How exactly does Lavalife.com work? - It's not very complicated. As part of the free and easy 2 step sign up, you'll get to create your own profile. Then, you can start communicating with everyone else at lava life.com. Use the popular one-click searches to quickly find who you're looking for. You can get more specific with a custom search.

Lavalife.com has free contact features that allow you to show someone you're interested but you won't be able to contact them directly unless they contact you first. If you prefer to take the initiative, you will have to purchase credits.

Even if you don't find someone on lavalife.com who's right for you today, there are thousands of new people signing up every week. You can post a free profile and check in every once in a while. You never know who you might meet!

Members Only Singles Search? - Nope. As a guest, your search results are a little more broad than what the registered members see. When you register, you'll have access to the powerful www.lavalife.com custom search tool available in each community. You can search by age, height, ethnicity, religion, location, and even interests! Narrow down that search to show you only the people you are interested in.

Lavalife Hidden Costs? - There are no hidden costs at all! When you register with lavalife.com, you will never be asked for a credit card number up front. They don't have a trial period or some sort of automatic billing. It's free to create an account with lavalife.com. It's free to post your ad, post up to 10 pictures, and even reply to messages sent to you! You will not suddenly find a charge showing up on your credit card statement.

Remember, they don't take any payment information. Of course, if you choose to purchase a credit package to use the paid features, they would require payment information, but that's only when you choose to pay -- not before.

What U See is What U Get! - There are no upfront charges of any kind. You will NOT be required to give any credit card information during the sign up process or at any time other than when you decide to become a full member and purchase credits. You will never be under any obligation to purchase credits at any time. It's free to create your profile(s), post up to 10 pictures, search for other people, see their pictures, send smiles to let them know you're interested and reply if they send you a message. Just click on the Buy Credits link after registering for prices and payment options. There is no obligation to purchase at any time.

Lavalife Telephone Instant Messaging? - The www.lavalife.com message system is state of the art. It's important to remember that you don't have to pay per instant message. Instead, you pay to begin an "instant messaging session" so that you can send messages to as many people as you like during a specific period of time.

Only the person you send an instant message to can read your message. It's not public like in a chat room. Your private conversation will appear in the top right corner of your screen within the instant messaging window. If you don't have credits, you can send an instant message by collect call. That means you're asking the other person to pick up the cost. You must create a profile to make a collect call.

Flirt with Smiles - Smile at someone to let them know you're interested! If you're not quite ready to send an instant message or compose mail, send a smile. It's a free, quick and easy way to tell someone you're interested.

Exchange Mail Messages: - Just like regular email, you can send other people mail on lavalife.com, even when they're not online. Mail gives you the time and space to tell them how you really feel!

Final Summation - Kick ass state of the art dating site with tons of cool features. Place a free profile on here and you're bound to get some hits - get your free lava membership