Livebeam is has four different entities associated with it. One is the website (Livebeam) owners, the second is the affiliates, third is the content creators, fourth is the users. Each entity wants something different from their association with the Livebeam website.
The owners of course want to make money which occurs from users purchasing credits. The second is affiliates make money by recruiting content makers (females) to post content on Livebeam website. The content providers get to be on the website for free and as far as I know only make money from people sending them gifts which can be converted to money. The content creators also get exposure. The users benefit because they can interact with females they never would have had a chance to interact with otherwise. And the females are all very nice and fun to chat with.
There is, I believe in a lot of cases, a perception by the users (guys) that the content creators are all looking for a relationship with someone that lives in a more prosperous country and can make their life better. The guys think they have a chance at actually having a real relationship with one of these girls. It would be highly unusual for that to happen. Getting visa's to travel to countries like the US and Canada is not easy and can take months or even years. So, that is an unrealistic expectations for guys that are looking for a long term/permanent relationship.
The way I look at it is that I am getting to talk with and get exposed to the life, life style, and culture of females of different ages in many different countries. That is the value I get. However, the girls really push videos and letters and pics which drive up the cost immensely. That creates a cost barrier if a guy opens and responds to all those things. Just chatting is marginally affordable. Everything else, not affordable for most people.
The one thing I cannot get anyone to explain to me is other than gifts, how the content creators are compensated. It doesn't make sense that they push video and pics and letters of they are not come sates for that. My guess is for getting a free account, they are required to push the high value products like pics and video and letters.
Soooooo.... That is my take on livebeam. Do it for the fun, not for the chance at a real world relationship. And, don't click on all those videos of you don't want to go broke fast. Just enjoy the chat.
Lastly, anyone that has been able to get one of the females to interact outside this app, I would like to here about that and maybe even mention the messaging app used for the outside contact and the country the female was feo..
