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Average: 2.4 / 5 (by 39 Users) for Match.com  

Match (Match.com) Welcome to one of the largest Dating Services on the Internet. Match.com has well over 15 million members with profiles. Almost a quarter of a million people met someone special at Match.com last year. With these statistics you're almost guaranteed to meet your match, in fact you are Guaranteed! If you purchase a 6 month membership at Match.com and you don't mean anyone special, Match.com will add an additional 6 months to your membership at no additional costs.

With the newly redesign MatchMobile, it is now easy to surf Match.com on your cell phone. You can now do virtually anything you need too in regards to online dating, from updating your profile to searching for matches and sending emails to that one member that caught your eye. Plus, you will get contacted right away when you receive any new mail or instant messaging requests from other members. Match.com dating applications are also available for the iPhone, Palm Pre, Palm Pixi and the Blackberry (in their App Stores) and are free to use by Match.com subscribers. Most of these smart phones have the added advantage which allow you to use the phones location-based capabilities to find other singles in your area.

MatchMyFriends is a new set of features at Match.com that allows members to play cupid and search for matches for friends and family. Once you find a match for someone, a email will be sent, notifying your friend to check out this potential match. MatchMyFriends is also about your friends offering testimonials for your profile. These testimonials can offer your profile legitimacy and can give insight into your personality. Both of these features allow members to approve the information before anything is posted online.

flag_uk UK singles, please read our separate Match.com UK review.

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Awards this online dating site has won. Awards

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2009 Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards - Over All
Past
2008 Dating Sites Reviews Single's Choice Award - Gold 2008 Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards - Over All 2007 Dating Sites Reviews Single's Choice Award 2007 Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards - Over All

The best features for singles of this online dating site Positive Features

  • Newly upgraded site (Dec 2008) has a much easier flow and not as busy as old design. The colors are not as dark.
  • A first in the dating world, a Make Love Happen Guarantee. Read below in Costs for more details
  • Keyword search on member's profiles (called matchWords).
  • Very large online dating service (maybe the largest general orinented dating site on the internet).
  • Allowed to remove singles from your search results.
  • Find out when your match reads the email you sent them with Email Read Notification.
  • Customer Care available 7 days a week from 8:00am to 8:00pm CST - 1 (866) 962-8244

The worst features for singles of this online dating site Negative Features

  • To many ads are shown on the site about there other ventures. - UPDATE - They have greatly reduced this with their new update (Jan, 2007)
  • New customer service hours. Match.com customer service is only open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 8 PM CST. Their site is easy to use and has a great online help system but for people really new to the internet, they may need some live support. Since most of us use these dating sites after work and on weekends I am not sure what they were thinking here.
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Dating Site:Match.com
Members:15 million or more.
Cost per Month:From $14.99
Free Trial:Yes, limited communication.

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Free Membership
  • Yes (3 or 7 day)
  • Included:
    • Create a Profile (Info needed for profile)
      • General - User Info, Sex and age of the person you are seeking, Your Gender, Birthday, Location
      • Basics - Relationship Status, Who are you looking for, Search radius from your postal
      • Appearance
      • Interests - Lists of interests to choose from and essay questions on what you do for fun, Favorite type of date, etc..
      • Lifestyle - What you enjoy doing in life.
      • Background / Values - Ethnicities, Faith, Education, Languages
      • About my Date - Description on who you think your best match would be. Includes everything from there appearance to if they smoke.
      • Introduction - Headline and essay question, describe yourself and your perfect match.
      • Photos
    • Searching
    • Viewing of profiles. Match,com also now calls them Portraits
    • Send a wink
  • Not Included:
    • Communicating with Members.
    • MSN Alerts
    • See who has viewed your profile.
  • Your profile will be reviewed by a member of Match.com customer service team within 48 hours. Once it's approved, other members will be able to find you!
Costs
  • Dating plan costs last checked September 16, 2009
  • The first 7 days of a membership are free.
  • Match.com Membership Plans
    • 1 month plan for $34.99 per month.
    • 3 months for $19.99 per month.
    • 6 months for $16.99 per month. This includes the Match.com Guarantee. Save almost 50% each month.
    • 6 months for $17.99 per month. This includes the Match.com Guarantee, Email Read Notification, First Impressions and the Highlighed Profile features all combined into one simple package.
  • Match.com Additional Paid Features
    • matchMobile - $4.99 per month for 6 months.
      • Connect with your match right from your mobile phone.
    • Email Read Notification - $2.99 per month for 6 months.
      • Find out when your matches read the messages you have sent them.
    • Highlighted Profile - $2.99 per month for 6 months.
      • Your profile receives a unique color in search results so it stands out from the rest.
    • First Impressions - $2.20 per month for 6 months.
      • Newest members see your profile first which gives you a better chance of being contacted.
  • Additional Paid Features are more expensive per month if you pick a shorter membership term.
  • Make Love Happen Guarantee
    • If you don't find someone special during your 6-month subscription, Match.com will give you an additional 6 months at no additional cost to you to continue your search. Certain rules apply see Match.com for full details.
  • Pay by most major Credit Cards or PayPal.
Relationship Types
  • Heterosexual
  • Gay
  • Bisexual
Relationship Status
  • Never Married
  • Divorced
  • Widowed
  • Currently separated
Regions
  • flag_usa United States
  • flag_canada Canada
  • flag_uk United Kingdom
  • International, over 240 countries and in 18 languages.
Viewing & Communication Tools
  • Photos
  • Profiles
  • Anonymous Emails
  • Email Read Notification (when someone reads the mail you sent them).
  • Match.com Messenger
    • Used for chatting and storing Favourite Members.
Search By
  • Who's Online
  • Sex and Age and Sexual Orientation
  • Distance, City and Zip Code
  • Any part of profile including Appearance, Interests, Lifestyles and Values.
  • Daily 5
    • Match.com offers you a new list of matches every day. Members can then let Match know if they sparked your interest. If so, an introduction email is sent out. If not, the match is removed from your list. The Daily 5 learns from your choices.
  • MatchWords
    • Search profiles for keywords that members feel define them as a person. These keywords are autogenerated and created by the member. As an example: passionate or family.
  • Reverse Matches
    • Discover who is looking for you but you are not necessary looking for.
  • Mutual Matches
    • Lists members who you share a mutual attraction with. Basically it lets you find members who will also like you (based on profile matching preferences).
  • Smart Search
    • Find people based on their interests, MatchWords, username and other text in their profiles. You enter some words or a phrase in a text box along with a Postal/Zip code and your gender.
  • Location Based Searching
    • Available for the Match.com iPhone, Palm Pixi and Palm Pre dating applications only.
    • Allows you to find other singles in your immediate area.
    • Match.com members must opt in before their location is given out.
  • You are allowed to save any search with a name so it is easy to bring up later.
Articles
  • Match.com, is enormously popular and singles are finding it a great place to meet appropriate suitors. -- K. Couric, Today Show
  • Dr. Phil to offer dating advice on Web -- USA Today
  • It's now 100% socially acceptable to sign up for Match.com -- Business Week
  • The well known Forbes magazine rated Match.com as one of the best online dating services around.

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Gender imbalance
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 28 2008 @ 03:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I have not had much luck with Match.com. There are too many males as compared to the number of females.
Gender imbalance
Authored by: Admin on Monday, December 01 2008 @ 10:50 AM Eastern Standard Time
According to some, a few years ago Match.com gender ratio was something like 56% men to 44% women. Not too off balance and typical of most dating sites. The only real exception to this is eHarmony, which has more women then men. According to our story called eHarmony Gender Ratio & Age Range, eHarmony has a Male to Female ratio of 38% to 62%.
Gender imbalance
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 06 2009 @ 03:33 PM Eastern Standard Time
Gender imbalance--if you are Male then you end up with a very poor selection of women...a solid 6 attraction woman on a scale of 0-10 acts as if a solid 9 male is beneath her..go enjoy if you like this sort of garbage...AND DON'T BE SUPRISED AS i WAS TO SEE WOMEN 15 YEARS OLDER THAN YOU ARE routinely HITTING ON YOU BIG TIME...I am 35 year old professional, a body builder, and attractive as far as that goes...MAtch.com- GROSSED ME OUT...if you want to date someone who could be your mother go for it....if you are male there have to be better sites elsewhere. MATCH.COM was unfortunately a waste of my time and money. Happy searching!!
Gender imbalance
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 11 2009 @ 03:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I don't know about a gender imbalance, but as far as you being hit on by older women, please allow me to say this: I am a very young appearing and attractive 63 year old woman and I get more hits from guys in their 30s, 40s, and early 50's than anyone else. I DON'T GET IT. I tell them all thank you but to run along and be a good boy. I specifically state that I am searching for men 55 and older. So, you see, sometimes it works the other way around. I agree, however that Match.com is pretty much a waste of time and money, but I prefer it to hanging out in bars.
Gender imbalance
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 31 2009 @ 09:19 PM Eastern Standard Time

Your right on the money about your comment regarding low quality of women. Most women on there are older and have kids. Now I realize that there are ALOT of nice, beautiful single mothers out there, but Match.com does not host any of them. Again, I agree with the ration comment as well. There are 7-10 guys per every 1 woman AND the woman is usually not so attractive in the first place.

I'd also like to add that most of the pretty cute - beautiful women profiles are not active! Somehow, they either forgot to manually close out their profile or just don't check. I can't even count how many times I have received a response from some female who tells me about all the hundreds of emails she receives a day from guys, which eventually overwhelms her, thus doesn't check her email anymore.

BOTTOM LINE: You may be able to pick up a few dates from it, but will eventually get frustrated with the lack of quality and ratio that just makes it extremely hard for any guy, including athletic, well put together men such as myself, for any chance at meeting someone of their standards.

Gender imbalance
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, January 22 2010 @ 11:03 AM Eastern Standard Time

 Something tells me this jerk is probably STILL looking for someone to meet his superficial standards.  If you're a solidly arrogant nine making a lot of money and working out, and some equally superficial woman hasn't snatched you up with her claws yet, your personality must be as much of a turn off as it came across here.  

Match isn't perfect, but a lot of the complaints I see here are because PEOPLE aren't perfect.  It isn't Match's responsibility to make sure you use your head when you are meeting people (although they do recommend it).  If you met someone and he/she screwed you over, that's life.  It sucks, but people like that existed way before Match was even thought of.  I do agree there are some things that could be fixed; I put a free profile up to see how things would go, and I had some emails pretty quickly.  I went ahead and signed up so I could read them, and inevitably it was one line: "Hey, how are you?"  For some people, there's nothing wrong with that, but if that's the most someone can muster up to say, I'm not very interested.  It isn't Match's fault that the sender wrote that, but it would be nice if people could see the email before they subscribed, but had to pay to be able to respond.  However, not that big of a deal, I've gotten some interesting emails as well.  Maybe they'll turn out to be duds, maybe not, but for their part, Match is doing what they said they would do: letting me get in contact with people who seem to have similar interests to mine. 

Gender imbalance
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 11 2009 @ 04:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time
You are NO WHERE EVEN CLOSE to a real statistic buddy.. Its more like the male to female ratio is 5 to 1. You can just check it out yourself by counting the pages. Even if the girl is a baggage laden fat pig, she will get tons of email because of the imbalance. The ratios are even more screwed up for guys, than going to the corner bar!
GARBAGE
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 03 2008 @ 11:47 AM Eastern Standard Time
The biggest crap there is. Dont waste your money
Beware of the AUTO RENEWAL
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 16 2008 @ 08:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
I did not intend to re-new my 3 month subscription, but Match auto-renewed it any how. Match itself is fine but I wanted a break from it. Match sent me no renewal, auto-renewal, or any other warning stating that I was about to be charged for another 3 month subscription. This is not customer oriented. I am surprised that Match did not notify me to say that I would be charged if a non-renewal notification was not received. I did have the date noted on my calender and I was surprised that nothing changed on the account after December 7th. I assumed that the service was going to end shortly after. It was not until I was checking my banking statement that I saw that I had been charged. Match never even sent a Thank You for getting my money message. I had to call the company to cancel my subscription. I was 1st told that I had to wait 3 months before the account would cancel. I complained then I was told that they could charge me more than 1/2 of the 3 month renewal for the account to cancel in 30 days. I was going to begrudgingly take it even though I was unsatisfied. Finally after manager intervention my unwanted renewal was fully refunded.
Beware of the AUTO RENEWAL
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 06 2009 @ 03:23 PM Eastern Standard Time
I went through the same hassle even though I selected not to renew on the account settings...
Beware of the AUTO RENEWAL
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 14 2009 @ 06:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I had same hassle too, being charged another 6 months without any notice. I was upset and call to cancel the membership, was told it is non refundable, I wasnt luck even talked with manager ,eventualy they still charged me full extra one month rate which I have no choice..that was true HASSLE.
Beware of the AUTO RENEWAL
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 27 2009 @ 12:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time
This happened to me, too. Seems to be a common theme for them. Also, the 3-day free trial has to be cancelled almost immediately because at the end of 3 days they charge you at the single month rate.
Beware of the AUTO RENEWAL
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 31 2009 @ 09:22 PM Eastern Standard Time

Yep, this is a huge problem with Match, but I'm sure brings in millions a month to their business, which bottom line, they are in it to make money and then match people up last. Make sure when you sign up, you make a physical note to yourself to cancel 7 days before the membership expires.

Match.com a waste of time and money
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 05 2009 @ 12:26 AM Eastern Standard Time
Wow what a waste of time and money. The worst thing is that you cannot tell who is and who is not a paid member, so your messages may never be read. It's pointless. I sent out over 50 emails, and never got a reply back.
Match.com a waste of time and money
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, February 21 2009 @ 11:13 PM Eastern Standard Time
maybe your not that appealing to the opposite sex???? if you sent out fifty emails with no replies, maybe you should concentrate on getting a pet......I heard chimps are popular right now....
Match.com a waste of time and money
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 10 2009 @ 03:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Ive had the same problem and I am quite appealing to the opposite sex. This site is meant to suck your money, o yea and also its funny with the whole rule thing they have. WE WILL GIVE YOU AN EXTRA 6 MONTHS FREE IF YOU HAVENT FOUND ANYONE IN 6 MONTHS. Well if you havent found anyone in those 6 months, chances you wont find anyone in another 6 months. I sent over 200 messages, never got a reply. Isnt that kinda weird? I even sent some to some interesting not good looking chicks. I bet the majority of all those ppl are bots.
Match.com a waste
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 03 2009 @ 11:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I cracked up when you wrote about Match's Free six month deal. I have been on an off the Match for four years. Have about 4,000 views and about 1,000 either wrote or winked. Maybe it's who I am picking but the three boyfriends I met on there were big time players. It's fun for your ego but as to meeting quality people...I will leave that open....
Match.com a waste of time and money
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 29 2009 @ 11:31 PM Eastern Standard Time

lol...lol...you should be a comedian

Taking your Money
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 23 2009 @ 12:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
They took money out of my account and I hadn't been on the site for months. They kept sending me email with pictures and of course I looked at them but I didn't go to the web site or contact anyone. They said they would refund 34.00 out of 59.95 or what ever but I think its a rip off.
ASK MY X
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, March 08 2009 @ 06:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I cannot believe that in this day and age women are still falling for the crap on this web site. I divorced my husband 2 years ago because he ran his add while we were still married. Imagine my surprise when I recieved the call from a friend who happened to see his add. If they was a chance of reconciliation this killed it.

Walking the beach, watching a lighting storm, what a crock! This is the guy who even when we were dating was asleep by 7:30 at night. Whats worse the profile is far from compleate. His said he was a social drinker. Ok if cracking a beer at 10:00AM makes you social... Smokes never. Oh wait does firering up a stoggie at 6:00AM count? How about I have a dog? She happens to live with my ex wife because she bought the dog after the divorce.
This is a man who states in his add he does not want any women who plays games... Hello is any one out there listening. He must mean Scrabble.
I come to you an experienced victim I met this jerk 10 years ago when this was love @aol.com. I reciently visited their web site as I was reconsidering on line dating,( did not sign up by the way )guess who they sent me as a match? Yes indeed the fireman X husband . I realize we all need to take precautions when we meet anyone but I think when you have to pay to meet a potential partner you deserve a better back round check from the company collecting your hard earned dollar!!!
If any women out there wants to be heard please send a comment to samanthamonroe131@gmail.com
ASK MY X
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 13 2009 @ 09:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Do you expect a dating website to verify their members' smoking and drinking habits and pet ownership?
ASK MY X
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 15 2009 @ 06:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I understand what you said ASK MY X. My husband is on this site too, which is where we meet & married a few years ago. What a joke. I have went through hell & back with him and many lies were told to me from the start.. He lied then & he's at it again, he had been in jail , he is saying the same crap to the women on here now that he said to me then. Lies, Lies, Lies, he'll be faithful, devoted, only please you and take care of business at home. ha Not only is he still married & not sepaprated but running around on me. His profile is a complete lie. I too, saw my husband on a friends' computer. What do you think these guys will do to you?. It's a rerun. I found out that I am his 8th wife. When your money runs out & your are the slave labor & responsible for their debts, you wake up! Don't throw your money away. I prepaid 6 months and ended up having to pay in full because they renewed me without telling me. Not only that, I was assured they would be doing, felony checks......not so! Save your money , save your time, save the years you may lose when you get a loser like I did! . I can't tell you what to do but this is not the place.
ASK MY X
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 22 2009 @ 11:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Why are YOU on this site?
ASK MY X
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, July 04 2009 @ 12:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I am so sorry that this happened to you. I just broke up with my fiance a few months ago (also in the ahemfiredepartment.) I can not tell you the hell I went through with him and back with him. (Maybe we should make a new meet-up.com group!)

I have been on the Match for about four years on and off. Out of 5,000 views, 1,000 winks and letters, i dated about 12 men. Actually every man that I had a relationship with on there turned out to be a big time player and was on that site prior to the breakup. I do have something to share with any woman who will listen...When you read the guys profile, whatever quality he is looking for in a woman, he does not have in himself. Please do not make any emotional investment into anyone until enough time goes by and he proves that he is worthy of you.
I find it very sad to have to make an entry like this but hey, if it helps even one person then it's worth it!
Match.com... not so great!
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, March 19 2009 @ 06:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time
The one biggest negative feature of Match.com is that after someone pays to be a member the e mails they send out can't be read by a non paying member... they can't even tell who sent the e mail to begin with. If someone pays to join... then the non paying member should at the very least be able to see that persons profile even if they can't read the e mail. Then the non paying member can decide if they want to join up to respond. I think this is the biggest hindrance to meeting people on Match.com

If someone pays money to contact members but the non paying member they're trying to contact can't read the e mail or even see who sent it... THEN WHAT IS THAT PERSON PAYING FOR? Just the "HONOR" of being a Match.com member. Ridiculous!
Match.com... not so great!
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 27 2009 @ 01:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I agree with this completely. I've received emails and winks from several people while trying out this site to see if it will be worth paying for, but I can't read or identify who sent me the emails or winks. If they are paying subscribers and email me, then I should be able to read their email and view their profile. If I want to reply, I'll buy some time. Otherwise, it's just a gamble.
Match.com... not so great!
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, July 18 2009 @ 12:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Same problem here. I only joined when I was bored once. Got an email from somebody, so paid for the month membership. Turns out she was a subpar girl and the email was one short sentance. I did take advantage of my month (actually two because of auto renewal) and met a couple nice, attractive girls, but I didn't realize how much of a competition it is out there and guys really have to work hard to keep up. I lost the competition.
Match.com? ....Waste of time.com!
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, April 29 2009 @ 01:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Sent out many emails to women suitable for me, got a few replies and we ended up writing nice long emails to each other daily...suddenly emails from the woman stopped, 1-2 weeks later I emailed to see if everything was okay...she had her eye on some one else and met some one! This was a waste of money in my opinion. Getting my hopes up! Too many males, women looking for the best looking and higher paid! ITs seems to be too picky! Meet some one naturally...I got fed up meeting people for coffee all the time and then to be told "I never felt there was a spark or a click" Thats after the FIRST meet!!! Save your money!
Match.com? ....Waste of time.com!
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, April 30 2009 @ 08:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
If you think you had a rough time - it could always be worse. I was a sucker and joined for 6 months. Within 3 days I met 5 men - 4 of them Nigerian scammers and 1 may have been in prison.
Needless to say, I took the loss and quit the site - I thought the Nigerian thing was over a couple years ago - it's not. It's well and strong on Match
Match.com? ....Waste of time.com!
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 17 2009 @ 05:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time
For sure, too many scammers on this site. It is sad to see how many there are out there taking advantage of innocent people. I should have did my homework before signing up to this site. If I would have read this before signing up I would have saved a few bucks on the subscription fee and alot of wasted energy of a couple of nigerian scam artists. There has got to be a better and safer way to meet someone.
PayPal
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 12 2009 @ 10:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Match does not use PayPal in the UK and despite a number of mesages to them, they never answer your messages. Also, you do not get free 6 months if you do not match with anyone.

Whats more, when your subscription runs out, all of a sudden you get loads of winks and messages?

Go figure
I can't believe everyone hates this site!
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 30 2009 @ 12:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I am a 37 year old college educated divorcee who works a lot of hours and has minimal time to go out and meet new people. So, reluctantly at first, I turning to the internet and it's match making services. Let me just say, that I am having more fun now that I was when I was nineteen and in college. I was turned onto MatchMaker.com

MatchMaker has worked wonders for me. I am going on dates regularly and meeting people who are just like me. I think everyone needs to do this.

David – Phoenix, AZ
I can't believe everyone hates this site!
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 30 2009 @ 12:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I just realized it was match.com and not MatchMaker.com. I have never been on match.com.

David - Phoenix, AZ
I can't believe everyone hates this site!
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, November 19 2009 @ 04:26 PM Eastern Standard Time
David ... Nice try. It is obvious you work for the other site!
Watch the cons
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 09 2009 @ 04:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I was very cautious who was winking and e mailing me and I found four scammers straight up. Using email addresses, site names, and information in their sites I was able to see four people who had sites in other states, pictures in other sites and other countries. I had one emailer that was interested in meeting me but she was just out of the country in Nigeria. Her email address came up on the internet as a complaint from another person who was scammed by her.
The trick. Generally scammers are between 25 and 30, and looking for a man between 30-50 (a 25yo that wants a 50 yo man, yeah right). Secondly, look at eye colour; every scammer had the same eye colour as hair colour, big dodge, black hair, black eyes, yeah right. Brown hair, brown eys. The scammers are off the site after a couple of days. They try to make direct contact then get off the site, they dissappear, so give a week to see if they keep coming up on the site. Good luck.
Match.com is most popular
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 18 2009 @ 07:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time
At least for US users, Match.com seems to be the most popular site (highest number of users) for online dating. A close second is Yahoo Personals.
We write online dating profiles for people and I can tell from our profile write signups which sites are doing well and where.
In Canada Lavalife.com and Match.com are popular sites.
Hope that helps.
John
Dating-profile.com Founder
Gender imbalance
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 23 2009 @ 07:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time
It's true about imbalance with males. I'm a PUA and can close 90% in bars usually with a K close minimum. I wanted to try online game and this site is WAY more difficult than some others. I'd stick the bars over this one gents, you'll find your game can overcome any imbalance in your life vs. match where you get ushered aside quickly.
WASTE OF TIME!
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, July 06 2009 @ 03:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I'm a college student who joined match because I was looking for a nice guy who was more mature and had things to offer me besides guzzling kegs and smoking bongs, like most college males. I'm pretty young compared to most of the women on the site, which I think surprised some of the guys, but what I encountered was DISASTER after DISASTER! I live in San Diego and most of the guys lived in LA, and even though some claimed to be professionals, they were too lazy/cheap to make a trip down to San Diego to meet with me for dinner! They also all seemed rushed to meet in person, instead of just trying to get to know me first over the phone. One of the guys was a complete pig, who told me he had a tickle fetish and would hold me down and tickle me til I cried and then ejaculate into my belly button (WTF). And another guy became infuriated when I wouldn't send him a naked picture of myself. Another guy seemed like a great match but once I talked to him on the phone he was verbally very curt and rude. I began to see why they were 32 years old and unmarried. Some of the men were actually nice but seemed too desperate or clingy, or they were looking for something I could not provide them with. One guy seemed nice until I asked him what he liked in a woman and all of the things he cited were utterly physical or sexual. Trust me these guys are liars, freaks, creeps and weirdos who don't have anything to offer but problems!!! Avoid the cost and just go to a dive bar if you wanna meet this caliber of men!
WASTE OF TIME!
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, August 19 2009 @ 11:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time
I used Match.com in several occasions during a period of three years. I tried to keep an open mind and I dated a total of 20 guys in three years(with sporadic subscriptions of one month every 9 or 15 months). After many attempts to find at least someone interesting to have a drink with on a Friday night, I can tell you my true, sincere review. In Match.com you'll find three kinds of men:
1) Athletics who all they really want is a partner to exercise. They spend hours daily at the gym, biking, and skiing and they just want to exercise with a female so they can later access the "goods".
2) Divorced, completely broke for the divorce and with high levels of debt
3) Lastly, the most predominant kind, alcoholics/drug users/heavy smokers who are in need of a "sugar mama" to help them pay for their addictions.

In the site you'll find that you can write a "testimonial" of who you are and describe the kind of partner you are seeking. However, you must know that, in my experience, 100% of what is written is not true. If they say they drink "occasionally", they really mean the drink Mon-Sunday. Almost all of them will check where it says "never married" and "no kids", when in reality they are divorced and they have a kid. Members of age 30 and up will post pictures of themselves when they were 20 years old ( the decay in their aspect can shock the life out of you when you first meet them)
In my experience we, women, are better off going out to bars. I bet you'll have a better chance to find an alcoholic at Match.com than finding one at a bar. Besides, at a bar you can have a "real time" assessment of their real look.
The worst part is......you don't get your money back. Not a penny.
online dating is an art form
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 16 2009 @ 06:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I've read a lot of the posts about match.com, and it seems like many people honestly don't understand how to successfully utilize online dating. I'll preface my comments by stating that it took me about six months of disappointment to figure out how to get the results I was looking for from online dating; but once I figured things out, I've had a lot of success with match.com ever since (and no, I don't work for any online dating site.) I've been told by the women I've met via match.com that I have several dating advantages - I earn well over $100K, college educated, tall, and in decent shape - but I'm no adonis and would rate myself B- on overall looks - so I've been rejected many times like everyone else. That said, based on my experience, here are some suggestions that will help you find success with match.com:
1. Post multiple, current pictures and be honest in describing your appearance (we'll find out how you really look in person, so why lie?); btw, on match.com, 'about average' usually means mildly overweight; if you don't post pictures people will assume you're ugly and you won't get responses
2. Take the time to clearly articulate who you are and what you're looking for - if you want a LTR with marriage and kids (like I do) say so; women want either the 'dangerous bad boy' or 'trustworthy, interesting, nice guy' - be sure to explain which one you are; state what turns you on and off with people you date; use proper grammar, avoid vulgarity, and have a friend review your profile to add suggestions - the more generic your profile the less success you'll have; make sure you come off as interesting.
3. Guys MUST email the women they are interested in - women usually don't respond to winks; as always, the guy has to make the first move; make sure your email includes details showing you actually read her profile - a generic sounding or vulgar email will not get a response; NEVER ask a woman her measurements or for additional pictures - she'll be offended; it is completely socially acceptable to date several people at once prior to having sex or become exclusive - so don't communicate online with one person at a time. Once you have sex, you have to be honest and stop seeing the others - unless you are only looking for casual relationships and have explained this up-front.
4. Guys MUST ask the woman to meet by the third email - no later! The goal is to meet someone in person and find out if there is chemistry. Wait too long, and she'll get bored and ditch you - emailing gets tedious. Be sure to find out her neighborhood, suggest a safe restaurant or bar to meet publicly in her neighborhood outside of work hours, and tell her the specific date and time to meet; once she agrees, provide your cell phone number and ask for hers so you can communicate if either of you are running late
5. Don't be offended if someone does not want a second date. That means they may like you but are not physically attracted. Without physical attraction, you will never become more than friends - so get over it and move on, regardless of how much of an ego-killer it is (we've all been there)
6. If the first date seems to go well, be sure to ask her out again within 3 days max. Wait any longer and she'll forget about you

Follow the above, and I can almost guarantee you will have some success in getting dates on match.com (unless you are morbidly obese, have poor hygiene practices, or are completely devoid of social skills). Good luck!
online dating is an art form
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, September 21 2009 @ 12:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Excellent advice. Well written. First review I have read in searching sites to consider joining that was encouraging
and realistic. Applicable even though I am a woman. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
online dating is an art form
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, October 03 2009 @ 03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Thank you for taking the time to write your post. I think it is valuable advice for both men and women. I wish more men would approach online dating as you have!
online dating is an art form
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 16 2009 @ 08:45 PM Eastern Standard Time
Thanks! I'm not a member, yet, but would be interested in meeting you!! I hope that there are others like you online.
Happy Customer
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, July 26 2009 @ 01:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time
I MET MY WIFE ON MATCH .COM WE EMAILED FOR A MONTH.THEN TALKED ON THE PHONE FOR A MONTH.THEN STARTED DATING.WE USED COMMON SENCE.GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.TOOK TIME TO FIND OUT WE HAD EVERY THING IN COMMON.WE WERE VERY HAPPY TOGETHER.WE WERE MARRIED 06/2009
IF OTHER MATCH USERS WOULD USE CAUTION AND HAVE PATIENCE,GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE TALKING TO THEY MIGHT FIND A MATCH TOO.I HAD MANY DISASTEROUS MEETINGS.PEOPLE WERE NOT EVEN THE PICTURE ON MATCH.SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS.BUT WE FOUND EACH OTHER.IN SPITE ALL THIS.
Signs of a fake profile
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 16 2009 @ 12:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From my 1 month research of getting bilked from a online site I bring you....

"Signs of a fake profile"

1. potential match requests you send to a external email address
2. potential match indicates that there profile will be expiring soon
3. profile says local but when you send an email they inform you they
live outside US
4. potential match says they were born in US but live with relative outside US
5. potential match says they are visiting family overseas and will return to US in different spot
6. potential match profile is overfilled with love and emotion
7. potential match profile is overfilled with religious references
8. potential match says they use an internet cafe and wait for my response daily
9. Match picture is found on multiple profiles

Feel free to substitute US with your country of origin

With these websites, staff labor is cheap and even if they make a tiny margin off 1 month subscription, when you are talking millions of users that profit can be extensive. Not a bad business idea to have fake profiles on your site to help with ratings.
In the "old" days...
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, October 31 2009 @ 03:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time
... subscribers could e-mail anyone whether they were, in turn, subscribers or not. Now, I've discovered that non-subscribers cannot even see who has sent them an e-mail (let alone read it) even though "winks" are delivered. I think this is defrauding the subscriber since there is *no* indication that the person you're e-mailing is/not a subscriber nor whether they will/not receive your e-mail, ie, Match.com is implying your e-mail *will* be delivered ("E-mail her/him now!"). I intend to file a complaint with my State Attorney General and ask that other subscribers do so as well. Its easy to do; you can do so via the Web - just Google your state's attorney general. I've filed before (another matter) and realize that does little more than make me feel good but, perhaps, if enough people follow suit, Match.com will mend their unethical and, most likely, illegal practice.
People e-mailed me and closed account
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, November 23 2009 @ 10:28 PM Eastern Standard Time
I joined match for about 6 months the first time and got only one or two replies and one bad date. I kept my account on the website but should have just closed. I was getting a couple e-mails that people wanted to talk. After about a week i decided to join and found out that those people who were sending me e-mails deleted there accounts after they replied.
Another time when someone replied and i gave them my e-mail address they started sending me to porn websites or other date sites. I think match is the most disappointing me because they egg you on to join and then get you joined for a month or so.
dating sites!!
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 26 2009 @ 02:38 PM Eastern Standard Time
Be very very careful!! As Elmer Fudd Says!! All are out for your money!! Stay away from Yahoo personals, full of fake profiles & scammers. Plentyfish is crap!!
Eharmony is also crap!! Pays to review any site your interested in, before paying!! Just Google the name of site & type in review at the end. Then read!!
Nearly all sites get bad comments!! My advice!! Go back to the bar scene, put the beer goggles on & at least you see what trouble your getting into!!
Cheers!!
Match Review (Match.com)
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 27 2009 @ 08:05 PM Eastern Standard Time
I have been on Match for a very short time but it hasnt been all that bad. I try to look at things from a certain perspective, I mean, how many people are you going to meet that you could truly pursue something with? Not many, of course there will be people you will not be compatible with and yes, there will be liars. I am just hoping to meet one person that I can hang out with and enjoy, I am willing to go through the bad, it comes with the territory and is to be expected. Also, you shouldnt expect it to be easy, its like a job search, you have to make yourself noticeable and also you have to look for the right fit. There are millions of users on Match, just like there are billions of people, they cant ALL be bad. I receive a lot of communications, but I have yet to meet someone that I feel I could have something with, and yet, I am cautiously optimistic. You have to be if you are going to choose this route. My advise: if you choose to join, really join, actually try, and dont quit just because you havent met the man/woman of your dreams in a couple weeks. It takes work to get to know someone, be willing to do that and maybe, someone else will be willing to so the same for you in return. PS: That guy above that gave a step by step of how to do it, was right on.

2 problems I encountered
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, January 08 2010 @ 01:54 AM Eastern Standard Time

I am a man who belonged to Match for six months last year and had no luck with it. There are two main problems I encountered. First, the items the site uses to match people are superficial and unilluminating about a person. I often encountered women to whom the site matched me on more than 20 (of 24 possible) items, yet with whom it would have been obvious to a total stranger that I was nothing like in terms of personality, worldview, etc. Second, I found that the only women interested in me were in my area; unfortunately, I was not interested in any of them. I think what is going on here is that many people are signing up in order to meet people in their area. If you happen not to live in a large city, however, the pool of interesting people can be quite small. If people are not willing to have long-distance relationships, then you may find yourself severely limited by your location. I cannot recommend Match on the basis of my experience.

Match is shady...
Authored by: Jumper on Tuesday, January 12 2010 @ 09:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

 Review coming from a male. I'm skeptical about match. Was a member for a year. Paid 3 month plans and a 6 month. Took a break between payments because I started getting skeptical. I think they were sending me emails of "fake" accounts to lure me in so that I would register from my free account whenever I wasn't on a pay plan. I would get 1 or 2 winks every few weeks. (This after being a member for many months with no winks or emails). So I was thinking... "Oh... I got a wink finally? But I have to re-register to see who winked at me." So then, I would renew subscription, and the profile did not exist. Then I would get random winks, and then the profiles didn't seem legit and would the accounts would be cancelled. Another thing that was annoying was their filtering method. I am very open to dating other races. However, match sends emails of women who have no interest in other races. So say I get an email with 12 referrals. You think, "oh cool! Someone might be the one!" Everything looks good... you scroll down more and more... and they just want a white guy. So you email the recommendation anyway, and you won't hear anything back, or you get a nasty message from the girl saying stuff like "Didn't you see my profile? I'm only into (insert race here) guys" Then I look like the idiot who can't read or doesn't care to pay attention. So my beef is... 98% of my emailed referrals that match THINKS I should have, only want white guys. I'm not white! So then I'd have to search for girls who like guys like my race. You can't search for girls specifically looking for your race. Now I know everyone tries to be politically correct and non-discriminatory. But... if a girl isn't looking for let's say... an Indian or Hispanic, then don't send me emails to recommend those girls if I am Indian or Hispanic! Also, you get random single sentence emails saying hi. You respond with a simple "Hi! How are you?"... and then never hear from that person again. (Usually happens with the really hot ones) But their account is still active. Does match make fake automated profiles to keep singles interested enough to keep subscribing? Another lame thing about match... after 30 days, you have NO clue if you had winked at someone already or sent an email to them. So, instead of match saying something like "You already tried to contact or say hi to this person... they don't like you..." Let's say after 7-8 months... you forget you wrote that woman because they changed up their profile a bit or pictures"... and you contact again.. you become the jackass who is just looking for tail online. So then... match charges you EXTRA to see if your email has been read. Great... you have to pay to see if a woman is ignoring you because they are too nice of a person to have to reject you or have the decency to tell you they aren't interested. Also, try getting a hold of their technical staff or provide feedback. And get a copy and pasted robotic email that has nothing to do about answering your question instead. Now I quit match paid subscription, but I left my profile up... and removed my pictures. So I am running off a free account, I get winks all the time. Are they fake? Most annoying thing... I setup an email specifically for billing purposes 5 years ago. Never had a spam problem. The week I register for match (because it involves money) I have an average of 40 spam a week now... Hmmm.... is it coincidence or did match sell my email address? Now I have to setup a new billing email because my previous email turned into a spam-AOL-like account. I really wish I spent my subscription money taking a friend out to a nice plutonic dinner or something instead. At least I could have gotten a great dinner out of it. Very disappointed in match. 1 year, I did go out on 1 date, the girls was great. Gorgeous But didn't work out ultimately romantically. Still friends though.   I would never recommend a single friend to join. 

Match Review (Match.com)
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, January 30 2010 @ 02:15 PM Eastern Standard Time

This site is extremely slow.  They "read" your emails for your protection.  It can take up to 24 hours to receive an email back!!!!  I'd like quicker response......

Match Review (Match.com)
Authored by: HTHROB on Friday, February 05 2010 @ 08:31 AM Eastern Standard Time

I SIGHNED UP WITH MATCH.COM.I DONE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND SAID A FEW SENTENCES ABOUT MYSELF,LIKES,DISLIKES ETC.TO THERE CREDIT THEY HAVE MAILED ME SOME STUNNERS IN ABERDEEN AREA..UR BOTH VERY DIFFERENT BUT PHOTOS ARE STUNNING?ANYWAY I CNT GET TO E.MAIL THEM SO THIS SITE IN MY VIEW IS LIKE A FARCE!


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