He learns you properly. Then he goes and finds them.
The app gives you introductions from a pool. This is the other thing entirely: Samuel takes you on as a client, learns you across two hours, and then goes looking for the right person whether or not she is already somewhere in his database.
Six months, and here is how they are spent.
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A two-hour intake.
In person where that is possible. Your history, the Five Alignments, your real dealbreakers as opposed to the ones you say at parties, and an honest account of what has not been working. This is the longest conversation about yourself you have had in years, and most clients say it is worth the money before anything else has happened.
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The search.
Members first, then his own network, then events, then outside all three. That last category is what a retainer genuinely buys — the right person is frequently someone who has never downloaded a dating app in her life and never will.
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Introductions, hand-selected.
Each arrives with his reasoning, your alignment across the Five, and the details that matter. He has met everyone he puts in front of you.
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A debrief after every date.
Same day or next. What worked, what did not, what he should adjust. He adjusts.
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Profile and photo work, if you need it.
Some clients need it badly and nobody has ever told them.
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Direct access.
His actual number, for the Tuesday you need to ask whether a text sounds insane. It does not, usually.
What it is not: a guaranteed number of dates.
Samuel does not sell those, and you should be careful with anyone who does. A matchmaker who guarantees eight introductions will produce eight introductions — he will find eight people, because that is the contract. Samuel would rather find three that are right and keep looking than make the number.
He also will not tell you what you want to hear. If your photos are working against you, he will say so. If the reason the last four relationships ended is a pattern rather than a run of bad luck, he will say that too, kindly, once. You are not paying him to agree with you; there are cheaper ways to be agreed with.
This works for a specific kind of person.
It works if you
want a serious relationship, can be told the truth without it becoming a whole thing, can clear an evening inside a week, and would rather spend six focused months on this than three more years on an app.
It does not work if you
want volume, want a guarantee, or want someone to agree that the problem has always been everyone else. Samuel will tell you that on the call rather than take the money, which happens more often than you would expect.
Matchmaker and relationship coach
Samuel does both halves of this.
He runs the matchmaking side — the intake, the search, the introductions, the debriefs. He also coaches, which is the other half of the work: becoming someone the right person wants to stay with.
Clients often use both. A retainer finds you people; coaching changes what happens once you are across the table from them. You can book either, and he will tell you which one he thinks you actually need.
Or talk to Samuel first.
Thirty minutes, on video, nothing to sign. Worst case you get a straight opinion from someone who does this for a living and a clear answer about whether he can help.
Dating, matched on what matters.
Free to download, free to join, and about ninety seconds to set up. Nobody on it is an algorithm’s idea of you.
Not ready for the full service? The app is free and it is the same practice behind it.
Free. 18+. No subscription, no paywalled messages, no boosts to buy.