Comments on: How Does Match.com Work?

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:41:41 +0000

Hey Brad, thanks. I just now figured it out. It’s a Date Spark icon! Not blocked at all.

Cheers!

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:03:17 +0000

Hey Ricardo – I’m not sure why someone would block you when you’d never even talked before. But I wouldn’t take it to heart – there’s many more women to contact. My best guess is she’s confused and is just not using the feature correctly because as you said, what reason would she have to block you?

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:15:05 +0000

Hi Brad,

Thanks for your tips on writing emails. I’m getting numerous response. But there’s one person I tried to email and got a blue lightning symbol. What does this mean? It’s the first contact we’ve had, so she’d have no reason to block me.

Cheers.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:39:16 +0000

Just noticed I missed some comments:

Anne – Your Singled Out Match of the Day does not go to both people. It’s just reflecting that they think it’s a very good match.

Ryan – As far as I know, non-member can receive your emails but they can’t open them an read them

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:02:32 +0000

Hey Marie – I don’t think what you’re asking for is possible. You probably want to check out this article I wrote:

When Posting a Photo in Your Dating Profile isn’t an Option

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:41:01 +0000

Can I block my profile from a certain area. I hold a high profile public job. I would not like the people In my town to know I’m looking for a date online. It could hurt my position. Although I would like to meet someone from other areas.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:22:24 +0000

So if I’m a member, I can contact non-members and they can read my emails and I can put other information in there on how they can contact me? (since they have to be members to reply to emails?) . Is that correct?

By: Anne Gregory

Anne Gregory — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:05:17 +0000

When it’s a “Singled Out Match Of The Day” does that mean both parties get it? Meaning, if my singled out match is Bob, does Bob get me as a singled out match too?

Thanks,

Anne

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:29:41 +0000

Matt – I’m not 100% sure but I think I can give you a good guess.

On the dating site OKCupid, on every dating profile they show you how often the person responds to email. It will say something like “Responds frequently” or “Responds rarely” and so on. Basically, OKCupid keeps track of how people respond to email and reveal that to you.

My guess is that Match.com is doing the same exact thing or something very similar. They might also be taking into account some areas of your profile and comparing that to the guys she has responded to in the past. Honestly, I’m guessing there but it seems reasonable.

At any rate, I think Match is giving you an educated guess based on how the woman has responded to other guys in the past.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:28:30 +0000

Hey Brad, on match.com when your going through daily matches and the final one says “based on her daily matches activities she is 3x more likely to reply” what exactly is it “based” on. Thanks a bunch