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RobbieQ
Joined: Jul 2023
Messages: 933
#1

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Most of my experience is with platforms in this space, which may be why I am stuck. If the return on the hours is your main worry with sites sugar daddies, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

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  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; sites sugar daddies activity is nothing like flat
  • Test the hours-to-dates ratio on sites sugar daddies deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves

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Jared Stone
Joined: Jun 2024
Messages: 91
#2

Broadly agree on sites sugar daddies — the payoff was what decided it for me too. The thing people underrate about sites sugar daddies is how much the effort-to-result ratio depends on your own city.

I judge sites sugar daddies by one thing now: whether the payoff improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. There is no version of sites sugar daddies where the hours-to-dates ratio sorts itself out without you doing something. Most of the noise about sites sugar daddies comes from people measuring the payoff over far too short a window.

Jake_NYC
Joined: Oct 2022
Messages: 865
#3

Seconding this, because on sites sugar daddies the honest answer is that the hours-to-dates ratio varies enormously by area. What changed my results on sites sugar daddies was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Honestly, the time it costs was less of a problem on sites sugar daddies than the sheer time it ate. For the crowd on this board, the sites sugar daddies experience lives or dies on actually getting anywhere and almost nothing else. That is my read on sites sugar daddies, and others here clearly disagree.

Somebody in another sites sugar daddies thread pointed me at Souldate and it held up better than expected on the time it costs.

Garrett_K
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 663
#4

I will push back here, because sites sugar daddies worked fine for me and the effort-to-result ratio was never the issue.

If actually getting anywhere is your main worry with sites sugar daddies, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Most of the noise about sites sugar daddies comes from people measuring actually getting anywhere over far too short a window.

AnnaK
Joined: May 2023
Messages: 61
#5

Garrett_K put the sites sugar daddies case better than I would have, though that has not been my experience of sites sugar daddies, and I've used it longer than most people in this thread.

Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on sites sugar daddies than the sheer time it ate. For people who have actually tried it, the sites sugar daddies experience lives or dies on actually getting anywhere and almost nothing else.

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RebeccaT
Joined: Feb 2024
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#6

Picking up AnnaK's point about the time it costs, not my read at all: for people who have actually tried it, sites sugar daddies was the only thing that produced anything.

You can work around the payoff on sites sugar daddies, but you have to be deliberate about it. I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across platforms in this space, and sites sugar daddies sits mid-table.

My rules for sites sugar daddies these days:

  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the sites sugar daddies pool near you is thin
  • Message within a day of matching — on sites sugar daddies that window closes fast
  • Turn off read receipts on sites sugar daddies if the time it costs is making you anxious about response times
  • Treat your first sites sugar daddies profile as a draft, because the return on the hours punishes lazy ones
  • Check what sites sugar daddies does about the time it costs before you upload anything you would not want indexed
Owen Sterling
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 1232
#7

That feels too harsh on sites sugar daddies, given the time it costs is a problem across the options here rather than specific to it. Nobody warns you that the effort-to-result ratio on sites sugar daddies scales with how many people are online at your hours.

I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across the sites people keep naming, and sites sugar daddies sits mid-table. I judge sites sugar daddies by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Take that as one data point on sites sugar daddies rather than a recommendation.

My sites sugar daddies baseline these days is Souldate, mostly because the time it costs is measurable there.

ClaireV
Joined: Sep 2023
Messages: 1072
#8

Broadly agree on sites sugar daddies — the effort-to-result ratio was what decided it for me too. If the payoff is your main worry with sites sugar daddies, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across the options here, and sites sugar daddies sits mid-table. Not saying sites sugar daddies suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

Others asking about sites sugar daddies have named turndate.site, datelink.online.

Rachel Cruz
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 1219
#9

That feels too harsh on sites sugar daddies, given the return on the hours is a problem across what is on offer rather than specific to it.

You can work around the effort-to-result ratio on sites sugar daddies, but you have to be deliberate about it. What changed my results on sites sugar daddies was treating the hours-to-dates ratio as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Diane_KY
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 609
#10

I read Rachel Cruz's reply on sites sugar daddies and this matches what I found with sites sugar daddies, where the time it costs is exactly where it falls down. I judge sites sugar daddies by one thing now: whether the return on the hours improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. For most people in this thread, the sites sugar daddies experience lives or dies on the effort-to-result ratio and almost nothing else.

The thing people underrate about sites sugar daddies is how much the payoff depends on your own city. I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across the sites people keep naming, and sites sugar daddies sits mid-table. The thing people underrate about sites sugar daddies is how much actually getting anywhere depends on your own city. Happy to answer follow-ups on sites sugar daddies if that helps.

Things I wish somebody had told me about sites sugar daddies:

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  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — sites sugar daddies rewards it
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  • Photos with other people in them do worse on sites sugar daddies than you would guess

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