Online since the end of 2004 cams4us is still a small site -- the design is very nice but still not too many people there. After some initial fast growth it seems to have flattened out and now you only see around 10 hosts online in free chat at a time.
Originally you needed to register before you can get free chat but as of Dec 05 their "version 2" does not need registration. Just give your nick name and you can get into chat..
Jul 2005 they started to offer pay-by-phone, so no more credit card as a requirement.
For legal reasons the pay by phone for USA is limited to 20 minutes per session, after those 20 minutes the session will be automatically disconnected.
Pay by phone is now available for following countries : Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Australia, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom and the States. Of course you can still purchase credits via credit card.
Credits are purchased at least $25 up to $150 at a time to watch the Flash based video with chat. How much you pay for a video depends on how many people are in the show with you -- private is most expensive at 200 credits a minute down to only 120 credits for a minute of gang chat with 4+ people.
There is always the option to drop tips as well -- from a buck to $5.
As well as video you can "buy" recorded videos, it seems that once you have purchased them they are yours to view as many times as you want -- as long as you are a member at least. There is a couple seconds preview of each.
Pay rate for hosts is 50% which is good, up there with ifriends, payments are monthly though and with a $100 minimum. Cams4us.com will pay you once a month by check, money wire or western union. As well as regular pay per minute you can earn from Client tips and Video Rental (60% payouts).
The company is Dutch and you'll be faxing your documents to the Netherlands. The same company also appears to run CuteGirls4U but it is not the same site -- different chathosts are online.
If you have any information about cams4us or cutegirls4u please drop me a note here, thanks.
