Frequently Asked Questions on South East Asia Friends

 

Who runs SEA-Freinds.com?

South East Asia Friends is owned and operated by Darwins; a Thailand based web design company.


 

What are the membership requirements?

There are only two membership requirements:


To join this site you must be over 15 years.


You must agree to abide by our Terms & Conditions of Use.


 

What can I do in SEA-Friends.com?

 

You can interact with other individual members in a variety of ways; messaging, instant messaging, virtual greetings (kisses).
 

You can keep a blog, which can be your own personal diary, or just anything you like to write about.


You can customise your profile by changing the colour and layout.


You can add photos and multimedia files to your profile.


You can participate in discussions in the Forums.


You can chat with other members in the chat rooms.


You can send other members messages, chat with other members in the chat rooms, or chat individually to other members using IM (Instant Messaging).

 


What does it cost to join?

Registration and photo profile are FREE OF CHARGE, so there is no cost for joining and trying out the site.


Female members receive access to all areas of the site.


Male members can register free but must upgrade to use certain functions.


When you upgrade your membership by subscribing you can start to use all the features of the site. Subscription prices are:


One Month trial membership - $US 5.99

 

Permanent membership - $US 29.99 (yes, that's forever!!)



 

When will I be able to use the site? How soon after I’ve registered?

You will be able to navigate around most of the site as soon as you have completed the online registration form. Your profile will be fully activated after it has been reviewed by one of our administrators, and after you have confirmed your identity by replying to the verification email which we will send you after you have registered. To be sure of receiving this email and any other correspondence from the site, make sure that your spam filter treats mail from sea-friends.com as 'friendly' i.e. add the domains to your whitelist.


If you have not received a verification email from us within 24 hours of regsitering, please contact us remembering to quote the email address with which you registered. 

 

How do I subscribe?

Sign in then click the Subscribe tab. The Subscribe page will show your current membership status with the other membership options underneath and a summary of what each option allows you to do. Use the drop down menus to choose a payment plan, then choose PayPal from the next menu, and then click the checkout button. Choose the Checkout button for one-off payments, or the Recurring checkout button for repeat payments.

 

Notice that the Credit option has figures in brackets next to each function. This is what it costs to use that function each time. You can subscribe with a Credit membership so that you only pay for what you use and your account can remain in use for as long as there are funds in it. Just top it up whenever you’re ready.


 

How else can I obtain membership upgrades?

Upgrades can also be obtained through referrals. Any member can use the "Invite a friend" box on their member home page to send an invite to join the site to as many friends as they like. If anyone registers (i.e. pays) as a result of their invitations then they will earn membership upgrades. If the referral results in a full subscription then they will earn even more upgrade time. This gives non-subscribers plenty of opportunity to upgrade their membership without making a payment.


 

How do I temporarily suspend my profile?

There’s a link at the foot of your profile. Click the link once to suspend the profile.


 

How do I reactive my suspended profile?

There’s a link at the foot of your profile. Click the link once to reactivate the profile.


 

How do I remove my profile?

Click Profile and Edit Profile. At the foot of the page toward the left is the link ‘Profile Unregister’. Click the link once to remove your profile from the site.


 

How is my privacy protected?

South East Asia Friends does not share your information with any third parties. We advise all our members not to divulge any personal contact information to other members until they feel sure it is safe to do so. We advise our members to communicate with other members through the site using the various functions within it. By doing so you can enjoy communicating with others while maintaining your privacy.

Members are advised to use caution and discretion when adding personal information to their profiles. For example, if you would rather not reveal your date of birth or other information of this nature we suggest that you use alternatives. Use a fake date of birth and have two birthdays; one is your 'public' birthday and the other is your personal birthday.

Please click to read our Privacy Policy.