Month: October 2016
Hinge Abandons Tinder Model
MASHABLE – Oct 11 – On Tuesday, Hinge relaunched from a free swiping app into a members-only app for $7/month. In addition to charging a fee — which CEO McLeod said helps users consider the app to be more of a commitment — Hinge has been completely redesigned. Mark Brooks, an online dating app consultant, said that Hinge’s team was smart to no longer compete with Tinder and other free apps. “There’s not much point in being a copycat. They need to be known for something, or they will end up not being known for anything,” Brooks said. “Going serious and paid is a bold move, and a good move. They won’t see as high traffic as Tinder, but I think they will see revenues, and users interested in meaningful relationships.”
Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – October 2016
OPW – Oct 12 - The new Internet dating jobs listing is live on the Internet Dating Jobs blog.
Below see a couple of this month's most interesting offers:
Affinitas
Director Business Intelligence
eHarmony
Director, Data Science
Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen, Crush.com)
Product Manager
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
Director, Offline Marketing Attribution Analyst
Meetic
Director Security, Compliance and Fraud
Zoosk
Sr. Director, Engineering
To see more open positions go here.
Do you have an idating industry job offer which is not included? Please, send it to petra@courtlandbrooks.com and we will add it to the list.
The New “Serious Relationship” Hinge Costs $7/Month
How Dating App Her Is Creating A Global Community
Tinder Wants To Make “Dating” Normal In India
Z BUSINESS – Oct 9 – Tinder set up its office in India in January this year and hired Taru Kapoor as CEO Tinder India. Within five months, Tinder India released its first video ad which was far from the the core "dating-app" and led to severe criticism from various quarters, including social media. When asked, Kapoor said that their intention was to "stir-up" conversation around dating in India. "There is nothing wrong about dating, so we just wanted to stir conversation and put it in a normal Indian household and say dating is normal." Tinder India core audience is 18-25 year olds.
Bumble Is Banning Mirror Selfies
The Success Of JSwipe
by Laura E. Adkins
See full article at Forward.com
Matrimony.com To Go For IPO By November
BUSINESS-STANDARD – Oct 7 – Matrimony.com Ltd, the company which runs matrimony site Bharat Matrimony among others, is planning to go for an IPO by November. The plans are to raise ~Rs 350 crore (~$5.3M).
by TE Narasimhan
See full article at Business-Standard
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This post also appear on InternetDatingInvestments.
Tinder Boost Is Now Available In The UK
