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Welcome to the Reallifecam Wiki! Our goal is offer the largest and most comprehensive reallifecam Wiki on the web. What are real life cams? Real life cams are a genre in the live cam niche that feature real people going about their daily lives while broadcasting their activities live to the internet 24/7. Real life cams are typically stationary cameras mounted inside people's homes. Real life cams are sometimes confused with "Voyeur Cams". However, voyeur cams are typically illegally hidden cameras in private places without the consent or knowledge of the person featured on the camera. In contrast, the presence and location of real life cams is known to the subject or subjects of a real life cam. Real life cams are different from "live sex cams" in a few ways, first participants on real life cam sites don't interact with the audience in any way, secondly, sex is not the primary focus, and third the participants are typically paid a monthly stipend by the cam site owner, rather than having to earn money via tips from cam viewers as typical in the live sex cam model.
Business Model
In the real life cam business model participants typically live rent free in upscale apartments or houses. Participants may also receive a monthly stipend from the cam site owner, as well as bonus for generating traffic. Real life cam sites typically operate using a subscriptions model whereby viewers pay a monthly or quarterly fee to view the live camera streams. Some real life cam sites offer extra features such as the ablity to record and play back video, as well as motion detection, and the ability to auto-follow the top performing cameras.
History
The real life cam niche first gained popularity in the mid 90's with JenniCam [1] (1996 - 2004). The first website to feature multiple live cams from more than one domicile was Reallifecam which lanched in 2012, since then the real lifecam niche has gained significant popularity and there are now at least five different companies offering 24/7 real life cams.