Thanks to the Internet, HIV positive singles can now join one of the many HIV dating sites available on the Web! Here they can meet other HIV positive people, and not have to worry about disclosing their HIV status. There are loads of HIV dating websites out there. However, some of these sites can be confusing. You can spend 30 minutes filling out a profile only to find out you need to shell out $29.95 a month to speak to anybody. So this article is intended to guide you through the process and give you a heads up on these sites.
We will examine the top 6 (based on Google rankings), HIV dating sites on the Internet. We will discuss each site in detail and then give our opinion of that site based on features, cost, privacy and flexibility. We will start with our least favorite web site and end with what we believe to be the best site. You can scroll to the bottom of this article if you just want to see the number one site right away!
6. HIV Passions (hivpassions.com)
Despite the fact that this site is 100% free, it is in our opinion the worst HIV dating web site available, and it might be a danger to your privacy as well.
The Positive:
- 100% free.
The Negative:
- They run a network of dating sites, called the Passions Network and they distribute your profile within this network - including non HIV dating sites. During registration, you come to a page called groups. It asks you to check specific groups based on things you're interested in. They will then display your profile on dating sites inside their network based on what interests you pick. This kind of defeats the purpose of an HIV dating site because now your profile is showing up to HIV negative people. It's also a threat to your privacy.
- Your profile can show up in search results in Google, Yahoo, etc. Your privacy on this web site might be comprised.
- Incredibly confusing to navigate.
- No instant messenger.
- No zip code search.
- Littered with advertising.
Our Opinion:
This website is free of charge but might not be secure. We suggest staying away from this site.
5. Positives Dating (positivesdating.com)
This is our second least favorite site. It is not feature rich in comparison to other HIV dating sites, plus they charge a good deal more than other web sites. There is also no flexibility in their payment schedule. They merely offer a 6 month membership and nothing else.
The Positive:
- When doing a search the colors and the layout were easy to read.
- We searched for straight females, ages 18-99, with no additional search criteria and came up with 2980 results. There was 2980 straight females on the site in the whole world. A pretty good count.
The Negative:
- Every time we logged in or clicked on "my profile" it kept prompting us to log into their new site, positivesdatingSTD.com. PositivesdatingSTD.com is not an HIV dating site - its for people with all kinds of STD's. A bit worrisome because you can log into the new site with the same username and password, which leads us to believe they will be sharing profiles between the two sites.
- We clicked the "who's online button" and there was only one woman online in the entire world. This was at 7:15pm PST.
- The free features on the site appeared fairly limited compared to other HIV dating web-sites. We pulled the below statement directly from their website;
"Only Premium Members can create e-mails, save searches, contact Soul-Mates, see who's viewed their profiles"
With the majority of the other HIV dating websites we tested, everything was free apart from contacting members. For example, with nearly all of the other websites, you could see who viewed you, use the forums, save searches, and conduct an advanced search for free. With this site, you have to be a paying member to utilize any of these features.
- You are not able to search by zip code.
- There is no instant messenger or chat.
The Cost: This website only offers a six month membership for $59.95.
Our Opinion:
We do not recommend this website. It did not make sense to us to pay for six months in advance for a site you could barely test out, that did not look all that great to begin with. It seemed to lack numerous features. There are HIV dating sites available that are less expensive, with more features and more flexibility in terms of payment options. Our other concern, is that they will start sharing profiles on this new dating site they have, positivesdatingsSTD.com. We don't know this factually, but it is definitely a concern since you can login into this new site with the same username and password as positivesdating.com.
4. Positive Singles (positivesingles.com)
Positive Singles is the middle point. The website is feature rich,and the site is very user friendly, however it's not specific to HIV and the pricing is a tad high.
The Positives:
- Enrollment was uncomplicated and most of the features you can make use of for free, except for contacting members (email, instant messenger).
- They offer a forum, instant messenger (paid feature), favorites list, who's viewed me and lots of other features.
- They offer a lot of great content and support for people with STD's. They even offer some kind of a counselor on the site - which seemed really cool.
- They offer the biggest base of members of all the websites we reviewed. We did a search similar to the one mentioned above and came up with thousands of members, HOWEVER, its not specific to HIV. It's all STD's.
The negatives:
- Not specific to HIV dating it is for all STD's. This concerns us because of the potential of acquiring additional STD's. If you are already HIV positive, the last thing you want is catching something else, especially with an already damaged immune system.
- No zip code search.
- No "who's online" feature.
- You have to be a paying member to do an advanced search. This includes searching for HIV positive singles. You cannot select to search for HIV positive singles unless you pay.
The cost: 1 month membership is $29.95, 3 months $59.95 and 6 months $95.95. Its Pretty steep.
Our opinion:
Positive Singles is a decent site with many nice features. But, we don't like that it is not specific to HIV positive singles and you can not look for for HIV positive Singles unless you become a paying member. We also believe the subscription fee is way too high at $29.95 per month. We advise trying this website out for a month and seeing how it goes.
3. HIV Poz (HIVpoz.net)
This was our 3rd preferred HIV dating website. The site is feature rich and reasonably priced.
The Positives:
- You can utilize all the features for free, excluding contacting members.
- Zip code search.
- They had 61 people on line at 8:45pm PST.
- They have a large member base - we did a search and had loads of results.
- They offer scores of links to supportive resources for people living with HIV.
- Full featured - matching, instant messenger, chat room, who's online, who's viewed me.
The Negative:
- Long procedure to create profile and you cannot skip anything.
- Littered with ads.
- No forum.
- Somewhat difficult to navigate.
The Cost: $14.97 a month, $23.97 for 3 months, $44.97 for 6 months and 79.97 for a year. But, they are presently running a special for $7.97 a month, a very good price.
The only reason this was our 3rd favorite is because there were so many adverts on this site and the text was small and hard to read, which made it difficult to navigate. We believe that if a site is going to charge a membership fee, they should have very little advertising. We kept finding ourselves squinting because the text was so small. However, it is still a terrific web site to meet people and the cost is very good...we recommend it.
2. Poz Match (pozmatch.com)
Poz Match is the second best HIV dating website available. It has first-class features and it's uncomplicated to navigate. The pricing is inexpensive, especially on their three, 6 and 12 month memberships.
The Positive:
- You can search and check out profiles before you even sign up. This is a really nice feature because you do not have to go through pages of registering before seeing what the website has to offer.
- They have a good zip code search.
- Good features - matchfinder, hotlists, saved searches, etc. Every feature is without charge except for contacting members.
- They had some really nice success stories. There's no way to verify if they are true, but they looked good.
- The site is very uncomplicated to navigate.
The Negative:
- 4 pages you have to complete to sign up. All of the questions you are required to answer.
- No who's viewed me (we found this a little unusual - this is an important feature they are missing).
- No forums.
The Cost: $14.95 for 1 month, $29.95 for 3 months, $39.95 for 6 months
Our Opinion:
This is a wonderful website, that is feature rich, very simple to navigate and reasonably priced. We like that you can search the members prior to even registering. We highly recommend this web site.
Drum Roll for the Number 1 HIV Dating Site!
1.HIV and Single (hivandsingle.com)
HIV and Single has all of the things we looked for in a great HIV dating website. It's full of features and it allows you to make use of almost all the features for free. When you do subscribe, they are the lowest priced HIV dating service on the Internet. Just $4.99 a month - about 16 cents a day.
The Positives:
- Registration is incredibly painless - it's only two pages and the 2nd page you can choose to skip.
- You can use all the features on the web site for free, except for contacting the members, thus, you can really get in there and try everything before you choose to pay.
- The site is feature rich. It offers forums, who's viewed me, who's online, instant messenger, zip code search, and a matchmaking feature.
- We emailed the owner of the site several times as members with questions, and he responded to us within a few minutes - very impressive.
- The web site is extremely simple to navigate.
- They have a sizable member base, which appeared to be approximately 6000 members globally.
- Only $4.99 a month.
The Negatives:
None.
The Cost: 4.99 for 1 month, $14.95 for 3 months, $29.95 for 6 months and $49.95 for 12 months.
Our Opinion:
Hands down the best HIV Dating site on the web.
So there you have it! Now, what are you waiting for? Go find your soulmate!
Author Resource:
Charlie Howard is a dating review fanatic. He's posted stellar reviews on many of the biggest dating sites online and is currently working on a dating site review blog. If you would like to check out his top pick for HIV dating sites, visit www.hivandsingle.com . Join and search other, positive singles for free.
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