The profile picture is the most important part of your dating profile. Whether you’re selfie-obsessed and simply have too many to choose from, or you’re camera shy and seriously dreading taking some dating profile-friendly photos — it can be quite a hard process to find the the right profile pic. In this guide we tell you how to push your online dating game into the right direction with your new profile pic. Success guaranteed!
Get Sporty
If you’re normally not the sporty type, no need to fake it but, according to researches, photos of people participating in sports performing better than the average photo. Especially photos of girls in sexy yoga pants are getting the attention of guys during swiping 😉
Enjoy A Night Out
Photos of people having fun on a night out are getting more attention than the average picture. What a great excuse to shoot some selfies during a night out 😉
Show Your Smile
We found out that showing your smile in photos makes them more likely to be liked, so stop hiding your pearly whites.
Get Candid
Almost every profile picture is posed, the data reveals that candid photos are 15 percent more likely to get an interaction. Just try it out. Throw a cute candid picture among the posed photos one and find out if it improves your dating game.
Wear Your Hair Up
Photos of women with their hair up are more likely to get a like than their hair-down counterparts, researches found out.
Look Away From The Camera
Try to seed some pictures where you are looking away from the camera. Show your profile, most look away photos in dating profiles got a much higher engagement rate than the straight forward normal one. We guess not everybody is into eye contact 😉
Stand Alone
Stand ALONE! Nothing is more annoying than trying to pick someone out of a group photo on a dating app profile.
The No-Gos
Last but not least the No-Gos… The absolute no-no’s of dating profile pictures are: using filters or stickers, wearing sunglasses, unclear and dark photos with a low quality.