GLOBES — Aug 05 — Israeli company Arcode Software Solutions is launching a new dating service, entitled "I Pick You" (IPQ). People meeting accidentally can contact each other through the IPQ website. People who met by chance in a bar, exercise room, library, or supermarket, and who lacked the nerve to start an immediate conversation, can send an IPQ dating card to a person they like. The two people can use the card code later to contact each other through the website. Arcode's revenue comes from sales of dating cards. FULL ARTICLE @ GLOBES
Mark Brooks: What kind of response rates will guys get. 1 in 20? What do you think? Your comments please.
No need to use that kind of card, just give one of your email accounts written on a napkin!!!
(Also no need to patent that method of contacting persons)
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
I don’t think that the whole card idea would work, but I did read the entire site (hey, it’s in Hebrew!) and they have something called “your room” where you can create your room and add your favorite music, hobbies, etc. This feature has some potential.
You can see how a “room” looks like here:
http://www.ipqdate.com/IPQ/gen/room.jsp
The site is nicely designed although I would get rid of the Flash intro (why do people still have flash intors?)
Best,
Merav Knafo
Co-founder
http://LookBetterOnline.com
“Is your photo a deal-maker or a deal-breaker?”
Online dating services have 5 major inherent drawbacks:
Limited discretion / limited privacy
Subscribing members are indexed in a “human catalog”, accessible to all internet users, to select a partner from.
Chances of success (finding a match) are in direct relation to the extent of exposure (personal details, personal photographs) one shows on the net.
Limited individuality
Member profiles must retain a tabular format to allow data processing based on “find a match” search criteria.
Vital personal information is filled-in by and large using multiple question forms, allowing little room for a member to express his / hers uniqueness and individuality.
Limited success factor
“Attractive” profiles who display an eye-catching personal photo are flooded with responses, whereas less “attractive” subscribers are mostly ignored.
The chances for a given subscriber to get a response from a seemingly “attractive” profile holder are greatly reduced due to the fact their call is queued in line with numerous other callers.
Impersonation
People tend to “idealize” their profile and in extreme cases impersonate false or even virtual identity. This results from concern regarding self exposure and from attempts to improve the chances of getting responses. Consequently, a subsequent real life meeting (typically a blind date) often results in disappointment and frustration.
Indignity
Finding a match generated by the web is still conceived as being inferior to finding a mate by oneself.
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IPQ addressed these issued and provides a solution that is more natural, discrete and does not involve a blind date.
Handing out a dating card has a real added value over just leaving a number or e-mail on a note or a napkin. When introducing one’s self to a person of one’s liking in a chance meeting, one relies solely on first impression. This impression is very judgmental and subjective and can be affected by circumstantial factors such as environment, mood, state of mind, and communication skills. Sometimes these factors work against us. IPQ can enable people to have a better chance to introduce their true unique self that cannot be portrayed and judged during a brief chance encounter in a discrete, none embarrassing and less pressuring environment.
Roi Aldaag
Arcode Software Solutions, Ltd
gr8t looking site.
very original idea!