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I’ve been using various video-conferencing applications since 1993. CUSeeMe, iVisit, Netmeeting, icuii, Paltalk, Jmeeting, I’ve tried them all. I even got paid to talk to scantily-clad women on iFriends.net at one point, but that’s another story. Who cares? You should. An established company that provides video-conferencing software recently announced they have 2 million users. I don’t believe that for a second, just as I don’t take dating site statistics at face value. However, even if they have 1 million people, that is a nice niche community to market to. Or provide access to, or cross-promote to. This company has tried to develop an online dating component around the webcam community, but it doesn’t look like it’s getting much traction. There’s definitely an opportunity here for an enterprising sating site to swoop in and either buy the company or get access to the members through a partnership.
