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Login & Customizing Profiles

Once you have completed the registration process you have to login to the site by giving your username and password but the site does provide an automatic login after sign up.

The site claims that it is free but as you login you will immediately see an ‘upgrade now’ box and the site asks you to select a plan which are as follows.

I detest sites that target the words ‘free’ just for marketing, because think about it, you spend the time and energy to sign-up and you find that you can’t pretty much do anything on the site because you have to pay. So what good is ‘free’ then?

Photo Profile Section

Photos can be uploaded from your computer and the photos should be in jpg, png, tif, bmp or gif images with a maximum file size of 5MB each.

The site allows sharing of 30 pictures with the members including your profile picture and there are simple rules for the types of photo upload to your profile.

Your primary photo needs to be sharp, well-lit, in-focus, and no more than a year old and a good primary photo should also be cropped so it shows only your head and shoulders and keep background distractions to a minimum. This is useful information regarding photo upload which people should be made more aware of.

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You should avoid common mistakes that can ruin your photos such as poorly framed shots, bad lighting shots, stretched or squeezed images and blurry photos and all must be avoided.

Browse & Search Feature

You can browse and search many features of the site for free but If you become a paid member you can read and reply to all your messages, send unlimited mails, see who is flirting with you, see who has bookmarked you, view members videos, chat with IM, always find out if you are an astrological match.

For searching your partner you can go for:

• Basic search: in this you can search profiles by giving the country and state from which you are seeking a partner and also you can view profiles with photos, greetings, audio, and video and with personality test.

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• Advanced search: this needs some more criteria of the partner. Here you can search by giving ethnicity, relationship expectations, zodiac sign, marital status, smoking preferences, religion children, occupation etc.

• Are you interested: this section is somewhat interesting. In this you can view a slideshow of the featured persons and if you are interested in his or her profile you can click on them.

• Username search: This needs the username of the profile that you want to search.  This search is only effective if you have spent some time on the site to get to know some members through their usernames.

• My match: This section displays all the matches that suit your profile.

• Keyword search: If your search of a partner matches similar interest to you, then you can go for a keyword searche. Here you can search for the persons by keywords like, dancing, movies, travel, hiking, pets etc.

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Messaging

The messaging section of the site has been nicely designed and includes features offered by most of the dating sites such as sending mails and text messages to the members.

You are able to send flirts to them and there are lots of flirt options available.

You can send kisses, winks, miss you, like you, hello what’s up? and many more such things that helps with the ice-breaking.

You can also view members who have viewed you, favorited you or flirted with you.

The ‘Community’ section also provides you the options of making live chat, view the online members and members who are celebrating their birthday today.

How Much It Costs

Membership will cost you $13.95/mo for 6 months (billed in one payment of $83.70) and $19.95/mo (billing in only one payment of $19.95).

You can make your payments by online check, VISA, Master card, Discover, Western Union, Mail in orders accepted.

You can edit your profile and add photos to the profile.

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Other Features

• What’s new: this is the section where you can view success stories from other members and you can get dating tips and also related magazine articles.

• Audios and videos: the site also allows you to share your audio and videos with the other members.

• Who I like: you can see the flirts made by you, favorite persons marked by you and who you have viewed.

Member Base

As I searched for members on the entire seniorpeoplemeet.com website, I realized that the site has got a very healthy member base and the number seems to be on the increase.

As you can guess the site is designed for seniors so you will find members who have crossed their 40’s although more geared towards a more older crowd.

The site has got members are from all over the world and I found members from USA, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and from many other parts of the world.

Longevity

Overall the website has many features that will attract people to join this site and in accordance to the searches I have made, I found many seniors who wish to make a serious relationship with a view to long-term. As expected I got a very good response from the members of the site.

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