You dont have to have a paid subscription to land a date on Match.com. Match.com provides limited chat features to its free members — just to give them a taste of flirtation. Free members cannot initiate a conversation, but they can read and respond to some messages from their mutual matches.

Does Match require a subscription?

You can test out a free membership and then try a paid subscription. Match.com gives away a good deal of its features for free. With a free subscription, you can browse Match.com, search for and view matches, create a profile, send and receive winks, use Match.coms message center and use their smartphone app.