Daters
Is Canopy for me? Canopy is designed for frum daters located in the U.S., ages 20+, who rely mainly on the shidduch system for dating. If that's you, please sign up!
Why Should I Join Canopy as a Dater?
Give us a good reason not to, please. We can't think of one.
Privacy
If you're part of the current shidduch system, your personal information is likely being shared without restriction, via email, chat, and other media. On Canopy, we offer you shidduch ideas without asking you to disclose your personal information up-front and wholesale.
In the current shidduch system, you have to wait for others to send you shidduch ideas, and may feel uncomfortable saying no after a shadchan has put effort into an idea. Here, you can take an active role in finding your shidduch, and there are no strings attached to these ideas. If the profile you receive isn't right for you, you can make it disappear.
Efficiency
You have direct access to the anonymized profiles of other daters, so you don't have to repeatedly tell anyone what you're looking for.
You will receive one anonymous profile daily, for a dater of the opposite gender, and we strive to maintain a 1:1 ratio of men to women on Canopy.
I don't want anyone to know I'm on a shidduch website.
Neither do we! One of the main reasons we created Canopy was to protect your privacy. If you have ever sent your resume to a shadchan, it has likely been shared with many other people via email or text. Using Canopy is even more private than that, and we think it's far more effective. We do not operate as a database where daters and matchers can peruse daters' profiles. Your information is disclosed to your matcher upon sign up. Other than that, your information is only disclosed to another dater if you ask for more information about that dater, and that dater requests more information about you. In that case, your identifying information is exchanged, and the other dater's matcher will also be informed. Matchers can see information only on the daters they onboard, and daters that their daters matched with.
How can I join Canopy as a dater?
Find another dater of the opposite gender, your "canopair." You each sign up for Canopy and complete a dater profile. The dater profile requests the sort of information provided on a typical shidduch resume, except it's anonymized. () Once you've both completed your profiles, they are sent to a matcher of your choosing for review. You can review the list of matchers and their bios on our website. Your matcher will review the profiles to make sure they are fully anonymous and have no errors, and your matcher may also suggest edits. Your matcher is given access to your email and phone, and will use these to contact you. Once both profiles are approved by the matcher and uploaded to Canopy, you and your canopair will be able to access your respective canopy portals. For more information on canopy portals and how Canopy works, please watch the video on our homepage and view our FAQs.
How will I find someone to sign up with me as a pair? We'd recommend starting with family - maybe a sibling or cousin dating of the opposite gender who is dating. If you don't have any, see if your parents have a family friend with a child dating.
