Dating Sites

Greatest Strength: Established, reputable site with wide range of users.

Greatest Weakness: Profile searching is limited by region with no recognizable method unless paying for a subscription.

Cost: One month: $24.95, Three months: $19.95/month ($59.85 required up front), Twelve months: $7.49/month ($89.95 required up front)

The Skinny on Singlesnet:

Proud of winning their Gold Star Award in 2004 for being the Number 1 Dating Site, Singlesnet.com remains a good, tried-and-true online dating service. Personals abound and profiles are rich with singles. Their site is quick to mention that they participate in the Better Business Bureau and that they strive to keep it that way. Thought without some of the bells and whistles of more exhaustive dating sites, Singlesnet.com still holds its own. It serves a highly varied singles community, ranging from young singles giving online dating their first whirl to older singles needing a bit of a new spark-and everyone in between.

There are two levels of participation at Singlesnet.com. They allow limited access at the free membership level. These users can create a profile, but the search feature among profiles and personals has only two options. While searching by zip code narrows the results, the other option of searching by region offers more diverse profiles. Members who have paid to become subscribers appear first in any search; profiles that follow are supposedly matched, to some degree, with information that you provide.

Singlesnet.com bills their thirty-second profile creation as a quick hook for romance-seeking users. While true that you could build your profile in that time, Singlesnet.com is the same as any dating site. The more that you put into it, the more you get out of it. In addition to plugging for ease of use and access, Singlesnet.com offers occasional free trials at the paid subscriber level. These opportunities give greater access than free membership. As only a member, the double-blind email system is unavailable; as a paid subscriber, users can email anyone they like and receive replies from anyone. (The moral of the story? If you don’t want to pay, sign up and try to find your true love among those who do.) Still, non-paying members can save favorite profiles for later follow-up as well as “flirt” with anyone who catches their eye. “Flirting” involves one of five pre-scripted messages sent to the chosen user; once your conversation runs through those, then, the only option left is to subscribe. At that point, Singlesnet.com evidences that all truly is fair in love: they offer a no-questions-asked full refund if requested.

Overall, the site is very functional. Mixing business with pleasure meets its peak in layout and function at this dating web site. You feel at ease as you browse through profiles and the links are generally easy to follow. Members come across as approachable people. Personals are engaging. In business and in love, Singlesnet.com is the online dating community worth a Gold Star.