Flirt.com review

The online dating platform Flirt.com looks like a great choice. This website has a nice appearance. Its design is modern and appealing. Moreover, what the site offers sounds good as well. Registration is free and can be completed quickly. So it’s easy to become a member of this site. Our intuitions tell us a lot of people have joined this website in the past. On the landing page, we found general information about the site. We read about good prospects of finding a match. This portal seems to have a lot of members.

The landing page also contains testimonials. Users of this website were more than happy with the service they received. Well, if the website keeps all its promises, it really is a great choice. But various points weaken our positive first impression. Substantive facts about the site are missing. We do not know how many people are registered here. Nor so we know whether costs will develop.

The operator of the site is Apricot Digitals LLC, which is based in Sofia, Bulgaria. This company has a bad reputation. We already know this operator. In the past, we have reported on other dating sites it runs. On the internet, we found reviews from former users. It transpires that this website is a bad choice after all.

The online dating website Flirt.com might have made a good first impression. But after we read the name of its operator, we knew this portal is not to be trusted. According to reviews on the internet, this website is a rip-off using fake chat and a subscription trap. Well, we have legal proof of the subscription trap. Proof from the terms and conditions confirming the use of fake chat is missing. The operator does not admit anything about moderation. But we had our own experience on this site. We saw many clear signs of a fake chat scam.

It all starts with misleading information on the landing page. Registration seems to be free, but this is not the case. On the one hand, trial membership is offered during registration. On the other, high costs will ensue sooner or later. A user needs premium membership to send messages. As we see it, the profiles in the members´ area are fake. Bots control these fake profiles. We received a lot of messages right after we registered, which is a clear sign of moderation. These messages look as though they’re computer-generated. It seems fake chat operators have been replaced by bots.

As is mentioned above, we do not have cast-iron proof of fake chat. But we did find a lot of reviews from former users. They had the same impression that we had. And reports on the internet relate exactly the same components of the cheeky scam that we experienced.

The bots send messages to a new member. While chatting, they will admit nothing about moderation. Plus, the fake profiles on the site are not marked as fictitious content. Ultimately, a user is not told anything about moderation. The goal of moderated chat is to encourage new members to make purchases. While they are registering, trial membership is offered, which is a cheeky trap. Generally speaking, there are several hints of this. The terms of trial membership are missing, which is a clear sign that the offer can’t be trusted.

Trial membership lasts for one day and will then be extended automatically. Afterwards, the user receives expensive premium membership. There is no way to avoid this. It is possible to skip the payment option while creating a profile. In the payment section, we found more details about trial membership. It’s stated there that this will be extended, whatever happens. Trial membership is a subscription rip-off.

But there’s more to mention. Normal premium membership is a trap too. On this website, all types of subscription will be renewed automatically if they are not proactively terminated within the prescribed deadline. Automatic renewal does not necessarily have to be a bad thing. Here, however, it is used as a trap. The site operator makes the termination process difficult. By declining or ignoring letters of termination, the company ensures the deadline will be missed again and again. So expensive premium membership is renewed even if termination is effected on time.

This portal is a waste of time and money. There is no way of meeting a real person here. Arranging dates is not the purpose of this site. You’ll just end up paying a lot of money to chat with bots.

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Registering on Flirt.com is simple and soon completed. Within a few minutes, a new profile is created. This website does not ask for a lot of information. On the landing page, we see the registration screen. Registration is free for both women and men. First we indicate our gender and the one we are looking for. This website allows gay and heterosexual matchmaking. It is possible to register as a woman or man. We enter our age and location. Plus, a valid e-mail address and password are required.

This is the first step in the registration process. If we click the registration button, we automatically accept the terms and conditions. At the next stage we see an offer of trial membership. Registration turns out not necessarily to be free of charge after all. We have not yet completed the registration process. The offer does not of course sound too bad. Trial membership is offered lasting for one day. This kind of membership costs 0.99 USD.

We have to mention two important points. First, no further information about trial membership is provided. We do not know whether the subscription has to be cancelled proactively. This omission is a bad sign. In our experience, this makes the offer seem suspicious. Second, you should never make any payment before seeing what’s actually on offer. We have not yet entered the site and consequently have no idea how many members there are. Nor do we know whether this site offers what we’re seeking. All in all, these two reasons incline us against making any purchase here.

As we see it, the trial membership offer might just be a cheeky trap. There is only one way to find out. We skip the payment option while registering and continue. At the final stage of registration, we can upload a profile picture. But this is not compulsory, which is another negative sign. Profiles without pictures lower the quality of the whole site. And we are not required to verify our account. This is a sign of inadequate data protection. It means it’s easy to create fake profiles here and obtain access to other members’ personal information.

The members´ area is our first stop. We take our time to explore the site. This platform offers a few interesting features to help users find matches. All in all, navigation is simple and intuitive. This portal does not have too many features. And all its functions are self-explanatory. After a few minutes, we explored all the site’s various sections. The design is modern but not particularly appealing. There are no highlights or special eye-catchers. But, the look of a website is not that important. More important are the actual services it provides.

The design here might not be that special, but it does allow a good overview. All areas of the site are easy to find. At the top of the portal, we see all its various sections: our inbox, our notifications, profile settings and search function, which we can use.

The members´ area is filled with a lot of profiles. We see the profile pictures and visit each profile to read further information. Usually, this is a positive aspect, but not in this case. We did not verify our account but we can still obtain access to all site users’ personal data. This means your privacy is not well protected here. This website has defective data protection. But even this is not the worst part of our review.

The profiles in the members´ area look fake to us. There are various clues indicating this. For example, countless members are supposedly located less than 10 miles from us. This seems promising and could encourage us to purchase premium membership. If we want to contact other members, we will have to pay. As it seems the chances of meeting someone special are good, new members could be willing to make purchases. However, the profiles on the site are not just fake; they seem to be moderated too.

Right after our registration, we received a lot of messages. The chances of genuinely receiving messages this soon are very low, especially as we did not include any information or an image in our profile. Plus, our account is not verified. Actually, our chances of receiving any reply on other sites would obviously be low. But here we receive one message after another. Generally speaking, this is a clear sign of a fake chat scam. The profiles are moderated by bots. Fake chat operators are not employed. However, bots are a good substitute.

The bots will encourage us to chat, but they will not send any information about the use of moderation. Users do not know about moderation and may feel impelled to make purchases. It is possible to read messages free of charge, but sending them incurs costs. The purpose of the moderated fake profiles is to lure new members into a trap.

Extract from the terms and conditions from the Flirt.com website. Current status of the terms and conditions as of May 17, 2022.

Unless cancelled, your 1-day trial membership plan will automatically convert to our monthly package after the end of your 1-day trial period at the full price of $38.59.

Registration is supposedly free. At least, this is what’s stated on the landing page, but it’s not true. Trial membership is offered while a new user is registering. There is of course nothing untoward in this, but it leaves a bad impression. Trial membership costs 0.99 USD and lasts for one day. This is all the information that’s provided. The full terms of this subscription are not available. Anyway, it is possible to skip the payment option while registering. Free basic membership is then extended.

Free basic membership enables us to get to know this website. We were able to scroll through the members´ area and check out all the profiles. It was even possible to obtain other members’ personal data without verifying our account. This of course amounts to seriously flawed data protection. However, free basic membership did allow us to use various functions. Only for sending messages was paid premium membership needed. Reading messages is free.

There is a reason why reading messages is free. A new member receives lots of these. They come from bots that control the site profiles. These are fake and show fictitious people. This site uses fake chat. The goal of fake chat is to inveigle new members into purchasing paid membership. In general, the costs of using this site are high. And the rates for premium membership are displayed confusingly.

The prices of subscriptions are shown by day. This makes the costs look much lower than they actually are. In the end, a user will pay a lot more than expected. Payments can only be made with a credit card. And your credit card will be charged far more often than you want it to be. This website is a rip-off with a subscription trap. Before we explain this, we’d like to outline the subscriptions available.

Trial membership is offered again. It still costs 0.99 USD and runs for one day. There’s also premium membership, which lasts for one week. This kind of membership costs 0.56 USD per day. Premium membership for one month costs 1.38 USD per day. Finally, premium membership for three months costs 0.77 USD per day.

All forms of subscription are renewed automatically. The user has to terminate a running subscription proactively and in time. The deadline for termination is 72 hours before a purchased premium membership subscription ends. Actually, this deadline sounds fair. Users should have enough time to effect cancellation. But terminating a subscription here is anything but easy. The operator makes cancelation difficult. Letters of termination will be declined without reason or simply ignored. In the end, the deadline will be missed many times.

Trial membership is the real trap. It is not physically possible to cancel it in time. The deadline for termination is 72 hours in advance, but trial membership just lasts for one day. Automatic renewal is also referred to in the payment section. But the note concerned is well hidden. After cheap trial membership, a user will receive expensive premium membership, which is hard to cancel too. The site operator is incidentally well-known for this kind of trick. On the internet, we found several reviews about the company that does this.

Flirt.com is a rip-off with a subscription trap. And this website shows many signs of using fake chat. Reviews on the internet mention moderation. Plus, we had the impression moderated chat is used. Definitive proof of fake chat is missing since the operator does not admit anything about moderation in the site’s legal information. Still, we found enough hints. The profiles look fake. Moreover, we received many messages right after registration. This is a clear sign of moderated chat.

But fake chat is not the portal’s worst deficiency. During registration, trial membership is offered. Trial membership turns out to be a trap. It will be renewed as a monthly paid subscription. There is no chance of avoiding this. Moreover, the operator makes terminating normal premium membership complicated. By this means, the expensive subscription is renewed again and again. The platform operator is Apricot Digitals LLC, which is based in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Apricot Digitals LLC
83-85 James Bourchier
Sofia 1407
Bulgaria

support@flirt.com
Phone: 1 (800) 750 6714

Here you can find the FAQ (Questions and Answers) for the dating website Flirt.com

The website has a modern design and what it offers is interesting.

Trial membership is a trap. Plus, there are many hints of fake chat.

While a new member is registering, a subscription trap is set. It is possible to skip the payment option; free basic membership is then provided. This kind of membership allows users access to all kinds of functions except sending messages.

No, the profiles are fake.

Yes, we received too many messages right after the registration. We assume bots and not fake chat operators control the profiles.

To terminate your subscription, please contact customer support.

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