Match.com Dating Site Review
Site Name: Match.com
Established: April 21, 1995
Member Size: 20 million +
Description: As one of the first datings sites on the Internet, Match.com has a mission to “take the lottery out of love.” Match.com helps singles increase their chance of finding a soul mate by providing a large online community of men and women looking for serious relationships.
Special Features: MatchWords, Connections, Mail, Winks, Favorites, Dr. Phil’s MindFindBind, Make Love Happen Guarantee, IM, Reverse Match, matchMobile, MatchTalk
Summary of Match.com:
Match.com has a member base of over 20 million singles in 37 different countries, providing a rich and diverse online community of singles from around the world. Match.com boasts that each year, over 200,000 members find the person they were looking for on the site and the site is viewed an average of 5 million times a day. With a large database of profiles, Match.com has developed unique tools to help singles narrow down their choices. Other than the usual criterion of age, zip code, and interests, members are able to search for individuals by MatchWords. MatchWords helps singles quickly find others with common interests by utilizing keywords that describe who and what they are.
Match.com Website Review:
Signing up for Match.com is fast and easy. You go through three sections including about you, your match, and in your own words which includes a section where you can write creatively about yourself. Next, you can add photos of yourself. At Match.com, you can add up to 25 photos! After the sign-up process, you can start searching through millions of profiles for someone you might be interested in. To help with the searching process, Match.com offers a variety of searching options. As described by Match.com, MatchWords are words that people use to describe themselves. I would think of them as keywords or tags about yourself. As a free member, you can add MatchWords in the MyProfile section and then search through those to find people near you with the same MatchWord. Also as a free member, you can take advantage of Match.com’s Wink feature, which allows you to “wink” at someone that you are interested in. About two days after signing up, I’ve already received almost 20 winks. There’s definetly a lot of people on Match.com.
To utilize Match.com’s premium features, you will have to become a subscriber. As a subscriber you can contact other members directly through IM and send/receive email messages in your own Match mailbox. You can also personalize the searching process by finding out who has viewed your profile, use a one click search by type, remove particular members from your view, and organize and keep tabs on all your emails, winks, and favorite matches in one place.
Special Features on Match.com:
MatchWords - Search for singles by MatchWords, which are keywords people use to descibe themselves.
Connections - Manage your emails, winks, and favorite matches in one place.
Reverse Match - Find members who have specified characteristics that you have.
matchMobile - Get free wink and email alerts, send/receive emails, and search for matches on your mobile phone.
MatchTalk - Talk with your Match.com connections on your phone anonymously.
Make Love Happen Guarantee - Qualify for a free Love extension if you subscribe to the six-month Love package and have not met someone special after 6 months.
Match.com Subscription Plans:
6 months $16.99 per month (includes Make Love Happen Guarantee)
3 months $19.99 per month
1 month $34.99 per month
Match.com is a registered Verisign site with secure credit card forms and SSL encryption.
Company Information:
Match.com was launched in 1995. It is the world’s biggest online dating and personals property. Match.com is based in Dallas, TX and is owned and operated by IAC/InterActive Corp (Nasdaq: IACI).
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(212) 314-7300
info@iac.com
