Match Dating Service Review
Match.com dating site earns 100 points and a perfect 5-star rating:
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 = 20 points
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Estimates: users age 30 to 49 = 59% | users age 50+ = 27% | men = 47% | women = 53% | have college degree = 48% | have graduate degree =18% | no children at living at home = 72% | annual income $100K+ = 29% | annual income $60K to $100K = 27% | annual income $30K to $60K = 28% |
Match.com is quite possibly the perfect site to start dating singles from age 30 to 80.
With over [number of members removed at the request of Match.com] members, you are fairly certain to find a good selection of age-30-plus singles by searching for dating profiles that match your requirements, no matter how tough those requirements might be. Or, if you are in a bit of a hurry, try the innovative feature called “MatchWords” which allows you to search by keywords that are important to you. For example, say you love rock climbing, snowboarding, and cooking. Do a search based on those keywords and scan through the profiles that come up, adding the ones you like to your “Favorites” list. And be sure to add those important keywords when you create your dating profile. The great thing is that “MatchWords” works with both FREE and PAID memberships.
However, FREE members will not get their fill of Dr.Phil, which cost an extra $8.00 for his dating guidance called “MindFindBind” added to a regular membership fee of $35.00 per month. “MindFindBind” is basically advice based on a bunch of online personality surveys designed to guide you into a more successful dating relationship.
Also FREE members can only flirt by sending “winks” to other singles and not actually send email messages like PAID members get to do. Paying members can also keep track of everyone who views their profile which is a wonderful way to find singles who share your interests.
Packed with easy to use and effective dating service tools, Match is sure to please both new as well as experienced online daters.
They have been improving Match.com year after year since 1995 so no wonder it is growing in popularity and has a greater percentage of paid members. There are no chat or webcam features at Match.com so if you are a tech-lover you might want to read our review of Yahoo! Personals. Otherwise you will find plenty of innovative yet easy to use online dating features at Match, like the cool feature that alerts you to similar dating profiles to the one you are responding to by email.
The best way to use everything that Match has to offer
Get all your dating ducks lined up before signing up for your 3-day free trial membership by typing up a detailed profile in a word processing program like MSWord that lets you check spelling and grammar. (Save Money: if you do not have a word processing program on your desktop, you can still spell check your profile, using a FREE email account like hotmail.)
Also write down your likes and dislikes, what you are looking for in a mate or casual date. Get some quality photos lined up and saved as .jpg files ready to upload to your dating profile. And finally, start your free 3-day trial on a Friday before a weekend where you will be able to devote full time to creating your Match.com profile, and devote time to searching hundreds of other profiles, saving them to your “Favorites” list. If after 2 or 3 days you are sufficiently impressed with the quality and quantity of singles you have in your “Favorites” list, by all means pay to join and email those single “Favorites” with a unique message that not only shows that you read their profile, but peaks their interest in reading yours. Do not blindly send out the same "canned" response to all the singles on your list. Remember quality matters far more than quantity when it comes to dating.
Click to take advantage of one of the BEST DEALS EVER SEEN: At Match.com you are guaranteed to meet your match within your first 6 months membership or you get the next 6 months membership totally FREE!
At the time of this writing, 6 months membership is $102 total ($17/mo.) and for your 6 month fill of Dr. Phil it would come to $144 total ($17/mo. + $7/mo. = $24/mo.)
One final dating tip
Do not show too much skin in your photos at Match.com or they may get rejected, with special software that screens out and flags photos that have a high density of skin tone per square inch. These suspect photos are flagged for a closer review by a customer service human. Yes, guys keep your shirt on. Also upload photos that show only you in them, not you with your shirt off and your arm around some scantily clad female. Number one, us ladies don’t need to see you with your shirt off and/or wrapped around past conquests, to know if we might be interested in you. And number two, a photo like that will certainly get rejected.
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