American Singles Review
Rating:

Cost Structure
1 Month = $29.99
3 Months = $62.97 ($20.99 a Month)
5 Months = $74.75 ($14.99 a Month)

Best Feature:
Nice instant messaging and chat systems.

Most Annoying Feature:
Paid members are limited to 1,500 characters in the email messages they send out! This is highly annoying.

Review
American Singles is a nice and well executed dating service that seems to keep up with modern technology while giving you a lot of freedom in your online dating experience. But before delving too far into this review, you should first be forewarned that American Singles is a misleading name. The name implies that it is a site for just American singles to communicate with each other, but you'll find that a number of users are from other countries.

I really like the freedom the American Singles site gives you. You are given the ability to see who you've viewed in the past, who has viewed you, who you have hot listed, who has hot listed you, who you have "teased", who has "teased" you, and so on.

Another thing I like about American Singles is the number of ways it gives you to express an interest and communicate with other members. For example, if I want a girl to know I'm interested in her I can Hot List her (and she'll be able to see I've done so) or I can send her a tease (cute one-liners to express an interest). If I want to communicate with her, I can Instant Message her, email her, or even hook up with her in the chat room.

The chat room is a nice concept. Whether you're a paying member or not, you can go to the chat room and chat it up with others. And if you are so inclined, you can start your own chat room. My one qualm with the chat room system is that it is very cluttered and not moderated. People can highlight text, change color, etc. which makes the board hard to read. One person may write a message in white text with a black highlight and the next person has blue text with a yellow highlight. This makes the chat room seem rather juvenile at times.

Your American Singles Message Center is where you manage your email and teases. From here you can block/ignore users and organize your messages.

Nearly everything about American Singles is well executed. When you view someone's profile, it opens a new window. If they are online, a button appears allowing you to chat one on one, if desired. You also have options to email, tease, hot list, or send the person's profile to a friend. American Singles even has an advice section, giving quality advice on what photos work best to get responses, etc.

Conclusion
If I was to create a quick slogan for American Singles based on my experience, it would be "the freedom to date online the way you want to". I just love how nicely organized, intuitive, and executed the whole site is. I also like that they keep up with technology (i.e. not using HTML-based older chat services like some other sites).