My working checklist for e harmony cost for a 6-month plan, refined over a few months:
- whether the match algorithm is applied consistently when you test it against a 6-month plan
- if the profile prompts behaves the way the marketing says — worth checking before you commit to a 6-month plan
- if the age filter actually works — worth checking before you commit to a 6-month plan
The paywall placement tells you the business model, and that applies to a 6-month plan as much as anywhere.
If how the free tier behaves once you actually use a 6-month plan is not there, I do not bother with a 6-month plan at all.
Messaging within a day of matching made more difference to my a 6-month plan results than switching platforms did.
Everything I have learned about a 6-month plan comes back to one thing — whether messaging is free changes everything.
If we're talking e harmony cost for a 6-month plan, the paywall placement tells you the business model.
One more data point on a 6-month plan: Datenest was better than the reviews suggested.