Dating Services

Here are the eHarmony coupon codes for two of their more popular promotions. Both of these coupon codes expire on December 31, 2010.

eHarmony Coupon #1

eHarmony Coupon #2

These coupon codes listed above are valid on eHarmony in the United States (eHarmony.com).

For UK singles, go here for our United Kingdom (eHarmony.co.uk) vouchers.

For Canadian singles, go here for our eHarmony Canada (eHarmony.ca) coupons.

Read our review of eHarmony for more information about this online matchmaking service.

In response to this Story about BeautifulPeople.com booting 5,000 members off their dating site for gaining weight, Spark.com has decided to offer a free one month subscription to all 5,000 members. Adam Berger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spark Networks, said he was disappointed by the public actions BeautifulPeople has taken and decided to make this offer to show that all singles are welcome at Spark.com.

To claim this offer, the rejected BeautifulPeople.com members need to sign up for a free profile at Spark.com. They then need to email their Spark username and the rejection notice they received from BeautifulPeople.com to getignited AT spark DOT com. In 24 hours or less you will then receive a free one month subscription.

To find out more about this dating site, check out our review of Spark.com.

 

It sounds like you're looking for an online dating site that does some of the matchmaking legwork for you. That's probably why you're looking into eHarmony, Chemistry and Perfect Match! Well, before you delve into any of these sites, we took some time to build a comparison for you. After all, many of the writers on this site are in the online dating world as well. Let us do the digging so you can find someone you dig.

eHarmony.com

Cost: $60/month (estimated)
Accepts non-traditional clients (gay, lesbian, etc.): no
Compatibility test completion time: 1 to 2 hours
Allows users to search profiles: no
Rejects potential members? yes
Accepts "currently separated" members: no

eHarmony is the oldest of the "matchmaker" type online dating sites. They do all of the legwork for you. Once you complete their compatibility test, you wait for them to match you with potential dates. You're only eligible to receive a certain number of matches per week, so if you close-out all of your options early, you'll be waiting another week to see who else is in store for you. They only accept heterosexual couples and do not allow those who are not legally single (i.e. divorced, widowed or single) to become members. They are famous for their guided communication process, designed to let you get to know someone through their internal messaging system with a series of mutually answered questions.

To find out more about this dating site, read our review of eHarmony.

Chemistry.com

Cost: $50/month (estimated)
Accepts non-traditional clients (gay, lesbian, etc.):
Allows users to search profiles: no
Rejects potential members? no
Accepts "currently separated" members: yes

Chemistry.com is owned and operated by Match.com and there are a number of profiles that are on both sites. Touted as "more fun" than eHarmony, the site accepts members of all sexual orientations and also permits those who are "currently separated" to join the site.

To find out more about this dating site, read our review of Chemistry.

PerfectMatch.com

Cost: $60/month (estimated)
Accepts non-traditional clients (gay, lesbian, etc.): yes
Compatibility test completion time: 1 to 2 hours
Allows users to search profiles: yes
Rejects potential members? no
Accepts "currently separated" members: no

PerfectMatch.com has perhaps the greatest functionality of the three matchmaker-type sites that use compatibility profiles. They allow users to search by compatibility features, keywords and many other criteria that can be customized. They also deliver matches to your inbox as well. An ideal balance if you're looking for some help but prefer the functionality of a user-powered site where you call the shots.

To find out more about this dating site, read our review of Perfect Match.

The Editor's Top Pick - Canadian Award goes to the dating site, Lavalife. While Lavalife is not strictly a dating site for Canadians (it is popular in the United States as well), its heart is in Canada where it first started back in 1987 as a telephone dating service in Toronto. All of Canada's big cities like Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal are well represented in Lavalife with plenty of members to browse through in each of Lavalife's 3 dating communities. The dating communities are Dating, Relationship and Intimate, and make Lavalife unique among dating sites since, all of the communities are offered as one service and for one cost. When joining Lavalife members can specify to be included in one or more of the dating communities.

The other plus Lavalife members enjoy over other dating sites is, free members can reply to any paid members email or instant messenger request. This means when you become a paid member of Lavalife you can contact anyone, not just other paid members (like how most dating sites operate). A new feature this year is Lavalife's Speed Dates. As the name suggests this feature allows Lavalife members to go speed dating in the virtual world where you can meet up to 10 local singles in 30 minutes.

If you are a Canadian single and are considering trying an online dating site, then are winner of the 2009 Top Pick - Canadian award, Lavalife, would be the best place to start.

Read our review of Lavalife for more information about this dating service or visit Lavalife directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: Canadian Personals.

Back in October Match.com UK selected, the ad agency, Mother, to run their new marketing campaign (see Story). This month Mother unveiled their first commercial for Match.com.

The new ad uses the Jack and Jill icons in a fun felt animation with a female narrator telling the viewers why they should use Match.com. At the end of the ad the new tag line is shown, "Start your love story at Match.com". I thought this is an excellent slogan, much better than Match.com's North American one of "Its Okay to Look". The ad also informed the viewer that a member of Match.com finds there match once every 10 minutes on the dating site.

For further details on the story, read Marketing Magazine and to find out more about this dating site, read our review of Match.com UK.

After careful review, we have determined that Match.com is the winner of the Editor's Top Pick - Over All Award. This is the third year in a row for Match.com to win this Award.

A large part of the criteria for this Award is how popular the dating site is. Singles like using Match.com, and this is reflected in the dating sites membership numbers. In 2009, the United States and the world faced a recession that was the worse financially since the great depression, and yet Match.com was still able to grow their membership base by almost 5 percent. Match.com also continued to grow their brand awareness in 2009 by partnering with other websites like eBay, MSN and The Naked Chef's.

Mobile Dating got a big boost this year, thanks to Match.com. This dating site released online dating applications for 3 different types of cell phones. This includes the Palm Pixi, the Palm Pre and the iPhone. With these devices and your cell's internet connection a user can search for members, check out profiles and send messages. The great thing about these Apps is that they are usable. The user interface is clean and well designed and the App contains most features found on their website (plus, you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to send someone a message). You don't even really need to use the website anymore, if you are comfortable with your phone. Match.com also added a feature to the Apps not found on their website, location based dating that uses the phone's built in GPS. With this feature enabled, members now can find other members who are currently near their location.

Since Match.com launch in 1995 they have continued to grow and lead the dating industry. With their well designed and easy to use dating service, they continue to be the number one pick for people looking to find love online.

Read our review of Match.com for more information about this online dating service or visit Match.com directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: eHarmony.