LustyLocals – We Review the Popular Dating Sites of 2020

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Five facts about LustyLocals

• Find partners for casual encounters based on proximity
• Instant messaging
• Thousands of members in various geographic locations
• Connect in a lively chat room environment
• 15 great tips towards safe and rewarding dating

The Idea Behind LustyLocals.com

LustyLocals is a dating site where the emphasis is on matching you with a range of prospective partners, based on the attributes you mention in your profile, and how close other singles are to your location. This LustyLocals dating site review will provide an overview of this site, examining the various features, and presenting our opinion on the LustyLocals experience.

The Pros of LustyLocals

• Straightforward registration process
• Easily navigatable
• The profile photos look like real people rather than bots or fake profiles culled from generic model galleries
• LustyLocals will suggest a message for you to send – such as 'Hi there! I can't make up my mind for what to do this weekend. Do you have any ideas for me to consider?' You can then send this on to multiple contacts, making for quite an effective shortcut if you want to get the ball rolling quickly.

The Cons of LustyLocals

• Ads linking to other dating sites appear – sometimes right in the middle of the search panel of the genuine site profiles
• The site algorithm produces a list of scores of 'local beauties' apparently living within five miles of your location, there's no real way of gauging how accurate this claim is without signing up

Member Structure

LustyLocals is a popular dating site, based in the USA, but with a global reach. Members are also registered in Russia and the Far East. The demographic is relatively evenly split between females and males, and the content caters to straight, gay and bisexual dating for individuals and couples.

Registration

Signing up and registration involves a straightforward process of inputting gender, age, email, password choice, and postcode. The next step is the verification procedure, which is completed by confirming your email or pasting a four-number activation code sent to your inbox. To finalize the creation of your member login credentials you upload your profile photo (at least 480 x 480 px, no bigger than 12mb.)

Now you have to compile your dating profile, based on your status (up to 140 characters), ethnicity, body type, hair color. That's the registration process completed.

Functionality

Search tools

Compared with comparable dating sites, LustyLocals has a limited search facility, although in other ways this allows you to get right to the point when you're seeking out compatible individuals.

There is one particularly annoying aspect of the search facility. You might be using the site to search for interesting profiles, when a message will appear at the top of the screen 'three new girls are interested in you, click to open.' There’s obviously a temptation to activate this link, but it takes you to a different web platform altogether, SpicyDesires.com, where you are invited to take your pick of single moms.

The main search panel opens up and you can start browsing through the profiles of prospective partners. From the outset, you can tailor your search according to age and location, and you can apply a limited amount of filters to refine the results – sexual orientation (straight, gay or bisexual), ethnicity (Caucasian, Asian, Black/African or Native American), body type (slim, medium, athletic, ample), hair color and eye color. There are three main search options, all members, online now and new members. You can further sort the search results by last activity, distance, and age.

Making contact

The search results display as a series of snapshots in the center of the screen, together with each person's username, age, location, and you have the option of chatting to them or just liking them. If you want to make any sort of serious contact or be able to view their full profile you need to upgrade to a paid membership.

The App

There doesn't seem to be an app version at the moment.

Special Features

A Like Gallery is the equivalent of the swipe right/left function in other dating resources. You are presented with a series of profile photos that you can like (or not). Whenever your decision matches any of these people, you will be presented with a shortcut to their profile so you can start getting to know them better.

Pricing Plans

List of LustyLocals pricing:

• 3 day trial: 1.41 USD / Day-4.24 USD
• 1 Month: 36.41 USD / Month-36.41 USD
• 3 Months: 20.41 USD / Month-61.24 USD
• 6 Months: 16.50 USD / Month-98.99 USD

Payment methods:

VISA/Mastercard, Amex, Diners Club International, Discover

Common questions and their answers

Summary – do we recommend LustyLocals.com?

LustyLocals is aimed at the casual dating market, although there's no reason why more long-term relationships might not develop. The registration process is very straightforward, and once your details have been verified you can get onboard and start browsing through the available singles in your area.

The site is nowhere near as slick or professional looking as many similarly-orientated dating resources, but that's not necessarily an outright negative. Something is refreshing about being presented with a user-friendly and easy-to-navigate interface that isn't too taxing, allowing you to get right down to the business of searching for someone compatible for your first get-together.

As in the majority of dating sites, the registration process is free, and once you have completed this process you can start browsing through the profiles to see what's on offer. You will receive messages from the get-go and can begin flirting with other site users, but as soon as you try engaging in meaningful conversations you'll be taken to the screen asking for your credit/debit card details so you can become a paid-up member. The good news is you can sign up for a three-day trial for less than one dollar (or equivalent currency) per day, allowing you to take advantage of the site's more advanced communication facilities.

The snapshots of the site users that appear have an amateur appearance, rather than the professionally-taken portraits of models that you might find in a camming site. There are selfies or relaxed-looking photos taken in a holiday hotel or a restaurant.) Again, this is certainly not a criticism. Quite the reverse. It conveys a natural impression of the people you are interacting with, giving you much more confidence when you reach out to interact. These are individuals you can readily identify with, who could be living within a five-mile radius of your location and who you might have brushed past in your local mall. They are not unattainable models who will have a string of admirers.