BBWHarmony.com
BBWHarmony.com is an online personals service bringing together big, beautiful women and men. In this day and age of borderline anorexic models and actresses, it’s nice to know that there is still a solid appreciation a real men and woman. It’s equally reassuring to see people that have remained true to themselves rather than caving in to stereotypical ideals of the perfect body. Ironically, a few of the men and women I saw on the site seem barely overweight, but it does give them a chance to meet others that aren’t so obsessed by the weight of the person they’re dating and more interested in person being themselves and having natural beauty.
BBW Harmony’s profile process has a reasonable amount of mandatory information to fill out when creating your description. As with other member sites from the same company’s network, there are many good quality profiles. Many have photos and most are well written. You can also add a video introduction to attract even more interest in your advertisement. I didn’t see too many videos added yet but it normally takes a while for a newer option to catch on.
“One notable feature regarding the instant messaging is that it’s more than just plain text interaction.”
Your free membership gives you limited access to the site’s services. As is commonplace with online dating sites, you can send a free “flirt” to demonstrate interest in any profiles you find. For any other way of initiating contact, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid membership. Once you become a full subscriber you can start a one-on-one conversation with other members online by using the instant messaging program, have access to sending and receiving email and be able to checkout who looked at your profile in the last couple of weeks. One notable feature regarding the instant messaging is that it’s more than just plain text interaction. You can send voice and video instant messages, too.
Search Options on BBW Harmony are substantial. Beyond the ability to conduct localized searches based upon zip/postal codes, there is even a keyword search option. Results can also be shown as a photo gallery. You can save your searches so you don’t have to keep re-entering the same options over and over. As far as a compatibility system, there’s a very straightforward ‘my matches’ section that finds members in real-time based on the replies entered in your profile describing the perfect partner. With no automatic e-mailing of matches here, you have to keep checking back to the ‘my matches’ page to see any changes.
Niche sites fight an uphill battle when it comes to membership numbers. This is a big worry for BBW Harmony because it seems that the number of active members is rather small. However, membership costs less than $15 US, so you’re not risking a lot of dough to give the site a full tryout.
BBW Harmony is an opportunity for real women to meet genuine men in a friendly and safe environment.