If your looking to start a dating or personals website, then you definitely need to take a look at eMeeting Dating Script.  The software includes everything you need in order to start a successful site in that niche.  Our team was able to get a 10 day trial of the software and we were up and running within 10 minutes!  The amount of awesome features included along with the low cost of the software make this script a must have.

Super Simple Installation and Administration

The team behind eMeeting Dating Script make installing and administering the software a snap.  Prior to downloading the actual software, you are able to download both an installation guide and and administration guide.  These two documents provide a very easy to read and follow guide to installing the software, as well as setting the appropriate permissions and creating a database.  The administration guide goes over all of the back end features of the script, the most useful will be featured in a section below.  Their are two installation packages available as well.  You can manually upload the files and set the permissions on your web host, or you can launch their automated installer which will automatically upload the files and set the appropriate permissions.  Once the files are on your server, all you need to do is create your database with your hosting platform, and launch the guided installer.  After the installation is complete, your site is ready to roll.

Ease of Customization

If you’re not a web designer, eMeeting makes it simple to change the look and feel of your site by providing  you with a bunch of templates to help with the customization of each site.  Some of the templates included would be unique for straight dating sites, swingers, gay sites, interracial, or even fetish sites.  If you don’t like any of the bundled templates, you can go to eMeeting’s website and download additional templates.   The templates are also customizable via the administration section of the site.  If you want to modify the pictures or colors of a template, it is easily controllable in the Design section of the administration area.  If you are more skilled in web design, you can easily modify the existing themes by editing the HTML and CSS files, or you can completely design your own theme for the site.

Awesome Included Features

Most of the scripts I have seen come with some good features but end up charging for some additional things that are definitely wanted in a social networking or dating platform.  This really isn’t the case with eMeeting Dating Script.  All of the features that you can really ask for are integrated with the script from the moment you finish the installation.  The most beneficial features have been listed below.

• Multiple Payment Gateways
• Easily created membership groups with access control
• Subscription Packages
• SMS messaging ability
• Fake account creator
• Random members online
• Instant Messenger
• Profile Field Editor
• Image Captions
• Multiple Admins/Moderators
• Videos
• Music
• Games
• Event Calendar
• Classified Ads
• Email newsletters with tracking code
• Email reminders for members who haven’t’ visited in X amount of days.

If you want to start a paid dating site this script is perfect!  Most of the other scripts reviewed on this site only offer PayPal or 2Checkout as a payment gateway by default.  eMeeting offers over 10 gateways, with the ability to add more!  The gateways offered include: NOCHEX, 2Checkout, eGold, AlertPay, Paymate, WorldPay, Authorize, CCBill, Moneybookers, Google Checkout, Saferpay, and Bank Wire.  In case you wanted to start a more adult type site, you should be aware that sites like PayPal or 2Checkout do not allow adult content to be processed.  This is where eMeeting shines as they have included payment processors like CCBill and AlertPay, as well as others who will accept payments for adult content.

The Membership creation and access controls are easy to use and allow you to create new memberships for members to subscribe to.  If you wanted to allow people to try the site out, but limit their features such as sending messages or instant messages, or viewing photos, it is very easy to control who has access to what.  In the subscription settings, you can allow members to upgrade their account by offering subscription packages on various payment cycles.  It is also easy to control the currency a member will be paying for their membership, so you are not limited to a specific currency with this excellent piece of software.

Another unique aspect of this script is that is has the option to send SMS messages to member’s mobile phones.  Just like Facebook sends messages to members alerting them to new messages or requests, this script can also do this out of the box!  Keep your members informed and they will keep coming back for more!

The built in instant messenger is also a great tool as members like to engage with one another.  People can still send personal messages, but rather than send a message and wait for the person to read it and respond, the instant messenger allows for live interaction with multiple members on the site.

Another unique tool to this script is the Fake Account creator, on the ability to simulate site activity.  Within the administration area, you can create as many fake accounts as you would like.  This is perfect for any new website starting out as it will make your site seem bigger than it is, and with the simulator, it will make new members believe the site is large and active already.  This is great as it will help you gain additional real members quickly as people want to join a community that is large and established versus a new website with no activity.

While I am not covering all of the features of this script, the last one is also pretty awesome.  The email features in this script are really good.  You can send newsletters to your members, as well as reminder requests to members who have not visited the site in a set amount of time.  While these features might not seem unique, what really is great is that the script has the ability to track whether or not your emails were read or not and does some pretty good reporting.

Best Dating Script To Date

Based on all of the features of this script, the helpful support provided by eMeeting, and the low cost of the script I have to say that this is probably the best dating or personals script on the market.  The support staff at eMeeting are also very helpful.  I put in tickets requesting help and support and I received helpful responses within 12-24 hours.  Outside of their support, eMeeting also has a community forum whereby other customers can interact and help one another out.  I give this script a 5 out of 5 when it comes to dating and personals sites.