Please note that Red Personals has been discontinued and is no longer available. You can read our old review of Red Personals below, or check out the rest of the Sex Dating Websites we've reviewed. |
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RedPersonals is very much in the 'distinctly average' category of adult dating web sites. It doesn't attempt to provide much in the way of features and doesn't try very hard with what it does provide. Some of the basic things are there, but from a paid-for site we would expect a lot more. Membership does also get you access to some live webcam shows, but quite frankly, we don't think these are worth the money.
It is possible to create quite a detailed profile on RedPersonals, but for once we would say don't bother. There doesn't seem to be a very large user base on the site, unless you count the profiles of all the young women who we suspect may not be real members. However, if you are tempted to go for it you can also upload essentially as many photos as you want to your profile to share with other members.
If you do find some other real members and strike up a friendship with them, you can start to build a social network a bit like FaceBook or Bebo. However, don't expect the friendly user interfaces and innovative features you would associate with these sites on RedPersonals. While the design is useable, just about, it is far from elegant or well implemented. We found quite a lot of broken links and javascript bugs as we navigated our way around. Going back to other members, we should point out that it is also possible to send private email style messages to whomever you choose, but there is no instant messaging or web cam chat.
One thing RedPersonals does have going for it is fairly efficient email based support. Our query was answered quite promptly and explained exactly what was wrong. We had asked about the live webcams that we couldn't get working, but are included as part of a membership, and we eventually did get them to work. The webcams themselves were nothing special though and are even accessible to basic members. If you want to interact with the girls on them you do have to pay an extra charge though.
RedPersonals could definitely do with some improvement in a lot of areas. If it expects customers to pay good money for its service, even if a 12 month membership is very cheap, then a lot of work needs to be done to improve the user interface and add new features. If you are looking for a good example of how an adult dating site should be done we recommend checking out our top ten list.
Please note that Red Personals has now been discontinued.
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