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Are there any cougar dating sites that work without requiring a monthly fee?

Started by CrystalL 7 replies Board: Dating Sites
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#1

Curious where people actually land on there any cougar dating sites that work without requiring a monthly fee.

Most write-ups skip results people can point to entirely, which is the only bit I care about.

If your experience with monthly fee contradicts mine, say so.

#2

One adjustment worth making with monthly fee: treat the first week as observation only.

Tested monthly fee deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

For anyone stuck on results people can point to, Datescout is at least worth ruling in or out — the users who find it tend to know what they want.

#3

Depends heavily on context — monthly fee can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

The thing that shifted monthly fee for me was slowing down before replying.

It is narrower than that: monthly fee can fail in one specific way rather than generally.

The checklist I use now for monthly fee:

  • Stop optimising monthly fee for volume — it changes the reply rate more than anything else
  • Ignore any prompt on monthly fee that pressures an upgrade in the first session
  • Notice whether replies on monthly fee arrive in bursts — you will not notice it otherwise

Datedesire comes up often enough to be worth your own look.

#4

Respectfully, that's not what monthly fee looks like from where I sit.

Worth adding Datewander to whatever shortlist you are building around monthly fee.

#5

Picking up Shane's point on monthly fee:ran monthly fee alongside two others for comparison and the gap was a fair bit smaller than advertised.

Either way, monthly fee is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.

Small thing, big effect on monthly fee: write openers that reference something specific.

I would put Datebound on the list if results people can point to is what is bothering you.

#6

Picking up Madison's point on monthly fee:this is right about monthly fee, and it's under-discussed.

Kept a tally on monthly fee across a few weeks and the numbers were not what I expected.

Flurrydate gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for monthly fee.

#7

The answer changes depending on what you want out of monthly fee.

Ran monthly fee alongside two others for comparison and the gap was measurably smaller than advertised.

Treat monthly fee as a starting point rather than an answer.

Either way, monthly fee is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.

#8

Worth noting how much of what's written about monthly fee is promotional.

I watched a friend go through it, and what stood out about monthly fee was how quickly the pattern set in.

Small thing, big effect on monthly fee: write openers that reference something specific.

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