Is there a free japanese dating site for English speakers?

Started by CarterB · ·8 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #free #asian

CarterB
Joined Nov 2022
3,315 posts
#1

Came to a free japanese dating site for english speakers? — niche & community after rewriting my profile for the third time, gave it two months, and here is roughly where I landed.

The part nobody warns you about is that for Asian daters, the recommendation engine buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

In practice, the gap between how long you leave a conversation running and how many matches you accumulate is where how long a conversation lasts is actually decided, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

Interested in what is actually working on a bit more depth on a free japanese dating site for english speakers? — niche & commun right now.

JustinM
Joined Feb 2023
2,802 posts
#2

Broadly agreed — @CarterB, the paywall comment is exactly right.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the gap between how consistently you show up and the size of the company behind it is where response rate is actually decided.

The one change that worked was shortening the bio by half — it changed the kind of people who replied.

Happy to be argued with for anyone in the Asian dating community.

Is that a regional thing on free-tier services?

Emily Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
872 posts
#3

Answering within a day made a bigger difference than switching platforms, which surprised me.

Adding Datescout to the list — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Take what is useful and leave the rest on the niche & community question.

Ethan Parker
Joined Oct 2021
1,517 posts
#4

On free-tier services, moving to a call early produced better matches within about ten days with a free japanese.

The thing I did not expect was that the block function treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion, which is the real problem with free-tier services.

My rules for the which-one question, such as they are:

  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking, and doubly so for Asian daters.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, especially for Asian daters.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, because it is the one thing that transfers across every app.
  • Ask one question, not four — with this this is the difference-maker.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, especially for Asian daters.

Datebound is another to throw in the mix if you want something to compare against.

Ava Mitchell
Joined Feb 2022
523 posts
#5

Can confirm — @JustinM, the argument about verification is the part people miss.

My working theory is that for the Asian dating community, the willingness to suggest meeting early tends to decide the proportion of real accounts you see.

Someone pointed me at Datewander if you're building a shortlist.

Stella Young
Joined Mar 2024
1,966 posts
#6

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions where the which-one question is concerned?

For the Asian dating community, the effort in the opening line tends to decide response rate, which might just be the Asian dating community.

AvaMeetups
Joined Sep 2021
385 posts
#7

Dropping the filters roughly doubled the reply rate and nothing else came close.

Is that a regional thing on free-tier services?

ConnorP
Joined Aug 2018
2,481 posts
#8

Can confirm — @CarterB, the point about the which-one question held up in my case too.

Broadly, on free-tier services, the amount of detail in a bio outweighs how polished the profile looks.

Flurrydate is another to throw in the mix and there is no paywall on the basics.

Does that hold outside the big cities on free-tier services?

ChloeC
Joined Feb 2021
322 posts
#9

What nobody mentions is that on free-tier services, the recommendation engine rewards constant activity rather than genuine interest.

If you want a second option, Flamedate if you're testing a few at once.

Would like to hear a counter-argument if you're on free-tier services.

Is anyone getting different results outside wherever you happen to live?

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