Matchmaker.com Review

All of us must have heard the common phrase “Matches are made in Heaven”. However in today’s world it will not be wrong to say “perfect matches are also made in Matchmaker.com”. Your search for true love, compatibility and long term relationships end with Matchmaker.com. It is an ideal site to have fun and make friends in safe and secure surroundings. The site encourages members to communicate with a variety of people to broaden their social horizon and meet individuals from all walks of life.

Matchmaker.com is powered by the current online dating leader Date.com. The popularity and the services provided by Matchmaker.com have been recognized by Forbes magazine recently.

Matchmaker.com was founded in 1986 by Gregory Scot Smith. It is the oldest of the current online dating sites. It first started with a dial up connection and was conceived as a pen pal network for every one. There were no membership charges and was managed solely on donations from the users of the network. With time the site was technically updated and was very popular by 1997. It generated a lot of revenue and also had a huge membership base.

The membership of Matchmaker.com is more than six million today and over fifty thousand single men and women join the site every week. There are about six thousand individuals online at any given point of time.

The members are single, educated professionals with an average earning of more than sixty thousand dollars per annum and looking for genuine long term relationships. An interesting fact about the members of the site is that there is more number of single female members compared to the males. The average age of members is thirty five. The huge data base of high quality individuals increases the chance of meeting someone special much sooner.

The home page of the site is simple and elegantly designed. It is not cluttered with too much information. The registration process is very simple with a free trial. The free members can post their profile and search for partners but do not have access to communicate with the paid members.

The paid members on the other hand are given a priority over the free members. The visibility of paid members is very high in search results. These members gain an edge and are also more serious about online dating because of the money they pay. One can avail a free access to a five day package on offer only for a limited time. On completion of five days one can subscribe to be a member giving the reasonable monthly subscription.

The features of the site are user friendly. They have been made keeping the convenience of members in mind. For example if a member receives too many search results the individual is advised on how to narrow down the list. Another unique feature of the site is the online dating toolbar. This facilitates easy access and navigation to all major parts of dating services. Key word search is also a very distinctive feature that is not available on other online dating sites. One can modify the age and the geographic region with each search.

The services offered by the website guides the single individual to take his first steps towards dating carefully and successfully, as also the divorcees who are trying to bounce back.

The site is carefully monitored for security reasons. The safety of the members is of prime importance. The members are therefore advised to be very careful about the information provided on the site. Address and phone numbers should be avoided in the profile and should not be posted. On receiving any inappropriate messages one should report immediately. This helps to take precautionary steps and avoid any further complications. The website offers online assistance for any personal or site related queries.

The subscription rates to the advanced features are competitively priced and there are varieties of ways to pay online including credit cards.

Matchmaker.com has most in-depth profiles of individuals compared to any other online dating site. An individual has a choice to answer all the essay type questions or restrict to objective questions on registration. One can edit his profile at any given point of time. The voice greeting feature and the photograph option makes a profile interesting and note worthy. A profile with a snap and voice gets eight times more emails and these can be replied to free of cost.

Members can quickly browse certain statistical data such as the number of times the profile and the photograph has been viewed on their home page. A new feature has been added to the web site called the ‘Match marker’. This feature helps to quickly identify other members who have similar interest, values and passion. Diverse Match maker communities exist such as New York, Chicago, Berlin, Toronto, alternatives and many more.

A disadvantage of the site is that the information or details given about the individuals to free members is very limited. Only a subscribed member gets an access to in-depth profiles of members. But many other similar websites also operate like this. The advertisement banner on the home page is sometimes disturbing to the members. It is indeed irritating at times when an advertisement suddenly leaps up while you are going through the profile of your to be soul mate! However these are minor irritants only.

One also has to be aware of certain members who may dupe. Many people join the website just for the sake of some fun at the expense of ethers. You must be cautious of such fun seekers, lest you get emotionally involved with one of them. Hence you must always be sure that the profile is genuine and the other person is truly interested in what you are looking for.

The friendly features of the site along with high quality membership contribute to the popularity of the site. So, go ahead and look for your soul mate now on Matchmaker.com.

• Login or register to post comments