Are there no membership dating sites that are actually good?
Started by Liam_SEAStart date Category Dating AdviceReplies 8
#1
Worth saying up front that with no membership dating sites, whether the results justify the time matters more than anyone admits. You can ignore most of the marketing around no membership dating sites and just check whether matches convert into conversations.
How long did dating sites take before anyone here got a real reply? Worth testing no membership dating sites yourself before taking my word for it.
#2
Liam_SEA has this backwards in my view: with no membership dating sites, how many matches turn into anything is the symptom, not the cause.
That is everything useful I have on no membership dating sites.
#3
The short answer on no membership dating sites is yes, with one condition. The only metric I trust on membership dating sites now is whether matches convert into conversations.
Tested the sites in question in real use and the difference showed within days. Has anyone tried no membership dating sites outside a major city? Worth testing the sites in question yourself before taking my word for it.
#4
Been asked about no membership dating sites enough times offline that I may as well write it here. For most people asking this, whether matches convert into conversations is the whole question with membership dating.
Did anyone else find whether matches convert into conversations got worse recently on membership dating? Anyway — that's the honest version of no membership dating sites.
#5
I tracked no membership dating sites across six weeks and the pattern was clear. You can ignore most of the marketing around dating sites and just check whether matches convert into conversations.
Tested membership dating in real use and the difference showed within days. Anyway — that's the honest version of no membership dating sites.
DorothyK makes a reasonable case but I've tested no membership dating sites more recently and it doesn't match.
The order I check things with membership dating:
whether support for membership dating answers at all
how the sites of this type feed changes after the first week
how many platforms like these profiles are actually active this month
The effect was more noticeable on membership dating in real use than I expected. Support confirmed part of this about the sites in question when I asked. Has anyone tried no membership dating outside a major city? I will update this if sites of this type shifts again.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with Datebie.
#7
Building on what NathanH said — no membership dating sites improved for me for exactly that reason. None of this works with no membership dating unless you're patient about whether matches convert into conversations. This is four months of steady use on no membership dating, not a trial run.
I checked membership dating sites on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Still worth it with membership dating if you're only checking in weekly? Ask if you want the specifics on no membership dating.
Comparing against the DateLink community helped me see what the paywall was actually doing.
#8
My take on no membership dating sites is unpopular here but it held up. Things improved for me on platforms like these the moment I took whether matches convert into conversations seriously.
Someone will disagree, and on whether matches convert into conversations with no membership dating sites they might be right. That held true for sites of this type in practice, though your mileage may differ. Anyway — that is the honest version of no membership dating sites.
#9
Liam_SEA, that is fair for most people asking this, but it plays out differently on no membership dating sites for everyone else.
Three things worth verifying on these sites:
whether photos on no membership dating sites can be limited to matches only
whether membership dating sites shows read receipts on the free tier
whether the these sites userbase is real inside your radius
Tested membership dating sites in real use and the difference showed within days. Did anyone else find whether matches convert into conversations got worse recently on membership dating sites? That is my read on no membership dating sites, for whatever it is worth.