DateBid, a webcam auction-style dating game on Facebook, is exclusively accepting Facebook Credits for the purchase of its in-game currency,DateBid dollars. DateBid is one of only 200+ applications (out of 550,000+) approved by Facebook to use the Facebook Credits virtual currency program.
Pay for Dating Sites on Facebook?
Internet dating entrepreneur Will Bunker is building a family-friendly Chatroulette.
A while back dating startup HowAboutWe has raised a $3.1 million series A round of funding led by RRE Ventures. Details at SFGate, NY Times and Gawker. I am super-impressed with HowAboutWe. The quality of people on the site in Boston is solid and its just so easy to pick a person and an activity and just go do it. No tests, no back and forth emails, just fun activities with a lot less pressure than typical dates.
Sugardaddy site SugarSugar.com is offering Kelsey Grammer $1 million to endorse the online dating service. Uh-huh.
Dating site have a new way to monetize users, the video ad CAPTCHA. The press release says the format will come in three IAB sizes, “pricing is either on a video CPM basis ($10 to $25), or a cost-per-engagement basis ($0.10 to $1.00), for larger, longer videos.” via Advertising Lab. Brought to you by NuCaptcha.
When will dating sites start offering XXL or pushdown ads featuring singles?
New personality profiling system, Peoplemaps dating profiles.
Dan Ariely: Why Online Dating Is So Unsatisfying.
