Can I choose which girl I video chat with?
Yes. Who's online lists the people on the site now. Open a profile and start a video call with her from there; follow her to find her again.
01The choosing route
How does girl video chat work on CamSkip?
You look at who is online, open the profile of a girl you would like to talk to, and start a video call with her from there. That is girl video chat here: a one-on-one video call with a person you picked, not one a dice roll picked for you.
There is a faster way to reach a call, the random match, and it has its own page. This one is about the route where you choose. It is a little slower, and many people prefer it, because the first thing you see is a face you already decided you wanted to see. We say girl the way people do in conversation.
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See
Open Who's online and look at who is on the site right now.
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Open
Tap a card to see her profile.
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Call
Start a video call from her profile. It is one-on-one.
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Follow
If it went well, follow her so you can find her again.
Who's online
Who's online to video call right now?
Whoever is on the site at this minute. Who's online is a live list, not a catalog, so it will not look the same at breakfast as it does at midnight.
You can view the list by country. That is useful if you want to video chat with women who share your language, or the opposite, if you would like to hear what a Tuesday is like in Caracas or Lagos. Each card is one person.
Choosing
How do you decide which girl to call?
By what you would talk about, not only by the picture. A profile is a small amount of information, and the useful part of it is anything that gives you a first question: a country you have never been to, a language you are learning, a photo taken somewhere you recognize.
- Start from the country view if language matters. A call is easier when one of you is comfortable in the other's language, though typed messages can be translated.
- Open the profile before you call. Thirty seconds of looking gives you something better to say than hello.
- Choose one person, not five. Opening a row of profiles and calling whoever answers first is the random match with extra steps.
- Have a reason ready. "I saw you're in Manila, I've always wanted to go" is a reason. People like being picked for one.
From her profile
How do you video call a girl from her profile?
Start the video call from her profile and wait for her to answer. Your browser will ask for the camera and microphone the first time; allow both. Once the call is up, you will see your own picture in a small preview alongside hers.
Calling a girl you have just found goes better when you are ready before you ring. Check your own preview: face in frame, light in front of you. If she does not answer, she may be on another call or away from her screen. Send a short message from the same profile and try again later.
This is a direct call to one person, and the call is one-on-one.
Message or ring
Should you message first or call straight away?
Call straight away if she is online now and you are comfortable on camera; a live call is the quickest way to find out whether you get along. Message first if you are shy, if your English and her Spanish need the translator, or if you want her to know why you picked her before a stranger's face appears on her screen.
There is no wrong order. A two-line text exchange before a call often makes the first moments of video easier, because you already have something to pick up. The girl chat page has opening lines for exactly that.
First words
What do you say when she picks up?
Say hello, say your name, and ask one easy question. "Hi, I'm Dan. Where are you calling from?" does more than any clever line. Smile; on a small screen a neutral face reads as bored.
You have an advantage here that a random match does not give you: you chose her, so say why. "I saw your profile and wanted to ask about the photo by the sea" tells her this call was meant for her. Then listen. Ask about the thing she just mentioned instead of jumping to your next prepared question. Keep comments about appearance light and rare, and never ask for something she has already declined.
- Good: "What's the best thing that happened to you today?"
- Good: "Teach me how to say hello where you live."
- Good: "I picked you because of the guitar in your picture. Do you play?"
- Skip: comments about her body in the first minute.
- Skip: "Do you have another app?" Keep the chat where it started.
- Skip: staring in silence and waiting for her to begin. You called; you go first.
When it stalls
What if the conversation runs dry?
Go back to something she said earlier, or end it kindly. A pause on video feels longer than it is. Before deciding the call is over, try one of three things: ask her to show you something in the room, ask what she was doing before you called, or tell her one short thing about your own day and see what she picks up.
If it still is not moving, thank her and say goodbye. "It was nice talking to you, have a good night" is a complete ending, and a call that ends well is one she will be glad to see again. She is a person at the other end of a camera, and she notices manners.
Finding her again
How do you find the same girl again?
Follow her before the call ends. Following is the difference between a nice one-off and someone you actually get to know: next time you open CamSkip, the people you follow are where you start, and her profile is where you message or call her from.
If you forgot to follow, look for her in Who's online when she is next on the site. It is slower, which is the best argument for following the moment a call is going well.
The other route
Would you rather be surprised?
Then let the site choose: tap start and you are matched one-on-one with someone who is online. That route is on random video call, and the two are compared side by side on girl chat.
Cost
Where are the rules on free matches and coins?
On one page, so they stay accurate: Is CamSkip free? CamSkip is free to start, and that page says what uses free matches and where coins come in. Before any call it is also worth two minutes on the safety tips.
