Cupid .com
Despite our natural affinity for its aptly named domain, we appreciated Cupid.com for slightly deeper reasons. For starters, it’s a popular site and once you see its professional user-friendly design, you’ll understand its broad appeal with folks. However, let’s look a little closer to see how well Cupid lived up to its mythological namesake.
When filling out a profile, Cupid immediately encourages us to add a photo and to complete a series of in-depth questionnaires. Sure, we can skip the forms to get in faster but each time we return we’re prompted to complete the missing info. Perhaps, the site hopes to encourage more complete member descriptions by the constant reminders.
“…with all the free access you can get for just signing up, you can be sure that Cupid is worth a tour at the very least.”
Nevertheless, despite the prompting we found that the number of descriptions that include pics varied from as low as 25 percent right up to as good as 60 percent depending on what search criteria was used. There also appeared to be a positive correlation between people with pictures and the amount of pertinent details they filled out on their profiles.
Cupid.com has search options down pat. Besides allowing us to search from typical criteria such as education level and religious faith or as unique as what pets a person owns, it also has a gallery mode to view results by photos. The text-based method reveals more profiles at once in detail, but either way you can see right away a member’s approximate last login date.
Cupid is exactly on target as far as free access goes. It lets you build a profile, search for members and even respond to members that send you messages – all without dropping a dime. That makes it a great choice for anyone new to the online dating scene who just wants to try the site out to see if it fits.
As far as contact methods go, besides email, Cupid.com only has one – instant messaging. Quick contact can be important, but as long as there’s at least one way to reach out and touch someone, that should be enough. Besides, what’s great is that paid members can initiate conversations even with non-pay visitors who are online.
Cupid has a solid selection of extra features to advise and entertain you. They have a dating advice section and blogs, which seem quite active. The site sets up speed dating events in a number of cities in North America, too. Finally, as far as the matchmaking system goes, you can turn it on after you’ve filled out your profile details and see what results come back for you.
Overall, Cupid.com has scored well. As with any site, it will come down to how many members are in your area. However, with all the free access you can get for just signing up, you can be sure that Cupid is worth a tour at the very least.