Chaturbate Questions and General Info

We've had a good deal of threads popping up recently with questions about Chaturbate. It would be helpful to have this thread here so those of us with experience can help out folks who are feeling out the forum and don't have access to Models Only. If this could get stickied, that would be cool!

*I will start by advising that you get all of your verification filled out prior to broadcasting your first time, to cover your butt. While they don't require it, I've heard of a couple bans that happened this way, and it's better to be safe than sorry!

*Goals/Countdowns:
People seem to shy away from a big number outright, but large countdowns can still be done. Break it down into easier chunks. For example, a 500-topless goal may get nowhere, but a countdown of 20 with topless at 25 goals will move nicely, since the viewers tend to enjoy a feeling of accomplishment from meeting several smaller goals. Use the app Auto-Reset Tip Goal to help you! Just put in the amount you want each mini-goal to be, and it updates automatically, on your side and the viewers. You can update it at any time, making a transition to the next show quick and easy.

*Member Types
Viewers with no tokens will have a grey font. They may have never purchased tokens, or they may simply be out of tokens. There are more of the first than of the second, and for this reason, some models prefer not to allow greys to talk.
Viewers who currently have tokens will have a blue font. If they have spent 50+tokens recently, it will be dark blue, otherwise it will be light blue. Some of the light blue users simply keep a token or two in their account so that they can be able to talk to models.

*PM-ing
If a member pays a monthly fee for a supporter account, they can initiate a PM conversation with a model. Otherwise, the model must initiate the conversation. If a member leaves your room and returns late in your show, you will need to re-initiate the conversation. Some models don't enjoy PM and prefer conversing in the public chat, while others prefer the opposite.

Other models, please add more!

LaNux said:

Hi, this is my first post on this forum, so I hope I'm not doing anything wrong... ^^

I'm about to register to a caming site, probably Chaturbate, so I have a lot of questions about it (so far I have been reading a lot, but it is mostly about MFC...)

I'd like to know for exemple if you have a "new member" status when you just arrived, and if so how does it work? Can you set private messages to only friends (or allowed members) to avoid getting spamed? Can you sell sets of photos or videos throught the site? Is there any "technical" options for your video or sound (for exemple I'v seen somewhere that MFC has a "muffle parasit noises" option checked by default that is better to turn of if you want your music to sound better, that's the sort of things I'm thinking about...)?

Also, this might be more general, but is there anyway to test our equipment to make sure for exemple that our cam is not gonna turn of in the middle of a show or to see how the picture is like? (I'm having this question because sometimes my Internet connexion gets bad, and it can get some things done, and some others not, so how about streaming my cam? :/)

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1. I don't remember for certain, but I don't think there's a "new model" status. Viewers WILL notice that you're new and stop in to check you out - I get this anytime I come back after not having been on for a while.

2. There are no settings to control who can and can't PM you. HOWEVER, the first message must be sent by the model unless the viewer has a supporter account, which they pay a monthly fee for. My experience has been that most of my viewers don't have supporter accounts. They'll ask in chat for you to PM them, and you can decline if you want, many models prefer to keep conversation in public chat unless it's about a private.

3. You have the option to host videos and photo sets on your bio, or you can store your content with a third party, like DropBox or CamRedeem, and have members tip, then send them a link to download their purchase. If you host with a third party, have them include their email address in the tipnote, then send all content when you log off - that makes it easier to keep track of who you need to send links to.

4. You can adjust your volume input level, but they don't have an option to control background noise. Experiment with different speaker/mic positions to get the best effect.

5. When you open the broadcast window, it defaults to a preview, which shows the view in your can, your Mic's input level, and your FPS. You can adjust settings from there, choose which camera and which microphone you want to use, and talk/play music to see how well your mic is picking up.

Hope that answers your questions, feel free to ask more!

It's kinda in a weird place, honestly. It make sense, to me at least, to have it as part of the sign-up, but that's how they want to run it. I'm going to include a couple screenshots of how to find it, for future reference - click on them to look at them full-size. I started a new account to use as reference.

Here's how it looks after you've logged in. Click on "My Profile" in the top left corner.



This defaults to the Apps and Bots Page. From here, click "Token Stats" from among the tabs in the profile menu.



You will see a link for Model Verification. Click it! :-D



You're there! There are two things you must do - Agree to the Performer Agreement, and upload verification. The agreement asks for your full legal name and date of birth, verification takes the form of one close-up photo of your ID, and one of you holding it next to your face. Make sure all of the information is clearly legible in both photos! This information is not visible to the public, just to Chaturbate's verification folks.

Bumpity-bumping this in case anyone needs this.