Latin Singles Connection Review

In recent years, niche dating websites have become all the rage. These sites  cater to the relationship needs of specific segments of the population on the basis of religion, sexuality, culture or ethnicity. Latin Singles Connection is one such niche dating site which is fast becoming popular in the Hispanic community.

Latin Singles Connection is a personals website which targets Hispanic singles from across the world. Most of the members at the site seem to belong to United States, Mexico as well as other countries in Central and South America. However membership at the site is open to anybody from any ethnicity, country and religion as long as they share some interest in the Hispanic culture and people. The types of relationship offered on the site range from friendship and casual dating to long term relationship and marriage even. However the site does not have any option for same-sex love and all the relationships here seem to be between straight couples. The website was launched in late 2002 and according to the homepage, today it has “hundreds of thousands of single Latin women and men” as members.

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In order to start looking for partners at Latin Singles Connection, first you need to get registered with the site. The process of registration is quite simple and best of all free. As soon as you open the homepage, you can see a link at “Free to Browse”. Clicking on the link will start a series of questions related to your gender and physical appearance like body type, height, eye and hair color. After answering these, you will be required to give details about your educational background, occupation, lifestyle habits like smoking and drinking, marital status, your thoughts on having children, religion, your exact geographical location and date of birth. Other than these you also need to submit a unique username by which you will be known to other members on the site, your password as well as a valid email address where your log in details will be sent. Once your registration is confirmed, you can then go on to create your dating profile. Here again you can go on to provide detailed information about yourself, your expectations from a partner as well as your interests in the form of mini-essays or you can hasten the process by submitting a brief introduction and an accompanying caption. Finally you need to upload your photo to complete the process of profile creation after which you are all set to browse for suitable matches. However since the site claims to review all photos before uploading them on their site, your photos might take around 48 hrs before they appear on your profile.

As part of the Sparks Network of dating websites, Latin Singles Connection provides its members the usual range of viewing, searching and communication options even though they may differ according to the level of subscription. All members of Latin Singles Connection are free to view profiles, photos and photo galleries, message boards as well as anyone else who may have viewed them.

As far as browsing is concerned, the site offers basic search categories like age, location and gender apart from more advanced ones like username, relationship type, any specific part of the profile as well as new or newly updated profiles. If you want an immediate connection, you can also browse for members who are online at that point of time. Finally there are two kinds of photo searches as well – one by random photos sent up at the site and the other by shuffling through photo galleries.

Once you have found the kinds of profiles you are looking for, you might want to upgrade to a subscription plan at the site since only paid members have access to communication options. As a paid member, you can send emails anonymously by Mingle Mail, make use of instant messaging or join any of the chat rooms on the site. However should you simply wish to test the waters with a potential match, you can simply send an expression of interest in the form of a smile, a wink or a flash. And the best part of these ice-breakers is that they are available even to the non-paying members.

Apart from the basic browsing and communication features, Latin Singles Connection has several other special features geared towards making online dating even more interesting for its members. One of these is the Color Coded Personality Profile test which not only allows you a fun way to evaluate your own motivations in a relationship but even match up with those profiles whose motivations seem compatible with yours. Another compatibility tool is the Ideal Match feature which compiles your answers to a series of questions in order to come up with your perfect match and then mails you profiles which come closest to your requirements.

Then again there are message boards and forums where you - as a paid member - can express your views on relationships or share your experiences. Finally there are features like Spotlight and Standout which in return for an additional sum increase the visibility of your profile resulting in higher viewings and consequently more responses.

You can become a member at Latin Singles Connection as soon as you get registered with the site. This level of membership is free and allows you to view and browse for profiles besides sending e-cards, smiles and flirts. You can retain your free membership for as long as you want and unlike some other sites, there is no deadline to upgrading to a paid membership.

Paid membership at Latin Singles Connection is known as Premium Membership and starts at $14.99 for one month with options for quarterly and half-yearly billing as well. This level of membership allows you access to all the features at the site.
Overall Latin Singles Connection appears to be fun, friendly and free to browse – in other words, reasons enough for Hispanic singles to try out this dating site and who knows maybe even find the partner of their dreams.