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Originally Posted by lazycash
I probably would have used that analogy a year ago with MFC, but not now. Their site and system have been refined and the quality of their models is greatly improved. I will certainly concur with you on the "less expensive" aspect, but at MFC you can also still get the full dining experience as you put it. I do think that MFC is somewhat of a threat to traditional ppv cam sites, simply put, they offer the same thing and more.
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They might propose a threat to other cam sites from the aspect of getting more market share and hurting other sites profits, but they don't pose a threat to the pay per minute model of going private and personal attention. There will always people people who only want to do private shows and not do group shows.
I haven't spent as much time on myfreecams as much as you have but the time I have spent there it gave me the impression that it is popular for people who are 1, looking for something for free, 2, will spend but don't have a lot of money. Basically the "non premium" spenders on the net. The middle to lower class spenders. Sure some people hit their site and do go private and spend lots of money because then can. Sites like cam4 offer free to get the traffic then upsell with ads. MFC's keeps it all in house, they offer free to get the traffic, then offer multiple ways for people of all income levels to spend.
However, myFREEcams i believe will always carry the stigma of being a site for the lower end spenders and people looking for free. While you are 100% right they do offer the ability to do private shows, the basis of the site is the free shows and tipping. That's their niche, that is the people they attract. They will get some potential big spenders mixed in through the door that they will then upsell to themselves with private shows vs upselling them to ads like a cam4 would do.
I like my analogy I made earlier of a strip club but can alter it a little based off what you and I said in the last couple posts.
MFC is like a strip club that offers no cover, no drink minimum, and when you come in there is a large group of guys crowed around a stage with a couple girls dancing on it. Some guys with a fist full of ones, others just kicking back watching. If you want to go to a private room or get a lap dance you can then make your way through the crowd grab one of these girls and go in the back with them.
Tradional PPM Cam sites are like a strip club that has a $10 cover, 1 drink minimum and no pole dancers. You walk into a quiet place, find your favorite girl and go right to the private room and have fun with her. If you want to chat before or after you can do so in a nice quiet setting.
Typically, if given the choice between the two, the people with a good bit of money to spend are going to go to the place just for people like them. Where they know the girls aren't pandering to the masses and giving anything away free. For most of the bigger spenders its the mentality, the power trip, that they know they are doing what a lot of people can't do. That this is "their girl" and not some two bit chat host begging for tokens so 100 guys can see her tits.
Maybe I can't explain it as good as I like but i have received great feed back from some big whales over the years and with these guys they don't want cheap, don't want to be around cheap, want what everyone else can't have etc... SO i just don't see a lot of them (if given the choice) to go to a site like MFC to try to find girls there to take private. I think they would stick to more traditional ppm sites.
The people you saw spend $500 on tips to girls on MFC, they would have done the same on a ppm cam site. A lot of ppm cam sites don't offer this among other things to allow the guys to give the girls "extras". But they should. So many ppm cam sites miss the boat on several other features they can offer to make more money.
I'm not knocking MFC, i think its a great concept, but I don't see them excelling in every sector of the cam niche. I think they are carving out a great area in between a cam4.com and a cams.com . They will make some money from private shows, but I see their bread and butter from the group shows and tips from free shows.