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Date.com has been helping thousands of people find a match since its debut on Valentine’s Day in 1997. New
Date.com members are streaming in at a rate of a quarter of a million every month. Thousands of couples have been brought together through the site, and
Date.com reports an average of one wedding per week.
Overall,
Date.com is a good online dating option. The site is friendly and attractive, with its only distraction being some pesky advertisements for other sites. You can get a free
Date.com membership, but with its moderate cost, it definitely pays to upgrade. Both free and upgraded members have access to a spiffy webzine, chock-full of dating information. However, communication is very limited for free members.
Date.com does right by its paying members, though, even offering multimedia communication options.
Date.com’s features are very comparable to others in its price range.
Date.com caters to the following relationship types:
- Heterosexual
- Gay
- Lesbian
- Marriage
- Serious
- Casual
- Friends
Date.com services the U.S. and Canada
The following features are included with Date.com’s free membership:
- Create profile
- Post up to four photos
- Receive email
- Flirt by showing interest
- Access DateInfo, Date.com’s webzine with advice, success stories, and more
Features not included with free membership:
- Send email
- Send instant messages
- Audio/video messaging
- Higher rank in searches
- Participate in chat rooms
Date.com search functionality/options:
- Age
- Distance
- Location
- Height
- Weight
- Member status (new/today’s birthday/online)
- Photo/no photo
- Relationship type
- Body type
- Horoscope
- Chinese Horoscope
- Ethnicity
- Faith
- Hair/eye color
- Education
- Income
- Smoking/drinking tendencies
- Career
- Relationship status
Member Interactivity:
Upgraded
Date.com members can communicate through:
- “Expressing interest”—just a click to let someone know you want to know more about him/her
- Email
- Instant messages
- Chat rooms
- Audio/video messaging
In business since 1997, Date.com’s database has over two million active profiles and 250,000 new members from across the globe join every month! At least 50 marriages during the past year were attributed to Date.com.
Date.com works to keep your online life safe and secure. Content is screened before it is posted. Email remains onsite—no need to disclose your personal email address unless you choose to do so. You are also able to block communication from any members you wish to list.
You will be up and running on Date.com within minutes. Profile creation is quick and easy, and the site is a breeze to navigate. Search profiles, create a favorites page to keep track of potential matches, chat, check out DateInfo, and more. There is a great “Support” link for all those Frequently Asked Questions. And Date.com even offers a quick-download toolbar with these great options:
- Instant alerts—lets you know instantly if someone has expressed interest, or sent you an instant message or email
- Always be online—your profile will appear at the top of the Who’s Online Search
- Favorites—you will always know when anyone listed in your Favorites signs on
- DateInfo—receive RSS feeds with the latest dating advice
- Easy navigation—Date.com is right there in your browser
- Yahoo!—built in web search
- $29.95 for 1 month
- $59.95 for 3 months
- $89.95 for 6 months
- $119.95 for 12 months
Date.com does offer a free trial membership.
Date.com will issue a refund within 72 hours of an initial subscription if you have not used any of the services. Beyond these conditions, requests for refunds will be at the sole discretion of
Date.com and will be reviewed on a member-to-member basis.
