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- Online Cam Models: 712
- Last Updated: August 20, 2024
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#1. About Cams.com
We had no idea what was hiding behind the unassuming name "Cams" (/sarcasm off), but we quickly discovered that it's one excellent adult cam site. With more than 91,000 registered performers and about 500 to 800 online each time you visit, it’s time to have some filthy fun. The Cams.com site (or domain) itself must’ve changed hands during its whole existence since its registration in 1996.
#2. First Impressions
While not the best-looking page in the world, Cams' site presents itself like it is. The color scheme, complete layout, and vivid thumbnails all look fancy as hell. It’s one of the prettier networks full of camwhores, and that’s something admins of MyFreeCams should learn. Both sites are as old as time, yet Cams somehow got it together. So despite over 20 years in business, it does remain fresh, like those McDonald's burgers I’ve been reading about, except that masturbation is not only fun but also healthy, or at least my doctor, who checks my prostate daily, tells me so.
The model thumbnails lack all the details, and it’s just a picture with a tag on the right that can either be “nude, party, tipping, or private.” The number of viewers and the rest of the details are unknown. Furthermore, since pictures are talked out of context and don’t show live feeds, you end up guessing about the result. Is the said slut nude or not? Probably not. That is true for all freemium sites which don’t specialize in nude adult shows as much as Chaturbate. When one of your main selling points is private shows, then it makes no sense to feature live feeds with no nude models. Instead, dump some cool, professionally altered pictures and call it a day off.
One of the most significant drawbacks of Cams is that the limited viewing time is tied to your web browser or IP address. At first, you click on any model to check things out, but that’s as limited as your two minutes of fame in the “World’s Got Talent” series. After a while, a massive pop-up will appear, and you’ll be asked to join the site. Fine, you can close it and continue with the stream. Wrong. Now, an overlay on top of a feed asks you to register. The show is still visible at 30% opacity, but this is such an old-fashioned way of attracting registrations that Cams should consider ditching.
#3. Camgirls & User Experience
If you don't want to spend your cash immediately, you can check out many HD shows on Cams.com, and even watch full screen without registering. But if you want tokens, offers available include 100 ($12), 250 ($26), 500 ($50), and 1000 tokens ($100), as well as a pricey premium monthly membership (26$) that only includes a 10% discount on tokens. Private show cost, on average, $3-5, some more, some less. Besides that, you can contribute to a model's goal, spy on private chats, tip to activate a vibrator, or watch recorded shows (more than 45,000).
By looks alone, the Cams' website doesn't stand out much but excels at sorting its performers. Do you want to find a DP lover with big boobs? Just click the appropriate tags. If you need youthful ebonies that speak French, you can try your luck with the right categories and other filters. There's one annoying thing, though: if you enter a show of your choice, once you go back, your choices get reset. Finally, the site runs smoothly on mobile devices and doesn't sacrifice quality. Still, the narrowing down section on the Cams site is great, and I prefer it over some alternatives. It’s not perfect by any means, but you do get a perfectly balanced sidebar that is not too crowded with useless tags that no one has asked for. The search could be improved, though, since you might get zero results if you look for “large ass” or anything like that. Just try it for yourself. The same goes for “anal” or whatever kink you require. Why? Because the search looks for model names only, which is a massive oversight.
I don’t know how Cams.com chatrooms work or how they do the math, but the numbers on the right side are somewhat pathetic. Maybe it’s registered users only? For example, the featured Cams site shows only 5 to 10 people simultaneously. Those are not obscure models hidden in the last age, either! It’s not a big problem if you spend cash, but the chatrooms remain quiet for most of the show. That is not cool and boring, to be fair. Especially since Cams' website is more about private shows anyway, and you end up streaming some random babe for an hour doing nothing because there are no people to chat with or no one is tipping. This is the worst-case scenario that is not too uncommon here. Is this a sign of things to come, or should Cams rebrand itself and do something better? Maybe change the whole business model?
Here’s a tiny update about the Cams' network and its evolution. It could be a coincidence, but there are now more trashy women than ever before, most of which talk in languages other than English. It’s as if the quality made things worse since they aren’t stunning like before. Maybe the time zone is just not right, or we got lucky the first few times, but I feel like scrapping the bottom of the barrel sometimes here. Even the thumbnails have changed. Those were high-quality, stunning like on Flirt4Free or LiveJasmin while now, half of those appear to be taken with a phone, in the worst way possible. Get a grip, will you?
#4. Conclusion
Cams.com is a large and premium-like site for live adult shows. It has almost 100,000 performers around and many online at any given time. While recorded shows and a few useful features make it stand out from the rest, it’s hard to compete with such low numbers.
