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MatchmeZA is a leading South African dating, matrimonial & pen-pal site bringing together thousands of South African men and women from around South Africa. If you're looking for a site to give you more than just personals for South African dating, join MatchmeZA and see the difference. You can browse profiles and use chat (instant message) and email to communicate with potential singles for your South African marriage. Join the fastest growing South African dating service, Get Started Now!Five Steps to get Started!
Previous | Next1) Register an Account
Registration is the first step on your journey to love. The signup processs is quick and easy, and should you need to update your details, this can be done via the user menu. Signup for an account now, it's easy, Join Now!- New users will need to choose a 'Username' (something like 'GoodBoet' or 'zaBabe'), the 'Username' is the first part of your 'Login Details' and it is recommended not to use your real name in your 'Username'.
- A strong password is needed to form the second part of your 'Login Details', try not to use comman passwords like your 'Username' or comman words. The most comman password is the word 'password'. A good password would have letters from a-z and numbers 0-9, e.g. 'Protea586'.
- Email address are essential and must be validated before being approval, after registration a validation email will be sent, you will need to click on the validation link in the email to confirm your address. Emails are the primary medium of communication between MatchmeZA and members.
- After registration, new members will need to wait for Admin to approve their details, this is important as we want MatchmeZA to be a safe and secure service for South African's to use. Any inappropriate words in the "Description" box will enforce an automatic rejection of registration.
2) Create a Profile
Next, create a free profile. It's how people know you're out there and ready to meet the right one. Your profile is updated via the user menu, here you can add details for your appearance, lifestyle and more. Profiles are like a resume, a single page of your traits and interest, having a good profile will increase your online attractiveness.- There are five sections for your online profile, the first is your "Basic Information". This section is based on details such as "Marital Status" (i.e are you divorced or never married) and other basic details like "Star Sign" & "Religion".
- "Physical Appearance" is the next section, these questions deal with the way you look. Questions range from "Height" to "Eye Colour" and "Physical / Health status". Don't worry, none of these questions are mandatory so if you don't feel like giving your "Weight" you can just leave it empty.
- "Lifestyle" has to do with your daily and family life, things like "Smoking" and if you "Have Children". "Professional Life" deals with your working and academic life, details on "Employment status" and "Education" are ask in this section.
- The final section are your "Interests", this is where you share your likes and dislikes and share what interest you have. Do you enjoy sports or like to relax and read a book, share your hobbies here.
3) Add a Cool Picture
Upload a cool profile picture of yourself. Pictures increase your chances of people being interested in you. Upload your photos and keep them private for you and your friends, or allow them to be viewed by everyone. Advanced gallery features include multiple album management and automatic thumbnails generation.- A picture is worth a thousand words, it tells a story just as well as a large amount of descriptive text. Having a picture to complement your online profile is important, as members are attracted to a good profile picture.
- Bored of your picture? You can change your profile picture anytime you want, from your member menu just choose "Picture Managment" , from here you can delete, update or add new pictures.
- Every member has access to create "Albums", you can share your album amoung your buddies or keep them private from everyone. Just choose "Album Managment" from the member menu and create your online album with ease.
- Please note that all uploaded pictures will need to be approved by "Admin" before they are visible to other members, this has been implemented as MatchmeZA is a honorable website and we do NOT accept nude or explicit pictures on this site.
4) Search for Matches
Find your perfect match by using our powerful matching features.Use the Quick Search to find other members that are looking for someone just like you. Searching/browing for matches forms the main part of online dating, finding that profile that attracts you the most.- Use our Advanced Search to pick and choose from many different matching options. Once you've created the perfect search, save it so you can use the same search again with ease.
- Still finding too many matches? Search for matches via our profile search tool, you can refine your search by using the advance search, which searches according to your set of preferences.
- To browse a members profile, all you have to do is click on the profile picture and the members profile will be loaded. Finding someone you are attracted to can take some time, try searching for members who fit your criteria.
- Our matching engine will send you your perfect matches every week, this can be setup from the user menu where preferences are set and once a week an email will be sent to your address with the latest matches.
5) Contact Matches, Free!
See someone you're interested in but don't want to mail? Send them a wink to let them know. MatchmeZA offers members different ways of contacting potential matches. Use Instant Message to chat 1-on-1 , or send an offline mail message like email. Tired of being bothered by the same losers over and over? Put them on your banned list and you become invisible to them.- There are several ways to make contact with a potential match. 'Sending a Wink' is the most subtle way to make a match aware that you are interested in them. You can also view all winks and mails that you recived via the user menu.
- 'Send a Mail' is another way to start a conversation, mail is sent to another members 'Inbox' which is part of the site. Once a mail is sent, an email is sent to the potential match informing them that they have recieved a mail.
- Want to have a real-time chat? Login to MatchmeZA 'Instant Messenger', by clicking on the 'Start Chat' link on the left, a login prompt will popup, use your MatchmeZA 'Login Details' to login. The IM is the best way to communicate with matches or just chat to other online members and make friends. It's as easy as 1,2,3
- Buddy & Ban list form part of the secure enviroment, if a member is irritating you with mail just add them to the 'Ban List' and you won't see them again or add a friend to 'Buddy List'