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Frequently Asked Questions

I just signed up. Why is my dashboard empty?​

While it is possible to backfill some data in CB Cam Insights after you sign up, you need to have an active subscription for cam sessions to be analyzed. That means initially your cam sessions dashboard is empty and will fill out over time as you broadcast.

After you sign up and configure your Chaturbate room name it may take up to 24 hours to backfill trends data with daily ranking, viewership and follower changes. After that you will see these charts in the long-term trends section.

For active subscribers, after a couple weeks you will be able to see helpful performance comparisons in your overview dashboard, and after a couple months the long-term stats links from the overview dashboard will provide useful data.

How can I optimize my cam times to get a bigger audience?​

There are two features in CB Cam Insights that can support you in finding the best possible times to cam. In the Schedule section you will find a handy heatmap with the token earnings distribution for the times you have been on cam - the colors range from yellow to deep green - the deeper the green the more money you earned during that time slot. Find the time slots that are the most valuable for you and optimize your schedule around them.

CB Cam Insights also shows you the Chaturbate traffic (including both users and cams) for up to 4 weeks back with markers for you cam shows so you can see your cam shows in context - ideally you time your cam shows to take advantage of predictable traffic patterns (e.g. a traffic spike early evening Eastern time) to maximize your opportunity to get a bigger audience.

How can I optimize the hashtags I use to draw in more viewers?​

Hashtags are an important tool to attract users that just explore Chaturbate by using hashtags to filter the cams they are interested in. CB Cam Insights will show you the most popular tags based on cam performer picks and will also identify potentially underrated tags where the ratio of users to cams is very high.

If you are using the CB Cam Insights Chrome extension, CB Cam Insights will also show you the hashtag distribution for each of your cam shows to get an overview of which hashtags users used to find your show. Keep your most used tags and experiment with the less frequently used ones.

How can I better organize my cam shows?​

With CB Cam Insights you can label any of your cam shows with a set of custom tags (e.g. what type of show you did, what you were wearing or any other characteristic that is noteworthy) and then filter the list of your cam shows by any of those tags to get a better overview of trends (e.g. are you getting more tips when you wear the red dress?)

If this is not enough, you can also jot down notes with a full text editor for each of your cam shows so you have those details written down along with the cam session deep dive and don't have to remember the details yourself.

In the CB Cam Insights overview dashboard you can see the most important stats for your cam business (number of cam sessions, cam duration, average number of viewers, tokens earned, income and income/hour) for many common time periods (7/14/30 days, this month, last month) at a glance and how they compare to the previous time period. With that you are able to identify earnings trends, e.g. if your income/hour goes up that is a very positive signal.

For more long term trends CB Cam Insights also has an earnings chart and a reliable tipper chart that go back multiple months.

How can I save time sharing my top tippers?​

CB Cam Insights includes built in features to call out your top tippers for a cam show, the current month so far and the last month on Twitter. You can spend time to do the math yourself based on the Chaturbate token CSV export - or just click a button and have it done for you in no time.

Can I track purchases with CB Cam Insights?​

Yes, all purchases made in your room (e.g. video sales or Fan Club memberships) are tracked. The details for each cam session also list what purchases were madewhat purchases were made along with earnings, for longer term trends the purchase section lists the totals and sales over time for all your purchases and has aggregate stats over time.

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Once you know e.g. what kind of videos sell best, you can shoot more of those to complement your regular tip income.

Are there limitations on what CB Cam Insights can track?​

By default CB Cam Insights only tracks earnings from open cam room purchases and tips - this does not include offline tips or tips made during a private cam show. To also track those you must configure your Chaturbate Events Token, Chaturbate's offical API allowing 3rd parties like CB Cam Insights to track all of your data.

With the CB Cam Insights Chrome extension tips in private cam shows are also tracked.

To correctly reflect your full income in the stats, CB Cam Insights allows uploading your token transaction history from Chaturbate.

Why should I at least sign up for the free tier?​

The CB Cam Insights free tier gives you the same trend charts you might know from CB Explorer for Chaturbate ranking, viewers, followers, and follower and follower growth ranking. But while these trend charts are limited on CB Explorer to 30 days, you get a full 4 month on CB Cam Insights - four times the data for a much better long-term overview just by signing up with your email.

How do I know CB Cam Insights is for me?​

Many of the core features of CB Cam Insights require you to already have a starter audience to be useful, think of CB Cam Insights as leverage for your cam business - if you don't have at least a small audience yet, it's hard to apply leverage. Some aspects of CB Cam Insights are useful even if you're just starting out, e.g. optimizing your cam times and finding the right hash tags for your show, but you won't get the full benefit just yet.