by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups, Legal, Marketing, Online Dating Innovation
Lawless Luvoo.com: Missouri residents on the Do Not Call list are receiving telemarketing calls from dating site Luvoo.com. Reader Renaldorv says I have been living under a rock, that Luvoo is not the real deal. I put Luvoo and Mate1 in the same category. Site that...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing
New dating site CupidSurfer’s members become eligible for CupidSurfer.com’s $2 million giveaway simply by signing up. For every 500 premium members who register, CupidSurfer.com will hold a drawing for a prize of $500. Once the Web site reaches its 1...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
A bunch of posts stacked up, here they come… Yahoo and Canaan Partners have invested in the BharatMatrimony Group to the tune of $8.6 million. Canaan was the first investor in Match.com in 1995. BharatMatrimony has about 3.5 million active users. In March,...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Research, Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Innovation
Much of my work in the online dating industry involves working with startups looking for a way to leapfrog their way into a market-leading position in a particular niche. Other times it’s developing new growth strategies for established sites that are looking to...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Industry
Integrated Enterprises, a mobile marketing and direct response communications holding company based in Miami, and its subsidiary Love In A Flash, LLC announce the acquisition of Rapid Dating, Inc. RapidDating was founded by dating coach Renee Piane, author of Love...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Interactive media group YooMedia has abandoned plans to sell its online dating business after securing £2.9m of additional funding from Mentor Marketing & Investment (MMI). Earlier this year the company revealed that it was considering spinning off its YooMedia...