Comments on: Online-Dating Sites Get Stood Up by Consumers http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/ Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary Thu, 24 May 2012 21:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jenna Murphy http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 Jenna Murphy Wed, 10 May 2006 07:59:47 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/#comment-1328 I think that this TeamDating.com site is AWESOME! It's not that we women NEED to take our friends, it's that it just feels more natural and a safer way to mete people off of the Internet. PLus, if there is no love connection, who cares, my blid date just turned into girls night! I'm sick of online dating because it's not a natural way to meet people. I want to meet people online the way I do when I am out, and that for the most part is with my friends. I think that this TeamDating.com site is AWESOME! It’s not that we women NEED to take our friends, it’s that it just feels more natural and a safer way to mete people off of the Internet. PLus, if there is no love connection, who cares, my blid date just turned into girls night!

I’m sick of online dating because it’s not a natural way to meet people. I want to meet people online the way I do when I am out, and that for the most part is with my friends.

]]> By: charla http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 charla Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:54:25 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/#comment-1327 i just launched a dating site that does offer something new....a sleek, snappy, intuitive platform for posting interesting content regarding dates and dating. i.e., menschmatch.com aims to become the 1st mainstream dating site to feature date reviews & ratings and personal testimonials....as well as other enhancements to the conventional one dimensional personal profile. please check it out, sign up for free, play, and let me know what you think! i just launched a dating site that does offer something new….a sleek, snappy, intuitive platform for posting interesting content regarding dates and dating. i.e., menschmatch.com aims to become the 1st mainstream dating site to feature date reviews & ratings and personal testimonials….as well as other enhancements to the conventional one dimensional personal profile. please check it out, sign up for free, play, and let me know what you think!

]]> By: Nancy http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Nancy Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:02:09 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/#comment-1326 I have tried Match.com and Yahoo with pretty bad results. I think one of the big issues is that the style of dating for guys is generally different than that of girls - we like to chat online and keep things a little anonymous at first, and we have more specific criteria. Men tend to want to jump to the face-to-face meeting not too long after looking at photos. eHarmony at least forces everyone to go through the same hoops from the start. Too bad it's mostly women that use it! I have tried Match.com and Yahoo with pretty bad results.

I think one of the big issues is that the style of dating for guys is generally different than that of girls – we like to chat online and keep things a little anonymous at first, and we have more specific criteria. Men tend to want to jump to the face-to-face meeting not too long after looking at photos.

eHarmony at least forces everyone to go through the same hoops from the start. Too bad it’s mostly women that use it!

]]> By: Rick Kloet http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 Rick Kloet Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:41:08 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/#comment-1325 I have watched so many mushroom dating sites come and go. Like anything else, whatever is declared to be a moneymaker, suddenly attracts a ton of lackluster players. Online dating is still going through changes, still being experimented upon by the public. For the most part, it's a disappointment for most people. I conducted a research recently, and wrote an article about it. <a href="http://www.oasisoflove.com/2/articles.php?id=7">Men's golden rule of online dating - Patience begets Trust</a>. Basically, I found out that most women are happy to chat online, but wary of meeting offline. So, even though there are tons of single men and women out there, the hookups just aren't happening. I have watched so many mushroom dating sites come and go. Like anything else, whatever is declared to be a moneymaker, suddenly attracts a ton of lackluster players. Online dating is still going through changes, still being experimented upon by the public. For the most part, it’s a disappointment for most people.

I conducted a research recently, and wrote an article about it.

Men’s golden rule of online dating – Patience begets Trust.

Basically, I found out that most women are happy to chat online, but wary of meeting offline. So, even though there are tons of single men and women out there, the hookups just aren’t happening.

]]> By: James J. http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 James J. Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:04:27 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/#comment-1324 I don't think it has changed. The Ad Age article seems to be more unsubstantiated claims than assertions backed up with data. No one that has been a subscriber to a paid dating site and was unhappy with it is switching over to Myspace. Maybe some are trying out Plentyoffish or a niche site, but most are giving up on online dating and going back offline. I don’t think it has changed. The Ad Age article seems to be more unsubstantiated claims than assertions backed up with data. No one that has been a subscriber to a paid dating site and was unhappy with it is switching over to Myspace. Maybe some are trying out Plentyoffish or a niche site, but most are giving up on online dating and going back offline.

]]> By: neal http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 neal Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:31:27 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2006/04/online-dating_sites_get_stood_up_by_consumers/#comment-1323 Interesting. The concensus around the time of iDate (2 months ago) was that the MySpace crowd was a very different audience and wasn't actually creating any direct competition for the dating space. I guess that thinking has changed? Interesting. The concensus around the time of iDate (2 months ago) was that the MySpace crowd was a very different audience and wasn’t actually creating any direct competition for the dating space.

I guess that thinking has changed?

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