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MatchAffinity will be having a free communication weekend this Bank Holiday weekend, Friday the 27th to Sunday the 29th 2010. All members of MatchAffinity (including non-subscribers) can communicate with other singles for free starting at 4PM on Friday and going until 11:59PM on Sunday night.

For those who are unfamiliar, MatchAffinity is a service for singles in the UK. It takes a mixed approach to online dating: where some dating services pick your matches for you and other dating services let [...]

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This Wednesday, July 21, 2010, DatingDirect will be offering a free trial to all new subscribers who sign up between 6 PM and midnight (UK residents only). Compared to most free dating events, this is a very small window of time to take advantage of the service.

In addition, it appears that only the users who actually signed up during this six hour period are going to be able to take advantage of the free communication. I see this as [...]

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eHarmony’s next free weekend is July 2nd until July 5th 2010. If you are new to eHarmony, during the eHarmony Free Communication Weekends you can communicate with all of your matches absolutely FREE. While eHarmony almost always refers to these events as weekends, there are actually 4 days of free communication for you to take advantage of (so it is more of a free long-weekend). Generally the events begin at 12AM of the first date and end at 11:59PM of [...]

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For the first time ever, Parship.co.uk is offering a voucher for 50% off of their 3-month subscriptions. To qualify for this promotion you will need to:

Visit this sign-up pagewhich includes an area to enter the voucher.

In the voucher box enter 33A45

Do this on or before July 31st

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In my last article I discussed many on-going dating service promotions. Advertised promotions are a great way to save some money signing up for a dating site but it is not the only way. Here is another method to save some money:

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Online dating promotions are available at many (probably most) of the online dating sites out there. In this article, I wanted to provide a collection these that I am aware of.

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In my last post I discussed some of the good and the bad regarding the usefulness of Chemistry’s 14-day trial. This time I wanted to offer tips to those who do decided to take advantage of this offer. My hope is to provide advice that will help make the most of the dating service while it’s free.

1. Mention You’re Trying the Free Trial

One part that is difficult with any online dating service trial is that the people you contact don’t [...]

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Looking for details on the most recent Chemistry free weekend? You can find it here: Chemistry Free Weekend August 2010. If you’ve missed the free weekend keep reading as Chemistry offers on-going free promotions.

As of today, Chemistry offers a 14 day trial to try out their service for free. Recently I received the question: Is the Chemistry.com free trial worth it? At first, I thought this was an odd question. If it’s free, how could it not be worth it? [...]

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Several services are offering specials for this upcoming Valentine’s Day. I should mention that I find out about most of these deals because I’m signed up for dozens of dating services for the purpose of receiving these types of emails. I’m making the assumption that the deals I’m being emailed are available to everyone (I feel that this is a safe assumption). Still, you’ll want to verify the promotion is actually available if decide to sign up. I’ll add additional [...]

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For the second time Lavalife is having a free email weekend (the first free weekend was back in October). The Free Email Weekend begins Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 12:01am local time and ends Monday, November 30, 2009 at 11:59am local time. This actually provides two-and-a-half days of free communicating.

Lavalife is an open service like Match.com where you can contact any other user as you wish. This is in contrast to eHarmony, which picks your matches for you and [...]

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This weekend, for the first time ever, Lavalife is having a free email weekend. Normally the service is free to sign up for and browse other users, just like almost every other dating site of this type. However, this weekend everyone will also be able to email other members for free.

This practice is common for both eHarmony and Chemistry.com and in some ways it makes more sense from a business point of view for these services to offer free weekends. [...]

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This month eHarmony is offering a 20% discount for anyone who signs up for their 6-month subscription. This offer is only open to U.S. and Canadian citizens and it will be ending on September 30th.

United States:
Save 20% on a 6-month eHarmony subscription! (coupon code: CJPROMOAAA, Exp. 12/31/09)

Canada:
Save 20% on a 6-month eHarmony subscription! (coupon code: CJPROMOAAA, Exp. 9/30/09)

I have used eHarmony and I did like this service. The price of a subscription does tend to run higher for this [...]

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