But before I do, let me clear up the difference between Match. Both dating sites do belong to the same parent company, but each site takes a completely different approach to matchmaking. This questionnaire attempts to match you with members that are deemed to be most compatible with your personality type. If you would like to learn more about the benefits of match. About Match Affinity Exactly when this site was founded seems to be a mystery. But checking the internet archives reveals that the site first went live back in January 2010, which makes the site a little over 3 years old. The vast majority of members are aged from 25 years to 55 years old, and a large majority of these members appear to be in professions such as: management, teaching, medical, and law; so their members are certainly well educated. This is definitely not a causal relationship website. And most members are seeking a partner for the long-term. The membership prices also act as a deterrent to all but the most serious of online daters. Their TV Ad Creating Your Profile Before you can do anything on the site, you will first need to register for an account. This is fairly straightforward and can be accomplished in around 60 seconds by filling in the form shown below. Once completed, you are then thrown straight into their compatibility questionnaire. Some question examples include: can you make decisions alone without letting yourself be influenced by others? Do new tasks faze you? Are you stable and secure or a risk taker? Are family important to you? Is a monogamous relationship important to you? This will help to ensure that you are matched to members with whom you share the most personality traits in common. Once finished, you can then write a description about yourself, and upload your very best photos. You are then directed towards their payment screen. Unfortunately the member photos are blurred out until you become a paying member. I find this to be quite frustrating because we all like to judge books by their covers. Below is an example photo. Many singles are tempted to join this dating site because of the unique compatibility matching system. It has been designed to match people based on similar character traits, and views on life such as love, family, work and religion. It basically takes away some of the guess work involved in getting to know people, and helps to ensure that you find people with whom you click with quicker than ever before. Here is an example of the questions asked: But they say that opposites attract, and their relationships are better at standing the test of time. Unfortunately, thanks to the compatibility matching, you will never find out if this is true. One feature that you will not find no matter how hard you look is a traditional search box. By clicking here and you will be presented with all members that the matching system has decided you are most likely to click with. If you find that your results are limited, then you can manually change some criteria like: age, height, smoking, education, religion and children. If you want to contact someone, then you need to make an effort, read their profile, and then send them a personalized message. Unfortunately there are no mobile apps like match. The mobile site helps to speed things up, and also makes navigating on a small screen 100 times easier. The Traffic Test Before joining any dating site, and definitely before paying, I always recommend making a traffic test for your local area. For me personally, this provides more than enough potential dates. The Scam Test Also when I join a new dating site for the first time, I like to perform a little test to see how active scammers are on the site, and if the dating company themselves are running any automated scripts to trick you into signing up. The test is very simple and all you have to do is leave your personal description empty for a week, and also delay uploading a photo. If during this time you receive any messages, then these are most likely going to be from scammers, or computer scripts that the dating company themselves use to scam people. Real people do not message members with blank profile descriptions and no profile photo. But to send messages to other members, and read messages received, you do need to take out one of their full membership options. The 2017 membership prices for matchaffinity. I definitely recommend cancelling this ASAP, then renewing manually if you decide to stay for longer. Unfortunately they make you wait 24 hours after the purchase of your subscription before you can cancel the automatic renewal. I think they know many people cancel this immediately, so delay it intentionally in the hope that you will forget. So set an alert in your phone to remind yourself. Good and Bad Points Very popular UK matchmaking service with a large membership base Vast majority of members are seeking long-term commitment Unique personality questionnaire makes finding good matches easier Mobile friendly web access Automatic membership renewals Photos are blurred out until you pay for membership To Conclude At matchaffinity. If you often find yourself in the situation where after only a few months into a new relationship, cracks are already starting to appear; then this is possibly the right dating site for you. The members are certainly there, and the site makes it as easy enough to contact them. I also like the affinity score that is assigned to each member, that basically tells you how compatible you are with that particular person. Surprisingly, I did have a lot more in common with the higher scored date although she seemed to think differently. First of all, I think that the blurring out of the member photos until you become a paid me
