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Originally Posted by lagcam
There is not a single off the shelf package that can run an active site without at least some behind the scenes modification by somebody who knows how to manage a cam site.
Not one.
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Also the old cam softwares was a clone of livejasmin, while today it is required more a clone of myfreecams, and there's not much of that,you still find old style softwares for sale, as developers had not enough customers to make it worth to update or rewrite these packages really. Some still use java applets instead of flash (I checked your site it uses java, altough is common in filipina themed sites). So all of the big or even medium cam sites got 100% custom software... this further make difficult for "shelf package" sellers to find good and steady paying customers, to fund them to update shelf package software enough.
Still what it matters even if there was available an opensource, free and well working 100% clone of myfreecams (or streamate, livejasmin, whatever) aong with consultants who can install and configure for anyone very cheap, those sites would be all dead... since models would not be online if there's no guys and guys not if there's girls, so it is needed $100,000's of bonus to girls + advertisings for months before the site it stabilizes with regular pay users enough to keep girls there even if you do not pay girls a bonus to just sit online.
Given this, doing the cam software custom it is just a so small cost compared to the marketing that it makes sense to do it custom.
I can disclose that talking with "more than one major sellers of cam shelf softwares" they joked with me on the fact they make money off the delusional guys (include ex cam customers , or ex models who find a cam customer to fund their project) who think they will make lots of money by setup a cam site and send there a few yahoo and skype contacts they fished in cam sites, "then affiliates will bring the rest" or dreams like that.
Ratio of success it is 1 every 50 customers, but at average $5000 per customer, that it was a good business; lately there are less of those new cam site launches from shelf softwares, that's all custom ones it seems (this does not mean it will not fail).