Month: October 2017
This Super-Fast Gadget Swipes Right On 6k Tinder Profiles An Hour
by Gavin Evans
See full article at MensHealth
Matchpool Continues Progress After Successful ICO
PRNEWSWIRE – Oct 5 – Matchpool, the Israel-based blockchain collaboration startup, has recently partnered with Snip to provide Guppy tokens as reward for writers within the Snip platform. (Snip is a news platform for short, concise news bites). It has also added new token payments for participating in pools within the platform. Additionally, Matchpool has partnered with QTum to create a new social networking and matchmaking Dapp.
Shares Of Match Are Up 31% Since The Tinder Gold Launch
BARRON'S NEXT – Oct 5 – About a month ago, Tinder finally gave users a chance to pre-sort their potential matches. With Tinder Gold, users only see people who've already liked them. That little paid feature has lit a fire under parent company Match Group's stock. Shares of Match have soared 31% since the Gold launch, and Match's shares are up 9% this week alone, as Tinder continues to place highly in the App Store's rankings of top-grossing apps.
by Emily Bary
See full article at Barron's Next
A Portland Entrepreneur Curates Online Profiles
PORTLAND MERCURY – Oct 5 – Ladan Radafshar is the founder of FernDate, a local branding service geared toward those looking for love online. The service launched in Feb 2016. For a considerable fee, Radafshar provides a consultation, oversees a makeover, coordinates a photo shoot, and works with an associate to copyedit the profile content for each individual client. Some clients upgrade their service in order to receive style advice from Radafshar.
Pia Poppenreiter Buys Her Ohlala App Back
GRUENDERSZENE – Oct 5 – Pia Poppenreiter has repurchased all shares of her 'escort' dating app Ohlala from all shareholders. Ohlala is a German dating app that allows users being paid (100 – 200Eur) for going on a date. The app was founded by Pia Poppenreiter and Torsten Stüber, and raised 1.7M Eur in 2015 to expand into USA and other cities in Germany. However the app failed to monetize and an argument broke out among Ohlala's angel investors, who paralyzed the startup for almost a year. Pia Poppenreiter says she is currently not focusing on investing new capital from investors. She wants to focus on the future and build a new team for Ohlala.
by Christina Kyriasoglou
See full article at Gruenderszene
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White Label Dating Partners With Mobile Performance Network – Reporo
PRESS RELEASE – Oct 6 – As well as driving traffic to White Label Dating's offers, reporo will also be using their affiliate network to advertise the company's offers. Reporo primarily converts traffic for products such as Gaming, Betting and Adult Dating and works on CPC, CPM and CPA basis.
Tinder Is Launching ‘Reactions’
In The Age Of Trump, Young Muslims Turn To Matchmaking Services
WAMU.ORG – Oct 4 – Matchmaking service for muslims, BeyondChai, says membership has grown by 45% in the last 6 months, with ~ 10K active members nation-wide. BeyondChai attributes the bump in clientele to President Trump's comments about Muslims and terrorism. Co-founder Asad Ansari says all of that instilled fear in the Muslim community. Another service, called Eshq, launched on November 9, 2016, the day after the election. That's no coincidence, says founder Mariam Bahawdory. "It was more of a way to get everyone's mind off of that negative aspect that all this brought on during the presidential election," Bahawdory says. On Eshq, women make the first move.