What makes a good online dating profile picture?

Before we get started on this article, the first thing you must overcome is actually uploading a picture. Our team manually approve every picture on saucydates.com so we have a thorough understanding of what you need to do to be successful. This article is also designed for any member of saucy dates who has had their picture rejected.

About 50% of men upload a picture compared to about 30% for the females. We often hear comments that people don’t wish to upload a picture due to the fact we’re an adult-dating site. I would like to ask you the question, is there really any difference between ‘normal’ dating and ‘adult’ dating? In both genres, everyone is an adult, wanting to meet up and at some stage there will / could / should be sex involved. Therefore get that picture uploaded right away. If you were worried about someone seeing your picture then they would have to be a member also!

Men, if you don’t have a picture then you are not going to get a date, clear and simple. Our team also monitor profiles and females will often say, “no pic, no reply” and those that don’t say it are thinking it. There are many more guys online so the women can choose and they will choose someone with a picture. Women, you may get away without a picture but any female uploading a picture will get 100s of messages per month so why not be incredibly popular and then pick and choose your date?

Our picture policy

Our policy is very simple; you have to upload a picture of your face. It sounds simple but 100s of people fail to get this right every day and it’s mainly the men. For example, a picture of you and “something” is not a picture of your face. Therefore a picture of you and your car, you and your dog, you and your guitar are not getting approved. If you have a nice car then write about it in your profile but I don’t think it’s going to impress. This also means that a picture of your private parts is also not your face or if it is then it’s not a very good looking one! If you are still stuck we clearly show examples on our picture upload screen and if you fail to get in right it will cost you 20 trust points so don’t even try. Okay, that’s the rant over for everyone who doesn’t get it.

Why do we have a policy?

The primary reason is for legal purposes. Many adult sites allow you to upload naked images. Officially, you should be signing a release form to state that you are over 18 as showing naked images of under 18s is highly illegal and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Our non-naked policy helps protect our servers as well as our members.

The secondary reason for a face only policy is to make our site female friendly. Women do not want to see 100s of images of cocks; they want to see your face before they see anything else!

Smile, please!

Make sure you smile on your picture. I know most guys try to look like a model with a macho pose but it will make you look like a criminal. If you smile it will make the viewer smile and then your half way to getting a message and guys, please don’t stick your tongue out, stick your fingers up or anything else. Be approachable, it will get your more dates and stop your picture being rejected.

Summary

There really is not much more to add, as we will reject non-face pictures you don’t have to worry about where your picture is taken. Just ensure you use our editing tools to zoom in on your head / face and your picture will be approved. The pictures below show you an easy to follow example.

Saucydates.com picture policy examples

 

One Thought on “What makes a good online dating profile picture?

  1. Jeene Adams on July 6, 2012 at 7:22 am said:

    I guess you have to be true to yourself. Make sure that you look decent on your profile picture, and if you are smiling it will make the viewer smile too and then you’re half way to getting messages from other people. Be more approachable so that you can have more dates and your picture will stop from being rejected.

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