaded my first videos back in June/July and still haven't had my first payout. Being paid by check is my best option, but still not ideal. I'd like direct deposit, but that is unlikely considering the minimum payouts. After months and months of trying to advertise, I am finally at $88 (sooooooo close to payout, I really hope it happens in the next couple days) but it is crazy that it has taken this long.

I also feel like I see the same girls over and over and over on the front page, and that is great, it means they are successful. It is impossible to log into MV without seeing a JennyBlige vid each day, and I love her, but maybe there needs to be an underrated video of the day or something. I don't know how you'd do it, but maybe a video that isn't hitting the top 5 best sellers of the day but has quite a few sells on it. A video that sells 5 in a day might not be the top video, but there must be something good about that video or model for it to garner a few sales

 

[Rose]

I think there definitely needs to be a recently uploaded feature displayed more prominently. My upload alerts get swallowed up by all the people spamming hearts all over the place. Kind of hinders sales, imo.

 

[Sevrin]

I think there definitely needs to be a recently uploaded feature displayed more prominently. My upload alerts get swallowed up by all the people spamming hearts all over the place. Kind of hinders sales, imo.

Yeah, no one cares who hearts whom or what. What matters is what they pay money for.

 

[annamaytiddies]

I feel like there's no way to progress through MV. The top girls will always stay at the top because they are the only ones that get front page recognition, whereas girls like myself who DO still make you money (not as much as top models but it's still profit nonetheless) are taken for granted.

Saying that, I would love to see some kind of accomplishment page. Maybe list the girls who have sold 10 videos since she started and congratulate them, or at least promote them in any way possible, so it's more like a video selling site rather than a popularity contest.

 

[Kradek]

I feel like there's no way to progress through MV. The top girls will always stay at the top because they are the only ones that get front page recognition, whereas girls like myself who DO still make you money (not as much as top models but it's still profit nonetheless) are taken for granted.

I have my issues with MV (reviews, the crazy dumb global activity sidebar), but it's definitely possible to progress through their ranking. CrazyBella posted on my wall about a month ago having joined the site and when I first saw her she was, I think, around rank 1000ish. Now she's 12.

The wall is something I think MV got right. If someone posts on my wall, I get an email, and I always check it out. If they ask me to look at their profile, I do look. I may not always buy, but sometimes I do. In CrazyBella's case, she had about 12 quality videos (sexy content, good length, good camera, no weird white noise) at the time, all priced what I would consider extremely aggressively (read, under-priced for the content; 8-20 minute videos for 5-6 dollars). I bought one to check them out, then went back and bought all of them. She has interacted with me in some way every time I've purchased.

Now she has a high ranking, raised her prices, and released a few more videos. I think from the communication I've received from her personally just buying videos on MV she's probably put a great deal of work into achieving that rank and had success doing it.

Not saying that will work for everyone, but it definitely worked for her.

 

[ManyVids]

I feel like there's no way to progress through MV. The top girls will always stay at the top because they are the only ones that get front page recognition, whereas girls like myself who DO still make you money (not as much as top models but it's still profit nonetheless) are taken for granted.

Saying that, I would love to see some kind of accomplishment page. Maybe list the girls who have sold 10 videos since she started and congratulate them, or at least promote them in any way possible, so it's more like a video selling site rather than a popularity contest.

The homepage is being worked on and will have lots of changes coming up. As indicated above, the most used feature is the Search. Most users search for their fetishes, keywords, etc... They also browse to the Vids page and start using our new filters. These pages do not take rank into account. The more vids you have with the keywords searched, the more sales you will get. Showing a simple screenshot on the homepage wont necessarily get you more sales. Being present in the search as much as possible will. We have the data to back this up so that would be my advice until we apply our new direction to the homepage.

Anthony

 

[ManyVids]

I have my issues with MV (reviews, the crazy dumb global activity sidebar), but it's definitely possible to progress through their ranking. CrazyBella posted on my wall about a month ago having joined the site and when I first saw her she was, I think, around rank 1000ish. Now she's 12.

The activity actually has been reworked, and will be rolled out soon.
We have witnessed a lot of MV girls join, ask us how to climb the ranks and make more money. We are HAPPY to help and assign you to Pamela and give you tricks.CrazyBella is a great example.
Asian Princess is another. She had 0 experience,no social networks, and needed tips. She actually filmed a video for our Blog: https://www.manyvids.com/Article/373/Secrets-To-Success/
Its takes work like anything else... Simply uploading, tweeting a couple of times, and not staying active/promoting your main video source will definitely hinder your sales.
All our upcoming changes/updates always have purpose to help the middle to lower ranked MV girls get more exposure and visibility.

Anthony

 

[KylieJacobs]

Thanks for the 3 new features ManyVids!

 

[NerdieBirdie]

I'm at $91.98 now. Am praying for a ManyVids miracle in the next 24 hours! AHHHH!

 

[SaffronBurke]

I am LOVING the new link! It's so much easier, and visually appealing.

 

[NerdieBirdie]

ManyVids! I have a question/comment!

So you indicated that the search function is the most popular function used by your members for connecting with content from models. WELLLL either I am a dumbass (which is possible) or I totally think there is something lacking in your tag/search function. I just uploaded a video which is a close-up of dildo play where I cream cum over and over and over. "Creamy" (which hilariously enough is my least favorite word in the world) is NOT a tag! How is that possible? We have squirting as a tag but nothing for the creamers? I feel like creamy cum is something men want based on the amount of men that constantly say, "ARE YOU CREAMY?" on MFC which drove me to hate the word. There is no option (that I see, but again, I might be dumb) to submit a new tag or suggest a tag. I think there should be the ability to create new tags. Basically, there were no tags that worked well for my video, so I was stuck with vague ones like "masturbation" which is over saturated. I would love to see a "creamy" tag and other tags that totally exist in the porn world, but not on MV. I looked, but I don't see the option to submit new tags. Help a gal out!

 

[Kelly Kane]

Ideally, the payment options would have us cash out anytime we want to without a fee, in whichever payment method we choose, no matter what amount we have. If this is impossible, yes, lower the minimum as much as possible. At the VERY least, have some kind of time limit to send out whatever payment is in the girl's account, despite not meeting the minimum payment amount. Say, 2 months maximum? As you're set up currently, at least 3/4th of the girls cannot get paid because they do not meet the minimum payout amount, myself included. What if I never meet the minimum payment amount? Does this mean you made money but I never get paid? We are giving you 40% per each sale. Payment methods should be among the top priorities. Seriously. If I can get paid whenever I want to, I'm really encouraged to use and promote the site. However, when I feel like I probably can't make enough sales to even get paid, nor is there any definitive way to get noticed, my motivation to use and promote MV is significantly less. In fact, I even tell people to use MV for preview viewing and just pay me via MFC. I wouldn't have to do this if the payment method was fixed. In fact, MV would be in my favor because my cut is larger so I'd probably encourage my members to use MV. However, I'd rather take a smaller cut and know I'll be paid via MFC for sure rather than use MV and get paid God-knows-when because my sales are slow and unstable. It's a vicious cycle.



I look forward to seeing the changes!

I agree with this completely, I've never hit the payout min on manyvids and it's been like 6 months at least. I don't really use the site or upload much, and that's my fault, but I haven't closed the account because I'm not sure if I can ever get the money I have already made

 

[Gen]

I have a search question! All of my videos include the category BBW, but when I searched BBW I didn't see myself. However I did find myself when I sorted girls by body type, so it wasn't just like I wasn't included in my own search (if that makes sense). Are the categories where search terms come from, or if not, do you know how I can get myself tagged as BBW? It's a big category for me (pun intended ) so I want to be listed in it! (And if I just missed myself, forgive me!!) thank you!

 

[SaffronBurke]

I've noticed a bit of an upswing in fetish clip sales in the past week - ball stomping, car crush, and facestuffing have all sold - which is awesome! I'm not sure if it's because of more fetish traffic on there or just because I've been uploading my ass off recently.

 

[Alisa]

I did some math. Only about 10% of my recently sold videos get rated and reviews (+100 videos in sample). I send a PM to every buyer about 12 hours after the purchase with a thank you and asking to rate/review the videos. You remind them with an email too. The rating suggestion also pops up on the site for them.
My question is, what can you/we do to make rating more popular? Because obviously the current system is not working. I love the fact that you can get score points from something free like hearts and ratings, but it's almost impossible to convince users to rate videos (at least for me).

 

[Alisa]

I would also suggest a feature of removing your videos from the store but they would still be available in buyers' libraries. Does that make sense..? Sometimes people buy videos, don't download them, then a model removes a video from her store and it gets deleted. Those buyers then don't have it in their libraries anymore.
If this feature exists, please let me know. I haven't found it.

 

[moxybrown]

I'm glad to hear that direct deposit has been added but the payout definitely needs to be lowered! $500 is just obscene and you're trailing behind all other clip sites that offer direct deposit.

I've yet to hit the check minimum payout after several months. $100 is slightly more realistic. But your two biggest competitors cash out at $50.

 

[ManyVids]

I've noticed a bit of an upswing in fetish clip sales in the past week - ball stomping, car crush, and facestuffing have all sold - which is awesome! I'm not sure if it's because of more fetish traffic on there or just because I've been uploading my ass off recently.

Glad to hear! Its due to the new search. Its been something lacking for a while. Now fetish users get to find exactly what they want, and fast!

 

[ManyVids]

I have a search question! All of my videos include the category BBW, but when I searched BBW I didn't see myself. However I did find myself when I sorted girls by body type, so it wasn't just like I wasn't included in my own search (if that makes sense). Are the categories where search terms come from, or if not, do you know how I can get myself tagged as BBW? It's a big category for me (pun intended ) so I want to be listed in it! (And if I just missed myself, forgive me!!) thank you!

If you blocked your region you will not see your vids in the search. This is to protect your identity and not show XXX material to people you dont want. In the MVgirl page that filter is not there until you click on the profile. Profile pics are non nude.

 

[NerdieBirdie]

Hey, ManyVids, thanks for replying to other people but could I get some insight on what I brought up? Am I missing the option/s to add a tag? Are there plans to allow new tags? I really think you're missing some key tags.

 

[Ann_Sulu]

@ManyVids I think @NerdieBirdie makes a good point. Perhaps have a blank for submitting new tag requests? That way the new ones can be looked over and reviewed by the site before being used.

 

[KylieJacobs]

@ManyVids I think @NerdieBirdie makes a good point. Perhaps have a blank for submitting new tag requests? That way the new ones can be looked over and reviewed by the site before being used.

Or if we had to option to customize our own tags for each video by having several blanks available.

 

[ManyVids]

Hey, ManyVids, thanks for replying to other people but could I get some insight on what I brought up? Am I missing the option/s to add a tag? Are there plans to allow new tags? I really think you're missing some key tags.

Problem with allowing custom tags, is having too many variations of the same tags misspelled, with 0s instead of Os, etc... We want to make sure users find as many results as possible for the given tag they want to search for. Having said that, we take tag submissions, and will add to the list if it seems like a good one.
What are some of your tag suggestions? Even if the tag is not present, if you add the word to your descriptions and/or title, it will appear in the search very well if the user searches for that word.

Anthon

 

[NerdieBirdie]

Problem with allowing custom tags, is having too many variations of the same tags misspelled, with 0s instead of Os, etc... We want to make sure users find as many results as possible for the given tag they want to search for. Having said that, we take tag submissions, and will add to the list if it seems like a good one.
What are some of your tag suggestions? Even if the tag is not present, if you add the word to your descriptions and/or title, it will appear in the search very well if the user searches for that word.

Anthon

Creamy was my suggestion. And yes, it is in my title, so that is good to know if they search for that, but wouldn't it still limit if they are searching by tags rather than a specific word. Either way, thank you for the response! I appreciate the support!

 

[Shaun__]

If you let members opt out of these messages, it shouldn't be a problem.

I hate when merchants on Amazon email me asking for a rating. We are not best buds, I gave you three fifty and you gave me credit card sleeves, that is the end of our relationship please never bother me again. An actual friend asking would be different though.

 

[Alisa]

Warning: Models, if you delete your videos, they will not stay in buyer's library!

Recently I talked to an MV representative who assured me that after I delete videos from my profile, they will remain in buyers' libraries for up to 3 downloads. The same was supposed to happen for those who receive an MV link to the videos (bought somewhere else, sent only a link).
Since I deleted them I've had tens of people writing to me saying they haven't downloaded all the videos yet, but they are not in their libraries anymore. Apparently, since I deleted them, they also disappeared from the libraries.
I find this very disappointing since I was assured this wouldn't happen and now I have tens of unhappy members whom I sent MV links to and have no track of knowing which videos they had in the first place.

I also sent MV a message explaining the situation so that they can get to know their own site a bit better.