uppz.com – dating and lifestyle community

Dating sites on the Internet are a dime a dozen. Many promise a sophisticated matchmaking algorithm, advertise with a particularly high quota of women or only allow registration for special target groups. Upzz also presents itself in a positive light on the main page.

Overall impression: [Rating:70/100]

What is Upzz about?

upzz.com is the lifestyle and dating community for open-minded men and women. Stylish people from all over the German-speaking region can be found here at a more upscale level. Most members are between 20-45 years old, with the average age of women being slightly lower than that of male users.

The portal is therefore a good address for serious and sociable people. The members of the contact portal appear good-looking and many of the pictures are professional, almost artistic.

According to the operator, the reason for this is dedicated scouts who try to get new, interesting members interested in the portal every day. Many users have also carried out the voluntary authenticity check.

According to the operator, the number of members has grown to well over 500,000 members, whose profiles are mostly checked by hand.

How much does a membership cost?

Registration is advertised as quick and free. However, this statement is only partially true, because in practice entering your data and interests can easily take a long time.

At the same time, only registration is actually free, after which you are offered a fourteen-day trial subscription , which is automatically extended by six months if you do not cancel it. So if you forget to cancel, a whopping €234 will be due.

This price moves in the direction of dating agencies such as Elitepartner, although these are aimed at a completely different, more highly educated target group. At least with the free account you can at least browse the profiles and picture galleries of other members and request an authenticity check.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to get in touch with a potential partner without booking a paid membership.

Transparent general terms and conditions with a small catch

The general terms and conditions (GTC) of the dating site are relatively easy to read, there are no hidden costs or anything similar and it is clearly defined how the subscriptions can be canceled. It is also clearly explained here that even the so-called “authenticity check” provides no guarantee that the user in question actually exists or is not misusing their profile for other purposes.

However, a paragraph inserted relatively at the end about the granting of rights is a bit worrying. The user should grant the company a free and unrestricted right to the data published on the website.

This is even extended to an unrestricted type of use and the company is also given the right to pass on all collected data to “partner services” for advertising purposes.

In the end, is it just a new scam by data collectors? No, but you should still be careful about what data you publish on the website.

Activity commission and evaluation program

Apparently, when contact is made, there is not always genuine interest in the people behind the profile, because the lifestyle community encourages certain members to write to a particularly large number of people so that they receive a particularly high rating, which is ultimately rewarded with bonuses.

There are also rumors circulating that in previous years some selected members were even paid activity commissions in order to entice as many users as possible to subscribe. Of course, this is probably a small number and only upscale singles were invited to this program.

So everyone has to decide for themselves whether they accept such business behavior. Especially in view of the assumption that many other dating sites also work with incentive systems or similar tactics.

As a member, you can definitely benefit from being more active in the community, but you should always keep these things in mind.

Free services:

•   Registration
•   Create profile
•   Browse members and image galleries
•   Authenticity check

Premium members can unrestricted:

•   Communicate unlimitedly

TOP:

•   Authentication of members
•   Young and attractive singles
•   High activity
•   Modern design
•   Easy to use
•   Classy singles
•   Trial subscription possible

FLOP:

•   relative expensive
•   Trial subscription is automatically extended
•   Activity partly supported by incentive systems
•   Data usage not clear

Costs & Prices:

•   Test membership for 1.95 euros
•   Monthly membership from 29.00 euros

Conclusion

Upzz.com is certainly a solid dating site, the operation is simple and well thought out. The design and presentation of the community are modern and therefore certainly attractive for younger target groups.

You may also like the number of active members, although you can never be sure whether these are actual or embellished numbers. In any case, you will see enough results from attractive potential partners and there is something for every taste.

Unfortunately, there is also a small downer. So the community has to struggle with a few negative points.

The fact that you don't know exactly what will happen to your data and the question of whether the people interested in me only contact me because of the incentive systems unfortunately take a little of the shine off the “lifestyle community”. The pricing policy also dampens the joy of the contact portal a little. This leaves room for improvement.