iDates Review September 2020

The registration process is free and simple and would only take a minute. Anyone can sign up using three options: via personal e-mail, Facebook, or Google+.

By signing up using e-mail, you have to provide the necessary information. The first step is to choose your gender. You may click on female or a male gender on the choices. Then you have to chose the gender of the person that you are looking for. It's not necessary to make it heterosexual. Women can choose women, while men can choose men as well. Next step is to input the username and password of your preference. You cannot have the username that has already been registered. The third and last step is to declare your age and type your email address on the last field.

Once you acknowledge the Terms and Condition, Communication Guidelines, and Privacy Policy, you will be redirected to your profile. You will be notified that iDates has sent you an email. However, you can already use the site or the app even without verification. 

When a user signs up with Facebook or Google+, personal details lifted from those websites are automatically imported onto iDates.

Finding a chat mate is not tricky because lots of members of the opposite gender would fill your inbox with messages. Searching for members is easy, and there's no need to be a paid member to avail of the feature.

For the search function, essential information can be filled in like gender, age, and location. Matches are not suggested, so most of the browsing is done by the user. However, there are live notifications that display any member who is around the area or willing to chat.

There is a "call-to-action" button in a sticker form on the contact for direct messages. However, direct messages can also be sent through coins.

For every new sign up, a member is given 100 coins, and a direct message would cost 50 coins. Once coins have run out, you need to purchase it again in the app or on the website.

Once registration is complete, the user can then fill out the information form to complete his/ her in the profile.

A user's profile page has four parts—short profile description or "About Me," Facts, Personal Information, and photo gallery.

For the short profile description, there is a text field available for filling out. You can find it on the top part. The username, age and the narrative part about yourself are editable. You have to follow some guidelines so your username will not be red-flagged. Sexual meanings, violence, racism, religion, and words that are insulting will be removed. Advertisement and contact details are also not allowed to be a member's username. For the About Me part, you have to make sure not to post inappropriate details just like for the username, to avoid other members from being offended. Although you signed up to flirt with other members, it is greatly discouraged that you type sexual terms and texts with pornographic implications. 

For the "Facts", you'll find the details about interests, relationship status, physical characteristics, habits, education, work, and language/s spoken. 

Personal Information can only be seen by the member. It is not published on his/her page. It contains the birthdate and email address.

Lastly, you can upload a profile photo, provided that you will not upload photos with the following content:

• Multiple People
• Blurred or unrecognizable face
• Minors
• Pornography and Explicit images
• Advertisements and Contact Information
• Drugs
• Anything but you

Coins allow you to send messages to other users. One message will cost you 50 coins. Once you finish signing up, you are entitled to 100 free coins so you can start messaging right away. After that, you can purchase additional coins. 

You are also entitled to a 10% coin bonus for every package that you choose. You may opt to pay using your credit or debit card, Google Pay, Paypal and Amazon Pay.

If you are using the site, you can easily find the Buy Coins icon at the top of the page. You just have to choose the package that you would like to avail and the payment option.

To purchase coins using the app, you have to link a credit card or other payment options through your App Store or Play Store Account.