Whistlr Studio Policies, Trust, Help Center, and Official Support
Whistlr Live Studio is operated by ETAProjects Inc. (ETAPX). Trust on Studio is operational: keep credentials on your machine, reset them if they leak, apply for monetization only on the official partners site, and use the published Help, Support, Privacy, and Terms pages. This article covers the in-studio Help center for business accounts, public Support, what Whistlr will never ask you to do, Community Guidelines for streams and profile media, age requirements, and the company destinations linked from the Account menu.
Studio Help and Public Support
Business accounts get a Help tab in Creator Live Studio. The page title is Creator Live Studio Guide, with the kicker Help Center and a search box: “Search setup, gems, payouts…”. Search filters the six articles on the page. If nothing matches, the guide suggests trying “stream key”, “OBS”, “gems”, or “payouts”. Public help also lives at /support for stream keys, payouts, and monetization when you are not signed into a business Studio, or when you want the marketing-site version of the same topics. Product news stays on /journey. Long-form studio documentation also lives in Notes-style guides and this Help Center.
- Stream ingest: Studio credentials—Server URL and Stream Key for this studio. Copy, Show / Hide the key, and Reset Stream Key. A Ready / Unavailable pill reflects whether a key is present.
- Encoder setup: Point OBS, Streamlabs, XSplit, Wirecast, vMix, or any RTMP-compatible encoder at a Custom service. Paste the Server URL and Stream Key, then Start Streaming.
- Quick start: Connect (credentials + preview) → Stream (set Title and Category in Stream Information) → Go Live Everywhere (distribute platform-wide with monetization when unlocked).
- WTC Gems: Whistlr Traffic Coins are the native currency. Viewers buy Gems to support you. Custom branding, flexible pricing, instant payouts. Publish from the WTC tab: open a template, rename it, set a price, publish to your store.
- Earnings: Direct revenue to your business dashboard (no net-30 hold), instant withdrawals that typically arrive in 1–2 business days, and analytics for order value, top supporters, and peak times.
- Live dashboard: Viewer count synced with room presence, a Top Supporters leaderboard of Gem senders, and interactive chat—Send · Moderate · Reply.
From Help to First Live Session
Copy your Server URL and Stream Key from Stream ingest. In your encoder open Settings → Stream, set Service to Custom, and paste both values. Start Streaming and wait for the Studio preview. Set Title and Category in Stream Information, then go live. Publish Gems from the WTC tab when you are ready to earn and Business+ plus Whistlr Go are complete. If a key was ever shared outside your machine, use Reset Stream Key in Help → Stream ingest, confirm the prompt, and paste the new key into your streaming software immediately—the old key stops working and the new one is the only ingest secret for this studio.
Official Policy Pages
Legal and trust pages are public and do not require a Studio login. Support at /support covers stream keys, encoder setup, going live, Gems, payouts, and applying for monetization. Privacy Policy at /privacy explains how Whistlr Live Studio collects, uses, and protects data for streamers and viewers. Terms & Conditions at /terms-and-conditions govern Studio, streaming, Gems, and creator payouts. The company home is etapx.us. Privacy and terms questions go through those published pages—not through a third-party “security audit” pitch.
- Support (/support): Stream keys, encoder setup, going live, Gems, payouts, applying for monetization.
- Privacy Policy (/privacy): How Whistlr Live Studio collects, uses, and protects data for streamers and viewers.
- Terms & Conditions (/terms-and-conditions): The terms that govern Studio, streaming, Gems, and creator payouts.
- Company (etapx.us): ETAProjects Inc. / ETAPX home. Linked from the Studio Account menu as ETAPX.
Keep credentials on your machine, reset them if they leak, and use the official ETAPX and partners destinations linked from Studio. That is the whole trust model we publish.
What We Will Never Ask You to Do
We do not sell access to your stream key, Server URL, or Studio login. Anyone offering a “faster ingest,” a “verified badge pack,” or a “Business+ unlock” outside partners.whistlr.business is not us. Nobody from Whistlr will sell you a Business+ upgrade, a verification badge, or access to your stream key in a private message. Treat the Server URL and Stream Key as secrets. Paste them only into your own encoder. Do not drop them in Discord, chat, tickets, screenshots, or a shared document. If a key was shared, Reset Stream Key in Help → Stream ingest (or Credentials) and update the encoder before you go live again. Apply for Business+ only at partners.whistlr.business. After verification, Gems, live earnings, and withdrawals unlock in Studio. Until then you can still stream—monetization stays locked, streaming does not.
- No key or badge sales: Official monetization and verification paths only. Unofficial “unlock” offers are scams.
- Credentials stay local: Server URL and Stream Key belong in your encoder profile, not in public channels.
- Reset after a leak: Confirm Reset Stream Key, then paste the new key before the next Start Streaming.
- Official Business+ only: partners.whistlr.business—same destination as Apply for Business+ in the Account menu and Learn ETAPX.
Age, Ownership, and Community Guidelines
Whistlr is for adults 18 and older. Age verification is part of signup, not an optional later step—accounts under 18 are blocked. You own what you stream; you also agree to Community Guidelines—no illegal activity, harassment, hate, or explicit sexual content. Cover videos and Blips are public-facing media and follow the same rules as still photos and stream content. Cover Guidelines (opened from the cover Info control in Edit profile) require Community Guidelines; covers that break the rules can be removed without notice. You can correct profile fields anytime in Edit profile. Use a display name and username that follow Community Guidelines.
Profile media limits reinforce the same public-facing bar: profile photo stills under 5 MB; covers as stills under 10 MB or looping video 8 seconds or less under 50 MB (silent loop); Blip animated avatars as video only, 20 seconds or less under 50 MB. Keep a still photo even when you use a Blip so surfaces that do not play motion still have a clear face. Save is the lock—staged media and text do not publish until you confirm.
Account Menu Destinations You Can Trust
The Account menu is the gear on the right of the Creator Live Studio header. It opens a compact sheet with your avatar, display name (or full name, then username), and @handle. Rows stay focused on profile, company destinations, monetization path, and session control so you always know whether you are editing Studio itself or leaving for an official site.
- Edit profile: Full profile editor—photo, cover, Halo, Blip, and display fields.
- Px Campus: Official campus community (new tab).
- ETAPX: Company home at etapx.us.
- Business+ / Apply for Business+: Business accounts see Business+. Everyone else sees Apply for Business+ and is sent to partners.whistlr.business.
- Whistlr: The Whistlr Network at whistlr.network.
- Download Whistlr: The official iOS app—Whistlr: Watch, Share, Live.
- Learn ETAPX: In-studio Learn sheet: where a Go Live lands, how a business account works, and that streaming is free until you apply to earn.
- Earnings Withdrawal: Business accounts only—official withdrawal flow for live earnings.
- Sign out: Ends the Studio session and returns you to sign-in.
Trust Checklist Before Every Session
Confirm Studio Credentials show Ready and that the Stream Key has never left your machine—reset if unsure. Open Learn ETAPX or Help if you need a refresher on Go Live distribution or monetization gates. Apply for Business+ only from the Account menu, Learn, or partners.whistlr.business—never from a DM. Review cover, Blip, and stream content against Community Guidelines. Prefer /support, /privacy, and /terms-and-conditions for policy questions. Ignore anyone who asks you to paste a stream key, buy a badge, or “verify faster” outside official ETAPX and Whistlr destinations.
Trust is operational, not theatrical—the Help tab, /support, /privacy, and /terms-and-conditions are the whole published model.
Related Help Center topics include the going-live FAQ, Personal vs Business+ studio chrome, Whistlr Live Studio Get Started, OBS RTMP Go Live, where streams appear, WTC Gems and viewer payments, earnings and withdrawals, and Studio profile, Halo, and settings. Together, Help, Support, Privacy, Terms, and the official partners path give you a complete, official route from safe ingest to monetization—without unofficial shortcuts or sold credentials.
