Dating platform

A dating platform is a website, which focuses on matching people with similar interests. Usually, this is done to find someone to have a date with. Sometimes, this is like a marriage broker. When people visit the site, they can create a profile. The people running the site, will then show matching profiles, and give a means to contact the other people. Usually, this is a paying service, people pay a fee to get a number of matches. There may be other fees, such as that of being able to send a message, to see pictures, or to be able to answer a message.

These platforms can be differentiated:

 Finding a partner - much like a marriage agency
 Casual dating
 serving special interest groups (for example, finding someone who is also into certain sexual fetishes, or into BDSM...)

Different target group:

 The platform caters to anyone. There are many people registered, and finding a match is not difficult.
 Specialized dating platforms: For example, only taking people with a higher education, or people who adhere to a religious group

Different financing:

 Some of these platforms are free to use. They will likely finance themselves using advertising
 Some platfpoms require a paid subscription

Ways to find matches:

 When people are registered, they are able to search for matches, and to filter those matches according to certain criteria (such as age). 
 Some platforms screen their profiles, so as to eliminate fake profiles (of people that don't really exist, and are there to trick users)
 Some platofrms guarantee a certain number of matches or contact requests.

Category:Dating websites