With a simple layout that is as basic as the name itself implies, Date.com is a well-populated matching site that offers all the standard features of most dating sites, with a cool ‘Date Mobile’ feature that allows users to connect with each other using their cell phones and SMS messaging. While the site offers some version of the standard features available on most dating sites, these seem to be fairly basic renditions, and the matching seems a bit haphazard as a result. The cost for a one month membership at $29.95 may be a bit expensive, but at $119.95 for a full year, this site is one of the best deals for a premium online dating service.
You’ll appreciate: the simple navigation and wide variety of users, especially if you’re in a major metropolitan area, and they publish a helpful online magazine, Date.info, that has some fresh and interesting perspectives on Internet dating. The coolest advanced feature is their Date Mobile service that let’s users search profiles, and receive email and SMS messages through their cell phones.
You won’t like: the typically distorted male-to-female ratio of users, and if you’re not in a major city, you’re not going to be very impressed with the offering of users who live nearby. The feeling and usability are a bit industrial feeling, but if you’re an avid online dater that’s still holding out on the hope of finding romance, this is an affordable and functional site that has produced at least 50 verified marriages in the past year.
Distinguishing Features:
- Date Mobile: a cool way to use your cell phone to find and communicate with other users on the site
- Date.com toolbar that keeps you plugged into Date.com even as you navigate to other websites
- ‘Flirt’ to show interest in other members with the click of a button