You’re swiping through profiles on Bumble and one in particular catches your eye—so how should you go about telling them you’re interested? That’s where compliments come in. Compliments is a Bumble feature originally implemented in 2022, allowing users to send compliments via someone’s photos, bio, or profile prompts. Compliments make matching more likely and can help you get a conversation going with someone. Want to know how to use them? Keep reading and we’ll show you how to send, receive, and write Bumble compliments.
Sending & Receiving Bumble Compliments: Quick Tips
Click the yellow icon with a heart in a speech bubble on someone’s profile (on the bottom left corner of their photos, bio, or prompts) to leave a compliment. You can view received compliments on your potential match feed, or check your Beeline if you have a premium subscription.
Steps
How to Send Compliments on Bumble
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Find the heart-shaped icon on a user’s pics, bio, or profile prompts. Before writing the compliment, figure out what part of their profile you want to attach the compliment to (between their pictures, bio, or prompts). Then, click on the yellow icon with a heart inside a speech bubble located on the bottom left-hand corner of the feature you want to compliment. [1] X Research source
- Anyone can send a compliment on Bumble, but compliments count as right swipes—and you only have a limited number of free right swipes per day (depending on whether you pay for the app’s premium services or not).
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Write a compliment that’s 150 characters or less. When you click on the yellow icon, a text box will pop up in the app where you can write your compliment. However, keep it short and snappy, because space is limited! Type out a compliment that falls under Bumble’s 150-character limit. Then, press the yellow “Send” icon in the bottom right corner of the text box to send the compliment. [2] X Research source
- After that, congratulations: you’ve made the first move and complimented someone on Bumble!
- If you’re able to make the first move and match with someone you send a compliment to, it also counts as starting a conversation.
- If you’re not able to make the first move, you’ll only be able to message someone if they respond to your compliment.
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Save your compliments for profiles that really interest you! The number of free compliments you can send is currently limited to 2 per week—so it’s better to use them sparingly unless you’re prepared to pay extra for more (or stop sending them until they refresh the next week). When the compliments feature first launched, users could send 1 compliment per day, but that has changed as of 2024. [3] X Research source
- If you do choose to buy more compliments, all you have to do is start writing a compliment as you normally would and press “Send.” From there, you’ll be prompted to make a purchase.
- Any compliments you purchase won’t expire, even if you don’t use them the same day you buy them.
- Currently, the prices to buy compliments are: 2 compliments for $10, 5 compliments for $20, 15 compliments for $40, or 30 compliments for $60.
Expert Q&A
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References
- ↑ https://bumble.com/en-us/the-buzz/bumble-compliments-feature
- ↑ https://bumble.com/en-us/the-buzz/bumble-compliments-feature
- ↑ https://bumble.com/en-us/the-buzz/bumble-compliments-feature
- ↑ https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-to-give-a-powerful-compliment
- ↑ https://www.scienceofpeople.com/how-to-praise-someone/
- ↑ https://socialself.com/blog/give-compliments/
- ↑ https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/news/bumble-launches-compliments-feature/
- ↑ https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/news/bumble-launches-compliments-feature/