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| Monthly visits | over 500K |
| Mobile version/app | yes, Android |
| Matchmaking filters | 10 free search filters, including location, age, appearance, smoking, and drinking habits, and 5 premium filters, including verified photo, relationship status, and the number of kids |
| Messaging on-site | winks and default greetings, live chat, virtual gifts, photo and contact details exchange |
| Paid or free | free registration, but you can purchase Premium status for 20 credits per 3 days, and 25 credits cost $15 |
| Site | emilydates.com |
Who Is Emily Dates for?
Emily Dates attracts over 500K singles every month, so you should have no trouble finding a perfect match, whether you’re looking for
- A mutually beneficial relationship with a local sugar daddy or baby
- A casual date in a country or city you’re traveling to on business or vacation
- A perfect partner for a serious relationship and long-term commitment
Features and Benefits
Unlike other sugar dating sites, Emily Dates doesn’t focus exclusively on sugar dating, and the feature set combines all the benefits of different online dating platforms. For example, the registration process is fast and painless, with no drawn-out personality tests. You can even log in with Google or Facebook. Virtual gifts make me think of international dating sites, and unlimited messaging is another typical sign of a sugar dating platform. But let’s unpack all major features one by one.
Searching Guide
Like all the best online dating sites, Emily Dates makes searching for a match effortless. But there are a few tricks you should know to get the best results:
- The Search tab lets you toggle between new members and those who are online, but you must be patient with the former because many new users don’t have profile photos and aren’t verified.
- The most useful free search filters include location, age, and relationship goals. The latter will let you differentiate between sugar babies searching for sugar daddies and women interested in serious relationships.
- Appearance filters are extensive and include height, weight, eye and hair color, body type, etc. I particularly enjoyed the option to specify multiple options for each filter, as it made the search much faster.
- Unfortunately, the option to filter female accounts with verified photos is only available to premium users. It’s usually a sign that a woman is interested in a serious relationship. Besides, I noticed most verified profiles include more photos than non-verified ones.
Although search filters worked great for the most part, I don’t recommend looking for blue-eyed blondes. I figure it’s among the most popular search requests, and girls try to beat the system by adjusting their profile data to fit these parameters, even if they aren’t blond. But I don’t begrudge them this tiny deception. Besides, if you choose to browse verified profiles only, it won’t be a problem.
Messaging Guide
First and foremost, Emily Dates is a communication platform designed to connect you with potential partners and encourage face-to-face meetings. So unlike other dating sites that promote online dating, Emily Dates focuses on getting you the first date via a tight set of communication features, including:
- Live chat. You can send messages straight from the search page via the envelope icon or keep track of conversations on the Messaging page with handy tabs for unread messages and chats with your favorites.
- Photo exchange. Emojies and media file attachments help spice up chats, as you can exchange more photos to get to know each other better.
- Contact exchange. Premium users can also exchange contact details for shifting the conversation from the dating site to other platforms and set up dates in real life.
When working on this EmilyDates review, I chatted with dozens of ladies, many of whom were eager to reach out to learn what I was looking for. But I urge you to take a closer look at profiles before responding to messages, or you’ll blow all your contacts fast. Luckily, premium members get unlimited messaging, so once you start chatting with someone, you don’t need to pay extra per message or minute.
Gift Guide
Whether you’re after an international romance or a local hookup, Emily Dates provides easy access to virtual gifts. You can send one from the chat window by clicking the gift icon to the right of the text box and choosing the gift you like. Or you can access the gift menu under the profile picture when browsing potential partners’ pages.
The gifts are a typical mix of hearts, flowers, teddy bears, and jewelry, divided into four categories that make it easy to pick a present that fits your budget:
- Standard — 1 credit
- Special — 5 credits
- Exclusive — 25 credits
- VIP — 100 credits
If you don’t have enough credits, you can always top up your balance. At full price, 25 credits cost $29.99, so I suggest starting with smaller tokens to gauge mutual interest and progress to more expensive gifts as your relationship takes shape. In my test run off Emily Dates, sugar babies and ladies seeking serious relationships were eager to chat after receiving a small gift, though I don’t think the gifts are necessary to start a conversation or keep it going.
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