How To Use Nigerian Dating Sites
Nigerian dating sites are arguably still in their infancy. The attitude of the Nigerian market has been similar to that of other markets in the world. Even the writer used to be with the crowd that limited online dating in general to desperate or lazy people! Today, we have a growing number of Nigerian dating sites and it stands to reason that those who use online dating use it accurately.
1. Upload a photo of yourself-
Many of us buy the idea of creating a profile on Nigerian dating sites, but we avoid uploading a photo of ourselves! The truth is (I must be corrected) many still feel it’s demeaning to have a photo of themselves on an online dating site! Meeting online is just like meeting anywhere else and you don’t hide your face behind a mask in the bus, office, club, church, etc. Online dating isn’t just about people desperately looking for love! Upload a photo please and it’s not shame or embarrassment!
2. Write an essay describing yourself and what you are looking for.
One of the magic of online dating is the control it gives you over your choice of who you want to date. I dare say what you say, about yourself in the essay to describe yourself and what you are looking for, is the trigger for whoever contacts you (if it’s not a free site… free sites are rebels!). It’s not a trumpet call… it’s giving an idea of what kind of person you are and what you may be looking for.
3. Search the site-
The reason you signed up for a dating site is possibly to meet that ‘someone special’, therefore you should search the site! All dating sites have the ability to do a basic or advanced search, the advanced search is meant to give you more options in your search. For example, an advanced search might give you the option to choose to filter results by gender, age, height, weight, and uploaded photo, among other options. Now imagine everyone who signs up to a Nigerian dating site practices what we have described here…you should quickly find someone who matches your likes and dislikes and that brings us to the last part of our article.
4. Pay when you’re ready for a more personal contact –
A paid site is the safest type of online dating, as you meet a different class of people who don’t want to waste time or spam other members of the site. I would cheekily say that a free Nigerian dating site would be full of some of our ‘brothers’ wanting to spam and possibly play games with other members of the site.
Once you think you’re ready for more personal contact with other members of the site, you need to make a payment to access all the features ranging from instant messaging, audio/video chat, 3D Chat, 3D City, among others. A growing number of sites offer exciting features that should make even the average online dater pay upfront for full access to all the features provided.