The most difficult part about joining eharmony is the lengthy signup process. But, don’t worry, it's fun and it’s all a breeze from there. Creating a profile on eharmony takes a long time (about 30 minutes) to complete because you have to get through a flurry of questions — though not as many as you used to. Nowadays eharmony’s 150-question personality assessment is optional, so you can just answer the basics and then start collecting matches.
eharmony’s 29 Dimensions of Compatibility takes into account emotional temperament, social style, physicality, relationship skills, and values or beliefs. The team has parsed its questions down to the really important aspects of attraction and compatibility. You’ll come across questions asking you to rate how clever, dominant, outgoing, and quarrelsome you are. New members also describe their perfect match’s ideal age range and location, and then provide basic information regarding relationship status, education, income level, and drinking habits. These answers will be visible on the profile, but the answers to the compatibility quiz will not.
After you’ve answered a dozen or so questions and uploaded at least one photo, your profile will go live on the site (pending the team’s approval). Then you’ll receive a curated list of matches — profiles selected based on internal compatibility ratings. The site will post these compatibility ratings on the profile so that members can see where their similarities and differences lie. For instance, you may be 95% compatible in terms of athleticism but 33% compatible in terms of religious values. Viewing these stats can help members determine which profiles have long-term potential.
eharmony’s match algorithm is a trade secret honed by years of introductions and successes. It relies on psychological principles to recommend singles to one another. The algorithm does the work so eharmony members don’t have to worry about searching the site themselves. All they have to do is fill out the profile, become a subscribed member, and start sending smiles and messages online.
Free members can browse the site’s matches and send smiles to one another, but only paid subscribers can send and receive messages, see who’s favorited/viewed them, and browse matches outside their stated preferences. eharmony does offer Free Communication Weekends throughout the year to give free members access to all the features of the site.
Because of the way eharmony is set up, members enjoy a lot of privacy on the dating site. Dating profiles aren’t published widely to anyone and everyone online — it’s more of a for-your-eyes-only experience. Your eharmony profile can only be seen by compatible members and subscribers. Additionally, only eharmony profiles with photos can be viewed on the site.
Members’ sensitive information, including contact and billing information, is encrypted on eharmony and will never be posted anywhere on the site.
eharmony’s dating experts recommend its users take certain safety precautions such as never sharing financial information with someone you met online and reporting concerns about a match to the Customer Care team. Members on the site can report or block anyone exhibiting suspicious or inappropriate behavior. On eharmony, there’s a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to spammers and scammers. The site is meant to foster genuine connections between singles online, so it promotes high standards of safety and authenticity for its members.
