Online Singles Sites

Yahoo! Personalscost: $24.95/month
DEMOGRAPHICS: a range of 21- to 40-year-old professionals
FEATURE: Voice and video clips, and conversation starters

Match.com
COST: $24.95/month
DEMOGRAPHICS: about 8 million members, about half of whom are under 30
FEATURE: Match.com messenger, MatchLive mixers (additional cost) and
MatchScene, an singles webzine.


Matchmaker.com
COST: $24.95/month
DEMOGRAPHICS: 10 million members
FEATURE: Extensive question/essay portion, specialized sections
including College Connection and Christian Connection, and singles
events.

Date.com
COST: $24.95/month
DEMOGRAPHICS: about a million members, 30 percent between 20 and 30
FEATURE: Uses a secret formula designed by relationship experts and
psychologists to pair people up

Dreammates.com
COST: pay per credit, $19.95 for 10 credits
DEMOGRAPHICS: more than 3.5 million members
FEATURE: ability to send and recieve basic messages for free, and
three different communities: Dating, Romance and Intimate.

Eharmony.com
COST: $49.95 for one month
DEMOGRAPHICS: hundreds of thousands of singles looking for long-term relationships
FEATURE: a patent-pending matching model based on 29 key dimensions

Lavalife.com
COST: $14.95 for 60 credits
DEMOGRAPHICS: 4.6 million members exchanging 1.1 million messages daily
FEATURE: real-time instant messaging, in-depth profiling and
interactive voice response telephone technology.