BikerPlanet Biker Planet Review
About Biker Planet
Launched in 2006,
Biker Planet is a dating website for bikers which continues to grow ever more
popular over time. With a strong membership in all areas of Canada and the
United States, Biker Planet offers exclusive features not available on many
other dating websites, such as audio and video chat rooms and the ability to
send instant messages to other members of the site.
Biker Planet is
not only about dating and about finding love but is also about being a part of
a community of like-minded people who share the same interests. Never worry
about having to ride alone again, as finding someone to ride with on Biker
Planet is easy and the prices are affordable.
Signing Up
Signing up to the
Biker Planet website is free and is easy enough. Simply choose your username,
set your password, submit your date of birth and you're good to go. You must,
however, also fill in a headline and a description and whilst there is also an
option on the home page to search the site for other members, you must register
first before you can do so.
Once you log in to
the site, you will be taken to a payment page where membership options are
available. However, you don't need to worry about this and can just click
'home' to be taken to the home page from which you can navigate around the
website. Alternatively, instead of signing up directly with the site, you can
also choose to log in to the site using your Facebook account. You may want to
consider changing your Facebook privacy settings if you do this though.
Membership Packages
BikerPlanet
offers three different levels of membership. However, before purchasing a
membership users are given the option of a free three-day trial for just $1.
Once the three day trial is over, users then have the opportunity to purchase a
subscription at the discount price of $14.47 per month. Presumably, this is an
incentive to encourage users to take advantage of the opportunity to purchase
straight away, as the standard rates of membership are as follows:
* One month
subscription: $24.99
* Three month
subscription: $16.66 per month
* One year
subscription: $7.49 per month
You should note
that you will be automatically billed for Biker Planet each month, unless you
specifically cancel your subscription.
Features
Whilst the site is
perhaps best known for it's popularity, it's essentially the features of a
dating website which determines how successful it is and in this respect, Biker
Planet works to your advantage. Biker Planet also has the features you need to
be able to connect with other members of the site and to search for the
specific type of person you are looking for. BikerPlanet also allows you to
save your interests for later reference and block people who you don't want
contacting you.
Not all features
are available to free members unless you upgrade to a paid membership. However,
features available to users with free membership include:
* Unlimited image
uploads
* Perform a basic
search
* See who else is
online
* Ask if someone
is interested in you
* Receive instant
messages
* Add members to
your black book or favorites
* Block other
members
Additionally,
Bikers Planet has a feature named Rapid Match. This feature allows you to look
at pictures of other users and choose whether to 'pass' or 'like' them. The
feature also shows other users of the site who have 'liked' you and uses that
information to come up with matches. Rapid Match can therefore be a great way
of finding people on the site.
Whilst the above
features are available to users with free membership, those who wish to
seriously increase their chances of finding a date or perhaps even love will
want to take advantage of the extra features made available through upgrading
their membership. These paid features can significantly increase the chances of
having success in the dating world.
Features available
to users with an upgraded membership include:
* Send unlimited
email messages (to other users)
* Send instant
messages
* Post on the
site's forums
* Get 31 more
search options
* View pictures of
other users
* Stealth mode for
invisibility on the site
* Send unlimited
flirts to other users
* Customer support
around the clock
* Special features
for bikers
Whilst not many of
these features are directly related to bikers, the features such as the forums
make it much easier to find and connect with other bikers and to discuss the
biker life with other members of the site.
Search Feature
Although there are
many more search options for those with a paid membership, as a free member you
are able to do a quick search for other users close to you, upload photos and
look for members in your age range who have newly signed up. There is also a
quick way of viewing photos of other users by selecting 'browse photos' in the
top menu. This is a quick and convenient way of finding other users who you
like the look of.
Ease Of Use
Biker Planet is a
relatively simple and easy website to use. Everything is laid out neatly on the
home page for easy access. From here you can see how many messages you have
received, your stats and quick access to the chat room and forum. All links are
directly in the left side-bar. Everything else is available in the top menu
aside from the option to contact support which is in the bottom menu.
Site Improvements
On the Biker Planet website, there is a section entitled 'Our Friends' - in this section,
links to other sites can be found. These links tend to lead to other dating
sites for bikers. However, it can be a little inconvenient due to the
appearance of the links which may lead you into thinking you are clicking on
other members of the site only to be taken to an external link.
Another
improvement that could be made to the Biker Planet website would be a feature
which allows users to be able to check out images of each other's bikes. This
would also act as another great way of match making and would make sparking up
conversation with other members easy.
Conclusion
Perhaps BikerPlanet's best feature is the fact that the site has so many active users. Up to
900 users have been counted as being online at the same time. That's quite a
lot. Whilst the site could do with a few extra features more specific to
bikers, the lack of such features doesn't really hold users back from finding
people of interest.
BikerPlanet.com has
some great features which helps members find and connect with each other and
whilst features are limited for users with a free membership, the paid membership
options are affordable and allow members to communicate with each other on a
much more personal and intimate level via email, forum posting, chat and
instant messages. Members can also add a comprehensive amount of information
about themselves in order to help other members of the site learn as much as
possible about them.
At the end of the
day, if you are a biker who is looking to find dates with other bikers online,
then Biker Planet may be one of the best dating websites for bikers currently
available.
