Wednesday, February 20, 2013

AsianDating.com overview, Online Dating site review

AsianDating.com overview
AsianDating.com
Asian Dating and Singles.


AsianDating.com overview:
AsianDating.com is powered by Cupid Media, which operates a number of database-driven dating sites  focused on the interracial niche markets.  AsianDating.com allows singles across Asia and Europe to connect by way of a fun and safe environment.  They offer a multi-lingual interface with a user-friendly design, easy navigation and range of interactive features to provide you with a fun and safe online dating experience - connecting you with a large database of singles.

AsianDating.com offers a tiered level of service, starting with your basic free membership.  As a free member you can send and receive e-mail from other members, so it is possible to use the site without paying a subscription fee.  If you decide to become a paying member, the higher your subscription, the better your chance of being noticed according to the way profiles are ranked, i.e. you come lower down the list.  There is an icebreaker or "send an interest" feature, which works quite well at dipping your toe into the dating pool before diving in.  Free membership, however only allows contact with paying members, but once you become one you can contact all members, paying or not.  The experience is organized so that the service improves the more money you spend.  Platinum members have access to all the bells and whistles in the form of video profiles, video mail, and a message translation service.  Moreover, the more you spend, the more space you have on your profile to appeal to other members, and you can also include contact details to communicate outside of the site.

AsianDating.com Features:
  • Standard (free) membership features
    • Create a profile
    • Send an interest
    • Add 5 photos
    • Contact paying members
    • Read messages from paying members
  • Gold membership features.  All the above plus:
    • Read messages from free members
    • Instant messaging
    • Allow free members to read your messages.  Free members cannot read each others' messages but paid membership allows you to read/send messages to any members
    • Add a personality profile - add more to your profile, and you can add your e-mail address so that you can communicate outside the website
    • Rank profile above standard - paid membership allows you a higher profile ranking, giving you a better chance of  being noticed
  • Platinum membership features.  All the above plus:
    • Watch video profiles
    • Send video mail
    • Read video mail
    • Translate messages into other languages
The site is available in the following languages: English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian.

Other features include:
  • Chat rooms
  • Pen pals from all over the world
  • Asian friends

Performing a Search on AsianDating.com:
As a free member you can browse photo galleries, and also check out singles in the following categories:
  • Men seeking women / Women seeking men
  • Men seeking men / Women seeking women
  • Pen pals
  • Dating
Then you define the location - across all areas of the globe.

You can search for other members by the details they have put in their profile, i.e. age, appearance, location, willingness to relocate.



There is a good profile management facility allowing you to change the written content, photos, e-mail alert settings, match preferences, cancellation and reactivation.  All in all it is a good runner up to the two other top sites.  Because of the carefully tiered membership system, free members are constantly adding to the database and keep the site busy and active.  Other sites often don't keep their free members because they cannot read or send e-mails, but AsianDating.com offers an excellent introductory package, enticing members in whilst allowing them to use the site freely and caters for all budgets this way.  Unlike some Asian dating sites, the level of English is to a high professional standard, so things are laid out clearly and simply.  The translation service is an impressive and its popularity speaks for itself.

To discover which dating site is best for you, try reading some more reviews and then join a few dating sites to see for yourself how they suit you. There are no limits to how many free sites you can join, except for the practical ones you impose on yourself, like how much time are you going to devote to searching, communicating and following up on leads that will come into your computer's e-mail inbox. We recommend signing up for free trials with at least two dating sites, in order to see how they compare.

DateInAsia.com overview, Online Dating site review

DateInAsia.com
DateInAsia.com
Free Dating for Awesome People!

DateInAsia.com overview:
DateInAsia.com is a highly popular site that is 100% free to register.  At the No. 2 spot this is quite something.  The other free sites reviewed here are AsiaFuns.com and AsianPersonalsMatch.com.  These alternative free sites are simple, with limited features but a high turnover.  DateInAsia.com by comparison is a clean, friendly, highly popular site.  DateInAsia.com's appearance seems to be designed to appeal to females more than males, and the tag line "Love Knows No Borders" suggests romance and marriage, though people come here for all types of relationships.  The demographic here seems to be mostly South East Asia, particularly the Phillipines, and boasts 1,172,805 registered members, so there's a good chance of getting a date.
DateInAsia.com also clearly caters for Western men who want to hook up with Eastern women, so some may say it falls into the category of Mail Order / Foreign Bride website. If you are interested in that niche, then please see our reviews in the category of Mail Order Bride Websites before signing up with DateInAsia.com, as some of the more specialized Mail Order Bride sites may suit you better.

DateInAsia.com on Features:
  • Upload your own profile and view other members' showing:
    • Gender, age
    • Country, region, city, ethnicity
    • Appearance, height, weight, eye/hair color
    • Education, occupation
    • Religion, zodiac, Chinese sign
    • Marital status, has/wants children
    • Willingness to relocate/smoking/drinking
  • Upload profile photo
  • Search facility
    • Standard (gender, age, country, city, photos, online)
    • Username (exact match or not)
  • 'Last active' list of members
  • E-mail messaging
  • 'Who's interested' list
  • 'My Favorites' list
  • 'My contacts' list
  • 'Members Interested in Me' list
  • Blocked members list
  • Report member for bad behavior "stop button"
  • Browse for members by top cities in:
    • The Phillipines
    • Thailand
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Malaysia
    • Vietnam
  • Affiliated travel agency for hotel bookings at  www.agoda.co.uk

Performing a Search on DateInAsia.com:
  • Standard or user name searches are available. This only includes:
    • Gender
    • Age
    • Country
    • City
    • Photos/online
It goes on to clarify that whilst allegations are taken very seriously,  their system will detect false reports motivated by "revenge and jealousy" and they do not enter into disputes between members. They are not responsible for members being conned by financial scams, and they ban all members who send money to other members, because they believe this encourages scammers.  I should imagine that this arises when a man who is not in Asia hooks up with an Asian girl, and sends her the money to fly over and meet him.  Using an interesting choice of phrase, DateInAsia.com says, "Do not come whining to us if you do anything as stupid as that.  However, if someone asks you for money and you do the right thing and do not send any, we would like very much to hear from you."  Big Asian Brother has spoken.

To discover which dating site is best for you, try reading some more reviews and then join a few dating sites to see for yourself how they suit you. There are no limits to how many free sites you can join, except for the practical ones you impose on yourself, like how much time are you going to devote to searching, communicating and following up on leads that will come into your computer's e-mail inbox. We recommend signing up for free trials with at least two dating sites, in order to see how they compare.