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There are way too many swinger sites out there which all try to do the same thing--help people hook up. All offer "ads" or "profiles." All offer free and paid services. All have pictures of some sort. Most have IM capability, video chat, event listings, and so forth. With so many, how do you know which to pick? You could join them all. That is too time consuming for us. What we suggest is signing up for free on some, determining which have the most people in your area, which have the features you like to use, the look you like, and so forth. Go for a test drive. Then pay. Paying makes the sites infinitely more useful to you and your potential friends. You can all do more with each other online when you pay. It really is worth it. Here are some that are safe, well established, and useful. We've found real friends (meaning real meetings) on some and know people who have on all. If you have others you would like to suggest, please let us know. Free: You can actually do quite a bit as a free member on this site, but it won't satisfy you for long. You can contact as many people as you want and get as much email as you can handle, but you can't access nude pictures (and other features are limited). Paid: This is a clean and easy-to-use site that has all the major features--email, IM, video, certifications (to see who has met other people), and notices of events. Your photos are protected, and you can limit access to private pictures. Searching, "friends," and "who's on" features work well. You can't search by size or other variables, though. We like it because it is safe, simple, and real. Very few fakes or scammers or scamming fakes. Price: $9.95/month, $49/year, $129/lifetime (and other deals as well).
Free: Very little you can do as a free member except look around. Your experience will be more like that of walking around the lot rather than driving the car. Maybe sitting in the seat, but definitely not starting it up. Paid: Lots of features. This is a beautiful site filled with fun people. It has all of the features of Swinglifestyle with the addition of a "booty call" section for quick hook-ups and party invites. Price: Just under $20 a month and various discounts for multiple months, up to a year for $164.95.
Free: You can do pretty much everything except you are limited in your picture viewing. You can email and search and get a pretty good feel for how the site works. Paid: Comparable to LifestyleLounge. It is probably most useful as a party planner. You can post a party, check them out, RSVP--everything but attend. We find the searching a little difficult, but it does have lots of variables. People that use it often tell us they are very lucky on SwapperNet. Price: $14.95/month, $95.95/year, $125.95/lifetime.
Free: A watered down but usable version of the paid site: slow version of IM, chat room, search (up to 200 ads), initiate 10 emails--limited, but a good opportunity to see if you will find who you want.
Paid: Unlimited services, send email attachments, view full size photos and XXX galleries, faster IM. This site is focused almost entirely on profiles (as opposed to events and whatnot), and it seems to do it well.
Price: From $6.95/week, $14.95/month, to $99.95/year.
AdultFriendFinder
Free: You can look around, but you are limited in your ability to initiate contact, read full profiles, and view full-size pictures. You can look at a few, then you must squint.
Paid: Unlimited viewing of photos and profiles, enhanced "power" searching (which allows you to search for multiple variables--say age, weight, and location), better positioning on other people's searches, and an overall full experience. It sells all sorts of way to "advertise" yourself better, which would probably be a good thing in a larger community. There are more people here than anywhere. As a result there are also more outdated profiles and fakes. Take the good with the bad.
Price: Various packages and features starting at $19.95/month and $99.95/year.
Do you want to suggest another site? Do you have additional feedback about the sites we have reviewed? Send us a note.
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