The sun is shining and we’ve had a makeover! With the release of our new DatingAgency.com look last week we would love to know what you think of the site! We want you to be happy and any feedback we receive helps us to make this site even better for you. We will be sending a survey to all our members on Thursday to find out what you think. As a thank you for taking part, one very lucky participant will win six months full membership for FREE!

As if that wasn’t exciting enough…Today is National Kissing Day!

The latest survey from online magazine getlippy.com reveals that the majority of us would like more kissing in our lives. National Kissing Day  could be the perfect opportunity for Brits to join the lucky lot who claim they kiss up to 10 times a day (19%).

In the league of best and worst kissers, the Brits sweep the board with 42% of the vote for great kissing. The Italians – the Casanovas of Europe come in second with 15%, closely followed by the French with 13%. So how and when did the Brits get to be so good at kissing? Over a third of women practised on their hands when they were younger with a few admitting to practising on the mirror (11%). A quarter of women admitted they are still learning!

When it comes to kissing etiquette, there are some things you just shouldn’t do. Well over a third of women voted bad breath as the worst offender. Sloppy kisses are a passion killer for a third of women and nearly a fifth are put off kissing someone who smokes.

When it comes to the most iconic silver screen kiss, readers opted for a modern fairy tale classic and voted for Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman with a third of the vote. We second that!

We wanted to let you know about a great new feature we’ve added to DatingAgency.com to help you manage any contact you receive, in a way which suits you.

With our NEW Summary E-mail facility whether you want to hear straight away if someone sends you a message, views your profile or sends you a gift; or are happy to receive a daily or weekly summary, the choice is yours.

Your summary will show:

• Who has viewed your profile
• How many messages and winks you have received
• How many gifts you have received

To make the most of this exciting new feature simply login to DatingAgency.com, click on “My Account”, select “My Settings” and then choose how often you want to receive your notifications.

Essentially it’s one introductory email that you can send to lots of Members near you in one go. Sending one is very easy. All you have to do is select the age of the people you would like your email to go to and the area they come from, then write your first hello message and click send – it’s that simple!

Don’t wait for them to make the first move – put yourself out there, have fun getting to know lots of new people and increase your chances of finding someone special.

You must have a fully completed profile, including a photo in order to send an Ice Breaker. This is so that you get the best results; we know that the Members on DatingAgency.com are 10 times more likely to respond if they can see your photo!

No more unwanted or irrelevant messages from people who live miles away. Set your Filtering Options today and start enjoying the benefits. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3…

STEP 1 – Log In

In order to set your filtering options, you’ll firstly need to log on to the site. To make it quick and easy for you we’ve included your log in details in this e-mail.

STEP 2 – Select “My Account” and then choose “Filtering”

Click on the “My Account” option, you’ll find this on the menu bar at the top of the screen once you’ve logged in. Next, choose the “Filtering” option in the list of options on the left hand side of the page.

On the next screen titled “Filtering Options” you be able to set 3 different filters:

• Age
• Photo Required
• Distance from your location

You don’t need to set all of these, but it does help ensure you only receive messages from the type of people you want to hear from.

Last but by no means least, don’t forget to click on “Update Filter Setting” to save your filter preferences.

STEP 3 – Get Messaging, Get Dating

Keen to find out who’s been viewing your profile? You can now filter this list too, helping you find the match you’re looking for much more quickly.

The sooner you get messaging, the sooner you’ll start hearing from the sort of guys/women you want to meet. What are you waiting for?

We’ve added PayPal so it’s quicker and easier to upgrade your DatingAgency.com membership.

PayPal is the world’s leading provider of online payments.  It’s safe, secure and you won’t need to enter your card details – and if you don’t already have a PayPal account you can set one up for free at  www.paypal.co.uk.

Now you can use it to upgrade to full membership on DatingAgency.com and start getting in touch with new people near you!  Who knows where it might lead…

Get better matches on DatingAgency.com with our clever match-making tool

We’re using a clever new match-making tool on DatingAgency.com called Recommended Members which will transform your experience of dating completely!

Recommended Members is our clever new match making tool that gives you a personalised list of matches based on the profiles you visit, who you wink at and who you add to your favourites.

The more you use the site the better your matches become, because we learn your ‘type’ and will suggest others just like them.  Dating has never been easier or as personalised as this.

Recommended Members means you’ll:

- Spend Less Time Searching: Use the new ‘See More Members Like’ link on the profile pages to view others similar to the person you just looked at.

- Get Better Matches: Look out for two-way matches among your Recommended Members. These people will see you among their recommendations too.

- Widen Your Net: Recommended Members includes people outside your area that you might not have noticed otherwise, so you widen your net!

So login to DatingAgency.com and see who has been recommended to you – there might even be several two-way matches waiting for you! You’ll find your Recommended Members in the search menu and also on your member homepage when you login.

Between 7pm and 9pm on Tuesday 12th January, all members of DatingAgency.com will be able to send and receive private messages for free!

So if there’s someone you really want to get in touch with or messages in your inbox that you’re dying to read, login to DatingAgency.com tomorrow evening.  There’ll be thousands  more members online, so be prepared for a chocka-block inbox and the opportunity to get in touch with hundreds of new people!

Make someone's day by sending a Christmas gift!

DatingAgency.com’s Christmas gifts are ready and waiting, so spread some festive cheer and get yourself noticed with a gift!

There’s Christmas puds, stars, bells, mistletoe and more in our range of Christmas gifts so why not make someone’s day with some festive cheer?

Did you know you’re  more likely to stand out from the crowd if you send a gift?  So if there’s someone you have your eye on, let them know you’re interested with some mistletoe magic!

All photos taken from a webcam will be date stamped like Shaun's from London.

Strike a pose and add a date stamped photo to your profile straight from your webcam!

We’ve added an exciting new feature to DatingAgency.com called ‘photo snapper’ which lets you add a date stamped photo to your profile straight from your webcam.

All photos taken with a webcam will have a date stamp in the bottom left hand corner, so when you are looking at other member’s profiles, you’ll know their photo is recent and can rest assured they are genuine.

You’ll find the ‘take a photo with your webcam’ button when you go to add a photo to your profile.  If your webcam is connected a dialogue box will appear asking if you want to allow access to your webcam. Tick ‘allow’ and ‘close’ to see yourself on screen.

Strike a pose and when you’re happy, click on the camera icon to take your photo.  If you like what you see you can save it to your profile, or cancel it and have another go!

Our lovely support team will then approve your picture and add it to your profile – it’s as simple as that!

Why not add one of your own today?  Login to DatingAgency.com and strike a pose!