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Cost
Free dating: what is actually free and who pays for it
Every service costs something to run. The only question is who covers it: you, advertisers, or somebody buying data. Worth knowing which, because it determines how the product is built.
Three ways a free service pays for itself
Advertising. It pulls the product in one direction: keep you on the screen as long as possible. A dating service that succeeds at that is a dating service failing at your goal, because if you met somebody you stopped scrolling.
Data. Less common now than it was, thanks to regulation, but still around. Check whether the privacy policy states explicitly that data is not sold and not shared with advertisers.
Feature limits. The service is free until the moment it becomes useful, and then it charges. That is a legitimate model, but it is worth knowing in advance exactly where the wall is.
What is free on TOKME
The download is free, opening an account is free, completing a profile is free, and the radar that shows who is nearby is free. You can see everybody within the range you chose without paying anything.
Charging starts at one action: approaching a person. Sending a contact request costs one credit from the sender, and opening a chat after mutual acceptance costs one credit from each side. Once the chat is open, messages are unlimited and free.
The reason for this pricing is not revenue, it is quality. An approach that costs something gets sent to somebody you actually want, and that is what prevents the message flooding that ruins the experience on free services.
Credits against a subscription
A subscription charges you for the month you were busy and never opened the app, and it renews without asking. It also carries a strange distortion: if the service did its job and you met somebody, you cancel. Your success is its loss.
Credits work differently. Buy a pack once, spend at your own pace, and they never expire. Whatever you do not spend waits for you, and if you disappear for two months nothing happens.
There is nothing that renews, so there is nothing to cancel and nobody to phone in order to cancel it.
What costs nothing
Seeing who is nearby
The radar is open without payment, in the range you set.
Messages in an open chat
Once a chat is open, the conversation is unlimited and free.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use TOKME without paying at all?
Yes, for opening an account, completing a profile and browsing the radar. Charging begins only when you approach somebody: one credit for the request, and one from each side to open the chat.
Why does sending a request cost money?
Because an approach that costs nothing gets sent to everybody, and that is what turns an inbox into something exhausting to open. When it costs a credit, it gets sent to somebody you actually want.
Do credits expire?
No. They stay in your account until you use them. No expiry and no monthly deduction.
Is there a monthly subscription?
No. Nothing renews by itself, so there is nothing to cancel.
The app is almost here. Want to know when?
TOKME is in the final stages of store review. Leave an email address and you will be among the first to know on launch day, with a free credit pack for early sign-ups.
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