Employing over 95 full time staff with annualised revenues in excess of £30million, Global Personals (White Label Dating), co-founders Ross Williams and Steve Pammenter reflect on the company’s journey to becoming one of the fastest growing companies in the UK and what they have learned so far.
Cupid PLC plans to create a business with over £200 million of subscription revenues within five years.
My Single Friend is for sale, asking price is £15m. The site attracts 9,000 new singles a month from across the UK. It is on track to make underlying profits of about £1.5m this year.
Infographic: Dating in New York City by Match.com. Looks like Match is taking a page from the OkCupid playbook.
Alarm over smartphone date-locator: FindSomeone is the latest location-based flirting app to launch.
Men Value Love $73 More Than Sex According to Online Dating Study: WhatsYourPrice, the premier online dating website where users buy or sell first dates, just announced the results of a three month long study which concludes that men value love $73 more than sex. Hookup dates are $121, serious long-term relationships are $194. Full story.
Innovations in the game of love from the Washington Post.
German city introduces parking meter for prostitutes. That’s one way to raise a city’s revenue.
Gizmodo blogger Alyssa Bereznak landed in hot water this week for writing an awful post about going on an OkCupid date. Serves her right.
