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Internet dating has become a more popular form of meeting new people,
and to potentially finding your life partner. This form of dating has grown
in popularity together with phenomena's like speed dating and its like.
Social networks like Facebook, Linkedin and its likes have also begun to
play a role as match makers.
But overall, matchmaking sites have the majority of the market at the
moment and will probably do so in the near future as well.
When it comes to regional popularity of these match making sites, it
is clear that sites which contain Eastern European people, have a majority
in the market. Although US and European communities together with some Asian
sites have picked up popularity as well.
The sites contribute to a fair amount of matches which eventually ends
up in marriages or as best friends. These success stories are found on the
respective sites, or are covered in local media as it sometimes creates a
nice story for local newspapers or local community sites to cover.
There are several good agencies on the internet, which takes the job
of doing match making a serious business and people centered business.
However several sites are there for only one thing, to get hold of your
money only.
But at the same time there are several traps to fall into when it
comes to dating on internet by the use of the match makers' agencies around
the world.
Scammers are using this arena to get hold of people's money is
increasing and gets more and more innovative in their way of getting your
money without you knowing it is a scam.
Taking care of your identity is only one aspect of it; however you
have to make sure you are not being a financial victim as well.
Never use free services on the internet that give you the chance to
get access to information for no fees at all. These sites are not serious
and their income has to come from somewhere, and if no ads on the page, then
you know where their income comes from. Having a membership fee based
service, enables the match maker to pay for the activity and make an income
which can substantiate the business online. This will also ensure you that
there are some screening processes of candidates and enable some control
opportunities if needed at a later stage.
Another aspect is how you can make sure of the identity of person you
communicate with. If the persons registering on the site do not have to pay
for their presence, there is a higher chance that the persons are in there
for the economic gain of it, and not looking for you as a potential match
for life. The accuracy of the information given to the agencies you deal
with is important as it is your first level of screening for someone you
would like to get to know more about.
Letters between you and the ladies you communicate with is an
interesting trap opportunity.
First of all, never fall for the sad stories of illness or out of job
stories to lure you into the trap of sending money to them. Yes, it is true,
poverty is real, and they do not have lots of money, at least the majority
of them. However, given the fact that pride is a given rule in Eastern
European culture, a really trustworthy person would not bring this up before
you know this person really well. It takes lots for a really candid girl to
tell about her problems to you in letters or even person to person until you
know her really well.
Secondly, you have to make sure the letters are written by the lady
herself and not a semi-professional letter writer in the agency. The
agencies have employed several persons as "translators". It can in some
cases show up to be "letter writers", as they take the personality of
registered ladies in that agency, and write letters on their behalf, maybe
even without the ladies knowledge at all.
Especially this is a known fact in agencies where you pay pr email you
send to the ladies, as it is in the interest of the agency to have as many
email correspondences as possible between the parties, as this generate
income for them.
First of all, you should request real time communication with her,
like phone calls or even video conference with them instead of only
emails/letters with the ladies. At least you will know it is the lady you
talk to, and you will be able to validate the interest by this lady. And
best of all, you get to have a sneak preview of her and learn more about
her.
Another potential trap is the agencies offering on their sites to send
gifts and presents to your girl in this region. Some agencies can do some
scams here, and the prices through the agencies are some times as high as 5
times the ordinary price you have to pay, if you were there yourself and
bought it locally. Sometimes, the ladies even do not get to see this
present, or the cash is split between girls and agencies instead of the
gift.
How Serious a online dating agency is, comes down to how they deal
with the ladies registered in their system. In the end it is trust between
parties as well as clean business ethics.
So, I have told lots of negative things regarding internet dating.
This is not to pull you off the idea of internet dating, on the contraire. I
would encourage you to do so, but only be careful to protect your identity
and to make sure you are not being a victim for scams.
I can personally recommend this type of dating as I have done it
myself, and I found my wife through this channel. I have been happily
married with her for over a year now, and we live a good life together. I am
often visiting my new parents and brother and sister in law from her country
as well, and enjoy the new family in my life. It is possible to succeed with
this modern type of dating, and the chance is you can find the right girl
out there for you, however proceed with caution, and learn from others
experience is the best tip I can give you.
So when it comes to the serious part of your online dating, and to
bring it to the real life meeting in the end. What should you do and how
should you do it? There is no single recipe for this, however there are some
golden rules to learn and to follow.
It is very important on how you plan for your first meeting, getting
to know about the culture if it is another country, or even to get to know
about the place she is from. Learn about how they live and what is expected
from you. Some sites really can provide some valuable tips on these issues,
as well as it can be worth to do some intelligence before you travel.
Make sure you know about things to be aware of when coming to the
country and place you will visit. All things you have to prepare for any
journey of course, but more important prepare for what to expect when it
comes to accommodation, restaurants, language and so on.
Then finally, I would like to wish you the best in your Endeavour to
find a good friend, life partner through the exiting new way of dating -
online.
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