Are there free german dating sites for English speakers?

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Evelyn Marshall
Joined: Jan 2021
Messages: 90
#1

Every time free german dating sites for English speakers comes up the thread turns into an advert, so I am asking here instead. For people replying above, the trial that quietly renews is the whole question with german dating sites.

For context I am mostly comparing no-payment dating sites rather than anything niche. There is no version of german dating sites where surprise billing sorts itself out without you doing something.

The open questions I have on german dating sites:

  • Do not move off german dating sites into private messaging until surprise billing looks handled
  • Compare german dating sites against the free-tier sites on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Check what german dating sites does about the pay-to-see-likes trick before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Turn off read receipts on german dating sites if the point where it starts charging is making you anxious about response times
  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the german dating sites pool near you is thin

Happy to be told I am asking the wrong question about free german dating sites for English speakers.

Chloe
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 688
#2

Building on what Evelyn Marshall said about german dating sites, that has not been my experience of german dating sites, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread. Nobody warns you that a free tier that is not free on german dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours.

I judge german dating sites by one thing now: whether the paywall improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. There is no version of german dating sites where the paywall sorts itself out without you doing something. That is my read on german dating sites, and others here clearly disagree.

If you do try german dating sites, do this:

  • Give german dating sites a fortnight of daily use before calling the point where it starts charging a dealbreaker
  • Treat your first german dating sites profile as a draft, because the upgrade nag punishes lazy ones
  • Message within a day of matching — on german dating sites that window closes fast
  • Do not move off german dating sites into private messaging until the point where it starts charging looks handled
Evan_Baltimore
Joined: Oct 2020
Messages: 781
#3

Picking up Chloe's point about the upgrade nag, not my read at all: for most of us posting here, german dating sites was the only thing that produced anything. For regulars here, the german dating sites experience lives or dies on surprise billing and almost nothing else.

I keep two accounts running to compare a free tier that's not free across the free end of the market, and german dating sites sits mid-table. There is no version of german dating sites where the trial that quietly renews sorts itself out without you doing something.

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Mason Stewart
Joined: Dec 2019
Messages: 544
#4

Evan_Baltimore put the german dating sites case better than I would have, though agreed, although with german dating sites I would frame surprise billing as a symptom rather than the cause.

The thing people underrate about german dating sites is how much the point where it starts charging depends on your own city.

A smaller name people rarely mention in german dating sites threads is Datedesire.

Jayden Woods
Joined: Dec 2019
Messages: 797
#5

Respectfully no — complaints about the pay-to-see-likes trick on german dating sites usually come from people who gave it a week. The pattern I see with german dating sites is that the paywall is fine early and degrades as you go.

Honestly, a free tier that's not free was less of a problem on german dating sites than the sheer time it ate. Not saying german dating sites suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

My rules for german dating sites these days:

  • Do not pay to fix the upgrade nag on german dating sites; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on german dating sites than you would guess
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — german dating sites rewards it
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on german dating sites
Leo Jenkins
Joined: Oct 2019
Messages: 516
#6

That feels too harsh on german dating sites, given the trial that quietly renews is a problem across free platforms rather than specific to it.

I keep two accounts running to compare locked messaging across the free-tier sites, and german dating sites sits mid-table. The thing people underrate about german dating sites is how much the upgrade nag depends on your own city.

One smaller option worth comparing on the point where it starts charging is Datedesire — different pool, same free messaging as german dating sites.

jack.chat
Joined: Aug 2023
Messages: 823
#7

That feels too harsh on german dating sites, given a free tier that is not free is a problem across the free end of the market rather than specific to it. The pattern I see with german dating sites is that locked messaging is fine early and degrades as you go.

Honestly, the upgrade nag was less of a problem on german dating sites than the sheer time it ate. Nobody warns you that the paywall on german dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours.

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