REUTERS – Nov 2 - Spanish women are the most flirtatious in the world online, according to a survey by Badoo.com. The average Spanish woman initiates 1.33 contacts with a man per month, compared to Britain (0.78), France (0.69) or U.S. (0.63). FULL ARTICLE @ TORONTO SUN
Month: November 2010
AdoptAGuy.com Set To Launch In U.S.
BUSINESS WIRE – Nov 2 - AdoptAGuy.com, a French free dating site where women make the first move, is launching in U.S. AdoptAguy.com allows women to place men in their “cart” and only the “products” in the "cart" can talk back. The site launched in France 3 years ago and claims 300M page views a month. FULL ARTICLE @ BUSINESS WIRE
Online Dating Getting Popular In UAE
GULF TODAY – Nov 3 – A large number of expatriates in the UAE are turning to online dating sites such as shaadi.com. Shaadi started up in Mumbai, India in 1997 and now has 80K members from UAE. members. Vinesh Venugopal Nair has been working as the manager in the UAE for the company since 2005. Nair pointed out that the UAE is a cosmopolitan city with people from almost all nationalities residing here. “The majority of the local expatriate population belongs to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. 38 % of members are Muslims.
The full article was originally published at Gulf Today, but is no longer available.
Alikewise Review
EXAMINER – Nov 2 - Alikewise is a free dating site based on a user’s taste in books. The site is straightforward, requiring the right amount of information to get you started without endless questions and forms. The options for books to select are somewhat limited. The people are real. Anyone who bothered signing up for a site like this isn’t doing so to mess with people. There are no discernable limits on messages between members. The site is free and there aren’t even any ads on the site. Though Alikewise offers sanctuary to the bibliophiles of the world, it’s still too early to consider using it as a serious dating site since there aren’t enough users to gain a practical spread.
The full article was originally published at Examiner, but is no longer available.
Facebook Reveals The Most Popular Time For Breakups
BUSINESS INSIDER – Nov 2 - According to data pulled from Facebook, December is one of the most popular months to break up. Bellow is the chart that has been picked up from a TED talk by David McCandless. As you can see, people break up less during the summer, and more during the Winter and Spring. Also, Mondays are a popular day for breakups.
FULL ARTICLE @ BUSINESS INSIDER
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Ashley Madison Reveals Human Nature
FOX NEWS – Nov 1 – Researchers scanned ads from 200 men and 200 women chosen at random from Ashley Madison, a discreet dating service. The researchers investigated what the cheaters said they wanted in an adulterous relationship: "anything goes," "short term," "undecided," "long term," "cyber affair/erotic chat," or "whatever excites me." The men ~42 years old, advertised "anything goes" more than twice as often as women, while the women ~39, sought long-term relationships about two-thirds more than men. Women who were in relationships used significantly more adjectives describing the physical attributes they sought in partners and significantly fewer ones describing their material qualities than single women did. FULL ARTICLE @ FOX NEWS
myPartner.com Is Seeking An Expedited Sale
OPW – Nov 1 – myPartner.com, a matchmaking service for the gay and lesbian market, is for sale for $200K (or best offer). To date, ~$2M has been invested into the development and growth of myPartner.com since it’s inception in 2004 as a private matchmaking agency. Over the last 18 months myPartner.com has experienced a 10x return on advertising and marketing spends with ~33% conversion rate. Further details on myPartner.com metrics and offering can be reviewed in their Sales Book available by interested parties. Please contact Patrick Perrine.
myPartner.com will consider individual asset sales (i.e. database, domain, technology, etc) or an "as-is" offering.
As of October 25, 2010:
– Total Active Profiles in Database (logged in last 12 months): 75,003
– Total Active Premium Members (Paid): 3,981
– Total Active Premium Members (non-Paid, promotional): 20,535
– Total Introductory Members (Free): 50,487
– Total Net Signups/Paid Subscriptions To Date: 9,516
– Total CURRENT Active Auto-Renewal Forecast (12 Month Forecast): $315,097.80
– Average Lifetime Revenue (based on 3 year historical period)t: $94.30
– Signup Mapped Conversion Ratio (free/paid): 10.53%
– Domain:
Moniker Appraised Value $150,000
Skout Reaches 2M Members
PR WEB – Nov 1 – Skout, the location based dating app, has gone from 1M to 2M members in 4 months. The average Skouter spends 40 minutes per day Skouting. Skout is free to use but members can pay for extras such as virtual gifts and wink bombs which reach as many as 500 people at once. According to Match.com founder Gary Kremen, "Skout is perfectly positioned to disrupt the online dating market. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
Muddy Matches: Dating Site For Farmers
BBC.CO.UK – Nov 1 - Muddy Matches, the online dating and social networking site for country people, now has ~50K members. The site has had many success stories, from two people who had always lived in the same village but only found out that each was single through this service. FULL ARTICLE @ BBC.CO.UK
FriendFinder CEO Looking To Buy Playboy
THAINDIAN NEWS – Oct 29 - Marc Bell, the owner and CEO of FriendFinder Networks, has indicated that his company is looking to “raise capital to grow the business”. It is believed that the company that recently completed $551M round of financing might still have their eyes set on the Playboy Enterprises. The company has made prior attempt to take over the company but the offer was rejected. FULL ARTICLE @ THAINDIAN NEWS