What's the best webcam script?

[dcalm]

Some of you may say custom and I'd agree as long as i would like to fuck around and hire programmers. What's the best script that's out there to buy?

at the moment I'm looking at http://camscripts.com/, http://www.2much.net/, http://www.sex-chat-free.com/, http://www.prochatrooms.com/, http://www.online-webcam.net/ - any opinions on these scripts?

[dcalm]

2much goes off on start -it simply costs too much :D

[dcalm]

clickcast looks pretty fucking great and it cost around $350/month with hosting or $175 without ; ]

also http://camscripts.com/products.php have nice clones

http://www.clickcastx.com/

[lazycash]

Why don't you start by telling us what you are trying to accomplish, are you simply looking for a social camchat script or are you looking for a pay per min cam script where you can broadcast camgirls? The scripts you listed are entirely different from each other, not really comparable.

[2MuchMark]

Hi Dcalm,

Sorry you feel that way, but I have an idea if you're interested. Look for me at the xbiz show if you're here or see my sig below for contact details and let's talk.

Cheers!

[dcalm]

Mark: no need to be sorry : ) i'll get in touch with you on icq, yet I feel that my biz partner will tell me to fuck off and get the whole thing coded from beginning when he'll hear about 5 grands (yes, you can have it coded for this price in poland, we've got one of the best it geeks in europe). What I mean is that within this price I can get cheaper script, get it customized and have at least 3k to spend directly on promotion of website.

lazycash: you're right.

- i'm actually looking for a script to broadcast camgirls with credits/pay per minute,
- something like jasminlive, but doesn't need to be so customized because of next point,
- rather in php or flash as after main kick-off I'll be handling introduction of payment systems popular in my country. i guess it could be also solved with setting them up on seperate pages and granting credits manually after confirming them (i already see those requests to automate this thing, no1 wants to wait with dick in hand till the next day), yet i'd be more happy if i could automate this part and be able to develop/introduce new functionalities.

In shortcut I look for ready solution that will offer me a good and expandable functionality OR for a good base (whole live streaming thing + paypal + cc payments ready) with sources so things could be added in future without need for calling support or voting for next features.

[HomerSimpson]

cu$tom one fore sure!

[lazycash]

Originally Posted by dcalm

Mark: no need to be sorry : ) i'll get in touch with you on icq, yet I feel that my biz partner will tell me to fuck off and get the whole thing coded from beginning when he'll hear about 5 grands (yes, you can have it coded for this price in poland, we've got one of the best it geeks in europe). What I mean is that within this price I can get cheaper script, get it customized and have at least 3k to spend directly on promotion of website.

lazycash: you're right.

- i'm actually looking for a script to broadcast camgirls with credits/pay per minute,
- something like jasminlive, but doesn't need to be so customized because of next point,
- rather in php or flash as after main kick-off I'll be handling introduction of payment systems popular in my country. i guess it could be also solved with setting them up on seperate pages and granting credits manually after confirming them (i already see those requests to automate this thing, no1 wants to wait with dick in hand till the next day), yet i'd be more happy if i could automate this part and be able to develop/introduce new functionalities.

In shortcut I look for ready solution that will offer me a good and expandable functionality OR for a good base (whole live streaming thing + paypal + cc payments ready) with sources so things could be added in future without need for calling support or voting for next features.

Hmmm, I could go into a very detailed explanation of everything you are going to need and what order you're going to want to do it in, but since it appears you're wanting to accomplish this all on a shoestring budget, I'll hold off. Not to be negative, but you're going to need much more money than that to successfully launch a pay per view cam site.

Here's the dilemma everyone who tries to start one runs into. You're not going to have any girls who want to sit there and wait till you grow the traffic and give them some earnings, on the flip side you're not going to get surfers to spend without a decent selection of working camgirls. It all has to come together at once to work, and that takes money to make it happen. There's a user here by the nick of cam_girls who found out after spending most of what he had on a 350k domain that it was going to take a minimum of another 50k to launch his own cam site.

Originally Posted by lazycash

Hmmm, I could go into a very detailed explanation of everything you are going to need and what order you're going to want to do it in, but since it appears you're wanting to accomplish this all on a shoestring budget, I'll hold off. Not to be negative, but you're going to need much more money than that to successfully launch a pay per view cam site.

Here's the dilemma everyone who tries to start one runs into. You're not going to have any girls who want to sit there and wait till you grow the traffic and give them some earnings, on the flip side you're not going to get surfers to spend without a decent selection of working camgirls. It all has to come together at once to work, and that takes money to make it happen. There's a user here by the nick of cam_girls who found out after spending most of what he had on a 350k domain that it was going to take a minimum of another 50k to launch his own cam site.

I totally agree, especially with the momentum MFC has you?d be beating a dead horse.
Don?t know how they get away with some of the shit that goes on there in public but
they do so hats off to them.

I?m just now finishing final phase of custom script. New server with some very nice cam, chat, features including all the toys. Invested substantially more than you plan on spending but now seriously considering scrapping the entire project, simply to difficult to compete.

[Mutt]

surprised somebody enterprising hasn't done a myfreecams clone script yet

[lazycash]

Originally Posted by Mutt

surprised somebody enterprising hasn't done a myfreecams clone script yet

Amen, I talked with a programmer working on the standard pay per view cam script a few months back and told him he needed to make the script more like an mfc clone and he could score big if he could get something of quality out on the market. I've seen a few hundred requests on the freelance boards for an mfc clone. Its not that complicated of a script and I'm shocked no one has produced a quality one as the market is ripe.

[lazycash]

Originally Posted by Bold Venture

I totally agree, especially with the momentum MFC has you?d be beating a dead horse.
Don?t know how they get away with some of the shit that goes on there in public but
they do so hats off to them.

I?m just now finishing final phase of custom script. New server with some very nice cam, chat, features including all the toys. Invested substantially more than you plan on spending but now seriously considering scrapping the entire project, simply to difficult to compete.

In all fairness though, I don't get the feeling the thread starter is looking to launch a mega site like MFC, but simply build a more standard pay per view cam site targeting his country. Is your script the standard pay per min cam script with private sessions, or does it have some of the MFC like features such as tokens and group privates?

[lagcam]

i have seen a script that is very heavily based on the features of MFC but having the same features as a successful site doesn't even slightly increase your chances of becoming successful. Take away the traffic, and the superstar performers and MFC is just another site.

Lazycash already explained the classic chicken and egg scenario that all new site owners encounter and unless you can overcome that and have pretty deep pockets to start with you are pretty much on a hiding to nothing.

With so many sites now, performers are spoilt for choices. Most of them work many sites simultaneously and if you don't constantly make it worth their while to be on your site, they will replace you in the equation with the next newest thing.

Assuming you can overcome this and start running profitably, you then have to worry about fraud. Customer fraud, affiliate fraud, and of course performer and studio fraud. Lack of features in the front end may cost you some lost customers, but lack of solid management behind the scenes will cost you a lot more.

I have looked at pretty much every script available at one time or another and yet to encounter even one that could run an average webcam site with zero back end modification.

Personally between custom built and off the shelf, I would go off the shelf with an established developer (not someone who just cloned the front end of somebody else's site) and then get them to implement the behind the scenes changes that I wanted.

Don't think about how much money you could make, think about the ways that people could take that money from you.

[lazycash]

Originally Posted by lagcam

i have seen a script that is very heavily based on the features of MFC but having the same features as a successful site doesn't even slightly increase your chances of becoming successful. Take away the traffic, and the superstar performers and MFC is just another site.

Lazycash already explained the classic chicken and egg scenario that all new site owners encounter and unless you can overcome that and have pretty deep pockets to start with you are pretty much on a hiding to nothing.

With so many sites now, performers are spoilt for choices. Most of them work many sites simultaneously and if you don't constantly make it worth their while to be on your site, they will replace you in the equation with the next newest thing.

Assuming you can overcome this and start running profitably, you then have to worry about fraud. Customer fraud, affiliate fraud, and of course performer and studio fraud. Lack of features in the front end may cost you some lost customers, but lack of solid management behind the scenes will cost you a lot more.

I have looked at pretty much every script available at one time or another and yet to encounter even one that could run an average webcam site with zero back end modification.

Personally between custom built and off the shelf, I would go off the shelf with an established developer (not someone who just cloned the front end of somebody else's site) and then get them to implement the behind the scenes changes that I wanted.

Don't think about how much money you could make, think about the ways that people could take that money from you.

Excellent points, agree with all of that. Also, in my opinion starting an mfc style site is even more difficult than a traditional pay per min as models just don't want to sit there and show in public when there's not enough traffic to generate tips. Most people don't realize that mfc has been around for a few years and really only started to blow up around a year ago. Leo finally was able to generate enough traffic to lure some top talent and once he got the high quality models to show in public it kept steamrolling from there.

Is that MFC style script you saw fully developed and for sale, if so, do you have a link?

Originally Posted by lazycash

In all fairness though, I don't get the feeling the thread starter is looking to launch a mega site like MFC, but simply build a more standard pay per view cam site targeting his country. Is your script the standard pay per min cam script with private sessions, or does it have some of the MFC like features such as tokens and group privates?

It does have many similar features of MFC, tokens, groups, privates even the name, figured if you can’t beat em join em but they’re gonna be tough to match traffic wise. Kinda feel as though I’d be throwing good money after bad. You’re 50k for promoting is correct, maybe even more like 100K, have to give it some serious consideration.

[lagcam]

Originally Posted by lazycash

......Is that MFC style script you saw fully developed and for sale, if so, do you have a link?

I don't want to publish a link to it for a number of reasons specifically that I am not able to endorse or recommend it as yet and do not want to mislead anybody and give the impression that I am, however if you send me a mail to paul at my gfy user name or via the online support on the site in my sig, I will send the link to you privately.

[dcalm]

everything would be cool, but actually there's no problem with really fucking hot girls and amount of them them i can get ready and waiting to show pussy play, also im not in adult since yesterday so i know how and where to pay for traffic :D assumptions kills

btw. i wont beat jasmin, but i can have a lot of beautiful and dirty minded chicks that will love even the free chat. i want to make few bucks overseas and huge cash in my country, yes.

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by lazycash

Here's the dilemma everyone who tries to start one runs into. You're not going to have any girls who want to sit there and wait till you grow the traffic and give them some earnings, on the flip side you're not going to get surfers to spend without a decent selection of working camgirls.

True dat. We are in the preliminary stages of mapping this out right now.

I have plenty of girls who will do cam shows for my members. The members have been asking me for chat and cam forever as they would like to talk to their favorite models. I am not looking to do a MFC type of thing however.

I am looking to do it on a much smaller scale, and for a few hours and days a week to start. If it grows beyond that, great. If not, oh well. Most of the stuff we are launching in the adult market will end up being used for mainstream applications within a year anyway on different projects.

[lazycash]

Originally Posted by dcalm

everything would be cool, but actually there's no problem with really fucking hot girls and amount of them them i can get ready and waiting to show pussy play, also im not in adult since yesterday so i know how and where to pay for traffic :D assumptions kills

btw. i wont beat jasmin, but i can have a lot of beautiful and dirty minded chicks that will love even the free chat. i want to make few bucks overseas and huge cash in my country, yes.

Are you sure you're gonna have a bunch of hot chicks ready and willing sitting by the cam waiting all day? That may happen for a couple days, but they won't be there long if they aren't making anything.

[Django]

i'm also looking for solutions under 50k to launch a webcam site and also without a 350k domain. we already have the script

[dcalm]

Originally Posted by lazycash

Are you sure you're gonna have a bunch of hot chicks ready and willing sitting by the cam waiting all day? That may happen for a couple days, but they won't be there long if they aren't making anything.

yeap, they won't sit there unless traffic goes on and they start making cash... i guess it's natural ; } but that's matter of organisation

[AmeliaG]

I wish one of the billers had a plug-in for this. I love Streamate's interface and I have access to a lot of talent, but I don't have a coder of that variety on staff and the cost for entry seems high, especially given that there are generally also monthly script costs. I'll probably eventually have to bite the bullet and go with one of those plans, but I always feel like it should either be cash up front or a percentage and not both.