eHarmony.com : A Detail Online Dating Reviews

Editor’s Rating: *** ( 3.5 / 5 stars )

Editor’s Comments:
eHarmony, without doubt, is the most unique dating site online. They are serious about their task to make you “fall in love for the right reasons” and thousand couples did get married with their scientific structured approach to online dating.

This approach gains approval from many experts and then vote eHarmony highly. But despite their successful method, I would not recommend this site to everyone. It’s only for you if:
1. You have tried in and out many dating sites without success
2. You are looking for serious relationship and ready to commit to a new life
3. Still believe there is still someone out there for you.
4. Ready to invest your time, money and lastly your patience.

In general this site is for shy men or not very communicative since their system will help you.

Company:
http://www.eHarmony.com

Motto/Slogan:
Fall in love for the right reasons.

Members:Over 8,000,000 members with 42% male/ 58% female ratio, mostly aged 30 - 39 years old.

Categories:
Matchmaking –serious long term relationship for heterosexual singles.

Countries:
USA

Free membership:
Yes. 7 days free trial. Free to fill personality test and receive matches but can’t initiate contact. You’ve been warned! If you are looking for casual dating-forget this site. Don’t ever even think to take their trial membership or you’ll end up with bad taste in your mouth.

Profile Set Up:
Grab a cup of coffee or tea or whatever beverage you like, and don’t forget a couple of aspirin. ;) I’m not kidding about it. Ok! May be the aspirin part but surely you will need something ready to drink while setting up almost 500 questionnaires of the most comprehensive personality profile of all the online dating sites. It will takes you about 2 hours to complete all the questionnaires. It digs deep, no deeper and deeper to your inner self.

The good news is: they are not as difficult as your S.A.T test so you may ignore the aspirin

The bad news: after the test done. Hopefully you will not find yourself in horrible shock to find eHarmony telling you that you are “emotionally unhealthy” and refuses service to you. In order words, you are not qualified to their membership. Oh—boy! Choosy!

Search Capability:
Very rigid structure. eHarmony doesn’t offer you freedom to search preferences like some dating sites do. Instead eHarmony holds your hand through out the process step by step and won’t let you travel alone in the cold-single-world searching for basket full apples and then sort and threw out the rotten apples to single out your soul mate. Eharmony offers one or two apples, peeled, seasoned and ready to be eaten – sorry, to church.

I personally find the lack of search matches capability tool, too limited and annoying. But I must admit that their firm structured matching method does their job very well. It delivers profiles, not much but amazingly fit.

Compatibility Analysis:
eHarmony is the leader of the pack in term of compatibility analysis. eHarmony maching system, I must say, is nearly flawless. The matches are not automatically done by computer base on data you put in but through lengthy and exhaustive questionnaires that help compatible match. eHarmony also excels in delivering current, unique, and updated single profiles.

Special Features:
Don’t expect instant messaging, chat rooms, casual browsing, or more advance service like video clips voice. All you have is 4-structural emails communication.
You have to go through all 4 steps before you can communicate any topic you like or seeing off-line.

Structure 1
Contains multiple choice questions you should ask at the beginning of the relationship. You choose 5 characters, relationship orientation and personality from the list and send it to your matches to answer. Your contact does the same in return

Structure 2
You send your second structural emails with your MUST HAVE and MUST HAVE NOT list to your matches. During the process if you find that the answers do not suit you—both of you may end this communication at any time and you both will not be able to communicate further.

Structure 3
You send three open-ended questions which you can select from predetermined questions or you may step a little further by writing your own.

Structure 4
It’s open communication. You may freely communicate with any topics with your matches.

During the initial 4 structural emails communication-you are allowed to attach your personal picture with your email on your first email immediately or just wait until you are ready to expose yourself. The freedom is totally yours.

Site Navigation:
Fast (63% of the sites are slower - Alexa.com)
Well organized, easy and user friendly.

Safety :
You have all the control over the privacy and your most personal profile and photos. Your identity remains confidential until you reveal yourself to your matches. Spamming is not an issue since you are force to communicate through eHarmony’s communication system.

Help and Support:
You’ll find almost your questions on their FAQs page. Emails support is generally great

Like:
A fair amount of male and female ratio with pre-screened matches profiles. This action weed out 90% of non-matched profiles

Dislike:
Forced membership. As a paying member I would like to be granted with the ability to communicate with my match whether she is a paying member or non-paying member. Ouch, very pricky issue.

Do I recommend it?
Yes. It works. If you don’t mind their structured and rigid communication, I can’t find out the reason you should not join it.