So I revisited Match.com which has become a household name and online dating powerhouse. They have commercials on all day on pretty much every channel, tons of banner advertisements, and magazine ads as well.
For this review I went with a with a paid membership. First off, your payment options are decent. You can get the price down to less than $19.99 month, but you do have to buy 3-6 months up front. I think this seems pretty reasonable for one of the biggest, most widely known, and socially acceptable dating sites on the web.
Creating your profile isn’t too bad. They don’t seem to have one of those annoying quizzes that never seems to end. You do the typical about you and your date then it’s picture time. I noticed later that it’s not uncommon to find members with 20+ pictures on their profile. My profile didn’t take very long to get approved. I’d say less than 2 hours, given I didn’t put a whole lot of info on it.
I was pretty impressed by the number of members within 10 miles of my house. Keep in mind I live in one of the 10 biggest cities in the US. You should be able to find plenty of members from 20-50. The search feature will allow you to drill down on some specifics, but you’ll find that most profiles are very general so that probably won’t do that much good.
I will say that after being on the site for almost 2 weeks I’ve gotten a lot of “matches” from Match.com sent to me. They’re usually based on 3 similarities that I’m not sure are very relevant. For example, “you are both the youngest child in your family”, or “you both like dogs”. I guess it’s a start.
After my profile was live and I started searching and viewing my matches, “winks” started to appear. And then the occasional email message. The site does work and there are plenty of members to get to know. Within the first week I had started to get to know several members though messages, and then eventually cell phone texts and phone calls. By the end of week 2 I had already met 3 people face-to-face for what I guess you could call the only blind dates of my life. One was an absolute disaster, one was decent, and the 3rd and most recent was pretty fun.
So there’s the proof. The site works and there are many members serious about finding somebody willing to get to know each other and give it a shot. I’m not sure how long I’ll keep my profile because it feels like I have a new Facebook account to keep up with, but we’ll see. So all in all I say give it a shot if you’re looking for a significant other, or to speed up your dating life. If you’re looking for hookups I’d probably suggest you spend you time and money elsewhere.
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