After a review of probably 50 applications, I chose vldpersonals because of its very clean admin structure, easy to use features and expandability. I am not using it for a dating site, but for a social/service community. Since I am a web designer, I reworked their webby2 template.

Their customer service in the forum area is the best I've seen in 14 years on the internet.

I also hired Vld for customization over and above my normal programmers (whom I've been working with for years) because they know their application better than anyone else and could get through the additional functionality I needed faster and more efficiently.

I highly recommend this application.