The purpose of this thread is to outline my opinion on the webcam industry and how, for certain streaming platforms, it's practically unaffected by piracy.
Note that piracy is a serious issue, and I myself have even had tube sites in the past that have auto scraped videos from dozens of tubes, but since looking into the cam industry, I've realized that the so-called issue of piracy really doesn't make much of a dent in the world of camgirls.
This post is pretty much focused entirely on My Free Cams: it's my favorite platform and Crak Revenue are stellar at providing a great affiliate experience. I also find the style of MFC to be particularly anti-piracy. So, without further ado, let's take a look at what I'm talking about.
The MFC Environment
MFC is quite a unique cam platform. Unlike a lot of places where you typically play a flat amount per minute to see the girls do things, My Free Cams is basically a crowd-funded public sex environment. I'd estimate that 90% of tips made for girls are instigated in non-private environments, and because of this, anyone can easily jump on over to MyFreeCams.com right now and watch girls getting naked, playing with themselves and doing whatever else. Put simply, it's as true to the concept of 'free cams' as you can get.
Now how has MFC managed to make cash by getting girls to do things for free? Well, you see, there are one or two people out there that just want to pay a few bucks and see a show - Streamate is the type of site where this is popular. But you'll find that the more time people spend on My Free Cams, the more attracted they become to the idea of having a girl in their lives.
What I'm talking about with these types of cams is a personal experience. It's so much more than just sex - in the world of escorting, there's a concept known as the GFE, or 'girlfriend experience'. Put simply, the escort will go out with you, look pretty, kiss you, hug you and basically act as a girlfriend. There are some guys that really like this, and others who just prefer the straight-up sex. Thankfully, the GFE has translated world into the cam world, and My Free Cams is very much the pioneer of this concept.
So what are we talking about here, exactly? Instead of the girls just stripping and playing with themselves, My Free Cams promotes an environment where the girls talk to you about your day, show off their pets, have games (which I think is an INCREDIBLY attractive and addictive element of the camgirl experience) to play, add you to snapchat, will send you their used panties and even meet up with you IRL for a dinner date. Basically, camgirls on My Free Cams (at least the profitable ones) are turning more into the cyber GFE experience. They're no longer just objects of sex, they're objects of companionship and interest.
Pirating Sex Shows
Now I'm not going to pretend that people aren't looking all over the Internet for videos of the top girls on MFC. Let's face it, they're fucking hot, and they know how to get down and dirty. MissAlice18 is a perfect example of a girl that I've beaten it to on multiple occasions. She's so similar to my ex, but just has those little details a little more refined and perfected. She's a dream babe with a killer body - who wouldn't want to hit that? Anyway, I digress.
Those people out there that are watching these videos are NOT the people who are going to pay for the shows anyway. My Free Cams is, for all intents and purposes, public. This means that you can go to the site right now and watch free sex - all the videos do is archive the content. In essence, you're not getting access to anything that you wouldn't have been able to get just by visiting the site. There's no pay wall. None. Don't believe me? Spend a few hours on MFC, you'll see what I mean. I don't think that the concept of piracy as we know it (that is, taking someone you're supposed to pay for and getting it for free) exists with these cam shows. In fact, I'd argue that it's preferable for off-site storage in this context, because it can offload bandwidth, but that's another issue.
The Whales
The ultimate aim by being an affiliate with My Free Cams is directing those that want the GFE experience. Why? Because they will pay for it. And they'll pay lots too.
Let's take a look at my biggest fish.
This is one guy who has earned me a total of $2530 since the start of November 2014. Now I get 15% of whatever he spends, so that equals $16,700. It's a relatively impressive amount, but I'm sure there are dozens of affiliates that have even bigger dudes than this guy signing up on the daily.
I'm by no means heavily focused on cams, I do plan to be because of this, but I assure you the cash will only keep increasing as I pump more and more time into it. See, the beauty about Mr. $17k here is that he doesn't have to spend a
penny in order to get the sex. But like a lot of people, it's the attention, the recognition and the extras that come with the sex that are worth paying for. He knows he doesn't have to pay, but he does so anyway. To him, the concept of going to a website and watching the videos is pointless. That isn't what he wants. He wants the GFE, which is something that only comes with cash.
Pirates are either not interested in the personal experience (in which case, they're likely to be pretty frugal when on cam sites) or otherwise can't afford it, in which case they're just bandwidth hogs. Either way, the facts of the matter are that the people who are really paying a lot of cash for cams are not the type of people to be swayed by pirated material.
Conclusion
If you genuinely feel that the adult industry is plagued with piracy and it's cutting into your profits, switch to webcams. I hope that I've made a clear case as to why it's such an interesting realm of adult entertainment and the parallels it has with the escort industry. I truly believe that piracy doesn't have that much of an impact on webcams, because the real money comes from people who aren't there for the video alone.
Anyway, that's my take on the nature of piracy and webcams. Others are free to argue their case and claim that the webcam industry is being ruined by caps, all I'll say is that you should switch over to an aspect of live sex that doesn't have this issue.
Oh, and if you made it this far and have a genuine interest in promoting My Free Cams, the least you can do for me is sign up through my refferal link. Simply
click here now to head on over to Crak Revenue and get signed up. I suggest you go down the revshare route with cams on MFC, but they also do $2.50 PPL for the top countries.
I hope that this post was useful and helped you understand a little about the current climate of camgirls and how My Free Cams has really managed to produce a unique platform and atmosphere that focuses on elements that don't lend too well to piracy.
So what are you waiting for? Start promoting MFC today with Crak Revenue.