Who’s it for? This site is ideal for language learners who want to practice their written skills with someone also learning the language – or by taking it in turns to help with your native language skills. The site allows you to connect online or choose snail mail and helps you to narrow down a selection of members by filtering for your preferred language. Conversation ExchangeĬonversation Exchange is great for people looking to practice their language skills. Who’s it for? This platform is great for anyone concerned about their security, or wanting to find a pen pal the snail mail way – but less time-consuming! It’s also perfect for those who want to make *real* friends all over the world. Our mission is to be accessible to all, so the service and your account is completely free – you just pay for the postcard itself which includes worldwide delivery, all for just $2.49.That saves you a trip to the post office and the wild search for your stationery and stamps. But once you click send, the postcard is printed and sent via snail mail to your pen pal. You personalize a postcard (with your own pictures) and write your message online. That means other pen pals will send you a *real* postcard online, but you will receive it in the post, all securely and privately. PenPal keeps your address and name private by encrypting it in the backend.We’ll go further into how to find a pen pal on the site later, but for now, here are the main advantages of using PenPal to connect.

At the same time, you can chat online with your pen pal to deepen the relationship. On PenPal, you are matched with like-minded members worldwide and send postcards online, which are then printed and sent physically in the post by the service. It combines the idea of a traditional snail mail pen pal with a digital one. PenPal is the top platform for matching members safely and easily. So what are the best sites to find a pen pal? Below are the top 5 depending on what kind of pen pal you’d like to be, and what you’re looking for out of it. You can find out more about what a pen pal is and where it all started here. Digital: Pen pals who keep up with each other via email or some other form of digital communication, like WhatsApp, text or Messenger.Snail mail: Pen pals who exchange *real* postcards or letters via the postal service.

Broadly speaking, there are two different types of pen pal:

All pen pals lead their relationships predominantly or exclusively via the written word.

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