Review of Match.com
 

Match.com is perhaps the “grandfather” of online dating because it is the oldest, most frequently visited and largest player in the online matchmaking market. Match.com offers millions of personal profiles for millions of chances to meet your perfect match. Match.com has internet operations in six continents and offers sites with applicable language and currency information. Match.com is already 12 years old, it was established in 1995. The company proudly claims that it is responsible for a multitude (perhaps in the hundred thousands) of successful matches.
 
Site User Friendliness
 
Match.com is very easy to use even for the novice computer user. The only annoying thing that was experienced was the amount of advertisements that kept on popping up. They may lose some prospective customers who hate pop-ups. It is also hard to see the whole screen and menu options with the advertising continually coming at you. Match.com also features a very powerful Keyword Search feature which allows you to search virtually millions of bits of information about prospective matches. One can spend hours alone on this particular feature. Now, for the good part, when you search you get 10 prospective matches returned on each page. You can even go back and see your prior 10 matches from the previous page. Each one has a picture, age, age of whom they are seeking, location and description. After receiving these matches, you then have the option to chat (if they are online), leave a voicemail, wink, or add the person into your “favorites” file which you will use for reference later.
 




Registration
 
Registration doesn’t take too long and their server doesn’t keep kicking you off the site if you make a mistake while filling out your application. Be prepared to write some well thought out sentences in response to personal profile questions. These questions and the answers you provide help Match.com do a thorough job in finding your perfect match.
 
Other Features

Match.com offers both a dating service and a matchmaking service. For the dating part, you can search all singles with profiles in your area. Now with the Total Attraction Matching part, you are matched with members who share a mutual interest in things you are interested in. The program is set by default for women seeking men or men seeking women, but you can search for woman seeking woman or man seeking man Free Members Zone Match.com offers many freebies without even joining: Post a picture of yourself Receive and send winks Search Match.com offers many options for free that other sites do not offer. You can search by keyword, post a picture of yourself and receive winks which are fun. The most noteworthy option is that you can wait for interest from the other person before becoming a paid member. We believe this is the best feature that Match.com has. Most other matchmaking websites require you to join before you can assess the possibilities contained in that site.
 
Features with Paid Membership

Once you have paid for a membership at Match.com the possibilities are endless. You can make and listen to voice greetings, look at and make your own videos. Another nice feature is the ability to see who has viewed your profile. You can also permanently remove someone who you don’t wish to have contact with from your database.
 
Costs for Membership 1 month package - $29.99 per month (note: this bills every month until you manually cancel)
3 month package - $16.99 per month (One payment of $50.97)
 6 month package - $12.99 per month (One payment of $77.94)


 
This company also offers 3 and 7 day trial membership which are your responsibility to cancel if you don’t care to continue. If you don’t cancel, you’ll be billed for a 6 month subscription. Other features are the Highlighted Profile or First Impressions which help your profile get noticed. Neither of these two features are necessary, just nice to have if you are really in a hurry to find a match!!!

Overall advantages of Match.com

Well known and trusted name
Thousands of members to choose from
Many options to find that “perfect match”
Easy to navigate website with many features
 
Disadvantages of Match.com
 
Too many extras which try to attract you into spending more money
Way too many pop-ups and advertising
Too many choices – making it hard to make a decision

Short Summary
 
Match.com probably has the most features available in online matchmaking. However, sometimes all these whistles and bells distract from the process in finding your matches. If you don’t mind lots of frill, Match.com is definitely for you. Just think, they have the most singles to choose from in their database, so who cares if it takes a little more time to find that special person???