How to improve reply rate from girls that initially show interest in person? What am I doing wrong?

This plagued me for a long time. Basically your looks open the door for you but on the inside you still feel inadequate, the only way to overcome this is by understanding there needs to be a mental shift. You are currently assuming women are something to earn. There is nothing to earn. She’s a person. You’re a person. You hit it off, great, you can escalate.

Now, in order TO stack the odds in favor of you hitting it off (not trying to get her per se, just effectively expressing your personality) you need to know how to converse. Basically, don’t talk about random bs. Uncover identities. That will make her feel more comfortable with you. Then escalate by touching her so you can fuel the spark. As a man, that is YOUR job. You must lead. Once you’re escalating, and things are going well, you’ll likely get responses/dates, but be warned: Neither your conversation nor physical escalation will work unless you understand there is nothing to be earned. You are just curious and trying to see whether she is worth your time and energy and vice versa.

If you’re not getting responses after escalating/kissing etc. then don’t be ego-centric and believe you’re the problem. There are always variables in their lives that we don’t know which could be the reason you’re not hearing back. Also, you need to have a large enough sample size to attribute their not responding to you as a pattern.