The Secrets of Online Dating Sites

Don’t lose sight on your wallet

Single people are one of the most common victims of swindlers. In 2011, scammers stole $50 from single souls. In most cases, one person loses somewhere around $9,000. The more popular dating websites tend to warn their users of possible con artists by giving them advice.

However, new online dating sites are often filled with fake identities. That is why it is better if you first speak with your date on the phone before you decide to meet in real life.

Beauty or the beast

Some websites organizes different social event for its users. However, they only let some members to join the fun. That may seem harsh, but in fact daters do the same thing to when they go through other people’s profiles.

Other sites do not show the faces of their members at all. The service is based on location and it tries to respect the privacy of its users. But members of such sites stimulate their members to pay more attention to their looks.

Mobile dating is one of the latest trends. In fact, the mobile sector is predicted to increase twice in only five years. In addition, 50% of the users of the most popular sites log in using a mobile app. Also, these applications are easier to use since the automatically build a profile of their user.

Just looking

A large number of daters only want to go through other people’s profile and they are not really interested in seeing someone. In addition, the sites offer so many suggestions and members have so little free time for dating, that they never really get to meet anyone. Online daters need to spend hours browsing and answering various questions about themselves and that requires a lot of time and patience.

However, online dating services are quite confidents in their work. Moreover, a 2010 study found that 1.6th of all married couples in the States have met on the web.

Most users, however, tend to use a dating site for only three months. But 20% of them later return to the service after a year and a half.