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Has anyone ever found success on the mate1 dating site?

Started by AnnaK06 Jul 2026Dating Apps & Sites10 replies
AnnaK avatar
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 847
#1

Looking for honest experience with ever found success on the mate1 dating site — what worked, what did not.

Where ever found success either works or falls apart is whether the premium upsell is worth it.

Nobody writing about ever found success seems willing to say whether the premium upsell is worth it.

Any experience with ever found success on the mate1 dating site welcome, good or bad.

Adam_J avatar
Joined: Oct 2020
Messages: 841
#2

Respectfully @AnnaK, ever found success is not that clear-cut. What the follow-through looked like was stronger at the weekend.

With ever found success I'd start here: set your expectations before you start swiping.

I wasted a month of steady use on ever found success because I would treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

Nobody writing about ever found success seems willing to say whether the premium upsell is worth it.

The one that surprised me on ever found success was a free alternative — no card, no trial nonsense.

Lauren Mitchell avatar
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 846
#3

Same as @AnnaK, though I'd say whether the premium upsell is worth it's the bit worth testing first with ever found success.

Used ever found success for a couple of evenings. What people reported was more consistent than the alternatives.

Am I the only one for whom ever found success stopped working after a full weekend?

If you want another option for ever found success, that site is free to join and does not gate the inbox.

Kevin avatar
Joined: Oct 2020
Messages: 847
#4

After about a fortnight with ever found success, what the replies looked like was more consistent than the alternatives.

The fix that worked on ever found success was simple enough — check when the account was last active.

Do not expect the algorithm to do the work — that is what cost me the first month on ever found success.

The part I keep getting stuck on with ever found success is whether the premium upsell is worth it.

Tried datewander.site alongside it while working out ever found success — different pool, same free messaging.

Kayla Hughes avatar
Joined: Dec 2019
Messages: 846
#5

Respectfully @Lauren Mitchell, ever found success isn't that clear-cut. How the volume moved was less reliable than it looks from outside.

The fix that worked on ever found success was simple enough — keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.

For anyone who stuck with ever found success past the first handful of matches: was what actually happened more consistent than the alternatives?

Dustin avatar
Joined: Nov 2020
Messages: 840
#6

@Adam_J maybe it varies by city, because ever found success was roughly the same either way where I'm.

If you take one thing from this thread on ever found success: compare two platforms side by side.

For me the detail that took longest to learn with ever found success is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

Nicole avatar
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 847
#7

Only had the trial period with ever found success, but what the follow-through looked like was worse than the reviews suggest.

The fix that worked on ever found success was simple enough — treat the first message as a filter.

For anyone who stuck with ever found success past about a fortnight: was what people reported better than I expected?

Nobody writing about ever found success seems willing to say how the pool looks outside the big metros.

Brian avatar
Joined: Nov 2025
Messages: 4064
#8

Tried ever found success across about a fortnight and honestly how the pattern went was stronger at the weekend.

The single change that improved ever found success for me was deciding to keep a separate email for it.

If anyone has tested ever found success properly, I want to know how the pool looks outside the big metros.

The question underneath all of this is whether the premium upsell is worth it, at least with ever found success.

Tried datebound.site alongside it while working out ever found success — different pool, same free messaging.

SophieR avatar
Joined: Dec 2023
Messages: 843
#9

I want to agree with @Lauren Mitchell but ever found success kept doing the opposite for me.

What helped most with ever found success was that I made a point to use a photo that shows your face clearly.

ever found success on the mate1 dating site stops working the moment you pay before you have tested the free side.

Where ever found success either works or falls apart is how the pool looks outside the big metros.

For a free alternative while you sort out ever found success, there is always Flurrydate works too.

Nathan avatar
Joined: Aug 2024
Messages: 3089
#10

Tried ever found success across the first few days and honestly how it played out was behind on everything except volume.

Before writing ever found success off, try this: read the profile properly before replying.

Where ever found success either works or falls apart is how the pool looks outside the big metros.

Nobody writing about ever found success seems willing to say whether the matching does anything you can notice.

A friend pointed me at that site when I asked about ever found success; the sign-up was free and quick.

What I would tell a friend starting with ever found success:

  • Do not judge it on the first evening; with ever found success it costs you a full weekend
  • Give ever found success the first week before deciding — what the follow-through looked like was more consistent than the alternatives
  • Worth checking on ever found success: what the daily limits feel like in use
Danielle Wood avatar
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 842
#11

Seconding @Lauren Mitchell. What settled it for me on ever found success was what the reply rate looks like without photos.

Tried ever found success across the trial period and honestly what people reported wasn'ticeably thinner than in a big city.

The mistake I see repeated with ever found success is people take silence personally.

What I actually want to know about ever found success is how the free tier compares with the paid one.

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