Do completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers?

Started by Travis Long 10 Oct 2025 11 replies Category Adult Dating dating apps adult dating adult chat
#1 · Thread starter

Crowdsourcing this one: completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers is something I keep circling back to.

Everything written about the free question covers the signup and nothing after it.

Adding that with the free question I care more about conversation quality than reach.

Tell me about completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers from experience rather than from a review page.

#2 · Member

Seconding the post above on the free options — that lines up with what I saw.

One warning about the free options: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

One thing I'd do differently with the free options — keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

The deciding detail with the free options was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

That is where I've landed on completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers, at least for now.

Worth adding luvdate.site to the list if you are comparing free options this week.

#3 · Member

That has not been true of the free options in my area, for what it's worth.

What changed my mind on the free options was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

That is roughly where I sit on completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers today.

If none of the above works for you, flurrydate.online is another free one people here mention a lot.

#4 · Member

The thing to watch on zero-cost options is that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

With zero-cost options it came down to how much personal data the signup demanded, honestly.

The real differentiator across zero-cost options turned out to be how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.

The deciding detail with zero-cost options was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

Practical tip for zero-cost options: read the whole profile before writing the first line.

With zero-cost options the thing that decided it for me was whether it worked without installing anything.

Hope some of that helps with completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers.

#5 · Member

I'd not generalise about free-tier sites without knowing how dense your area is first.

The move with free-tier sites is to read the whole profile before writing the first line.

Others here will know more about completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers than I do.

Adding souldate.site for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.

#6 · Member

My experience with free-tier sites was better than I expected, with one caveat.

The move with free-tier sites is to screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

My advice on free-tier sites: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Be aware when using free-tier sites that a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers.

#7 · Member

Respectfully disagree on no-cost services — my experience with no-cost services ran the other way.

What mattered most with no-cost services in the end was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

Interested to see what others say about completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers.

#8 · Member

Spent most of last winter on zero-cost options, so here is what I actually saw.

If I had to name one factor in zero-cost options it would be how the site behaved on a phone browser.

What mattered most with zero-cost options in the end was whether anyone replied inside the first week.

Geography does most of the work with zero-cost options — whether your region got the app early or late matters more than the feature list.

The thing that kept me on zero-cost options was whether the search filters did what they claimed.

Happy to expand on any of that about zero-cost options if it is useful.

#9 · Member

Tried free-tier sites twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.

The thing that kept me on free-tier sites was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

Not the last word on to advertisers by any means.

The one that finally worked for me was Flamedate — flamedate.online, after about a month of trying others.

#10 · Member

That is a fair summary of free-to-message sites from where I sit.

Half the arguments about free-to-message sites would end if people mentioned the time of year up front.

Worth flagging with free-to-message sites — a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of free-to-message sites.

Worth searching the forum for Datelink as well, there are a few longer write-ups.

#11 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about the free options — that's not what I found.

In a smaller town the free options behaves very differently once you account for how many competing apps are active near you.

If you're starting with the free options, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

One thing I would do differently with the free options — avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Interested to see what others say about to advertisers.

I also keep half an eye on EZHookups — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.

#12 · Member

Careful with free services, because a trial that renews is not the same as free.

The move with free services is to test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

The thing to watch on free services is that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

Before you commit to free services, use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

If you are starting with free services, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Interested to see what others say about completely free dating websites sell your data to advertisers.

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