Lavalife also now offers Speed Dates at 9:00 pm every night (local time). Now you have an additional and fun way to meet new singles in real time.
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| Dating Site: | Lavalife |
| Members: | 1.8 million active. |
| Cost per Month: | As low as $14.99 |
| Free Trial: | Yes, can reply to messages. |
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| Free Membership |
- Yes (Unlimited)
- Included:
- Create a Profile
- First Step is to choose to continue to use the main site or to go to manline or womanline,
Lavalife
's sites for gay singles.
- On this page as well, you choose which section of the site to explore. Once you are a member you can join
one or more of these sections. You can pick:
- Dating
- Meet New People and have fun
- Relationship
- Look for a committed relationship
- Intimate Encounters
- Login Information
- Member Id, Password, Email address, Email Preference (notification of when a member contacts you)
- Introduce Yourself
- Personal Details
- Gender, Date of Birth, Location, Physical Information, Ethnic Type, Smoking Habits, Religion, Drinking Habits
- Depending on what dating relationship type you picked (i.e. Dating, Relationship or Intimate) additional information needs to be filled out in your profile.
- Dating Section includes:
- Since you asked
- Idea of a fun date
- I like to talk about
- My friends would describe me as
- Relationship Section includes:
- Have in Common
- My idea of romance
- In my spare time I enjoy
- I value
- Additional Personal Details
- Have Children, Want Children, Education, Annual Income
- Intimate Encounters Section includes:
- A little to get us started
- What really turns you on
- Encounters I am open to
- What are you looking for in a partner
- Sexual Interests
- A profile can be created for a single or a couple.
- What you are looking for
- Profile Preference
- Choose whether or not to display your profile to others. The more members who see you, the more messages
you'll get! Selecting Hide Always means your profile will only be shown to those you communicate with.
- In my own Words
- Add photo's (up to 10)
- Viewing Profiles.
- Viewing Videos.
- Searching
- Relationship Advice.
- Save searches
- Send and receive Smiles.
- Backstage Gallery.
- Not Included:
- Initiating communications with Members.
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| Costs |
- Comparable to other Dating Sites, costs last checked June 4, 2008.
- New - Now offer monthly subscriptions instead of a credit system.
- Membership includes:
- Sending unlimited instant messages
- Sending unlimited emails
- Costs (USD):
- 1 Month for $29.99
- 3 Months for $56.97. This works out to $18.99 per month.
- 6 Months for $89.94. This is the best value at $14.99 per month.
- Add Lavalife2go to any subscription for only $4.99 per month (allows access to Lavalife from your mobile phone).
- Speed Dating Events
- 5 speed dating participants guarantee or your next event is free.
- Costs (USD):
- 1 event for $4.99
- 3 event package for $11.99 ($3.99 per event).
- 5 event package for $14.99 ($2.99 per event).
- Can pay in American or Canadian Dollars.
- Accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
- Easy to cancel your subscription when you want too. Just visit the Account Status page.
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| Relationship Types |
- Heterosexual
- Bisexual
- Womanline - Where women seeking women click.
- Manline - Great men for men, from top to bottom.
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| Looking For |
- Casual Dating
- Relationship
- Intimate Encounters
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| Regions |
- United States
- Canada
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- International
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| Viewing & Communication Tools |
- Photos
- Both public and private photo galleries
- Profiles
- Mail Messages
- Instant Messages
- Add video greetings to message.
- Lavalife2go
- Allows web-enabled mobile phones to access Lavalife to search for singles and send emails and smiles.
- Group and Private Chat with Lavalife Party.
- Phone Calls
- Video Greetings
- Online message forums divided by Lavalifes communities.
- Backstage
- Have your own private backstage area so you can invite other people (called Backstage Passes) to see both your pictures and videos.
- Speed Dates
- Speed Dating profile required with picture.
- Available nightly at 9 PM (local time).
- Participate in 10 online dates in 30 minutes (3 minutes each).
- Meet and chat in real time with instant responses.
- Choose your favorites and find out if you 'click'.
- At the end of each Speed Dating session you'll receive your click list in 3 minutes. The click list provides you with email addresses of the members you clicked with, and they with you.
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| Search By |
- Who's Online
- New Profiles Submitted
- Local Profiles
- Profiles with Pictures or Videos
- Profiles with a Backstage
- Refine search to include any part of profile.
- Advanced Search
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| Items of Note |
- The credit system for payment was used, Lavalife has since switch to a monthly subscription payment plan.
- Include 3 distinct sites base on what you are looking for in a relationship.
- Separate Gay Sites
- Video Messages
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| Other Info |
- Lavalife Notes is an emailed magazine that includes news and tips for the dating single.
- Lavalife started offering Speed Dating events in Canada and the United States in June, 2009 (see Story).
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