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Category: Cupid.com

Male/Female Quantcast Ratios of Top Dating Properties

Posted on February 27, 2007

MalefemaleOPW — Feb 26th — Here are the male/female ratios, most popular age range, and proportion of visits from 'regulars' and 'addicts.' Ranking courtesy of Hitwise. Ratios, age range and addiction levels courtesy of Quantcast. '100' represents the 'internet average.'

1 Singlesnet 
Male 112, Female 88, age 45-54, 91% of visits from regulars and addicts LINK
2 Yahoo Personals
Male 114, Female 85, age 45-54, 78% regulars and addicts LINK 
3 RUET
Male 116, Female 83, age 45-54, 77% regulars and addicts LINK 
4 Match
Male 100, Female 99, age 45-54, 94% regulars and addicts LINK
5 eHarmony
Male 73, Female 125, age 25-34 and 35-44, 95% regulars and addicts LINK 
6 Plentyoffish
Male 112, Female 87, age 45-54, 98% regulars and addicts LINK
7 Mate1
Male 97, Female 102, age 45-54, 74% regulars and addicts LINK
8 Blackpeoplemeet
Male 94, Female 105, age 35-44, 96% regulars and addicts LINK
9 Manhunt.net
Male 177, Female 24, age 35-44, 99% regulars and addicts LINK
10 Adam4Adam
Male 170, Female 31, age 35-44, 99% regulars and addicts LINK
11 American Singles
Male 120, Female 89, age 45-54, 82% regulars and addicts LINK
12 Gay.com
Male 171, Female 30, age 35-45, 96% regulars and addicts LINK
13 Hot or Not
Male 122, Female 78, age 18-24, 95% regulars and addicts LINK
14 MSN Match
Male 103, Female 97, age 45-54, 71% regulars and addicts LINK
15 Cupid
Male 110, Female 89, age 45-54, 95% regulars and addicts LINK

eHarmony clearly has more guys than girls. Given the raunchy TRUE advertising, one would expect a higher representation of males than the 116 scored here.  I think this is because TRUE is using their raunchy advertising in male oriented spots, and also, the edgy ads still manage to attract women.  American Singles scored higher with a 120 for males. The gay sites and PlentyofFish have the highest addiction levels. Yahoo Personals, TRUE, and Mate1 scored a little low for user engagement. All in the 74-78% range. – Mark Brooks

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Male/Female Quantcast Ratios of Top Dating Properties

Posted on February 27, 2007

MalefemaleOPW — Feb 26th — Here are the male/female ratios, most popular age range, and proportion of visits from 'regulars' and 'addicts.' Ranking courtesy of Hitwise. Ratios, age range and addiction levels courtesy of Quantcast. '100' represents the 'internet average.'

1 Singlesnet 
Male 112, Female 88, age 45-54, 91% of visits from regulars and addicts LINK
2 Yahoo Personals
Male 114, Female 85, age 45-54, 78% regulars and addicts LINK 
3 RUET
Male 116, Female 83, age 45-54, 77% regulars and addicts LINK 
4 Match
Male 100, Female 99, age 45-54, 94% regulars and addicts LINK
5 eHarmony
Male 73, Female 125, age 25-34 and 35-44, 95% regulars and addicts LINK 
6 Plentyoffish
Male 112, Female 87, age 45-54, 98% regulars and addicts LINK
7 Mate1
Male 97, Female 102, age 45-54, 74% regulars and addicts LINK
8 Blackpeoplemeet
Male 94, Female 105, age 35-44, 96% regulars and addicts LINK
9 Manhunt.net
Male 177, Female 24, age 35-44, 99% regulars and addicts LINK
10 Adam4Adam
Male 170, Female 31, age 35-44, 99% regulars and addicts LINK
11 American Singles
Male 120, Female 89, age 45-54, 82% regulars and addicts LINK
12 Gay.com
Male 171, Female 30, age 35-45, 96% regulars and addicts LINK
13 Hot or Not
Male 122, Female 78, age 18-24, 95% regulars and addicts LINK
14 MSN Match
Male 103, Female 97, age 45-54, 71% regulars and addicts LINK
15 Cupid
Male 110, Female 89, age 45-54, 95% regulars and addicts LINK

eHarmony clearly has more guys than girls. Given the raunchy TRUE advertising, one would expect a higher representation of males than the 116 scored here.  I think this is because TRUE is using their raunchy advertising in male oriented spots, and also, the edgy ads still manage to attract women.  American Singles scored higher with a 120 for males. The gay sites and PlentyofFish have the highest addiction levels. Yahoo Personals, TRUE, and Mate1 scored a little low for user engagement. All in the 74-78% range. – Mark Brooks

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Cupid.com/PreDating World Record Attempt

Posted on February 6, 2007

September_17_2006_195OPW — Feb 6th — I'm live blogging from the Decathlon Club in Silicon Valley where Cupid.com is attempting a world record attempt for speed dating. Over 3000 singles, across the U.S.A., will be brought together for speed dating this evening. There are 46 people here. It's a classy venue, and at $34 a head it should be. One person left at the interlude, that's typical, and there were several no shows, which always amazes me, at $34 a pop. People get shy, or busy, or get hooked up and bail on the event at the last minute. Then they get hotlisted as no-shows by PreDating and can't book again. No shows are a major pain for speed dating events. I've run and monitored many speed dating events, and Ace-Club events and I think speed dating events are still the easiest way for singles to get out from behind the computer and easily meet a room full of people. Hikes and wine tastings are better events in many ways, but speed dating events are more consistent and controllable as an event format that is safe and scalable. On average people make two or three double matches each evening.  – Mark Brooks 

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Cupid.com/PreDating World Record Attempt

Posted on February 6, 2007

September_17_2006_195OPW — Feb 6th — I'm live blogging from the Decathlon Club in Silicon Valley where Cupid.com is attempting a world record attempt for speed dating. Over 3000 singles, across the U.S.A., will be brought together for speed dating this evening. There are 46 people here. It's a classy venue, and at $34 a head it should be. One person left at the interlude, that's typical, and there were several no shows, which always amazes me, at $34 a pop. People get shy, or busy, or get hooked up and bail on the event at the last minute. Then they get hotlisted as no-shows by PreDating and can't book again. No shows are a major pain for speed dating events. I've run and monitored many speed dating events, and Ace-Club events and I think speed dating events are still the easiest way for singles to get out from behind the computer and easily meet a room full of people. Hikes and wine tastings are better events in many ways, but speed dating events are more consistent and controllable as an event format that is safe and scalable. On average people make two or three double matches each evening.  – Mark Brooks 

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Cupid.com Speed Dating Record

Posted on January 17, 2007

Cupid_predating_logoTHE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT — Jan 12 — On Feb. 6, singles around the U.S. will participate in one of more than 117 speed dating events to be held in close to 100 cities. It's estimated more than 3,100 eligible singles will participate.

Cupid.com
hosts monthly speed dating events in more than 173 cities across the country. 

The full article was originally published at NT, but is no longer available.

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Cupid.com Speed Dating Record

Posted on January 17, 2007

Cupid_predating_logoTHE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT — Jan 12 — On Feb. 6, singles around the U.S. will participate in one of more than 117 speed dating events to be held in close to 100 cities. It's estimated more than 3,100 eligible singles will participate.

Cupid.com
hosts monthly speed dating events in more than 173 cities across the country. 

The full article was originally published at NT, but is no longer available.

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Which Dating Sites Convert the Best?

Posted on January 3, 2007

OPW — Jan 2 — Online Personals Watch is for online personals marketing managers and executives to stay ahead of the news, and for the press to research the industry. It's not really designed for end users. Having said that, I make a few bucks from affiliate text links. $5k last year. Not too shabby. I thought I'd share the conversion numbers with you, for open discussion. I'm listing companies with which I had more than 1000 click throughs. I'm told affiliates will usually send an affiliate program 300 clicks before drawing initial conclusions on conversions. Here's the rankings drawn from stats for January 1st 2005, through December 25th 2006.  I'll redo them for a smaller date range later this quarter. 

 

 
Dating site Affiliate System Total Commission Total Uniques Income per Unique
#1 PerfectMatch Commission Junction   $899 2567    35c
#2 SexSearch In House   $1,580 4690    34c
#3 TRUE Commission Junction*   $1,459 5626    26c
#4 AdultFriendFinder In House   $1,523 6144    25c
#5 Yahoo Personals Commission Junction   $1,595 6780    24c
#6 eHarmony Commission Junction   $502 3536    14.2c
#7 American Singles Commission Junction   $285 3591    7.9c
#8 Match Link Share**   $503 4887    7.7c
#9 Cupid Direct Track   $210 3334    5c
#10 Joint: Webdate
and Love Access
Both In House   $0 2923/1916    0c

  * I switched out to TRUE under Primaryads.com and they are paying out a little better.
** I've not had a good experience with LinkShare.

All the sites pay out slightly differently.  Where I had an option, I opted to be paid by % of revenue generated. I've focused on Dollars per Unique for this comparison.  If you want the full spreadsheet, email me at mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com and I'll send you the stats including the number of registrants, paying members, revenue and additional ratios. Your comments please…

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Which Dating Sites Convert the Best?

Posted on January 3, 2007

OPW — Jan 2 — Online Personals Watch is for online personals marketing managers and executives to stay ahead of the news, and for the press to research the industry. It's not really designed for end users. Having said that, I make a few bucks from affiliate text links. $5k last year. Not too shabby. I thought I'd share the conversion numbers with you, for open discussion. I'm listing companies with which I had more than 1000 click throughs. I'm told affiliates will usually send an affiliate program 300 clicks before drawing initial conclusions on conversions. Here's the rankings drawn from stats for January 1st 2005, through December 25th 2006.  I'll redo them for a smaller date range later this quarter. 

 

 
Dating site Affiliate System Total Commission Total Uniques Income per Unique
#1 PerfectMatch Commission Junction   $899 2567    35c
#2 SexSearch In House   $1,580 4690    34c
#3 TRUE Commission Junction*   $1,459 5626    26c
#4 AdultFriendFinder In House   $1,523 6144    25c
#5 Yahoo Personals Commission Junction   $1,595 6780    24c
#6 eHarmony Commission Junction   $502 3536    14.2c
#7 American Singles Commission Junction   $285 3591    7.9c
#8 Match Link Share**   $503 4887    7.7c
#9 Cupid Direct Track   $210 3334    5c
#10 Joint: Webdate
and Love Access
Both In House   $0 2923/1916    0c

  * I switched out to TRUE under Primaryads.com and they are paying out a little better.
** I've not had a good experience with LinkShare.

All the sites pay out slightly differently.  Where I had an option, I opted to be paid by % of revenue generated. I've focused on Dollars per Unique for this comparison.  If you want the full spreadsheet, email me at mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com and I'll send you the stats including the number of registrants, paying members, revenue and additional ratios. Your comments please…

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People Search Sites

Posted on October 2, 2006

SearchingPR WEB — Sep 27 — The most common searches purchased by members of services like eHarmony.com, Cupid.com and Match.com include background checks, marriage and divorce searches and criminal history checks. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

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TrueDater; True or False Profiles

Posted on August 7, 2006

STAR LEDGER — Aug 7 — People can post reviews of their dates on TrueDater.com and also plug in a prospective date to see if anyone else has posted a comment about the person. More than a half million people have used TrueDater since the site launched last year. TreuDater staffers monitor the remarks.  Mark Brooks, onlinepersonalswatch.com, said "I think it answers a definite need in the online dating market."  Brooks said Friendster allows people to write testimonials about a date, but the person being reviewed has to approve it, "so nothing negative gets in." Brooks said TrueDater is the kind of site that makes people think more about their reputation, which is a new issue in online dating. Marcus Frind, founder of plentyoffish.com said both men and women are equally guilty when it comes to fudging profiles. "With women, it's weight; for men, it's height. A third party (giving an assessment) is the simplest way to go."  "You have to be honest," said Moreno, Ph.D. student in social psychology at Rutgers University. "The picture is the hook, it gets you in. You see a cute picture and you click on it. I met one guy for dinner a couple of weeks ago and his picture resembled him, but you would not have been able to pick him out of a crowd based on his picture."  Moreno suggested singles should not upload their best shot. That way dates can be pleasantly surprised on the first meeting. Eric Straus, president of Cupid.com, said "I don't think it adds all that much to the process," he said. "People tend to exaggerate and I think that's the nature of the beast."

The full article was originally published at NJ.com, but is no longer available.

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