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MassageExchange has a rating of 3.81 stars from 91 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with MassageExchange most frequently mention great way. MassageExchange ranks 49th among Massage sites.
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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.
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
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.
The idea of the site is great. However, even if you pay a huge ransom non-paid users cannot contact you. They do not know if you are a member. The only thing is paying all that money you allow the user to write back.
Hosting is usually an issue so finding your time and their time to match takes time. The site makes it difficult to exchange personal information. The site also makes it seem that others on the site are not real. So many times responses are not made in the first place.
There was a site determined to be human trafficking by Trump when they came down on backpage. That was Zenbrisa. The same users as M-E but on a free site was awesome. I miss massage. I wish they would bring that back. Z was international. On business in the UK I found a local that came to my hotel.
Tip for consumers:
If you do go gold. Be selective. Everyone on the site is anxious to exchange until they find out they need to host. Or share current photos and have an open dialog. There is a maximum weight you are willing to provide for. Most know that and are willing to hide it. Until they show up at your place to exchange. Deciding not to is very uncomfortable.
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I used massage exchange. the way the pricing works it is is near impossible to set up an exchange.
The member may have a misunderstanding. We have two subscription levels, Silver and Gold. Silver requires that both parties to be subscribers to communicate while Gold does not. It's the member's choice which they prefer - Save money (Silver) and communicate with fellow subscribers only or spend a bit more (Gold) to communicate with the freebies too. Member claims it's difficult to exchange information but it is not. Just write whatever you wish to in an e-mail to a fellow member.
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
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.
Tip for consumers:
Dont buy gold membership
Go to instagram and type in massage
Products used:
Gold level membership
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!
Made multiple contacts, never got 1 reply. Probably bogus profiles. Contacted site admin. Came back with very snide, unprofessional remarks. Don't waste your time and money.
We have a generous "Connection Guarantee". See https://www.massageexchange.com/tips/guarantee.asp
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
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.
Ken from MassageExchange replied to my review. Several falsehoods in his reply. First off being just outside Philadelphia does not make my location some far away land or in the boonies as he suggested. He said I had not been a member and that is accurate, BUT as I was trying to find reviews of providers in my area, none were coming up. Only individuals thousands of miles away were noted except for a very few out of state. Like I said, when I contact them, they were perplexed on why that was. Makes two of us.
Tip for consumers:
Stay away. May as well use the money to start a bonfire. Better results.
Patiently spoke to this person on the phone for about 20 minutes. His sole concern was that the people *near him*, apparently a remote location, had no reviews. No, we were not baffled; it's quite normal. I pointed to the over 10,000 positive reviews around the world (https://www.massageexchange.com/reviews/view.asp), but he didn't want that, he wanted to see reviews for members in his city. So he decided for some bizarre reason that we were fake. Hardly. The person has never been a participating member of our site - he's never contacted anyone! His review is unfair and unfounded.
Very expensive site for what you get. Many times you receive emails and after you reply your reply is unread because the massage exchange site wants more money. I will not be renewing my subscription after it expires. I would not recommend the massage exchange wedsite to anyone.
A subscription is all that's necessary to communicate. The comment about "wanting more money" makes no sense since there's nothing else needed beyond a subscription. Member should contact our support staff to receive assistance.
I have been a member for a month and no partners for exchange as most of the ads months old and only one potential partner and she is 70 miles away and not available. Maybe some areas with more interest but not in Lansing, Michigan area
Searching is 100% Free, so members may decide before they buy. All members, including free members, may search our entire member database. All matches near you matching your search criteria will be displayed, along with the member's last active date. Free members may, therefore, make an informed decision about upgrading. If there are few people near you, don't buy a membership! See what over 10,000 of our members think here: https://www.massageexchange.com/reviews/view.asp
Been a gold member for 3 months total waste of my money, e, mailed a lot of members & they don't reply back, won't be renewing my mambership.
We offer a Guarantee. If you've been unsuccessful, contact our support staff.
Mostly a useless site. Seems honest enough but no one is on it.
We're the most popular site of its kind, now approaching 200,000 members. View over 8,000 happy customer reviews here: http://www.massageexchange.com/reviews/view.asp
By the customer's comments, customer appears to be a free member. Paid membership is required for communication. That doesn't mean we're useless.
At the beginning it was a wonderful site but then they took away some free items and made it harder and worse to get in touch with people. Now the site is full of people not really wanting to exchange at all.
We're pretty busy always adding new features, usually free. We're not aware of any free items we've taken away. We certainly are always looking for ways to make it easier to connect. We've contacted the author asking them what items they believe we've taken away and to clarify. We're received no reply after 10 days.
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MassageExchange.com is a community of bodyworkers, bodywork students, and massage enthusiasts to network, practice, explore new bodywork modalities, and exchange massage and other bodyworks for free. Now with nearly 200,000 members and growing rapidly.
When I first started my massage practice, I'd exchange massages with my fellow classmates frequently. Slowly, however, my massage friends either moved away or left the trade. Sadly, this massage giver was receiving fewer and fewer massages himself.
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?
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.