Profile Verification
How Profile Verification Helps Make First Dates Safer
Skip requires all users to complete profile verification. On Skip, profile verification can help make first dates safer by helping confirm that the person using the profile is the same person shown in the profile photos. It adds another trust signal before meeting in person and helps support a safer, more authentic dating experience.
How Profile Verification Works on Skip
Skip’s profile verification process asks users to take a guided selfie. Skip then checks that selfie for authenticity to help prevent fake profiles. Once confirmed, the user receives a blue checkmark on their profile.
What is the difference between profile verification, age verification, ID review, and a background check?
Skip has four account verification badges that help you make more informed decisions before meeting someone in person.
- Background check (green badge): Means the user completed a Skip background check through our partner, Checkr, and received a passed status based on the screening sources used for that check, where available.
- Profile verified (blue badge): Means the user passed Skip's profile verification, which asks users to take a guided selfie to help confirm the person using the profile appears to match their profile photos.
- Age verified (dark blue badge): Means Skip reviewed a government-issued ID, such as a driver's license or passport, to confirm the date of birth shown on the ID. This helps give you more confidence that the age shown on the person's profile is accurate.
- ID reviewed (gray badge): Means Skip reviewed a government-issued ID and compared the ID photo with the user's profile photos and live verification photo. This helps give you more confidence that the person you're meeting matches the person shown on their profile.
These badges mean different things and work together to help make dating safer. However, no verification badge or background check guarantees someone's identity, safety, or future behavior.
Why Profile Verification Matters Before a First Date
Before meeting someone in person, it can help to know whether the account appears authentic and whether the person in the photos is likely the same person using the profile. Profile verification can help reduce uncertainty before meeting, but it is only one part of what can help make first dates safer. It works best alongside Skip’s other safety tools, like deal breakers, background checks, age verification, ID review, date reviews, and practical precautions like meeting in public places and sharing your date details with someone you trust.
Important Reminder
No profile badge, background check, or app feature can guarantee safety. Always use good judgment and the safety tools available to you on Skip. For more practical guidance before, during, and after a date, see our Dating Safety Tips guide.
