Amigos is a foreign dating site in the popular Friend Finder network and currently has over 8 million (and growing) members making it the 800-pound gorilla in its space. Since it is a worldwide site, it can be viewed in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. It is important to point out that this site is mainly geared toward introducing Latinos to each other but any Western man interested in meeting Latin women can also use it to meet lovely Latinas. Given the number of men on this site, there is a pretty high level of competition. Because there is so much competition however, the site provides everything under the sun for people to try and differentiate themselves from everybody else.

So how does Amigos work? Well that is a good question because the site is a bit confusing at first with all of its many and varied features. First of all, Western men can set up a profile for free or as a paying subscriber. The costs are described in the paragraph below. After you set up a profile, which takes about ten minutes and requires that you describe yourself, you can do searches for Latin women. With a free membership, besides all the normal things you find on an internet dating site, you can profile your personality to determine compatibility with other members, confirm your identification to allow women to be more comfortable with you, shine with additional qualities, add video of yourself, and keep a hot list of women. The downside of the free membership is that you can’t view large pictures of the women, you don’t get to see all of their details in their profile, and you generally can’t communicate with the women (unless they are paying members). On the other hand, you can upgrade for not too much money to either a Silver or Gold membership. Under the Silver plan, you can contact all the women and see a woman’s entire profile and pictures. Also, your profile will show up before non-paying members profiles and you get more exact searching capabilities.

Under the Gold membership plan, you get all the benefits of the Silver membership and you also get to be on top of all the listings and search results. This is really important actually because thousands more women will view your profile than if you didn’t have this benefit in place. Plus, you get exclusive access to new women’s profiles for three days. Again, this can make all the difference because oftentimes women will get sick of all the men contacting them after a few days and not even give new men a chance. You also get keyword search capability and you get Cupid Match email reports of new matching members. The Gold membership costs are as follows:

1 month-$18.88 with monthly renewals at the same rate of $18.88

3 months-$48.88 and then monthly renewals at $12.22 (a 35% savings)

12 months-$98.88 with monthly renewals at $5.49 (a 65% savings)

The twelve-month subscription is certainly hard to beat (plus it currently includes a six months free bonus!) and I would recommend that men go with this option. Given the added benefits that the Gold membership offers, it is unquestionably better than the Silver membership plan for actually meeting women. Plus, it is also better for attracting women because most of the time women are impressed with a man with the Gold membership (I know that sounds silly but it is true). If however, you don’t need this extra edge you may want to purchase the Silver membership plan. The cost of this plan is as follows:

1 month-$14.88 with monthly renewals at the same rate of $14.88

3 months-$28.88 and then monthly renewals at $9.63 (a 35% savings)

12 months-$68.88 with monthly renewals at $5.74 (a 61% savings)

But again, the difference is just so tiny that men should probably go with the Gold membership plan. In addition to all those costs, men can pay a little more and allow standard (free) members to view and contact them. If you don’t do this, standard (free) members can’t see your entire profile and even worse they cannot contact you first! You can also pay a little more again to have your profile highlighted in yellow, but this isn’t really necessary.

Okay, now that you have digested all of the above, let’s go into a little more detail about the features available on the site. This site allows for both text and video chat, sending winks (flirting) to other members, instant messenger, creating a blog about yourself to really connect with other members, join or create an interest group, create a Cupid Match email service where your “dream” women are emailed to you every week, post announcements, etc. etc. etc. Whew, you better clear your calendar if you plan to use all these features! Another nice thing is the search capabilities. You can search with all the normal height, weight, age, etc. criteria as well as look for members online now, who was recently online, new members, new matches, members locations, most popular members, members who have viewed you, quick matches to see members with similar personalities, and more. A few extra interesting features, are that you can refer friends, vote on articles, certain topics, or reply to questions, all earning you points in the system. Plus, if you have a super interesting profile that is viewed by a certain number of members within a three-day period, you’ll automatically be given access to 50 members profiles with the ability to contact them if you are a non-paying member. All these points earned by you, can be used to upgrade your membership or highlight your profile.

Although this is a great site to meet hot Latinas, given the high level of competition and time required to use it optimally, Amigos should probably be used by Western men only after they have explored the first two recommended and more targeted Latin dating sites here. In the alternative, Amigos is also a great site to be used in conjunction with the first two sites as men from the West have the time to dedicate to it. Either way, you can’t go wrong with Amigos. To check it out for yourself, simply click the link below.