FLING.COM REVIEWFling.com has reported in their 2009 year press releases that they have thousands of new members each day. Actually it is true that Fling.com has high traffic rank (#307 at Alexa) but this is still a big a question the nature of this traffic and visitors. With such high traffic ranking they should be real competitors of Adult Friend Finder but they are not even close to this competition because their real members’ database is not higher than 500.000 members.
Continue reading this Fling.com review to know the details.
FLING.COM MEMBERS DATABASE REVIEW
The Fling.com database is not so big as I though before joined them.
When I did a search for women in 18-100 y.o. range site have returned
only 11,000 profiles with photos. According Fling.com review on other
sites their whole members database have around 300.000 members.
From the quality point of view I would rate it as less than average.
The main reason is small choice of profiles in your area (for US
members) and it is almost impossible to find a real date if live
outside US or United Kingdom. Also there are some doubts about profile
quality because many profiles don’t have face picture and it could be a
first sign that scammers live there.
The good points of Fling.com database is male-to-female ratio (60% to 40% approximately).
PROFILE & PHOTOS QUALITY REVIEW
When you register on Fling.com you should not write self-description
what makes registration process quicker but make profile quality really
low because many forgot to fill out their profile details.
Photos quality is better than on Adult Friend Finder but you can’t view
members’ photos until you are not a paid member of Fling.com.
FLING.COM DESIGN & USABILITY REVIEW
Fling.com has easy to use interface and good design.
FLING.COM EFFECTIVENESS REVIEW
I am not sure that Fling.com could be a good place for real dating.
This site could be used for online relationships but because of low
chances to meet someone from your area it is hard to believe that
something may happen in your real life.
Also many users reports in their Fling.com review that it is very hard
to find real people on this site. However, Fling.com reported that they
cleared their database from fake profiles and scammers in 2008.
TRUST
Trust rank for Fling.com is low because I did not find any positive
feedback about Fling.com in user reviews. Also I can’t understand where
they are getting traffic and why they have so small database full of
strange profiles if they have more than 400.000 daily visits.
FLING.COM MEMBERSHIP PLANS REVIEW
Fling.com has 2 membership types (as Adult Friend Finder ): Gold and Silver
Gold membership plans:
1 month – 37 USD
3 months - 63 USD ($21 monthly)
7 days – 10 USD (after expiration you will be billed at $37/month rate)
Benefits of Gold Membership include profile highlighting in search
results, send and receive emails to/from free users. In other words
gold members have more freedom and more visible in search results.
Silver membership plans:
1 month – 26 USD
2 months – 53 USD ($17.6 monthly)
Monthly membership plans when buying in bulk at Fling.com are close to
market average and $17-22 per month sounds like reasonable price to pay
for good services. But unfortunately I don’t see a lot of quality on
this site comparing to Adult Friend Finder where 4 month membership
cost lower than here ($59.95 for 4 months). So why to pay more?
But if you want to become paid member of Fling.com the most valuable membership plan is 3 months of Gold membership.
REVIEW OF FLING.COM FEATURES
Fling has a number of features that every adult dating site has like:
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Video chat -
Blackbook (friends list) - "Safe" search (turnoff explicit photos)
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Instant Messenger -
Profile highlighting in search results -
Send emails to FREE members (gold members only)
Unique Fling.com features include:
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Photos & Video Members Galleries -
Forum (really good one) -
Sex shop
Fling.com have many useful and popular among the crowd features
collection but unfortunately you should be a paid member of Fling.com
to try any of the features.
FLING.COM REVIEW SUMMARY
Fling.com has tons of traffic and visitors according to Alexa.com
statistics but nobody knows about the quality of these visits. After
doing in-depth Fling.com review there are still many questions about
Fling.com database quality. Web is full of negative Fling.com user
reviews with many scam complaints. People are not satisfied with
response rate on Fling.com so maybe it is better to join more trustable
Adult Friend Finder and join really the largest adult dating community
there.