Chris Pleines, Author at Datingscout.co.uk
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EliteSingles vs. Match
  • Dating site for educated professionals to find their match
  • Personality survey for highly compatible matches
  • Profiles are verified by Customer Care
  • Limited functionality without a paid membership
  • 82% of the members are university educated
  • Over 90% of members aged 30+
  • Matchmaking site for singles on the lookout for their rightful matches
  • Sending messages is a paid feature
  • It has been matching singles for 20+ years
  • Offers free-to-download mobile app
  • It has over 8 million premium members worldwide
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Members
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Members
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2,000,000 
Members
900,000 
active weekly
780,000 
Members
400,000 
active weekly
Free Features
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Free Features
EliteSingles vs. Match
  • Send Likes and Smiles
  • Send Pre-populated 5 Questions
  • Partner Suggestions
  • Save interesting members to your favourites list
  • Access to Elite Singles Magazine
  • Account registration
  • Profile creation
  • Send likes
  • Browse on member search
  • Receive matches
  • View member profiles
  • Communicate with members who availed the 'Connect' add-on feature
Premium Features
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Premium Features
EliteSingles vs. Match
  • Detailed explanation of personality test results
  • Matched to premium members
  • See who visited your profile
  • Send and receive messages
  • Access to other's photos
  • Leave comments on member photos
  • Get your profile featured and prioritised
  • Chat with other members
  • See who’s viewed you
  • See who's liked you
  • Browse invisibly
  • Boost your profile
  • Browse ad-free
  • Get a special selection of matches
  • Save on tickets for exclusive Match events
  • Voice and video calls
  • Send songs
  • Select and Connect Upgrade
Cost
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Cost
EliteSingles vs. Match
Premium Light
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Unlimited communication, intelligent matchmaking
  • 3 Months: 39.95 GBP / Month
Premium Classic
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Unlimited communication, intelligent matchmaking, view all members photos, see all profile visitors, identify verification, read receipts for messages.
  • 6 Months: 21.95 GBP / Month
Premium Comfort
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Unlimited communication, intelligent matchmaking, view all members photos, see all profile visitors, identify verification, read receipts for messages.
  • 12 Months: 19.90 GBP / Month
Premium Subscription
  • 1 Month: 29.99 GBP / Month
  • 3 Months: 19.99 GBP / Month
  • 6 Months: 9.99 GBP / Month
Boost
  • 1 Credit: 1.99 GBP / Credit
  • 5 Credits: 1.59 GBP / Credit
  • 10 Credits: 1.19 GBP / Credit
Incognito
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Incognito mode activates automatically after purchase for your chosen time period.
  • 1 Day: 1.99 GBP / Day
  • 1 Month: 9.99 GBP / Month
Love Notes
  • 5 Credits: 1.60 GBP / Credit
  • 15 Credits: 1.33 GBP / Credit
  • 30 Credits: 1.00 GBP / Credit
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Chris Pleines, Author at Datingscout.co.uk
Chris Pleines
Founder of Datingscout and Author of the book "Online Dating for Dummies"
Chris founded Datingscout 16 years ago, and today he is one of the leading Online Dating Experts. He is the author of the book "Online Dating for Dummies" and the author of the Internet's largest online dating study analyzing 20 Million Profile Pictures with artificial intelligence. Chris Pleines holds a master degree in media science and appeared in numerous television interviews and publications to give expert advice as well as tips about online dating.
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