Do totally free no charge dating sites even make money, or is it all ads?

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Eli Marsh
Joined: Jul 2024
Messages: 265
#1

I want to be wrong about totally free no charge dating sites even make money, or is it all ads, so tell me if I am. If the point where it starts charging is bad on charge dating sites, nothing else about it matters.

I have about a month of using free platforms behind me and not much to show for it. Nobody warns you that the pay-to-see-likes trick on charge dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours.

Things about charge dating sites I have not worked out:

  • Do not pay to fix locked messaging on charge dating sites; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on charge dating sites than you would guess
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — charge dating sites rewards it
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on charge dating sites
  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; charge dating sites activity is nothing like flat

Happy to be told I am asking the wrong question about totally free no charge dating sites even make money, or is it all ads.

Olivia Grant
Joined: Jul 2024
Messages: 166
#2

@Eli Marsh makes a fair point about charge dating sites, but that has not been my experience of charge dating sites, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread. The thing people underrate about charge dating sites is how much a free tier that is not free depends on your own city.

You can work around the point where it starts charging on charge dating sites, but you have to be deliberate about it. The thing people underrate about charge dating sites is how much locked messaging depends on your own city. There is no version of charge dating sites where the upgrade nag sorts itself out without you doing something.

EvanH
Joined: Oct 2024
Messages: 125
#3

I will push back here, because charge dating sites worked fine for me and the upgrade nag was never the issue. Nobody warns you that surprise billing on charge dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours.

I keep two accounts running to compare the upgrade nag across no-payment dating sites, and charge dating sites sits mid-table. The pattern I see with charge dating sites is that surprise billing is fine early and degrades as you go.

A smaller name people rarely mention in charge dating sites threads is Rendate.

Dave_SoCal
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 527
#4

Agreed, although with charge dating sites I would frame the point where it starts charging as a symptom rather than the cause. The pattern I see with charge dating sites is that the trial that quietly renews is fine early and degrades as you go.

There is no version of charge dating sites where the paywall sorts itself out without you doing something. For the members answering here, the charge dating sites experience lives or dies on a free tier that is not free and almost nothing else.

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Kyle_B
Joined: Apr 2024
Messages: 942
#5

Yes, and I would add that the paywall on charge dating sites gets worse the longer you stay. The pattern I see with charge dating sites is that the pay-to-see-likes trick is fine early and degrades as you go.

Most of the noise about charge dating sites comes from people measuring surprise billing over far too short a window. I judge charge dating sites by one thing now: whether the trial that quietly renews improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Take that as one data point on charge dating sites rather than a recommendation.

The other one I would try before giving up on charge dating sites is Rendate.

Renee Cross
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 1038
#6

Where I differ from Kyle_B on charge dating sites: not my read at all: for regulars here, charge dating sites was the only thing that produced anything. I keep two accounts running to compare the trial that quietly renews across free platforms, and charge dating sites sits mid-table.

I judge charge dating sites by one thing now: whether surprise billing improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. I judge charge dating sites by one thing now: whether the upgrade nag improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. Either way, surprise billing is the thing I would test first on charge dating sites.

Names that come up repeatedly in charge dating sites threads: flurrydate.online, turndate.site, luvdate.site.

Marcus
Joined: Nov 2024
Messages: 240
#7

Building on what Renee Cross said about charge dating sites, different experience on charge dating sites, where a free tier that is not free turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it. For most of us posting here, the charge dating sites experience lives or dies on a free tier that is not free and almost nothing else. If the trial that quietly renews is your main worry with charge dating sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

What changed my results on charge dating sites was treating locked messaging as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. The thing people underrate about charge dating sites is how much the upgrade nag depends on your own city. Honestly, surprise billing was less of a problem on charge dating sites than the sheer time it ate. Your charge dating sites results will vary by city more than by platform.

My charge dating sites baseline these days is Rendate, mostly because surprise billing is measurable there.

RobbieQ
Joined: Jan 2025
Messages: 602
#8

Picking up Marcus's point about the trial that quietly renews, yes, and I would add that the point where it starts charging on charge dating sites gets worse the longer you stay. Honestly, locked messaging was less of a problem on charge dating sites than the sheer time it ate. If the upgrade nag is your main worry with charge dating sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

What changed my results on charge dating sites was treating the point where it starts charging as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. For most of us posting here, the charge dating sites experience lives or dies on the pay-to-see-likes trick and almost nothing else. Not saying charge dating sites suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

What worked for me on charge dating sites:

  • Block early and report often on charge dating sites — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Screenshot anything odd on charge dating sites before you report it — the upgrade nag claims need evidence
  • Ask the crowd on this board what charge dating sites is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Do not pay to fix the upgrade nag on charge dating sites; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause

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