Reviewed On: 8/11/2008

Price/Period: $24.95/30 days



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Reviewed by Cupids Reviews Staff

It has been a long time since our first review of Amateur Match. Out of all of our reviewed dating sites, this is one of the most active as far as users' comments go. Is there any truth to what’s being said? Is it a scam or a paradise for digital hedonists? It's definitely a good example of a site that seems too good to be true. It reinforces the "buyer beware" motto.

AmateurMatch.com is easy to navigate. It's just a bit unappealing and garish. There are many third-party ads for webcam shows and porn sites. I suppose that’s to be expected when a company that does so much business in the adult entertainment industry decides to run a dating site. In fact, it seems to want to blur the line between reality and fantasy.

"Amateur Match is rather popular, and with the changes they've made I feel like you could try it out for free without much risk."

For example, when you see a preview of what are supposed to be members-only chat rooms, the women appear to be webcam girls, not everyday people. Since you can't join the chat without paying first, I can't state outright that you wouldn't actually have a video chat with a real member if you upgraded. However, this sort of thing is a good example of what people might find a misleading bait-and-switch situation.

There previously was no way to search locally. Now, you can search within 10 miles of any U.S. zip code. Outside the United States, you have the option to type in the name of a city. I couldn't get any results at first for a few major Canadian cities. Then I realized that I needed to try a few different spellings in order to have success. Sometimes, the search engine server times out.

As mentioned in the intro, if you read the comments some people have made about this review, they imply that they received spam from women who weren't real gals trying to get a date. It's free to reply to messages from paid subscribers, which wasn't the case before. AmateurMatch might have made this change so that if someone writes to you, you're not forced to upgrade in order to write back. This doesn't guarantee that all messages you receive are legit. However, that is a problem with even the most reputable dating sites. You do have to be savvy and cautious in the online dating world.

Amateur Match is rather popular, and with the changes they've made I feel like you could try it out for free without much risk. After all, you can do local searches, see full profiles and reply free to messages. The site seems to be working toward improving its image and services.

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User Rating 40/100

Comments by: anonymous
AmateurMatch is fake. Only stacks of messages from their online cupids trying to get me to fork out money so I can reply to them, only to find they re bots? I was lucky - I read the T&Cs & spotted the little OC mark on the profiles. Waste of time, waste of money.

Comments by: Solonely4u
I have been an active member for a few weeks. The first day messages piled into my in box. It was too good to be true I thought. I replied to everyone but recieved no replies back. I started getting messages asking y I wasnt returning messages. I was! Numerous emails to support went unanswered and still no replies fro my replies to messages.

Comments by: Edward
Amateur Match is a RIP-OFF!Plain & simple. they get pictures from Creigslist and other sites, go to cl and see how many ads are placed in the personals asking for pic s,those sites place them, you send them men & women & they down load them & create fake profiles, it goes further but there is not room for me to explain here. All those sleazy sites are FAKE,xxxblackbook,fling,adultfinder and so on.

Comments by: Ronaldo
While a free member you can t communicate, but you can post your profile with pictures and others can send you email. I accumulated 26 buddies . When I became a paying member I could write back, but soon discovered that ALL 26 buddies were bots and did not answer my emails. There were more bots later who answered, but sent me to another pay site to continue. No answers from Customer Service.

Comments by: BJ
This site has too many soliciters...there might be 1 real person out of 20 where the 19 ppl are either trying to get you to join their website and watch them masturbate on cam or they are just plain fake. The only upside to this site is it offers free live webcams with premium membership

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Ratings
Overall	90/100
Popularity	19/20
Local Search	15/15
Last Login	15/15
Free Contact	15/15
Profiles	10/10
Cost	6/10
Trust Rank	0/5
Chat Board	5/5
Instant Mes.	5/5
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