RichMeetBeautiful is no longer operating: its domain redirects to a page that reads "RichMeetBeautiful has been shut down," and it has done so since at least mid-2023.
If you found RichMeetBeautiful through a review that describes it as active, that review is out of date. Several reviews dated 2026, including DatingScout's September 2026 page and a getarranged.io review from August 2026, still write about the site as if members could sign up today. They cannot. Below is what the record shows about the closure, the controversies that preceded it, and what former members should do now.
How we know it has closed
On September 30, 2026, richmeetbeautiful.com returned a temporary (302) redirect to a /shutoff page carrying the shutdown notice. The Internet Archive fills in the timeline:
| Date | What the Wayback Machine shows |
|---|---|
| October 1, 2022 | Live homepage |
| July 7, 2023 | Homepage redirects to /shutoff |
| February 2025 to June 2026 | Every snapshot redirects to /shutoff |
| September 30, 2026 (live check) | Still redirects to /shutoff |
So the site closed some time between October 2022 and July 2023. The exact date and the reason were never announced, and we have found no official statement explaining the decision. We also found no evidence of a successor brand; if one exists, it is not documented in any source we checked.
The controversies before the shutdown
RichMeetBeautiful was operated by Digisec Media Limited, with Norwegian founder and CEO Sigurd Vedal. DatingScout lists its address as The Plaza Commercial Centre, Bisazza Street, Sliema, Malta. The founding year is unverified, though the site was active by 2017.
That was the year it became notorious. In 2017 the company drove an advertising van around the Free University of Brussels, pitching students on dating a sugar daddy instead of taking out a student loan. A similar campaign ran in Paris. The story then moved from the press into the courts:
- 2018: the site was blocked in Belgium.
- May 8, 2019: a Brussels correctional court found the company guilty of encouraging prostitution. According to The Brussels Times, Vedal received a fine of about EUR 200,000 and a six-month suspended sentence, Digisec Media was fined EUR 240,000, and the site was confiscated.
The case is worth remembering whenever a platform markets sugar dating to students.
What users complained about while it ran
Trustpilot's page for the site holds 37 reviews, only one from the last 12 months. The displayed score of 4.0 out of 5 conflicts with the review distribution, in which 79% are 1-star, so we treat the headline number as unreliable. The complaint patterns were familiar:
- Fake profiles built from stolen Instagram and Facebook photos.
- Members who could not cancel and were charged again the following month.
- Fake-check schemes and requests for financial information.
What the shutdown means for old members
There is no way to log in and no announced process for data deletion or refunds. How final subscribers were handled is unverified; a support subdomain, support.richmeetbeautiful.com, is still indexed by search engines, but we could not confirm that anyone answers it. Practical steps:
- Check your card statements. Given past complaints about repeat charges, confirm that nothing from the site or its operator is still billing you. If it is, dispute the charge with your bank.
- Change any reused password. If the password you used on RichMeetBeautiful also protects your email or another dating account, change it there.
- Ignore messages that claim to come from the site. A closed platform has no reason to contact you, and fake-check and financial-information scams were already a known problem on it. Our sugar dating scams guide covers the patterns.
- Do not rely on stale reviews. Any guide still recommending RichMeetBeautiful has not checked the site recently.
Historical prices are only useful for comparison now. Before the shutdown, DatingScout listed men's memberships at USD 69.99 for one month, USD 179.97 for three months, USD 299.94 for six months and USD 479.88 for twelve months. Women could message free.
Live alternatives
Former members looking for an active platform have several options, each with its own trade-offs. Our best sugar dating sites ranking covers the field, and best Seeking alternatives looks at the options beyond the biggest name. For a subscription site with mandatory selfie verification, see our SugarDaddyMeet review, bearing in mind that users report steep price increases there since late 2025.
Whichever site you join, apply the lesson of RichMeetBeautiful: check that the platform is still live and still maintained before you pay, and pay for one month at a time.
FAQ
Is RichMeetBeautiful still working?
No. As of September 30, 2026, the domain redirects to a page saying the site has been shut down. The Wayback Machine shows the redirect in place by July 7, 2023.
Why did RichMeetBeautiful shut down?
No reason was ever announced. The closure followed a 2018 block in Belgium and a 2019 Brussels conviction for encouraging prostitution, but no source links those events directly to the shutdown.
Can I get a refund for an old RichMeetBeautiful subscription?
Refund handling for final subscribers is unverified. If you are still being charged, contact your card issuer and dispute the payment.
Who ran RichMeetBeautiful?
Digisec Media Limited, whose founder and CEO was Sigurd Vedal. Both were fined by the Brussels court in 2019.