Free or Paid?
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There are three major kinds of online dating networks: completely free sites, free sites with a number of paid features and paid sites with free profile registration only. Most of the paid dating sites require a monthly fee and some of them encourage their users to buy credits every time they need to contact someone, to reply someone's message or become more visible in search results.

Some people think that online dating sites have to be 100% free, however there are a number of reasons why absolutely free networks suck. Several independent researches indicate that free dating sites contain enormous amount of fake profiles. Significant number of various scammers, bored teenagers, bullshitters, perverts and so-called "trolls" keep creating fake profiles for personal entertainment. You can spend a lot of time and effort before you figure out that a cute girl or a hot guy you were chatting with doesn't exist in the real life. Some online marketers use fake dating profiles in order to promote their products and services.


Paid dating sites contain significantly lower amount of fake profiles. When you receive a message on a paid dating site, you can be most likely sure that the person who contacts you is a real person who is indeed interested in you. By creating a profile on a paid dating site (even without paying any fees) you join a network of grown up, professional people who are serious about their dating goals. In most cases you can register for free and let others contact you but if you prefer to be active you will be sure that you pay for real results.