How do you manage your text game and lead it to a date?

I’ve been on a couple dates from the apps but it’s very common for a lot of girls to either take too long to reply, ghost, they will try to use me for free attention but I usually unmatch quick, & only a small portion do actually meet. I know they have like 100 guys messaging them already.

Is it part of the game to have 15 different conversations with girls each ping ponging but dragging out a couple days before the meet?

When should you expect to meetup ? And is it a numbers game or paid to win?

Thanks.