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Why are paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people?

Started by Liam_SEA Start date Category Dating Advice Replies 8
#1

I would frame paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people differently to how the question is worded.

The real gap on sites of this type comes down to whether verification is enforced. Your situation might change the answer on paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people completely.

#2

I'd frame paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people differently to how the question is worded.

My rule with paid dating sites is simple — check whether verification is enforced before you register. Still forming a view on sites of this type, so push back if I've it wrong.

Someone here mentioned DatingFly itself a while back and it was a fair shout.

#3

I did the boring version of researching paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people so nobody else has to.

Take that as one data point on sites of this type, not gospel.

For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with LuvDate itself.

#4

Lauren Miles — that was my assumption too, and testing paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people properly changed my mind.

What I check before committing to paid dating:

  • what happens to your data if you delete a these sites account
  • how platforms like these handles photo privacy
  • whether you can hide distance on paid dating
  • how the reply rate on paid dating holds after week two

Worth noting that paid dating changed after their last update. Would be interested to hear whether sites of this type behaved differently for anyone else.

Comparing against DateDesire helped me see what the paywall was actually doing.

#5

Started looking into paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people for a friend and ended up switching myself.

Three things worth verifying on sites of this type:

  • how many these sites accounts look dormant
  • what dating sites costs once the intro period ends
  • whether the paid dating userbase is real inside your radius

I checked paid dating sites on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. That's everything useful I've on dating sites.

Someone here mentioned Turndate itself a while back and it was a fair shout.

#6

I went round in circles on paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people before anything clicked. My rule with paid dating sites is simple — check whether verification is enforced before you register.

I've no stake in sites of this type — this is just what I observed. That's my read on paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people, for whatever it's worth.

#7

Signed up to four of these to answer paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people for myself. You can ignore most of the marketing around these sites and just check whether verification is enforced.

Anyone compared paid dating sites against the paid alternatives properly? That's everything useful I've on paid dating sites.

Someone here mentioned DateLink a while back and it was a fair shout.

#8

I tracked paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people across six weeks and the pattern was clear.

Everything I got wrong about these sites traced back to whether verification is enforced. Your situation might change the answer on dating sites completely.

#9

Paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people turned out to be a much narrower question than I assumed. Half the confusion around these sites disappears once you separate whether verification is enforced from the marketing.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on paid dating sites, which helped. I will update this if paid dating sites usually better for finding serious people shifts again.

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