Book Of Matches Review (BookOfMatches.com)

BookOfMatches.com (BOM) is a 100% free dating site. At no time will they ask you for a credit card. This is unlike other sites claiming to be free, but that charge members for additional features or upgraded membership.

BOM offers the standard features one would expect from a dating site. This includes a fully functional search and messaging system. It is the extras which set this dating site apart, though. Not only does BOM offer instant messaging and live text chat, they also offer video chatting with web cameras. This is relatively unheard of in the free dating site world. BookOfMatches also has added a social networking element to their service. Not only can you create a “favorites list” but you can create a “friend list” as well. Having a member on your friend list allows them to view information such as your personality tests, blog posts and pictures in your scrapbook, which other members will not be able to see.

BookOfMatches also realizes that your privacy and the quality of members are important. With this in mind, they have created a “Quality Membership Score” which takes into account how a member uses the dating site. Every member has a quality score which is visible on the profile detail page. BOM also has good privacy features which allow you set the criteria of members that can contact you. You can specify a number of attributes including location, gender and age range.

If you are looking to try a free dating site, I would recommend becoming a member of BookOfMatches to see if they have members living in your area - it takes about 30 seconds to find out!

Positives of Book Of Matches

These are the best parts of Book Of Matches.

• Completely free
• Excellent privacy options; you can allow only people that meet your criteria to email you
• Video chat–most free sites do not have this feature
• Members have a quality score that indicates how active they are on the dating site
• There are lots of things to do on this dating site

Negatives of Book Of Matches

These are the parts of Book Of Matches which needs improvement.

• It would be nice if you could specify less than 50 miles for a search distance range for matches
• The look and feel of the site is dated when compared to some other dating services
• There as not as many new users as there use to be
• No dating apps

Editors Bottom Line

What should you take away from this review of Book Of Matches? Our expert explains:

While "Book of Matches" use to be popular for hookups, especially in the UK, that is not really the case anymore. The site has not changed in years and seems to be filled with sex ads.

We give Book Of Matches, a 2 out of 5 Stars. ☹️

Book Of Matches Free Membership

• Yes
• Included:
  • Create a profile
    • First page (required)
      • Username, password and email address
    • Last signup page (required)
      • Your gender, date of birth, ethnic background
      • Height, physique, looks, relationship status, job
      • Country, state/province and city
      • Your headline which should answer the question:What important question would you ask a date or friend?
  • Extra profile information
    • Essays
      • 12 extra questions which ask you about your personality, qualities you look for in a partner, your perfect date experience, etc.
    • Yes/no questions
      • 20 questions which you can answer yes, no or sometimes
      • You can also rate each question on how important it is to you (1 to 10)
      • Some question topics include smoking, pets, job hours and if you want children
  • Add up to three photos to your profile and 14 in your scrapbook
  • Searching
  • Viewing of profiles and photos
  • Favorites and friends lists
  • Matching
  • Forums
  • Blogs, shout outs, bulletins, comments
  • Sending winks
  • Sending and receiving mail messages
  • Instant message, text and video chat
• Not included:
  • Everything is included

Book Of Matches Costs

• Prices last confirmed August 3, 2020. Please check Book Of Matches for most recent pricing. All prices in USD unless specified otherwise. Prices may differ based on location, time of purchase, or access point (this can include device used and/or if accessed from a website or app)
• Free Online Dating - You can create a profile, view and search for members, and communicate with anyone for free

Book Of Matches Viewing & Communication Features

• Profiles
• Profile photos
  • Up to three photos can be uploaded
  • These can be rated by other members
• Scrapbook photos
  • Up to 14 can be uploaded
  • You may type a description for the photo
  • You can set border and background colors of the photos frame
  • A photo can be visible to friends only or all members
• Daily bulletin
  • Post about what is happening in your life with the daily bulletin
  • Bulletins are added to your profile and can be emailed to friends
  • Bulletins can be public or for friends only
  • Some HTML is allowed
• Discussion blogs
  • Create a blog that other people can comment on
  • Your blog can be accessed from your profile
• Mail
  • Very basic mail system; you can view your inbox, sent mail and deleted mail folders
  • Can include smile icons in messages
  • You can setup inbox message filters (see Privacy Options below for more information)
• Instant message
  • You can text chat with other members who you have marked as a friend
  • There are two ways to IM people:you can use the block on the top right of the site or you can IM them from your inbox
  • The instant messenger can be turned off anytime
• Video and text chat
  • Text group chat with other members of Book Of Matches
  • You can also setup one on one video chats
  • Uses Adobe Flash
• Friends
  • You can request and add people as friends
  • You can IM friends privately and setup photos or blogs which only they can see
  • You can suggest matches to friends
• Testimonials / shout out
  • A shout out can be a testimonial or a summary of any cool characteristics or complimentary things you would like to say about a member
  • These are approved before posting
• Favorite / crush
  • You can add a profile to your favorite/crush list
• Flirt
  • Sends a wink or flirt notification to a member
• Forums
  • There are 22 different forum topics with over 35,000 messages
  • Topics cover interests, relationships, dating experiences and everything in between
• Privacy and safety features
  • You can report inappropriate photos and abusive or offensive behavior
  • Block members from sending you mail
  • Turn off instant messaging
  • You can go invisible when viewing profiles (means you are not added to view lists)
  • You can have BOM send you an email when someone views your profile and when you have any new messages or comments
  • You can block non friends from emailing you unless you initiate the conversation
  • You can block emails who do not fit in a certain age range and based on who they are looking for and what their relationship status maybe

Search For Members By

• All search results can either be viewed as a list or in a gallery view
• Search members
  • By location; can specify distance from matches (50 to 200 miles)
  • Specify gender, age range, relationship status
  • Specify matches smoking and drinking preferences
  • Specify matches with photos only
• Who is online
  • By age, location, gender and recent logins
• Friends and favorite lists
• New pictures
• For keywords in blogs
• For member names
• Picture and headline ratings
• See whose favorite list you are on
• Personality tests
  • You can share the results of your test with your friends
  • You can take up to 20 personality tests that consist of about 10 to 20 yes or no answers
  • These tests examine topics which range from how shy you are to how emotional you may be
  • The tests were written by Dr. Dorothy McCoy, who has 10 years’ experience as a clinical counselor

Other Book Of Matches Information

Book of Matches offers a Certified Quality Member Seal which will appear predominantly by your main profile photo showing that you have a quality score of 100%. If you have a Quality Seal, you can use the forums and your messages to other members will not be filtered for personal information like phone numbers and email addresses. A quality score can range from 0 to 100%. To increase your quality score you must actively participate on Book of Matches. This includes such activities as posting pictures, responding to emails you receive, and filling out your entire profile.

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