by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
According to Barron’s, by way of SeekingAlpha, PlanetOut is running out of cash and the stock is down more than 31% in the last two days of trading. With the ongoing slide in the stock – on Monday, PlanetOut shares fell 17 cents to 98 cents – the...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
On April 26, a one month subscription to try and meet your match on JDate is going to set you back an almost eHarmony-level $39.95, and you don’t even get to answer 436 questions. As a result, you have until midnight Wednesday, April 25, to lock-in JDate’s...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Safety
Collaboradate has a new blog. Spark Networks 10-k, lots of financial info, including picking up Schmooze-a-Palooza for $50k. This document should be required reading for anyone in the dating business. If you are about to launch a new dating site, make sure to read...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
BuyMyAffection.com BuyMyAffection.com offers a secure, private, and fun service for delivering gifts without revealing the personal information of either the buyer or recipient. Partner dating sites allow real gifts to be sent to the people behind the profiles, and...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing
Pete at Mashable tells us that analyst Richard Greenfield noted today that MySpace is now generating “in excess of $30 million�? per month in revenue, with about $24 million in US revenue and $6 million internationally. He links to a SearchEngineJournal story that...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Everyone’s favorite adult hookup site Adult Friend Finder has been featured in Business 2.0. Few articles have appeared about Andrew Conru, the mastermind behind the largest online adult destination. This is one of the most in-depth I’ve seen. We learn...