Category: eLove

The Right One and Together Dating Strong Team

Posted on November 15, 2005

TogetherdatingI-NEWSWIRE — Nov 13 — The Right One and Together Dating are bricks and mortar matching services that have joined forces.  For more than 30 years, The Right One and Together have catered to over 125,000 members.  With more than 500 employees, The Right One and Together gross more than $45 million a year in Revenue and 60 locations throughout North America. 

Mark Brooks: elove is their online service.  Not much in the way of traffic. Real world matchmaking services offer good service, are pricey and offer limited choice.  Online dating services offer limited service, are cheap and offer insane amounts of choice.  When will these two worlds meet?  Who will get it right?  I run http://www.ace-club.com which is the 'Bay Area's premier social club' and a long term experiment I started in 1998.  I had hoped to pair an events site/concept up with Friendster when I worked there in 2003, alas, the project was slated.  I made an attempt in 2004 by bringing the world's largest speed dating service under Cupid's wing.  Real world matchmaking and events services and online dating services have to find a way to get along.

ELove Thinks It has the Answer

Posted on August 26, 2005

MASS HIGH TECH — Aug 22 — "What's the price tag of finding a person for the rest of your natural life?" asks Paul A. Falzone, chief executive officer of eLove. ELove is a marriage between an online service and a bricks-and-mortar dating shop.  Staff will take video and audio clips of you. Then they will check to see if you are married. They will run a criminal background check to see if you've been cooling your heels lately. Membership is $995 plus monthly payments of $19.95 in NY.

The full article was originally published at Mass High Tech, but is no longer available.

Mark Brooks: It was only a matter of time before real world dating sites hitched their horses to the safety bandwagon True.com started.  A Great Expectations, or ItsJustLunch or Tableforsix could make this idea fly.

Defensive Dating

Posted on July 19, 2005

ABC NEWS — July 14 — Technology is here to help you distinguish potential soulmates from future cellmates.  Nearly one out of every two unmarried people have tried Internet dating in recent years, turning it into a $1 billion business. True.com performs criminal background checks and warns that "married people will be prosecuted." eLove.com, requires new members undergo face-to-face screenings at which officials verify pictures.  Cheaters are more than welcome at AshleyMadison.com.  MyPrivateLine.com provides an untraceable, toll-free phone number that you can set up in minutes for 15 cents a minute.  Engage.com is carving out a role for friends and family. 

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

Mark Brooks: True's 'married people will be prosecuted' insignia is brilliant.  I wonder how many Marrieds the background checks catch?