FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. I’d like to speak to someone on the phone about a Linx membership. What is your phone number?
A. Because of the size of our company, we do not have the time to process phone inquiries. If you are interested in Linx, please submit a web inquiry and we will happily follow up with you.
Q. A lot of matchmakers seem to lack authenticity. What makes you different?
A. Linx has been in business for nearly 20 years and our reputation is everything. Our clients come to us primarily via trusted referrals (e.g. former clients referring single friends to us, current clients referring friends, and people in the community who know us) which means that, unlike most matchmaking firms, we do not need to advertise and cater to the masses. Instead, we work with a very specific demographic of high caliber, educated, discerning clientele who are marriage-minded and generally very private individuals, and we have developed a deep expertise and stellar success rate serving this niche.
Moreover, we have discovered that most matchmakers today are trying to automate their systems and processes using technology. While we understand the desire to create efficiencies in business practice and certainly respect the role of technology, one of the tremendous value adds with Linx is the complete personalization and human touch (versus machine) with your client searches. Our founder & CEO, Amy Andersen, carefully cherry picks matches herself, marrying the science of her database with the art of her intuition, and personally emails the matches herself, following up with a text or phone call.
Finally, quite a few matchmaking firms say they are based in Silicon Valley and specialize in Bay Area matches but the reality is these companies and matchmaking representatives are neither based in California nor have knowledge of this local market. These firms are based all over the world and attract prospects by using highly specialized SEO campaigns using Google key words. Some are extremely manipulative and have done a masterful job in making the potential consumer feel like the company caters to high-end, premium VIP Silicon Valley types and that the matchmakers are Bay Area centric. Our clients can trust that Linx Dating is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, where our founder & CEO lives and resides as well. There is a physical office where meetings take place and it is not uncommon to be able to catch up with Amy over coffee, walks, and talks too! Amy is accessible, local, and prides herself in having regular and meaningful contact with her clientele.
Q. How successful are you?
A. In nearly two decades of matchmaking, there have been dozens upon dozens of clients married, and nearly all marriages have led to children. Linx babies are everywhere! Beyond that, there have been hundreds of exclusive relationships; nearly every client ends up in a significant relationship of some duration.
Q. Two years seems like a really long time. Why are your contracts so long?
A. Actually, a lot of diligence goes into each of our matches, and clients tend to learn a lot about themselves in this process. Most of our clients appreciate not feeling rushed, and are glad we take our time to get things right.
Q. Do you still throw weekly parties at the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel?
A. No. We used to throw quarterly Link & Drink mixers, which were sometimes held at the Rosewood. Linx has never hosted a regular event there.
Q. I’d like to be put on a waiting list, and have you contact me when an interesting client becomes available. How do I do that?
A. We would have to get to know you in order to know if the two of you were a good fit… in other words, you’d have to become a member (either passively or as a premium client.)
Q. Does Linx work with clients from the LGBTQIA+ community?
A. Linx does not currently have an LGBTQIA+ client base, but we would be very happy to add you to our database, and refer you to excellent firms that do represent all sexual orientations and gender identities.
Q. I’m very attractive. Are you interested in working with me for free?
A. No. Some of our most attractive clients are also some of our most successful. And our male clients appreciate that the women are just as committed to the matchmaking process as they are.
Q. Getting married soon and having children quickly is a priority for me. Before I invest time and money in meeting you, can you guarantee that you’d be able to introduce me to men my own age?
A. Honestly, no. We can’t make a guarantee like that. In fact, we generally tell women that they should be open to men up to roughly 10+ years their age if they are hoping to get married soon and have children. It’s not a judgment from us; we simply know the way the local dating market works. We know it very well.
Q. What is your take on dating apps such as Tinder or the like?
A. At Linx Dating we highly encourage our clients to utilize multiple channels outside of Linx to increase their possibilities for success in matchmaking, and we include these kinds of services as recommended tools. However, we also respectfully submit that they are incomplete solutions. Why is this?
Companies that build these kinds of apps are focused, first and foremost, on building technology businesses and that means that they need to create scale quickly with volume or they will not survive as businesses, whether or not that is the best thing for their customers. At Linx, we do not have that kind of pressure to create massive scale, rapidly. We can focus 100% on individualized client attention.
Although volume dating and quick exposure to dating candidates in an app can have value, we believe it fosters the kind of hookup culture that can lead to quick gratification but not necessarily the kind of base necessary to build long-term commitment in a meaningful relationship that could lead to marriage.
Even though apps that cater to, say, a special group such as Ivy League grads, certainly do try to provide a bar to screen for quality of applicant, a candidate’s education is only one element of vetting. Moreover, in a concentrated geographic area such as the San Francisco Bay Area, it is very easy for users of these apps to become overexposed to each other (given the limited number of them) and to create heavy reputational burn very quickly in a specific geographic area.