How to pick the best dating website
4 easy steps to save your time and find the best dating website
Why it is so important to find the best dating website? Almost all aspects of our lives are moving towards the internet (if not all). Our businesses, communication, education, and entertainment are online right now. No wonder dating websites and our private lives moved online as well. On the one hand, it’s great since you can look for your date online any time you want (and I have lost count of how many of the couples I know met online). But on the other hand, you need to choose the best dating website for you.
For example, when we try to find a good restaurant we consider its cuisine, concept, pricing, reviews, etc. Same thing with dating websites. You should read carefully about them to pick the right one.
Obviously, if you search: “dating website” in Google you will find dozens of websites that offer dating services. So let’s get into the steps of choosing the right ones.
1. Define your needs & expectations
It sounds like an easy and obvious step, but it is the most important one!
– Some people look to spend a nice time chatting online with a pleasant person.
– There are also those who communicate in order to date a person for some time.
– Others are looking for serious long-term relationships and have plenty of chats to find the perfect person.
– Another example is age and geography. Some websites give a wide range of ages, but others specialize in a specific age range. Speaking about geography, for example, it’s no secret that plenty of guys from the USA and Europe are looking for a girl from Eastern Europe or Asia (there is a pile of reasons). So you should ask yourself this question as well.
So to sum up you should answer these simple questions:
1) What type of relationship do I need?
2) What are my expectations?
3) What age?
4) Where is she/he from?
2. Compare the dating websites
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Now when you know your goals and expectations you can start checking websites. Feel free to toss away those that do meet your goals.
For example, if a man is looking for a serious relationship with a girl from Eastern Europe (not older than 29 y.o) his search will be narrowed down to these websites:
Dream Singles
Or if a 50+ age gay person is looking for a couple – the search will be between: Match.com or Dating.com for example.
Here you can find the list of the best dating websites. You may want to check descriptions, profiles, rankings, and reviews.
3. Choose the dating websites & test them
Now when you have several websites that meet your requirements mentioned above you can sign up.
Which one? I would say all of them!
As long as they suit your needs and have positive reviews and successful cases you can start with all of them.
It is not a bad thing to have accounts on different dating websites. If you ignore some of them you will always have a feeling that you could have missed something.
What you want to do is:
– define the budget you are ready to spend;
– give them all a try (some marriage and dating websites even have free trials, credits, etc…), like eHarmony for example;
– test them from the inside (check everything: tools, profiles, communication opportunities);
– considering all the pros and cons – stay with those websites that you liked the most.
Here are some features that modern dating agencies provide
Emails
Email correspondence
Online chat
Chat online
Video call
Making video calls
Presents
Sending presents
Date
Date arrangement
4. Create your profile and accumulate experience
When you create your profile make sure to mention all your information accurately and fully. The main reason is that modern dating websites have their special algorithms to acknowledge profiles and pick the best matches.
The algorithms are based on learning human attraction and research on successful relationships and what makes couples compatible.
Therefore the more complete and accurate your profile information is the better matches you get.
It does not necessarily mean that you can completely rely on advanced algorithms, but they will certainly save you time and offer great options.
What do we mean by getting experience?
The thing is that none of the dating websites or marriage agencies can fully protect you from bad experiences. It is the same as in offline life when you date a girl things may go either great or awful. So all you need to do is to try and try again.
This way you will get an immunity. Some relations will be pleasant but some will fail and that is not something you should regret about. At the end of the day, your experience will help you identify prospective relations.