eHarmony.com – Too Popular For Its Own Good?

[dropcap style=”font-size: 60px; color: #e50707;”] e [/dropcap]Harmony is certainly one of the most popular dating websites in existence. They claim to be the #1 trusted site on the internet and that they are not like some “traditional” dating sites. It is meant to be a place for serious singles to join and connect with one another. Because eHarmony is so popular, it is certainly easy to see that the site is filled with members and it will constantly be adding new people. The site offers you a personality test to help you find your match and it will allow you to review your matches for free. While many people apparently use this site, it is really all it is cracked up to be?

Website’s User Friendliness

Right when you enter the website your eyes are attacked by more large photos of members. These apparent eHarmony members are success stories and when you scroll over these photos, they will explain how they met their match. This feature is meant to make you feel comfortable with joining their site, but is mainly just in the way. Aside from this annoyance, the website is actually built quite well. It is easy to use and very easy to navigate. If you are unfamiliar with the internet, you will still be able to use this website with ease. There is, however, the common issue of finding the price. Yet again a dating website is hiding their price until you become a free member. This is obviously a way to force you to give them your email so that they can flood your account with thousands of offers. While this is an annoyance, the website is still top notch.

Prices for a subscription of eHarmony.com:

As most of online dating website, you can register for free with limited access to have a glimpse of what it has to offers.

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• $59.95 a month for 1 month
• $39.95 a month for 3 months(total: $119.85)
• $29.95 a month for 6 months(total: $179.70
• $19.95 a month for 12 months(total: $239.40)

The prices of eHarmony are quite high, but that is to be expected because of its popularity. Its intense advertising campaigns have made it one of the most known dating websites around, so it will cost more to enter. As usual, you can save more money if you sign-up for a longer period of time, but it is still quite expensive. If you are considering joining eHarmony.com, you must be ready to make a large commitment to this website. Even though this site is expensive, it has not stopped a large number of people. Thousands of people use eHarmony, so you do not have to worry about the site being dead. Many people feel comfortable with larger prices because it makes them feel more secure about joining the site. This does not guarantee quality, but many people feel that it does. As for the two different membership options, they are nearly identical. The difference is that a Total Connect member will have a more in-depth personality profile and they have the ability to make anonymous calls to other eHarmony users from their very own phone. It is slightly more expensive, but the cost is hardly noticeable. This is eHarmony’s strategy to get you to pay a little extra for features that you should already have access to. No matter what membership you decide to purchase, it will be expensive.

The free membership that eHarmony offers allows you to take the in-depth personality quiz to help determine who your matches are. This is an extremely long quiz, but it is apparently supposed to help you find your perfect match. You can then review all of your matches, but you cannot communicate with them in any way. In order to do that, you must sign-up. This can be seen as useful, but it has angered a lot of people who believed there would be more features for free because of what they saw in the commercials. This does, however, help you determine if you would actually receive matches on the site, so it could be useful to you.

User Reviews

eHarmony has been reviewed by thousands of users. It seems that with this site, you do have the chance of finding your soul mate, but it is not very likely. Many people claim it was simply a waste of time while others are happily married because of eHarmony. It seems that you can get lucky and find someone special, but it is not easy to do. This is true for many reasons, but it does not mean that you should rule eHarmony completely out yet. It does have its uses and it has worked wonderfully for many members.

The Negative Reviews

eHarmony is a large site and they proudly market that, but many of the users have expressed their annoyance at this fact. They say that the site is filled with inactive users and that there are even fake accounts scattered throughout the site. One major problem people are facing is the matching system. While it has been said it is the best matching system out of all of the dating websites, many users claim it is nearly impossible to find someone related to your answers. You will find matches that did not meet your requirements and half of the members you email will never respond. It is also not unheard of to never receive a match. The majority of people claim they were forced to wait months before one match was sent their way. Apparently, if you do not fill out the survey to eHarmony’s liking, you will not receive matches. For example, many divorced individuals claim it was impossible for them to find other members once they said they were divorced. This has lead many to believe that eHarmony only wants certain members being active on their site. Another issue is that when you try to delete your account, it may not be taken off of the website. It will still look as if you are active and this angers a large group of people.

The Positive Reviews

The positive reviewers of eHarmony have typically found their husband/wife or boyfriend/girlfriend and are in a happy relationship. They claim that the matchmaking system was great and that they received multiple matches every week. These members did not meet any inactive members and claim that there is a healthy pool of people to choose from. All of these users are typically young and have never been married before. If you can fill out the questionnaire in the way that eHarmony wants you to, then you may be able to find someone special.

Conclusion 

All in all, eHarmony is a professional looking site, but it does have a great deal of problems under the surface. You do have the potential to find your perfect person, but only if you meet eHarmony’s criteria. If you believe that you can meet these requirements, then eHarmony is certainly for you. However, it is probably best to avoid this site all together. You will be taking a large risk and for the money you must spend, it is simply not worth it.