So you've been searching around and have found some people you would like to talk to. Great. Now comes the catch. Like we were saying earlier, almost every dating site out there will let you join and post a profile for free. "How do these people make any money?" you may have been asking. Well the answer is they'll ask you to pay as soon as you actually want to contact someone. Ingenious strategy to be sure. Perhaps a bit annoying, but hey, running a personals site costs a lot of money. They can't just give it away. There are completely free sites out there, some are good, some aren't. The same goes with pay sites. Just because it is a pay site don't conclude that it must be a good site.
A lot of the companies that run dating sites are just out to make a quick buck in a hot industry. Don't fork over your cash unless you have a good feeling about a site. First of all there should be few to no advertisements on the site, and absolutely no pop up ads. Second make sure there are some people you want to contact. Third make sure the site you are on is secure. When you are on the page that asks for your credit card information, make sure you see 'https' in the address bar (the address bar should be at the top of the screen somewhere). For example, https://www.examplesite.com. If it just says http://www.examplesite.com you do not want to enter your credit card information in because the site is not secure. Remember this only applies to the actual page that has you put in your card info, not the other pages. All the other pages will be just http, that is normal.
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