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From generalist OD websites to specialized ones
Whereas some websites are for the general public, others pursue a niche strategy.

OD websites per type of desired relationship
OD websites may be specialized for romantic relationship (Badoo.com, Match.com, OkCupid.com, POF.com), for sexual relationship (Adult FriendFinder.com, AshleyMadison.com) or for friendly relationship (MeetUp.com).

OD websites per community membership
These websites target people who specifically look for a partner who is Christian (Theotokos.fr, Notre-Dame-Des-Rencontres.com in France ; Rencontre-Chretien.com in Cote d'Ivoire ; ChristianMingle.com, ChristianDatingForFree.com, LoveAndSeek.com in the USA), Catholic (CatholicMatch.com in the USA), Protestant (RencontresProtestants.fr in France), Mormons/LDS (LDSplanet.com and LDSsingles.com in the USA), Adventist (AdventistSinglesConnection.com and AdventistMatch.com in the USA and in Canada), Jehovah's Witnesses (JWmatch.com, JWfriends.net and JWfind.net in the USA) ; Muslim (InchAllah.com, MekToube.fr, IndexNikah.com in France ; Muslima.com and InchAllah.com in the world), Shias (ShiaMarriageConnection.com and ShiaMatch.com in the USA, in Canada, in the UK, in Pakistan and in India) ; Jew (jDream.fr and jDate.fr in France, JewishClub.com in Russia, jDate.com in the world), Orthodox Jew (OrthoDate.com in Canada, in the USA and in Israël) ; Bouddhist (DharmaMatch.com in the USA), Wiccan (WiccanTogether.com in the USA), sorcerer (WitchDating.com in the USA and in the UK), pagan (WiccanTogether.com in the USA and PaganPartners.co.uk in the UK) ; Afro-Descendant (AfroIntroductions.com, BlackSexMatch.com, Blacklub.com, Nafissatou.fr in France ; BlackPeopleMeet.com in the USA), Asian people (ThaiLoveLinks.com and FilipinoCupid.com in France), Hispanic and Latino Americans (AmoLatina.com and LatinAmericanCupid.com in the world), from the Portuguese diaspora (LusoMeet.fr in France), Russians etc. In the latter case, a distinction is required between OD websites for Slavic people who want to meet other Slavic people and OD websites for non Slavic people who want to meet Slavic people (PrivetVIP.com and InternationalCupid.com in France).

Matchmaking OD websites
Matchmaking OD websites suppose that two people must share affinities if they consider a serious and long-term relationship. As classic OD websites somethimes suggest a list of singles who should be compatibles given what they fulfill (age, sexe, city, hobbies etc.), matchmaking OD websites offer a more detailed study.

Pshycological matchmaking
Matchmaking OD websites ( eDarling.fr, MeeticAffinity.fr, AttractiveWorld.net, Be2.fr and Parship.fr in France ) usually use theory on personality and matchmaking (religion, culture, interests, aspirations etc.) for suggesting members. The matchmaking service make fulfill personality test, which can sometimes reach about one hundreds of pages, and suggest members who are likely to match. The site Parship.fr is founded on the works of the German psychologist Hugo Schmale and the Chemistry.com (subsidiary of Match.com) on the studies of the American anthropologist Helen Fisher. According to the latter, there should be four type of personality : Explorers, Builders, Directors and Negotiators. Couples who is most likely to work are Explorer-Explorer, Builder-Builder and Directory-Negociator (in the latter case, the two profils complete each other).

Political matchmaking
These OD websites are specialized for pepole from left-wing (Gauche-Rencontre.com in France), right-wing (Droite-Rencontre.com), nationalists (Front-Rencontre.fr), ecologists (Amours-Bio.com and GreenLovers-Rencontre.com in France , GreenSingles.com in the USA). In the USA, there are also some OD websites for libertarians (RonPaulSingles.com ) or objectivists (TheAtlasphere.com ).

Music mathmaking
Some websites (TasteBuds.fm, in the USA, SoundMeet.net in France) offer both music on demand service and dating service. The users can identify and contact those who listen to the same soundtracks and may even received a list of singles who are supposed to match according to their musical preferences.

Spririt matchmaking
Some OD websites are specialized by subculture : dating for rockers, metalers, punks, gothics ou emos (Rockiz.fr, LovinGoth.com and MetalHeart.fr in France ; AltScene.com, GothScene.com , GothicMatch.com , VampireSocial.com, RocknRollDating.com , andClubEmo.com in the USA and in the UK) ; clubbers (WeeMove.com in France) ; hipsters (ImGegenteil.de in Germany) ; tattoued (TattooSingles.de in Germany, TattooLover.co.uk in the UK, TattooLovers.com in the USA), Rastafari (RencontresRastas.com in France, JamaicanRastafarianLove.com in the USA), hippies (Rockiz.fr and HippieSylvain.free.fr in France, HippiePersonals.co.uk in the UK, DatingForHippies.com in the USA), yuppies (Sparkology.com , in the USA), geeks (GeekMeMore.com in France , gk2gk.com in the USA , ) etc. Some OD websites are for vegetarians (Amours-Bio.com in France , VeggieDate.org in the USA ), for naturists (Rencontre-Naturiste.com ).

Whereas some OD websites are for backpackers (TravBuddy.com in the USA, in the UK and in India), for globally minded people (InterPals.net, PenpalWorld.com , HiPenpal.com , WorldFriends.com ), fans of outdoor activity (OutdoorsMagic.com in the UK , ), of equestrianism (EquestrianCupid.com and EquestrianSingles.com in the USA and in Canada ; EquineOnLineDating.com in the UK), of golf (GolfMates.com and SinglesGolf.com in the USA), of fitness (Fitness-Singles.com in the USA and in the UK) or of cannabis (420dating.com , in the USA), other OD websites are for bikers (Rencontre-Motard.com in France, BikerKiss.com in the USA), or even for animal lovers (Rencontre-Toutou.fr ou RencontreMonChien.com in France, DateMyPet.com ou PURRsonals.com in the USA). The type of OD websites must be distinguished from « OD websites for animals », like Pets-Dating.com. The American websites AlikeWise.com suggest to date people according to the tastes for reading ,

Genetic matchmaking
These websites used the DNA to suggest singles (DatingDNA.com, GenePartner.com , and ScientificMatch.com , in the USA).

Astral matchmaking
The matchmaking is here founded on Western astrology (Love-Attraction.com and Astro-Privee.com in France ; MatchMySign.com and AstrologyDating.com in the USA), Chinese astrology (AstralFeeling.com in the USA, in Canada, in Australia and in France) or Tibetan astrology (Astrologie-Tibetaine.com in France).

Specialization by profession
OD websites for sailors (SeaCaptainDate.com in the USA), for police officers or for solidiers (Rencontre-Uniforme.com and Rencontre-Militaire.com in France ; UniformDating.com in the UK ; MilitaryCupid.com in the USA ; PolizeiSingles.de in Germany), for firefighters (Rencontre-Pompiers.fr in France), for flight attendants or flight crews (CrewDating.com in the USA) ; for health workers (Rencontre1M.com and Amour-Medecin.com in France), for teachers (Amour-Professeur.com and Rencontre-Prof.fr in France) ;  for farmers / breeder / cow-boy (Vachement.fr and Rencontre-Agriculteur.com in France ; FarmersOnly.com, DateACowboy.com and WesternMatch.com in the USA ; MuddyMatches.co.uk in the UK).

Specialization for elites
OD websites designed for higher education graduates (EliteRencontre.fr and IQElite.com in France ; ElitePartner.de in Germany, in Austria and in Swizerland ; EliteSingles.co.uk, in the UK) or exclusively for graduates of prestigious schools (HappyFewConcept.com , in France ; Sparkology.com , in the USA) ; for the rich and top models (in Germany, RichMeetsBeautiful.com connects beautiful women with men who earn more than 100 000 $ a year . In the USA, MillionaireMatch.com is intended for very wealthy individuals and claims « Our members include CEOs, pro athletes, doctors, lawyers, investors, entrepreneurs, beauty queens, fitness models and Hollywood celebrities » ).

It is important to clearly distinguish elitist OD websites from online elitist dating agencies (Elite-Connexion.com, Adequat-Rencontres.fr, EstherKeller.com ) or also from elitist social network sites (ASmallWorld.com ).

It should be noted that a distinction must also be made between elitist OD websites and « high-range » OD websites like AttractiveWorld.net. On the site, where furthermore the inscription works by cooptation, the conditions to entry concern less the social situation than the seriousness of the singles in their will of building a relationship.

Specialization for students
The site DateMySchool.com is for students or alumni.

Specialization by conjugal status
Whereas non-specialized OD are for singles, other OD are specialized for married persons (123-infidele.com and Gleeden.com in France ; illicitEncounters.com in the UK, AshleyMadison.com in the world, ), divorced with children (SingleParentMeet.com in the USA, SoloFamily.fr in France) or widowed individuals (RevivreA2.fr in France ; JustWidowerDating.com in the UK and in the USA).

Some OD websites are designed for polyamorous people (PolyMatchMaker.com, , BeyondTwo.com, LoveMany.com and PolyAmorousPassions.com in the USA ) or for polygamists (SisterWives.us ; see also the OD websites for the Muslims or the Mormons).

The will of getting married and/or building a family is mainly emphasized on the OD websites specialized by religious communities (Theotokos.fr and InchAllah.com in France ; Shaadi.com, the OD website focused on religious and intracaste marriages). Nevertheless, marriage is also emphasized on the OD for Eastern Europe women (PrivetVIP.com, Inter-Mariage.com in France), or on Chinese OD websites (Jiayuan.com). Furthermore it is worth noting that IdontWantDowry.com is intended in India for those who do not want to get married by the dowry system.

Certain sites underline the will of building a family without evoking marriage : this is the case of Babyklar.nu in Denmark or Geniteur.fr in France. Conversely, some websites are designed for « childfree » (No-Kid.com in France, ChildfreePassions.com in the USA).

There is also OD websites intended for people who are looking for sperm/oocyte donnor-recipients (See Coparenting, LGBT parenting) : Co-Parents.fr in France.

Meet an Inmate
There are some websites which make it possible to correspond with a incarcerated person : WriteAPrisoner.com, Meet-an-Inmate.com, or PrisonInmates.com in the USA ; PrisonMatch.Webs.com in Canada.

OD websites according to sexuality
The specialization of OD websites is also done according to sexuality in each one :

LGBT
OD websites for LGBT (GayRomeo.com / PlanetRomeo.com in France), or more plus specifically for gays (BearWWW.com and MekAMek.com in France ; Adam4Adam.com, ManHunt.net and Gay.com in the USA), lesbians (Mytilene.fr in France ; GayDarGirls.com in the UK ; PinkCupid.com in the USA), bisexuals (Bi-Way.net in France, BisexualPassions.com in the USA), transsexuals (Escualita.com in France, TransGenderDate.com in the USA) ; bears (bearWWW.com in France).



Libertines
OD websites for libertines (YesLibertin.com and YesMessenger.com in France) and more specifically for swingers or threesomers (YesLibertin.com and NetEchangisme.com in France) ; candaulists (Candaulisme.net) ; gang bangers (GangBangsHards.com and GangBangParis.com in France).

BDSM or fetishists
OD websites for BDSM or fetishists : MarcheAuxEsclaves.com in France ; FetLife.com, Alt.com and Recon.com in the USA, in Canada and in the UK. OD websites pour ABDL : Fessestivites.com in France ; DailyDiapers.com, ABDLmatch.com and DiaperMates.com in the USA.

Barebackers
BBackZone.com in France.

Cougar & toy boy
OD websites pour Cougar & toy boy : CougarMessenger.com in France ; Chope-Une-Cougar.com and SoCougar.com in Belgium ; Cougars-Avenue.co in Switzerland.

Manther & toy girl
OD websites pour manther & toy girl, : HommePuma.com in France ; SilverDaddies.com [for gays] in the USA.

Sugar daddy & sugar baby
SeekingArrangement.com and SugarDaddy.fr in France ; SeekingArrangement.com, SugarDaddyForme.com, SugarDaddie.com, , MissTravel.com and WhatsYourPrice.com , in the USA.

Sugar mama & gigolo
OD websites pour sugar mama & gigolo : SeekingArrangement.com and SugarMommaClub.com in the USA.

Virgins
Rencontre-Puceau.com in France.

Asexuals or platonic lovers
KeLove.fr and No-Sexe.fr in France ; Ace-Book.net, Asexualitic.com , CuddleComfort.com and PlatonicPartners.org in the USA ; Asexualitic.com in the world.

Machos
Rencontre-Macho.com in France.

Feminists
AdopteUnMec.com in France.

OD websites based on physical criterion
There are specialized dating website, whether you are beautiful (BeautifulPeople.com in France ; DarwinDating.com in the USA), ugly (TheUglyBugBall.com in the USA and in the UK, Rencontre-Moche.com in France, Rencontre-Moche.be in Belgium), fat (Rencontre-Ronde.fr in France, RubensFan.de in Germany), BBW (RondeEtJolie.com in France, LargerDate.co.uk in the UK, BBPeopleMeet.com and BBWcupid.com in the USA), BBW & BHM (LargeFriends.com and LargePassions.com in the USA), SSBBW (SSBBWmatchmaker.com in the UK), little (LittlePeopleMeet.com in the USA ), tall (GrandeTailleTencontre.com in France, TallFriends.com in the USA) or hairy (BearWWW.com in France).

The website Match.com suggests you to find your ex-partner's double, ,.

OD websites for people with disease or disability
Some OD websites are intended for people living with sexually transmitted infection  (Rencontre-Sero.com and ViheGay.com in France ; PozMatch.com in the USA ; ITSrencontres.com in Canada ; PositiveSingles.com in the world, ).

Other websites are designed for people with disabilities (Idylive.fr and Handi-Rencontres.fr in France ; Handi-Rencontres.be in Belgium ; Handi-Rencontres.ca in Canada ; DisabilityMatch.co.uk in the UK ; Whispers4U.com, Dating4Disabled.com and DisabledSinglesDating.com in the USA) ; or more specifically, for paraplegics (ParaplegicSingles.com in the USA), amputees (DatingAmputee.com in the USA), or the deaf and hard of hearing (SourdAmour.com and Bonne-Entente.fr in France ; Deafs.com and DeafSinglesConnection.com in the USA) but also for singles with food allergies (SinglesWithFoodAllergies.com in the USA).

There are also OD websites destined to people suffering from intellectual disability like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), personality disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dissociative disorder (DD) or eating disorder (NoLongerLonely.com in the USA, TrueAcceptance.com in Canada) ; autism (AutisticDating.co.uk in the UK, AutisticDating.net in the USA), Asperger syndrome (AS) (AspieAffection.com and AspergersDatingSite.com in the USA, AspergerDating.com in Sweden).

In France, the website TrisoMeet.com is targeted to individuals with Down syndrome.

OD websites per age group
Some websites are focused on dating for teenager, other for seniors (Quintonic.fr in France ; OurTime.com and SeniorPeopleMeet.com in the USA).

OD websites per geographic area
Some websites extend their services per geographic area. This is the case in France for the company TooDate.com SARL: CelibOuest.com, CelibParis.com, CelibNord.com, CelibSud.com, CelibSudOuest.com and CelibEst.com.

OD websites per meeting point
The American site MeetAtTheAirport.com is intended for those who want to meet at the airport.

OD websites according the ways of dating
The OD websites diffrentiate themselves according the way of dating they invite the users. Before the dating, there may be a first contact online (standard online dating, mobile dating, epistolary OD websites, card dating, virtual darting, ) or not (slow dating, group dating, speed dating, blind dating). Arringing the appointment can be direct (standard online dating, mobile dating) or intermediated (coached dating, online matchmaking, speed dating, blind dating, slow dating, group dating, charity dating).

Standard Online dating
OD websites generally refer to standard online dating (on Amoureux.com, Badoo.com, Meetic.fr in France ): on his computer, the user registers on the website, looks for profiles which are likely to appeal to him, makes the first contact, which, if it is conclusive, leads to the arrangement of an appointment.

Mobile dating
After the development of the Web 2.0 in the 2000s, the mobile web has in turn boosted the dating market in the 2010s. The standard websites like Badoo, PlentyofFish, Zoosk, Lovoo or OkCupid offer a mobile version or a application to download of their OD services, like the new actors exclusively on smartphone: Tinder (generalist) or Grindr (gay). Mobile dating proposes exchange of instant messages or pictures but also and above all geolocation so as to singles nearby should be able to make connections.

Online matchmaking
Unlike standard OD services, a matchmaking service is proposed (on eDarling.fr, MeeticAffinity.fr or AttractiveWorld.net in France ): the users reply to a questionnaire and are suggested a set of profiles supposed to match. Theses affinity-based OD websites differ from matrimonial OD services, with wich a meeting between the single and the matrimonial agent is arranged before the matchmaking between singles. However, the difference is not always obvious. On the American OD website Tawkify.com, the registrants cannot contact each other directly: only the website matchmakes singles according to supposed affinities.

Coached dating
The OD websites users may have recourse to a dating coach (VirtualDatingAssistants.com, , PersonalDatingAssistants.com and eFlirtExpert.com in the USA ; FrenchDatingAssistant.com and NetDatingAssistant.com , , in France) : the services provided range from the identification of the OD service where to register to the arrangment of a first date and include the user profile management: choosing the username, making and selecting the pictures, writing the pick-up line and the advertisement etc. In the USA, the website MyMatchChecker.com makes it possible to check whether the single have a criminal record.

In the UK, the dating site MySingleFriend.com, enables the coached dating to be initiated by a family member, a friend or a colleague.

Moreover, it should be noted that the websites like QuoiMaGueule.com, permit the internaut to submit his pictures to the visitors.

Speed dating
Speed dating consists in bringing previously selected people together for a short duration, typically seven dating of seven minutes. Amongst host websites with highest audience, there are LeSpeedDating.com and SpeedDating.fr in France, SpeedDate.com in Canada, SpeedDater.co.uk and SpeedDate.com in the UK, SpeedDate.com and FastLife.com in the USA.

Blind dating
The company organize a « blind date » : the protagonists, previously selected in accordance with their assumed compatibilities, do not know each other, ,. These kind of dating may be occur in group, for instance over a meal (in the USA, 8at8.com organizes meals for four women and four men sharing commonalities ).

Group dating
Some websites (Smeeters.com in the UK and in France, StepOut.com in Italy) are specialized in group dating, a blind date inside a group of bachelors. This way of dating, particularly developed in Japan, may be related to a mix of blind dating (dating between singles) and slow dating (group outing).

Virtual dating
According to the model of the virtual worlds for gamers, some applications have been developed to enable singles to be embodied in an avatar and « meet » in a virtual space. In the 2000s, Prof. Michael I. Norton claimed that virtual dating could provide benefit in the assessment of one's compatibility with the other. In France, an example is the Orange software Come in My World, seen as a mix of the OD service Meetic and the metaverse Second Life,. It should also be noted that some dating sim websites ( « dating simulations » ) claim to provide gamers with the oppportunity to make real encounters : LoveParad.com, MySweetRoom.com or even MeetPursuit.com in France.

Dating by exchange of correspondence
There are some websites that offer to meet in a epistolary way (EcrisLeMoi.fr).

A card for a romantic rendez-vous
The websites (CheekD.com and FlipMe.com in the USA) provide the subscriber with a pack of black cards he passes or make pass to the one his heart desires in a party, in a café, at the restaurant or on public transport. The latter, by using the identifier on the card, will be able to consult the online message sent to her (invitation for a romantic rendez-vous, declaration of love). This way of approaching has the advantage for the subsriber that his choices are not limited to people registered on the OD websites.

Charity dating
On the basis of charity dating where a celebrity charity auctions a date with her, , the Belarussian website MaeSens.by enables to sell a date to the highest bidder ; the money collected is then donated to charities ,.

Slow dating
Taking the time to meet in the real life rather behind a computer can be preferred. « Slow dating » is a retronym used to name the way of encountering offered by the websites treated to organize and/or to take part in a group outing/event/activity, whether it is a cultural, sport or just leisure activity. « Slow dating websites » can be generalist (no mather the outing) or specialized in a kind of outing/activity (sport, restaurant, trip etc.) ; moreover, they can be friend oriented (like OnVaSortir.com) or love oriented (run2meet.fr, Boeuf-Lovers.com, Les-CoVoyageurs etc.).

Generalist slow dating websites : outing and encountering
OnVaSortir.com (OVS) identifies itself as « a site of friendly outings in your city ». With a wide range of kinds of outings offered (exposure, concert, theatre, hiking, restaurant, dance party, karaoke, cafe-philo etc.), OVS is the leader among friendly outings websites in France, in front of MeetUp.com (that also enables to organize profesionnal meetings) ,. The leader in the USA is MeetUp.com.

Furthermore, the outings websites can be romantic oriented : in addition to Meetic.fr or AttractiveWorld.net, which organize parties between bachelors, there are also in France VoyonsNous.fr , , Wouf.it (for gays) ; LoveStruck.com in the UK ; in the USA, HowAboutWe.com enables the singles to meet from a common desired outing , , ,.

Having dinner and encountering
Boeuf-Lovers.com, MeetSerious.com or PastasParty.com suggest to encounter over a meal ; on Cookening.com , CoLunching.com or IcookNmeet.com , encountering is not necessarily reserved for singles who search for their soul mates but also everybody who wants to widen the scope of their acquaintances.

Hiking and encountering
In France, the website RandoCelibat.com proposes hiking activities between singles.

Doing sport and encountering
Some websites suggests to encounter during sport activities : run2meet.fr in France ; RencontreSportive.com and SingleInTheCity.ca in Canada ; Fitness-Singles.com in the USA and in the UK.

Practicing foreign languages and encountering
The language exchange website PolyglotClub.com permits to find pen pals so as to improve general foreign language skills and to find new friends. Taking part in a polyglotte café is also possible. WorldFriends.com is addressed to those who want to meet new people worldwide.

Travelling and encountering
Somes websites are specialized in travelling for bachelors (CPourNous.com in France ; MeetMarketAdventures.com in Canada).

Housing tourists and encountering
From the 2000s, some sites has been developed in the « hospitality service »: CouchSurfing.org, , BeWelcome.org , Servas.org , GlobalFreeLoaders.com or HospEx.net. Some of them emphasize the intercultural exchanges: HospitalityClub.org and FriendShipForce.org, , whereas others are specialized for families (WorldFamilyExchange.com), LGBT (LGHEI.org), or also cyclists (WarmShowers.org) or esperantospeakers (PasportaServo.org).

Meeting strangers by these websites implies exposure to more or less important dangers.