The 5 Cheapest Cam Sites Taking Prepaid Cards
Prepaid cards are the golden tickets for financially savvy live video chat lovers who want to keep their online activities away from any prying eyes. There's no over spending, and you don't have to file any of your personal or financial info online. And using them at the following 5 cam sites gets you some of the cheapest private chat rates around.
Read on to find out how to use a prepaid card at the following platforms, which type of models and streaming quality you get at each, and of course, the benefits and perks that'll give you more for less.
All of the cam sites above accept prepaid cards, and while there are hundreds of different types of cards, the most widely accepted ones are those issued by major credit card processors including: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, JCB, Maestro and Diners Club.
American Express also issues debit cards, but these are less widely accepted at cam sites. If you want to know which sites do, then read our blog on cam sites that accept Amex cc and prepaid cards.
How To Get A Prepaid Card
Prepaid cards are widely available. Most major grocery stores and drug stores sell them. You can either choose a card that's already loaded with a set amount of money or preload the card yourself with however much you want. When the balance gets low, you can refill the card at stores (it doesn't have to be the store you purchased it from). Some of them also offer an option to transfer money onto them via an online deposit.
The difference between a prepaid card and other types of cards like debit or credit cards, is that it isn't linked to a bank account, so whatever you buy using the card can't be traced back to you. This is especially useful if you're using it for activities that you'd rather not leave any form of a paper trail.
Similar to credit or debit cards though, there is an expiration day on a prepaid card. This doesn't mean the funds on the card vanish or expire, simply you have to be re-issued a new card and the money that's left on the expired card, moves over to the new one.
How To Get A Free Private Session
All of the budget cam sites listed here giveaway free credits/tokens in order to give users a taster of what awaits in a private show. You may need to register a credit or debit card at the site to get them, but you don't need to make a purchase using the card, and of course, you can delete the info and your membership profile after using them.
Currently, Imlive and Flirt4Free are offering the biggest package of freebies. ImLive will comp you 50 credits if you link your account to a credit card. This offer is for new members only. So, if you've taken advantage of their free membership program in the past, you may want to open a new account and start again. Those 50 credits can be turned into around 20 mins of a private video chat (or c2c) session.
Using this link to Flirt4Free gets you 55% off of your first purchase of any credit package. In addition, when you verify a credit card you are gifted 120 free credits as a thank you, with no purchase required. Flirt4Free is another affordable and cam-to-cam friendly site and rates are c2c inclusive, giving you several minutes of c2c chat time.
CamSoda's freebies vary. New members adding a credit or debit card to their profile can get anywhere between 25 to 200 tokens for free. These will give you just a short teaser (a couple of minutes) in a 1on1 cam encounter. LiveJasmin's promo is also more of teaser. You'll get just under 10 credits when opening a new profile and putting a card's details on file. These can be traded in for around 3 mins with an averaged priced performer in an exclusive encounter (c2c is extra).
Stripchat is the only low-cost site that doesn't require you to put any financial info on file, it also is a game of luck. Once you've registered as a member (which is free), you can enter an hourly raffle where 10 online users have a chance to win 50 free tokens. This will only give a you a couple of minutes in a private show, so it's best to keep on trying your luck and collecting the tokens.
Models & Streaming Quality
The sites all offer a wide variety of performers to partner with, but each site has it's own particular emphasis on the types of models available. Leading the pack is LiveJasmin with a gallery of strictly A-list cam hosts who are at the top of their game in their relevant field (age, appearance, ethnicity and niche genres). Almost all use HD feeds, and the few that don't use high-quality SD broadcasts.
Flirt4Free has a mixture of semi-pro and pro performers, with a mix of streaming quality, though the majority are HD friendly. ImLive's models have all been vetted by the site to ensure a certain level of skill, but they tend to be semi-pro or skilled amateur hosts, many of whom stream in SD.
Finally, Stripchat and CamSoda are freemium sites, attracting a large number of amateur, albeit skilled amateur cam models, alongside semi-pro stars. Streaming quality varies. Most use HD, however you will find more SD rooms on these sites. Stripchat though, is also currently the only platform offering virtual reality (VR) shows.
Conclusion
Another option that works similarly to a prepaid card is a gift card. Gift cards are usually issued by a retailer or brand such as Starbucks, Walmart, Apple and online retailers such as eBay. You can trade in the value of a gift card for site credits/tokens at three of the top cam sites listed here - Flirt4Free, Stripchat and LiveJasmin. However, unlike prepaid cards, a processing fee is deducted from the value of the card and they only allow users based in the U.S. to convert gift card dollars into site currency.
In addition to the free credits/tokens promos offered by the sites, each also has its own unique features and deals. For example, if you're looking for a mobile-friendly c2c chat site, CamSoda, Flirt4Free and LiveJasmin let you open your webcam when using a mobile device or smartphone. ImLive has a range of special celebrity live shows that you can watch for very little money, as well as a multi-viewer search feed that lets you see six live videos at the same time. Stripchat has those elusive VR rooms, and together with CamSoda, it lets you record a private show and store the video in your online account where you can rewatch it for free as often as you want.