How does it work? What does it do?

No, that´s not how it should work. All major dating sites here in Sweden offer that service. The system should just match by mail maybee 20 matches of the new arrivals. A mail with 20 matches.

I've seen and used that on several big sites. Almost all the so-called matches were not relevant, and the emails very quickly become very annoying. I would only use a system that can provide REAL matches.

As I mentioned in an earlier post *, this would be a great asset to the software.

Not sure if my new 2.5.2 matchmaker system actually works. When I try it with one of my test accounts it comes up empty ! Do all of the criteria have to be met that are setup in the profile fields or just any of them ? If anyone knows.....

* http://www.vldpersonals.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4228

Yes, my thoughts exactly...

Last edited by Perce2 (2009-04-13 10:43:14)

This is a real must and a great addon for vldpersonals you will make more sales when this is added!

I have actually been a member myself of dating sites and I know that a weekly email is very motivating. I have seen two types or weekly emails each containing not more than 9-12 profiles/pics:

email type 1: - last people to visit member's profile and then followed by new members who have joined.

Email type 2:  - new members who have joined (they say 'match' in each box but are only matched for age range and location to keep things simple)

Any ideas on customising something like this to happen automatically would be a great step fwd!!

I have subscribed with major dating sites to see how their system work. It is actually very well.  So it only send me new matches up to 10 matches. it not every day. So it think it would be nice to have this option for dating sites

To not stress the server and to not annoy members with unwanted emails the system could be designed this way:
1) set the feature deactivated by default. Members have to enable it if they are interested in it.
2) matchmaking emails sent only every 7/14/21/28 days (the members will choose between these 4 options)
3) matchmaking emails sent only if in previous 7/14/21/28 days there have been at least XX new subscribers that match members search criteria (e.g. if there are at least 5 new subscriptions)
4) limit the number of new profiles to list into the email (e.g. max 8 new members)
5) admin can enable this feature just for higher membership levels (e.g. gold members)

These are just suggestions.
I understand the vlad point of view and agree that this feature could cause server issues.
Anyway, we can try to suggest some ways to avoid these problems.

Remember we already have lot of possibilities to send emails to membrs and make the site more active (newsletters, birthday wishes).

The most important thing I want to say is that sending unwanted emails makes the members unsubscribe. I experienced this and learned to not do it anymore. I send a newsletter just every month (min. two weeks when necessary).

Last edited by orange_slice (2011-09-02 10:33:19)

Vlad set the feature deactivated by default,
Admin to enable or disable it in CP
Put the ability for the members to enable or disable it in the Profile Settings.

Last edited by olabisi (2011-09-06 14:12:32)

+1

Hello
Im just new member in the vld, i think this feature is absolutely great to the dating site, many websites as i notice here in holland offer it, i realy would like to see it in the next version.