BBWAdmire was created in 2011 and has worked hard to establish itself as one of the leading free BBW dating sites around. The site is designed to help full-figured singles find people can (and wants to) admire and appreciate them - regardless if you’re looking for love or something more casual.
One of the main reasons why singles choose this site over others is because the registration process is really simple and free. To sign up for an account, all you have to do is fill in five pieces of information:
First name (written as forename on site)
Last name (written as surname on site)
A desired password
Confirm your password
Then you’ll have to tick the box that indicates you’ve read and agree with the terms and conditions. After that, hit the “Sign Up” button and BAM! You’re a member of the site.
It doesn’t get much easier than that.
Upon completing the registration process, you’ll be taken directly to the “Edit Profile” page. On this page, you’ll be asked to fill in the usual information such as:
Gender
Sexuality
Location
Birthdate
On this page, you’ll be able to set your privacy options where you can choose to block or allow others to send you winks and comments. You also can set your email options on this page too. You can specify if you want to have an email alerting you of new messages, friend requests and comments.
You can use the “About Me” section to share more about yourself, what you’re looking for, hobbies and so forth. Keep in mind that you cannot proceed to the next page unless you have at least 50 characters in this section.
The next stage of creating your profile is uploading photographs. BBWAdmire allows you to create albums instead of having a small selection of pictures. The album feature is a great way to show different types of photos that highlight specific interests and so forth. Unfortunately, there’s a caveat to this, which we’ll get into later.
One of the primary reasons why people join this site is because it claims to be “100% free” to use. What they don’t tell you right off the bat is that you can use the site for free, but you’re only able to send five (5) free messages per day. Not only does a basic plan limit how many messages you send, you also cannot see who has viewed your profile unless you upgrade.
Luckily, upgrading your account isn’t too costly. A premium plan only costs £3 ($3.95 USD) per month, totaling £36 ($47.36 USD) per year. With that said, you only have the option to choose between a one month plan or a yearly plan. You don’t get to choose a 3-month or 6-month plan like other sites we’ve reviewed.
So… What do you get with a premium plan, you ask?
Along with being able to send unlimited messages and seeing who has viewed your profile, you’ll be able to see if your sent messages have been read yet and you can upload unlimited photos and make unlimited photo albums.
When you’re ready to start meeting people, you can do that by going to the “Find People” tab at the top of the screen. With a basic search, you’ll be able to look for people based on:
Age
Gender
Sexual orientation
Location
If you don’t mind looking through countless profiles, you can use the “Show Everyone” tab, but there’s also an option to search all men or search all women.
Under the “Find People” tab, there are a couple of other options you can use to find people. The “Most Loved” option will show you a grid of profiles of the most popular singles on the site. You can sort these results by the country, by gender, and time frame (you can choose to see who’s the most popular this month or of all time).
Another way you can find new people is by checking out the forums, but when we tried to access them via the link at the bottom of the site, we were redirected to the home page. Bummer.
We want to note that if you scroll to the bottom of the site (the same place where the link to the forums are), you’ll be able to click on “By Location.” Although this could be a useful search tool, when we looked at it, many of the “locations” were… Gibberish. Some examples include:
Alyson Galen THE HOT Date and Tarzan
Search girl for marriage
You get the idea. So we recommend using this link at your own discretion.
If you’ve tried the site and you don’t like it, or if you found someone you’ve fallen madly in love with, figuring out how to cancel a BBWAdmire account is really easy. In fact, it’s one of the easiest cancellation processes we’ve come across.
To cancel, all you have to do is go to the “Help” tab at the top of your screen. When you click on the pull down menu, select “Delete Account.” Here, you’ll see two options. You could hide your profile or you can delete it completely.
If you choose to hide your account because you need to take a break from online dating or dating in general, you can always reactivate it. However, if you choose to delete it, it’s gone forever and you’ll have to go through the registration process all over again.
There are a bunch of dating sites out there, especially in the BBW niche. However, there aren’t too many out there that are easy to use, free (for the most part) and have quality members. When you go onto BBWAdmire, you can trust that you’ll be able to meet local full-figured beauties whenever you’re on the site.
One of the biggest concerns we have (which isn’t that big) is the site claiming to be 100% free. Sure, you can send a free message five times a day, but what happens if you’re having a good conversation with someone and you meet that mark? You could either wait until the next day to continue the conversation or pay to upgrade your account.
Even though there is a premium plan, it’s one of the cheapest premium plans out there. Come on, £3 ($3.95 USD) isn’t that bad considering some sites charge 5x that amount for some of their plans.
If you’re thinking about joining a dating site with the hopes of meeting someone who can handle your curves like a champ, this is a pretty good place to start.