Anastasia International - Review

Review of Anastasia International (also known as Anastasia Date and Anastasia Web).

Summary

Anastasia International is the premier Russian dating site and has been for some time now. As with all Russian dating services, this agency is not perfect, but in our opinion this is the most professional site, with the fastest services and is the easiest to use.

About Anastasia International

Anastasia is basically linking you with hundreds of marriage agencies across Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet countries. Their site also has an increasing number of Russian women in the USA and other countries around the world.

Services

• Create your own profile complete with photos.
• Search and browse ladies' profiles including photos and videos.
  
• Email correspondence
  
• Phone correspondence
• Online chat
• Video chat
• Flower and gift delivery
• Apartment Rental
• Romance Tours
  

Price

• Credit system - Purchase credits which are used to pay for opening and sending letters, watching ladies' videos, and online chat.
  

Advantages

• Profiles verified - All women are required to go to their local agency in person with official identification before they are allowed to have a profile on Anastasia's website. This is a strong safety measure to prevent fraudulent profiles.
  
• Speed - Anastasia's translation services are the best in the business. Sometimes you can even receive same-day responses from the women you are corresponding with.
• Access to personal contact info - Anastasia allows you to swap postal addresses via email, and you can also obtain phone numbers and email addresses of the girls during a phone introduction. Some other websites make it almost impossible for you to obtain personal contact details, and this is a major thing to look for when joining any dating site. If you cannot contact the other person you are simply wasting your time and money.
• Technology - Anastasia is constantly upgrading their site with the latest technologies, including online chat and video chat. Also, it is very helpful to view video profiles prior to contacting the women, as a video can give you a much better representation of what she looks like and so forth. Sometimes photos can be quite misleading, and it is better to spend a little time watching their video than to spend a lot of money on a trip to Russia, only to find that she is nothing like you were expecting from her photos.
• Large selection of woman compared with some other sites.
  

Disadvantages

• Bulk introduction letters - Anastasia (and many other Russian dating sites) are in the habit of sending you large numbers of introduction letters. Obviously they are in business of translating letters, and since you pay per letter, this is why they do it. The best advice is to take your time and focus on the type of woman you are really wanting to meet.
• There are many girls in the 18-22 age bracket, and due to their age many of these women may not quite be prepared for the realities of meeting and marrying a man from another country. Obviously this statement is a generalization, and many young Russian women are ready for marriage, but you will notice that there are more young women at this site compared with other sites. Again, we advise you to focus realistically on the type of woman you are looking for, and this includes her age.
  

How to Get the Most out of Anastasia International

Since it is free to join, we suggest you setup a free profile first, and take your time to identify the type of woman you are really looking to meet. Other key tips:

• Watch their videos (if available) to give you a better idea of what the woman is really like before you contact her.
• If your initial correspondence is progressing well, ask her for her personal contact info (phone number, etc) in a telephone introduction. This will help you to progress your relationship without having to use a translator all the time. Plus, you'll get a good idea if she's really interested in you or not.
• Take advantage of the technology available, which now includes online chat, and live video chat. The cost of these services is money well spent to help you decide which girl is most suitable for you, before you pay lots of money to go and visit her.
  

Click here to set up a free profile and test out Anastasia Date for yourself.