Global Penfriends

Find Snail mail and internet friends from around the world. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our penpals are from all over the world, interested in new friendships, exchanging culture, learning a language, travel and education. Our snail mail members enjoy exchanging Letters, Postcards, Mail-Art, Candy and much more. Global Penfriends is a family friendly, secure place to meet new pen pals. All ages are welcome (School age to Seniors) Correspond by old fashioned snail mail or internet.

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Correspond with your penpals via our secure online messaging system or start sending letters to your penpal by post and become snail mail pen pals.

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International friendship by Post or Internet

Global Penfriends has been connecting Penpals by post and internet for over 25 years. Start writing a letter or send a message to a new friend today.

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Members can select penpals based on common interests such as, international friendship, snail mail exchange, language partner, travel friends, candy swaps, mail art, parcel exchange, postcard exchange.

What our members say

Very good, I just wish it were easier to make friends. I loved the site’s aesthetics and functionality. Muito bom, só queria que fosse mais fácil fazer amigos, eu amei a estética e funcionalidade do site

Penpal Altmoonn

16 (Female)

it's nice to find friends from another country, especially through letters! (there's also other way if you dont want letters) it's so exciting

Penpal fyhs3

18 (Female)

I enjoy writing to people and learning about them and their culture. Great way to make friendships! Such a variety of people to get to know!

Penpal GimmeGirl

72 (Female)

I've gotten to know some really nice people, and I'm learning a lot through messaging. I'm really enjoying it.

Penpal J.Katie

54 (Female)

It’s helped me connect and stay in touch with very cool people! Very safe and secure and easy to use! Xx Use definitely recommend!

Penpal AlmondDolly18

19 (Female)

The overall idea is really good. But you could bring some UX improvements. Make it more obvious how to use the ‘post received’ ‘post sent’ feature. The members who gave permission for their address to be used for snail mail credits forget and then they get super surprised when they received a letter. Make it more prominent as well. I inderstand the business model of display ads, but on mobile it almost blocks certain touch areas that are important to the flow. So give more space and overlap less the banners with the essential actions. But overall I really like the platform.

Penpal Ni24

36 (Female)

On this website, I have made more friends than I ever did in school! All of which share the same hobbies and likes as me, it is very comforting. You can also learn about other people’s culture!

Penpal the whisperer101

18 (Female)

I originally signed up for this site out of boredom, and I've never expected to make such good friends on here! All the people are very friendly, and they respond quickly most of the time! The only thing that kind of bothers me is that you can only see your last 5 active conversations, unless you pay. Other than that, it's amazing!

Penpal talkabtanniething

13 (Female)

Being able to communicate without paying. Simply making friends without them expecting something in return.

Penpal Unqinewoman43

43 (Female)

This website is a great way to meet new friends, snail mail penpals, email penpals, etc. I joined to try to make some new friends before travelling overseas, and I have made some wonderful friends through this site.

Penpal AussieBex

43 (Female)