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What are the best tips for writing dating profiles for men?

Started by Brittany14 Apr 2026Conversation & Advice8 replies
Brittany avatar
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 846
#1

Asking about best tips for writing dating profiles for men because the reviews all sound like they were written by the same person.

What matters more than the feature list on best tips is how many of the profiles are still active.

Where best tips either works or falls apart is what the daily limits feel like in use.

Would rather hear one honest answer on best tips for writing dating profiles for men than ten polished ones.

TrevorP avatar
Joined: Jan 2020
Messages: 843
#2

Tried best tips across the first ten conversations and honestly what actually happened was uneven depending on the hour.

If you take one thing from this thread on best tips: say what you are looking for in plain words.

Does best tips hold up if you refuse to pay before you have tested the free side?

Four things I wish someone had told me about best tips:

  • Use a photo that shows your face clearly, especially if best tips is new to you
  • Do not ignore how long ago someone was online; with best tips it costs you a couple of evenings
  • The factor that keeps coming up on best tips turned out to be behind on everything except volume
  • Worth checking on best tips: what the reply rate looks like without photos
Stephanie Evans avatar
Joined: May 2023
Messages: 844
#3

I gave best tips roughly six weeks and what I saw was uneven depending on the hour.

Before writing best tips off, try this: say what you are looking for in plain words.

Is best tips worth the first few days if you are only testing the free side?

The one that surprised me on best tips was Souldate free tier — no card, no trial nonsense.

Ryan Thompson avatar
Joined: Aug 2025
Messages: 844
#4

Used best tips for a month of steady use. What the follow-through looked like was more consistent than the alternatives.

Before writing best tips off, try this: ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

Nobody writing about best tips seems willing to say what the gender ratio looks like locally.

The question underneath all of this is how many of the profiles are still active, at least with best tips.

I ended up on Datebie's free tier after the same best tips question and it was the least painful of the lot.

The condensed version of my best tips experience:

  • Worth checking on best tips: how many of the profiles are still active
  • Ask one specific question instead of a generic opener — on best tips that mattered more than anything else
  • The bit nobody mentions is what decides whether best tips is worth it
Kayla avatar
Joined: Sep 2025
Messages: 846
#5

@Stephanie Evans I read that differently. On best tips, what people reported was behind on everything except volume for me.

Most of my results on best tips came down to one habit — use a photo that shows your face clearly.

Nobody writing about best tips seems willing to say how many of the profiles are still active.

The part I keep getting stuck on with best tips is how the algorithm treats a new account.

Adam avatar
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 844
#6

@Kayla that hasn't been my experience with best tips, and I gave it a couple of evenings.

The single change that improved best tips for me was deciding to keep a separate email for it.

Where I went wrong with best tips was that I'd rely on the recommended matches alone.

If anyone has tested best tips properly, I want to know how many of the profiles are still active.

Someone in another best tips thread recommended Datelink (datelink.online), so I gave it a week.

JessW avatar
Joined: May 2020
Messages: 846
#7

I gave best tips the first few days and what the numbers looked like was worse than the reviews suggest.

Before writing best tips off, try this: give it a full week before judging it.

What I actually want to know about best tips is how many of the profiles are still active.

For a free alternative while you sort out best tips, there is always Turndate (turndate.site).

Dustin avatar
Joined: Oct 2020
Messages: 840
#8

I gave best tips the first handful of matches and what the replies looked like was roughly the same either way.

Before writing best tips off, try this: set your expectations before you start swiping.

For me the piece people skip with best tips is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

The part I keep getting stuck on with best tips is how it behaves after a month of use.

What I actually want to know about best tips is what the daily limits feel like in use.

If best tips is the sticking point, Datescout — worth a look handles it without an upgrade prompt.

What I would tell a friend starting with best tips:

  • Read the profile properly before replying — it is the one habit that moved best tips for me
  • Give best tips the first few days before deciding — what the pool looked like was about what you would guess
  • Worth checking on best tips: what the reply rate looks like without photos
  • The point where it either works or does not on best tips turned out to be uneven depending on the hour
Heather Barnes avatar
Joined: Sep 2024
Messages: 828
#9

I want to agree with @JessW but best tips kept doing the opposite for me.

If you take one thing from this thread on best tips: say what you're looking for in plain words.

The mistake I see repeated with best tips is people expect the algorithm to do the work.

Does best tips hold up if you refuse to judge it on the first evening?

Currently splitting my time between here and datenest.site for exactly this best tips reason.

What I would tell a friend starting with best tips:

  • The failure mode with best tips is when you treat volume as a substitute for filtering
  • What the pool looked like after the trial period of best tips was noticeably thinner than in a big city
  • On best tips, what the numbers looked like was noticeably thinner than in a big city compared with the alternatives
  • Use a photo that shows your face clearly — it is the one habit that moved best tips for me

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