eharmony Review
Winner of the 2018 iDate awards
Virtual tour makes it easy to get used to the platform
Someone finds love on eharmony every 14 minutes
Central goal to create long-term relationships
Can choose between 6, 12, & 24 month plans
Pros & Cons
- Anonymous browsing
- Be a featured match for 24 hours
- Can choose between 3, 6 and 12 month plans
- Unlimited message sending and receiving
- Can search outside your preferences
- No 24/7 customer support over the phone
Plans & Pricing
eharmony offers three different subscriptions: 6-months, 12-months, and 24-months. As is common with most dating sites, the longer plans come at discounted rates.
Overview
Founded in 2000, eharmony has taken the online dating world by storm with its fresh and innovative and its focus on finding members their perfect match. Its entire concept of matchmaking is formulated around their expert patented compatibility matching system, which is based on 35 years of marriage counseling and relationship research. Figures show that thousands of people take the acclaimed eharmony questionnaire every single day.
In fact, over 120,000 marriages and more than half-a-million relationships in the UK started on eharmony. There are an estimated 5 million UK users of eharmony.
Ease of Use
Virtual tour
eharmony’s virtual tour shows you what to expect as a member of this online dating site, from registration to interacting with other members on the site.
Registration process
The registration process isn’t the quickest, but it is fun! First, you’ll enter your email and create a password and username. Then you’ll answer a series of basic questions about yourself (age, location, kids, etc.). All of these answers are used to help find your compatible matches.
Profile set-up
The registration process will throw you right into setting up your profile, so be ready with your ‘about me’ section. You’ll then answer some questions about what you’re looking for in a match (distance, age, etc.). Next, you’ll complete the Compatibility Quiz to help you find your perfect match. This quiz is based on 32 dimensions of compatibility, and it saves you time by presenting you with good matches so you don’t have to waste hours sorting through profiles yourself. Finally, upload a photo and you’re ready to pick your paid subscription plan. Set aside about 20-30 minutes for this whole process.
Notification settings
Enter the ‘account settings’ tab where you can choose which notifications you’d like to receive, from newsletters to notifications when you receive a new message or match.
Approved photos
Photo guidelines are pretty straight forward: no nudity, no vulgarity, no weapons, and no racially aggressive photos. Just be responsible and your photos will be approved.
Messaging
Once you’ve uploaded your photo, sending a message or a wink is very straight forward, and messaging includes read receipts.
Browse members
A simple interface allows premium members to browse members based on filters such as location, gender, age, and even more detailed filters such as eye color and ethnicity. You can also browse anonymously with the premium subscription. Each match comes with a compatibility score on their profile so you can visually see how close a match they are for you.
Special Features
Personality Report
Each eharmony subscriber will receives Personality Report based on the answers you give in the Compatibility Quiz. This individualized report not just tells you about yourself, but also describes what type of partner would best match your personality.
Dating Advice
eharmony offers a Dating Advice website that features updated content every day. this includes blogs and articles about relationships and dating, and is a great place to get tips and advice.
Icebreakers
One of eharmony’s special features is the Icebreaker. eharmony’s Icebreakers (also known as Q&A) are essentially quick messages that you can send to another member who you’re interested in. They are already written for you, so you can avoid the sometimes overwhelming task of thinking up a perfect first message yourself! This feature is accessible to both paying and non-paying members.
Site Safety
Safe Dating
Scroll to the bottom of any eharmony page and you’ll find the ‘Safety Tips’ section, which is extremely comprehensive. It includes 3 video clips which cover safe online dating habits, as well as, safe ‘in person’ dating tips.
Furthermore, since you’ll be provided with compatible matches instead of selecting profiles yourself, this greatly reduces the risk of fake accounts or scams.
Block Members
Creepy user? Simply block them and they will not be able to contact you or view your profile.
Verification
With the data that eharmony collects from its users, they’ve been known to shut down accounts if the member is legally married, if their personal information doesn’t match public information, and if they violate the terms of service in any way.
Data Collection
There is an ‘opt out’ option in terms of eharmony storing your data.
Customer support
Overall, eharmony has gone out of their way to provide answers to your common and not so common questions either by FAQ-style pages, 24/7 email support, and a phone-helpline. It’s safe to say that eharmony has some of the most responsive and helpful customer support in the world of dating.
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24/7 Help & Support
Email support is available 24/7. -
Phone Support
Customer Service is available over the phone during business hours. -
Email
There is an email messaging system is built into eharmony’s interface for members only. -
Video Tutorials
The site offers virtual tours for the public and members. -
FAQ
There are collections of commonly asked questions filed under category tabs like 'mobile' or 'subscriptions'. -
Blog
The company's blog, “Love and Harmony”, is full of expert advice and tips to help you date better and find love more easily. There is even an 'ask an expert' portal where your question might be selected and answered on their podcast called “The Love Show”.
Final Word
eharmony has grown into one of the largest dating sites on the web since they started back in 2000. With a detailed registration process paving the way, eharmony is proud to be responsible for thousands of meaningful connections each month.
User Reviews
Overall eharmony Rating
Great Website
I met my man on E harmony, back in April, I initialially joined for 6 months, i started chatting to one person in particular for one month, we are still very much tovether 4 months later. We were both matched extremely well that we thought that we were related.lol You get lots of matches on line in the areas you specify. Be patient, and keep open mind Give it a go, i am so happy i did ?
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Are there fake profiles on eharmony?
Is there a free membership option with eharmony?
I am seriously thinking of joining, did I read that there is an extra charge sometimes for messages?
, l clicked – Plans and pricing , only to find it read, choice of time periiod plan subscription.. It later reads membership, but again nothing about cost. . Unfortunately that means I cannot pursue. Maybe there’s something I could have tapped to find price? If so it wasn’t clear. I need to know how much you charge in order to carry on .
You can find eharmony pricing plans on their website by clicking on the “Upgrade to Premium” button on the Welcome Page once you have logged into your account. You can also find the pricing plans on the “Membership & Costs” page. If you’re still having trouble finding what you’re looking for, we’d recommend contacting their support team.
I’ve just recently joined eHarmony. Considering there’s supposed to be millions of women on there, and I have put as few limitation as possible ( no specific location, pets, religion, hobbies, basically anything) how come only 84 are listed, most of whom are 200 miles away? It’s not like I live in the Hebrides, in fact Derbyshire.
Can you send messages with an eharmony Basic Membership?