Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary
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Not satisfied with European market domination, Match and Meetic have established a joint venture in Latin America.
Match.com and Meetic will each own 50 percent of the joint venture’s equity, and Match.com will control the new entity’s operations. Match.com will pay Meetic $3 million in cash at the closing, which is expected by March 15, 2010. [...]
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DatingHeadshots and Honesty Online have announced a strategic partnership to provide daters with the tools they want to make online dating more fun and successful. Disclaimer, I work with both companies. Through this new partnership, DatingHeadshots and Honesty Online address two areas that have disappointed users — unreliable photos and inaccurate personal information.
DatingHeadshots, an industry [...]
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Breaking News: Christian online dating services ChristianCafe.com and Single Christian Network have merged.
Sam Moorcroft, CEO of ChristianCafe.com, and I are talking on Skype right now. He is filling me in with some additional details of the deal. Sam is going to guest post here next week to provide additional depth to the story.
Single Christian Network [...]
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Today is a big day for Match.com and Meetic.
IAC and Meetic, a leading European online dating company based in France, announced today that they have entered into an agreement for Meetic to acquire Match.com’s European operations from IAC. IAC will sell 100% of the stock of the entity that houses Match.com’s European operations for an [...]
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Taking a page out of the SouthWest playbook, Virgin America has partnered with Match.com to bring singles aboard the airline’s “SuperFly” Wednesday night series for an evening of social networking and fun. Bob Guiney formerly of “The Bachelorette” and “The Bachelor” will be on the flight to encourage guests to meet their match and stir [...]
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Huge news out of Dallas. Match.com has signed two distribution partnerships in Australia and Latin America which will allow it to reach more than eight million people a month in Australia.
In Latin America, Match.com has partnered with Terra, the region’s largest Internet portal, to become the exclusive online dating provider for Terra’s sites in 18 [...]
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MyPartner has started offering Honesty Online profile certification services to it’s memebers.
The optional Honesty Online certification will verify name, address and date of birth before running a background investigation to check for any criminal records. Members of myPartner who opt for the certification will have the Honesty Online stamp of approval on their profile. Anyone [...]
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A WIRED writer says they disregard anyone on dating sites who believes in astrology. The tv show The Big Bang Theory ties it all together. You’ve got well-intentioned geeks, a hot blonde and, well watch the clip.
Given the number of people who sit in front of the tv watching reality television, someone should start a [...]
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Mobestar Holdings Plc are pleased to announce the appointment of Nomad NetworX as the exclusive sales and marketing agent for their mDate product set in Australia and New Zealand. Nomad will be identifying and developing opportunities for Mobestar solutions and providing local sales and marketing support. Industry sources suggest there are an estimated 1.3 million [...]
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Userplane, the premier communication platform for online communities and a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL, today announced that PlentyofFish, the world’s top free dating site, has joined Userplane’s new ad revenue-sharing program. Userplane made the announcement at iDate 2007, the business conference for the online dating industry.
Userplane recently created a new advertising program for sites [...]
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