At First Sight Dating App Trumps Tinder
Years ago I was talking to people at the Bachelor about partnering with a dating site or creating their own service. Looks like they finally made their move, and boy did they come up with a great idea for a mobile app. This is the best new dating service I’ve...This About Sums It Up For Me
NYT Haggler Takes On It’s Just Lunch
The New York Times Haggler has two stories about It’s Just Lunch. It’s not a pretty picture, to put it mildly. In Search of Romance, and Maybe a Refund sets the lunch table with tales of poor customer service. Skip the Romance; She’s Going to...OkCupid Launches Promote Me Feature
OkCupid has launched paid exposure functionality. After Badoo and other sites started banking serious cash based on features such as paid exposure, it’s no wonder that more dating-centric sites are getting into the game. Match and many other sites have offered...Annnnd I’m Back
Now that was a nice break from the blog. I’be been trying to take advantage of this incredibly rainy summer, exploring swimming holes, doing brewery tours, hiking and riding my new motorcycle every chance I get. On the work front, working on a big project and...HowAboutWe Home Page For Singles And Couples
The new How About We home page is pretty slick. I love how mouse movements toggle you smoothly between HAW for singles and HAW for couples. This must look great on iPads. Please excuse the lame attempt at an animated GIF.Couples Apps Search For Users & A Purpose
For the last several months I have been looking at the couples app market. I’ve downloaded scores of apps and have “relationships” with a number of friends in order to evaluate the services. It quickly became apparent that there are two sorts of...Zoosk Owns Casual Dating,Tops $40 Million Revenue In 1Q 2013
Zoosk announced record revenues of $40 million in the first quarter of 2013. $40 million!!! Looks like Zoosk could have a $200 million dollar year. Available in 25 languages and serving more than 70 countries, the company has raised more than $40 million in equity...POF Cleans Up Its Act
When I logged into POF today I saw two interesting messages. TL;DR (too long, didn’t read): POF is blocking hookups based on age difference and message wording, resulting in immediate bans, Intimate Encounters going away, 17% of the time we can pick the exact...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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