How Does Chaturbate Work?

What is Chaturbate and how does it work? This is a question that has been on quite a few of our readers’ minds (and in our comment feed) and we’ve decided to finally oblige with the answer. If you’re curious about Chaturbate and how it works, this is the article for you. We’ll be exploring the cam site along with how you can sign up, how the token system works, and how you can get the most out of your Chaturbate experience.

What is Chaturbate?

Chaturbate burst onto the camming scene in 2011 and got its start as a social camming site, allowing anyone to stream their webcam feed live. Since then, Chaturbate has gone the way of the cam sites that most of us are familiar with today – a platform where horny guys can watch equally horny girls pleasure themselves (or others) live and online.

Just like many other cam sites, Chaturbate offers a decent selection of female, male, trans, and couple cams, with a great tagging system that you can use to filter through your search results for your personal kink or fetish. It’s not all that bad compared to several other cam sites that we’ve reviewed. Many of the solo cam models are fans of the Lovense Lush, which you can control remotely with certain tip actions in the chat. There are also couples willing to go private and carry out your fantasies on camera and much more. If you want to find out how to sign up, read on.  

How Do You Sign Up for Chaturbate?

To register a free account on Chaturbate, you’ll need to hit the sign-up button in the top right-hand corner of the home screen. Once you’ve clicked on this button, you’ll be redirected to a registration form, where you will need to fill in the following details:

• Username
• Password
• Email address
• Birthday
• Gender

Agree to the terms and conditions by clicking on the check box next to the respective statement. Do the same for the Chaturbate Privacy Policy and then click on “Create Free Account”. For those of you who would rather have Google store this information and sign in on your behalf, click on “Sign Up with Google”.

How Does Chaturbate Work?

So, the question of the hour is: how does Chaturbate really work? While it’s not dissimilar from many other cam sites, we’ll dive into the parameters of this cam site now.

Free Text Chat

One of the great things about Chaturbate is their Free Text Chat that you can see and enter once you’ve made your way into a particular chat room. Your screen will be split between the live stream of the cam model’s webcam and the chat window. In this window, you’ll be able to see what is being said to the cam model and what her responses are. You can also join in on the action by entering the chat. Just be aware that if the cam model has a lot of people talking to her simultaneously, it will be hard to get her attention. This is where tips come in.

Tipping Tokens

If you want to get the cam model’s attention or have her submit to one of your requests, tips get the job done. The preferred tip amount is 25 tokens. Anything less than that and she might just pretend like she didn’t see your request come in. However, not all models are like this. If you prefer one-on-one interaction, private shows might be for you.

Private Shows

If you find that getting a cam model’s attention is still difficult despite offering generous tips, you can invite her to a private chat where you can expect to pay anywhere from 5 to 90 tokens per minute. This is also the space in which you would go cam2cam with a cam model.

Cam To Cam

Cam to Cam – also referred to as cam2cam or C2C – allows you to interact with your cam model at another level. Essentially, she can see and hear you just as you can see or hear her. Cam models on Chaturbate aren’t as interested in C2C shows as those on platforms like StripChat. You might also need to sign up as a broadcaster or head into a private chat to make this happen.

How Do Tokens Work on Chaturbate?

Tokens are like currency on Chaturbate. They allow you to interact with cam models and get them to do your bidding. There are tip options in the chat menu but, more often than not, viewers will try to stretch the boundaries by asking the cam model to perform a certain act in exchange for a certain amount of tokens. For instance, if it isn’t already in the tip options, you might see something like, “25 tokens to flash tits” in the chat reel – and it gets steamier from there.

Tokens will cost you ($0.10) each and every token that you offer a cam model will be halved. Half goes to Chaturbate and half goes to the cam model, so be aware that what might seem like a big tip to you is only half as much to the cam model.

Conclusion

For those of you who wanted to know how Chaturbate works and whether it’s worth using, here’s our verdict. It’s a great camming platform if you just like to watch. If you’ll only be viewing performances and don’t necessarily want to go C2C, this will be up your alley. However, if you want great value for money, enhanced private chat experiences, and girls that are willing to watch you, we recommend StripChat.