There are some great paid sites for pursuing the hookup, one night stand, purely sexual (or at least highly sexual) relationship and for all their flaws some of them – Adult Friendfinder, for example – are reasonably decent deals. Still, blowing $50-100 before you ever even leave the house does seem a bit counterproductive. I’m not necessarily advocating cheap sex, I’m just suggesting that the $50 might be better spent on…an actual date, a bottle of wine, some toys, candy, flowers or maybe breakfast. When you consider that the pay sites have long given up the “free memberships for women” idea in favor of making moola off both sexes, she may want to save her $100 to buy some sexy lingerie, too.
Fortunately, there’s hope. There are lots of free, or very cheap, sites out there that cater in one way or another to people looking to hookup. Some of these do have “VIP” membership options, but they’re simply not needed to make the sites work. The big difference is that these sites let you communicate directly with other members without paying, though they may put some limits on things like posting telephone numbers publicly (probably not a good idea to do anyway!!). Here are some examples where I’ve had success from moderate to excellent, with my tips. Got others? Leave a comment!
Myyearbook.com – This has simply been my best source of hookups for the last couple of years, even slightly edging out the pay sites. The key here is this site is for “Friends, Flirts and Fun.” One other thing to bear in mind is that this tends slightly to the early 20s crowd. But don’t let that stop you. The Sex Geek is not in his 20s anymore…by a fairly long shot and has hooked up with several females in the 19-25 age range off this site. So, other than my movie star good looks (yeah, right), what’s the secret?
Guys, you have to be flirtatious and mildly aggressive without being pushy. This site is like an online version of picking up women at a dance club. Some of the girls are just there to dance and maybe find something serious, but some of the girls are there to go home with someone tonight. Same on this site. There are PLENTY of girls who are looking for sex and some of them want it basically NOW. The thing is you have to use some sense, have a personality and use the right approach with the right girls. If the girl rates the importance of sex as 1 out of 10, says she’s in a relationship and is only looking for friendship, the chance is between slim and none that she’s gonna hookup. If she has photos in short shorts, rates sex and/or “kinky kinky” as a 10 out of 10 in her priorities and says she’s looking for “random play” – she probably is looking for “random play”. That little survey is listed in the “Personal” tab of the member profiles for the members who chose to fill it out – they rank things including Success, Money, Family, Sense of Adventure, Sex and Kinky, Kinky. Look for a girl who ranks sex and kinky/kinky high relative to the other things. Bear in mind that many people will underrate sex slightly to avoid looking slutty, so if you see a 10 in both of those and maybe a 10 in sense of adventure – that’s someone to “admire”.
Strategy for this site – use the “Match” function to “secretly admire” the opposite (or otherwise desired) sex.
When you get a match send one of the cheesy “flirts”, buy your match’s pictures, send an email or a friend invite. If any of these get a positive response step up the game a bit, in step with the other person. If the first attempt doesn’t get anything, a change in approach can still work – some people hate the flirts, some won’t add you as a friend until they get an email, etc.
Once things get moving, it’s important to keep them moving. At some point you need to exchange emails, numbers or something…move to texting or IM. Guys, if a girl tells you it’s time to come over…get your ass in gear because the best of them may not give you a second change.
Coming up next, the free site that’s full of closet (and not so closet) kinksters…