ChristianCupid.com (rated 2 hearts)

Owned by Cupid Media, this is truly an international Christian dating service, allowing you to specify languages. There are about 60,000 members at any given time. Basic FREE membership is good for searching all members, both paid and free, to see if there are any Christian singles in your demographic area, or singles that share your areas of interest or activities or that speak your languages. Unlike other Christian dating service sites where free members are limited in contact privileges , FREE Basic Members at Christian Cupid actually get to contact all members, both free and paid, by sending messages or by simply clicking on the “Show Interest” tab located on someone’s profile. They will be informed of your interest in them when they log in the next time.

Christian Cupid Membership Plans:

FREE Basic Membership with limited functions

Gold Membership (Priced in round US Dollars and in British Pounds)

1 month = $26.51 or £18.00 X 1 month

3 months = $17.68 or £12.00 X 3 months

6 months = $14.73 or £10.00 X 6 months

12 months = $11.05 or £7.50 X 12 months (saves you about 65% over the monthly price)

Platinum Membership (Priced in round US Dollars and in British Pounds)

1 month = $32.40 or £22.00 X 1 month

3 months = $17.68 or £12.00 X 3 months

6 months = $16.20 or £11.00 X 6 months

12 months = $10.31 or £7.00 X 12 months (saves you about 70% over the monthly price)

The profile creation process is quick and painless, and not at all hard to complete in less than half an hour as long as you have your .JPEG photo(s) ready to upload to your profile.

Searching the dating service is a fairly easy to use system with these standard criteria:

• your languages spoken
  
• your ethnic origin
  
• hair color, height and body type (thin, athletic, heavy, etc.),
  
• if you have children
  
• your status (single, divorced, separated, married)
  
• your education level, if you smoke or drink and how much
  
• and various denominations to search
  
  

FREE Members Get To:

• Create own profile
  
• Send an interest
  
• Add 5 photos
  
• Contact paying members
  
• Read messages from paying members
  

Gold PAID Members Get To:

• Create own profile
  
• Send an interest by simply clicking on the “Show Interest” tab
  
• Add 5 photos to your profile
  
• Read messages from paying members
  
• Read messages from free members
  
• Instant messaging
  
• Allow free members to read your messages
  
• Add a personality profile
  
• Include personal information in messages
  
• Rank profile above standard
  

Platinum Members PAID Members Get To:

• Create own profile

• Send an interest by simply clicking on the “Show Interest” tab

• Add 5 photos to your profile

• Read messages from paying members

• Read messages from free members

• Instant messaging

• Allow free members to read your messages

• Add a personality profile

• Include personal information in messages

• Rank profile above gold in search results

• Watch video profiles

• Send video mail

• Read video mail

• Translate messages into other languages

Unique Offer or Feature:

*!* It is very nice that FREE Basic Members get to contact all members, both free and paid, by sending messages or by simply clicking “Show Interest.” Show interest in other members by simply clicking on the “Show Interest” tab. They will be informed of your interest in them when they log in the next time.

Negatives or Drawbacks:

There is no forum or message board system at Christian Cupid which could have helped to build a sense of Christian community. There is video and chat, however.

In addition to Christian Cupid, Cupid Media also owns about 32 other dating service sites including BlackCupid.com, GayCupid.com, InternationalCupid.com, MexicanCupid.com, MilitaryLoveLinks.com, Muslima.com, etc.

Overall this dating service site seems like a virtualy free site with very few paid members, which might explain the low quality, not enough paid members to maintain and improve the online dating service system, and customer service.

For further discussion about using Christian dating service sites that are not owned by Christians, please see our comments on boycotting BigChurch, and for more information on 2nd Corinthians 6:14-18.