Errotica Archives (0)
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Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
-PU has a discount of $19.99/month recurring. However, look for holiday specials where the price can drop to $10 for the first month, or even lower. As a member of the MetArt network, I found an offer for $4.99 for the first month, rebilling monthly at $19.99.
-Customer service is 24/7. One of the best customer services for any porn site. The only one better is the fame aid customer service, which has a live chat line that is 24/7, and answers questions within minutes. The MetArt customer service usually answers questions within a few hours, by email.
-The content is exclusive. Note: Staff Selections are exclusive to the MetArt network, but not to any one site in the network. Staff Selections are a premium item that has to be purchased separate from your regular membership.
-The models are mainly white, Eastern European. Most of the models are familiar from the other MetArt network sites. The models range from attractive to lovely. This is one of the strengths of the MetArt network: |
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PROS(CONTINUED):
how attractive the models are: however, the competing sites, like MPL Studios, Femjoy, Watch4Beauty and other fine photo sites also have a strong catalog of lovely models.
-On the initial signup to any of the sites in the MetArt network, you are offered a chance to sign up to different sites in the network for $19/month, $90/year, $400 for a lifetime membership.
If you are a real fan of one of the sites, one of those offers might be worth considering.
However:
-On a personal level, a lifetime membership is not worthwhile for me. On a realistic basis, since my health is not good, and I'm over 70, even $400 is not a worthwhile investment. I do have a lifetime membership to MetArt and a couple of other MetArt sites, that I paid for years ago.
If you're much younger, and you really enjoy one of these sites, a lifetime membership for $400 might be worth considering. Especially to MetArt, which has a massive catalog of photosets, a daily update rate of 4 sets, |
| Bottom Line: |
PROS(CONTINUED):
plus 6 sets on the first day of each month. MetArt, because of the massive catalog of photosets (and a large collection of videos, most of those videos are boring, in spite of how attractive the model might be), the large update rate, the fine technical features of the site (offering zip files in 3 definitions for each gallery, a good photoplayer to watch a gallery online, 24/7 excellent customer service, clean navigation, etc.) is the best site in the MetArt network. However, it's a softcore glamour site, emphasizing photos, which might be too bland, not hard-core enough for some PU members.
There was an announcement at the MetArt network:
30 Apr, 2020
Attention Lifetime Members, we have retroactively upgraded your lifetime membership to grant you full access to all Staff Selections.
If you carry a lifetime membership, you can now stream or download all past and future Staff Selections.
I'm a lifetime member to MetArt, SexArt, and The Life Erotic.
However, on a practical basis, access to Staff Selections doesn't hold a lot of value for me.
I don't think the Staff Selections are rare jewels compared to the normal updates at these sites.
That's my opinion, anyway.
I never paid to view or download any previous staff selections.
And I think the staff selections are basically hype, which I don't buy into.
CONS(START OF):
-Pre-checked cross-sale on join page. The last time I joined (about 1 year ago) they didn't have a pre-checked cross-sale, but this time they did. Pre-checked cross-sales are common for the porn industry, but I believe they are a poor marketing gimmick. If you miss the cross-sale notice, you will be signed up to a short term trial that can turn into a very expensive monthly membership unless you cancel the trial almost immediately.
-Also I unchecked the remember me box. This allows the site to keep your credit card data. Too many sites have been hacked for financial information. So it's a bad idea to leave your credit card information at too many sites, because you are just increasing the chances your credit cards will be hacked. I've had several credit cards accounts hacked over the years, with charges made to the accounts from fraudsters. Some charges were made from Africa, some from states in the United States I've never visited. I've never been to Africa. Credit card fraud it pervasive. Try to reduce the places that keep your credit card details.
-I got a confirming email on signup. This was important.
The confirming email was poor.
It confirmed that my account was active with Errotica Archives.
The confirming email did not show the membership price for the first month, or the montly rebill price.
The email did not name the biller for the transaction.
The signup page showed "ECHST.NET 866-452-5108".
From Google, ECHST.NET is a payment processor.
However, the member page at the Errotica-Archives site states my payment processor is RocketGate.
CCBill and Epoch are the gold standards of payment processors.
It would have been nice if I had been able to choose the payment processor.
The member page at the Errotica-Archives site does not show the monthly membership price, either the first or succeeding months.
Separately, the confirming email was important:
On the join page when signing up, you enter a password for your membership.
The password for my membership on the confirming email was a different password.
That is the first time that's ever happened to me, in over 100 porn memberships, over 20 years of porn memberships. That I was given a different password from the site, instead of the password that I entered. (The password that I entered met the stated password requirements of the site.)
You might think some of the cons are trivial. But if I hadn't gotten the confirming email, I would have had to contact customer service to try to enter the site.
And it would have been nice for the confirming email to show the last 4 digits of the credit card I used.
Along with the first and continuing monthly membership price.
-They advertise daily updates. The average update rate has been 2 updates per week for a year or more.
-Regional discrimination. PU members (outside the US) have complained that the site charges more for a membership than US members are charged. I don't know if this is due to the site or the payment processor.
BOTTOM LINE(START OF):
Site stats:
Models: 806.
Galleries: 4,510
Number of photos per gallery: 50 - 100.
Contributing photographers: 73.
Photosets have a zip for low, medium and high definition.
Films: 652
This is basically a photography site. The last video update was around June 2018.
That does not include the "staff selections". They tell you if you buy a staff selection, you "own" it. But that is a marketing ploy.
There is no DRM for MetArt network sites. So you "own" all the videos and photosets at the network (except for the "staff selections").
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