A Review of Match.com – A Dating Site That Wants You OFF Their Books!

When I sat down to right a review of match.com, I initially began to think about the quality of the people that join the site and the quality of the dates one would be likely to have. I soon realised that this is such a huge subject, that it could not be covered in this short review. So I decided that a review of match.com in my case would be a quick look at match.com philosophy and how easy it is to get into and on with the site. I have an affinity with the over 50s and can see when a site might trip them up – particularly as many over 50s are not as computer and internet savvy as they would like to be! Match have an unusual way of highlighting just how successful they are at matching couples. They tell you, right on their front page how many of their members leave AS COUPLES! And the number of match.com members that leave them each day is quite staggering – 160 members a day.

I just love the logic they are using here. Of course it makes perfect sense when you think about it – most people join a reputable matchmaking site with the aim of finding a soul mate, or a long term partner. Very few are joining with the intention of staying on the books and going on endless date after date. Plus, there are specialist sites such as naughty dating etc. for those who are just looking for meaningless sex on a regular, if somewhat risky basis.

A Review of Match.com – Glad To Lose You!

So what do you want to read about that site? Of course! Hundreds of matches are being made – on a daily basis. And what better guarantee that the couples are happy with the match that they have found than to know that they have cancelled their match.com membership? It wouldn’t say very much for a couple’s long term chances if one or both parties of the newly formed couple maintain their membership - just in case someone better comes along – now would it? (Believe me I know men who have found a partner and still carried on dating on matchmaking sites in the hope of something better!)

So top marks for psychology in the promotional stakes to match.com, but in a review of match.com, we need to see how they compare with other sites in the same field?

A Review of Match.com – How Easy To Use Is The Match.com Site?

Easy To Register.

We particularly liked just how easy it was to register with match.com. One very quick form giving age and preferred partner i.e. I am a man seeking a woman etc. and an email address. You get an immediate email giving your login and password and you are straight into the site.

Once in, you can begin to tell a little bit about yourself, your physical attributes and your marital status or otherwise. Here’s an example of the kind of information you are asked to give. there’s always an “I’d rather not say option” if you are a little shy at first.

Relationship Status: I’d rather not say, Currently separated, Divorced, Widowed, Never married.

Children: I’d rather not say, None, Yes and they live at home, Yes and they live away from home, Yes and they sometimes live at home.

Personality: Loads of characteristics to choose from

Occupation: Tons of occupation choices.

Smoking: You can be discreet, but just tell the truth!

there is a big category for Appearance, split down into:

Height:

Body Type:

Hair Colour:

Eye Colour:

And finally in the first sign up area there is a section for Lifestyle:

Entertainment: I’d rather not say, dining out, spending time with my family, theatre, bars / pubs, opera, singles parties, museums and art, music and concerts, nightclubs/dancing, cinema, dance shows, evening with friends, others, sporting event, karaoke, reading.

Once you’ve entered the above, you move on to submitting pictures of yourself and writing your profile. We’ve discovered that the better the profile, the bestter the quality of date you will get asked out on and not only ytthat, but the more trouble you take over your profile and getting it right, the more suitable will be the dates you get asked out on! You can seek professional help on creating the perfect match.com profile, but there are also plenty of free tips and advice available throughout the internet.

We can’t give all the questions that match.com ask here for copyright reasons, but suffice to say that the questions and how they are phrased are expertly designed to give an insight into the inner you, again, all with the purpose of finding you the right match as quickly and efficiently as possible.

The next step includes details about your profile including:

Your nationality, Your ethnicity, other languages, I live… ,Hair length, My style, Appearance, My best feature, Education, Your taste in music, The kinds of films you prefer, Your pets, You eat, Are you romantic?, You think marriage is………, do you want children? Your religion, Concerning your religion, you are
Your income.

On completing all the above, much of which you can leqave until later, you are then asked to choose your perfect partner – or rather describe your perfect match. In quite some detail and again you have to think about this. Don’t describe Tom Cruise if you’d prefer Penelope Cruz!

And that’s it. The process is quite involved but very simple to complete. All in all we reckon you can get comprehensively signed up in under 20 minutes, assuming you already have photos available to upload.

And by the time we had finished completing our profile, we’d already been emailed a selection of over 20 “matches” that match.com felt would be of interest in the first instance. Several of these were local enough to arrange to meet over a lunchtime.

All in all – excellent registration and signup process – top marks for match.com

 

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