1. Online dating can make people feel like commodities with photo-heavy profiles and suggested chat-up lines.
2. Amazon Dating parodies online dating by listing people with prices, reviews, and a drop-down option for desired height.
3. Amazon Dating features relationship-related options like love languages and a downloadable “Non-Ghosting Agreement.”
Amazon Dating is a satirical website created by Thinko that parodies online dating platforms by treating people as commodities for sale. Each person on Amazon Dating has a price, reviews, and a description of hobbies. Users can even select the height and love language preference of their potential date. While some found the project funny, others criticized it for monetizing humans at different prices.
Users can browse potential dates on Amazon Dating and “buy” them just like on the real Amazon website. After selecting a date, users can add them to their cart and complete their order. For example, Insider “bought” Teddy, 87, in the size “words of affirmation” and at a height of 5’5″. Users can leave reviews for their “purchase” and receive a fake confirmation message.
Apart from the dating aspect, Amazon Dating also includes other satirical features. Clicking on the “legal” button leads users to a downloadable “Non-Ghosting Agreement” that humorously addresses the issue of ghosting in dating. There is also a button for Prime Video that redirects users to the video chatting website Chat Roulette. Amazon has not commented on the creation of Amazon Dating.