PR WEB – Nov 5 – OnlineBootyCall.com has reached 4 million members and will celebrate by giving away $1 million to one of them. An additional prize of $5000, and five $1000 prizes are up for grabs. OBC's last million dollar sweepstakes culminated in a world class celebration in Los Angeles, CA. This year's party will surely surpass it. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
Month: November 2009
Dating Service Eligon.ca Matches Con Artists
NEWSWIRE – Nov 5 – Eligon.ca operates an online dating service for Canadian Executives. The company's security initiatives allowed site operators to detect applications from Nigerian “419 scammers” and funnel them into a separate database. The site matches the scammers only to each other, preventing them from finding a real victim. FULL ARTICLE @ NEWSWIRE
Special iDate Miami pre-Event Sessions
IDATE – Oct 29 — The Internet dating conference will be held at the
Miami Beach Convention Center on January 27 – 29, 2010. January 27 has
many Pre-event events which require additional registration:
– a 3 hour session provided by Google's VP on every tool they have in their arsenal for dating operators.
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a 3 hour session for entrepreneurs looking at getting into the online
dating business provided by Mark Brooks, editor of Online Personals
Watch
– a 3 hour session for matchmakers with Julie Ferman
– a special "closed door" session for buyers and sellers of dating and social networking sites
Bring
your Tux / Evening Gown. We have the 1st ever Internet Dating Industry
Awards ceremony on Jan 28 from 7-10 PM. Nominate here: http://www.idateawards.
Making Money Through Facebook Matchmaking
VATOR – Nov 3 – Online dating is a $1 billion dollar a year industry. Facebook-funded Thread intends to claim a share of the action. Thread is designed to leverage the immense user base of Facebook to build a successful new dating site. In lieu of sophisticated and scientific matchmaking, Thread intends to let friends do the matchmaking. CEO and co-founder Brian Phillips has raised $1.2 million in a recent round of fundraising. FULL ARTICLE @ VATOR
Ashley Madison Relies On Conservative Values
WASHINGTON CITY PAPER – Nov 3 –
AshleyMadison.com, an online dating site for extramarital affairs, is
far from popular among the moral conservatives, and now things are
going one step further. Ashley Madison's population of gay and
bi-curious members is growing. Of the site's 4.7 million members,
143,427 are seeking a same-sex engagement. One third of this segment
is women seeking women, while the remainder are men seeking men. Noel
Biderman, CEO of Ashley Madison, is using this element to further
promote his business; using it to incite the conservative reaction
needed to keep Ashley Madison in the public spotlight.
FULL ARTICLE @ WASHINGTON CITY PAPER
Mamba Launches Dating App For iPhone And iPod
PRESS RELEASE – Nov 3 – Russian dating site, Mamba,
has released Mamba.App, which is a mobile plug-in for Apple's
devices. The app enables all basic functions of the Mamba network,
including unlimited search, instant messenger and profile updates.
The app's connectivity is enabled through Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS or EDGE.
Mamba's membership totals over 11 million, with 80,000 active online
at one time.
White Label Dating Continues To Grow – Launches 186 New Sites In Five Months
PRESS RELEASE – Nov 3 – In the past five months, WLD
has launched 186 new dating sites, including those for Borders, Cosmo
and Men's Health. With these new launches, WLD now runs over 2,571
worldwide. 1,138 of these sites are in the UK, 35 in the US, and 112
in South Africa. Recent expansion has been partially fueled by member
payments now being available in over 10 different international
currencies. FULL ARTICLE @ REAL WIRE
App And Mobile Dating Market Continues To Skyrocket
CHICAGO NOW – Nov 3 – Worldwide, the mobile dating market, which included app, mobile Internet services and text-based services, has grown from $330 million in 2007 to $550 million in 2008. That figure is expected to more than double to $1.3 billion by 2013, according to Juniper Research. Skout, SpeedDate, DateCheck, Zoosk, Grindr, Radaroo and Gelato are but a handful of offerings in this market. Traditional online dating sites are also realizing the need for a mobile dating solution. Match.com and OkCupid have made strides in this direction. Traditional online dating sites must offer a mobile solution in order to remain competitive.
The full article was originally published at Chicago Now, but is no longer available.
Domains4Sale: BostonDateCoach.com, ObamaDatingSite, …
OPW – Nov 2 – Contact Joe Chan or submit a bid through GoDaddy if you are interested in any of following online dating domains:
- $800: BostonDateCoach.com
- $500 each: ObamaDatingSite.com, RichSugarMama.com
- $200 each: ArtistDate.com, CuteCollegeFriends.com, HospitalDate.com, SingleCollegeFriends.com, SmartWomenWanted.com, WealthySingleFriends.com
How I Made It: Ross Williams, Founder of Whitelabeldating.com
THE SUNDAY TIMES – Nov 1 - The desire to have his own business came early for Ross Williams. He proved his business sense by buying magazines in bulk at the local market and selling them at a big mark-up in the playground. As a teenager Williams started Rawnet, which built websites. By the time Rawnet was employing 20 people, it had revenues of £2M but was still not making any profit. In 2003 he set up a side venture, called Global Personals. Williams and his fellow directors loaded their credit cards, borrowing a total of £30K. His gamble soon began paying off. While Global Personals had grown to £250K/month and was making 20% profit. At this point he decided to concentrate on the dating business. He decided to offer his dating website system to other businesses, allowing them to create their own dating brand while he took half the proceeds from sales. This “white labelling” approach had several advantages over running and marketing a single conventional dating service, said Williams. Last financial year, one of the main parts of which is Whitelabeldating.com, made a profit of £1.5M on sales of £12M, though Williams expects that by the end of this financial year the profit will have risen to £3M on sales of £20M.
by Andrew Stone
See full article at Times Online