12 November 2001; 22 years ago (2001-11-12)[2] (as Jasmin.hu)
Current status
Active
LiveJasmin (company name: JWS Americas S.à r.l.) is an adult
website that provides
live streaming and related services, typically featuring nudity and sexual activity ranging from
striptease and
dirty talk to
masturbation with
sex toys and full sexual intercourse.
According to Alexa rankings, it is one of the most popular sex webcam sites in the world.[3] LiveJasmin's infrastructure, developers and other staff are based in
Hungary and, from 2013,
Luxembourg.[3]
History
LiveJasmin was founded in 2001 by
György Gattyán in Hungary.[4][3] LiveJasmin built its infrastructure and generated content in the beginning by financing studios who were mostly operating illegally in Hungary at that time.[3]
Customers, webcam models and third parties such as studios register with the website.[3] The payout percentage to the model ranges between 30% and 80% depending on the income of the model.[3] Most models are from Romania, Ukraine, Russia, the Philippines, South Africa, and Colombia, while most customers are from the United States and Germany.[3] In the Philippines, Eastern Europe, and Colombia, the models typically work for a studio who provides them with the necessary equipment and infrastructure and controls their work.[3][5]
In countries where sex webcamming is illegal, such as
Uganda, the platform has studios and models assume legal risk.[3][6][7]
In 2014, LiveJasmin started to advertise, producing a number of TV commercials. Two of their commercials were submitted to air during the 66th
Primetime Emmys but were declined by
CBS.[8]
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