Once a person decides to use online dating services to meet other singles, the first question that they need to deal with is whether to use a free or paid online dating service. With a wide variety of options out there, the choices can really be overwhelming. Let’s just take a minute to quickly break them down. Both options have their pros and cons, so we’ll take a peak into both of them.

Free Services

Pros:

With the ever growing popularity of the internet, online dating has blossomed as a way for men and women to meet each other. To show the popularity of this trend, simply go to Google and type “online dating site” into the search box. At the time of this writing, Google returns over 6,890,000 different sites in their listing.

Research shows that over 8 million women visit various online dating sites looking for that perfect man. The sad part about that is research also shows that out of every 10 men who post a personal ad on a dating site, only 3 of them will get a response.