How to Sign Up for Feeld

Feeld is a mobile-only app, so unlike dating apps that also run in a browser, you sign up on your phone. Download it for iOS or Android, tap Join Feeld, and choose how you want to log in: email, Apple, Facebook, Google or a phone number. You must be 18 or older. Setup then walks you through a username, your details, your interests and your photos, and you can start as a free member or buy a Majestic membership straight away.

• A phone running iOS or Android. Feeld is mobile-only.
• A way to log in: an email address, an Apple, Facebook or Google account, or a phone number.
• To be 18 or older.
• A few good photos already on your phone.

That last item is the one men skip, and it is the one that decides how the next few weeks go. More on that below.

1. Download Feeld from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Open it and tap Join Feeld.
3. Choose your login: email, Apple, Facebook, Google or phone number.
4. Add a username.
5. Fill in your profile details, your interests and your bio.
6. Add your photos.
7. Choose whether to start as a free member or buy Majestic.

The login you choose is how you get back into your account later, so pick one you will not lose. A work email you might leave, or a phone number you are about to change, is a poor choice. Use something that will still be yours in a year.

Your username is part of the first impression, so give it a moment's thought. Something simple and easy to say works better than a string of numbers or a joke that needs explaining. It does not need to be your full name.

This is where most men rush, and it is the part that decides how Feeld goes for them.

Start with the photos. a dating coach warns that a woman tends to take your weakest photo as the true picture of how you look, and to judge you by it. So if you have three strong photos and one that is only all right, leave the weak one off. Lead with a clear, recent shot of your face in good light. Then add one or two that show your life: somewhere you actually go, something you actually do. My test for each photo is whether you can say what it tells her about you. If you cannot, cut it.

Then the words. Write them the way you would talk on a good night, not like a job application. When coach started out, the version of him that blended in got very little attention. A more distinctive version got far more. Say something specific.

Be clear about what you are after, too. My view is that every photo and every line you put up attracts a particular kind of woman, so make sure it is the kind you actually want to meet.

Treat this first version as a draft. coach is blunt that the first page most men put up is not their best work, only whatever they had on hand that day. You will improve it.

Feeld lets you buy Majestic the moment you join, and some men do it on reflex. Wait a little.

coach is in favor of paying for features that work, but he calls them multipliers. They multiply the results you are already getting, and if you are getting nothing, they multiply nothing. His advice is to make sure a free account gets you at least some results first. Then test the paid version, and keep it only if it makes a real difference.

A week or two on the free membership tells you whether your photos and your words are doing their job. Majestic can come after that.

When you start connecting with people, write soon and keep the first message short and specific. Build it from one thing she wrote or showed, and keep the tone light.

Then move toward a plan within a handful of messages, get her number, and have a quick call before you meet if she is open to one. That is how a new account turns into dates, rather than a long list of chats that never go anywhere.