Lavalife Singles

Reviewed by: Andrew K, April 30th 2008

Lavalife is one of the oldest dating company’s in existence. They were set up 16 years ago, and have had a web presence for over 5.

Signing up to Lavalife.com is FREE and takes only a few minutes. The process is very simple:

Fill out a few details about yourself, create your profile, and if you have one (recommended), upload a recent photo of yourself. You will get a much better response by including a photo. It is free to post up to 10 pictures.

Their site is divided into 3 areas:

Dating - flirt with other members, find dates
Relationship - for those looking for romance
Intimate encounters - more adult themed

If you pay the low monthly fee, you can send unlimited emails and start unlimited instant message sessions.

The free version of their signup is restricted to viewing profiles, videos and sending and receiving "smiles" - which are basically expressions of interest.

All in all their system works very well. You can do a custom search and find like minded singles by age, location, religion, interests, and other criteria, meaning you shouldn’t come up with too many surprises on your first date!

A good feature of this site is that once you are a member, you have unrestricted access, meaning you can contact as many people as you like.

It is a very popular site, with over 1 million messages exchanged every day. They are backed up by 24 hours a day, 7 days per week support which is also reassuring.

Sign up with Lavalife FREE here.

Testimonials

After meeting people on the net unsuccessfully I got a message from a guy. We hit it off instantly but we lived 4 hours away from each other. We talked on the phone every night for hours. He came to meet me 3 weeks later; he stayed with me for a couple of days and it was love at first sight. 3 weeks later I moved to where he was living and we have been together since. We are expecting our first baby together due in January and we are getting married in 5 days. I could not be happier. Thank you Lavalife for giving me an opportunity to meet him. Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

My partner and I met on the site one uneventful day in 2007. Neither of us had had any luck in love and so we turned to the alternate. And good thing we did. We took a chance and decided to meet, however I live in Sydney, he lives in Canberra. So now we have a long distance relationship of sorts. With all these new motorways in Sydney, 3 hours travelling time isn’t too bad. But every moment I am away from him is worth the wait. We have now been together for nearly 14 months and we are moving in together in August. We are both in our early 20’s, but I think we have found a life partner in each other. Thanks Lavalife. Sydney - West, New South Wales

I joined Lavalife to go on a few dates, and have a fun time. Unknown to me, the girl of my dreams decided to return my first mail message I sent. We spent 2 days nearly solid chatting on the computer, and on the phone. 5 days later we decided we had to meet. 11 months after meeting we are now married, expecting our first child, and madly in love with each other. I cannot thank Lavalife enough for helping me find the woman of my dreams. To all of you looking don’t give up, he or she is out there, and Lavalife can help you find each other. Wanneroo, Western Australia, Australia.