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e-dating™ SITES • TOP TEN
Lavalife.com
 Where
Singles Click!
Lavalife is one of the best sites I've seen. It's hip, fresh
and definitely attractive to the forever-young, urban singles
scene. This site is for people with fast-paced, modern lives,
looking for a fun date. It has three major search areas, or
categories:
1. Connect with new fun people to date casually
2. Live romance or a serious relationship
3. Walk on the wilder side of sexy intimate encounters.
Lavalife is a Canadian-based success story serving primarily
Canada, the US, and Australia. Since 1997, it attracted over
4.6 million members, with 850,000 active members (on-line
in the last 90 days), exchanging over 1.1 million messages
daily. The site adds 10,000 new members daily!
Lavalife is geared toward instant gratification and celebrating
single life. If you're the kind that's can't miss those hip
new reality TV dating shows you'll love checking into a Lavalife's
cool features. Lavalife has loads of great features to help
keep up your trend quotient, such as an on-line newsletter
that includes Question of the week, poll of the week, the
"He Said She Said" column, and even sex questions for the
unabashed. Lavalife polls their members from time to time
to reveal what's hot and what's not on the dating scene like
the latest first date fashion trends.
Can you find love at first sight clicking
through the members slide show to see who catches your eye
and makes you light up? Click through to an easy-to-read,
one-page profile to find out his idea for a fun date. One
more click takes you "backstage" to see 5 or 6 more of his
photos. Lavalife let's you make instant connections clicking
with someone on-line now and sending them an instant message
or just a "smile."
No video messages yet but hey, if you want to expand your
"in crowd" you can even click to find a roommate in your area.
Lavalife says they're dedicated to making single life a positive,
fulfilling and self-esteem building experience through relationship
opportunities, social interaction and a like-minded community
of ideas and information. It certainly looks like they are.
Unique features
Get a Backstage Pass!! Lavalife
offers a private area where you can keep your private, personal
pictures. You can invite other members to visit this area
by sending them backstage passes. Maybe his sexy voice will
melt you. This is one of the few sites you can do "Lavalife
by phone" and connect through telephone personals in every
major city in Canada, US and Aussieland. With over 1.5 million
unique members they receives over 100 million phone calls
per year and over 200 million telephone minutes per year.
They post Lavalife by phone success stories to prove it works!
This service is FREE for ladies…what are you waiting for?
Free instant-messaging It is free
to reply to instant messages, but you will have to pay to
send messages to others first. Great option if you want to
respond with your love-interest and not miss a chance at connecting.
Make your move! lavalife.com:
Like, Lust, or Love? Find what you're looking
for!
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FEATURES
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YES/NO
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Audio/Recorded Message
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Birth-date visible
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Astrology Compatibility
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Block Certain Senders
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Browse # of members in each Region or State
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Browse Profiles without signing in
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Group Chat Rooms
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Browse Photos Only - Slideshow/Gallery
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Compatibility Rating System
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Compatibility Test /Questionnaire
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Email alert when you have mail/interest
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Email matches to your inbox
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Gift Services/e-cards
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International membership (multiple countries/network)
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Instant Messaging / One-on-One Chat Rooms
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Love-Matches sent via email
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Newsletter Online /e-zine delivered
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Pay monthly (no obligation)
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Pay per introduction/credits
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Personal Mailbox on-Site
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Post up to 5 photos
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Profile essay space large or unlimited
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Profile matches send to inbox
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Profile on one page
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Relationship "Communities "multiple sites within site
- Friends/Dating/Relationship/Intimate (Casual Sex)
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Relationship - Profile/Search Indicates Type Desired
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Save Search Criteria
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Search by City or Postal Code
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Search by Telephone Area Code
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Search members with photos only
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Search Who's online NOW
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Social Events - Off-line
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Support/Help
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Telephone Personals
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Travel or Singles Excursions
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Travel Services
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Two-way Matching
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Video Clips
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Winks/Smiles/Flirting
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Membership Fee
It's free to create an account with Lavalife. It's free to
post your ad, post up to 10 pictures, and even reply to messages
sent to you!
Fun & flirt $14.99 US 60 credits
Mix & Mingle $24.99 US 115 credits
Click & Connect $39.99 US 200 credits
Use Credits to make contact:
Mail messaging
5 credits = 1 mail message
**Further mail messages to that member are free!
Instant messaging
5 credits = 20 minute session
10 credits = 60 minute session
**Enjoy unlimited instant messaging with as many members as
you like for the duration of your session! Reply to messages
is free!
Demographics
The 30-something crowd…
What we'd like to see improve…
This is such a fantastic site but we do wish there were a
few more features for finding that perfect match easier, say
travel or single excursion options. It can be a bit confusing
with all of the icons they use, but it's easier to understand
once you're familiar with it. There search options are pretty
detailed but more advanced options like area code or birth
date searches would also help to narrow down that special
someone. For the most part though, we're very happy will the
layout and other special features that Lavalife offers.
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