Match.com Review
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Match.com has become a true juggernaut of online dating sites boasting over 15 million members and a success rate for matching singles with someone special that is second to none. Over 250,000 singles met their loved one at Match.com last year alone, they are so confident they can find you a real relationship filled with romance and passion that they offer their unique guarantee: if you purchase 6 months of membership with Match.com and still haven’t met your perfect match in that time, they will add 6 months more to your membership free of cost. This is singles dating unparalleled and they put their money where their mouth is.
Singles dating online has never been easier with this dating sites list of formidable features. You can browse singles online using your cell phone, send emails to your matches and connect from your mobile with ease. When you are contacted by an interested single using their match system, you can be contacted immediately via email or cell phone so you can date on the fly with ease. iPhone dating is fully supported, allowing you to use location based dating to find local singles in your area wherever you happen to be at the moment. With professional dating site features like these, you are empowered to find quality singles online and they are constantly expanding their online features and keeping up with modern dating features as they are invented.
Match.com also offers a new feature known as MatchMyFriends that is surprisingly entertaining. It allows you to play mathmaker for your friends and family, allowing you to contact via email potential singles for your friends to check out allowing you to find that perfect single for your friend that you always wanted to, which provided our review members hours of fun. You can provide testimonials for your friends profiles to let everyone know what a good catch they are as well, which can sometimes mean all the difference in finding a sexy single that you always wanted.
As matchmaking dating sites go, Match.com has an excellent personality profile search feature, provided by chemistry.com. You can create an in depth personality test that attempts to give an accurate portrayal of your personality type and makes suggestions for your what your ideal lover personality type would be. The personality match service is the core of this online dating site and what the service was founded on, and it has excellent success statistics for finding singles love online as the previous stats show.
Special Offer - A 6 month guarantee to find love. This dating site is so confident you will find your special someone, that if you have not found your sexy match within 6 months you will be given an additional 6 months of subscription absolutely free. 21/aug/2009
Good Dating Site Features
- 6 month find love guarantee makes for a great deal for the singles dating services provided.
- Unparalleled professional personality profile and match system with a great success rate for singles to find love.
- MatchMyFriends is an absolute blast to use, its fun to date online for yourself, our reviewers quickly became addicted to finding local singles for their friends!
- Easy to navigate profile creation.
- With tons of single members makes finding local singles easy.
Bad Dating Site Features - A few features we feel this singles dating site could improve
- Free features are rather limited, if you want to truly get the most of this singles dating site you will need to subscribe.
- Some of our site review testers found the personality profile too in depth, and preferred a faster match system.
On July 24, 2009 Jeremy15 wrote:
I spent 3 months on this site and all I got were annoying emails from annoying people I didnt really want to meet… I’d recommend saving your money and going to your local bar.
On March 17, 2010 CindyAZ wrote:
I have to say I was badgered a few times by some members of Match.com but the administrators handled it professionally and quickly. Following that, I was encouraged to give online dating a second chance and have had a good experience. Met a few guys I didn’t quite like, but met one man that I ended up dating for over a year before personal reasons separated us. Give it a try if you are on the fence. Best of the bunch I’d say.
On March 17, 2010 SamSpade wrote:
My wife and I met on Match.com, it was easy, took all of a month to meet each other on the site, and I would be lying if I didn’t say that membership was the best investment I’ve ever made. My wife and I have been happily married for 3 years now, after a dating for about 6 months we were engaged. I credit Match.com for bringing us together!
On September 18, 2010 cote dazur wrote:
Match.com may work on big metropolitan areas but my experience in southern France was really bad. Lots of older women trying to meet younger men. The nice ones with totally unrealistic expectations are only looking for Brat Pitt alike millionaires. It is a waste of time and money.
On April 24, 2011 Nicole Gorden wrote:
I signed up for Match.com in March of 2010 and had about 3 unsuccessful dates when I met Chris. We got engaged after 10 months and are planning our wedding for May 2012. We are so compatible it’s crazy. We are both parents, and if you are honest in what you are looking for and don’t play games, it can happen. He has changed my life and I can’t imagine life without him. He makes me smile and laugh everyday. Thank you Match.com.
On April 30, 2011 Katie wrote:
I have been using Match.com since September 2010 on and off. I had off’s because it seemed like I met someone nice but it looks like I have paid all this money to meet married men, engaged men, jerks just looking for hookups…. This last guy I met on there seemed like he was super nice and we were spending at least 3 days a week together… Now I find out he was never interested in a relationship he just wanted someone to “chill” with. I feel as though this site has been a complete waste of money. Men pay for this site just as another way to find women to “hook” up with that they would not normally run into.
On July 3, 2011 Heidi loki wrote:
If only negative stars were only available. I finished my profile, two men had emailed me. I was happy, and paid my subscription. Imagine my joy when the subject line of the first email called me an offensive name. I contacted match.com. They stated the subject line is considered private and they do not have any filters in place. It is my opinion that paying for a site, should at least let me open my email account there without be harassed.
On November 17, 2011 Kama wrote:
Match wasn’t for me- I just didn’t like the whole process. That said, I went on to cancel my subscription on the date it was due to renew and realized they had already processed the payment. They automatically processed the payment 2 days early. When I called to request a refund, as I didn’t want to pay for another three months, I was told they couldn’t do any sort of refunds. I spent half an hour on the phone- most of the time on hold- to have both the rep and her superior tell me there was ‘nothing they could do’. Employees that are powerless to make decisions in the best interest of the customer and company drive me crazy, and the fact that I was duped by their system- and explained that to them- leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.
On November 18, 2011 TL in Florida wrote:
I had a horrific incident on this website. Once contacted, I exchanged several emails with a man on match.com then spoke to him on the phone for a total of about 5 hours over the next few days. I agreed to meet him for dinner. At the conclusion of dinner he asked to me to go to a hotel room with him and wanted to pay me $1,500. to tie him down to a bed and beat him. I am successful businesswoman, not a hooker and he knew that which is why he said it made it so enthralling. Long story short I phoned match.com main customer service phone number to report him. I had thought about the Craig’s list killer and without being too dramatic, wondered if ME beating him for money was what he was after or was it the reverse or even worse? Five days later he was still on match.com. I phoned back customer service and they said the “security department” was looking into the report and refused to give me the phone number for match.com security OR corporate office. Five minutes and a website search later I had the number. I was told by the corporate office they had “no such thing as a security department”. If you subscribe to match.com please be warned this pervert and many others are on that site and match.com DOES NOT CARE ABOUT MY SAFETY OR YOURS!
On November 20, 2011 stanley wrote:
I don’t know what the dating experience is for younger people, but if you’re over sixty, what you’ll find is that virtually all the women lie about their age, post old photos, and sometime dissemble in their profile – a nice way of saying that they simply lie through their teeth about who and what they are and what they’re looking for. There are a ton of therapists listed on the site who could use some therapy themselves and photos that are taken in a way that will give you no clue what the woman actually looks like. I’ve had three bad experiences with women going berserk when, after asking them to post a recent photo and seeing what they actually look like, I terminated contact.
That said, I have met one or two women who were quite nice, but not for me. So it’s worth trying for a few months.
One last thing: I find it ironic that many of the women, who claim business and professional status want to be treated and respected as equals, as befits a woman of the 21st Century, until the check comes. They then become girls of the fifties again.
Be especially wary of women who post headlines saying how utterly happy they are in their current lives. As a group, they seem to be the angriest.
On November 22, 2011 Cscherer21 wrote:
Match.com sucks. Firstly I am 24 years old and they constantly matched me with 19 year olds, and they automatically sign you up for automatic renewal without telling you and then refuse to give you a discount. They don’t care about their customers at all
On November 26, 2011 Irvine wrote:
I am a member since July and met a couple guys. Nothing really serious until I met this guy. He is at the top of a company with very busy schedule, but it seems work out okay for the first few weeks. Then, all the sudden he just disappear in the air, no calls/texting without a reason. Is it normally guys do? I guess many guys there just looking for a ‘hook’ up when they wanted to. I hope he knows this kind of behaviors hurts!!
On November 26, 2011 John Smith wrote:
To put it simply…the site sucks.Especially for guys. The attractive women get tons of hits every day, so getting a response from them is unlikely. I am considered a very good looking guy, have an advanced degree, a good job, and come from an affluent area. I can send out literally 100 messages and get no responses! The girls tend to be very nasty and abrupt, often string you along and then decide they are going to give “someone else a try”. You have to send out tons of messages, and if you are lucky you may get a phone number or two. Problem is when you talk to a total stranger over the phone, it is usually a bit awkward. So the woman on the other end will say, “I didn’t feel chemistry”. If you are a good looking guy who can flirt I would suggest saving you money and finding a good singles bar. You will fare much better. Also if you do meet an attractive woman in her early 30′s, you will discover she is single because she has severe mental health issues. I am not going to go into all the stories, but suffice to say if a woman is hot and she is a thirty something single, something is wrong. One girl I met was 34, gorgeous, but didn’t like to be touched. She couldn’t kiss and wanted to “rub noses”. I don’t think she has ever had sex and admitted to me she had been in a psychiatric hospital. I can go into other stories but the site is full of lunatics, aholes, and idiots. Also a lot of Russian/Ukrainian bimbos who can’t hold a conversation, never smile, and give you a dumb blank look. I have no problem with the site, just the people on it. However, there are a few good people who are worthwhile meeting..But that’s like finding a needle in a haystack.
On November 28, 2011 Amy wrote:
Match is full of fat, balding, gray, ugly to average looking men wanting beautiful, younger, thin women. I keep getting e-mails from guys I’m NOT interested in. I just click the “sorry, not interested” icon and some of them send back responses saying I’m shallow. Excuse me, you’re fat, bald and ugly and surprised someone 15-20 yrs younger who is thin, far from ugly and has a full head of hair isn’t interested? I had one guy tell me rejecting him b/c he was bald (mind you, all I said was no, thanks) was like him rejecting me b/c I wasn’t a C or a D cup. I told him it was no problem, as I WAS a C cup, just to piss him off. And the Daily 5? I’m sorry, I really wish guys who look like Geprge Costnza or Santa turned me on, but they don’t. I can’t help it.
On November 30, 2011 pr1 wrote:
Horrible Response: A month after I became a member, tried to get help with my login. MATCH.COM told me my account was in MATCH.COM International. MATCH.COM International told me my account had been transfered to MEETIC.COM. MEETIC.COM is a german or french web site. I have no way now of asking for help, activating my login, getting a refund. They keep passing me from site to site and no one claims responsability. In the mean time, I can’t get the service that I paid for because I can’t log in.
On December 5, 2011 Ann wrote:
I was a member since August. I was just going to try it for a month but because I did not cancel the subscription on time they automatically renew my subscription for another month without asking me. I’ve met 3 guys. The first guy was somewhat pushy and lied about his age. The second guy seems to have an attitude but we had good chemistry and I liked him. He started disappearing and only showing up/txting whenever he likes it. I’m assuming he’s one of them members that only wants hook up, which was really painful. I thought I found my match…but his the great “Houdini”. I thought I’d give it another chance and met another guy from match. we had a good first date and so I invited him for dinner at my house and we talked and laughed a lot, I thought maybe this is it BUT that dinner date was the last I saw him. He vanished..disappeared!!! I wish these guys would have the guts to communicate better and not keep us girls hanging and wondering if we did something wrong.
On December 5, 2011 Brokenheart626 wrote:
I meet an incredibly sweet, outstanding, country gentlemen a few months back. He pursued me like no other man ever has. For a month straight this man said and did all the right things. He blew my mind and got me hooked. Asked me to be his girlfriend, said he wanted me to meet all his family and friends, that I was the perfect girl for him and he had waited years for me. Then he slowly started to back off. He would still want to go on dates, he would text and call and make time for me but things were different. The intensity was gone. Come to find out, as of December 2nd, that he was on match the whole time, searching and emailing other women! He broke up with me this weekend. Said things weren’t working and things didn’t feel right anymore. I’m so heartbroken. I started to fall in love with him. He was everything I wanted and had been looking for. The thought of being with another man just makes me cry. I want him!
On December 10, 2011 Tealmouse wrote:
I signed up with Match.com in early spring, 2011. I found that the majority men given as daily matches (in total, 5 personal matches, as I was “too picky” in my requirements for men, were from the States, eastern or western Canada — not much use to someone in Saskatchewan. That said, I did manage to connect with three or four men from around here who seemed nice. Two ended up being pretty scary, but two others seemed to have promise, which brings me to the problem I ran into.
A week ago, they notified me that my password had been changed and asked that I contact them immediately if I had not done this. Every night since then, I have attempted to contact them and tell them that I did not make any changes. I have submitted to almost every “link” they have on their “contact us” page which promises to be in contact with me withing 24 hours. I have yet to hear from them. Meanwhile, the man I was just beginning to communicate with must assume that I am not interested in him as I have not responded to his email.
The administration obviously is not interested in rectifying this problem, I assume as my subscription/membership is covered till the end of the anniversary of my joining. They don’t seem to care who they send matches to as long as everything is paid for.
Good luck if you join this site. I wish you a good result, but should someone manage to hack your membership and change your information, know that you will have no luck getting any kind of a response from Match.com.
On December 11, 2011 hamary wrote:
Not happy with Match.com. Met bunch of con artists or loosers without jobs. The guys I chat with ususally are working on projrct which takes them out of the country when they become stranded and need money. I reported one guy to Match.com five times as a con artist but they kept him on I suppose so he would sign up for another month. They aotomaticly renewed my subscription for another six months so I would have more chance to encounter more con artist. I believe in those six months I turned in at least 10 of them. And yes Match.com doesn’t care about any ones security the guy who the kept on after my five complaints treaten me in a chat since I refused to send him money. Match.com is full of low lifes and I think they use free 3 days to see whom they could hook. I suggested that for Match.com torename their site to Match.con since they are reaping people as much as the con artist who are on their site. On scale from 0 to 10 I give Match.com -10. The most horable site
Watch out folks they renew your memebership without letting you know they need to be put out of bussiness.
On January 13, 2012 Rae short wrote:
First of all, they charge you for a six month membership all at once. Rip off. Should let you subscribe on a monthly basis. Secondly, full of people who brag about how wonderful they are and how much personality matters most, but are too perfect to even reply to an email. Then, you see these people still looking three months later. Personally, I emailed a couple of different members. One seemed interested, but then stopped communicating like he fell off the edge of the square Earth. Another emailed quite a bit, talked on the phone for a few hours and then did the same. He also kept changing his age on his profile. I did not lie about any of my info, and find that lying just means he is untrustworthy and not a good match. Advice: Save your money and do some volunteer work. You are more likely to meet quality, worthwhile members of whatever sex you like with more in common and you will be able to base your judgement on real interaction, not a computer on which people can make themselves into whoever and whatever they think others want them to be. Post note: I am dating a wonderful, sweet , normal man whom I met through a friend of mine that he used to work with at a local hospital.
On January 14, 2012 debbiedoothitt wrote:
i was almost scammed on this site. do not respond from anyone in another country. This man was a lyer and so dishonest. watch out for scammers. He was trying to get me to send money. I did not. it really hurt me all of his lies.
On January 17, 2012 e wrote:
Match is great for females-not so for men. Unless you are extremely wealthy or extremely handsome, most attractive women will not reach out to you, and usually won’t respond to emails. Even worse if you’re over 45. Men are competing with a million other men, and attractive women get swamped with emails, winks, etc to the point it’s almost unmanageable, so they ignore a lot of what they get. Better off in a bar-a whole lot less competition. Also Match’s censorship computer will drive you nuts with constantly rejected profiles if you use the wrong word, regardless of how it was used!