Can someone find me a dating site that is actually 100% free?

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Samantha_J
Joined: Oct 2022
Messages: 1132
#1

I have been going round in circles on someone find me a dating site that is actually 100% and could use some real experience. the pay-to-see-likes trick is what makes or breaks dating site for me.

I have about a month of using no-payment dating sites behind me and not much to show for it. If the trial that quietly renews is your main worry with dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

What would actually help me judge dating site:

  • Ask most people in this thread what dating site is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Block early and report often on dating site — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; dating site activity is nothing like flat

Even a one-line answer on someone find me a dating site that is actually 100% would help at this point.

LaurenP
Joined: Oct 2021
Messages: 1073
#2

@Samantha_J makes a fair point about dating site, but reading this back, my dating site notes say almost the same thing about the point where it starts charging.

If surprise billing is your main worry with dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

For completeness on dating site, turndate.site, datelink.online, datingfly.online get mentioned a lot too.

Selena_W
Joined: Apr 2023
Messages: 802
#3

Disagree, because blaming the upgrade nag lets you off the hook — my dating site results improved when my profile did. There is no version of dating site where the upgrade nag sorts itself out without you doing something.

I judge dating site by one thing now: whether the pay-to-see-likes trick improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Your dating site results will vary by city more than by platform.

Marcus
Joined: Aug 2021
Messages: 1103
#4

Reading this back, my dating site notes say almost the same thing about the paywall. I keep two accounts running to compare the upgrade nag across free dating apps, and dating site sits mid-table.

I judge dating site by one thing now: whether locked messaging improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Take that as one data point on dating site rather than a recommendation.

EvanH
Joined: Aug 2021
Messages: 451
#5

That tracks with my dating site run, which was fine until the paywall became the whole experience. The pattern I see with dating site is that the pay-to-see-likes trick is fine early and degrades as you go.

If the pay-to-see-likes trick is your main worry with dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month. You can work around the pay-to-see-likes trick on dating site, but you have to be deliberate about it. If the upgrade nag is your main worry with dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

I keep Rendate open as a control while testing dating site — useful for judging the point where it starts charging honestly.

Derek77
Joined: Jan 2022
Messages: 1272
#6

I will push back here, because dating site worked fine for me and the paywall was never the issue. I judge dating site by one thing now: whether the point where it starts charging improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

Nobody warns you that the pay-to-see-likes trick on dating site scales with how many people are online at your hours. I judge dating site by one thing now: whether a free tier that's not free improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

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NathanW
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 238
#7

I read Derek77's reply on dating site and same experience on dating site: I gave it six weeks before locked messaging got tiresome. I keep two accounts running to compare the trial that quietly renews across the free end of the market, and dating site sits mid-table.

Nobody warns you that the point where it starts charging on dating site scales with how many people are online at your hours. What changed my results on dating site was treating the pay-to-see-likes trick as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

NinaB
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 407
#8

Yes, and I would add that surprise billing on dating site gets worse the longer you stay.

If the paywall is your main worry with dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month. That is my read on dating site, and others here clearly disagree.

Erin Weston
Joined: Jun 2024
Messages: 830
#9

NinaB is right about one part of dating site: seconding this, because on dating site the honest answer is that a free tier that's not free varies enormously by area. For people who have actually tried it, the dating site experience lives or dies on a free tier that's not free and almost nothing else. There is no version of dating site where the pay-to-see-likes trick sorts itself out without you doing something.

You can work around a free tier that's not free on dating site, but you have to be deliberate about it. There is no version of dating site where locked messaging sorts itself out without you doing something. Not saying dating site suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

Diane_KY
Joined: Oct 2022
Messages: 1200
#10

Broadly agree on dating site — the upgrade nag was what decided it for me too.

There is no version of dating site where the trial that quietly renews sorts itself out without you doing something.

Jess_Online
Joined: Jan 2024
Messages: 1040
#11

Picking up Diane_KY's point about the upgrade nag, respectfully no — complaints about the trial that quietly renews on dating site usually come from people who gave it a week.

Most of the noise about dating site comes from people measuring surprise billing over far too short a window. I keep two accounts running to compare locked messaging across no-payment dating sites, and dating site sits mid-table.

Ryan84
Joined: Nov 2021
Messages: 87
#12

That tracks with my dating site run, which was fine until the trial that quietly renews became the whole experience.

The pattern I see with dating site is that the trial that quietly renews is fine early and degrades as you go. Not saying dating site suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

Anyone comparing dating site on surprise billing should probably add Datewander to the list.

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