Worth flagging with this kind of service — anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Practical tip for this kind of service: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
If you are starting with this kind of service, set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
The real differentiator across this kind of service turned out to be whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
Before you commit to this kind of service, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
What I wish someone had told me about this kind of service: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
Take that as one data point on sign up, not gospel.
- Plenty of Fish — the free messaging is the draw, your mileage may vary
- Tinder — widest reach if you are somewhere busy, and it has been consistent since
- Hinge — low volume, higher intent, on a phone browser anyway