It’s easy to create a profile on Lovoo.com; you can do so through your Facebook if you want to! The mobile login through the app is, likewise, quick and simple. In fact, the whole process you undertake to create a profile is pretty simple; the information they ask for is so basic that, at first, I expected a swipe based format like that of Tinder or Bumble. What set Lovoo.com apart from the other sites I have used in the past was the extensive verification process that they undertake. What’s so remarkable about it is that, despite being pretty stringent, they make it just as easy, provided you are who you say you are, as every other step of the registration process.
The one thing they don’t make easy, however, is starting to chat right away; if you’re the kind of person who likes to get a free reign before they decide to stick with a profile you’ll probably find Lovoo.com frustrating. If you have concerns about the identity of people you meet online, however, you’ll love it! You see, Lovoo.com stops you from contacting members or doing anything but looking, really, until you verify your account. This means confirming that your email is genuine, uploading a profile picture, and then taking a picture with your username and a unique code (which they provide) written on a piece of paper alongside your clearly visible face… If you don’t do this, or you don’t look like your profile picture, you can expect to be rebuffed without preamble.
Other than this, however, setup is very quick, very simple, and very basic. In fact, basic is a word that suits Lovoo.com. This is a site that assumes you know what you want and leaves you alone to find it; their main concern is making sure you’re safe and the site works smoothly. The plan types reflect this; there are only two. A free membership is functional but limited; you can get by using just this membership. With that said the premium membership does have some benefits; at $50 for a full year’s membership it’s fantastically affordable in dating site terms, but it lets you chat more often, track your likes, see who has viewed your profile, browse in invisible mode, and see the site advert free.
In fact, pretty much everything about Lovoo.com is easy; searching is based on distance and age, to keep it simple, and deleting your account is about the most complex thing you might need to do. When it comes time to get rid of your account they take great pains to make sure that you’re certain you want to say goodbye. Expect to tick boxes, fill out your password, and reconfirm at least once. Once you do that, however, your profile just vanishes (you can request your data from them before you do this if you want, however).
So, in conclusion, Lovoo.com is a pretty rare thing in today’s world; a dating site which is as simple as it is effective, devoid of chemistry questionnaires and upvote systems, containing only a few adverts, and nominal membership fees. It’s tempting to see it as a kind of baby’s first dating profile, but I think that would be an injustice; Lovoo.com expects you to have a good idea of the etiquette and processes that surround online dating. They don’t hold your hand, in fact they don’t seem to want to, and that seems to suit their members just fine!