Perfectmatch Review

Perfectmatch.com (4/2/06), an eHarmony clone? The relationship matching of today looks a lot different than the online dating services of the 1990’s. Online dating has become more mainstream and may even one day become the norm for singles to find a statistically compatible match. Instead of displaying pictures and profiles to rate and choose from, users of Perfectmatch and similar sites are presented with professionally packaged online matching applications. Words like “scientific” and “compatability” and “expert” appear in site descriptions. Sponsors are often PhD’s who have done research in sociology or psychology. Free dating services seem to be a thing of the past. But that may not be so bad.

Perfectmatch looks a lot like its competitor, eHarmony. Perfectmatch is a “leading online relationship service” that has its genesis in decades of research by relationship expert, Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle and regular guest on “Oprah.” Sounding similar to eHarmony’s personality profile, the Perfectmatch Duet® Total Compatibility System finds members that have a high likelihood of compatibility with yourself. However, with Perfectmatch Duet® it is understood that marriage is not necessarily the goal of all members. Under the “Endorsements” section of the Perfectmatch.com site, there is no shortage of PhD’s offering their comments about Dr. Schwartz and the service: