Basic
Well-suited for casual events.
- Select from 200 research-backed questions
- Run our matching algorithm
- Text everyone the results with the press of a button
Bring your guests together and your party to life.
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Matchbox is the matching algorithm behind your next great event.
We know how to make great matches, but the event is yours—decide who to invite, where to host, and when.
We’ll give you everything you need to run the matching algorithm.
Build a matching questionnaire from hundreds of questions written by our team of relationship scientists.
Distribute a unique link to your guests—they’ll submit their answers to the questions you chose.
Our algorithm will find everyone their optimal match at your event, based on relationship science, AI, and Nobel Prize-winning economics.
When you’re ready, everyone at your event gets their matches at the same time.
Well-suited for casual events.
Everything in Basic, plus:
Everything in Professional, plus:
We provide the matching algorithm, but everything else is up to you. Bring your own location, guests, and vibe.
We’ve seen hosts throw dinner parties, apartment hangs, and cocktail hours—but some are going bigger: we’re seeing art gallery openings, boat parties, and huge summer picnics. Host whatever you’re most excited about!
Anytime you want! As host, you can architect the evening any way you want.
We’ve had parties where guests complete the questionnaire all at the same time during the beginning of the event, and we’ve had parties where guests all complete the questionnaire beforehand—it’s entirely up to you.
Anytime you want! Again—as host, you can architect the evening any way you want.
We think it’s most fun to let anticipation build throughout the evening, so we recommend releasing matches towards the end of the night.
Right now, if there’s an odd number of guests, someone unlucky will go unmatched. It’s important to continue confirming your guest list as the event date approaches, and to invite an even number of guests.
If you’re throwing a ticketed event, we’ve found that people who pay for tickets are much more likely to come.
It’s not all about the end result—even when there’s an odd person unmatched, we find guests still have a great time answering questions and going through the shared experience with their friends.
In general, if you’re hosting a romantic event, any surplus of men or women will receive platonic friend-matches among themselves, instead of romantic matches.
To ensure balance, one good strategy is to request that every guest of yours brings a friend of the gender they’re interested in—this ensures your matching pool is always balanced.
We’ve also seen hosts ask interested attendees about things like age and sexual orientation beforehand, in order to ensure everyone will get a match.
Yes! For romantic matching events, the algorithm takes into account (1) your gender identity, and (2) the gender identity/identities you’d like to match with.
For platonic events, questions about gender and sexual orientation are omitted.
Your guest list is entirely up to you! When we first started, we began by just inviting friends and friends-of-friends—that’s enough for a great party!
More ambitious hosts often organize a waitlist, asking prospective guests for their social media handles, plus a question or two to get a sense of who they are.
The invite itself is absolutely a piece of the experience as a whole! Remember to make it fun, exciting, and thoughtful.
We’ve found that Partiful has been really helpful to manage our guest lists, but if you plan to charge for tickets, a platform with a built-in way to collect payments (like Eventbrite) might suit you better.
We typically communicate with our guests via email, although we’ve seen hosts communicate with their guests via text messages, Instagram DMs, etc. as well.
For smaller events that are relatively tame to manage (think 30-person apartment party), Venmo requests and a bit of diligence can work great. For larger ticketed events, platforms like Eventbrite, where guests can directly purchase a ticket, are your best bet.
Yes, this happens!
Overall, matches are incredible—people make new friends, find people to date, and sometimes even match with exes. But while matches are algorithmically vetted—and they’re always good on paper—sometimes you won’t feel the spark with your match. That’s okay! Our guests enjoy going through the experience—answering the questions, and talking about it with their friends—regardless of how good their match ends up being.