The World’s 1st Picture Personals / CherryBlossoms.com Review

First Look:

Are you looking for a bride or groom? CherryBlossoms.com has been helping similar single men and women from all over the world for over 30 years. Over 100,000 couples have fulfilled their dreams of finding a partner through Cherry Blossoms since 1974.

When you arrive at CherryBlossoms , you will be immediately impressed with the clear, vibrant personal photos – you can understand why the site proclaims itself as “The World’s 1st Picture Personals" and is probably one of the first so-called "mail order bride" agencies. 

Blossoms.com features men and women from all over the world who are seeking a partner. If you are looking for a wife or husband, from Russia to South America, Australia to Europe, Eastern or Asian from China and Hong Kong to Indonesia and Malaysia and as far away as Thailand, you are sure to find a perfect partner waiting for you.

After signing up, I took a tour around the site. This is what I found:

The “About Us” page explains that Cherry Blossoms, Inc., was started in Hawaii over 30 years ago as “the world’s first international picture personals business” initially in a magazine. The site, CherryBlossoms.com , was launched in 1995. They currently have over 75,000 active members around the world and boast that over 200,000 couples have become engaged or married through their initial meeting at Cherry Blossoms.

Pros

• Over 100,000 partnerships formed since it was established in Hawaii in 1974.
• Over 75,000 active members worldwide
• You set up a match profile which allows you to receive daily emails with photos and profiles of those who match your criteria.
• You can participate in interactive options, such as live chats and instant messenger.
• You can get personalized matches based on your own preferences.
• You can conduct searches for matches in virtually any country, using various search options (gender, location, age, weight).
• You have access to Visa support services for passport or travel visas, fiancée visas, spousal visas, and adjustment of status.
  

  Cons

  • You have to join to have access to any of the services.
  • In order to have full access to all services offered, and for more guarantee of a successful experience, you need to consider upgrading to a paid membership.

  How it Works

  Joining Blossoms.com is easy, and what’s more it’s free. Put in your details and browse around the site. There’s a decent search engine so you can filter by age group or country. The advanced search lets you search using any of the fields that you used when you filled out your profile. Search by weight, height, religion or any other criteria that you want.
  
  When you’ve browsed around, you may want to start chatting to a few people. If you do, then you will need to upgrade to a paying membership. Paying before you chat is the accepted standard on any online dating and marriage website. It means that only those people who are committed will be online.

  The payment options are easy too. Membership can be in monthly increments which can be costly at $24.95 for the first month with rebilling at $19.95. You can also pay quarterly or six monthly but the best option of all is to go for the annual billing of $119.95 which works out to a very inexpensive $9.99 a month. If you’re serious about looking for a partner, then go for the yearly fee.

  Get your profile set up and your membership paid and then you can start communicating. You will have unlimited access to Cherry Messenger which is similar to instant messaging and is private. Cherry Chat is similar to a public forum, then of course there are emails and Smilies, (which are little hello messages) and there’s much more.

  The profiles have not been verified so you have to look at a lot and check them out but Cherry Blossom has been around for a long time and have good reputation.

  Prices

  • You sign up for an initial FREE membership, which gives you limited access to services. You may choose to upgrade to 1 , 3, 6, or 12 months, which give you full access to additional services:
  • 1 month: $24.95
    3 months: $49.95
    6 months: $74.95
    12 months: $119.95
    

  Advice

  Take the time to read some of the basic info on the “About Us” and “Why Join Us” pages to help you make your decision to join or not. Read some of the testimonials, as well, from ‘real’ people who have had successful experiences at CherryBlossoms.com .

  AS ALWAYS: Be sure to keep contact info and personally identifying details private. Always use caution while interacting online. If you choose to actually meet someone in person – always meet in a public place with plenty of people around.

  Final Thoughts

  If you are specifically looking for a long term relationship and want to search an online dating site that has a long term reputation, CherryBlossoms.com is the site for you. Based on their support services and success rate, it is entirely likely you may find “the ONE” intended for you!

  Take your time. There are a lot of profiles on Blossoms.com and you will be sure to find the person of your dreams. When you do, Cherry Blossom will help you work your way through the immigration red tape so that you can bring your new bride home.

  As the site proclaims, “The only thing standing between you and finding your true love is taking action!” So take action today!

  
  Join Cherry Blossoms