SeekingArrangement Review

As one of the leading Sugar Daddy dating sites in the world, Seeking Arrangement (also know as Seeking) has made a major splash online and in the media. The site has been featured in publications like the New York Times and on shows like 20/20, CNN, Dr. Phil, and Dr. Drew. “Mutually beneficial arrangements” is the name of the game at Seeking Arrangement, which matches successful and wealthy benefactors with attractive men and women looking to be spoiled.

SeekingArrangement.com was founded in 2005 (as of 2018 they now use the domain "Seeking.com"). Since the launch they have helped thousands of aspiring Sugar Daddies and Sugar Mommies find Sugar Babies to pamper. The site (and Android app) prides itself on being a focused, easy-to-use resource for a select clientele. The profiles are designed around only one goal: asking the questions necessary to create a mutually beneficial arrangement. Thanks to that targeted focus, there is no fuss, no muss, and no confusion about what anyone is looking for on Seeking Arrangements. This dating service has over 10 million active members with 8 million defined as Sugar Babies and over 2 million signing up as Sugar Daddies and Mommas. These users come from over 139 different countries. If you are a Sugar Daddy then the odds are in your favor on SeekingArrangement as the ratio to Sugar Babies is 1 to 4.

Seeking Arrangement also prides itself on its commitment to privacy. Knowing that the sugar dating lifestyle is a sensitive subject for many of its members, the service maintains and upholds a strict privacy policy and promises that “Seeking Arrangement” will never appear on a credit card statement. They also screen all profiles and photographs submitted to the site for relevancy, and in order to weed out scammers and fake profiles.

Getting started is easy and free for all new members. Just select the gender you are, and the gender you are looking for, followed by the kind of account you want to create (are you looking for Attractive or Successful members?). You then fill out a brief profile, and activate the account via email confirmation. Members who fill out the full profile and upload at least one approved photograph can use most of the site’s features for free. This includes searching for members and viewing their full profiles and public photos.

Free users can also take advantage of limited messaging functionality. Sugar Daddies and Sugar Mommies with Standard Successful memberships can send up to 10 messages at no cost, though they cannot view incoming messages. Sugar Babies with a free Standard Attractive membership can send and read messages once one approved picture has been uploaded to their profile. Contact info is also not allowed in messages to or from Standard Sugar Babies.

For access to priority listings, stronger privacy settings, and the full range of features, users can upgrade to a paid Premium membership. This costs a fee of under $20 per month for Sugar Babies (unless they use a college email address, then it is free) and as low as $80 a month for Sugar Daddies. Premium Memberships also have the purchase option of 90 or a 1 month Diamond membership (SD's only).

Finding a match on the site is a snap once your account is active. Profile information is narrowed down to the essentials – like location, age, height, weight, occupation, relationship status, and smoking habits – while the real focus is kept on the arrangement itself. Sugar Daddies and Mommies list their annual income, net worth, and monthly budget for caring for a Sugar Baby, while Sugar Babies list a desired monthly allowance. All members are encouraged to fill out a detailed description of the kind of arrangement they are seeking.

“We wrote the book on Sugar Daddy dating and turned the Sugar Lifestyle into a part of pop-culture,” says Seeking Arrangement. “So if you are choosing a website to use, consider the leading trend setter, not just another copycat site.” It’s a big claim, but the service seems to live up to the hype. If you’re looking for a mutually beneficial arrangement – a term the service claims to have coined – SeekingArrangement may be the perfect way to meet like-minded people who know what they want from life and aren’t afraid to ask for it.

Positives of SeekingArrangement

These are the best parts of SeekingArrangement.

• Free for Sugar Babies to send and receive messages. Limited trial for Sugar Daddies and Sugar Mommies
• Has received a great deal of publicity, so the member base is strong (over 10 million)
• No automatic re-billing on most plans
• Diamond Club certification to verify net worth
• Members can have Background Checks and verified photos. Can also be verified as currently attending college
• Can filter messages based on profile preferences (ideal for Sugar Babes)
• Can specify exactly what type of relationship you are seeking. Allows Sugar Daddies and Babes to fine tune their search results to ensure they only see the members that are looking for the same type of relationship (which is ESPECIALLY important in Sugar Arrangements)
• New profiles are moderated both manually and through AI to ensure most fakes are deleted
• Advanced Security Protection for your account including security questions and 2 Factor Authentication
• Online 1 on 1 video chatting

Negatives of SeekingArrangement

These are the parts of SeekingArrangement which needs improvement.

• No pre-recorded videos on member profiles
• Some in your face advertising on free accounts pushing you to upgrade
• No iPhone app. Android app is web based which has received some complaints on Google Play
• Background checks available in the United States only

Editors Bottom Line

What should you take away from this review of SeekingArrangement? Our expert explains:

"Seeking Arrangement" is one of the top services for people who wish to find a mutually beneficial relationship. The sugar arrangements found are upfront and honest. Each person knows what the expectations are.

We give SeekingArrangement, a 4 out of 5 Stars! 😃

Awards

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SeekingArrangement Profiles & Sign Up Process

The SeekingArrangement dating service is accessible via Seeking.com. There are no apps in the traditional sense, but they do offer a progressive web app (PWA) that you can download from the Google Play store and install. While the PWA is web based, it does behave like an app with an icon on your home screen, push notifications, and other app like features. The website itself is also responsive and offers a perfectly good alternative if you need to use your smartphone to access Seeking.com instead of your Laptop. The website responds to the screen size of your device and reorganizes the layout of the website to best suit the device you are using.

Creating an account on SeekingArrangement is a quick an easy process whether you are a Sugar Babe or Daddy. When you click on the "Join Now" button you will be asked for the following information:

1. Create your Account
   • I am a... (Man or Woman)
   • I am interested in meeting... (Women, Men, or Both)
   • I want to meet someone who has... (Looks & Charm, or Success & Wealth)
   • Email and Birthday or "Continue with Facebook"
   • Choose Username and Upload Main Photo
2. Tell us about yourself...
   • Where are you located? (select your city)
3. What do you look like?
   • Height, Ethnicity
   • Body Type (includes Slim, Athletic, Average, Curvy, A few Extra Pounds, Full / Overweight, Other)
4. Almost done...
   • Education, Children, Smoking, Drinking
   • Are you currently in a relationship? (includes Single, Divorced, Separated, Married But Looking, Open Relationship, Widowed)
5. A bit about your finances
   • Net Worth (includes select options from $100,000 all the way up to $100 million)
   • Annual Income (includes select options from less than $100,000 all the way up to more than $1 million)
6. What are you seeking?
   • Choose at least one tag (7 max from 27 in total) that will help define what you are seeking in a relationship. Tags include: Active lifestyle, Flexible schedule, Attentive, Discretion, Emotional connection, Fine dining, Flexible schedule, Friends with benefits, No Strings attached, Mentorship, Luxury lifestyle, Open relationship, Platonic, Romance, Seeking Trans-friendly or Transgender, Travel to you, Travel with me, Vacations)
   • Describe what you are seeking in 4,000 characters or less. Explain the sort of relationships / arrangements you are interested in
7. Add the finishing touches to your profile
   • Enter your profile Heading which should give an eye-catching first impression
   • About Me (tell members a bit more about your self in 4,000 characters or less)

For those profile attributes which are important to wealthy Sugar Daddies and attractive Sugar Babies, we have included the select-able options to show the type of members you will be able to find on this dating service and what is easily searchable. Once you have finished filling out your profile you will be asked to check for your verification email to activate your account and set your password. A verified email address is required to message members. Please note that some parts of the profile can be skipped over during the account creation. You can also always go back and change any of your information by editing your profile (found by clicking your profile photo on the far right in the top menu bar).

Advanced Security

Under your account settings you can also setup additional security measures to protect your information. You can enable Security Questions (which will aid in helping you recovery your password) along with Two-Factor Authentication. Two-Factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your account by requiring your mobile phone number. The first time you log in from any device (or when you reset your password) you will be sent a text message to your phone with a unique code. This code will be required to log in, meaning someone would need both your password and access to your phone to log into your SeekingArrangement account.

Verification

Beyond regular email verification and the advanced security measures mentioned above, SeekingArrangement offers a host of other ways to further verify the information in your profile which signals to other members that you are someone who is honest and can be trusted. One of the major tools is background checks. While there is a fee associated with this, it is something a Sugar Babe may request of a Sugar Daddy they are interested in to make them feel safe during the first meet up. Background checks are performed by a 3rd party and includes checks for Registered Sex Offenders, Sex/Violent/Domestic Crimes, and Felonious and Misdemeanor Assaults.

Members also can have their photos verified as accurate and sugar babes can get verified that they are currently attending a college or university. Furthermore, members can also connect their social media accounts (Facebook and Instagram) and have them listed on their profile to offer additional proof they are the person they say they are.

SeekingArrangement Costs

SeekingArrangement is free to join as a Sugar Babe (male or female) as an Attractive Standard member. For Sugar Daddies and Mommas, you can join as a Successful Standard member. With this account you can only send a limited number of messages. To be able to read or reply to any message you need to purchase a subscription for a Premium or Diamond membership.

• Prices last confirmed June 27, 2020. Please check SeekingArrangement for most recent pricing. All prices in USD unless specified otherwise. Prices may differ based on location, time of purchase, or access point (this can include device used and/or if accessed from a website or app)
• Attractive Standard Membership
  • For female and male Sugar Babes only
  • Profile must be 100% complete and approved
  • Requires an approved “public” photo
  • Includes:
    • Read and reply to messages
    • Search for members
    • Post public and private photos (which are accessible only with permission)
    • View and create favorites list
    • View visitor list of your profile
  • Costs: Free
• Successful Standard Membership
  • For Sugar Daddies and Mommas only
  • Requires an approved “public” photo
  • Includes:
    • Send up to 10 messages
    • Search for members
    • Post photos
    • View and create favorites list
    • View visitor list of your profile
  • Costs: Free
• Premium Membership
  • For Sugar Babes (Attractive), and Sugar Daddies and Mommas (Successful)
  • Includes:
    • All the benefits of a Standard membership
    • Read and reply to all messages (unlock conversations)
    • More privacy controls (can hide certain information like online status and join date)
    • Advanced search functionality and can save your search filters
    • Inbox filters. Filter out messages from members who do not meet your criteria
    • Include contact info in messages
    • Message read receipts
    • Ad-free experience
    • Profile can get Featured
    • Save notes about other members
    • A public photo is not required
    • Online Video Chat with other members
    • Attractive Premium Membership Only:
      • Ability to create and share your Wishlist
      • Access to advanced search filters such as: Net Worth, Income, and Lifestyle Budget
  • Costs:
    • Successful Premium Membership
      • 1 month for $89.95 (auto renews every 30 days)
      • 3 months for $239.85 ($79.95 per month) (does not auto renew)
    • Attractive Premium Membership
      • Free for those students who have an approved profile, approved public photo, and their email address matches your university email address (address ends in .edu)
      • 1 month for $19.95 (auto renews every 30 days)
      • 3 months for $44.85 ($14.95 per month) (does not auto renew)
• Diamond Membership
  • Only Successful Members can become Diamond Members
  • Diamond members can expect up to 20 times more responses
  • Includes:
    • All the benefits of a Premium membership
    • Featured prominently on Attractive members dashboards above all other profiles
    • Profile listed on Diamond Member page
    • Diamond badge makes your profile stand out in searches
    • Verify identity, annual income, net worth for no extra cost (identities are kept 100% confidential)
    • Increased visibility in searches
  • Costs:
    • $249.95 for 1 month (does not auto renew)
• Additional Paid Features:
  • Verified Member
    • Verify your profile for a one time fee of $50.00
    • Background verifications are performed by OptimumScreening. They handle all personal information given for check, and not Seeking Arrangement
    • Criminal checks are done for:
      • Registered Sex Offenders
      • Sex/Violent/Domestic Crimes
      • Felonious and Misdemeanor Assaults
    • Other checks include:
      • Address
      • Social Security number Verification
      • International wants and warrants
    • If member passes verification, a verified icon will be displayed on their Seeking Arrangement profile
• Seeking Arrangement accepts most major credits

SeekingArrangement Viewing & Communication Features

There are numerous viewing and communication dating tools available on Seeking.com which allows members to interact with each other. These features are all available when you view a profile and/or from the top menu bar of the site and bottom bar of the web app. The top bar includes the following menu items: Home Dashboard (tap on the SA logo), Search, Messages, Interests, and Profile / Account Settings (which is similar to what is found on the web app).

• Home Dashboard
  • The SeekingArrangement Dashboard is accessible by clicking on the SA logo found in the top menu bar on the left
  • Displays larger photos of members in different categories who are located near you. For example, Sugar Daddies will see a row of popular College members, then 2 rows of New Members, and then 2 rows of Members who are online now
  • Below the member categories you will find a list of the latest blog posts
• Profile
  • Member profiles are accessible by clicking on a member's photo when viewed in the search results, in Messages, and Interest lists
  • When viewing the full profile, you can see the members public photos, Username, Age, Location, Online Status, Headline, and all other parts of the profile
  • You can also find out the Date the Member Joined, Date Last Active, Last Time You Viewed Them, They Viewed You, and if they have favorited you or not
  • Lists any verifications the member may have including, Background, Social Media Accounts, and Photos
  • On any profile you can send a member a Quick Message, Favorite them (tap the heart button), Request Access to Private Photos, Request Background Check, View their Wishlist, and Hide Profile
  • On any profile you have the option to add "User Notes". These notes are for your eyes only and allows you to add any extra information about the member you want
  • Photos
    • Members can have their photos verified by SeekingArrangement which they will receive a badge for on their profile
    • Members can upload super high-resolution photos for excellent viewing on a high-DPI display
    • Two media album types are available:
      • Public
        • Media in this album is accessible by any member
      • Private
        • Media in this album is accessible only to members you have given access to
        • A member will request access to this album by clicking on the "Request to View" section of the members profile that displays a lock icon along with the number of Private photos available. A message will be sent to the owner who can then grant or revoke private photo permission by visiting the profile and clicking on the red “Share/Unshare Private Photos” button
    • Clicking on any media will allow you to view it in full screen. You can tap on the left or right arrows to view the previous or next media item
    • Nude photos are not allowed
  • Wishlists
    • A gift-giving feature which allows Sugar Babies to curate lists of desirable items chosen from 17 different stores (like Amazon) directly on the SeekingArrangement website. Sugar Daddies can in turn view these lists and purchase Sugar Babies gifts from their lists or send one of their own. Sugar Babies can either accept the gift, reject it, or make a counteroffer for a gift that is more to their liking
  • Report or Block
    • Click the ellipsis (three dots) on the user’s profile to bring up these options
    • Tap the "Report Member" and select the appropriate reason from the list and write a description of the problem
    • You can also block the member which will prevent them from communicating with you and from seeing your profile in the search results and other tools

• Messages
  • Accessible by clicking on the Messages menu item in the top menu bar
  • This is where all conversations between members are displayed
  • Before sending any messages, members must agree to the message guidelines which includes being respectful and no pay-per-meet (PPM, escorts, etc...)
  • Messages are organized by Inbox, Filtered Out, Sent, and Archived. Inbox messages can be filtered by unread messages and by profile attributes. Tap the filters icon to hide any messages from members that do not meet your criteria (hiding messages still are viewable in the Filtered Out section). This is ideal for sugar babes who may get a lot of messages from successful men that do not exactly meet their preferences
  • Messages are listed by member as conversations (latest first). Clicking on the conversation will bring up all messages sent between both of you in ordered by date
  • Each conversation shows the members profile, if they are online, when the last message was sent, along with the first part of the message (if you are a Premium member)
  • Any requests to view your private photos will be found here
• Video Chat
  • The real time 1-on-1 video streaming chat feature is accessible directly from the website and mobile app wherever you can send a regular message. Click the video icon to send a video chat request
  • Sugar Babies with completed profiles (including verified emails and approved photos) are eligible to use video chat, while Sugar Daddies with either Premium or Diamond upgrades have access to the feature
  • Before a chat request can be sent, the members must first have exchanged text messages with each other on the site. This prevents unwanted video chat requests
  • Safer than using Facetime, Google Meet, or Zoom since the only thing you need is their profile username to request a chat

• Interests
  • Accessible by clicking on the Interests menu item (with the heart icon) in the top menu bar
  • Shows 3 different tabbed lists:
    • Viewed Me
      • All the members that have viewed your full profile
    • Favorites
      • The profiles that you have favorited
    • Favorited Me
      • A list of all members who have favorited your profile
  • All lists only includes data from the last 180 days
  • All lists can be sorted by last active date, and joined date
  • Each row in the list includes the members main photo, if they are currently online, followed by a summary of their profile. You can send messages or view the full profile directly from this list

Searching and Matching

Obviously, a big part of Seeking Arrangement is searching. There is no real matching tool but that is common for dating services that deal with the sugar arrangement niche since most members rather peruse profiles than just be shown a select set of profiles from an automated matching algorithm.

Searching

To access the search page, you select "Search" from the top menu bar. On larger screens your search filters will be located in the left column and ordered by importance (on phones you must tap the "Filter" button). At the top of the filters you have the option of selecting any of your "Saved Searches & Options" from a drop-down list. This is a nice feature to have and allows you to instantly access your favorite search options without having to reselect everything. Next you will find your Location and Distance preferences. Successful Members have the option to specify up to 3 different locations to search from. Following that you then have your main search option requirements for profiles which you can enable or disable including:

• Photos (profile must have photos)
• Background Check (members who have had a background check done through SeekingArrangemnt)
• Premium (members who are premium subscribers)
• College (show members who are currently students)
• Unviewed (profiles you have yet viewed)
• Viewed (previously viewed profiles)
• Viewed Me (members who have viewed you)
• Favorited (those you have favorited)
• Favorited Me (members who have favorited you)

Finally, you can then filter on all other parts of the profile including physical attributes, and relationship status. Most of these filters allow you to select more than one option. You can also filter not only on what other members are seeking but also what they are not seeking. This is important as this is where a lot of members expectations of the relationship between a sugar daddy and sugar babe may differ. Another important filter option includes Profile Text. This allows you to enter keywords to search on for any text parts of the profile including the Heading and About Me sections.

Once you have made your selection hit the search button and your results are returned in rows. Featured members are returned first followed then by the rest of the members that match your criteria. At the top of the results the number of results returned is displayed. You can set the number of results you want per page along with how you want the search results sorted (either by Recently Active or Join Date). Each row returned includes the main profile photo of the member (which includes the total photo count) followed by a summary which includes the members Username, Headline, Age, Location (city), Height, Body Type, Ethnicity, and if they are online. Profiles are also marked with icons and badges that indicate:

• Diamond Member (shows a Diamond icon badge)
• Premium Member (shows a gold "PREMIUM" badge)
• Verified College Student (shows a blue graduation hat icon)
• Verified Photo (shows a blue profile icon)
• Verified Background (shows a blue landscape photo icon)
• Connected Social Media Accounts (shows a blue icon for Facebook and Instagram)

Tapping on the profile photo will take you to the full profile view of the member where you can read more about them and view any additional photos they may have. From the search results you can also favorite profiles by tapping the Heart button and hide profiles, so they do not display again in the search results.

Matching

SeekingArrangement does not offer any automated matching beyond sending you via email a weekly list of new profiles in your area that meet your basic preferences.

Other SeekingArrangement Information

SeekingArrangement was founded by MIT graduate Brandon Wade in San Francisco, California in 2006. The company's current headquarters are located in Las Vegas, NV. They also have additional offices located in Ukraine and Singapore.

Seeking Arrangement briefly shortened their name to just "Seeking" in the summer of 2018, but within 12 months changed it back (except for the domain name). At one point Seeking Arrangement had a dating app available on the Apple app store but this was removed in 2018 by Apple due to undisclosed reasons. Currently SeekingArrangement does offer a progressive web app (PWA) available for download on the Google Play store.

Due to the controversial Sugar Daddy niche that this dating site services, it has been featured by many media publications, including CNN, Good Morning America, 20/20, GQ Magazine, Miami Herald, New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, and New York Times.

Additional information on this dating service can be found in our topic for Seeking Arrangement news articles.

Seeking Arrangement Customer Support

Seeking Arrangement offers a detailed help section along with articles about how the service works and what exactly is a Sugar Daddy Arrangement. You can find this information located in the footer of every web page. Seeking Arrangement also has an active blog which sees weekly posts about the Sugar Daddy lifestyle and news on the service itself.

If the help section doesn't answer your question, you then can submit a support ticket to customer service.

Support Ticket Form

Available 24 Hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. Response times is within 24 hours

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