ImLive Transgender Review - Top Trans Models in Live Shows
Some guys like to be given surprises more than others, and in the case of spirited video chat - ImLive's transgender hosts have EXTRA special gifts on offer. Up and running since 2002, this award winning site continues to offer live shows with t-girls at bargain-basement prices. In this ImLive transgender review, we expertly guide you through the sites many features (some of which are unique); highlight costs & promotions; and discuss the benefits to signing up as a paying member.
ImLive Prices
To interact with models or purchase media, you need site currency (also known as ImLive Credits). You have the choice from 4 different sized Credit packages; with a bundle to suite everyone's budget. ImLive's trans chat hosts are free to charge as they please. Newer performers tend to start out asking for less than the average.
Each available credits package is double the credits for a first-time purchase.
Available Credits Packages
- 25 credits for $29.95
- 50 credits for $58.95
- 75 credits for $87.95
- 100 credits for $114.95
Chat Costs
- Public chat rooms – Free
- Average Private Chat – $2.25 per minute
- New Models – $1.00 per minute
- Group cams – Regular rate for the first room and 0.70 credit discount for the second trans girl added
- Celebrity Shows – Free for credit holders
Membership Levels
- Basic Membership – Free
- Bronze Membership – First purchase
- Silver Membership – 500 Points
- Gold Membership – 2,500 Points
- VIP Membership – 15,000 points
Payment Options
- All major Credit Cards including Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, Discover, JCB, and Maestro
- PayPal
- PumaPay
Promotions
Memberships on ImLive
ImLive offers members an exceptionally rewarding Loyalty Program, where the more Credits spent the more ImLive Points you earn. With points you scale the status ladder, and with each level reached - you get benefits along with discounts for live shows & recorded videos. Get to VIP, and you enjoy the greatest benefits and the most discounts for private chat.
Bronze Member benefits
- First 20 seconds free on all private chats
- Access to all private photo galleries
- Watch the Monthly Contest videos for free
- 0.60 credits/min discount on private chats
- Watch past Celebrity Shows for free
- 20% reduction on Top Past Live Shows
Silver Member Benefits
- Get up to 10 bonus credits on every purchase
- Get up to 10 Treats on every purchase
- 0.70 credits/min discount on private chats
- Watch past Celebrity Shows for free
- 25% reduction on Top Past Live Shows
Gold Member Benefits
- Get up to 20 bonus credits on every purchase
- Get up to 20 Treats on every purchase
- 0.80 credits/min discount on private chats
- Watch past Celebrity Shows for free
- 30% reduction on Top Past Live Shows
VIP Member Benefits
- Get up to 25 bonus credits on every purchase
- Get up to 25 Treats on every purchase
- 0.90 credits/min discount on private chats
- 50 bonus credits on every 10,000 points collected
- Special access to fully occupied group chat rooms
- Watch past and current Celebrity Shows for free
- 35% reduction on Top Past Live Shows
- 24/7 VIP customer support
Top Features on ImLive
- A descent selection of trans webcams (over 50 hosts online, at the time of writing this ImLive transgender review)
- The first 20 seconds of every video chat are free
- Watch free video teasers - Only for member holding credit
- Cam to cam and 2-way audio are inclusive with the rate paid for all private sessions
- Rewards Program - Benefits and discounts increase as your memberships status advances
- Decide how you want to browse the t-girls. Change the page view to: tiles, list, or gallery view
- Adjust the video viewing screen: Large View (default) and Supersize View (extra large)
- Multi-Viewer - Watch six live trans webcam rooms simultaneously
- Treats - Gifted to you on special occasions, of just when ImLive feels like it. Treats are exchanged for credits
- Candy Shows - A cheap, time-limited show, where performances are for several guests at the same time
- Celebrity Shows - Monthly shows staring major names. Watch live and past performances
- Monthly Video Contests - The performers star in and direct creatively themed videos. Vote for your favorite each month
- Top Host Arena - ImLive hosts vie for members' votes by being extraordinary
- Personal Cards - Your favorite girls can learn kinky details about you if you complete your member profile
- ImLive's Diamonds - Hot models who've been performing for a number of years, earning this legacy title
- Best Newbies - A choice of fresh faces, usually charging the site minimum for live chat
- Hall of Fame - Updated every two weeks with the performers who've worked hard and earned the most credits
- Fulfill Your Fantasy - A novel service where you can submit your fantasy for only the models to see. If they can help, they'll reply to you
- Virtual Gifts - Show some love to your coveted gender benders with virtual gifts
- Discount Clubs - Sign-up for a Host's Discount Club and have the same live show, but at lower costs (paying members only)
- GroupCams - While in chat with a tranny, you can add another tgirl from her list of chat friends, or add another from your own Favorites list
- Free Teasers - For credit holders only. Must at least be a Bronze member to watch from a collection of explicit recorded performances
- Premium mobile access is available. Get connected from anywhere you are with your smartphone or tablet
- Niche webcams cover most imaginable categories and a few you've probably never conceived
- A variety of categories including but not limited to Asian, Latina, trans, gays, couples, lesbians, amateurs, MILF, BBW and more
ImLive's Pros and Cons
Pros
- Adjustable gallery view, browse for transgender webcams the way you want to
- Large video feed (default) which can be changed to supersize
- Multi-view, allowing users to watch 6 t-girls at the same time
- High quality (HQ) cameras in most shemale chat rooms
- Transgender hosts were responsive, and genuinely seemed interested in conversation
- Roughly 2000 registered trans models, over 50 online (at time of writing this ImLive transgender review)
- Advanced search function including useful filters: Price, Ratings & Kinks, to name a few
- Great customer support 24/7, either by phone or email
Cons
- Not enough tranny chat rooms in HD
- HD cams are not labelled, which we found a tad annoying
- Some shemale video chats were pixelated, due to the default large video format
- Not too much red-light action happening in the public chat
- Rewards Program; although it's comprehensive and adds value - we found it a bit convoluted
Editor's Impression of ImLive Transgender Cams
Having launched back in 2002, ImLive is an established site for inexpensive chat, and these days it still offers live shows with competitive costs. Shifting our focus to the transsexuals; at ImLive you'll meet mostly trans girls (guys who have gone through the transformation process, or going through it to become a woman). This site's selection of shemale hosts come across as crafted temptresses in their open chat rooms, and always seem dressed to impress - but (in the main) only show off their multi-facet assets in private.
Ardent fans ought to know this already, but as a new member it shouldn't take you too long to work out that ImLive is more than just a site for live chat. It's also a tremendous source for recorded shows with plenty of home-made tranny movies on offer. This is a premium site that reserves all after-hours entertainment for closed shows; however some t-girls have been known to bend the rules exposing more than they should. These are ImLive's brazen shemales who look to tip the odds at being snagged for private sessions - just a bit more in their favor.
Getting Started on ImLive
The registration process is simple, and only requires of you an: Email, Username & Password which gets you setup as a Basic member.
Credit holding members enjoy full site access, and are able to maximize their overall experience through: having live shows in private; taking control of the trans girl's stimulation toy (if she has one in her room); giving the babes tips / or sending them virtual gifts. With Credits, you are essentially an active user on the site; and the more activity, the greater the kickbacks.
Moving Forward
From the Member Page (or the default homepage) you get outlined site information, as well as intuitive quick links to: Favorite Lists (saved lists of your best shemale hosts for live chat); saved videos; your personal profile (if you elect to complete one); additional site features; special offers on promotion; and a whole lot more.
To bypass the rest, and get direct access to ImLive's transgender models, use: Hosts (main drop-down search menu) > then select either Trans Alone or Trans Couples depending on if you're in the mood for a private date or 3-way action. You also have tools to tailor your searches, which are found in the Advanced menu; and include relevant search filters like Language, Rating & Price as a few examples.
This site is geared with many intelligent features, such as the option to order the main browsing gallery to meet your viewing tastes. There are 3 different view modes to pick from: List View (Classic), Tile View (Form) & Gallery View (Modern). We suggest Gallery view, which we concluded gives users the best sized thumbnails of the hosts. You also get room previews in all 3 viewing modes, yet another smart ImLive user feature.
Transgender hosts available for open chat are labelled as Free Video Chat; and then the rooms with shemales already performing in private are indicated as Live Sex Video Chat.
Open Trans Chat Rooms - Free to Guests & Members
As you enter into an available host's chat room, the first thing that is evident is the video playback screen which has a rather splendid size. This can be further increased to full-screen size by clicking on the screen icon (bottom left of the video); which is also where the volume adjustment button is located. You send message through the text box that's situated on the right side of the playback screen.
Most shemale models were approachable, and we agreed that conversation was easy to strike up. Our hosts were certainly responsive and happy to entertain frisky chit-chat. However, being a premium site the majority of models seemed to keep things above board, and only 100% undress in paid viewings. When you choose to have a closed show, a popup window will 1st open with pricing confirmation, along with any promotional chat offers (if applicable). Transgender hosts are at liberty to set their own private show costs; and they also have the freedom to determine their own availability status.
Live Transgender Video Chat - Private Webcam Shows
All paid restricted sessions include c2c and sound, with no extra costs - and the first 20 seconds of all private shows are totally on the house! Overall, you get outstanding resolution with most rooms playing in high quality (HQ), regardless if you're using a laptop or hand-held mobile device. With high quality (HQ) camera feeds, you tend to get strong uninterrupted video streams, no matter the speed of your internet connection. That said, we also noted that some tranny chat rooms play in HD; and we look forward to watching even more HD shows on ImLive.
What goes on behind closed doors is for you and the gender bender to work out. While the host's profile can give you some insight as to the types of things she's prepared to do in private; ultimately it's for the two of you to decide. You might like taking a more passive stance, leaving the tranny to do all the hard lifting - or you may be dominant, and feel the need to take control. What ever your approach is, ImLive has transgender hosts to celebrate just about every private occasion.
You'll even find select t-girls with very particular skillsets; these models can contort to position to give themselves maximum self-pleasure!
As far as chat costs are concerned, we unanimously agreed that having cam to cam & sound as part of the deal, plus the advantage of already dirt cheap pricing - easily continues to validate ImLive as a site for low-cost trans video chat. In fact ImLive is a regular feature on our expert list of top sites for cheap webcam shows.
ImLive User Featrues
When it comes to usability, you get some pretty funky features (some which are unique to ImLive), along with progressive benefits for members who buy & spend ImLive Credits.
Discount Clubs - a number of ImLive's transgender hosts have their very own paid fan clubs. Members who register can anticipate explicit chat with their best performing shemale models, with even greater savings. Discount Clubs run their own subscriptions, and enterprising hosts set their own monthly costs.
Monthly Video Contests - Amateur t-girls submit their own freestyle movies which are totally gratis to paying members. The videos usually have a theme, but are always crammed full with crazy action. Members get to vote; and through popularity movies are then ranked.
Celebrity Shows - every month ImLive stages a specialty event that pays tribute to the site's most dedicated & acknowledged model in an exclusive show - open to ImLive paying members only. You have free access to the latest show (as well as past celebrity shows).
Multi-viewer - a novel feature that enables you to watch 6 different webcams simultaneously, and is a really cool way to browse ImLive's chat hosts. When you're ready to move on, simply click (or touch) the 'blue arrow' button, and 6 fresh models will show up!
Fulfill Your Fantasy - another unique ImLive feature, here you get to post a message expressing the show particulars, and detail the type of trans girl you're looking for - and then the appropriate models with just the right kind of looks & equipment come find you.
Conclusion
ImLive is a great match for transgender video chat; with a real homely and diverse selection of models. But it can't compete with dedicated transgender sites like MyTrannyCams.com. That said, It's an enriched platform with more than just live webcams, featuring a stout collection of recorded shows and signature features. Plus there's a progressive rewards program which can make live shows even cheaper, and a 1time-only freebie you can claim with credit card signup. Summed up, what you get is first-class entertainment with trans cam girls at affordable rates.