Reviewed On: 8/11/2008

Price/Period: $24.95/30 days



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Reviewed by Cupids Reviews Staff

Before you sign up to this site, please take the time to read through our user comments, which mention overwhelmingly, that this site appears to be a scam.

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 37/100

Comments by: abercrombie_guy
I love how people go around bashing dating sites saying that they don’t get responses when they are probably only messaging the absolute hottest girls on there and they don’t even have a good profile picture for themselves. There are plenty of people that are successful at online dating, the ones that complain are the ones that don’t know how to do it.

Comments by: Andrew
Too many inactive members who haven t been on the site for 3 months or more yet still appear in your search. In my case, 75% of the females in my search (10 mile radius of L.A.) were inactive for 3 months or more. Not good!

Comments by: juan
Tha s not true because you can t reply back the emails with out fee payments

Comments by: tradepost79
I think what the review states about about working toward improving the services is correct because I didn t have any of the problems that the people are talking about below about women from Africa or luring me to other sites. Maybe it s time for another update on the review, Cupid staff.

Comments by: Mchugh
Buyer beware on this site. It is simply a D--k tease and after 1 year of trying to meet up with some gals, I am convinced it is simply an online brothel. For example, when contact information is shared on the site, I received an email from the gal directing me to another site to make the meeting arrangements. But in order to get on these secondary sites you have to pay to join that site. A Scam!

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Ratings
Overall	65/100
Popularity	19/20
Local Search	0/15
Last Login	15/15
Free Contact	15/15
Profiles	0/10
Cost	6/10
Trust Rank	0/5
Chat Board	5/5
Instant Mes.	5/5
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