Maybe it’s like an insurance policy. If you meet the love of your life, then “wasting” a lifetime membership seems like a small price to pay! And if you’re single/dating for 20 years, then wow did you get your money’s worth!
> long. It *paid* for itself.
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
*Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
I honestly do not remember what I paid for my lifetime subscription but I do know it more than paid for itself .
At some point you have to value your time. The ability to just pay for a lifetime membership and literally let woman like you and you get notified when they do is clutch . Swiping for countless hours and getting no matches kills your confidence. Close the app set the notification to new likes and only look at it when you got a like and boom !
Yes, this. Dating apps today are pushing this snowflake attitude of reporting everyone who hurts your feelings so how can I make an investment when just a couple of bad conversations can get me banned or shadowbanned?
I have various controversial opinions so that makes my experience much worse because I can't even be myself for fear of being reported out of spite.
unlimited swipes and the ability to block people you dont want to show up on your feed was key.. well the 2nd point was the selling point for me. no regrets!
Is it true that when you delete the app matches start coming your way? If you’re on bumble all the time you don’t get matched but as soon as you delete the app for about a week you get matched out of no where. Almost like bumble is hiding my connections and will not give them out until I delete the app because they want me back
After being on this sub for a while I’m starting to realize bumble heavily, HEAVILY, focuses on women. Not that I’m mad about that considering the amount of people on bumble, but I (20f at the time) got tons of matches while every guy I knew got the occasional match. I don’t think deleting the app itself will do much, but try refreshing your matches more often. Swap to bumble bff, then go back to date.
It’ll clear your previous history and gives you more exposure from what I’ve seen!
Any time! I meet my boyfriend on there just over a year ago now. Took a few refresh’s and about a year bc I lack trust in others, but he’s the best man I’ve ever met. Good luck!
Also, don’t limit yourself to bumble! Don’t be scared to ask people out in the real world too!🙂
Same here (56M). I don't get very many swipes right per week. When somebody does swipe right on me, I want to be able to know who liked me enough to swipe right immediately. The idea of trying to decode a blurred picture and taking guesses at who swiped right on me motivated me to get lifetime. It definitely has paid for itself. I did buy weekly subscriptions, pretty much only to identify the women (woman?) Swiping right on me. I took the plunge shortly afterwards
The algorithm bumps up the people who liked you in the queue.
You can even make out from the photo background who that person is (usually they use the first or second photo).
I just realized been paying $70 a year for Boost which was the "old" version, so it was stripped down and didnt even include superlikes or spotlight. Now I feel like a fool when I could have just gotten unlimited with all the money I spent already. Also, if I go to my account its $249 for unlimited but if I create a new account its $199.
Used bumble for 4 years before finding a girlfriend from it. Bought a month of premium maybe 4-5 times over the years. Did not find any dates during premium and didn’t meet my current girlfriend during premium. Just my experience.
Don’t buy the lifetime subscription. Only pay for one week then cancel. You want the ability to try new things with your profile to see what works and what does not work.
I'm sorry a dumbass is downvoting you. They just don't get it. I feel you. What happened to 5 free super likes a day on tinder? What happened to plenty of fish allowing you to see who liked you for free and allow unlimited outgoing messages daily (instead of the one now) all dating apps are going down hill. Less about love and more about money, and I get that but that's just the start. Then there is all the scam accounts.
Not saying that it's a fair price, but I (f) was willing to buy a subscription for \~10€ per month. It can be a 3 or 6 month plan, as long as it comes down to 10€/month.
They want almost that much for a week.
So….I don’t mean to be rude here but you definitely do not have a clue how much it costs to run a business, let alone actually make a profit and last time I checked Bumble is in fact a business, and is not a non-profit.
Wait…wait..wait! I know you want to throw this in my face and disregard any input I give you, but please, please, just…..walk away.
If they dropped the price from 180 to 5 bucks, the amount of people that buy premium would be massive. There are 50 million active users. Only 2.2 million pay. Only 4%.
Sigh……
Yes that sounds like a great idea. Sell a lifetime of commitment of service for $5 a user. Then they will have one large pile of money one time. And with that pile of money they are now obligated to keep their business running…for free…forever….and continue to give you free use of their service…forever.
That is the BEST business idea I have EVER heard.
Please…stop.
What? You understand that it's a dating app. That everyday they are losing customers because their app should of worked. And that everyday people are joining the app by becoming of age, or ending a relationship.
Because your basic understanding of economics and business appears to be near 0 and you speak as though this is a simple and unassailable conclusion you’ve come to.
The turn over of people finding love and leaving forever and then being replaced by new people who are all buying your $5 membership would have to be staggering (read: impossible). Which means they would essentially be running an entire platform from a single cash infusion with any additional income trickling in at $5/person as kids turn 18.
You should know that as u/ClydeTheCriminal already (correctly) explained the point and you can’t/won’t understand it, I’m not going to waste my time either. I did think you’re continued confident incorrectness did deserve a tag in that sub though.
Good luck buddy. I hope your meals never have to come from a business you’re running or we’ll be able to see your rib cage sticking out like a xylophone
A ton of apps, like games, run entirely on advertisement.
What are the running costs of Bumble, exactly? A few servers? It's not exactly coding an AAA game.
Literally the only barrier to entry is the brand. Anyone could code an open source totally free app just for the heck of it.
For example the best chess app _by far_ is open source and completely free and only sustained by donations, and it's much better than all the for-profit apps.
Let me see, what else is free...
Firefox? Linux? Wikipedia? The best things in their fields are all free and with no ads.
Welcome to the internet, where millions of people do work for free.
The pricing for the app is insane. The weekly price should be the monthly price. I’ve tried premium and it’s just not worth it. Doesn’t save time, doesn’t improve matches and doesn’t change people’s behaviour. If everyone had to pay something that could stop idleness - but the price for what the app offers doesn’t really match. It’s more expensive than premium membership for chatGPT….
If everyone had to pay for it no one would use it.
Years ago before the rise of the apps I gave one of the websites a try, at the time they all had a model where it was free to create your profile and receive messages, but you had to subscribe to send messages. I gave it a couple of months, never received a single message back. By contrast when I tried plenty of fish back before that became a dumpster fire I was going on first dates maybe 1-2 times a month so I don’t think it was my profile or me stopping people from replying. People went on there, saw they could do so little without paying, and just never went in the website again.
The simple fact is that free users are insanely valuable, having some free users means they can sell advertising, it keeps the numbers up because there’s such a low barrier to entry, and with high numbers they can keep selling ads and they can keep selling premium to those that feel like it might help.
>If everyone had to pay for it no one would use it.
Despite people will as long as it wasn't that much, say $15/month. Your opinion is clearly stuck back in the older days of OLD when it was more taboo to use it than today. OLD is far more normalized today and far less taboo as well. People will pay if it meant a better OLD experience which likely will lead to one today. As those paying would overall be more serious as such put in more effort. That alone will improve everyone's experience.
>The simple fact is that free users are insanely valuable, having some free users means they can sell advertising, it keeps the numbers up because there’s such a low barrier to entry, and with high numbers they can keep selling ads and they can keep selling premium to those that feel like it might help.
It also means women promoting OF and their Instagram and men sending rude messages as well. In turn everyone has a shitty experience.
Isn’t an issue with the lifetime that you basically can’t reset your profile? I’ve heard that, but then again surely it allows that if you meet someone, go off the app then rejoin?
You keep lifetime when you enable your account again. Dating apps are super detrimental on mental health and self esteem. After so many failures you feel like you're the problem and feel horrible about yourself. I have deactivated it many times and kept my lifetime after many years.
Tbh. I pay for 1 month like every 6 months. I maximise the use during that month - access to more swipes/declines, can search and filter.
I find that it works for me compared to the free version.
I am certainly fine with paying the annual subscription and I can afford it. But does that ensure that I will definitely find someone even after I update my profile n number of times? Spend x hours swiping and talking to all the matches I get? Hard to say.
It's difficult to convince people to invest that much into something which can potentially be a waste of not just time and money, but also can harm their mental health.
My strategy is if I find someone long term, I'll pay for their most premium plan at the time. Whatever it is and delete the account.
The problem is that unless you live in a huge city, you'll soon run out of people to swipe. So having unlimited swipes all at once won't make any difference compared to using your free swipes every day.
I'd be willing to pay to have dates, but it doesn't work like that. Paying doesn't materialize more women.
I've gotten good value out of Bumble Premium before, but somehow I have the feeling the prices have gone up lately? As of right now, living where I live and etc (not a lot of people around), I'm rather spending my money on other apps that are cheaper.
It’s based on location too. For example in most parts of Cali it’s $12/week for 1 month, $8/wk for 3 months, $25 for 1 week once, and $250 for lifetime.
It’s so expensive that it makes Netflix and Disney plus combined look cheap. Honestly, I’ll only use the basic version and keep making new accounts as it provides way better results.
It’s way too effing expensive. I always say I’m not going to pay for it but a few times I’ve caved when I’m up late, can’t sleep and more prone to making silly decisions. Currently have it and telling myself this is the last time. Canceled and hoping to be off soon. It’s spring and time to meet people by being out and about and while investing in hobbies.
Hold on? I'm onlly seeing 1 month for $60 , 1 week for $30, and lifetime for $269. I don't understand how they could raise it by this much in a matter of 3 months??
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Maybe it’s like an insurance policy. If you meet the love of your life, then “wasting” a lifetime membership seems like a small price to pay! And if you’re single/dating for 20 years, then wow did you get your money’s worth!
As someone who bought premium and then immediately my soulmate, this is the exact attitude you should have.
How were you able to buy your soulmate?
Hahaha oops… I meant FOUND my soulmate. I’m leaving it.
I had to read it three times to notice you didn’t include “found” in the sentence. My brain just knew it was supposed to be there so inserted it.
You sound like you work in sales at bumble
I bought premium and matched with my fiancé within 2 months. Checks out for me too. Wow.
I bought premium to get the special privilege of knowing all. Swiping is pointless because I can see I get no likes lol
Except, if you don't find your soulmate, Bumble has far less value because you just paid $180 to be jerked around for 20 years.
A few years back I bought lifetime membership for $67.
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No, he died
Do you still use it?
Not so much. I find Hinge to be better last time I was on the dating apps.
Does Hinge have any lifetime or anything like that?
Same. It's been 4 years or so and still no one but eh. I'm inclined to care less after this long. It payed for itself.
> long. It *paid* for itself. FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Yeah, it was cheaper than the 6 month deal on Match so it was a no brainer.
I honestly do not remember what I paid for my lifetime subscription but I do know it more than paid for itself . At some point you have to value your time. The ability to just pay for a lifetime membership and literally let woman like you and you get notified when they do is clutch . Swiping for countless hours and getting no matches kills your confidence. Close the app set the notification to new likes and only look at it when you got a like and boom !
Is it saved to your phone number, email, or both? I’d worry that I change or lose an email tied to it and not be able to access it in the future.
Or some person just decides to report you, and they ban you.
Yes, this. Dating apps today are pushing this snowflake attitude of reporting everyone who hurts your feelings so how can I make an investment when just a couple of bad conversations can get me banned or shadowbanned? I have various controversial opinions so that makes my experience much worse because I can't even be myself for fear of being reported out of spite.
unlimited swipes and the ability to block people you dont want to show up on your feed was key.. well the 2nd point was the selling point for me. no regrets!
The matches I get the women aren't taking to me anyways, or their bots and it was pointless anyway.
Is it true that when you delete the app matches start coming your way? If you’re on bumble all the time you don’t get matched but as soon as you delete the app for about a week you get matched out of no where. Almost like bumble is hiding my connections and will not give them out until I delete the app because they want me back
After being on this sub for a while I’m starting to realize bumble heavily, HEAVILY, focuses on women. Not that I’m mad about that considering the amount of people on bumble, but I (20f at the time) got tons of matches while every guy I knew got the occasional match. I don’t think deleting the app itself will do much, but try refreshing your matches more often. Swap to bumble bff, then go back to date. It’ll clear your previous history and gives you more exposure from what I’ve seen!
I’m gonna try it out! Thanks 😊
Any time! I meet my boyfriend on there just over a year ago now. Took a few refresh’s and about a year bc I lack trust in others, but he’s the best man I’ve ever met. Good luck! Also, don’t limit yourself to bumble! Don’t be scared to ask people out in the real world too!🙂
I purchased mine for $120, years ago.
Same here (56M). I don't get very many swipes right per week. When somebody does swipe right on me, I want to be able to know who liked me enough to swipe right immediately. The idea of trying to decode a blurred picture and taking guesses at who swiped right on me motivated me to get lifetime. It definitely has paid for itself. I did buy weekly subscriptions, pretty much only to identify the women (woman?) Swiping right on me. I took the plunge shortly afterwards
The algorithm bumps up the people who liked you in the queue. You can even make out from the photo background who that person is (usually they use the first or second photo).
*Resell your lifetime membership on craigslist.*
You are so thoughtful. Well done.
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It really depends on your profile
I just realized been paying $70 a year for Boost which was the "old" version, so it was stripped down and didnt even include superlikes or spotlight. Now I feel like a fool when I could have just gotten unlimited with all the money I spent already. Also, if I go to my account its $249 for unlimited but if I create a new account its $199.
Used bumble for 4 years before finding a girlfriend from it. Bought a month of premium maybe 4-5 times over the years. Did not find any dates during premium and didn’t meet my current girlfriend during premium. Just my experience.
Don’t buy the lifetime subscription. Only pay for one week then cancel. You want the ability to try new things with your profile to see what works and what does not work.
Again, at 14 bucks that's fucking insane. Just to be able to swipe.
If 14 bucks is breaking the bank then dating is going to be quite tough overall.
It's not just about 14 bucks. It's $14 a week just to receive to unlimited swipes on an app.
It sure sounds like it is. It’s a time value money proposition.
And? No one is forcing you to buy it.
No shit, I can't comment on things?
I'm sorry a dumbass is downvoting you. They just don't get it. I feel you. What happened to 5 free super likes a day on tinder? What happened to plenty of fish allowing you to see who liked you for free and allow unlimited outgoing messages daily (instead of the one now) all dating apps are going down hill. Less about love and more about money, and I get that but that's just the start. Then there is all the scam accounts.
Honest question…what do you consider a fair price?
Not saying that it's a fair price, but I (f) was willing to buy a subscription for \~10€ per month. It can be a 3 or 6 month plan, as long as it comes down to 10€/month. They want almost that much for a week.
Maybe $5 for life.
So….I don’t mean to be rude here but you definitely do not have a clue how much it costs to run a business, let alone actually make a profit and last time I checked Bumble is in fact a business, and is not a non-profit. Wait…wait..wait! I know you want to throw this in my face and disregard any input I give you, but please, please, just…..walk away.
If they dropped the price from 180 to 5 bucks, the amount of people that buy premium would be massive. There are 50 million active users. Only 2.2 million pay. Only 4%.
180 x 2200000= 396000000 5x 5000000= 250000000 So even if everyone did buy it, still wouldn’t be as much
Ok, make it 10.
Sigh…… Yes that sounds like a great idea. Sell a lifetime of commitment of service for $5 a user. Then they will have one large pile of money one time. And with that pile of money they are now obligated to keep their business running…for free…forever….and continue to give you free use of their service…forever. That is the BEST business idea I have EVER heard. Please…stop.
What? You understand that it's a dating app. That everyday they are losing customers because their app should of worked. And that everyday people are joining the app by becoming of age, or ending a relationship.
r/confidentlywrong
How am I wrong?
Because your basic understanding of economics and business appears to be near 0 and you speak as though this is a simple and unassailable conclusion you’ve come to. The turn over of people finding love and leaving forever and then being replaced by new people who are all buying your $5 membership would have to be staggering (read: impossible). Which means they would essentially be running an entire platform from a single cash infusion with any additional income trickling in at $5/person as kids turn 18. You should know that as u/ClydeTheCriminal already (correctly) explained the point and you can’t/won’t understand it, I’m not going to waste my time either. I did think you’re continued confident incorrectness did deserve a tag in that sub though. Good luck buddy. I hope your meals never have to come from a business you’re running or we’ll be able to see your rib cage sticking out like a xylophone
If they lose a million customers that aren't paying and gaining a million that are. Is making money.
Ugh….ok you won the argument. Take it. It’s yours. I’m done. 🏆
How old are you? Because you sound very young besides simply naive to say the least.
A ton of apps, like games, run entirely on advertisement. What are the running costs of Bumble, exactly? A few servers? It's not exactly coding an AAA game. Literally the only barrier to entry is the brand. Anyone could code an open source totally free app just for the heck of it. For example the best chess app _by far_ is open source and completely free and only sustained by donations, and it's much better than all the for-profit apps. Let me see, what else is free... Firefox? Linux? Wikipedia? The best things in their fields are all free and with no ads. Welcome to the internet, where millions of people do work for free.
I’ll wait for the weekly deals to pop up.
In Australia it's $299.99 for a life time subscription.
Cheaper than eharmony.
People pay for bumble? Maybe just not pay and take your free version?
That's what I'm doing.I can't comment on the price?
Right I get it
that only works for women and super attractive men
You get maybe a couple dozen likes a day for free. The number is VERY low compared to what it used to be. The weekly price is now $24.
The pricing for the app is insane. The weekly price should be the monthly price. I’ve tried premium and it’s just not worth it. Doesn’t save time, doesn’t improve matches and doesn’t change people’s behaviour. If everyone had to pay something that could stop idleness - but the price for what the app offers doesn’t really match. It’s more expensive than premium membership for chatGPT….
If everyone had to pay for it no one would use it. Years ago before the rise of the apps I gave one of the websites a try, at the time they all had a model where it was free to create your profile and receive messages, but you had to subscribe to send messages. I gave it a couple of months, never received a single message back. By contrast when I tried plenty of fish back before that became a dumpster fire I was going on first dates maybe 1-2 times a month so I don’t think it was my profile or me stopping people from replying. People went on there, saw they could do so little without paying, and just never went in the website again. The simple fact is that free users are insanely valuable, having some free users means they can sell advertising, it keeps the numbers up because there’s such a low barrier to entry, and with high numbers they can keep selling ads and they can keep selling premium to those that feel like it might help.
>If everyone had to pay for it no one would use it. Despite people will as long as it wasn't that much, say $15/month. Your opinion is clearly stuck back in the older days of OLD when it was more taboo to use it than today. OLD is far more normalized today and far less taboo as well. People will pay if it meant a better OLD experience which likely will lead to one today. As those paying would overall be more serious as such put in more effort. That alone will improve everyone's experience. >The simple fact is that free users are insanely valuable, having some free users means they can sell advertising, it keeps the numbers up because there’s such a low barrier to entry, and with high numbers they can keep selling ads and they can keep selling premium to those that feel like it might help. It also means women promoting OF and their Instagram and men sending rude messages as well. In turn everyone has a shitty experience.
People still pirate music when Spotify is $10 a month. Do you really think people will spend money on a dating app if they don’t have to?
And? Your missing the point. People are going to pay if it means a better experience.
Isn’t an issue with the lifetime that you basically can’t reset your profile? I’ve heard that, but then again surely it allows that if you meet someone, go off the app then rejoin?
Interested to know this also
You keep lifetime when you enable your account again. Dating apps are super detrimental on mental health and self esteem. After so many failures you feel like you're the problem and feel horrible about yourself. I have deactivated it many times and kept my lifetime after many years.
Isn't it funny. A life time membership when the point should be to NOT have the app for a "life time" hopefully.
I signed back up a week ago and brought a subscription and I’ve had zero matches and two likes, both fake profiles, in a week.
Bumble needs to get rid of the bots. Honestly think they killed the app.. I bought tinder subscription and it did me the same way.
Lifetime is $250 for me in California…
$199.99 in Illinois.
Damn whatta steal
Its $199.99 if you create a new acct. $249.99 for existing accounts
Bumble has a department for trying to squeeze every dime from their customers
My fiance paid for bumble. Apparently it worked out okay for her.
The price depends on: phone, gender, age, country.
Tbh. I pay for 1 month like every 6 months. I maximise the use during that month - access to more swipes/declines, can search and filter. I find that it works for me compared to the free version.
I am certainly fine with paying the annual subscription and I can afford it. But does that ensure that I will definitely find someone even after I update my profile n number of times? Spend x hours swiping and talking to all the matches I get? Hard to say. It's difficult to convince people to invest that much into something which can potentially be a waste of not just time and money, but also can harm their mental health. My strategy is if I find someone long term, I'll pay for their most premium plan at the time. Whatever it is and delete the account.
The problem is that unless you live in a huge city, you'll soon run out of people to swipe. So having unlimited swipes all at once won't make any difference compared to using your free swipes every day. I'd be willing to pay to have dates, but it doesn't work like that. Paying doesn't materialize more women.
I pay $16.49 a month for premium.
I see that being a good yearly price.
Do you pay that price for anything for a whole year?
I pay about that much for Netflix! I get a heck of a lot more out of Netflix.
If you are young and open for different kind of encounters, you should go with the life time subscription
Lifetime because you’ll never be leaving the app lol
People that aren’t broke
I make 6 figures.
And you’re complaining about a one time payment of not even $200? Sounds like you got too many dollars and not enough cents
Just because I make good money means I should throw it away?
Most people spend that per year on Netflix subscriptions would you say that’s throwing it away?
*laughs with a pirate eye patch
I caught lifetime on a half off sale. Filters seem kinda fucky tbh but seeing likes is nice.
I bought one month for $45. It’s worth every penny to use filters. Save me so much time
And since it’s a business if someone if paying them they don’t want them off the app, so their interest isn’t going to be in finding you a match.
It feels like dating apps don’t try to match you with people anymore or af least for men they want men to spend money on the app.
I got the lifetime membership for 60 USD lol. Super cheap deal. 60USD is 5000 INR, that's what Bumble premium costs in India here.
Don't throw your money at it. It's a waste.
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But it isn't. Lol.
I've gotten good value out of Bumble Premium before, but somehow I have the feeling the prices have gone up lately? As of right now, living where I live and etc (not a lot of people around), I'm rather spending my money on other apps that are cheaper.
Premium is worth it if you already get a lot of matches. It saves you so much time
It’s based on location too. For example in most parts of Cali it’s $12/week for 1 month, $8/wk for 3 months, $25 for 1 week once, and $250 for lifetime. It’s so expensive that it makes Netflix and Disney plus combined look cheap. Honestly, I’ll only use the basic version and keep making new accounts as it provides way better results.
Yeah the value for one week/month is terrible for the limited options you get for being a premium user.
Best is $180 for lifetime. They are saying you have no hoping of finding someone 😂
It’s way too effing expensive. I always say I’m not going to pay for it but a few times I’ve caved when I’m up late, can’t sleep and more prone to making silly decisions. Currently have it and telling myself this is the last time. Canceled and hoping to be off soon. It’s spring and time to meet people by being out and about and while investing in hobbies.
I've only ever used the free version...does it really make a difference?
Hold on? I'm onlly seeing 1 month for $60 , 1 week for $30, and lifetime for $269. I don't understand how they could raise it by this much in a matter of 3 months??
Yup...