With 30 million online daters in America, chances are your ideal match does exist online.
But since most sites cater to casual daters, finding "The One" online is tricky....
So we have analyzed the factors that make a site suitable for someone seeking marriage or a committed relationship and compared the 4 main contenders below.
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268 people get married through Eharmony every day. 24 through Match.com.
This is by far the most important factor. Over the years I have received numerous emails from women saying that in looking for a mate, the biggest issue they face is not that they cannot find compatible men. But that these men are not willing to commit to a long term relationship.
This is where Eharmony excels - due to its reputation as a marriage site it only attract members who are ready to commit to a long term relationship.
This is a no brainer, the larger the pool, the higher the chances of finding a compatible match.
Eharmony has 20 Million members, Chemistry 5 Million, PerfectMatch 5 Million and Match.com has 15 Million.
Member activity is also crucial - 4 Million people use Eharmony every month, 0.785 Million use Chemistry, 0.352 Million use PefectMatch and 6 Million use Match.com.
Most sites match only superficial icons like age, height, etc. While this is important, to find a mate the critical thing is compatibility in values and personality. While it's not perfect, Eharmony has the best such system which matches on these 29 dimensions.
We feel the personality matching system at PerfectMatch comes in 2nd and the one at Chemistry.com comes in 3rd. Match.com does not use a personality matching system.
Most sites make you search for matches - this wastes time and is misleading because most of the people that show up in your search results are either inactive or incompatible.
We prefer sites that send you the matches. Not only does it ensure compatibility, but the limited number of matches you receive also forces you to focus your effort. Eharmony and Chemistry allow only system matching and do not allow you to search.
On most sites, connecting with your matches becomes an exercise in creative writing - this is inefficient and gives writing ability unnecessary weightage.
Eharmony and Chemistry use Guided Communication where you correspond with your matches using standard questions - we think this is a superior method to get to know someone quickly. Also it is much more efficient.
Most sites allow members to search through profiles of other members and your profile can potentially be seen by millions. Eharmony and Chemistry offers a higher level of privacy since your profile will only be seen by the people that you get matched to - so they offer a higher level of privacy.
Eharmony, Chemistry and Match.com are all very sohpisticated and very easy to use. PerfectMatch is a bit less so, but not by much.
The pricing of all the sites is very similar.
Eharmony charges $59.95 for 1 month, 119.85 for 3 months, 179.70 for 6 months - with our special discount this price comes down to $143.76 for 6 months.
Chemistry charges $49.95 for 1 month, $99.96 for 3 months, $161.70 for 6 months.
PerfectMatch charges $59.95 for 1 month, $110.85 for 3 months, 173.70 for 6 months.
Match.com charges $39.99 for 1 month, $68.97 for 3 months, $119.94 for 6 months.
