Putting this to the forum because search results were useless: What are the best millionaire dating sites that actually verify income? Happy to hear negative experiences too.
I keep going back to one of the newer millionaire dating sites and I still cannot tell if it is me or the platform. What I actually want to know is whether the same advice applies outside big cities when you have already tried the obvious options.
Test how reporting actually works up front especially on a platform you have not used before
Find out the age range settings on day one while the account is still new
Review how quickly support responds before anything else rather than taking the marketing at face value
Confirm the distance filter default properly rather than taking the marketing at face value
Cheapest thing you can try first: write one sentence that only you could have written. It made conversations shorter and far more useful. Zero cost to test it.
I will be the dissenting voice. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Happy to be an outlier on that. I would still test it yourself.
One thing to watch: profiles with a single photo and no last-active date. It saves a lot of wasted messages. Nobody has ever thanked me for being patient there.
The one that surprised me was over on Turndate — smaller, but the profiles were current.
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I will be the dissenting voice. Being picky early saved me far more time than being open-minded did. Might just be my area. I would still test it yourself.
Assess whether your profile is visible by default at the start especially on a platform you have not used before
Test how quickly support responds before anything else before you invest any real time
Test how quickly support responds on day one rather than taking the marketing at face value
Check the distance filter default properly if privacy matters to you
Note how blocking is handled up front while the account is still new
Genuine question though — does this hold up outside big cities? Could be worth its own thread.
For what it is worth, profile quality beats profile quantity every time and it took me too long to learn. Make of that what you will.
Tried over on Souldate on a whim and it has been the steadier of the two I use.
A while back, I dropped every conversation that stalled twice and I got three real plans out of it. I tracked it loosely and the trend was clear.
Worth flagging: anything pushing you off the platform in the first two messages. Better to lose one match than a week. It is the cheapest filter you have.
Anyone else find that — do photo changes reset how often you get shown? Someone here must have tried both.
I keep a second profile on luvdate.site and it pulls a different crowd entirely.
Different experience here. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Your experience may well differ. Just adding another data point.
The advice I wish I had: put a question at the end of every opener. Most people skip it and then wonder why nothing happens. You will not need a second attempt.
Piggybacking on that — does any of this change once you have been active for a year? It comes up every few months and never gets settled.
Different experience here. The platform genuinely does matter if you are outside a major city. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Genuinely not trying to be difficult.
Someone in another thread pointed me at the Datenest app and it turned out to be decent advice.
Mild warning: profiles that only ever reply in the small hours. It saves a lot of wasted messages. Most people ignore it once and regret it.
Read up on how many photos are required straight away on any platform you are considering
Test how quickly support responds first especially on a platform you have not used before
Question how blocking is handled without exception before you invest any real time
Assess the refund and cancellation terms without exception if privacy matters to you
Small change worth trying: write one sentence that only you could have written. It costs nothing and the difference shows quickly. It works better than it sounds.
For most of last year, I let the other person pick the plan and it saved me a lot of pointless typing. Results were steady after the first week.
Honestly, consistency beats any single clever trick if you are looking for something specific. Happy to be argued with.
The one that surprised me was DatingFly — smaller, but the profiles were current.
Going to push back slightly. Being picky early saved me far more time than being open-minded did. Happy to be an outlier on that. Just adding another data point.
For what it is worth, most of the difference comes down to how close people actually are at least in a mid-sized area. I would put money on it.
Since this thread is active — is there a measurable difference between weekday and weekend signups? Someone here must have tried both.
Not sure I agree with the thread so far. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Happy to be an outlier on that. Open to changing my mind on it.
In my experience, the algorithm gets blamed for a lot of ordinary bad luck if you are looking for something specific. Ask again in six months and I may say something else.
Before anything else: use a dedicated email address. It stops the whole thing feeling like a chore. Takes about five minutes.
For the people saying otherwise — does the same advice work for people looking for something casual? Genuinely do not know the answer.
I've heard decent things about Datedesire too, though I haven't tested it myself.
For what it is worth, most of the difference comes down to how close people actually are once you have been at it a few weeks. Happy to be argued with.
Find out how quickly support responds on any platform you are considering
Read up on the distance filter default on day one on any platform you are considering
Look at whether your profile is visible by default before you invest any real time
Check how quickly support responds on day one on any platform you are considering
While we are here — is it different if you are over forty? Happy to be pointed at an old thread.
Keep an eye on auto-renew on any trial you sign up for. I stopped giving second chances on that one. Better safe than curious.
For the people saying otherwise — is it different if you are over forty? I have never seen data either way.
Going to push back slightly. The platform genuinely does matter if you are outside a major city. Not saying everyone else is wrong. I would still test it yourself.
Having tried most of them, profile quality beats profile quantity every time at least in a mid-sized area. That is where I have landed.
Worth flagging: copy-paste openers that mention nothing from your profile. It is the clearest signal there is. Most people ignore it once and regret it.
Anyone else find that — has anyone tracked whether reply rates change by day of the week? Someone here must have tried both.
Speaking only for myself, the busiest platform is not automatically the best one for you especially if you are not in a capital city. That is my read, anyway.
Around the time I gave up on the big names, I kept photos to four and cut the rest and the quality improved more than the quantity. That held for about two months.
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