Friendomatics (the Friend Finding Fundraiser) Frequently Asked Questions
Friendomatics is similar to Matchomatics but uses a custom Friends Only matching procedure.
Some parts of this website have not been fully updated with the unique Friendomatics differences.
Please contact us for more details at 1‑800‑665‑0396.
THERE ARE NO STUPID QUESTIONS, JUST FREQUENTLY ASKED ONES.
All printouts contain the same information with each printout type, it just depends how you want your printouts presented:
PDF FILE
$1.10 per printout sold
PDF File
Receive a pdf file of all your results that you can print or email yourself.
We can also email the results directly to your students for you if you wish, for an additional one-time $15 service fee.
This saves on shipping as we do not ship you any physically printed printouts with this option.
PAPER PRINTOUTS
$1.20 per printout sold
Paper
Paper printouts provides a physical 8.5" x 11" paper printout for each participant shipped directly to your school.
FOLDED PRINTOUTS
$1.25 per printout sold
Folded
Folded Service folds your paper printouts in thirds. This gives you semi-privacy without the cost of envelopes!
DELUXE ENVELOPES
$1.45 per printout sold
Deluxe
* Only available with the word "Matchomatics" on the envelopes *
Deluxe service folds and confidentially seals your paper printouts in flashy window envelopes for maximum privacy and easier distribution.
BACK SIDE
* Only available with PDF results when using Friendomatics *
Add Birthday Trivia (for only $0.10 more) onto the back of each person's printout and everyone gets:
- 5 Birthday Buddies (the people with birthdays closest to yours).
- 10 Celebro-Matches (most astrologically compatible celebrities).
- 10 Zodio-Matches (most astrologically compatible students).
- 3 Days Old facts (cool facts about how many times things have happened so far in your life).
- Your Birthstone.
- A famous quote.
- your Chinese Horoscope.
- your Western Horoscope.
- a full This Day in History report.
- a little known Did You Know? trivia.
- plus a personalized Biorhythm chart showing your Physical, Emotional, and Intellectual highs and lows for the next 31 days.
Popular Option 94% of schools choose the Birthday Trivia option!
Friendomatics has a special Friendomatics questionnaire (or you can make up your own custom questionnaire).
| # | Name | Description | Available in Paper Format? |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-GP | FRIENDOMATICS | Friendship Matching only | |
| C-GP | CUSTOM | make up your own questionnaire | |
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= currently out of stock in paper format. Can be used as an online or custom paper questionnaire only. |
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You are more attracted to:
1) same gender
2) opposite gender
3) any gender
4) prefer not to say
This optional question allows each participant to indicate what gender they are more attracted to.
This further enhances everyone's matches without actually showing anyone's individual preference on the printouts.
This question is an option for schools with an active Gay-Straight-Alliance Club but it is not required to produce an all inclusive printout.
If this is something you want, be sure to say 'YES' to the gender preference question when ordering your questionnaires.
The first 9 (or 10 if using a gender preference questionnaire) questions cross match each person's characteristics with each person's preferences. For example: we give a higher percentage rating for tall people for people that prefer someone tall. This makes your matches much more accurate!
show it without the gender preference question
Cross Match Questions with the optional gender preference question
These 10 questions cross match a person's preference with a match's reality-
Gender: *
1) male
2) female
3) other
* this question can be customized or removed if needed. (Call or chat for details).
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What grade are you in?
12) grade 12
11) grade 11
10) grade 10
9) grade 9
8) grade 8
7) grade 7
6) grade 6
5) grade 5
4) grade 4
ST) teacher
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You are more attracted to:
1) same gender
2) opposite gender
3) any gender
4) prefer not to say
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What age do you prefer to hang out with?
1) doesn't matter
2) younger
3) older
4) same age only
5) same age and younger
6) same age and older
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Your current hair color is:
1) blonde
2) not-so blonde
3) brown
4) red
5) black
6) mixed
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What hair color do you prefer on others?
1) doesn't matter
2) blonde
3) not-so blonde
4) brown
5) red
6) black
7) mixed
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Standing up straight you're:
1) under 4'9"
2) 4'9" to 5'0"
3) 5'1" to 5'4"
4) 5'5" to 5'8"
5) 5'9" to 6'0"
6) over 6'0"
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What height do you prefer?
1) doesn't matter
2) under 4'9"
3) 4'9" to 5'0"
4) 5'1" to 5'4"
5) 5'5" to 5'8"
6) 5'9" to 6'0"
7) over 6'0"
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The best thing you have going is:
1) incredible intelligence
2) gut splitting humor
3) amazing honesty
4) super looks
5) compassionate caring
6) exceptional enthusiasm
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What do you look for first in others?
1) doesn't matter
2) intelligence
3) sense of humor
4) honesty
5) looks
6) caring
7) enthusiasm
Remaining Questions
Yes!
Decide whether or not you want the optional gender preference question and then download our custom questionnaire template.
If you are using paper questionnaires, use our template to print out your own custom questionnaires, or we can print them on the back of our answer forms for $0.03 each. Either way, you still need to place an order for scannable answer forms (bubble sheets) for your students to answer their questions on.
If you are using an online survey, use our template to make up your own custom questionnaire, email your questionnaire to us, and we will put it online for you. A one-time $15 custom-online set-up fee will be added to your invoice.
Yes!
Our online surveys can be completed via tablet, computer, or even on your students smart phones! We will email you a link to an online survey dedicated just for your school.
Here is a sample: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mm-sample
You then distribute this short link to your students for them to complete their survey online.
Simply email (or call) us when your students are done filling out their surveys. We will then close your survey, grab your data, and print out your printouts. You will even receive a summary link for you to know how many students have completed your survey as it progresses.
Just like paper questionnaires, it works best to have everyone fill out the survey at the same time. This guarantees the maximum participation rate, but it is not required.
A one-time $10 on-line set-up fee (or $15 if customizing any of the questions) will be added to your invoice at the end of your fundraiser.
No person is left out with our all-inclusive activity!
Everyone can participate because Matchomatics matches all genders, all identities, and all preferences, while maintaining privacy!
Everyone gets matches calculated according to their preferences.
An optional gender preference question can also be added to help boost students ratings even more.
Our gender question can also be customized however you would like it worded - or - it can just be removed entirely if needed.
Yes!
When ordering an online survey, we can add a mandatory question asking each participant for their email address.
Then, with your permission, we can email the appropriate printouts to your students for you!
If you are selling the printouts to your students, we will provide you with a name list that you can check off to let us know which students have paid. Then email us when you want us to email the results to the appropriate students and we will do so within 24-48 hours.
There is an additional charge of $15 to use this service.
Specify you want us to "EMAIL PRINTOUTS DIRECTLY" in the special instructions area when ordering your online survey.
Yes!
We can customize your PDF printouts however you like for a one-time $10 custom PDF set-up fee.
Add your own school's logo or colours to your PDF results!
Extensive layout changes may cost a little more.
Specify you want "CUSTOM PDF PRINTOUTS" in the special instructions area when ordering.
Custom Matching Procedures
Yes!
If you wish a custom matching procedure (example: grades 9 and lower matched together and grades 10 and higher matched together) simply tell us when ordering.
Friendomatics has every matching procedure you can think of!
Here are some examples:
| All Grades |
Most Popular! Matches all the grades together (just like the sample printout). Everyone receives a printout with a section that lists the best matches and friends from their Same Grade and another section that lists the best matches and friends from All the Other Grades in your school. |
| One Above - Same - One Below |
Matches everyone one grade above, their same grade, and one grade below. You can also specify how many grades to go above and/or below: (for example: 2 above - same - 1 below). |
| Specific Grade Matching |
Tell us the grade ranges you want matched together and we do the rest! For example, to match your junior high separately from your senior high, just tell us the grade groupings you want matched: (7-8) and (9-12) |
| Opposite Gender Only | Opposite gender matches only (no friends). |
| Staff with Students |
Teachers are normally only matched with other teachers. If you want teachers matched with students, you must specify this when ordering. |
| Mentor Match | Only provide the top unique match for each participant. Perfect for matching a group of older "mentor" students with younger "apprentice" students. |
| Custom |
Matches the participants any way you want! Simply tell us when ordering and we will make it happen! |
Our CROSS MATCH questions and the ability for students to mark certain questions as more important enables Matchomatics to determine 2 different ratings for each match.
This makes your matches much more accurate!
Their % is the % chance that you will like them.
Your % is the % chance that they will like you.
Order in December or early January,
to give yourself lots of time to organize - especially if you have exams in January!
Your goal should be to get your printouts by February 12th so that you have time to organize them and get them ready to sell before Valentine's Day.
Use the dates below as a guideline:
| Paper Questionnaires shipped: | Order Paper Questionnaires by | Send Paper Questionnaires for processing by |
|---|---|---|
| Slow * | January 16 | January 30 |
| Medium * | January 20 | January 31 |
| Fast | January 27 | February 3 |
| Online Survey with: | Order Online Survey by | Close Online Survey by |
|---|---|---|
| Slow paper printouts * | January 26 | February 1 |
| Medium paper printouts * | January 29 | February 5 |
| Fast paper printouts | February 1 | February 8 |
| PDF File results | February 3 | February 10 |
* Slow and Medium shipping varies widely depending on how close you are to our office in Winnipeg, Call or Chat with us for a more precise timing estimate.
If these dates don't work - don't freak out!
Simply Call or Chat with us and we will try and accommodate you. We often work miracles!
Paper questionnaire shipping starts at $16 (each way) and then goes up depending on the number of questionnaires shipped:
| Shipping Speed | Delivery Time * | Cost to ship ** |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 2 - 7 days | Select the number of questionnaires above |
| Medium | 2 - 5 days | Select the number of questionnaires above |
| Fast | 1 - 2 days | Select the number of questionnaires above |
* Call, , or Chat with us with your postal code for a more precise delivery time estimate
** Due to fuel surcharge instability, shipping costs are subject to change at any time. Prices shown above are current as of November 21, 2024.
Tip: Have your students fill out their questionnaires online and pay nothing for questionnaire shipping!
Paper printout shipping starts at $17 and then goes up depending on the type and number of printouts shipped:
| Shipping Speed | Delivery Time * | Cost to ship ** |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 2 - 7 days | Select the type and number of printouts above |
| Medium | 2 - 5 days | Select the type and number of printouts above |
| Fast | 1 - 2 days | Select the type and number of printouts above |
* call, email, or message us with your postal code for a more precise delivery time estimate
** Due to fuel surcharge instability, shipping costs are subject to change at any time. Prices shown above are current as of November 21, 2024.
Tip: Get your printouts emailed as a PDF File and pay nothing for printout shipping!
With Slow shipping it takes approximately 3-4 weeks from the day you order your questionnaires to the day you receive your printouts.
With Medium shipping you can run the entire fundraiser in 2-3 weeks.
With Fast shipping you can run the entire fundraiser in as little as 1-2 weeks.
With an Online Survey and PDF results you can run the entire fundraiser in 1 week or less.
Call or Chat with us for more specific shipping estimates.
Tip: Using an online questionnaire or getting your results as a PDF file greatly speeds up getting your final results! And it costs less!
Most schools charge $2 or $3 per printout because it is the easiest to handle (no quarters!) and sells the best.
Some schools run Friendomatics as a fun non-profit activity and only charge $1 (just to cover costs) and some just give them away for free as part of their student fees!
You may charge your students whatever you feel is best for your school.
You can use the profit chart on our Cost & Profit page to help you figure out how much money you can potentially make with the different pricing options.
Yes!
We do many universities, colleges, and companies every year. Most use a custom online questionnaire which we can help you design. We also have a custom ready made university style questionnaire ready to go if that works for you.
Instead of grades, universities and colleges usually use year levels to separate and group their matches.
Companies (and universities) can also use departments, floors, or any other type of grouping, to separate their matches, or we can just ignore the grade question entirely.
Please note: All universities, colleges, and companies are required to pay a $75 deposit before we ship or put your questionnaire online. This deposit will be applied to your final invoice but it is not refundable if your final invoice is less than $75.
Basically this means you have to commit to spending at least $75 with us.
Call , Chat , or for details.
Yes!
If you want to purchase all of your results ahead of time, we can give you a $0.20 per printout discount!
This means your PDF printouts can cost as little as $0.90 each!
Perfect for schools that just want to pay for Matchomatics as a fun activity and just distribute your printouts to everyone for free!
