A Quick Guide to Streamate Shows and Chat

Models only get 35% of everything members give. If a show is $1.99 a minute, she is only getting $0.69 a minute. If a member tips $10 gold, the model gets $3.50.

Three Types of Users:

-Free (light gray bar above that area)- don't even have a credit card on file. Models can choose to not even have this area available, though such users can still watch the model while she's in public chat if she has it disabled.

-Guest (dark gray bar above that area)- have a credit card on file with the site, but are not currently in pay-by-minute chat. I recommend you keep this minimized when you're in a show. It will automatically expand when the show ends, giving you a second warning that you're back in public aside from the sounds.

-Paid (red bar above that area)- currently paying by the minute. Unless there's a user in this area, you are in public chat. If there is a user in this area, you are not in public chat, Guest and Free users cannot see or hear you. I recommend that you keep this minimized when you're in free chat. It will automatically expand if a paid show starts, giving you a second warning apart from the sound.

Model turns free chat on or off by clicking on the settings tab in the streaming window. This tab can only be accessed when the model is not streaming.

Minimize or expand the chat by clicking on the triangle on the far right of the relevant bar above the relevant chat.

Two types of Chat, one option:

Classic Chat- guest and paid users cannot see that there is anyone else watching, let alone what others are saying. You can only accept tips, private, and exclusive shows when this chat is active.

Party Chat- members can see what is said by other members. Members may choose to hide their messages from other members in their user options.

Model switches between classic chat and party chat via a drop-down menu on the live show tab of the streaming window. The default setting can be changed in the settings tab on the streaming window. The settings tab cannot be accessed while streaming, and the drop down cannot be changed while streaming.

PM- models can pm the members by clicking on the member's name in the user list and then typing in the normal chat like normal. If the member leaves before the model is done typing, it will bump the typing into the main room, so don't hit enter until you're sure the member is still there to receive it!

Three types of shows, two options for two of the types:

Private shows: one member starts this show, model gets no warning and no option to decline. Other members can join the show, no members will be kicked out of the guest area but many will leave. Other members will be paying the normal price, regardless of what price the initial member pays (which is normal unless block session, see later). Model may set the price when not streaming.

Exclusive shows: model has the option to disable this type of show. One member starts the show. Model has a 10 second warning, with the option to click accept or decline. If she misses the 10 seconds, it automatically accepts. A sound is made when the show is requested, so learn your sounds! If accepted, guest chat is emptied of users and minimized. Members can only take a model exclusive if they've spent a certain amount on taking models private.

Models choose the prices for Private and Exclusive shows in the model admin page when not streaming. The prices she sets are the prices the member pays, not the amount she gets for the show.

Gold Shows: Only available during party chat. Model sets the countdown for it. She needs to specify:
-action
-total countdown (remember, for a $100 countdown, you will get $35 if it's reached)
-minimum for each member to see it
-time to reach countdown

This is specified when she starts the countdown, though she can save a set for later if she's in the middle of typing and a member asks to take her private/exclusive. Members cannot initiate private or exclusive when a gold show countdown is running.

If the countdown is reached before time, model gets a 180 seconds to accept or reject the show. If the model rejects the show, the members don't pay anything.

If the countdown is not reached by 180 seconds before the coundown is to end, the model gets the choice to start the show anyway, or cancel it to try again. If she decides to try again, the members will not be charged for the first attempt, and will need to buy in again.

If the model ends the show partway through the show for whatever reason, she will not earn the money for the show. If she was kicked out due to technical difficulties, she will earn a percentage based on how much of the show was viewed.

When a show is over, a 30-second countdown is initiated. If the model has access to it, this is a good time to press the pause button for a 10-minute break to be initiated. If the model does not have access to the pause button, she should email support to get it. Log into your model account and go to "Contact Support" so they know who you are.

In the middle of a show, there is no pause button, and no end show button on the model's end. The only way she can end it is to log out of the broadcast (not the site) by clicking the "stop my show" button. If she is using the HD encoder, she will need to stop the encoder streaming session, and click "disconnect" to end it completely, because when she goes to sign back on, she will have a completely new set of links to input in that area.

Phone: A model can choose to offer phone in exclusive only, in exclusive and private chat, or not at all. This option is chosen below the "stop my show button" and can only be set after the streaming session starts. It must be redone every time.

Block Sessions: block sessions allow a member to purchase a large block of time at a discounted rate. They are charged for the whole block of time at the beginning of the session. The model faces serious consequences if she ends the block early, but the member can end it at any time. If the member is kicked out but gets back in within a few minutes, it renews the block session where it left off (I had someone kicked out of a 15 minute block, when he came back the request said for a 7-minute block).

There are four options, 15-minutes at 95%, 30 minutes at 90%, 45 minutes at 85%, 60 minutes at 80%. The member chooses private or exclusive. If the member stays longer than the time requested, he is charged the discounted rate for the rest of the minutes, but any other members watching in private are charged the normal rate. Models decide to offer or not offer each length block on her profile page before she streams.