2-5 percent before seeing the bed with a date, true. You must be strong and don´t give up, with 10 messages/day + good profile text, you´ll get results, but it can take some time is my experience. Those niche OLD sites, for example for higher educated people, absolutely higher rate. I had 2 dates there, in a short time. It seems a woman who using these sites, is more serious and most of the time also full member, she paid. And I hate OLD where it´s not visible if you are writing to a free member who can not reply to you or to a full member. I also never write to women with a huge wish list, like you must be......and not be......otherwise I don´t answer bleeeeh, she´s thinks she´s already a princess before she even got a date.