Finding a truly free online dating service is a rare occasion. Indeed, most websites that cater to the needs of singles who are looking for love require that each member pay a monthly fee for access to the website. A lot of websites do offer the opportunity to post a profile free of charge, but access to the chat features, the IM features, or even the possibility to contact the members you find interesting, is limited only to paying members.Though this might seem annoying to those who feel that they do not have the extra money to be able to subscribe to a singles website, the logic of charging the members is quite clear. Websites that charge a membership fee do so because they offer something to their members in return ? this is the same on the Internet as it is the rest of the world. There are only a handful of websites that operate entirely on funds gotten through the advertising on their websites, and most agree that these sites are annoying because there are so many advertisements. (original article)