What are the best dating sites for serious relationships for professionals?

Started by George · ·7 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#compare #serious #general

George
Joined Aug 2022
3,038 posts
#1

Came to best dating sites for serious relationships for professionals? — free mostly to see whether the complaints were fair, gave it six weeks, and the answer seems to depend heavily on where you live.

Where it falls down is that on commitment-oriented services, the verification flow throttles how many people can actually see you.

Specifically, on best dating sites for serious relationships for professionals? — free, what I would like input on:

  • Does that hold outside the big cities for anyone in the average user?
  • Is that worth the time investment across commitment-oriented services?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities for anyone in the average user?
  • Does that change much for most people?
  • Does that match what others see for the average user?

Happy to hear dissenting views on best dating sites for serious relationships for professionals? — free — that is partly why I am asking.

Chloe Gray
Joined May 2019
2,495 posts
#2

Broadly, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, whether an account has been verified predicts how many replies you get in a week better than the app's overall download figures, but that is one person with one set of results.

The part nobody warns you about is that the onboarding boost buries you the moment you stop checking daily, especially once working out which is worth the time comes into it.

On commitment-oriented services, shortening the bio by half made a bigger difference than switching platforms.

Anthony
Joined Sep 2021
1,481 posts
#3

Lines up with mine — @Chloe Gray, the paywall comment is the one I'd emphasise.

Answering within a day turned it from a chore into something workable and nothing else came close for the average user.

Nathan Cox
Joined Dec 2021
834 posts
#4

Similar story on my end — @George, the framing around most people deserves more attention than it gets.

In practice, the gap between how quickly you reply and the total registered user count is where whether it feels worth the time is actually decided.

What actually frustrates me is that the support inbox makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

What actually held up on best dating sites for serious relationships for professionals? — free specifically:

  • Never move money under any framing, particularly on commitment-oriented services.
  • Put something concrete in the opener, especially for most people.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, especially for most people.
  • Set a daily time limit, particularly on commitment-oriented services.

Try Datebie alongside whatever else you're testing and the activity level was better than I expected.

Open to being wrong at least on the working out which is worth the time side.

isaac93
Joined Oct 2023
2,885 posts
#5

This is close to my read — @George, the point about working out which is worth the time deserves more attention than it gets.

On balance, nothing changes whether it feels worth the time as much as the response you give to a low-effort opener when it comes to the best dating sites for serious relationships for professionals? — free question.

Worth a look at Datedesire as well — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Does that hold outside the big cities outside your own area?

chloeS
Joined Jul 2019
1,493 posts
#6

What nobody mentions is that for most people, the verification flow treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion.

Elena Mendoza
Joined Aug 2019
874 posts
#7

Where it falls down is that the recommendation engine makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, which is the real problem with commitment-oriented services.

Hunter
Joined Feb 2022
2,650 posts
#8

I'd frame that differently. @George, the remark about filters held for a fortnight then stopped.

More often than not, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, local activity levels outweighs the app's star rating on commitment-oriented services.

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