AdultFriendFinder was started shortly after 1996, along with FriendFinder.com. Adult FriendFinder was created to bring together swingers, cheaters and one-night stands into one online community. The website tailors activities to a specific niche of clientele wanting to try something a little different and possibly off color. It was also created shortly after Friend Finder staff discovered that members were uploading pornographic photos and videos of themselves.
In 2007, the company was sold to Penthouse Media Group. AdultFriendFinder visually assaults new members with sexually provocative images as soon as they arrive at the homepage. While there is no explicit nudity, users are treated to wealth of lingerie and panty shots, bikinis, and salacious animation of webcam girls. It’s apparent that Adult FriendFinder’s primary audience is male and tries to overtly cater to their needs by providing a bevy of provocative eye candy. A user is encouraged to search for “hot” members straight away, but in order to start a search; one must first fill out a complete profile.
Initially, the profile requests basic information, but soon expands to include your types of interest (online, discreet meeting, long-term affair), as well as your location. After entering some contact information, the user must choose a general preference type, lifestyle description and an introduction of character. Afterwards steps include:
- Checking your email for the password
- Logging in
- Uploading photos and video
- Searching profiles
- Making contact
- Upgrading membership
Targeted Membership:
Focuses and appeals to largely a male member database. Sexually suggestive ads pop up on screen during registration. Nudity appears right after logging in. The AdultFriendFinder community allows for all searching, from gay and lesbian to straight, cheating to long-term relationships. However, given the uninhibited photos of the members, it’s safe to assume that the “casual encounters for males” category is the specialty and the websites main source of targeted membership.
Number of Members:
The site claims to have over 20 million active members worldwide, though other sources dispute this number.
Free Membership Levels: Yes, and they would be quite advanced, if not for limited communication.
Free Features:
- Newly registered users can create a profile and upload pictures or videos
- They can also perform unlimited searches based on location, race, photos, etc.
- Men can specify breast size and women can specify penis size
- Filters for S&M, voyeurism and various fetishes can also be activated.
- Photos do include nudity but are limited to one preview.
- Using the “at a glance” Java generated feature, users can get more photos and basic profile information of members based on a photo.
- Newly registered members can view blogs of other members and can comment.
Restrictions:
You cannot directly communicate with other members unless you (and they) pay membership fees. Once you pay membership, you will have full access to other profiles, full photos and videos.
Membership Levels and Fees:
GOLD
- 12 months, $8.99 +6 months free (18 months total) billed at $161.82
- 3 months, $14.99 +1 month free (4 months total) billed at $59.96
- 1 month, $29.99
SILVER
- 12 months, $8.99 billed at $107.88
- 3 months, $11.99 billed at $35.97
- 1 month, $19.99
Paid Membership Features:
- Unlimited flirts and emailing
- Live messenger chat
- Live model chat
- Adult chat rooms
- Special interest forums
- Access to magazine
- Access to adult movies
Search by Member Options:
Yes, and they differ according to free, silver and gold memberships. The primary difference between silver and gold is that gold members acquire priority lists and extra storage space. They can also utilize keyword-based searches for any member in the network. Silver members have limited space and limited keyword searching abilities.
Regions:
AdultFriendFinder has users from all around the world, from countries as diverse as the U.S. to the U.K. to even Israel and the Congo. For a full listing of countries, conduct a search by location.
Rating: Stars
Reviewed by: OnlineDatingSites.net
Updated: December 2011
