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Free Dating Sites
Recommended: FriendFinder
FriendFinder is one of the biggest online serivices, with a lot of specialities and over 3 millions members. They have lots of free services, online chat, blogs and other dating features available for free access.
One of the best though is Plentyof Fish, which is 100% free and has millions of members. You can try them out here:
Online Dating Service PlentyofFish is a free online dating service featuring photo personals, chat, messaging, ratings, advice etc.
Craig's List
Some free personals sites are still out there though. We recommend you try Craig's List (choose your city or state from the list on the right when you go to that site). Craig's List is totally free, and national in scope, and has free personals and free chat/forums. As we find free services, we'll post them here, but only if they're not scams and actually have features worth promoting. in the mean time, most if not all of the services we review here do allow at least a free registration, which allows you to get email. It's a way to find out if a service has people you're interested din meeting, and wiling to pay for.The article below says it all. Free just isn't worth it.
Free Dating Sites vs. Paid Dating Sites
I have used and worked for several dating sites,
both free and
paid.
I know Internet personals from A to Z.
And I came to realize that free dating sites were awfully expensive.
Want to know why?
First, free dating sites attract all types of rubbish: Nigerian
scammers, Russian "mail order brides", and all types of unstable and
wicked people that were banned from quality services. Those people have
too much time on their hands (or it is their full-time Internet rip-off
occupation) and this is why they don't mind to hang there.
On the other hand, since the website is free, they do not have much
staff on hand to look after it, and check on possible scams. So
scammers are free to go wild there.
Second, free dating sites usually make their revenue from the ads they
show to their members. In other words, they aren't really interested in
you actually FINDING someone on their site: they would rather have you
frustrated and clicking on the ads you see on their site.
Another venue is selling your email address to mass-mailing companies,
or running mass-mailings themselves. It means you risk being bombarded
with hundreds of commercial emails, day after day.
Third, I find it appalling that a person cannot find some twenty bucks
to pay for a subscription. As a woman, I want to KNOW that the guy I am
talking to is at least capable of paying his own rent.
If I were a guy, I would also prefer a woman who is capable of looking
after herself and doesn't think a man is there to provide for her.
Forth, the software on free sites is often inconvenient and the
customer support sucks. I prefer things that work as they are supposed
to.
Fifth, for a busy person like you and me, filtering through heaps of
bogus profiles can be maddening. My time is valuable. I'd rather spend
it meeting someone for coffee than talking to people that aren't even
real.
On a paid dating site people have invested something in the process, so
they are more serious and don't play games.
Sixth, for all the reasons outlined above, quality people tend to avoid
free dating services. Their time is too valuable. If you want to meet a
quality person, you are unlikely to meet them on free sites.
All in all, I have realized that using a free dating site is awfully
expensive. I simply cannot afford it. It costs me more in time and
effort, which I could use more productively - like running a dating
coaching session, or writing an article.
I'd rather pay for subscription and have ten times less frustrations
and ten times more results.
What about you?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Elena Solomon is a dating coach.
Her latest book "12 Simple
Rules" became #1 'Love & Romance'
bestseller in the
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ONE WEEK after the release. It shows you EXACTLY how you can utilize
the natural laws of
attraction and our in-built sexual strategies to win in the game of
love. A
special part in the book is devoted to online dating.
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