EliteSingles Review

flag Ideal site for finding a serious relationship
  • 82% university grads + 90% over 30

  • Able to start with a free profile.

  • Intelligent matchmaking + thorough personality test

  • Leading site for educated professional singles

Pros & Cons

  • Catfish reporting features
  • Limit who can see your profile to matches
  • Some wrongfully denied membership

Plans & Pricing

A Premium membership to Elite Singles includes unlimited communication, access to all profile visitors and member photos, mobile app access, and up to 20 extra Wildcard matches per day.

Elite Singles offers three membership plans:

Premium Light – 3 Months

The Premium Light plan is a three-month subscription and costs $57.95 per month.

Premium Classic – 6 Months

The Premium Classic plan is a six-month subscription and costs $44.95 per month.

Premium Comfort – 12 Months

The Premium Comfort plan is a year-long subscription and costs $31.95 per month.

Premium Light
3 Months
$57.95/mo.
Premium Classic
6 Months
$44.95/mo.
Premium Comfort
12 Months
$31.95/mo.

Overview

EliteSingles is focused on serious dating. If you are looking for a long-term relationship there is no better place to try. Their user base, although smaller than others, is fresh and active and full of like-minded professional people looking to find that special someone with thousands finding love every month. Most of their users are university graduates, which sets their dating pool apart from others. EliteSingles operates in 20 countries and has been creating around 2000 new couples monthly.

Rating

  • "Price"
    8 /10
  • "Features"
    8.5 /10
  • "Ease of Use"
    9 /10
  • "Help and Support"
    7 /10

Ease of Use

Registration process

Once you create your basic profile with your username, email, and password, set aside a solid 30 minutes as Elite Singles has a questionnaire for you measuring 29 personality traits to find your best match. Don’t worry, it gives you the opportunity halfway through the questionnaire to skip and come back to it later.

Profile set-up

Prepare to bare your soul with a very detailed profile. Your personality quiz results are displayed on your profile, along with sections you’ll fill in to answer questions about what you’re looking for in a relationship, quirky interests, and lifestyle highlights.

Notification settings

Go into the ‘account settings’ tab where you can choose which notifications you’d like to receive, from newsletters to push notifications when you receive a new message or match.

Approved photos

Your photos must meet EliteSingle’s photo criteria with guidelines such as no nudity, no animations, no duplicates, etc.

Messaging

Interact with other members with likes, messages or select a pre-written question for your match to answer. Actual back and forth correspondence, however, is reserved for paid members only. Once you’ve signed up for a paid subscription, messaging is easy and straightforward.

Matches

Instead of browsing an infinite sea of profiles, you are given 3-7 matches per day, which you can file through to select the ones you’re actually interested in contacting.

Special Features

EliteSingles bases its matchmaking process on personality traits analysis based on two factors: your profile, which is created after you finish the personality test, and your search preferences. Focusing on serious relationships seekers, this online dating site asks new members to fill in a detailed questionnaire. The data obtained from the member’s answers enable EliteSingles to draft a personality profile, which later on is completed and refined by the member’s activity on the site.

Features

  • Instant Messages
  • Email
  • Mobile App
  • Video Chat
  • Voice Message
  • Match service

Site Safety

Hide your profile

You can activate or deactivate matching in order to hide your profile. This means that the main pool of members will not be able to see your profile, while your matches will still have access to you.

Delete matches

Once you delete a match, they can no longer contact you and your message history will be deleted.

Verification

There is no profile verification or photo verification on behalf of the members.

Fake profiles

EliteSingles promises to delete profiles that seem to provide false information or represent false identities. They use “SSL Encryption, Fraud Detection and Manual Profile Verification” to weed out the scammy profiles.

Report catfish

Members can report other member profiles which they believe to be fake. The EliteSingles team will review the profile and make a decision on whether or not to remove the profile.

Data collection

According to EliteSingles, your personal data is only collected and stored for the duration of your membership.

Customer support

In the world of online dating, EliteSingles doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to customer support. They are slower than other sites when it comes to responding to inquiries, their customer service is limited to email, and members report having trouble canceling their memberships.

  • Email
    Contact customer support from their contact form on their website.
  • Video Tutorials
    EliteSingles has a channel on YouTube.
  • FAQ
    Their FAQ answers questions about memberships, cancellations, upgrades, and how to make the most out of your experience.
  • Blog
    EliteSingles has an online magazine/blog filled with useful dating articles, tips and advice.

Final Word

With their professional and algorithmic matchmaking service, EliteSingles goes beyond superficial differences to deliver you high quality potential partner recommendations. Their algorithm takes into considerations a great number of factors that can act as deal breakers at any stage of the relationship making sure you have the highest chance of finding that happy and long-term relationship. EliteSingles goes beyond the ethnicity and religious beliefs in their level of questioning, investigating more refined issues like the importance of age difference, lifestyle and future goals. We highly recommend EliteSingles if you are serious about finding that special someone.

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Alexa is a writer, traveler, and self-proclaimed online dating expert from Seattle. From making mistakes, to falling in love, she’s experienced it all. Alexa is here to give you all the tips, insight, and advice you'll ever need in the world of dating and romance.

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Questions & Answers

Carl

What does the EliteSingles free subscription provide?

answer
A free membership allows you to view the results of your personality test, receive match suggestions, send smiles and likes, and upload photos. You won’t be able to send messages or leave comments on profiles unless you sign up for a premium membership.
Robert

After signing on, paying and becoming a member, are there any other fees collected for any other feature what so ever?

answer
There are no other fees, but you should be aware that your subscription will automatically renew unless you cancel it.
Rachel

How does the EliteSingles personality test work?

answer
The personality test was created by psychologists and is divided into sections about your communication skills, attitude towards relationships, and personality traits. You’ll need at least 25 minutes to complete it. The results will be used to help match you to other members.
Emily Henson

is it absolutely a must that all users have a university degree and more such as a Master’s or PHD? I have college from an accredited University but did not finish due to health reasons, and am a preschool teacher instead of a doctor or a lawyer, will I be disallowed?

answer
It's not required, although EliteSingles reports that 85% of their users have completed higher education.
Lemon

I just wondering why this dating site rejected my profile, is there any specific reason?

answer
Elite Singles says on one of their support pages that profile text that "does not include information about yourself (for example, "tell you later") ...cannot be approved. "  You should contact their customer support to find out if you need to edit your profile in some way.
Warner

Is the EliteSingles site secure?

answer
Yes, all of your personal data is transmitted in encrypted form and EliteSingles uses a secure locked URL. Your personal information will not be shared with third parties.
Sara

Does elite allow me who to show my profile to during the matchong? How does the hiding profile work?

answer
In your account settings, you can choose to turn off matching if you don't want your profile to be matched with others. Otherwise, EliteSingles will match you based on the answers to your questionnaire and singles who match with you will receive a notification with your profile information.
Zenaida Longo

What happens if you have paid subscription for 12 months, you found a match in 4 months and that’s the person you’re interested in dating, do you keep paying until the end of the subscription?

answer
You can cancel your subscription but yes, if you signed up for 12 months, you won't get a refund for the rest of the time.
Paul gilberto

I joined for six months and it didn’t go through but they charged my credit card

Top5 Team

Hi Paul, sorry to hear about that – did you try to contact their customer support team? We’ve heard lots of other success stories from EliteSingles.

Katy

How do I report a false profile when the men delete their message immediately after I message them? The customer care center is only open Monday- Friday. This has happened to me twice, on weekends. The men are obviously up to no good!

answer
There are a few options. One is from the messages, click the 3 dot menu and choose "report messages." If you are using the app, you can choose the 3 dot menu on the member's profile and click "report abuse." Finally, you could also use the ticket form on EliteSingle's site to contact the help center, and include as much info as possible like name, age, occupation, and location, and what the problem is, so they can find him and do something about it.
Dawn

How much for just one month?

Top5 Team

Hi Dawn! It really depends on what package you take and if you pay just for one month, we would recommend checking their website for the most updated pricing.

Gerry

Does the dating app allow you to email someone that s younger or older — for example I am 59 can I message someone who is 44 or vice versa or does the site have prescribed age ranges that both parties have to be in to communicate ?

Top5 Team

Yes of course as long as on both of your settings these are within the set ages.

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