Zoosk Review March 2020

The coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) severely restricts our social life as we know it. In particular, it is currently no longer possible to get to know someone in "offline life". However, Zoosk and other dating sites still remain as an option! The desire for love, a new partner or some fun remains with many singles. Especially if we think about the next weeks, the yearning for closeness is growing for many and there is a curfew in many places. Despite all of this, online dating is the safest way to still get to know someone, chat or have video chats.Therefore, no single has to be afraid of loneliness - many like-minded people are waiting for you online!Unfortunately we keep hearing that singles meet, although social contacts are officially restricted. Please keep yourself informed about the legal situation in your state and comply with the prescribed rules.Always keep in mind: there is also a time after the corona crisis! What could be nicer than finally having a date when everyone can get out again? In addition, many dating sites currently have particularly great discounts and promotions due to the corona crisis. That is why you should definitely take a look at Zoosk - time will pass by much faster if you ride the quarantine out with somebody on your (digital) side. Maybe right now the right person is waiting for you to write the first message?

Signing up with Zoosk dating is a quick and easy process. You just need to fill out a personal information form disclosing your gender and gender preference, birthday, email address, and zip code. Zoosk detects VPN, so you have to sign-up using any zip code from the country where you reside.

After providing your necessary personal details, an activation link will be sent to the email address you provided. Once you click on that link, you can already freely access the website. However, your access is limited unless you validate your account by providing a number and entering the code sent to that number. You will also be encouraged to increase your profile credibility by connecting your Facebook and Twitter accounts to your Zoosk dating profile.

Contacting other Zoosk members may be quite a challenge if you’re not a premium member. As a free member, you can only browse profiles and send flirt pings. The people you send these flirt notifications to will be able to see them, but if they are also a free member, they wouldn’t be able to reply. Same with digital gifts — you could buy using Zoosk coins and send them as you wish, but they need a premium membership to allow you to reply.

Zoosk dating offers two kinds of matchmaking feature. The first one is called ‘Carousel’ where profile suggestions are shown to you. Here, you need to decide whether it’s an ‘x’, ‘maybe’, or a ‘check’. The Carousel shows two kinds of suggestions: ‘Meet’ and ‘Match’.

The Match tab is connected with Zoosk’s other matchmaking feature called ‘SmartPick’. SmartPick shows you match suggestions based on your behavior on the site — the profiles you view, your search queries, the profiles you send smiles and hearts to, etc.

Overall, the quality of the profiles on Zoosk is good. It is easy to get the gist of a member’s personality just by looking at their listed interests, which any member can view freely.

Most profiles are straightforward and somewhat complete, making it easy for you to determine whether the account you are viewing is a match or not. Validation of profile is also required in Zoosk—you can see from the profile view how the members verified their identities.

With this, there is a guarantee that the profile you are viewing is real. Seemingly, it is highly possible to get actual dates.

Safety and Privacy

Although there are forum discussions found online that complain about “fake profiles” on Zoosk, we didn’t find any. As mentioned earlier, Zoosk has a strict verification process that is required for all members to continue using the dating site.

Failing to verify your identity will disable you from using the platform to find potential matches. However, in the instance that you see a fake profile, you can easily report them to Zoosk administrators.

To report abuse and/or block a member, click the ‘Report/Block’ button found on the member's profile. Zoosk dating does not take the responsibility of routinely screening members, but the validation process makes up for this.

Zoosk has premium memberships offered in three different package durations. Getting a premium membership gives you full access to the dating site, including the sending of messages and seeing who viewed your profile. If you are not sure whether a premium membership is for you, you can load up on coins which gives you limited, but sufficient access to the dating site’s paid features.

Zoosk has a one-time activation fee of USD24.95 on top of the premium membership cost you avail.