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Choosing Your Dating Options | Consonance (Gleichklang)
Identifying the Right Dating Platform
You now have all the information you need to make a well-informed decision on whether to try a matchmaking agency, a dating app, or a dating platform, or whether you want to combine these different forms of online dating. You also know how to assess the quality of a specific platform.
But how can you find specific platforms that might be right for you?
This guide from Consonance (Gleichklang) gives you the methods to find a suitable platform on your own, but it does not intend to advertise for any of the potential providers.
You can find potential platforms through a simple Google search by entering terms like partner search, matchmaking, or online dating and combining them with additional terms that fit your needs.
Terms you can combine with partner search, matchmaking, or online dating might include, for example:
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vegan, vegetarian, disabilities, handicap, 50+, seniors, young people, single parents, polyamory, BDSM, athletes, short-statured, MS, asexual, bisexual, ecological, autism – just to give you an idea.
The choice of terms depends on your own characteristics and preferences.
You can then take a close look at the respective websites to better assess their credibility, the seriousness of the users’ partner search, the cost structure and transparency, as well as how well they fit your own personality.
Likewise, as already mentioned, you can search for the corresponding platforms on review sites like Trustpilot and thus learn about the experiences of others. You will also come across other similar platforms there and become aware of them.
Once you have found a potential platform, you should fill out all the registration questions to get an impression of the information that is requested and collected.
If you have any open questions, it can be helpful to contact the platform’s support team.
You can get an overview of almost all dating platforms in the German-speaking region on the website Singlebörsen-Vergleich.
The site is financed through commission income it receives from providers for referring new members. The large platforms receive a lot of space. However, numerous medium-sized and smaller dating platforms are also presented.
The main advantage of the site is that you quickly get introduced to various dating platforms, which you can then research further elsewhere.
Navigating the Offline World with Open Eyes
One danger of online dating is that singles looking for a partner may focus one-sidedly on the internet and thereby overlook relationship opportunities in their immediate environment.
Don’t let your entry into online partner search obscure your view of the possibilities in the offline world:
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Be aware that your participation in online dating does not mean that you can only or must find your partner(s) online. On the contrary, view your online matchmaking service as an incentive to also pay attention to opportunities in the offline world and to connect with people whenever opportunities for encounters arise.
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The majority of relationships still do not begin online, even though this may change in the future. The largest matchmaking agency is your immediate social environment – your circle of friends, your workplace or place of study, and all the places you visit in your free time.
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Be open about your partner search and do not hesitate to tell the people in your social circle about it. This can often lead to completely unforeseen events and encounters.
But even outside your immediate social environment, there are additional possibilities beyond the internet to advance your search for a partner:
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From the classic personal ad in newspapers and magazines, of which there are still a few, to speed dating or slow dating, to singles trips – a wide range of options is available.
Online partner search is a good option, and you now have all the criteria at hand to make a well-founded and suitable selection of your preferred platform. However, do not restrict yourself solely to the online strategy, but also stay active offline in order to meet the right person.
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