Overview from Match.com
" Last year alone, more than 500,000 singles found meaningful
relationships through Match.com's online personals and singles
ads. Match.com pioneered the Internet dating industry, launching
in 1995 what is now the most recognized dating service worldwide,
and today serves more than 15 million singles in 240 countries."
What a Match.com Membership Includes
Match.com has a very healthy budget for tweaks and features,
which is obvious as soon as you click on a link to visit
the site. A snazzy layout, easy-to-use search features and
numerous magazines, newsletters and advice columns round
out the already jam-packed Match.com site.
What is more interesting however is what Match.com doesn't
have: chat or instant messaging features. As well, free members
can't even look at someone else's profile much less reply to
a paying member who has sent them an email without first paying
the monthly fee. You can peek around a little bit after creating
a profile (called a 'portrait' at Match.com), but you won't
get very far without becoming a full fledged member. With no
real way to view the site without grabbing your credit card,
read the terms of use fully (which are still not very forthcoming;
nowhere do they mention how much a monthly membership costs)
before signing up.
Unique Features at Match.com
This is where Match.com excels far above and beyond most other
dating sites today. Their special features outnumber their
regular ones - so much so that there isn't enough space to
list them all. A chosen few at the time of posting, are:
MatchWords™: Similar to the keywords used at your favorite
search engine, users can define a list of words that other
users can search them out with. You'll even get a list of some
of the most recently added and most popular MatchWords™ to
get you started.
Match.com Platinum™: A personalized, professional matchmaker
is available for users who don't have the time to weed through
the portraits on Match.com.
MindFindBind™ With Dr. Phil: For those in need of assistance
getting started with online dating, Dr. Phil's monthly program
will walk you through how to get your mind ready to date, how
to find someone perfect, and then how to bond/bind with them
over time.
Match.com Membership Costs
Unfortunately, Match.com keeps their pricing structure fairly
hidden, and it takes a bit of searching to find out exactly
what their fees and terms are; for instance, the Match.com
Billing Terms page comes up blank and their Subscribe page
makes no mention of associated costs. Make sure to read the
fine print before giving Match.com (or any online dating site)
your credit card, as it is normal practice to bill automatically
for another month (or whichever package you'd chosen previously)
once your service term has ended.
Upon posting, the currently monthly rate for Match.com was
$30 a month USD, with extra costs for some of their unique
features (like MindFindBind™ With Dr. Phil, which is
an extra $8/month USD).
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