No-doubt online dating is successful but what are the key factors that make online dating better option than offline dating?  Let’s explore.

Why is online dating a better option?

1. Use them for free: There are dozens of awesome free dating website where you can find your perfect partner, try using dating sites for FREE to get the idea of online dating world before you choose to pay for any paid service.
2. Compatibility: Do you know how much these online dating sites are spending to develop compatibility algorithm to suggest you best match for you? they have been asking you to connect through social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram to know your hobbies and priorities.
3. More options: Online dating is a platform where millions of single can meet at one place, you are obviously extending your radius of finding a perfect match, most of the people who are not good in approaching people for date finds very difficult to set up a date. But dating websites are making the process fast and efficient.
4. Easy and time efficient: You don’t need to convince someone to date you, online dating sites are making relationships fast and efficient. So now you don’t need to bother about the availability of your crush for the date, in online dating world if she has an updated profile that means she is available.
5. Everyone can find their perfect partner: Online dating is most loved by people belonging to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community, as they used to find it very difficult to find a partner through offline ways. Online dating sites have made the process of finding partners for these people considerably easy and safe.
6. Secure: your information is hidden until you want them to be hidden, so lesser are the chances of unwanted stalking.
7. Best for introverts: some introverts had a difficult time to find love for them; these people were shy to ask for date and had some unique criteria they look for in a person they want to date. Online dating sorted their biggest problems, now these people could easily find like-minded people who can appreciate their talent as well.

Tips to succeed in online dating

1. Knowing what you want is the primary step to land yourself into right relationship, are you looking for long term relationship or just a hookup, are you looking for particular sexual orientation or particular community of people. Know what you are searching for to get what is best for you.
2. Choose right dating site: choosing right dating site plays a big role to get into a right relationship, these days due to the competition in the online dating industry; these online dating website has found their specialization in some particular fields. Some websites got their specialization in interracial marriages, divorcees specialized, LGBT specialized, etc.
3. Stay honest: honesty should be a key factor in landing yourself in a successful relationship. Anyone can fake themselves to be a millionaire but faking your status or your habits is a path that takes you nowhere.
4. First impression: in the physical world you might not concern about the first impression but in the online world you might want to consider this. Sometime you might miss a chance to date a person just because you didn’t put excellence in your first impression.
   Your probable date is going to judge you on the basis of your looks first before even saying “Hii”, make sure you put your best pictures on display.
5. Try to avoid gold diggers: gold diggers are everywhere, and you can find them easily on the online dating sites. These people have the mouth-watering profiles and you will surely get to experience orgasmic effects just by adding them to your network. Instead of flaunting your assets and bank balance, display yourself as a grounded person that will give you chance to differentiate between a gold digger and genuine person.
6. Plan a casual first date: the first date can be full of awkwardness, you are meeting a person for the first time after a week of chat and it’s time to know them better. Instead of planning an extravagant evening, plan something easy and casual for a coffee date followed by some long walk. Your casual date will give you a chance to know the person in a better way and have some healthy conversation

Contributing Author for Lightning Speed Dating Blog, Sotiris Sotiriadis