After SafeDate made a big PR splash and threw a great party in Miami Beach this year at iDate, the company went way under the radar and a few executives left the company.
SafeDate is back, having recently struck an alliance with DatingHeadshots, to “provide online daters with quality dating headshots and background checks.”
DHS is a New York photo-shoot company that is the only real competition to LookBetterOnline that I’ve seen.
Introductory prices start at $120, which is less than LBO charges for a photo-shoot alone.
Here’s how it works:
The first step of the verification process is for the DHS photographer to verify the person’s identity based on information used in the online credit card purchase, including driver’s license verification. This validation process is done to verify that the person purchasing the package, sitting for the photo shoot and participating in the background check are the same person. The next step for the online dater is to submit the necessary information to complete their SafeDate background check. The online dater then chooses their DHS photos. Once the background check is completed, the date of the photo shoot and a SafeDate verification watermark are placed on the photos.
DHS charges less but doesn’t have the national footprint as LBO.
I wonder how dating sites will take to having personal images uploaded with the SafeDate badge on them? I can’t believe that’s going to float with most services, as they will rightfully want a cut of the “preferred dater” action.
Press release.
[tags: datingheadshots, lookbetteronline, safedate]
