Korean Cupid is designed to bring together people from across the world with individuals from Korea, or Koreans living abroad as well as Koreans looking to meet each other. They do make the claim that their service is appropriate for all sorts of ends, such as dating, romance, friendship, pen pals and language exchange, but from my observations regarding some of the members' profiles, there is definitely a leaning towards more matrimonial goals on the site. I would, in fact, conjecture that such a factor is part of its success, even without attracting overly huge numbers of visitors to its pages.
KoreanCupid.com is free to join. I'll point out straightaway one thing in its favor, the ability of paid members to communicate with those not choosing upgrade right away. That definitely in my mind increases your chances of success in meeting someone, when you aren't limited to merely contacting other individuals who have decided to go ahead with a premium subscription. In the end, this ability to communicate with all members regardless of paid or unpaid status might help to compensate for something the site is lacking.
"...there is definitely a leaning towards more matrimonial goals on the site."
When you fill out your free profile, you do not give a postal, or zip code. You do provide a country, state or province, as well as a city in some cases. However, it should be clear that search results can never by very localized with such limited info. Even if you upgrade to a paid membership, you'll soon discover that even the advanced search options are limited to other additional criteria rather than narrowing down where a potential match lives geographically.
Otherwise, KoreanCupid has all the standard methods of making contact, such as onsite email and instant messaging. Group chat rooms are open to paying members, as well as free subscribers that have posted a photo as well as having received and read at least one message from a paid member. Additionally, if you opt for the higher priced of the two premium membership options you can send and receive video mail, as well as previewing video introductions posted on other people's profile.
Another special feature for the top paying members is built-in translation software for their Inbox, as well as in other areas of the site. Admittedly, from what I've seen of it, the translations do have a tendency to be somewhat direct, as they would be, if you used one of the many free translation websites on the Internet. Nevertheless, for some folks it would remain a convenient aid in communication.
Overall, Korean Cupid does well by reaching a modest, but worthwhile, number of people and providing all the services you'd expect from most any online dating site.
SOURCE: http://www.cupidsreviews.com
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