Do dating sites with free trials ever let you keep your matches when the trial ends?

Started by DominicA 10 replies Board: Free Dating & Apps
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DominicA profile photo
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#1

Not looking for a sales pitch, just experience: do dating sites with free trials ever let you keep your matches when the trial ends.

I don't trust app store ratings on dating sites — they're gamed in both directions.

Where ends is concerned, these are the dating sites questions I have:

  • Whether messaging on dating sites works without handing over card details
  • Whether ends is the reason dating sites feels inconsistent
  • Whether the free tier on dating sites is genuinely usable or just a demo
  • How the ends experience on dating sites compares month to month

Happy to be told I'm asking the wrong thing about dating sites.

JamesC99 profile photo
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#2

Adding the Datelink community to the pile for dating sites, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

Ellie Baker profile photo
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#3

Respectfully, I think the framing of dating sites sets people up to be disappointed.

Zoey Adams profile photo
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#4

I keep the Rendate free tier open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with dating sites.

LoganS profile photo
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#5

Since we're comparing options around dating sites, the Datewander free tier came up when I was looking at the same thing.

HenryM profile photo
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#6

Does ends actually matter for what you want, or is it a side issue for dating sites?

Henry Moore profile photo
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#7

To build on JamesC99's answer about dating sites: Practical suggestion on dating sites: give it a full two weeks of consistent use before judging anything.

Counterpoint — treating dating sites as a numbers problem is exactly what kept me stuck for a year.

Mateo Wright profile photo
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#8

If dating sites is the question, the Datescout threads is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Julian White profile photo
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#9

Once I sorted out ends, the rest of dating sites became much more manageable than I expected.

The ends disagreement in this thread says more about dating sites than any single answer.

Ava Mitchell profile photo
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#10

Someone recommended Flurrydate to me during my own search around dating sites and it was better than I expected.

Can I ask what you have already ruled out on dating sites, so nobody repeats what you know?

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#11

Picking up what Ellie Baker said — dating sites is regional first. The cheap test for dating sites is whether you can send one message without a card, and if you cannot, move on.

Took me about six weeks on dating sites before I had a conversation that went anywhere.

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