Originally Posted by **********

Who are you to criticize his idea? I think its pretty good.

SNRProductions:

You are facing an interesting dilemma. You want to give your new customers enough time to warm up to your models, and give your models enough time to "convert" each of your customers, while at the same time not letting freeloaders or "beggars" take advantage of your models, your site, and all your hard work.

No one her can possibly give you a good answer on this. Some will say 5 minutes, some will say 5 days. Some will say free for all. The only way you would really know is after experimenting with different time limits, and comparing the sales from thousands of users. Eventually you would find a "sweet spot" that gives you the highest amount of sales for the lowest amount of free chat time allowed.

As you start your site you might find yourself second guessing this all the time. What I would suggest is this : Pick a time limit, say 30 minutes if thats what you like, and post it on the front page of your website. Let every user know that they get 30 minutes free and that after that they are expected to tip to remain in her free chat room.

If its not too late in your software development, maybe when the time limit is reached, you can either block out or grey-out the video, and / or block out / grey out the chat window. This shows the connection is still in place, and gives greater incentive for the customer to provide a tip to remain connected.

And also by announcing your time limit ahead of time, you are "reminding' the customer that now is the time to pay up, vs pushing him into a corner "pay now or get out".

Unlike Tijuana_Tom here, I wish you all the best of luck with your new cam site.