When MyFreeCams first
announced their
new site in our forum in 2005 they didn't get a very positive response.
Sadly they haven't followed up in the forum, though i can't blame them, because
today the site is large and growing and some of the problems originally noted
are addressed.
I didn't do an adult webcam review of the site at the time because they were
IP blocking my country -- but thankfully that's stopped now as well.
The site developers are obviously, as they have said themselves, real geeks
who have spent the time to make a technically sophisticated site that uses
advanced web technologies. Now that may not matter to the average viewer
or host, but it should ultimately mean a less buggy and more secure site.
Basic cam site functions such as thumbnails and ways to filter the list of
online hosts is all there, though with unusual twists such as the fact that you
don't say which ethnicities you WANT to see, but rather those you wish to
EXCLUDE.
And note this isn't ethnicity as most sites would filter by, but geo region.
So if you want to see just Latina models then this isn't going work for you.
Grouping Asia with Pacific Islands is a little strange too.
Signup is free -- first you can choose your nick, then separately if you give
and validate an email address you get a basic account. They'd like you to
put down some cash as soon as possible though and you are soon prompted "As
soon as you buy tokens you will be instantly upgraded to a Premium Member free".
You automatically become a premium member once you purchase tokens the first
time on MyFreeCams . Then you remain a premium member forever, it doesn't
expire after some time as some sites have with the extra privs for real spending
members.
Once you are a premium member you get to do things like email to models, or
PM online models.
And of course go into private shows. Shows are 60 tokens a minute.
Tokens are between 8 cents and 10 cents each depending on how many you buys.
So that works out at $4.80 to six dollars a minute! This is
Flirt4Free
territory in terms of pricing -- if you get sticker shock at $6/minute then
you'd better stop reading now and go back to
imLive,
Camcontacts
or even ifriends.
If you're still with me now then you'll be glad to know that you can buy your
tokens via CC either with Epoch or CCBill, two large and reputable companies.
$75 gets you 900 tokens at the best rate, or if you want to just test the waters
then a $20 payment will get you 200 tokens to spend on adult webcam chat.
Now
actually you can spend a lot of time MyFreeCams -- chatting and in video
and seeing plenty of nudity -- without spending a penny. Pop up the free
adult web cam chat window and just keep hitting the "Next Model" button until
you see someone you like -- it's easy, possibly too easy. They make
channel flipping through cam girls just a click away.
This should be a recipe for beggar heaven -- but they have that under
control, partly by allowing hosts to "silence" unregistered guests. And
even as a viewer you can choose to ignore guests and/or basic members.
All the hosts I visited had music playing -- sometimes it's just fun to go
through and see who has a tune playing you like! And yes the PunkRock girl
-- with plenty of tattoos and cute bare breasts -- was playing, and singing
along, to rock.
There were about 80 video chat rooms running -- but that included 20 or so
where the host was "away". So maybe 60 hosts actually available with 5 in
private. Why list them if they are in private? Because you can
elect to spy on private shows.
And if you want a really private private show then for a mere 80 token s a
minute (eighth bucks a minute!) the spy function is turned off for that session.
Now strangely the Asian models MyFreeCams have their own separate page as of
Aug 2008 -- and only "small selection of the very best ones will be also
shown on the default homepage". Why not just provide a filter on the
home page?
Throughout the site they make a big deal about being a real community - and
indeed they provide lots of enablers for that like friends lists and internal
email. I've also heard that at this site it is common for hosts to drop in
on their "neighbour" chat rooms to see how things are going and to hang out.
But how much do they pay? Well I can't find a lot of information about
that -- basically the usual stuff about how it is more than everybody else. "We
pay MUCH more than any other webcam site on the internet" What's so
hard about actually stating a percentage? In their original
announcement in the forum 3 years ago they said variously 50% or 60%.
As 50% is exactly what ifriends pays that would not be more, and I don't
consider 60% "much" more.
I'll agree that it is on the high end though -- many sites are only paying
30% these days so get 50% while you can! No details whatsoever on how
payments are done, minimum amounts or anything like. Just "bi-weekly".
Do not bother to apply if you are a mature model though, or a gay model as
they only want "females age 18-35".
To signup go here -- but note
it isn't a real signup form where you can create your account immediately,
rather it looks like a contact form so I guess someone will be in touch to
discuss. What does that mean? That they are selective I would guess
which can be good (if you get it) or bad (if you don't)
If you have any more information about MyFreeCams, please drop me a note in the
webcam forum, thanks.
Webcam
Wizard!
