I recommend for non heterosexual men.
The entire " therapeutic/sensual" format is a con in itself. Its slowly becoming the replacement to back pages as the gay hookup site.
Look at reviews. Nearly all men. Yes there are a few legitimate straight females, but I do not recommend you pay the high price for small pool of contacts.
Lastly, the search functions and technical design of the website are very good. Great job from technical standpoint. Easy to navigate.
Customer service is another problem. One owner, who has no customer service skills. He had s great idea, kudos to him. But he is so sharp and brazen with responses.
He is on to something. If he could divide profiles into two groups, the heterosexual population might jump on board.
Massage Exchange is a great site to match up with other massage enthusiast. I still go for my regular spa massage treatments with my professional masseuse or masseur when my schedule permits. Yet, over the past twelve years this site has been a valuable experience assisting in facilitating meeting civilized really nice males, females and couples.
I signed up a few years ago, suspicious I used a different name. I posted in the Portland area, so got several quick responses. Yes, they homosexual community uses it, obvious. But, there are regular people also, and I did manage a few connections, all of them OK to a couple of them excellent. There is nudity, of course, and sensual touch, of course, no different than meeting someone anywhere and becoming friends. It's worth the effort, just be honest about what you are looking for.
Unfortunately, what seems like a great idea falls flat when you factor in the lack of people in your area who have joined on any level of membership. Add to that, the phony profiles that are poorly policed by the site and also what seems to be an overwhelming number of people who cannot host, you wind up with a very low percentage of matches and ultimately few real massage exchanges. I have been on the site for about five years and have met a total of three people. It's not worth it in my opinion. Bear in mind this is not a hook up site. If that's what you really are seeking you need to go elsewhere.
We're not as large as the biggest sites, but we're the largest site in the world for massage enthusiasts. We completely agree that some cities are still poorly represented, but others are great. Members can see who is near them BEFORE they invest in a subscription. So if you;re in an unlucky locale, you will know not to waste your money. Further, we do get the occassional fake account but we have a detection system for discovering these that as highly effective. We have tens of sousands of happy members See them he'e: https://www.massageexchange.com/tips/guarantee.asp
This site is one giant cash grab. With no filtering of messages most women on the site are bombarded with requests from people with no intention of getting a massage. So they turn off messaging and select email only. They also rarely upgrade, according to the website itself. This means you have to purchase the highest tier subscription to have any hope of making contact. As only that level allows replies from free members.
It's not all bad. Search functionality is good. With lots of useful filters. And their are a good number of members on the site overall.
The subscription is very expensive and does not encourage large number of members to join as a paid member. Management is not open to suggestions. I have seen very sound and effective recommendations on the business model offered on their forum but the owner rejects those with no base.
We ceratinly are open to suggestions, however that does not mean we agree with every suggestion we receive. We're happy with our pricing model. Indeed in 2023 when everyione is raising their prices 10-25%, we've lowered ours.
Been a member of Massage Exchange for a while now. It's a wonderful platform to meet other likeminded individuals who enjoy giving and receiving massages. I have learned so many new massage modalities from others. Highly recommended.
I purchased best package for 3months. Nothing anywhere no matter what could I make or take an appointment. I got one response near the end of my subscription that I couldn't read because I needed to repay. Fake stay away
We have a generous "Connection Guarantee". See https://www.massageexchange.com/tips/guarantee.asp
I have been there for over a year. Not that easy to find a compatible person. There are many members listed that have not been there in ages. You MUST buy tokens or membership to be able to reply or send messages. Many members cannot host, that eliminates many potential partners. I rarely got replies to emails I sent. At best 5%.
On the bright side its 1000% better than free rub. Free rub is a total waste of time and money
I should mention that we have a generous "Connection Guarantee". See https://www.massageexchange.com/tips/guarantee.asp
This site is very negative on bad reviews. You can not get them to post it. Claim you are not flowing the rules. They don't want them that all. Why this site will go down eventually. Not all reviews are going to be good so be fair.
We accept reviews of in-person bodywork exchange sessions or "No-Shows" providing there is some proof that such a meeting took place or at least arranged in the case of a No-Show. This prevents fraudulent reviews. Apparently, this person attempted to submit a review without any verification that the parties actually arranged a meeting or met.
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MassageExchange has a rating of 3.4 stars from 88 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with MassageExchange most frequently mention and great way. MassageExchange ranks 1st among Massage sites.
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One day, with a particularly bad back ache, I realized that I had no-one to trade with. Unfortunately, trying to network with others in order to find trading partners proved difficult, time consuming, often even embarrassing, and ultimately unsuccessful.
An idea was born — Why not a massage networking site for those looking for massage exchange partners?
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Not a fair or accurate assessment. We have a large member base of both genders, but the gender balance depends on where you are. We believe in honesty and full disclosure; no tricks here: Members can do a search for members near them, based on gender, age range, proximity, etc., without paying, providing our new/free members with a way to determine if there are sufficient and suitable matches near them *before* subscribing. Once again, this determination can be done without paying. So if there's an insufficient number of suitable matches near you, based on whatever your criteria is, don't subscribe!