Latin American Cupid Review

As I have said in most of my online dating site reviews, I am very experienced with online dating. Not only did I find my perfect match (read our story here), but I learned much about the world of online dating.

My primary education came by trying many of the different dating sites. As I tried them, I found which ones work and which ones don’t. For me, eHarmony was the dating site that helped me find my soulmate. (READ MY EHARMONY REVIEW)

As I wrote this Latin American Cupid review, I did it as someone who not only researched the site but actually used it!

Before we get into the Latin American Cupid review, if you’re someone from another country looking to date someone from a Latin country, be sure to read my guide on long-distance dating.

If you’re interested in joining Latin American Cupid, you are looking to date a Latino or find a good Latino mate.

Latin American Cupid is a niche dating site, which means rather than be open to everyone of all races, it promotes itself as a site people can find Latino matches.

Now you don’t need to be Latino to join the site. Anyone can join the site. It’s just that the site’s primary purpose is to help people looking to meet Latinos.

It seems just by looking at the Latin American Cupid website that they gear it towards men looking for their “Latin Beauty.” It says this right on the site’s homepage with a beautiful photo of a Latino woman. The site slants its message towards men looking for Latino women.
Why do they do this? It’s because many men are attracted to Latino women.

If that’s you, then Latin American Cupid is a great dating website to join. You will find a fantastic selection of beautiful Latin women on the site.

Be sure you understand the intricacies of dating Latino women and men before you begin.

Latino Men Can Be Found Too

Just because the website is marketing itself more toward men looking for Latino women, that doesn’t men there are not plenty of Latin men on the site as well.

If you’re a woman looking for a Latino man, you will find many amazing men as well.

Cultural Differences

If you’re not of Latin descent, then understand that there will be cultural differences. Make sure you understand these differences before you get serious with any match.

What Kind Of Members Make Up Latin American Cupid?

Latin American Cupid has over 3 million members at the time of this writing.

Members come from a wide range of countries including:

• United States
• Brazil
• Mexico
• Colombia
• Peru
• Ecuador
• The Dominican Republic
• Puerto Rico
• Cuba
• Chile
• Argentina
• Venezuela
• and many more Latin countries

Sign Up

Signing up for Latin American Cupid is easy. Simply enter your first name, gender, age, email address, and password and you’re on your way!

Once you click VIEW SINGLES NOW you will be logged in and be asked if you want to add your photo. It’s important to add your photo and be sure that you’re photo is recent and not one that shows you when you were younger.

If you don’t have a good photo, then have a friend or family member take a few photos of you. Be sure you look nice and that the photo is a good representation of what you look like. Don’t use a photo that looks like you just rolled out of bed. Also, DON’T USE SELFIES!

If you can afford it, have a professional photographer take some photos of you.

Remember, your photo is your first impression. Make it the best impression possible.

Dashboard

Once you add your photo, you will be taken to the member dashboard.

Here you can see a large set of recommended matches.

How the Latin American Cupid website decided on these matches I’m not entirely sure. I say this because there is absolutely no questionnaire to complete for Latin American Cupid. So there is really very little information to use to match people up.

In fact, the only thing that could possibly be used to find matches is whether your a man or woman and your age.

Improve Matches

The basic match function has very little information to go on to recommend matches. However, you can click the IMPROVE MATCHES button and it’s here you can really start to refine what you’re looking for.

Also, you can also add much more information about yourself. Here is a breakdown to what is in this section of your account:

Photos

You can add and manage your photos.

Again, be sure that you use photos that help you to look your best.

However, DO NOT LIE ON PHOTOS by using older photos of when you were years younger. This is deception and will never turn out good.

Remember, if you lie by using older photos, eventually the lie will be exposed since you cannot hide what you look like now!

Profile

In the profile section, you can add all of the important personal details about yourself such as information on:

• Your Basics
• Your Appearance
• Your Lifestyle
• Your Background / Cultural Values
• In your own words

Match

In the Match section, you can add all of the information about the person you’re looking for.

• Their Basics
• Their Appearance
• Their Lifestyle
• Their Background / Cultural Values

Basically, you’re choosing the criteria that you wish to find in your perfect match.

Interest

In this area of your account, you will identify your hobbies and interests.

Personality

The personality area allows you to write details that will help people understand a bit more about your personality. You will express yourself in your own words. Here are some of the questions you can answer in this section:

• What is your favorite movie?
• What is your favorite book?
• What sort of food do you like?
• What sort of music do you like?
• What are your hobbies and interests?
• How would you describe your dress sense and physical appearance?
• How would you describe your sense of humor?
• How would you describe your personality?
• Where have you traveled or would like to travel to?
• How adaptive are you to having a partner from a different culture to your own?
• How would you spend a perfect romantic weekend?
• What sort of person would be your perfect match?

CupidTags

Adding CupidTags to your account will make searching easier and will help you to find other members who have something in common with you.

Just start typing in the “Add A CupidTag” box and words will appear. Choose the words from the list that best describe who you are.

The better you do this the easier it will be for you to find members who have things in common with you and for other members to find you.

Verify Profile

It’s important to verify your profile. Once you do you will get a badge shown on your profile which means your identity was verified. This is an added safety feature and I think everyone should do this.

To verify your profile you simply upload a scanned copy of your identification. This can be a Passport, Driver’s Licence, or National ID Card.

IMBRA

This last area of this section is called IMBRA. This is used to help protect the safety of members who may be thinking of marrying someone from a different country. You can learn more about IMBRA here.

Search

If you’re not happy with the matching system, it’s very easy to search for members on Latin American Cupid. In fact, their search feature is very well done. It allows you to search using many different criteria such as:

• Basic information
• Appearance
• Location
• Lifestyle
• Background
• CupidTags
• Keywords
• Name
• Member Number

This is one of the best features of Latin American Cupid. You can easily look through members to find some who might be of interest you.

Communication

As a free member of Latin American Cupid, you can search and browse all members. However, if you wish to actually send a message and receive messages you must be a paying member.

If you’re not a paying member and you receive a message, you will see a blurred out version of the message.

Once you upgrade you will be able to see the message and also respond to messages.

The one thing I didn’t like was that within minutes of signing up for a free membership, I already had messages from other member saying that “I was cute”, “I’m interested in you”, and more.

I truly think these are messages to entice you to sign up for a paid membership. I mean, who doesn’t want to see the message from someone who says, “Wow, you’re so cute” or “I would love to chat”?

Now these messages may have been real but I received these messages even before I uploaded a photo or even completed my profile so it’s hard to believe someone would think “I’m cute”.

Latin American Cupid has three different member levels:

Free Membership

As mentioned above, free membership allows you to:

• Use the basic matching
• You can send interest to other members
• Communicate with other paying members

You can do little else with a free membership.

Gold Membership

The Gold Membership level gives you what is in the free membership plus:

• You can communicate with all members of the site
• Gain access to live chat using their instant messenger
• The ability to send and receive messages
• Your account will be free of ads
• The ability to hide your profile and to browse anonymously

The cost for the Gold Membership at the time of this writing is:

• Pay for 12 Months $10.00 USD per month which is billed in one payment of $119.98 USD
• Pay for 3 Months it’s $20.00 USD per month which is billed in one payment of $59.99 USD
• 1 Month which is billed at $29.98 USD per month

So there is a big saving in paying for a longer membership upfront.

Platinum Membership

The top paid membership level is called the Platinum membership.

The Platinum Membership level gives you what is in the free membership and Gold Membership levels plus:

• Your profile will rank above other members who are not Platinum
• The chance to double your profile space
• Gain access to VIP profile highlighting
• Unlock exclusive search features to make searching even better
• Better more advanced matching algorithms to help you find better matches
• The ability to translate messages into your own language

The cost of the Platinum Membership at the time of this writing is:

• Pay for 12 Months $12.50 USD per month which is billed in one payment of $149.99 USD
• Pay for 3 Months $23.33 USD per month which is billed in one payment of $69.98 USD
• 1 Month which is billed at $34.99 USD per month

Latin American Cupid does their best to make sure the site is safe for all users.

They use SSL security to make sure that your information (including payment info) is safely stored and encrypted on the site.

Latin American Cupid also allows users to VERIFY their profile. You should only communicate with members who have the VERIFIED badge on their profile.

However, just because someone has a verified badge is not a 100% guarantee that they are legit.

Like all dating sites, there are always scammers and those who lie. It’s your responsibility to be sure you take all precautions.

Our answer: Yes but be wary. It’s worth a shot if you’re looking for to date a Latina or Latino. Some of the people we contacted on the site messaged us but never replied back. In some cases, they made the first contact but the converstation stopped after a few messages.

Other than that, the site is easy to use, reasonably priced and has a good selection of people that use the site.

The comprehensive profiles on this site can make a big difference in finding the right match and will save time. Overall, the site has useful tools to start making a connection.

We highly recommend checking out Latin American Cupid for your test drive and see your results. We think you will be surprised.

Latin American Cupid Review

• 1Overview
• 2How It Works
• 3The Cost
• 4Security
• 5Pros & Cons
• 6Review Conclusion

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