Trust is the most important thing in online dating, and the hardest to establish through a screen. You can write a great bio and choose honest photos, but the person on the other side has no way to know that without some form of verification. Intently addresses this with a layered trust system: identity verification through Stripe Identity, verified badges, and community-driven trust ratings. Here's how each layer works.
Identity Verification: The Foundation
Intently uses Stripe Identity for document-based identity verification. This is the same technology used by banks, fintech companies, and regulated platforms. When you verify your identity on Intently, here's what happens:
- Document upload — You submit a government-issued photo ID (driver's license, passport, or national ID card) through a secure Stripe-hosted flow. Intently never sees or stores the raw document.
- Automated checks — Stripe verifies the document's authenticity, checks for tampering, and confirms the photo matches a live selfie you take during the process.
- Result delivery — Intently receives the outcome: verified or not. Your document, selfie and the details read from them stay with Stripe under their data retention policies.
🔒 Privacy by Design
Intently does not store your ID documents, ID numbers, or biometric data. The verification flow is handled entirely by Stripe. What Intently stores is the verification status (verified or not) and a timestamp. Your actual documents are processed and held by Stripe under their privacy and security policies.
The entire process takes about two minutes. Once verified, a badge appears on your profile that other users can see — a visual signal that this person has confirmed their identity through a regulated third-party provider.
The Verified Badge
A verified badge on Intently means one specific thing: the person behind the profile has submitted a government-issued ID that passed automated authenticity checks. It does not guarantee character, intentions, or compatibility — but it does confirm that the person is real and is who they claim to be.
Real Person
Document verified against a live selfie by Stripe Identity
Government ID
Passport, driver's license, or national ID card accepted
Secure Process
Documents processed by Stripe — never stored by Intently
Quick Setup
Complete verification in about two minutes from your profile
The badge is visible on your card in the Discover feed and on your full profile. Members on Premium and Elite can also filter their feed to show only verified profiles.
Verified-Only Filter
Premium and Elite members have the Verified Only filter in their Discover preferences. When enabled, your feed exclusively shows profiles that have completed identity verification. Getting verified yourself is free on every plan; the filter is the paid part.
✅ What the Filter Does
It removes all unverified profiles from your Discover feed. You'll see fewer profiles overall, but every person you encounter has passed ID verification. For users who prioritize safety and authenticity over volume, this is the most impactful single setting on the platform.
This filter stacks with all other Discover filters. You can combine Verified Only with Intent Match Only, age range, distance, and the other paid filters: height, body type and ethnicity on Premium, plus education and lifestyle tags on Elite. The result is a feed that's both aligned with your goals and populated exclusively by verified users.
Trust Ratings: Community-Driven Accountability
Verification confirms identity. Trust ratings check the rest. Once you're matched with someone, and ideally after you've met, you can leave them one trust rating: four yes-or-no answers about how it went. This creates a lightweight reputation system that rewards the people who show up as described.
A trust rating asks four specific questions:
- Photos — Were their photos recent, and did they look like them?
- Height — Was their height accurate?
- Communication — Did they communicate clearly?
- Punctuality — Did they show up on time?
Ratings are anonymous. A match sees the tallies on the other person's profile, how many of the people who rated them said yes to each question, and nothing in the app or in your data export shows who left which rating. That keeps the feedback honest without fear of retaliation.
How Trust Ratings Add Up
There is no single score. Each of the four questions keeps its own tally of yes answers out of ratings received, and someone with no ratings simply shows none rather than a neutral default. As ratings accumulate, the tallies become a more reliable signal. They don't change where anyone appears in Discover: they're there to be read, not to rank.
How the Layers Work Together
Each layer of Intently's trust system serves a different purpose:
Layer 1: Identity Verification
Confirms the person is real and matches their claimed identity. This is a one-time check powered by Stripe Identity.
Layer 2: Verified Badge & Filter
Makes verification visible and actionable. Other members see the badge, and members on Premium and Elite can filter their feed to only show verified profiles.
Layer 3: Trust Ratings
Tracks ongoing behavior through community feedback. A verified identity is the starting point; trust ratings reflect how that person actually treats others on the platform.
No single layer is sufficient on its own. Identity verification doesn't prevent someone from being rude. Trust ratings don't prevent catfishing. But combined, they create an environment where both identity fraud and poor behavior carry consequences — and where users who invest in honesty and respect are visibly rewarded for it.
Verification by Tier
Identity verification is available to all users regardless of subscription tier:
Free
Full access to identity verification through Stripe Identity. Verified badge displayed on profile. Trust ratings with your matches: leave one, and read theirs.
Premium ($14.99/mo)
Everything in Free, plus the Verified Only filter in Discover.
Elite ($29.99/mo)
Everything in Premium. Verification and trust ratings work the same as on Premium; the full rating tallies are open to any match, on any plan.
Why This Approach Matters
Most dating apps treat verification as optional cosmetics — a blue checkmark that means "this person uploaded a selfie that vaguely matched their photos." That's better than nothing, but it doesn't address the core problem: you still don't know if the person is who they claim to be.
Intently's approach is different because it uses regulated identity infrastructure (Stripe Identity processes real government documents), makes verification actionable (the Verified Only filter, on Premium and Elite, gives members control), and layers behavioral accountability on top (trust ratings track how people actually behave after verification).
The result is a platform where trust isn't assumed — it's earned, verified, and visible.
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