LiveJasmin Review
While submitting my LiveJasmin application, I learned that recent updates to their HD encoder require much higher quality broadcasting than most cam sites. Without a top-of-the-line webcam and a consistent upload speed over 1.5mb/s, I would not have met their standards. My profile would have suffered a public mark of “bad” under streaming quality.
For this reason, I have decided not to put in any hours on the site, and have based the following review on comments made by current and former LiveJasmin models who have posted on this site.
Application Process
It took forever to get approved. Support was very slow responding to me. They wouldn’t accept my ID.
Training/Support
They fuckin suck! Tried sending them messages, don’t really hear anything back most of the time.
Most of them don’t understand English very well, but they are trying.
The support is, practically speaking, non-existent.
Privacy
Performers have the option to ban guests from certain countries and their own region. Some countries cannot be banned due to their business significance.
Model Interface
…a lot of stuff on their site is confusing.
The dashboard and interface?! Don’t even get me started.
Software
I got emails saying I was being punished for having bad audio and a bad video stream. My husband is in tech and set me up with all my stuff so I know it was working on my end!
The software sometimes will freeze your computer. It has to be compatible with what they want you to use for HD.
Traffic
They get a LOT of traffic…comes with a lot of freeloaders and guys who try to trick you into breaking rules or rip you off by sending fake “tips”
Commission
Varies from 30%-60% depending on your model rank.
It’s a tiered payout system – which I hate, because in order to make the most money you need to be on so many hours of the week.
I have no idea why my cam was rated so poorly…the site threatens to lower my commission by 5%.
Payment Processing
Minimum payout is $100. Payment options are check (3 delivery options) or Payoneer. Models are paid bi-weekly on a 3 week delay. This delay is stated to be for “processing” but in reality LJ is waiting for potential chargebacks. In the case of fraudulent or disputed transactions, the refund comes off of the model’s check. Most cam sites absorb all chargebacks.
Reputation
I’ve been on LiveJasmin for a little bit more then a year, putting in around 3 hours a day, 4-5 days a week. I find it very good when it comes to customers. I think that’s because I’m not the kind of girl for public shows; asking for tips is not my thing, so the concept of it (go to private and I’m yours one-on-one) works perfectly for me.
There are all sorts of crazy standards and restrictions and overall I just hated it with a burning passion. I didn’t even bother working up to my payout amount – it was that shitty.
What works for some may not work for others. While it may have its problems, LiveJasmin is a huge and popular cam site and it seems that a few girls actually do enjoy it and make their living on this site. Apparently being a native English speaker will put you above the curve at LJ.
Note: LiveJasmin is one of few sites that offers an exclusively non-nude category for models. If this interests you and you have good quality technology to work with, it might be worth checking out on that account.
Have experience with LiveJasmin? I would love to hear your thoughts in the comment box below.
About Author
Angie
I'm a 26 year old Canadian, musician, and camgirl. I quit my day job in July 2013 thanks to webcam modeling, and I created U Camgirl to share what I've learned along the way. I'm here to answer questions and help anyone interested in pursuing webcam work.
This is the only site that I had ever heard of out of the ones that you have listed. I first accessed the site through my iPhone and was not impressed with how long I had to wait for the site to load. Because I was using the Google Chrome app, I could see all the backlinks that were loading before the actual graphics came up. This was the time between the time of my first affiliate marketing stint and my current one.
There were many backlink bits that I recognized. I discovered in all the backlinks (that are supposed to be hidden on a fast connection), that there were a great many cookies being stored on my iPhone. I could not understand why there were so many cookies being stored, so I decided to stop before I’d even started. I then accessed the site from my laptop. Even before the site had loaded, my Antivirus software notified me that LiveJasmine was NOT a safe site and that I should continue to the site only if I could deal with the consequences without holding the antivirus program responsible.
With all of that information, I did not stay on the site longer than a week and I did a thorough scan through the entire file system and registry after I was done.
I have a site for you to review. http://www.myfreecams.com (since I didn’t see it on your list here.)
The one good thing that came from LiveJasmine was that it was this site that I had the opportunity to really converse with one girl from California. She showed me the reason that the site used all the backlinks. They were more or less so that the site could cover all of their tracks and not get anonymously hacked because of all the cookies that were collected from the computer before a person even made a profile.
Wow, that is not a good sign for LiveJasmin! I guess I can see why they would take those precautions against hacking, but I really don’t think cookies like that is the way to go. Evidently there are other less invasive ways to protect their security. I’m not sure how other cam sites handle this, but I know the ones I use and trust – I use and trust for a reason. I’ve never had to worry about security issues like this.
Thank you for the site suggestion! I’ll be checking out MFC in the not too far off future.
Thank you very much for adding your comments to this post Mr. Z – I hope to see you again! Cheers.
What other cam site are you on besides Internet Modeling? I’m still waiting for my photos to go through!
Hi Heather,
I spend most of my time with Internet Modeling cuz I love em. I do cam a bit on Streamate as well, but wouldn’t recommend it for a new model since there’s like zero support over there. And of course the other sites that I’m slowly working on reviewing lol.
I’m sure your photos will go through soon! Shouldn’t take very long
Let me know if you need any help with anything!
Cheers,
Angie