Category Archives: Getting Started

Get your webcam modeling career off to a great start with information about starting your first broadcast, online DO’s & Don’ts, and some Internet & webcam basics.

What is Chat Bot?

NEED A HAND ?
CAM4 is excited to introduce a brand-new function within your CAM4 broadcasts. With our NEW ChatBot tool you will be able to multitask while giving your viewers that special chat room experience unique from other broadcasters.

 

WHAT IS A CHAT BOT ?
A ChatBot is a conversational tool that can assist your LIVE chat with ease and free up those busy hands of yours… think of it as your very own personalized moderator. By utilizing the ChatBot function during your CAM4 broadcast it will help automate messaging so you can remain focused and give your audience your undivided attention.

A few examples and benefits of what a ChatBot can be helpful with include :

WELCOME BOT
Generate a specific “Welcome Message” visible to NEW viewers who join your room. Note, this message has a 5 second delay when someone comes in.


TIPPING BOT
Send out aThank You” message when a certain tip amount has been received or a token goal achieved. Including different chat responses for different token thresholds

TIMED / AUTO NOTIFICATION BOT  
Create a set of predefined messages that will be displayed in your Public Chat at predetermined time increments. Note, atleast 3 messages from viewers must be sent in the chat for these messages to begain.

Examples
Updates on Room Goals
Tip Menu changes
Fan Club / My Shop offerings and discounts
Notifying your audience of Room Rules
Promoting Social Media handles
Promoting Wishlists (CAM4 Swag Store, Amazon, Stock Room, etc)
Upcoming shows and cam Schedule

With an endless list of customizable options and 3 unique bot commands, CAM4’s NEW ChatBot feature is a sure way to keep your show flowing, all while doing the work for you and keeping your viewers in the loop and their tokens tipped.

~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

How To Start Your Broadcast

All the basics to start your broadcast: from launching the broadcast window, to how to put all the settings in place!

Step 1: Launch the Broadcast Window

Start your show by hitting ‘Broadcast’ on the CAM4 header bar (at the top of your screen) in your Dashboard or any other page on CAM4.

Please note: only ID verified broadcasters can live stream. If you are not ID verified yet you will be asked to go through this process first. 

Step 2: Select Broadcast Type 

Regular Broadcast – This is the default broadcast type for CAM4. 

External Encoder – If you have experience with external encoding software, you can use this tab to connect your external stream to CAM4. 

Learn more about External Encoding here.

Let’s have a look at what it will look like when you start Regular Streaming:

Step 3: Video / Audio Settings

It is important that you give permissions for CAM4 to use your video and your microphone. Once you give these permissions, CAM4 will detect your video and audio devices: 

You don’t have to worry about the aspect ratio of your video. This will be chosen automatically, based on the ideal proportions for your hardware.

Usually you don’t have to tinker with these settings and CAM4 will detect the right devices automatically. But here you can select your preferred video and audio input if you wish, or choose to use an external encoder like OBS. 

You can flip your image horizontally by toggling Mirror video.

Step 4: Show Details

Underneath your audio and video  settings, you will find your show details:

Category

Here you can select whether you will broadcast by yourself (Solo) or with another, verified user. Depending on your gender, you’ll be shown the options (Male-Female, Male-Male, or Female-Female). 

Select the appropriate category. 

Mode

By default this is set to public. If you are an approved CAM4 broadcaster (2257/ID approved) then you can choose to have a password protected room. 

Step 5: Set your tags

Tags are a great way to communicate to potential viewers what to expect from your show. 

Choose tags that are appropriate to what your show is all about. This will make sure viewers will get to see what they want, and you get viewers that want to see what you want to show!

We recommend picking about 3 tags.

Step 6: Check your stream quality

Below the area where your video is shown, you’ll see information about your stream quality and FPS:

It’s useful to give these a quick glance before you start your broadcast, just to make sure that your video quality is to your viewers satisfaction.

Stream Quality
Indicates any stream issues so you can fix them before you start your broadcast. The light bulb shows troubleshooting suggestions.

FPS – Your cameras frames per second (FPS). 25-30 FPS is ideal.

When you see a low Stream quality and/or FPS, it may be worthwhile to do a speedtest and/or a reset of your router. 

Step 7: Go Live!

Once your settings are correct you can go live and start your show!


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

Your Broadcaster Dashboard

From your Broadcaster Dashboard you can cash out, view your payment & earnings history, upload ID or add additional performers to your account.

 
*You can also access your dashboard in ‘My Account’. It’s listed under ‘Performer tools’ on the lower left side of your screen.

Request Payment

Here you can select and setup your method of payment and cash out your earnings right from the same page!

Look here for more info on your Payment Options

Payment History

♥Up to date status of your most recent payment request
♥Custom payment history look-ups & stats. 
♥Have access to all your performer payout information in a simple easy to read data.
♥Super helpful when tax season cums bb 😉

Earnings History

♥Detailed view of where every single token you earned came from. 
♥Up to the minute view of your earnings. 
♥Custom earnings history look-ups & stats. 

Manage Documentation

For new  broadcasters this is where you will upload your ID and go through the approval process!

More info on adding additional broadcaster to your account.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

Payment Options

We offer TEN payment options but not all options are available to every broadcaster due to your location.

Click here to find out which one works in your country!

Yoursafe 

  • Minimum payment: $50 USD
  • Processed: Daily (Mon – Fri)
  • Information required: Yoursafe Full Beneficiary Name

Link To FAQ for more details.

Paxum

  • Minimum payment: $50 USD
  • Delivery: Daily (Mon – Fri)
  • Information required: Paxum Account ID
  • Pre-paid Paxum Mastercard – CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE

Link To FAQ for more details.

Register for an Paxum account: https://www.paxum.com/

Sociale

  • Minimum payment: $50 USD
  • Delivery: Daily (Mon – Fri)
  • Information required: Setup on Sociale App
What payment methods does Sociale offer?
  • Local Bank Transfer (South America, Africa, Asia)
  • Crypto (USDT Tether)
 Need Help?
Click here to contact Sociale’s Customer Service team
Euro Wires (EUR Only – Including UK) –> click here for Australia
  • Minimum payment: $100 USD
  • Processed: Daily (Mon – Fri)
  • Delivery: 5-7 business days
  • Bank account has to be in the same name as the main account holder of the verified CAM4 account.

Link To FAQ for more details.

NOTE:  When filling out your banking/account information, please do not use special characters (comma, periods, dashes, etc.). Make sure to use your FULL NAME  (including all first names – no initials are allowed). Your name MUST match the name listed on your bank account.

Direct Deposits (US Only)

  • Minimum payment: $100 USD
  • Payments must be requested by TUESDAY 11:59pm EST to be included for payment on FRIDAY.
  • Once payment request is sent to the bank on Friday, please expect an additional 3 – 5 business days for the funds to settle in your account.
  • Payment will show on your bank statement as: TLE OPPORTUNITIES DIR DEP

CAN Direct Deposits (CAN Only)

  • Minimum payment: $100 USD
  • Processed: Daily (Mon – Fri)
  • Funds will be sent to your bank account in CAD
  • Expect an additional 3 – 5 business days for the funds to settle in your account.
  • Payment will show up on your bank statement as GRANITY MEDIA INC.

Link To FAQ for more details. 

Convert to Tokens: (100 tokens = $10 USD)

  • Cost: FREE
  • Minimum payment: None
  • Payment: Immediate

NOTE: Registration and approval are still required for this method of payment, as tokens have a cash value.

Daily Pay (UK Only)

 We offer a few other methods of payment that maybe local to your region as well. Simply add your Account ID to get setup!

Click here to find out which one works in your country!

If you have any issues setting up one of these payment options please email payments@cam4.com. Our friendly CS team are happy to help walk you through setup or work through any issues that may come up.



~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

Username & Icon Legend

Usernames on CAM4 are sorted by color to help you identify who is addressing you.

Here is an overview of the different username colors you will see on CAM4 and what they mean.

Legend:

Model: Your name will appear in the live chat for your room like this.

Gold Member: They have purchased a Gold Membership, which gives them exclusive access to certain options and contests on the site. This color is not related to the chip balance.



Moderator:
You can use a moderator to assist with chat while you perform. They can help with abusive viewers by using the silence, kick, or ban tools to control the room. The setting will only apply to your room, not the entire site.

Basic Member: These members have a CAM4 account but not the options of a Gold account and they will not display an avatar in front of their name.

Admin & Account Manager: They are members of the CAM4 team, they are there to assist users and to ensure that the rules of the site are respected.
IMPORTANT – They will never ask for your CAM4 password.

Coach: A  CAM4 team member that will guide and help models.


Notifications

You will also see these notifications when a certain member enters your chat room:

A member of the CAM4 Admins team has entered your chat.

A member of the Coach CAM4 team has entered your chat.

The token icon indicates that the users in your room have tokens available on their CAM4 account. Users with tokens are potential tippers that can help you reach your goal quickly!

If the user is a Gold member or a member of your FanClub, this icon will not be present next to their nick (even if the user has available tokens)

Do you want to learn more about all the colours and indicators, we might have a very interesting article about that! –> Token Indicators

~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!

Love, Your CAM4 Coaching TEAM

CAM4 Coaching

“MEET YOUR AMAZING COACHING TEAM! 🎉

Our incredible coaches are handpicked from CAM4’s top creators—successful stars who have become role models and mentors for others. They’re here to share their knowledge and help you shine!

Get ready to take your camming career to the next level with FREE 1-on-1 and live coaching sessions every week, packed with pro tips to help you thrive. 🌟

And the best part? We offer coaching in SIX different languages, so you can learn in the one that’s perfect for you. Let’s get started!”

THE COACHING TEAM


ENGLISH – North America

WEEKLY COACHING CLASSES
Tuesday’s & Thursday’s at 12pm EST
Join the live on account: cam4coach_en

Connect with Vanna anytime!
vannafaye@cam4.com
X: VannaFayeCam
IG: Iamvannafaye

ENGLISH – UK

cam4coach_uk
Tuesdays
7:30 pm
UK Time
Password – coachlucy

SPANISH

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cam_es
Tuesday & Thursday-1pm
Eastern Standard Time
Password – coach

index  lila@cam4.com
5  @lila_c4

ITALIAN

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camcoach_it
Monday-11:30am & Wednesday-1pm
Eastern Standard Time
Password – coach

index  CAM4 Mail
5  @cam4coach_it

PORTUGUESE

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cam4coach_pt
Tuesday & Thursday
7pm
Eastern Standard Time
Password – coach21

index  cam4coach_pt@cam4.com
5  @cam4coach_pt

SWEDISH

cam4coach_se
Tuesdays
2:30 pm
Eastern Standard Time
Password – coachse

 

What’s The Difference Between Gifts, Tips and Tokens?

Learn how Gifts, Tips and Tokens each work differently to accomplish the same thing – earning you money!

Tokens

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What Are Tokens? 

Tokens are the currency used on CAM4. Your viewers may tip you tokens while you’re on cam.  You can cash out the tokens you earn in your Broadcaster Dashboard for your local currency.

10 Tokens = $1 USD.

Viewers often tip to make requests, help reach a goal you’ve set, or show appreciation for your awesome broadcast! Viewers can also use tokens to buy CAM4 Gifts, play Interactive Games or pay for your Private and Group shows.


Gifts

What Are Gifts?

CAM4 Gifts are virtual presents designed by CAM4 that hold a specific token value. Anyone on CAM4 has the ability to send or receive a gift, but your account has to be approved to cash out the tokens attached – the tokens will be sent to your Broadcaster Dashboard total as soon as someone sends you a gift. 

What Happens When You Receive A Gift?

You will see your gift (and who sent it) on the Display Case on your profile for 30 days. (Holiday and CAM4’s birthday gifts do not expire)

When you receive a gift, a notification is sent to your CAM4 inbox. This notification message will start a mail thread between you and the sender so you can write them back to say thank you!

You will also get an email letting you know that you received a new gift if you have opted-in to email notifications from CAM4.  You can turn on or change your notifications in your account settings.


How To See Your Gifts In Broadcaster Dashboard

You can get a report of the tokens you’ve received from gifts in your ‘Tip History’ within your Broadcaster Dashboard.


Tips

What is a tip?

A tip is sent to a broadcaster during their broadcast in the form of tokens in an amount determined by the sender. Tips are a way for viewers to show appreciation, or to pay for a show or request.

What Happens When You Receive A Tip?

Once someone has sent you a tip:

  • You will see a white bar appear over your broadcast window that will display the number of tokens, and who sent it.

  • You will hear a ‘Beep, Beep, Beep’ sound (unless you turn it off by pressing the music note at the top right of your broadcast window)
  • The tip amount will be added to your tip bar, as you get closer to your goal, your tip bar becomes more of a rainbow.

  • The tip amount will also be added to ‘Your Earnings’ that is located under your tip bar. This will show your total tokens earned for that broadcast.

How To See Your Tips In The Broadcaster Dashboard

You can see your tips in your ‘Tip History” which will give you a breakdown of all your tips by year, month, and day. 


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

 

 

Broadcast Window Legend

Learn all the tools CAM4 has put at your fingertips to help you stay organized and manage your room.

Show Settings

Private Show Settings – Private show dashboard that allows you to set your per-minute rates, or your fixed rates (blocks of time). Enable  spy viewer rates.

Private Show Requests – When you get a private show request from a viewer you will see them here. You can simply accept the request or ignore it.

Game Center – Built in tipping games you play with your viewers for tokens during your public show. 
Tipping game show ideas

Tip Menu – A fun tool that allows you to create a customized list of actions with the corresponding token amount a viewer needs to tip for you to perform the action during your performance.
Your Tip Menu

Live Touch – Connect your toy to CAM4 and allow viewers to control the vibrations through tipping. 
Find out more on how to set up Live Touch 

Boost – Gold members, friends, and fan club subscribers will be able to send you PM’s (private messages) during your show.

Group Show – Customize the show that works for you. Set your ticket prices, # of tickets available, length of show, and length of time tickets will be available for purchase. 

Chat Windows

      Friend request 

        Settings 

For more info on these filters read the ‘Chat Settings’ article inside the ‘Broadcasting’ Catagory

The brown text color indicates viewers in your room who have tokens available in their CAM4 account. 

If the user is a gold member, tip leader, FanClub membe  an icon will  be present next to their username.

Admin’s will ALWAYS be represented with a CAM4 key Icon, the text “CAM4 Admin”, and comments in blue text. 

Broadcast Window Widgets

Access these control widgets by scrolling over the bottom of your broadcast image. 

  Your audio (what viewers hear)

  Full-screen.

  Mirror Image (Change your image from left to right)


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

 

Camming Do’s and Don’ts (Video)

Here is a quick guide of what you are and are not allowed to do while broadcasting on CAM4.

CAM4 is the most accepting, open camming community online: almost anything goes, as long as it is legal and doesn’t harm yourself or others. Here’s a cheat sheet you can reference if you aren’t sure of what’s allowed!

What am I allowed to do on cam?
  • Masturbate
  • Be naked
  • Accept private shows
  • Have guests (if they have uploaded ID and 2257)
  • Be in public
  • Use sex toys/objects for pleasure
  • Hang out and chat
  • Advertise your personal blog
  • Sell merchandise
  • Play games/raffles/contests
  • Squirt shows
  • BDSM shows
  • Pee on cam
  • Drink pee
  • Role-play shows
  • Wear uniforms/costumes
  • Do shows with other CAM4 broadcasters
What am I NOT allowed to do on cam?
  • Be under the age of 18 or have anyone under the age of 18 on cam with you
  • Have animals on cam or use them in a show with you
  • Operate heavy machinery – This includes driving a car, bus, van, motorcycle, mope-head, scooter, tractor, or any other sort of movable vehicle. 
  • Advertise another competitor site
  • Accept paypal or other 3rd party payments
  • No unapproved people on cam
  • No siblings/relatives
  • No self harm or harming others
  • No illegal drug use
  • No blood
  • No poo
  • No vomit
  • No weapons
  • No hate speech
  • No sleeping on cam

*Failure to comply with these rules will result in CAM4 Admin stopping your broadcast and taking necessary actions up to (or including) banning your account.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!

Common Questions In Chat (Video)

 

By pressing ‘Broadcast’ on the CAM4 homepage, you are creating your very own show where people can chat live with you. While there is always the element of surprise, I have made this guide to prepare you for the questions people will ask you in your chat room on CAM4.


 

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Requests for private shows.
As a new broadcaster, it feels great when your viewers want to take you into a private chat and they are a lot of fun to do. Its a great way to get 1 on 1 time with a viewer and turn them into a long time fan.

These are the types of show requests you can expect:

CAM4 private show
-You make tokens per min 
-You set your own rate per min under the ‘settings’ button in your broadcast window
-Default rate is 24 tokens per min/6 tokens per min for spy viewers
-You can choose to allow spy viewers
-Spy viewers can only see you, no audio and they can not chat. 
-Cam2cam option where you can both see and hear your viewer while in private. (Spy’s cannot see or hear your cam2cam viewer)
-Viewers can tip you if they like
-You get site support
-You keep your place on the homepage.

CAM4 group show
-You sell tickets during your public show
-You set the price, length of show, and number of tickets you want to sell
-You set your timer for ticket sales (You have max 30min to sell tickets to your show)
-The show starts when all tickets are sold
-If the timer runs out before you sell all your tickets you still have the option to do the show. If you decide NOT to do the group show, ticket sale tokens are returned to the viewers
-Viewers can tip you during the show if they like
-You get site support
-You keep your place on the homepage.

Off-site private shows
-You lose your place on the homepage
-No site support
-Chance of fraud increases
-Could have your Skype account banned if you are caught doing a private show.

Option:

Instead of going to another site to do a private show, you can use the password protected room feature to sell blocks of time to this viewer. That way you can still offer viewers a deal, have the privacy of a true private room,    and you don’t have to leave the protection of CAM4!


spanish-star-PTR

Dozens of private messages.
Viewers love sending performers private messages when they are in public chat. It’s exciting to have a private conversation with you while you have hundreds of viewers watching.

Option:

If this becomes overwhelming simply say to your viewers that you are not taking PM’s (private messages) right now. Politely smile and tell them to chat in your public room. “Guys! The more I type the less I can perform!” That usually works.


 

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“Do you need me to be your moderator?”
These viewers may only be trying to help, but I recommend waiting till you get to know a viewer a bit before you make them your “Mod”.  Moderators have the ability to Kick, Silence, Ignore, or Ban anyone in your room, so you want to pick someone with your best interests at heart.

Option:

After a few shows you will get to know your viewers a bit. You should be the one who approaches a viewer about being your “Mod”, not the other way around.


ass-alert3-PTR

Do you take PayPal bb?
This one is a no-no. PayPal gives your full real name when you do a transaction and that is just not safe. You will be banned for advertising or accepting any forms of 3rd party payment.

Option:

Viewers have the option of using PayPal when buying tokens, the option is right on the payment menu.


 

amalia_foryo-PTR

Millions of requests bb….
Some of these will be in the form of a question and some will be just words over and over. Whatever they are just remember every person in your chat room counts towards your total viewers and that moves you up the homepage.

Options:

Put a list of things you will do in your broadcast window text box, this wont stop them from requesting but at least the ones that are serious will know how to get their wish granted.

Keep it light and politely say “Oh looks like someone wants to take me private.” or “You first!”. The more you keep things light and fun the better.


 

annekenecro-PTR

What do you do in your shows/private shows?”
This is a common question you will get from viewers who want to get to know you better. It is best to have a general idea of where your boundaries are so you don’t get put on the spot.

Option:

On your CAM4 profile there is a section where you fill out your bio, this is the perfect place to talk about what your fans can expect during your shows. If you are not comfortable doing something state it here and stick to it.


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“What outfits/costumes/toys do you have bb?”
Lots of your viewers get turned on at the sight of your toys and sexy things you have to wear.

Option:

The best way to show your collection is to take pictures of all your outfits/toys for your CAM4 photo gallery that viewers can browse through. You can even create fun names for your outfits/toys.



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Tokens! Compliments! and More….
Your viewers will shower you with kind words and tips to show their appreciation. Make sure you show your appreciation back with a smile and a simple thank you.


~That’s all for this lesson!

Happy Camming!
Love, Your Coaching Team!