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Internet Dating Industry Weekly News Feb 22nd, 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010

This is the news for February 16th through February 22nd, 2010. Here is the news we covered:

  • PlentyofFish, Match.com and eHarmony target growing UK dating market
  • eHarmony announces 2009 revenues
  • Match.com acquisition rumors: is SinglesNet next?
  • MeetMoi partners with Time Out New York
  • Hubspot’s social media survey
  • OKCupid – ultimate blog success story
  • iDate2010 Miami: video and pictures

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12 thoughts on “Internet Dating Industry Weekly News Feb 22nd, 2010”

  1. Unknown's avatar S. Marlin says:
    February 23, 2010 at 11:53 pm

    This is the news for February 16th through February 22nd, 2010. Please follow this link to enjoy the high-resolution version. Here is the news we covered:

    • PlentyofFish, Match.com and eHarmony target growing UK dating market
    • eHarmony announces 2009 revenues
    • Match.com acquisition rumors: is SinglesNet next?
    • MeetMoi partners with Time Out New York
    • Hubspot’s social media survey
    • OKCupid – ultimate blog success story
    • iDate2010 Miami: video and pictures
    Reply
  2. Unknown's avatar S. Marlin says:
    February 23, 2010 at 11:53 pm

    This is the news for February 16th through February 22nd, 2010. Please follow this link to enjoy the high-resolution version. Here is the news we covered:

    • PlentyofFish, Match.com and eHarmony target growing UK dating market
    • eHarmony announces 2009 revenues
    • Match.com acquisition rumors: is SinglesNet next?
    • MeetMoi partners with Time Out New York
    • Hubspot’s social media survey
    • OKCupid – ultimate blog success story
    • iDate2010 Miami: video and pictures
    Reply
  3. Fernando Ardenghi's avatar Fernando Ardenghi says:
    February 24, 2010 at 1:17 am

    There are mistakes at the subtitles
    “eharmony 800,000 Subscribers in the UK”
    Is it 800,000 Worldwide Subscribers?
    (800,000 Subscribers @ USD 40 Average Revenue per Subscriber == projected revenue USD 320 million)
    “6.5 Million Subscribers in the UK” is impossible for Match.
    All IAC Personals have less than 1.7 million Subscribers
    —————————–
    SinglesNet is a complete scam!
    Homepage says #1 Visited Online Dating Site in the U.S.A. More than Match, More than eHarmony * Hitwise as of – Dec 2008
    Now traffic is in decadence, check it using Alexa.
    They show you profiles of women but the screen says
    “*photos of this page may not be of actual Singlesnet members ”
    then when you register, you receive 3 fake messages from women.
    If you try to read those messages, they say nothing, only hearts; then when you try to contact those women, the subscribe screen appears.
    They are using the same tricks as AdultFriendFinder.
    Regards,
    Fernando Ardenghi.
    Buenos Aires.
    Argentina.
    ardenghifer@gmail.com

    Reply
  4. Fernando Ardenghi's avatar Fernando Ardenghi says:
    February 24, 2010 at 1:17 am

    There are mistakes at the subtitles
    “eharmony 800,000 Subscribers in the UK”
    Is it 800,000 Worldwide Subscribers?
    (800,000 Subscribers @ USD 40 Average Revenue per Subscriber == projected revenue USD 320 million)
    “6.5 Million Subscribers in the UK” is impossible for Match.
    All IAC Personals have less than 1.7 million Subscribers
    —————————–
    SinglesNet is a complete scam!
    Homepage says #1 Visited Online Dating Site in the U.S.A. More than Match, More than eHarmony * Hitwise as of – Dec 2008
    Now traffic is in decadence, check it using Alexa.
    They show you profiles of women but the screen says
    “*photos of this page may not be of actual Singlesnet members ”
    then when you register, you receive 3 fake messages from women.
    If you try to read those messages, they say nothing, only hearts; then when you try to contact those women, the subscribe screen appears.
    They are using the same tricks as AdultFriendFinder.
    Regards,
    Fernando Ardenghi.
    Buenos Aires.
    Argentina.
    ardenghifer@gmail.com

    Reply
  5. Jack Strawman's avatar Jack Strawman says:
    February 24, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    This is incredible news. I can’t believe how much money these dating sites are now making. As for SinglesNet, I also think this is a pretty scammy website. But then again, so is adultfriendfinder and look how much money that was sold for.
    I’m curious at how much plentyoffish.com is currently making now that they are not 100% free.

    Reply
  6. Jack Strawman's avatar Jack Strawman says:
    February 24, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    This is incredible news. I can’t believe how much money these dating sites are now making. As for SinglesNet, I also think this is a pretty scammy website. But then again, so is adultfriendfinder and look how much money that was sold for.
    I’m curious at how much plentyoffish.com is currently making now that they are not 100% free.

    Reply
  7. Unknown's avatar Nick Fletcher says:
    February 24, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    After a soft launch in Britain in July 2008, Eharmony has been in the middle of a big ad campaign. The site added 130,000 UK subscribers in January, according to the firm, and now has more than 800,000 (in the UK), paying up to £34.95 a month, depending on length of subscription. Match.com, longer established in the UK, supposedly has more than 6.5m subscribers in the UK.
    Nick Fletcher
    Marketing Assistant
    Courtland Brooks
    nick@courtlandbrooks.com

    Reply
  8. Unknown's avatar Nick Fletcher says:
    February 24, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    After a soft launch in Britain in July 2008, Eharmony has been in the middle of a big ad campaign. The site added 130,000 UK subscribers in January, according to the firm, and now has more than 800,000 (in the UK), paying up to £34.95 a month, depending on length of subscription. Match.com, longer established in the UK, supposedly has more than 6.5m subscribers in the UK.
    Nick Fletcher
    Marketing Assistant
    Courtland Brooks
    nick@courtlandbrooks.com

    Reply
  9. Unknown's avatar Matthew Pitt, MD, The Dating Lab says:
    February 25, 2010 at 6:03 am

    Hi Nick,
    The UK (non-adult) dating market has been estimated by Mintel as worth just under £100m for 2009.
    800,000 subscribers at £34.95 a month for eharmony in the UK would equate to a whisker under £28 million pounds a month – or £335M a year.
    I think Fernando has a point… and the original article as worded is potentially misleading.

    Reply
  10. Unknown's avatar Matthew Pitt, MD, The Dating Lab says:
    February 25, 2010 at 6:03 am

    Hi Nick,
    The UK (non-adult) dating market has been estimated by Mintel as worth just under £100m for 2009.
    800,000 subscribers at £34.95 a month for eharmony in the UK would equate to a whisker under £28 million pounds a month – or £335M a year.
    I think Fernando has a point… and the original article as worded is potentially misleading.

    Reply
  11. alan_sb@hotmail.com's avatar alan_sb@hotmail.com says:
    February 26, 2010 at 8:49 am

    eHarmony have less than 20,000 paying subscribers in the UK

    Reply
  12. alan_sb@hotmail.com's avatar alan_sb@hotmail.com says:
    February 26, 2010 at 8:49 am

    eHarmony have less than 20,000 paying subscribers in the UK

    Reply

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