Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary
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A year ago Match.com launched Down to Earth. After an initial spike in visitors, the site never went anywhere and quickly faded from memory.
Last week Match rebranded Down to Earth as STiR. STiR owes its existence to Going.com, the first popular event-based social network. STiR is leveraging another IAC portfolio company, CitySearch, to provide [...]
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Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger sent out a launch notice about her new dating site, Psxoxo.com.
“Psxoxo.com is my brand new dating site where love and success go hand in hand. You’ll find men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and interests right here. You don’t have to be a millionaire to sign up. Sit back, [...]
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Checking out the beta of Gelato, an online dating app that uses your Facebook profile, your tweets, Flickr photos, Netflix queue and more to quickly and easily build an online dating profile. Follow them at @gelato_dating.
Online dating, meet the social network, meet real-time search.
Gelato is part of Demo’s AlphaPitch program (happening today), in which presenters [...]
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The online dating industry is rife with good ideas that don’t resonate well with singles. Letting people act as Matchmakers for each other on a dating site appears to be one of them. It’s a niche thing, which Engage found out after goring through $6 million dollars of venture capital.
As previously mentioned, Engage was acquired [...]
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SNAP Interactive has announced the beta launch of AreYouInterested.com, a stand-alone online dating website incorporating a Facebook Connect integration. AreYouInterested.com represents an expanded version of SNAP’s popular Facebook Platform dating application ‘Are You Interested,’ which presently has more than 13 Million users.
By utilizing Facebook Connect,users can login to AreYouInterested with their Facebook identity and allow [...]
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eHarmony has been called a Christian dating site, it’s been made fun of on late night television for years. It’s also responsible for 2% of all marriages. What it’s not been is gay-friendly, until now. After several years of litigation and pressure from the gay community, eHarmony has launched a same-sex relationship site, Compatible Partners. [...]
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Watch out Fling, there is a new adult dating site in town. I talked with eFUEL in December and it seems like they officially launched a new site today.
With approximately 17 million profiles available and full-access membership fees that range from as low as $13.08 to $31.95 a month, and a lifetime membership of $193.95, [...]
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Given the interest in buying and selling dating sites I observed at iDate, Online Dating Insider now features online dating classifieds. If you are buying or selling online dating assets, contact me to discuss a listing.
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Match.com, the world’s largest online dating company, today announced the launch of DownToEarth, an innovative free online dating site. Last week I spoke with Jacob Solotaroff, the former Director of Product Management and Member Integrity at Match.com, who is tasked with running Down To Earth. Steve Hammer, who heads up marketing for Down To Earth, [...]
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