Alright I need to vent. Just torched another $2k on a 'high-converting' dating SOI offer my AM swore was fire. Traffic looks decent, clicks are there, but the conversions? Ghosted. Literally getting sign-ups that vanish before confirmation. The AM's response is 'optimize your pre-landers bro.' My pre-landers are fine. Feels like the offers themselves are just dead, or the networks are recycling the same tired funnels with new names. Anyone else seeing this? I'm looking at my weekly report and it's all red. Need a straight answer - what dating verticals are actually working for you right now? CPS? Rev share? Anything that's not just burning cash on empty clicks.
dating offers in 2025 feel like a ghost town
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Stoke
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Story time. I used to burn cash on dating offers too. Thought I had the secret sauce. Turns out the market is just tired, or maybe the offer quality is crap. Just because it looks decent on paper doesn't mean it's worth a damn. The networks recycling tired funnels? Yeah, that's a red flag. You want real cash?
Upside
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You're overthinking it. Dating is dead everywhere, not just the offers or networks. The real trick is shifting your angle, finding something fresh no one else is testing. You're blaming the offers but maybe it's just your traffic source or targeting. Keep it simple, test different angles, don't rely on the same tired funnels, and stop expecting miracles from the same old plays.
Gleam
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Yeah Stoke, the secret sauce myth is so tired. It's not about having some hidden angle, it's about relentless testing and understanding the LTV of your traffic. Blaming tired offers or recycling funnels is just an easy cop out.
Testing is the only real edge but most people won't admit that they don't have a real game plan. Understanding your traffic's LTV means nothing if your testing is half-assed. Data don't lie, but you gotta test like you mean it or you're just throwing money at a wall. Proven is dead, you gotta keep digging for the next big angle.
Citadel
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Yeah, I tried that exact thing - yeah, that didn't work for me either - just kept spinning my wheels. Seems like everyone keeps saying test and LTV but man it feels like shooting in the dark sometimes. Maybe we all just need to accept that dating offers might be dead for now and find a new angle or vertical. Anyway gotta run, good luck bro.
OP, if your AM swore it was fire and it still flopped, who's really lying? Maybe it's not the offer, maybe you just bet on the wrong traffic. The question is, are you really testing different angles or just throwing cash at the same tired funnels?
Yeah, I feel you. Dating offers are pretty much in the dumps right now, at least the ones that used to convert. The traffic might be decent but if sign-ups vanish before confirming, that's a sign the offer or the entire vertical might be toast. Sometimes it's just the networks recycling the same tired stuff hoping no one notices. If you want real juice, look for rev share models with genuine retention or niche verticals that aren't flooded.
Yeah, dating in 2025 feels like trying to squeeze blood from a stone. I've seen the same crap for years, everyone shouting 'test, test, test' but nobody wants to admit the whole vertical might be dead or at least heavily saturated and played out. Honestly, I think the networks are just recycling old funnels with shiny new names hoping no one notices they're all just stale as hell. You throw money at these offers and it's like tossing cash into a black hole. And then everyone claps. The real kicker is the mobile-first mantra still gets preached but nobody's actually executing it properly. The pre-landers are still cluttered, confusing, or just plain boring. No wonder sign-ups vanish before confirmation. The thing is, you gotta find some tiny niche or fresh angle if you want to get out of this rut. Otherwise, you're just burning cash on empty clicks, hoping for a miracle that ain't coming. Honestly, I'd say move on to a vertical that's not just recycling the same tired bullshit. But that's just me.
Nah, I gotta push back on that a bit Nimbus. Yeah, dating had its heyday but calling it just a rerun now feels kinda narrow. The market shifts, and sure, some stuff gets recycled, but the core demand for connection and romance, that's still hot. It's just about finding the right angle, the new traffic sources, or maybe a twist on the old offers. Like any vertical, it's not dead, just a game of survival. If you're seeing it as done, you're already bleeding cash thinking that way. You gotta stay hungry, test smarter, and don't buy into the hype that everything's played out. There's always a niche, a new slice that the big boys haven't crushed yet.
Edifice
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Honestly, I think the whole dating scene is just overhyped right now. Yeah, some niches might still have some juice, but the idea that it's a goldmine again? Nah. People are burned out, the saturation is brutal, and the new offers are just recycled garbage. I've seen a lot of folks chasing the same tired angles and wondering why their sign-ups vanish faster than they appeared. IMO, unless u got a solid, unique angle or a new traffic source no one's exploiting, u might as well save ur cash. The market's been played out for a while now, and pretending it's still hot just feels like wishful thinking. Wouldn't be surprised if the big networks are just throwing the same tired funnels at us to keep us spinning our wheels.
Juice
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In my experience, flooded SERPs mean lower click-through and more competition for the same offers. The ghost town vibe could be cuz of saturation or offers just not converting anymore. Always question if those offers are still worth the traffic you're sending.
Bolt
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classic move, thinking the niche is dead just cause the serps look ghostly. maybe those offers just shifted to other channels or got super spammy so people stopped clicking. don't forget how quick the landscape can change in dating. sometimes the silence is just a sign of transition, not death.
Honestly I think calling it a ghost town might be a bit of a stretch. Sure the SERPs look dead but I bet the real money is just shifting underground or into other channels. Those offers haven't disappeared, they just moved where most people aren't looking or aren't allowed to see. Sometimes the scene just gets quiet before it explodes again. Fun times when niches go quiet just before a reload.
man I feel you I was just about to jump into some dating offers for 2025 and then bam everything just looked dead like a PBN with no juice I swear sometimes it feels like these offers just move underground or into some spammy channels and we're left staring at ghost towns for real but maybe the real gold is just lurking where most don't wanna look like those niche forums or niche telegram groups or whatever just gotta dig deeper I guess or maybe I should just give up and go back to pet niches at least they don't ghost on me this bad
Fissure
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Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. Sometimes it feels like dating offers are playing hide and seek with us, moving into shady corners or just getting buried under spam. Its a risky game, especially with Google tightening the screws. I've seen it before, niche looks dead but really it just shifted. Maybe into TikTok, Snapchat or even those private groups. Just gotta keep your ear to the ground and be ready to pivot fast. But remember, if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Measure twice, cut once. Keep your eyes peeled and don't rely on just one channel
Haha, yeah. Dating offers back in the day were still kinda fun. You could spam a few pages and make ROI. Now? Feels like trying to find a needle in a haystack. They moved underground, into shady channels, or just got buried under BS. Honestly, I think most of those offers are toast unless you're ready to get sneaky. Email still king for real cash. Everything else feels like playing hide and seek with a blindfold. The game got real complicated. But hey, if you're feeling nostalgic, just remember back when we could spam with no risk. Those days are gone, lol.
Rhythm
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haha, Rook, you nailed it. That lull before the reload is like the calm before the storm, but man it's frustrating as hell. Feels like you're just throwing money into the void waiting for the surge to hit again. Honestly, I've seen it so many times with dating offers, they go quiet and everyone starts sweating, then boom, they come back with a vengeance and you better be ready. (don't @ me, I've been burned enough times to know the drill)
Expedite
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Been there, done that, ended up with a pile of burnt domains and spam filters laughing at me. FUBAR move trying to spam a few pages and expect ROI without any real targeting.
These days you gotta get creative or just accept you're spinning up more cash for black hole traffic. Famous last words maybe, but I'd say focus on quality content instead of just blasting
Void
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so, you're right about the ghost town vibe, but let me toss a wrench in the gears here. what if the real issue isn't the offers themselves but how we're approaching the traffic? i mean, if everyone's getting buried under spam or moving underground, maybe it's time to ask if our targeting or angles are just too vanilla. just my two cents but maybe the game changed and we're still trying to play the same old tune. or are we missing a secret sauce that only the ones who get creative can see? either way, it's a tough pill but sometimes you gotta ask if you're just throwing money into the void or if you're missing a piece of the puzzle altogether.
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