True Dating Service Review

True.com dating site earns 94 points and a 4.5-star rating:

1. Privacy/Safety = 20 points

2. Age 30+ singles related content = 18 points

3. Website Speed = 18 points

4. Search Selection = 18 points

5. Search Options = 20 points

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It is hard to stand out from the crowd of online dating services, and True.com does a good job of it.

Let us start with the “True Promise” or commitment: “At True.com we're committed to providing a safer, smarter way you to find your soul mate. Through a unique blend of science, technology and personalized attention, we'll guide you through the process of finding and keeping lasting love.”

Not a skeptic, just thinking out loud, here…

The thing is, sure they may screen out convicted felons, but if you were a pervert or criminal that has never been caught yet, wouldn’t True.com be a great place to operate since people may think True.com is “safer” than most other online dating services? **Motto, stay on your guard at all times, at True or anywhere else. Let us pose another question. Is the fact that True.com is a very high-tech, state of the art, site with lots of cool/complicated -advanced-features the reason there are more men than women using True.com? Do women in general tend to prefer a site like Match.com that is more simple and easy to use? Whereas men go in for the complex, wiz-bang, dating tools with a steeper learning curve? Or is it the scantily clad, “hot” babe beckoning new visitors to join and try live webcam chat? Or is it the fact that men want to be perceived by women as being “safe” to date so they join True.com?

Whatever it is, Psychology Today has endorsed the TRUE Compatibility Test so True.com must be doing something “right” to bring singles together for more successful dating relationships with these “99 distinct factors found in successful relationships.”

First let’s talk money!

Is True.com worth the money they charge? Absolutely, yes, you get your money’s worth of excellent dating tools/advanced high-tech features, access to a large singles database that has been pre-screened to weed out criminals and married persons, and equally excellent customer service and dating relationship advice/help! However, is it worth the extra money to feel safer because they do background checks on all members? What is it worth to you to avoid being scammed, injured, or killed by a criminal? Or what is it worth to you to avoid investing time, energy and emotions in a relationship only to find out too late that your online love interest is really married? There is no guarantee that the screening process at True.com is 100% effective, but it is a good start. Just don’t let your guard down, or get lulled into a false sense of security at True.com or any other online dating service.

The thing is, at $129.99 total ($21.67/mo.) for 6 months membership at True.com, it is not any more expensive than other comparable dating sites. Plus, if dating safety is your concern and it certainly should be give True.com a try for 6 months. Not only do they screen out criminals and married people, True.com promises to prosecute any member who is found to be married or have a felony conviction. And that certainly sounds like a “worthy cause” that is worth supporting with your membership fees!

IN A WAY YOU ALSO SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL, RESTAURANTS, ETC.: As we mentioned before, at True.com you can actually have a few very enjoyable private, cyberspace dates using voice and video to really help break the ice before you decide to meet or date each other face to face. Well worth the cost of membership and a webcam!

At the time of this writing, 6 months regular membership costs $129.99 total ($21.67/mo.) and is billed every 180 days. 3 months regular membership costs $79.99 billed every 90 days, which comes to $26.67/mo.; and 1 month costs $49.99 billed monthly. Start with 7-day FREE trial membership before you decide to pay for premium membership.

Wow, unlike most of the popular dating services’ FREE trial memberships, True.com gives you full use of absolutely “everything” that PAID members get. This includes getting to email anyone after viewing their dating profile. You do have to give your credit card details when you sign up for a FREE trial membership, and you get billed for 1 month ($49.99) if you do not cancel within 7 days.

As soon as you join, be prepared to take the True Compatibility Test to determine your personality type, plus the personality type(s) that are compatible with yours. This is followed by another test called Sexploration Test to determine your sexual profile and that of compatible partners.

Normally we do not list a bunch of dating tools, but in the case of True.com it is quite impressive.

Yes, perhaps the best way to show that you get more than your money's worth at True.com is to show you this impressive list of dating tools and features, (so many that it might actually scare some singles away or intimidate them, but don't worry, because for every zippy cool feature there is help available to show you how to use them):

For "Live Chat" just click into "New To Chat" and learn how it can work for you. Then move on to more chat with these live chat areas:

Flirting Fun
Single & Loving It
Adult Lounge
Over 45
New to Chat
View All Chat Rooms

And just look at all these tools for managing your dating matches:

Basic Matches
Interests Matches
Personality Matches
Communication Matches
Sexual Matches
Romantic Matches
Commitment Matches
TRUE Compatibility
Matches

And look at all these top-notch dating-profile search tools:

Who's Hot Near Me?
Who's Looking for Me?
Who's Seen My Profile?
Who's Got New Photos?
Who's New to True?
Who's Online Now?
Interests Search
Quick Search
Advanced Search
Keyword Search
Screen Name Search
My Saved Searches
Recently Viewed Profiles

Creating and managing your own dating-profile is a breeze with these tools:

About Me & Who I'd Like
My Photos
TRUE Interests Test
TRUE Personality Test
TRUE Communication Test
TRUE Sex Test
TRUE Romance Test
TRUE Commitment Test
TRUE Compatibility Test
My Description

And even more cool dating service tools:

TRUE Tips & Advice
Soul Mates Guide
Safer Dating
My Black Book
Control Who Sees Me
My Account
Report a Safety Concern

Wow, now that's a lot of "dating science and technology!" to learn how to use effectively. Not to worry though, there are customer service experts just a few clicks away to help you do stuff like upload a photo or video to your profile, or even help you improve your dating profile page.

But wait there is certainly more to True.com than just online dating tools...

The human beings at True are available to help as well. Plus there is a real live dating advisor and profile guru at True U magazine to call on for help.

The best way to use everything True.com has to offer

Be prepared to be overwhelmed because there is a lot to do at True.com. You’ll do just fine though. If you start feeling lost just visit the "True Coaching Center" for personalized profile help to get you noticed, and love advice once you are in a relationship. Just follow the "True Roadmap of 7 steps to True love: 1.set goals, 2.get started, 3.get found, 4.killer profile, 5.get busy, 6.ready to pursue, 7.dating and beyond.

The shear convenience of meeting for a cyberspace date via voice and video in a private live webcam chat room makes a compelling argument for using True.com to find, build and enjoy a quality dating relationship with truly pre-screened single (not stealth –married) persons.

We like True.com and highly recommend it to you.

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One final dating tip

If you are married and not really single, don’t even think of using True.com because all members marital status is checked in public records. So it is pretty hard for the married to pass themselves off as single unless they were married outside of the USA.

It is estimated that up to 30% of all online dating service users are actually married.

In fact a recent study by University of Southern California sociologist, Julie Albright, showed that married people are six times more likely to use online dating sites than singles, because if you are unhappy in your marriage, you are more likely to divorce your spouse after finding another, more attractive, alternative lover online.

**What True.com has to say about True.com

"TRUE better protects members' safety with multiple layers of security. We screen the name you give us for U.S. felony and sexual offense convictions using some of the largest criminal records databases on the Internet. For current lists of covered jurisdictions, click here. Anyone with a felony or sexual offense conviction recorded in these databases is prevented from communicating with TRUE members. Only U.S. felony and sexual offense convictions (not arrests) are covered by the searches. Members are only screened for convictions in the United States."

"We provide members with the only online compatibility test endorsed by Psychology Today, helping them connect with their most compatible matches"

"Our Sexploration® test helps members find others with whom they are sexually compatible."
"Our TRUE Romance™ test helps members find others who are romantically compatible."
"Our TRUE Personality™ test helps members find others with compatible personalities."

We like True.com and highly recommend it to you. Our only real complaint is the truly annoying banner ads that flash, jiggle and wave at the top of their pages, trying to get users to enter contests, etc.

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