"Full Refund If You Don't Marry Within 3 Years"... Chinese Dating App Offers "Unusual Terms"

Full refund if members do not marry within three years

"One-on-one matching" sets it apart from conventional dating apps

A distinctive dating service has emerged in China that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to find marriage partners and refunds membership fees if members fail to get married.

According to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (SCMP) on November 8 local time, Liangpei AI, a Chinese AI-powered matchmaking service launched in July, is drawing attention for its unusual refund policy. The company promises to refund the full membership fee if a subscriber does not get married within three years. It sets itself apart from conventional dating apps, where users can chat with multiple people at the same time, by matching each user with only one person at a time.

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Liangpei AI charges an annual membership fee of 2,000 yuan (about 410,000 won). Members who have not married after three years can receive a full refund of the fees they paid.

Real names and marital status verified... Only one match at a time

Unlike conventional dating apps, which encourage users to chat with multiple people at once, Liangpei AI allows them to pursue a relationship with only one person at a time. Applicants must submit their real names and profile photos and verify that they are unmarried. This screening process identified more than 150 married applicants in the service's first month.

New members spend about 20 minutes talking with AI to create a personal profile. Through the conversation, the AI assesses their family background, education, occupation, interests, personality, lifestyle and expectations for a spouse to build a personalized profile for each member.

Users can be matched with only one person at a time. To meet someone else, they must first end their existing match.

Founder: "In-depth conversations with AI can help users find a suitable partner"

Liangpei AI founder Zeng Xinxun said conventional dating apps provide only basic profiles and leave the rest of the process to users. Although young people have increasingly specific expectations of a spouse, he said, conventional apps still analyze users in a rudimentary way.

He believes AI can help users find a suitable partner by using in-depth conversations to understand their personalities, lifestyles, family backgrounds and expectations for a spouse. The company therefore introduced a system that builds a personalized profile for each user and matches them with only one person at a time.

He explained that having too many choices could mean the algorithm is failing to identify suitable partners effectively.

Regarding the refund policy, he said marriage has a clear legal status and can therefore be verified through legitimate channels authorized by the relevant authorities.

However, it is unclear whether users can receive a refund if they barely use the app and get married through another channel. Zeng said matchmaking services should not profit when users fail to find love. If the service has not helped users meet someone, the company will issue a refund, he said.

Currently Liangpei AI has more than 35,000 registered users. Its membership conversion rate is about 9%, and it has raised 15 million yuan (about 3.066 billion won) in angel investment. However, as the service is still in its early stages, its actual matchmaking and marriage success rates have yet to be determined.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.