$5,000 to date your ex look-alike

Match.com, an online dating website will find you someone who resembles your ex as much as possible for the modest sum of $5,000.

The price also includes services of a professional matchmaker who will go out on ‘pre-dates’ with the chosen people and pick out the one who best fits your requirements.

Alongside the $5k, those who wish to meet their ex look-alike will have to provide the company with photos of former loves which are then introduced into the system. Based on facial recognition algorithms, the program will sort out persons who resemble exes the best.

‘People have a type and it's not necessarily about height or race or hair color, but a lot of it is about face shape,’ said Talia Goldstein, founder of a matchmaking service.

Although it may sound creepy, the system is not at all new to matchmaking services which already use multiple algorithms to bring together people with affinities.