by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Markets, Dating Site Features, Mobile Dating, Offline Dating
This morning I had a Skype videochat with Match.com President Mandy Ginsberg and Shar Dubey, Vice President of Product. Mandy and Shar took some time out of their busy Internet Week in New York schedule to share supplemental detail to the Match blog posts and press...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Research, Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups, Mobile Dating, Profiles & Matching
Marketdata Enterprises has updated their US Dating Industry Study, bringing it up to date for 2012. We’ve arranged for Online Dating Insider readers to be able to order the report for $1,325, a 30% discount on the $1,895 list price. The same discount applies to...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups
Here’s a cautionary tale for all you online dating startups trying to out-Thread Thread. Part history lesson, part obituary, this one’s for the 10+ startups working in the social dating space. In recent years, the dating industry has focused first on...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups
HowAboutWe has launched a new feature, Double dating. When you want to post a great double date idea, simply add a friend’s email address into the date idea form along with your “How about we…”, Date location, and Category. This feels clearly...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups
Time for some advertiser love and some considerations to ponder regarding what it takes to build a dating site with pre-fab’d dating software. Boonex announces an updated iPhone Android app for Dolphin, Mobile Licenses for $199. Dolphin replication and Dolphin...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Site Features, Mobile Dating, Online Dating Industry
eHarmony Premier launches, looks like they are pushing for one-time payment of $503.40. eHarmony has a lot of membership options these days. eHarmony also has a new CEO. Former Zynga general manager (Farmville) Jeremy Verba has jumped ship to helm the expanding dating...