eHarmony: 1 billion served

Sometime this morning (22 September), eHarmony is serving its one billionth match. eHarmony’s match ID turns ten digits sometime between 12 midnight and 3 am PST today. That’s the number of pairings the system has made since it started off circa August 2000.

Congratulations, eHarmony, on this milestone! No matchmaker in history is comparable.

UPDATE: I take back the “comparable” part because Markus Frind says Plentyoffish has “passed 2 Billion matches generated by our matching system since 2005 or so.”

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Comments 10

  1. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

    Was the reference to the popular fast-food chain truly intended when you wrote that? So many ways that you can interpret it… :)

    Posted 24 Sep 2008 at 11:04 am
  2. Sick of dating wrote:

    Can you say bull shit?

    There is NO way this site can actually show proof of all these mariages and hookups.

    This is just another set of internet lies.

    Looking at that fat doctor and his crap commercials (now he is using his wife out of desperation or to keep actor’s cost low), is so funny. Keep the ads coming, they are so much fun

    Posted 24 Sep 2008 at 12:29 pm
  3. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

    Sick of dating:
    That’s just number of matches they have generated. This number doesn’t say anything about successes or even how many of them ended up communicating. There are other threads on here devoted to analyzing the statistics that eHarmony puts out on its successes.

    Posted 26 Sep 2008 at 8:29 am
  4. jessy wrote:

    Did you know that eHarmony tricks you into renewing your subscription? Read on and learn

    From: jessy
    Subject: Refund for wrongful renewal charge (without my authorization)
    To: “eHarmony Customer Care”
    Cc: customerrelations@eHarmony.com
    Received: Monday, October 27, 2008, 10:27 AM

    You are hereby notified that I have contacted the Canadian Consumer Association to lodge a formal compliant against eHarmony for your incorrect renewal of my subscription when I had clearly set my account settings on my eHarmony profile page to show MY MEMBERSHIP AUTORENEWS AT: CANCELLED when it expried on October 18 2008 by following the steps in eHarmony.ca Terms and Conditions of Service (where it says in Clause 17. Automatic Renewal of Subscription. In order to access all features of the Service, you must purchase a paid subscription (“Subscription”). After you have purchased a Subscription and upon providing notice to you, the Company may renew your Subscription for subsequent terms. You may choose to not have your Subscription renewed by visiting the “My Matches” page, selecting the “My Settings” link in the top navigation area, clicking the “Account Settings” subheading, and clicking the “Cancel My Subscription” link at the bottom of the page to begin the cancellation process prior to the renewal date. You can also cancel your Subscription prior to the renewal date by sending email to usersupport@eharmony.ca, by calling (800) 390-3548, or by writing eHarmony, P.O. Box 60157 , Pasadena , CA 91116 USA . 18. Death or Disability.)

    I have tried writing thrice already without a proper response from you to my valid claim. I therefore have no other discourse but to take this up with higher authorities. I once again request you to credit ny VISA with the charge of $89.85 that you charged me wrongfully and hereby advise once more that I DO NOT WISH TO CONTINUE MY MEMBERSHIP WITH eHarmony.

    Jess

    — On Fri, 10/24/08, eHarmony Customer Care wrote:

    From: eHarmony Customer Care
    Subject: Please note that when I subscribed to you in July 2008, I had specifically se… [Incident: 081022-000938]
    To: jess@yahoo.ca
    Received: Friday, October 24, 2008, 6:42 PM

    Dear Jess,

    Thank you for your reply.

    I’m very sorry to hear that you are deciding to leave the eHarmony
    community. In order to process your request, you must speak with a Customer Care
    Representative by calling us toll free at 800-390-3548. We are available 24
    hours a day, 7 days a week. Our representatives will be glad to assist you with
    this and any other matter, regardless of your decision.

    We look forward to helping you find the love of your life.

    Sincerely,

    Vanessa W.
    Customer Care
    eHarmony

    Customer E-mail (Jess)Thank you for your response but as I have
    explained twice already now, when I subscribed back in July 2008 for three
    months at the special rate of 39.85, I had manually followed the steps explained
    in your terms and conditions (see below email received from eHarmony with
    receipt of my payment and membership subscription), AND SET MY ACCOUNT NOT TO
    RENEW AUTOMATICALLY BY FOLLOWING THE LINK ON “CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION”
    as shown below. I even received an email from eHarmony at the time saying that
    if I changed my mind, I could go back and reactivate my subscription status to
    renew which I DID NOT because I had not changed my mind.

    Your subscription expires on: October 18, 2008
    Your membership auto-renews at: Canceled
    Last payment received: July 18, 2008 for 39.85CAD

    Reactivate My Subscription at:
    3 Month Renewal for a total price of 39.85CAD.

    Therefore I was shocked to receive an email from eHarmony on 18th October
    acknowleding receipt of my subscription renewal for another three months. It
    seems eHarmony must have reset the subscription status on my account settings
    page and processed the subscription renewal automatically WITHOUT REQUESITNG MY
    APPROVAL. I view this as a a forced renewal attempt on eHarmony’s part
    without my cooperation and am very disappointed at eHarmony’s tactics. DO
    YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT IF I PAID ONLY 39.85 FOR THE FIRST SUBSCRIPTION, I WOULD
    PAY 89.85 FOR SUBSEQUENT SUBSCRIPTION? OBVIOUSLY NOT! I intend to pursue this
    matter further and request that you refund the charges of 89.85 ASAP.

    I sincerely hope eHarmony will show good customer relations by processing the
    above refun as I am no longer interested in eHarmony’s services.

    Thank you.
    Jessy

    Posted 28 Oct 2008 at 11:33 am
  5. Kathy-Jane Elton wrote:

    I think eharmony is ripping me off. I have had onlt 3 matched since joining and non of them are active. you are sending me matches that are not active!!!! it hink this is fraud!

    Posted 18 Jan 2009 at 2:23 pm
  6. Kathy-Jane Elton wrote:

    I may area eharmony seems to not have enough members and I have been sold alse promises. I think they are guilty of fraud on some level

    Posted 18 Jan 2009 at 2:26 pm
  7. Pyke wrote:

    Kathy-Jane, hi. How do you differentiate between “not active” to “simply don’t wish to respond to you”?

    Posted 18 Jan 2009 at 6:12 pm
  8. Kathy-Jane Elton wrote:

    Good question and for a while I assumed they would not answer. But then a new match came. He left and contacted me through another medium saying he was not signed up for eHarmony – just put a profile there on a 3 day free period. He is still listed as one of my matches. Another guy I saw on another site, contacted him and he indicated he was not using eharmony.
    I asked eharmony to confirm that my matches were active on the site and they did not respond

    Posted 19 Jan 2009 at 4:53 am
  9. Pyke wrote:

    Kathy-Jane, a recent change in the matching system may somewhat improve the situation: see http://eharmony-blog.com/1290 . What do you think?

    Posted 19 Jan 2009 at 7:29 am
  10. Muslim Dating wrote:

    I haven’t met the woman of my dreams yet but I think I still have faith in EHarmony. I like to get out and meet women in every day situations too but really, online dating is a medium that you can’t ignore if you’re seriously looking for that special one.

    Posted 31 Jan 2012 at 11:08 pm

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