EHarmony Review

 

In my EHarmony Review, I take a thorough look at another one of the biggest dating sites on the planet, and determine for myself if it’s everything they say it’s cracked up to be. We’ve all seen the commercials where the founder, Oldie McHappy tells us that his site is different because they base their matchmaking on 739 dimensions of compatibility, and then they show a bunch of actors who are supposedly actual members that have found love and marriage through the site. Well, Oldie, I’m a little to wise to be fooled by anybody’s advertising these days (especially after all those “growth” pills did jack for me), so you’re going to get the straight story from yours truly on this one. I should say at the outset that I did go into the review with an open mind, and by the end, all I really had was an open wallet. But we’ll get to that in a bit…

ABOUT

The first thing you’re bombarded with when you get to eHarmony’s homepage are the huge, high glossy, obviously fake pictures of “real” couples who have found success with the site. I don’t want to sound too jaded because of my bad experience with those growth pills I mentioned earlier, but the odds that these gorgeous people are actual members of the site is pretty scarce. They’re just good looking enough to make you believe that the members on the site are above average looking, but not too good looking to make you realize they’re models. But the quality and set-ups for the pics is obviously something eHarmony had set up. But, pictures notwithstanding, eHarmony has brought many people together using their system, so I ventured forth.

The site lets you take a look around before you get to involved with it, which is commendable. Since I was doing this review either way, I went straight into their relationship questionnaire, which they pride themselves on and what they say makes them different than any other dating site out there. I can see why. While most quality dating sites have a profile creation process that usually takes about ten minutes (which is all you really need), this site makes you go through page after page after page of information. Now, I understand their motivation for making the info process so involved – after all, the more you know about a person and what they’re looking for, the better the matchmaking their system can be. But this was overkill. Forty minutes later I was completely wiped out with the self-examination I had just undergone, and totally spent. So, instead of starting my look around the site with my profile, I just logged off, tried not to think to hard about the journey of self discovery I was just forced to go on, and went to bed.

DATING FEATURES

The next night, reinvigorated and ready to search for Miss Right, I went back online. Looking through the women they had matched me with, I had to admit that the system did get a pretty good bead on what kind of lady I was looking for. However, I must say that the batch of women wasn’t any more compatible than the other great relationship dating sites I’ve reviewed. In other words, you don’t need 942 facets of compatibility – it’s unnecessary! However, at this point, I was already knee deep in the process, so on I went. The site had lots of women, but when I started emailing them, I noticed that none of them were responding. I realized that eHarmony suffers from something that a lot of the biggest dating sites do – tons of abandoned profiles. I’ve never understood why sites don’t put on people’s profiles the last time they were online using the site. That way, we could tell if someone had left the site for whatever reason. Frustrating.

One thing I did like about the site was the articles and information pages they have for their members. Lots of dating advice and tips for people who are new to online dating. I’ve been doing this a long time, so a lot of the info was redundant for me, but there were still some tips and ideas that I never thought of. Also, the site has a good mobile app, which I liked because it meant I could head down to the patio of my favourite pub and search through the ladies while I had a brewski and watched the women walk by. Good stuff.

Then it got terrible. I found out that to look at pictures of women on their profiles, participate in an even more in-depth profile process, telephone ladies, and get on their “relyID” system, I had to upgrade to a paid membership. Here’s the pricing:

PRICES

One Month: $59.95

Three Months: $49.95

Six Months: $39.95

One Year: $29.95

I couldn’t believe it. SIXTY bucks for this?! It’s the most expensive dating site I’ve reviewed so far. I always set aside fifty bucks for each review, and usually have money to spare at the end. Not this time. And what for? So I can see pictures, securely post my telephone number on my profile, and get on their “relyID” system (which ensures members that I am who I say I am. Terrible.

DRAWBACKS

As you can surmise, I think this site is totally overrated, and overpriced. The profile creation process is unnecessarily long, and the site is filled with abandoned profiles. Plus, with the paid membership, you get features that aren’t worth the money by a long shot!

REVIEW CONCLUSIONS

Over the month, I found about 47 women that I thought were cool enough to ask out on first dates. 21 of them agreed, and 19 of them actually showed up. I’d say that 4 of them are the kind of woman I’d see again, but none of them were love at first sight Miss Right. Bottom line, eHarmony is too expensive, too busy, and too filled with abandoned memberships. If you’re going to pay to online date, here’s a far superior site that I reviewed recently.