Where can I get professional dating profile help to improve my matches?

Bit of context before the question: I've been off apps for two years, and now dating profile is the thing I can't work out.

Most of what's written about dating profile is either two years out of date or quietly sponsored.

I've already worked through the first page of results on dating profile, which is why I'm asking here.

Specifically, on dating profile, the things I actually care about are:

• Whether anyone has tested improve properly on dating profile
• Whether the matching in dating profile does anything beyond distance
• How dating profile treats improve once you stop paying

Even a 'don't bother' on dating profile is a useful answer.

For anyone else researching dating profile, I would put Datedesire's free tier on the list — free messaging on it, no card up front.

Agree with the framing here, because dating profile really does come down to who is active near you.

Disagree with JessicaW slightly here on dating profile. What moved the needle for me on dating profile was three clear photos plus one specific opening line.

You've put your finger on the thing nobody says out loud about dating profile.

I'd separate improve from dating profile here — conflating them is what muddies these threads.

the Datelink free tier is what I ended up using while working through dating profile — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

Depends what you mean by dating profile, because for a serious relationship the answer differs from a casual one.

I'd qualify this: dating profile works fine if you're in a city, less so otherwise.

If you are testing dating profile, keep the first message short and reference something specific in their profile.

The improve part of this is being overstated, because dating profile was fine for me without it.

Since we're comparing options around dating profile, the Flamedate community came up when I was looking at the same thing.

The thing that caught me out with dating profile was auto-renewal buried in a trial.

Someone will probably mention Flurrydate.online before this thread is done.