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I am currently performing investor outreach on behalf of several companies involved in the online dating space. If you are an investor interested in hearing the specifics, contact me and we can schedule a call to discuss the various opportunities.
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Match.com announced Q1 2009 financial results today. Don’t worry, It’s Ok To look. Match.com has had a busy past few months. In December, Match.com Experiences Strongest November in Seven Years. With the launch of the Daily5, which introduces five new matches daily to every member, Match.com members initiated 400,000 more connections with other members this [...]
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Someone emailed me this week to ask when Spark Networks acquired Engage. At first I thought they must be mistaken, but a visit to Engage shows the usual Spark Networks footer on the home page.
Years ago I worked with Engage to develop their signup process. It was a unique project because the signup forms were [...]
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SNAP Interactive, Inc. (”SNAP” or the “Company”) (OTC BB: STVI), a leading provider of online dating applications for social networking websites, today announced operating results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.
After daily use of the Facebook application, I’ve been playing around with Snap’s Are You Interested iphone app, a solid first [...]
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Adam Berger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spark Networks, Inc. had this to say about their recent performance:
2008 was a mixed year for us. We achieved moderate annual revenue increases in Jewish Networks and Other Affinity Networks, improved Contribution margins to 74%, cut Operating Expenses by 19%, drove annual Adjusted EBITDA to record levels [...]
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After remaining free since it’s inception, PlentyofFish has officially launched the Serious Member feature. I was able to add my badge, which you can see in the screenshot below. It’s gigantic, like the sun.
I don’t hold open doors for women, I kick puppies and regularly taunt old ladies, but I’m a serious member now. How [...]
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Free dating sites have had a good run the past few years. Everyone starting a free dating site jumped, and continues to jump, on the free dating bandwagon. Meanwhile, top paid dating sites are making hundreds of millions of dollars, while free dating site are scraping to get by. According to various reports, the current [...]
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Amazon.com has launched its Flexible Payments Service. The service, which had been in limited beta, lets third-party developers tap into Amazon’s existing payment infrastructure — letting them charge customers using the payment information and shipping address they have on file at Amazon.
Interestingly, a former Amazon engineer has launched Jambool, which recently launched a payments platform [...]
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Eric Klaassen of Datingfacts, a dating blog in the Neterhlands, has written about the size of the EU dating market.
I’ve translated the following from his original post, not perfect but you get the idea.
Number of users is growing fast in Europe
Volgens Jupiter groeit het gebruik van datingsites onder Europese consumenten geleidelijk sinds 2003. According to [...]
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