Franco said:
I've actually found that I've had the highest hit percentage with first date lays so far with women over online dating.
This was my experience with online dating as well. I haven't done that much of it over the past few years, so maybe online's changed, but I doubt it.
The investment level of a woman in online dating is simply higher. She's having to sit, build a profile, type out responses to men, decide on and plan out dates, and run through all of this logically. It's not conducive to most women's dating and mating styles, and that "logic barrier" tends to screen out women who aren't determined and very open to meeting men. Such girls might get a profile up and running, but they quickly abandon responding to messages, sifting through the droves of suitors they attract, and determining which ones they want to go out with.
Most of the guys I've talked to who did online dating extensively agree with this too. The general sentiment in seduction circles is "online dating girls are freaks" ("freaks" here meaning the ghetto slang of "girl who really, REALLY likes sex a LOT").
While inviting her over to your place on Date 1 is probably not going to happen unless you have some truly amazing phone conversations first (and even then... probably not), it's still very easy to meet her for ice cream, coffee, pizza, or beer, and take her back to yours or hers after.
If she meets up with you, you'll be able to tell right away. If she's excited, full steam ahead - give her a token date, then get her out of there and somewhere alone with you pronto for what she really came out on that date for.
Chase