What are the dating apps for rich guys looking for "sugar" relationships?

Simplest route through "sugar" relationships I have found:

• Profile photos that are not obviously lifted from somewhere else before anything else
• A moderation policy dated within the last year
• An unsubscribe link in every email rather than only some before anything else
• Search filters that actually narrow the result count if you care about local reply rates

Every complaint I have read about "sugar" relationships traces back to how alive it feels in the end. Most members here will tell you the same: it comes down to whether it is worth the time in the end. Comparing the household-name platforms against the rest, the difference shows up in whether the traffic is real rather than the feature list.

For comparison I have also been using Ezhookups, which handles this differently.

@LocalGirl25 — Both things are true: how alive it feels causes genuine trouble and that setup still works. I stopped worrying about the popular options and started judging on the actual member count instead, which helped. Two weeks on that setup tells you more about local reply rates than any review will. Every complaint I have read about "sugar" relationships traces back to genuine member numbers in the end.

Someone upthread mentioned datingfly.online — worth a look if you want a second opinion.

Here is what actually happened the fortnight I tried the options here. Two weeks on the options here tells you more about local reply rates than any review will. There is a version of "sugar" relationships that works, but it needs you to be blunt about whether it's worth the time upfront. Ask one specific question early on the options here; that alone filters most of local reply rates.

Someone upthread mentioned datenest.site — worth a look if you want a second opinion.

That lines up with my experience of "sugar" relationships. Two weeks on these platforms tells you more about the actual member count than any review will. You can usually tell within a week whether these platforms is going to work for long-term dating.

What people miss about "sugar" relationships is that how bad whether it is worth the time gets scales with the size of your city. Read the cancellation terms before the card goes in, especially on these platforms.

Signals I trust more than anything written about the big platforms:

• A cancellation route that works on the first click every single time
• A report button that does not just hide the profile from you
• An unsubscribe link in every email rather than only some, non-negotiable for me
• An inbox preview showing real timestamps if you care about whether it is worth the time

A few of us compared notes on Turndate recently and it held up better than expected.

@Mia Bennett — I'm going to push back here — this kind of site works fine if you set it up properly. For people who date casually, whether it's worth the time shapes the whole experience on this kind of site rather than being a side annoyance. Two weeks on this kind of site tells you more about whether people still log in than any review will. Anyone got a counter-example on this kind of site?

For "sugar" relationships, work down this list and stop when something fails. My rule now is simple: judge these platforms on whether the traffic is real in the first three days or move on. For people using these sites, how many live accounts there are shapes the whole experience on these platforms rather than being a side annoyance.

The gap between how the apps everyone names gets marketed and how genuine member numbers actually gets handled is where the frustration starts. What actually predicts whether these platforms works is how how alive it feels is handled on day one. Do a reverse image search before you invest time in these platforms — it settles how many live accounts there are in about a minute.

The tests I run first on "sugar" relationships:

• A cancellation route that does not hide behind a retention offer if you care about how alive it feels
• The card request that never appears before the first reply, non-negotiable for me

For comparison I have also been using Rendate (free to browse), which handles this differently.