PRESS RELEASE — Sep 4 — SexSearch is offering new affiliates a 100% payout on revenues generated through September 30th. The adult dating site, which claims to have the best converting affiliate program in the online dating space, currently pays out over $1 million each month to affiliates. With 15 million members, it is becoming the largest adult dating site.
The full article was originally published at Free Press Release, but is no longer available.
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ENTERTAINMENTWISE — Sep 1 — Dating website AshleyMadison has offered Katie Holmes a free lifetime membership so she can seek out a “meaningful relationship” and “fill her lonely bed.” The agency, which claims over 1.4 million wannabe cheaters, has proposed that an extra-marital affair might be just what she needs to spice up her marriage to Tom Cruise.
THE HUFFINGTON POST — June 8 — We need a Facebook.com-like “social networking” site designed with the primary purpose of facilitating casual sexual encounters among educated young people. Online social networking as it currently exists is largely a waste of time because it serves no explicit pre-existing need and doesn’t help fulfill any goal except maybe the research of future, present, and past sexual partners.
The full article was originally published at Huffington Post, but is no longer available.
OPW — May 28 — These are the conversions for the affiliate programs that Online Personals Watch makes money from. The period is for March 21st 2006 through March 21st 2007. I only list the affiliate programs from which Online Personals Watch generated more than 1000 unique click throughs for. Here are the top converting programs ranked by the earnings per unique. Affiliate links for these sites appear in the left bar in the form of industry rankings, and from links from posts on OPW.
PR NEWSWIRE — April 5 — IwantU.com will deliver free dating phone numbers to their 7 million members. Active members of IwantU.com will be able to contact each other via CallDigits.com. The dating phone number will ring to any phone of the member's choice and ensures privacy while enhancing the dating experience. The basic service which includes voicemail will be provided free of charge. Members may choose to upgrade to local phone numbers throughout the US and Canada. According to Keith Bussey of IwantU.com, "The phone is a natural part of the dating experience and our members will be able to enhance their online dating experience like no other service. We are the first online dating service to allow our members to actually talk to each other as part of the online dating experience."
Mark Brooks: Voice is getting a foothold in the online personals world, at last. Match launched MatchTalk powered by Jangl first. I've guided Vumber to what I think is the best service for singles. They can not only forward calls, but they can call out from their Vumber on any phone, anytime, anywhere.
PR NEWSWIRE — April 5 — IwantU.com will deliver free dating phone numbers to their 7 million members. Active members of IwantU.com will be able to contact each other via CallDigits.com. The dating phone number will ring to any phone of the member's choice and ensures privacy while enhancing the dating experience. The basic service which includes voicemail will be provided free of charge. Members may choose to upgrade to local phone numbers throughout the US and Canada. According to Keith Bussey of IwantU.com, "The phone is a natural part of the dating experience and our members will be able to enhance their online dating experience like no other service. We are the first online dating service to allow our members to actually talk to each other as part of the online dating experience."
Mark Brooks: Voice is getting a foothold in the online personals world, at last. Match launched MatchTalk powered by Jangl first. I've guided Vumber to what I think is the best service for singles. They can not only forward calls, but they can call out from their Vumber on any phone, anytime, anywhere.
BUSINESS PORTAL — Feb 21 — SexintheUK added a new payment method that allows members to upgrade their memberships via their mobile phone bill. This service has been embraced by members without credit cards or that didn't want their membership fee to appear on their credit/debit card statement.
The full article was originally published at Business Portal, but is no longer available.
BUSINESS PORTAL — Feb 21 — SexintheUK added a new payment method that allows members to upgrade their memberships via their mobile phone bill. This service has been embraced by members without credit cards or that didn't want their membership fee to appear on their credit/debit card statement.
The full article was originally published at Business Portal, but is no longer available.
MARKET WIRE — Sep 14 — FriendFinder was founded in 1996 by Andrew Conru. Passion.com is for those interested in "spicy" romantic liaisons. AdultFriendFinder.com, the most popular site of all with more than 1 million new registrations a month, caters to people interested in finding a more intimate but not necessarily romantic partner. Other communitires include OutPersonals, Senior FriendFinder, Bigchurch, Amigos and AsiaFriendFinder. "On some of our sites, more than 40% of all those who have registered remain on our active file," said Dr. Conru. "We are rapidly moving into the mobile phone arena, upgrading payment systems to make it easier for people to purchase our premium products directly through their mobile phone carriers, and we are launching more sites that meet the needs of specific groups."
Mark Brooks: Sexsearch (7 million registrants since 2003) is FriendFinder's top competitor and is biting at AdultFriendFinder, Passion.com's and Outpersonals heels. It's newer, glossier, and more straight to the point. It's amazing how large this adult dating 'niche' is, and how rarely it gets covered in the press…because it's still viewed as porn by most of the press and analysts. Yes, it's risque, but it's still internet dating: the antithesis of eHarmony. I noticed that Hitwise is now including AdultFriendFinder in their Australian rankings.
THE VILLAGE VOICE — Aug 30 — "I prefer to cheat with other married people because they have as much to lose as me typically" says a 35-year-old executive at a large corporation in midtown Manhattan. Married for seven years, he and his wife have sex twice a week. He cheated for the first time with another married woman he met through the Ashley Madison Agency. He's one of over a million members of Ashley Madison, which—like Married Secrets, Affair Match, Discreet Adventures and International House of Wives—caters to cheaters. The company's founder, Darren Morgenstern wanted to offer a service where folks could be up-front about their marital status. Membership costs $240 for three months. Sites like Ashley Madison tap into a very profitable niche within the online personals arena by bringing honesty to the dishonest practice of cheating. Statistics show that 12% to 25% of women and 22% to 60% of men cheat.
The full article was originally published at Village Voice, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: Sexsearch is into threesomes. AdultFriendFinder markets to swingers. Polymatchmaker also. In some ways Ashley Madison, and others are providing a service to the dating industry by soaking up the marrieds that would otherwise venture onto mainstream dating sites and give them a bad reputation. By their mere existence they also encourage infidelity. Do these services provide a useful public service? For or against? Your comments please.