Is there a dating website for married people?

Started by AvaMeetups · ·9 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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AvaMeetups
Joined Sep 2021
385 posts
#1

nearly a year in, out of curiosity more than anything, and the consensus online looks nothing like my experience.

What wore me down was that the distance filter buries you the moment you stop checking daily — and nobody mentions it when they talk about filtering the noise.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the gap between how long you leave a conversation running and how polished the profile looks is where how many replies you get in a week is actually decided.

For anyone who has used the sites recently:

  • Is anyone getting different results outside wherever you happen to live?
  • Has that changed since the last update across the sites?
  • Is that worth the time investment for that particular niche?
  • Does that match what others see in wherever you happen to live?
  • Is that worth the time investment when filtering the noise is the main worry?

Interested in what is actually working on up-to-date views on a dating website for married people? — niche & community dating | right now.

Zoey Clark
Joined Mar 2020
321 posts
#2

The recurring problem is that on the sites, the discovery feed collapses once you move outside a major city.

More often than not, the feature list gets the credit but how often you open the app does the work for people in complicated situations.

I have had a decent run on Rendate if you are testing a few at once.

CrystalB
Joined May 2018
3,277 posts
#3

My sticking point is that for people in complicated situations, the distance filter buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

Something worth knowing: the gap between whether you actually read the profile and which tier you're on is where how many conversations survive past day three is actually decided, and the sample size here is basically one for people in complicated situations.

Does anyone know if that still holds when you factor in the question?

DrewS
Joined Mar 2021
110 posts
#4

Opposite for me, oddly. @CrystalB, the advice about calling early produced nothing on my end.

Shortening the bio by half made conversations last past the first exchange, which surprised me once filtering the noise was the priority.

On balance, the honesty of the bio makes more difference than how long you have had the account when it comes to dating | dati.

ScottH
Joined Feb 2018
1,790 posts
#5

Only partly agree. @DrewS, the point about filtering the noise held for a fortnight then stopped.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that for people in complicated situations, the search function buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

More often than not, how well a platform handles reports is a better predictor of response rate than how many matches you accumulate.

Datenest is worth twenty minutes purely on how busy it is locally.

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions when filtering the noise is the main worry?

LandonH
Joined Feb 2019
2,563 posts
#6

On balance, on the sites, the size of the pool within ten miles has a bigger effect on whether it feels worth the time than the app's star rating, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

Suggesting a meeting inside two weeks got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

Been running Luvdate in parallel if you are testing a few at once.

CassandraW
Joined May 2019
1,862 posts
#7

Does that change much once you factor in filtering the noise?

For people in complicated situations, setting fixed hours for it made conversations last past the first exchange.

How many matches you accumulate gets the credit but the honesty of the bio does the work when it comes to a dating website for married people? — niche & community dating | a dating website for married people? — niche & community dating | problem.

Applied to a dating website for married people? — niche & community dating | in practice, that means:

  • Move to a voice or video call early — it is the one thing that transfers across every app.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines — with a dating website this is the difference-maker.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, because nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public if filtering the noise is your main concern.

Try Luvdate alongside whatever else you are testing if you want something to compare against.

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions with the sites?

GarrettO
Joined Jun 2017
1,254 posts
#8

Echoing this — @ScottH, the argument about verification matches my experience.

For what it is worth, on the sites, whether you actually read the profile matters more than the marketing on the homepage on the sites.

SkylerN
Joined Mar 2020
3,030 posts
#9

Different result on my end. @DrewS, the argument about verification backfired when I tried it.

The thing I did not expect was that for people in complicated situations, the distance filter turns into a shop window the moment someone matches.

The one change that worked was reading profiles properly before swiping — it made the whole thing feel less like admin for that particular niche.

A few things worth doing on the sites:

  • Never move money under any framing — it is the one thing that transfers across every app.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, because the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Put something concrete in the opener, which matters most on the sites.
  • Turn the notifications off — with this whole area this is the difference-maker.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific — with this this is the difference-maker.

Try Datedesire alongside whatever else you are testing — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Would like to hear a counter-argument on this whole area.

AvaMeetups
Joined Sep 2021
385 posts
#10

As far as I can tell, the app's overall download figures gets the credit but the honesty of the bio does the work.

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