I am browsing through some older threads and want to just get confirmation about the current best practices for webcam models who want to show an Amazon Wish List to customers.
* The most important idea I am picking up is that the model should never connect any address to the Wish List. The problem is Amazon's Wish List function has poor security as it was designed for friends and families, not for webcam girls seeking privacy. Customers should not be allowed to place any orders for the model directly. Otherwise there are cases where the delivery address might be exposed.
Aside from not connecting any address to the Wish List, is there any setting on Amazon that needs to be in place to prevent a customer from placing an order against the public Wish List?
* Is there some way to have the model set up a purchase link for Amazon gift cards, so that the viewers can purchase gift cards directly for the model and not go through the hassle of sending a gift card code through e-mail? Exposing the gift card through e-mail is also a security issue and in theory someone else might grab that card before the model tries to use it. Purchasing the card off a link directly in the model's Amazon profile creates a closed loop within the Amazon system and the card would appear credited to the model's account instantly, with no chance of it being stolen.
* I am thinking the model should have a dedicated e-mail just for the gift Amazon account. That way her model-related purchases of sexy clothes and toys do not end up appearing in a purchase history of items associated with her normal identity. Any brief conversations by e-mail with customers sending gifts could be done through that account and the model can make clear that no personal conversations are allowed on that address. This also hides the e-mail the model uses for logins on webcam websites, so it better protects from identity theft or account takeovers.
* I realize another alternative is to use a PO Box or an Amazon Locker. That is personal preference. I would not do it personally since some of these viewers are 99.9% whack jobs and I think it is easy to imagine one of them stalking a girl outside a PO Box. They know her appearance very well, so it's a serious issue.
* There are postal forwarding services, and those allow a person to have a US-based address and then forward items to a foreign country. For a model doing massive volumes of shipments that might make sense. But for a model receiving a handful of items each quarter, I think those services have poor economics. If I want to send a Wish List item to a model in Lithuania, she can sign into the German Amazon site and have delivery to her within five days for under 10 Euros. The shipping is a major part of the cost, and you cannot easily compete against Amazon's shipping economics.
Are there other best practices for Wish Lists?
* The most important idea I am picking up is that the model should never connect any address to the Wish List. The problem is Amazon's Wish List function has poor security as it was designed for friends and families, not for webcam girls seeking privacy. Customers should not be allowed to place any orders for the model directly. Otherwise there are cases where the delivery address might be exposed.
Aside from not connecting any address to the Wish List, is there any setting on Amazon that needs to be in place to prevent a customer from placing an order against the public Wish List?
* Is there some way to have the model set up a purchase link for Amazon gift cards, so that the viewers can purchase gift cards directly for the model and not go through the hassle of sending a gift card code through e-mail? Exposing the gift card through e-mail is also a security issue and in theory someone else might grab that card before the model tries to use it. Purchasing the card off a link directly in the model's Amazon profile creates a closed loop within the Amazon system and the card would appear credited to the model's account instantly, with no chance of it being stolen.
* I am thinking the model should have a dedicated e-mail just for the gift Amazon account. That way her model-related purchases of sexy clothes and toys do not end up appearing in a purchase history of items associated with her normal identity. Any brief conversations by e-mail with customers sending gifts could be done through that account and the model can make clear that no personal conversations are allowed on that address. This also hides the e-mail the model uses for logins on webcam websites, so it better protects from identity theft or account takeovers.
* I realize another alternative is to use a PO Box or an Amazon Locker. That is personal preference. I would not do it personally since some of these viewers are 99.9% whack jobs and I think it is easy to imagine one of them stalking a girl outside a PO Box. They know her appearance very well, so it's a serious issue.
* There are postal forwarding services, and those allow a person to have a US-based address and then forward items to a foreign country. For a model doing massive volumes of shipments that might make sense. But for a model receiving a handful of items each quarter, I think those services have poor economics. If I want to send a Wish List item to a model in Lithuania, she can sign into the German Amazon site and have delivery to her within five days for under 10 Euros. The shipping is a major part of the cost, and you cannot easily compete against Amazon's shipping economics.
Are there other best practices for Wish Lists?
