Pay Dating WebsitesOpportunity, for a PricePay dating websites usually offer you several levels of membership. You might start out with a free trial where you get to kick the wheels and take it for a test drive. Pure and simple, the trial is designed to whet your appetite and get you to click the join button. You won't be able to do much, but you'll want to. The next step up is a standard free membership where you get to create a profile and have limited access to other members and features. Usually if you want to use the premium functions of the website and actually contact your matches (and you do, don't you?) you'll have to pay for a membership. The Name of The Game...Paid membership at the highest level gets you full access to the website and it's members. You can find perks like showing up at the top of searches, being able to read profiles (this is very important), and the most important benefit which is the ability to initiate contact with other members. That is the name of the game after all, making contacts.  It will help to know what you hope to accomplish by joining a pay dating website so you can know what level of membership you'll need to accomplish your objective. Are you looking for a friend, casual dating, a relationship, or even a potential life partner? Knowing what you hope to accomplish before you join could save you some money. You should also understand you'll need to spend some time creating a profile. I believe it is the absolute truth that your results with online dating will reflect the effort you put into it.My advice on creating a profile is to poke around the site and find things other people write that appeal to you, that sound like the way you'd describe yourself. Then spend some time offline creating your profile in your own way of speaking. You don't need to tell your life story, but you should come up with something thoughtful that shows you gave it some effort. People like that, and they can tell when you've given it some thought. Please don't be one of those people who fail to put in the effort and just write something lame like, "I don't know what to write, so if you want to know just ask." Really?! Lame. Also, once you are on the site you have to take the initiative and contact people who interest you. Don't expect them to come to you. Make it a point to read profiles and make contacts. If you read their profile you can write a contact email that reflects your interest by asking/talking about what you liked about their profile. Most important, be yourself and have fun.  Some people swear by pay dating websites saying you get what you pay for. The fee, they say, helps filter out those less serious about finding a date. I tend to believe that if you aren't serious about finding a date you probably won't be paying a membership fee to get on a pay dating website.Some of the most popular pay dating websites... Match.com - 15 million members. As of this writing 20,000 people join every day. The site claims 200,000 matches each year. It is free to join and post a profile, and you pay an additional fee to actually contact other members. Membership comes with a 6 month guarantee; if you don't find a match within 6 months you get 6 months free. The 50+ age group is fast growing group on this website. eHarmony.com - 20 million members. It's free to join and complete the 436 question compatibility questionnaire. As of 2008, about 15,000 people take the eHarmony questionnaire each day. After you answer all the questions you can view your matches free but you'll have to pay a membership fee to contact anyone. I read that an average of 236 eHarmony members marry every day. I found no statistics on how many of them stay together. It is reported to cost a little more but those who find matches here say it's well worth the extra expense. They also have a relationship research facility, and they publish eHarmony Advice, a growing relationship advice site. Did you find this information useful? Contact me with your questions, comments, and suggestions! Bookmark, Print, or Share this page  Home < Find A Date << Pay Dating Websites <<< You Are Here
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