Singleparentsmingle

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Singleparentsmingle
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Wed, 03-02-2005 - 9:57pm

Here's my quick .02 on this site:

I wound up creating a quick profile on singleparentsmingle.com -- in order to see sisfox's profile. In making the profile I found a few neat feature different from what I was used to on Match.

-Non members can receive (but not initiate) IM -- to me this is like a free membership should you be lucky enough to be contacted by someone who fits your profile (might be easier to be a guy here and assume only compatible girls would contact you). The lack of members in my area means that not many people are online at one time -- so the thought of waiting to be contacted is perhaps premature.

-The site tracks and displays who has looked at your profile. There aren't a lot of members in my area so mostly I see people from all across the country staring in disbelief at my photo. Sort of a neat feature which I would say is similar to an icebreaker - if you see someone visiting your profile often you should probably either block them or initiate contact.

-I'm not a paying member - so I don't know for sure but I'm assuming that if the site tracks who visits your profile they probably also do the verification that an email was opened and read.

-Non-paying members cannot read email - they only see the message header.

-There are a couple message boards (with really lame topics)

-There are a couple realtime chat rooms

The jury's out on this site. If their membership count increased in my area I'd judge it a good pick for someone in the single parents demographic.

-They do some type of "color" matching which seem similar to what Match used to do by giving personality tests. For an additional $29 you can get a better(?) test. Dunno about this as I think the old exchange emails works better. I would be a bigger believer in the test if there were more members.

-The site offers a $60 life member option otherwise you pay the standard $19.95 per month to be a member, $39.99 for 3 months (renew at $13.33 per month after 3 months).




Edited 3/3/2005 6:16 am ET ET by lg1964

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Wed, 03-02-2005 - 10:01pm
One of the people online just told me that she got a 7 day free trial coupon. Maybe they give these out after you setup a profile and don't subscribe for a few days -- sort of like how eHarmony does it?
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 03-03-2005 - 9:09am
it's funny you mention this website. I just took a look at it last night. I didn't create a profile yet but I clicked where it says to view members. There were way too many too look at and I couldn't narrow it down without creating a profile. So I might play around with it later just for curiousity sake. Thanks for the info.
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Registered: 02-15-2005
Thu, 03-03-2005 - 9:20am

Dude, I love ya to pieces, but I ain't paying 20 bucks to read your email.

I'm sure it says something that would make me laugh and spew diet coke all over my monitor, but can ya tell me what you have to say here....or email me through my profile?

LOL


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Registered: 05-20-2004
Thu, 03-03-2005 - 12:30pm

LG-American Singles has many of these features. People can initiate IM with you even if you are not a paying member. You can also look a people who have browsed your profile. I really like that feature. How I continue to meet people without paying is....

1-I look at who has browesed my profile.
2-If they are noted to be online I will "hot list" them.
3-They will take not that I have hot listed them and send me an IM
4-I then give my home email addy...

I wish Match had these features.

Just FWIW

Jodie

 

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Thu, 03-03-2005 - 3:56pm

No it's not anything funny - same thing as what was in the subject line. I was looking for another card to send but didn't see anything. I really think it would be hilarous for them to add some funny cards -- but I don't think a lot of people online can take a joke.

I am corresponding with two people and plan to can my membership after the 1 month. $10 per "lead" doesn't sound like too bad a deal. At least with spm you can choose NOT to automatically re-enroll.

So far the interface is MUCH nicer than MATCH. Profiles are approved nearly instantly. The BIG downside in my area is lack of members. There are about 1/50th the numbers that Match has.

Someone I was chatting with last night said she got a free 7 day pass by email - so you'll have to let us know if they send you something. I bet they wait 2 weeks to send it though because by then they're probably convinced you won't be back...

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Registered: 02-15-2005
Thu, 03-03-2005 - 4:06pm

I'm still holding out. The only winks I've gotten are from a dude in France, one who lives about an hour from me and has no pic on his profile, and a guy in Maryland. The only email I've gotten is yours.

If they send me a free offer, I'll take it, but I don't think I'll pay.


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Registered: 05-16-2004
Thu, 03-03-2005 - 4:11pm

It seems to be a lot of chatting and comisserating. Their message board is a real mess - and appears to be inhabited by people that don't work or screw around all day on the job.

I've gotten mostly out of state responses too. Other single parents looking to comisserate I guess. It would be a much better site if more people were on it that lived closer to me.

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 6:18am
I applied to be profile of the moment. That will be too funny if accepted. I wonder if they'd let me upload walmart man.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 2:22pm

(Where is the "pleasantly surprised" smiley?)


I set up a quick profile to check it out and received an IM from a decent looking, decent sounding single dad in my city within the time I was still completing the essays.

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Registered: 05-16-2004
Fri, 03-04-2005 - 4:29pm
The site seems to have a lot of people who just hang out and chat. I'm not sure how much dating goes on there. Lot's of contacts from outside the general area -- which isn't terribly realistic. Come to think of it maybe I'll import the women from the Phillipines who wrote last night...

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