To make the most out of Adult Friend Finder's online dating service and increase your chances of meeting the right person over the longer term, you might be best off upgrading to a silver or gold paid membership. Fuller search capabilities, better support, the unrestricted ability to email singles, more priority and hence exposure for your listing are just some of the benefits you can expect to receive.

Log in, and you can carry out a variety of activities as a free member: creating your own profile with photo, using the community chat rooms, and receiving email but it is time restricted (1 reply every 24 hours) and only premium members can initiate contact. You can also upload and send voice greetings. Initial signup takes 5 minutes. You can fill in more profile information later on.

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First-time Login

When you first signup you are presented with the profile form that you should fill in. The form is for your introduction line or 'hook line', your description (Adult Friend Finder gives away a few ideas here), and a description of your ideal match. If you prove to be a popular attraction auto-reply emails may be sent to those who contact you as a free service.

After you've completed the profile (it only takes 5 minutes) you are shown the price of the upgraded membership plans:

Silver - $19.94 - 1 month, $33.94 - 3 months and $99.94 for 12 months.
Gold - $29.94 - 1 month, $59.94 - 3 months and $139.94 for 12 months. 

These provide similar benefits, however gold membership gives you top priority in the listings as, thus giving your profile greater exposure to many more potential matches than those who aren't gold members. "super-search" also enables more refinement to your searching. Faster support by phone and email is included too. These are the gold membership premium services.

The Adult Friend Finder Site
The site is friendly manner,  uncluttered, and the key descriptions being short and to the point. Several key areas exist:

Your Account - once registered and logged on, visit your profile and update the additional sections. These include personal, dating status, entertainment you enjoy [books, CDs, music, movies], personality traits, hobbies you have, sports you take part in, your goals, your working and living environment, your outlook on life and finally your physical appearance.

It's a comprehensive list but it's well worth taking the 20 minutes to complete if you want the best match or want others to know more about you, and you about them. From sign-up to having the full profile complete (including photo upload - highly recommended) was in my case, 30 minutes.

Cupid Email is another handy feature. Adult Friend Finder will email you matches when singles closely matching those criteria become members. Just fill in the type of person (age, location, interests, body type, education) that you are looking for. If you have the time, recording voice greeting further enhances your profile. 

Browse - in addition to the standard categories, this is one online dating site that also caters for penpals and activity partners.

One great feature here is the main page where you select your state displays the number of singles currently present, giving you an idea of just how many people are seeking that special someone, just like you. Similarly, for international countries, it shows how many members exist.

As a free member you can specify a preferred age range, but if you upgrade to silver status, you can use the Search facility to specify the interest and race. The Gold package takes this further by allowing search criteria like body type, religion, education and a few other handy topics.

Each results page has up to 30 listings, containing a photo, profile link, city and introduction line. I personally found the photos to be a tad too small, and maybe the results could be better organised so it's more pleasing on the eye as you browse through them. Also, by including for instance, the first 30 words of the singles profile description, I feel this would make it easier to narrow your choice of people you may want to communicate with.

Profiles are presented to the user in an attractive tabular manner, making it easy to get to know them quickly. Additional details are included below the main sections. You can then email them (if you're a silver/gold member), and even send a voice message (using Adult Friend Finders free pc voice recorder software) or continue browsing.

Chat - as a free member you can participate. There are various lounges you can join and talk to folk in, maybe forming a few friendships along the way.

Hotlist - add people to your hotlist so you can remember to contact them, or maybe for revisiting them later on.

Magazine - this is a section that contains a lot of articles on dating. Well worth browsing through as many of them are voted on.

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Verdict
Adult Friend Finder online dating has been established for over 7 years with many millions of happy members. As a free singles member you are obviously restricted in searching and in not being able to send emails, but nevertheless I consider this one of the better introductory sites for those starting out with dating services. 

Overall though, this is a top-notch site, and is undoubtedly one of the biggest online dating sites available. It's an ideal platform for singles who are just starting out with the internet dating scene.

Our Rating  - Highly Recommended

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