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Matchmaker is committed specifically to helping those who wish to find a long-term companionship in a romantic relationship. That makes
Matchmaker perfect for single, divorced, and widowed seniors wanting to avoid all the casual fling-seekers and expose themselves only to those people with similar relationship objectives.
Seniors in particular might also appreciate that 78% of
Match Maker’s member pool is at least 35 years old. This refines your search to those singles more likely to have reaped some of the same benefits as you have from your years of self-discovery and experience in the world.
With a smaller but more-defined niche membership than Match.com,
Match Maker is nonetheless equally as established and long-standing as that behemoth of dating sites, having launched just one year later, in 1996. Surprisingly, you'd think that would make
Match Maker one of the pioneers of online dating, with one of the most tried, tested, and approved systems of connecting people available online. But it's not.
With a restricted age-range and a commonality of dating goals as
Matchmaker's pros, the glaring con is
Match Maker’s search functionality and profile creation process are comparatively quite limited, not just against those of Match.com but against those of many of the other, newer upstarts in online dating. when compared with other up-and-coming dating sites.
Matchmaker also leaves far less room for refining your search by expressing more of your individuality. On the upside, this rules out far fewer prospects and gives you more matches to explore.
Matchmaker caters to the following relationship types:
- Heterosexual
- Homosexual
- Bisexual
- Marriage
- Serious
- Casual
- Friends
Matchmaker primarily serves U.S. and Canada.
Matchmaker free membership allows you to:
- Post a profile w/a photo
- Browse and search other users’ profiles and photos (basic and advanced search)
- Save searches
- “Flirt” with other users to show interest
- Read affiliate Date.com’s online magazine
- Keep a favorites list
- Install the Match Maker toolbar
You can remain a free
Match Maker member as long as wish, but you must upgrade to a paid “Gold”
Match Maker membership in order to use:
- Email
- Chat
- Instant messaging
- Top ranking in search results
- All the other great advanced features of the site
Search Functionality/Options:
- Browse by state (U.S.) or province (Canada)
- Browse by popular world cities
- Quick search—age range (keep it to only seniors if you like), proximity (keep it to only locals if you like)
- Advanced search—can include factors like interests and physical attributes
- One-click matches—automated results based on your Match Maker profile
- Keyword search
- Narrow search results
- Browse who is “Online Now” and sort the results for even easier browsing
- Set up custom searches and from then on any profile you view will have an icon beside it indicating which (if any) of your saved searches the profile matches
- Browse featured members
- Browse new members
- Browse who has a birthday this week
Member Interactivity:
- Private, anonymous, web-based email
- “Show Interest” —sends your Matchmaker profile to another strong>Match Maker
user
- Chat in the chat rooms
- Instant messaging
- Audio/video messaging
- HotList—for saving and easily referring back to favorite Match Maker member profiles
- Voice greetings
- Notes to self—unique feature that’s rather like leaving yourself a post-it note on top
- of a person’s profile
- Make your profile invisible—so people can’t tell that you’re currently online
- Block members—a useful feature made less attractive by notifying the Matchmaker members you’re blocking that you’re blocking them (kind of defeating the purpose)
- Date mobile—use features of the site via your cell phone, smartphone, or wireless-enabled PDA
Matchmaker does offer a Free Trial Membership. And
Match Maker will issue a refund within 72 hours of your initial signup as long as none of the services have been used. After the 72 hours period, all refund requests will be left up to the discretion of the site and reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Matchmaker has over eight million members, 50% male and 50% female. Not all of them fall into the senior category, but nearly all of them are over 35-year-old.
Although there is no screening of members at Match Maker, all personal information is encrypted by Thawte before traveling across the Internet. Seniors can at least rest easy that Match Maker protects them from identity theft.
Matchmaker is one of the models by which other dating sites have been designed, so usability on the site should be familiar to anyone who has ever browsed another dating site. And to anyone who hasn’t, like many seniors, it’s a piece of cake to figure out. Every (relevant) link on Matchmaker is accessible from your Home Page and your Profile page.
A feature unique to Matchmaker is the “Notes to Self” element whereby you can leave yourself comments, reminders, etc. alongside specific Match Maker member profiles, helping you keep track of your thoughts and interactions on all the various people you browse and meet on Matchmaker (great for averting those “senior moments”).
- $29.95 for 1 month
- $59.95 for 3 months
- $89.95 for 6 months
- $119.95 for 1 year
