eHarmony Matchmaking Service Review
eHarmony matchmaking site earns 98 points and 4.5-stars:
1. Privacy/Safety = 20 points
2. Age 30+ singles related content = 20 points
3. Website Speed = 20 points
4. Search Selection = 20 points
5. Search Options = 18 points
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Estimates: users age 30 to 49 = 47% | users age 50+ = 26% | men = 33% | women = 67% | have college degree = 46% | have graduate degree =16% | no children at living at home = 77% | annual income $100K+ = 24% | annual income $60K to $100K = 24% | annual income $30K to $60K = 32% |
eHarmony is a great site for singles over the age of thirty who have arrived at the place in life where they want to start serious dating and maybe even get married
Start with FREE Basic Membership, fill out all the questionnaire pages and relax. You do not have to pay until you are happy with the matches they send to you and wish to contact the person(s) they’ve matched you up with.
Roughly 73% of all the 18 million eHarmony members are age thirty and above. This is the largest matchmaking service in the world and eHarmony is not the place to just make friends for casual dating. Don’t join if you are not ready for a serious dating relationship that leads to marriage. You need to be interested in a long term committed relationship that could very likely result in marriage sometime in the future. At the very least, you will learn more about yourself, what “type” of person you are, and what “type” of person would be the best match for you. The eHarmony Compatibility Matching System kicks into high gear as soon as you finish answering 436 questions measuring 99 areas of your personality. The data is then sifted by matchmaking experts and psychologists and within a month or so after joining eHarmony you should get your first matches.
You can then choose to contact all, some or none of the matches that eHarmony sends to you.
If you find your matches to be interesting enough to contact them, that is the time to pay to convert your FREE basic membership to a paid membership.
Don’t give up. Exercise extreme patience and a little faith. We know of many singles who met through eHarmony and are now happily married. Why do we say to "Exercise extreme patience and a little faith?" Well, because it is a long process to screen and contact your matches. For best results eHarmony highly recommends that you use their Guided Communication Process to contact your matches.
The Guided Communication Process consists of these five steps:
• Step 1: Choose to become paid member in order to contact your compatible matches.
• Step 2: Choose five multiple-choice questions for the other person to answer then wait for a response before making contact again in step 3..
• Step 3: List your choice of requirements, what the other person ‘must have” or ‘must not have’ to be your match, waiting for a positive response that you both want to continue the “Guided Communication Process.”
• Step 4: Pose three open-ended questions for the other person to answer in their own words.
• Step 5: Finally get started emailing each other on your own without any guidance or questions to deal with. At this point you can also call or write or visit or date each other.
Membership Costs
At the time of this writing, 12 months paid membership will save you about 67% at $239.40 total ($19.95/mo.). 6 months membership costs $179.70 total ($29.95/mo.). 3 months membership costs $119.85 ($39.95/mo.); and 1 month costs $59.95 which is about $719.40 for 12 months. So, start with FREE Basic Membership and before you decide to pay for full membership, make sure you have been matched up with singles that you want to contact. Then bite the bullet and pay $239.40 for the 12 months membership. You will thank us later for this recommendation. We have seen several singles actually end up paying close to $719.40 for 12 months because they just kept on paying a month at a time. Deduct $239.40 from $719.40 and the $480.00 savings can pay for a lot of fun dates or even an airline ticket to go visit your new love interest.
Be aware that the person(s) with whom you have been matched must also be fully paid up members in order for you to contact them.
Also note that eHarmony has two paid optional features:
- RelyID service for verifying your name, location and age is a great feature for helping others to trust you!
- SecureCall service for talking with singles that eHarmony matched you up with, without revealing your real phone number. A great feature for maintaining your privacy while at the same time building a relationship!
The best way to use all that eHarmony has to offer
The best way to use everything eHarmony has to offer to seriously dating singles looking for a compatible soul-mate to marry is to save up your money until you have $239.40 set aside for a full 12 months paid membership, but in the mean time join for FREE, because if you find that you are getting good matches from eHarmony, it can take up to a year to narrow down the matches to the point where you are seriously dating just one of them with marriage in mind.
Our advice for joining any matchmaking service is always to be prepared to fill out online forms and questionnaires for hours. But do not rush or cut corners. You would only be hurting your chances of being correctly matched up with your potential soul-mate. This might sound a bit old fashioned or even pedantic, but do at least consider filling out the long, detailed online personality questionnaire with help. It could be a close friend or family member who knows you very, very well. They might prove to be very valuable in helping you to define yourself, your likes, dislikes, etc. in such a way that you might just get matched up with someone who is perfect for you.
One final matchmaking tip
Also, once you finish signing up, be patient because, like we said before, it could take up to a month before you start receiving a steady stream of your matches to contact and evaluate. Try to fight the urge to search the matchmaking database yourself. Remember all matches are chosen for you by the eHarmony Compatibility Matching System and screened by dating experts or psychologists. So do not get frustrated. As a hedge, you could go off and join an actual online dating service that gives you total access to search their database and contact members without the long, drawn out screening process of a matchmaking service like eHarmony.
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