When a site is as simply titled as Adult Cams, one would think that getting your head around what it is about and what you actually get when you sign up is just as easy, but I’m sure I’m not alone in having to take more than just a moment to figure this out. So if you have steered clear of webcam sites in the past because you found sorting out ‘free’ from the various levels of ‘membership’ and the ‘pay per minute’ layers, you may want to stick around for this commentary. While our main focus will be on peeling down the layers of Adult Cams, the basic concepts here apply to many other live video chat sites.

If you’ve signed up to other membership sites in the past, you may have already been bombarded with ‘free chat’ as a ‘bonus’ feature. But, you don’t need to be a member of an adult site to see links to this form of amusement. If you’ve read any of my other commentaries, you will already know that I generally don’t consider ‘free chat’ a genuine bonus feature when it is added to a membership. The reason for this is that the ‘free’ part is generally quite lame and more of a live upsell to higher paid levels.

Adult Cams is about connecting you with any one of thousands of webcam models from around the world. You may think of it as a video chat shopping mall. Entrance to the main lobby is free, but as with most things, you generally get what you pay for. When you visit the front end of this site, you are quickly greeted by freshly updated sexy mugshots of willing and eager videochat companions interested in chatting you up (ultimately for $$$). But don’t despair if your personal interests lay beyond sexy solo chicks - this site presents a full gamut of webcam partners including: Girls Alone, Girl/Girl(Lesbian), Girl/Guy(Couples), Threesomes/Groups, Mature(Over 40), Transgender(TS/TV), Fetish, BBW(Voluptuous Women), Guy Alone(Straight), Guy Alone(Gay), and Guy/Guy. So whatever your curiosity/interest, you can easily flip to another channel and see who’s online to play with.

Navigating the site is reasonably straight forward, but understanding the levels of ‘membership’ may be a bit confusing. As a ‘free visitor’ you can browse the mugshots and bios of the available webcam models. Each model offers a Bio which gives you a sense of what he/she is about: Turn-Ons, Turn-Offs, Stats, Kinky Attributes, and (any) Fetishes. The Bio page also includes some free screenshots (generally non-nude). You can chat free with a model, but don’t expect anything too titillating - the free chats are generally non-nude and most of the chit chat is aimed at getting you to sign up for the next level up. Models also have their own Fan pages - these also require a level of membership.

So if you want to chat free with a hot babe or stud without getting too intimate, there is a plethora of conversations going on at all times. If you want to go beyond that, then joining is required: $4.95 for a 3 day trial period or $9.95 for a 7 day trial period, or 39.95 per month (Membership Renews automatically at $39.95 every 1 month(s) Until Cancelled). Your membership entitles you to: free recorded shows plus 10% off live nude & private chat; watch all recorded shows for free; exclusive photos; get more attention, interaction and closeness in model chatrooms.

If you’re wondering why ‘free’ is still mentioned when you are a member, that’s because you can pay even more. Your membership gives you enough access to the more detailed goodies of the chatroom models, budgeting a private nude/explicit show will require paying on a per-minute basis - pricing specific to each model.

If you’re not sure about getting fair value for your membership fee, you should be thrilled to know that full membership also gives you full access to a HUGE selection of adult reality sites! These sites include tons of movies and pictures across the full range of the most popular adult themes.

If you’ve always wanted to check out a videochat site, Adult Cams is probably one of your best opportunities to do so without really risking anything at all. In the worst case, you get full membership a full on suite of movie and picture sites. And in the best case, you get your gallery boots filled and you may have a sexy new friend or more!