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.
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