OPW – Sep 22 - Jiayuan.com, China's largest online dating site, has launched its English version – IsThisFate.com. Is ThisFate.com is aimed at expats living in China, overseas Chinese looking to reconnect, and anyone interested in Chinese romance.
Month: September 2011
iovation Reduced Fraud Losses by $1.8 Million
IOVATION BLOG – Sep 21 - For online retailers whose business models rely on Internet transactions to generate revenue, fraud losses that range anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of dollars a year can have a significant impact on their overall business profits. In iovation's case study, “Online Retailer Uses New Fraud Detection Systems To Cut Fraud Loss Rates,” Forrester Research principal analyst, Andras Cser, shares how the online merchant was able to reduce fraud loss by $1.8M after deploying iovation’s ReputationManager 360 along with our partner’s case management system.
by Max Anhoury
The full article was originally published at iovation blog, but is no longer available.
Julie Spira: Top 10 Mobile Dating Apps
PRESS RELEASE – Sep 21 - The year 2011 has quickly become the year of mobile dating. Julie Spira has announced the Cyber Dating Expert Top 10 Mobile Dating Apps for 2011.
1. eHarmony
2. Match Mobile
3. Are You Interested?
4. Skout
5. Plenty of Fish
6. OkCupid
7. Zoosk
8. SpeedDate
9. Grindr
10. Jazzed
According to Comscore, ~14M people worldwide access dating sites through mobile app. A recent Flurry report showed that mobile usage has now surpassed web usage for dating. Mobile app usage rose from 3.7 minutes in June of 2010 to 8.4 minutes in June of 2011.
The full article was originally published at 1888PressRelease, but is no longer available.
How Groupon Can Help Dating Sites
BUSINESS NEWS DAILY – Sep 20 – New research shows that daily deals companies are more popular than ever among consumers. Small businesses that have used Groupon's daily deals to gain visibility and boost business say the accolades are well deserved. First-mover advantage has matured into long-term loyalty on the part of merchants and consumers alike. For HowAboutWe, an online dating service whose draw for members is that the service focuses at first more on the date itself than on their date's dossier, using Groupon has been both a profit center and a marketing vehicle. A typical HowAboutWe Groupon deal offers a three-month membership for $18, 67% off the normal price of $54. HowAboutWe tried its first Groupon in January in Brooklyn. It netted 433 new members. Subsequent offers have brought in 142 new members in Boston, 257 in New York City, 155 in Washington and 175 in San Francisco.
Match.com Partners with Yahoo! Canada
TECH WIRE – Sep 19 – Match.com and Yahoo! Canada, announced a partnership enabling Match.com to power Yahoo! Canada Dating and Yahoo! Quebec Rencontres. The sites are immediately available in English at http://yahoo.match.ca/ and in French at http://yahoo.ca.match.com. Match.com has been the online dating service on Yahoo! in the US since May 2010.
The full article was originally published at TechFinance, but is no longer available.
eHarmony’s Mobile Apps: Real, Warm and Elegant
EHARMONY – Sep 20 – eHarmony apps on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android launched in late Q3 2010 and since then ~1M members have downloaded the apps to date. Currently ~500k eHarmony profiles are viewed on mobile applications each day. Keeping it Real, Warm and Elegant is eHarmony’s Newest Design Challenge. When they thought about “warm” experiences outside of software, one experience jumped to mind – Starbucks. Starbucks has created an incredibly warm and inviting environment. The idea of being real or authentic is at the core of all eHarmony's creative and brand imagery. (Real success couples). With their final design goal, they set about making this application feel like a very personalized, simple experience versus a run-of-the-mill-dating search and browse experience. (parchment paper, bamboo, handwritten notes and script fonts).
Online Dating and Politics Don’t Mix: Study
THE GLOBE AND MAIL – Sep 20 - People are more likely to reveal they are overweight than divulge their political stripes on online dating sites, according to a new American study. Sifting through 2,944 randomly sampled online dating profiles, only 14% of users stated their “political interests." Older daters as well as those with higher levels of income and education were more likely to divulge their political leanings. So were men, with women 8% less likely to report a political bent.
by Zosia Bielski
The full article was originally published at Globe and Mail, but is no longer available.
Snap Launches Mobile Web Version of AreYouInterested.com
MARKETWIRE – Sep 20 - SNAP Interactive, a social app developer with~50M installs across its properties, is announcing several significant mobile-related developments including the launch of a mobile Web version of its flagship AreYouInterested.com social dating app.
The full article was originally published at Marketwire, but is no longer available.
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aLoveLinksPlus
AnotherFriend
Ave Maria Singles
Avid Life Media
Badoo
Baihe
be2
Bharat Matrimony
Boonex
BrainiacDating
Catholic Match
Chatroulette
Cinekin
Clicck
Click2Asia
Clique
Cupid plc
Date.com
DateMySchool
eDarling
eHarmony
Eligon.ca
EliteMate
FastLife
Flirtomatic
FriendScout24
Friend Finder Networks
Gaydar
Genepartner
Global Personals
Grindr
HowAboutWe
HurryDate
IAC
ignighter
Jiayuan
Lavalife
Lovestruck
Lovetropolis
Lunch Actually
Mamba.ru
Mamboo
Match.com
Mate1
Meetic
Meetmoi
neu.de
OkCupid
Online Buddies
Parperfeito
Parship
People Interactive
People Media
PlentyofFish
Skadate
Skout
Smartdate
SNAP Interactive
Spark Networks
Speeddate
SuccessfulMatch
Tangowire
Tastebuds.fm
True.com
TwoMangoes.com
Virtual Dating Assistants
WhiteLabelDating
WooMe
WorldSingles
Zin.gl
Zoosk
Another Extreme Niche – Stoner Dating
OPW – Sep 19 – Look up stoner dating on Google, and you won't find the new site StonerDating.nl (based in Netherlands, of course), but you will find Mingle2's page inviting you to 'meet singles in Stoner', Nerve.com's 2003 article on 'romancing the stoner', OKCupid's Stoner Test and the stoner dating site LonelyStoner. Whatever next?