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DancePartner.com Overview
"How we Work" |
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| 1. How to Connect |
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Search |
Find compatible partners with  |
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Contact |
Send a message (via  ) to candidates of interest.
The more messages the better! Contacting 20, 30, or more is common. |
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Meet |
If after exchanging a few e-mails you click with someone, agree to meet. |
Details follow... |
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| 2. Searching |
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Click on
our Home page or Search -> Search now from the top menu bar and you'll be presented with an
list of members matching your search
criteria. Click a member's username to view their
detailed profile.
Your search criteria (distance, age range, etc. ) may be viewed/changed by clicking Edit
Search next to the button or Search -> Edit Search from the top menu bar.
Other Search Methods:
| By username: |
Search -> Username |
| By user ID: |
Search -> User ID |
| Non-home city search: |
Search -> Travel |
| Browse ignoring my search criteria: |
Search -> Browse |
 Tip: Found an interesting member and wish to remember them? Click  to record them to your Favorites list. View your Favorites by clicking My Profile -> Favorites.
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| 3. Contacting / Replying |
You may contact members by sending an e-mail, greeting card, photo request, or by replying to a message you have received.
The first 3 buttons below appear on each member's profile. Reply appears while viewing a message. |
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Send a personal e-mail message. Initiating contact via e-mail is a full (paid) membership option. It's the best and fastest way to connect.
To become a full member, click
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Send a pre-written "greeting card". Greeting cards are great ice-breakers to get a conversation going. All members, including free members, may send greeting cards.
At some point, however, you'll wish to switch to true e-mails. |
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Request Photo |
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If a profile has no photo, Request Photo will send a pre-written message politely requesting that the member post a photo.
Request Photo appears in the photo area of a profile only if a members has no photo. |
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Reply |
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While reading a message in your Mailbox, you may reply by clicking Reply. The ability to reply depends on your, and perhaps the senders, membership level:
| If I am |
| May I read e-mails and reply? |
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 Free |
I may read  Gold messages and reply to them for free! If a  Silver member contacts me, I must upgrade (to Silver or Gold) to read the e-mail and reply. |
| Gold or Silver |
I may read all e-mails I receive and reply to all members. |
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| 4. Membership levels |
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Everyone begins as a Free member. Free members may browse our entire member database and use nearly all the features of our site. You may keep your Free membership for life!
Correspondence capability is the primary distinction separating Free from Full (Silver or Gold). Here's a summary of our membership levels:
| If I am |
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| Gold |
I can e-mail all members. Everyone (including free members) can read and reply.
Gold is like a dinner invitation - the host pays for all those invited. |
| Silver |
I can e-mail all members. Silver & Gold members can read and reply. Free members must upgrade to read/reply. (Folks usually upgrade when they receive an e-mail from someone of interest... perhaps you!)
Silver is like " dining dutch" - the bill is shared rather than one person treating. |
| Free |
I cannot initiate e-mail contact, however if a Gold member contacts me, I may read and reply for free! If a Silver member contacts me, I must upgrade (to Silver or Gold) to read the e-mail and reply. |
Silver matches the way most social networking sites work and provides a lower cost membership option. Gold lets you correspond with everyone, including free members, but at a slightly higher cost.
All members, including free members, may send and read greeting cards. |
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| 5. How do members know when they receive a new message? |
When a member greets or e-mails another member:
- the message will be deposited into the recipient's DancePartner.com Mailbox, and
- a "You Have New Mail" notification will be sent to the recipient's DancePartner.com registered internet e-mail address.
We also remind members (at their internet e-mail address) every 10 days over 45 days (4 times) if any Inbox messages remain unread. Messages are retained for a full
year, so even in the unlikely event that all 5 notifications are missed, they'll still be there for a year.
If a member's e-mail address is blocked by a spam filter or invalid the notification may be missed or lost. We therefore recommend that all users login to DancePartner.com at least monthly to check messages, "just in case". |
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| 6. How do I read my E-mail? |
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Login to DancePartner.com if not already logged in. |
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Click  My Mailbox, center panel of home page or from the top menu bar. |
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Click the message you wish to read. (You may click the letter icon  or sender name.) |
| Full membership is normally required to read e-mails. If you're a free member and you receive a message from a Gold member, however, you will be able to read it and personally reply for free! All members may read greetings. |
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| 7. How do I reply? |
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Read How do I read my E-mail? above. |
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Click |
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while viewing a message. |
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Reply |
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| Full membership is normally required to read and reply to
e-mails. If you're a free member and you receive a message from a Gold member, however, you will be able to read it and personally reply for free! You'll know you can reply because the top right
corner of the message will say "You
may reply to this message for free!". |
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| 8. Further Help |
Most questions may be answered by clicking Help in the top menu bar and asking a question. From there you may also contact our staff.
We hope you enjoy DancePartner.com! |
