BBW Romance Reviews

Editor's Star Ratings:

Costs:

• Free to join.
• $2.95 for a free 3-day trial (3 day trials recur at $29.95 unless cancelled)
• $19.95 monthly (1 month memberships recur at $19.95 unless cancelled.)

If you don't cancel after your trial or the end of a month you will automatically be charged at the full rate, although the charge listed for trials is more than the monthly fee and we're not sure why.

Features:

• Sign up instantly
• Free to join
• Fresh New Profiles area
• Take a Gamble area displaying random profile
• Community chat room
• Forum
• Little Black Book
• Account summary area
• Instant messaging
• Indication of how complete your profile is
• Invisible mode
• See who's online
• Send flirts
• Upload photos
• Upload videos
  

Performing a Search:

• Gender
• Age
• Country
• Zip code
• Has photo
• Languages
• Body type
• Eye color
• Ethnicity
• Marital situation
• Have kids
• Want kids
• Hair color
• Pets
• Relocate
• Education level
• Employment status
• Specialty
• Annual income
• Smoker
• Drinker
• Living arrangements
• Housing situation
• TV selection
• Movie selection
• Music selection
• Reading selection
• Social behavior
• Interests and hobbies
• Idea of a good time
• Friends describe me as
• Religion
• Attend services
• Political view
• Attracted to
• Relationship type

Editor's Verdict:

The first thing that strikes us about this site is its easy-going look and attitude. It appears casual and non-threatening with a polished, but natural look and attractive color scheme. It instantly claims to do exactly what it says it will - hosts profiles of big, beautiful women.

Once you're registered the site becomes very busy, but we discovered this is because the site offers a phenomenal number of features for you to make use of.

Unfortunately in our search results we found a significant amount of profiles with no photo added - in fact it seems to be nearly all of them. This is really off putting and perhaps even a little bit suspicious, since most other sites we've checked out have a very high number of profiles with photos because this increases your chances of attracting others.

Although we were unsuccessful in finding many photos in our search results, we went into the Browse Photos area and found an abundance. However, what you see is a grid of twenty photos and no other information about the member, so they aren't that helpful in helping you find a match, as they could easily live in another country!

Search results include a one-liner statement from the user, which is very telling about their personality and a handy tool to decide if any sparks are likely to fly. You're also told the age and location of the user, plus how far away from you they are. You're told what they're looking for and can read a short excerpt of their description of themselves.

We visited a number of full profiles only to find the most basic information included. We managed to find one profile with a photo and full profile information, which had pretty thorough categories. When you're viewing someone's profile you can add them to your little black book or add them to your favorites - the difference isn't really clear. Perhaps the little black book is intended to be used to keep track of a very selective group of people.

As well as the basic information about a person you can also find out about their appearance and situation, status, taste, personality, views and what they're looking for. The questions answered are detailed and helpful. You can message the person or just send them a flirt to show you're interested.

At the side in a right hand menu, accessible at all times, is a handy summary of your activity: how many favorites you have, how many have viewed your profile, how many members are in your little black book and how many people are currently online.

From this summary section you can also access the forums, manage your profile and see who's online to instant message.

We thought this site seemed promising, but having looked through all the content we feel something is amiss here, what with all the missing photos and very basic profile information. It does have a free trial, so you could soon determine if this site is for you or not.

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