From Love to Marriage — YesDates™ Fosters Relationships Between American Men and Eastern European Women

The Short Version: YesDates is a dating site designed to pair men from the West with Eastern European women. While the site includes female users from many countries, most are from Russia and Ukraine. YesDates has features that aren’t found on many international dating sites, including two-way, high-definition chat and the option to mail a letter or a gift to a person who piques your interest. Singles can join YesDates for free to browse profiles, and then they can upgrade to a membership when they’re ready to truly connect.

Many singles in the West are interested in meeting international singles from Eastern Europe, and vice versa. Someone from a different background can add intrigue to your relationship. That’s the premise of YesDates, which focuses on creating romantic partnerships between Americans and Europeans.

Specifically, more than 15,000 of the dating site’s female users are from Russia and Ukraine. These women, YesDates suggests, are particularly well-suited to long-term commitments because they’re part of family-oriented cultures.

YesDates connects millions of single Americans and Europeans every day.

Along with its goal of connecting singles around the world for dating, YesDates takes precautions to create an environment where users feel safe and welcome. Some of the site’s community guidelines even include instructions to be kind and respectful.

“All user profiles pass through a multi-level moderation by our administrators before we publish them on our site, which includes verification of documents and video confirmation of the user’s identity,” said Victoria Heiden, of YesDates. “Thus, we can guarantee that our website is 100% secure and safe.”

While YesDates pairs international singles, the team stresses that the site is for chatting and dating. It’s not a bridal or matchmaking service. However, YesDates does work with dating agencies, especially in Slavic countries, to find women to feature in its dating pool.

“We believe that everyone in this world deserves to love and to be loved,” Victoria said. “Our ultimate goal is to help you find your significant other.”

The ultimate goal of YesDates is to connect users with a long-term partner.

What does this mean for users? Rather than being matched by an algorithm, users take the matching process into their own hands. When they join the site for free, they can post pictures and information about themselves. Typical profiles include information like appearance, drinking or smoking habits, marital history, and areas of self-development.

After setting up a profile, users can search through the YesDates database to find a match. Search filters include age, weight, and height, as well as education and country of origin. If you want to find a user you liked before, you can search by the user’s ID. If you want to meet someone right away, you can search for members who are currently online to begin chatting immediately.

YesDates also suggests users who are similar to you after you click on a particular profile.

If a user wants to contact another user after browsing through profiles, he or she can purchase credits to initiate contact. Credits come in bundles that allow users to interact in a variety of ways.

Once users decide they want to make a connection, YesDates offers many channels to bring them closer together. First, users can see more photos of the person they’re interested in by requesting access to private images from the user. The single women on the site have many professional photos that users can peruse.

In addition, users can chat with one another using HD video chat or instant message options. The chat room feature lets users communicate with multiple women in an online group chat by using credits.

For those who prefer a more personal touch, YesDates has options for exchanging physical letters, flowers, or even a gift. If users have any trouble with these features, they can contact customer support, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

YesDates gives users options to connect with one another, including via messaging and video chat.

Another informative resource for visitors is the YesDates blog, which provides plenty of information about the cross-cultural barriers that users may need to navigate on YesDates. For example, on a blog post titled “How to Date Eastern European Ladies,” the author advises men to behave like gentlemen when courting them.

He writes: “Girls dream to meet a prince, who will give them gifts, invite to restaurants, and give them compliments. Is it difficult? I think not. Any worthy man should behave this way.”

The blog offers advice for online dating, too. In a post titled “What You Definitely Need to Know About Online Dating,” the author warns readers about dating scams and decoy profiles. It also mentions how shy users or those with low self-esteem can use online dating to boost their confidence.

Because so many Western men are interested in finding international partners, YesDates has fostered many relationships and marriages. The site has received a lot of positive feedback from satisfied clients.

Though YesDates already offers many channels through which users can communicate, the team wants to continue adding other ways for users to connect.

“Following the new trends in the development of communication technologies and using the latest advancements, we are trying to erase the line between virtual and live communication,” Victoria said. “We want to bring users of our site closer to the most realistic communication, despite the distance between them.”

YesDates’ administrators may not make matches specifically, but they do take pride in maintaining a site that helps users find and build new, satisfying relationships.

“We are a team of professionals in love with what we do,” Victoria said. “Our main goal is to see the happy smiles and grateful eyes of our users who found what they were looking for on our site. For many of us, we’ll be in this business for life.”

In the end, YesDates’ goal is simple: to provide a safe and straightforward platform to promote interactions between singles. Whether that leads to a friendship, relationship, or a marriage is up to how they decide to use it.