PR WEB – July 25 - Flirtomatic has now been downloaded ~5M times, according to its developer, Handmade Mobile Entertainment. The flirting and online dating app is free and available on a wide selection of mobile platforms and devices. There are also additional in app purchases available at a small extra cost.
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Love In The Time Of Smartphones
PC WORLD – Feb 14 – These days, it is even easier to find your future partner on the Internet thanks to mobile versions of your favorite dating sites. Sites like OKCupid, Match.com, and Plentyoffish all have compatible mobile apps. Flirtomatic is part social network and part dating site. More popular overseas than in the United States, Flirtomatic lets you “flirt” with strangers via either the dedicated mobile app or the mobile Web. Location-based apps that allow you to check in to a bar or restaurant, like Foursquare or Gowalla, are all the rage right now, especially since Facebook has jumped on the bandwagon. They can help friends find each other during a night on the town, and they’re useful for sharing tips about a hot-drink special in the neighborhood. But these apps are also a good way to keep tabs on your partner. FULL ARTICLE @ PC WORLD
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70 Percent Of Flirtomatic Downloads On GetJar Convert To Active Users
PRESS RELEASE – Oct 29 - Flirtomatic, a social mobile service used by 18–30 year olds, has achieved 70% conversion rate using GetJar’s Pay-Per-Download (PPD) solution. Flirtomatic had one million downloads and the growth has been impressive for Flirtomatic's new Android app, which was launched in June of 2010. During that month, GetJar managed 12% of all downloads for the Android app and in July, GetJar generated 19% of all downloads. The Pay-Per-Download (PPD) in-store advertising platform lets publishers bid for premium catalogue placement per download in GetJar’s store and distribution channels, to set their own maximum daily budgets, and insures they pay only when consumers successfully download the advertised app.
Romancing The Phone: Mobile Dating Climbs As Summer Heats Up
PR NEWSWIRE – Aug 25 – According to Ground Truth, the mobile media
measurement firm, the number of visitors to mobile dating sites
increased by 92% from the first week in June to the last week in July.
Flirtomatic, a mobile-optimized dating site, is the category leader,
accounting for 65% of the audience for mobile dating. match.com and
eHarmony are less frequented on mobile, ranking at 7 and 17,
respectively, for the same time period. FULL ARTICLE @ PR NEWSWIRE
Flirting With Mobile Phones
WSJ – July 14 - According to Handmade Mobile Entertainment, the operator of online flirting network Flirtomatic, more and more people want to use the computer and mobile phone for quick, romantic fun, rather than to merge their soul with another.Handmade Mobile raised a $9M Series C round. Juniper Research has estimated the market will grow to ~$1.4 billion in revenue by 2013. Other services include MeetMoi, which is tied more to a user’s mobile location, and BigCafe, which rewards members the more they play with points and “coins” used to send virtual gifts. Flirtomatic’s goal is to make it as easy as possible to meet others through a mobile device. A user can sign up and begin flirting with the 2.7M registered members in less than a minute. FULL ARTICLE @ WSJ
Flirtomatic Launches In U.S.
BUSINESS WIRE – Oct 26 - Flirtomatic will now be available to all MetroPCS customers to meet, flirt, and have fun online. Customers use Flirtomatic by purchasing FlirtPoints and spending them by promoting themselves, finding out who has rated them, and by sending virtual gifts. With over 1.5M registered users, Flirtomatic is a market leader with its service available in the U.K., Germany and Australia.
The full article was originally published at Reuters, but is no longer available.
Internet Dating Industry Weekly News Oct 9th, 2009 – 3 mins
This is the news for the week of October 4th through October 9th, 2009. We hope you enjoy the new weekly news format. Here is the news we covered for this week:
- Userplane’s new low-cost IM package
- Toksta renamed to Stickapps, and is for sale
- BBW Personals Plus becomes MoretoLove.com
- Flirtomatic to announce major deal with a U.S. carrier
- eHarmony’s chemistry tests
Flirtomatic: Mobile Flirting Social Network
DAILY FINANCE – Oct 6 – Flirtomatic, a mobile flirting social-network, has attracted $15M in revenue by selling flirting and virtual goods, like digital ice cubes. "You can't really call it a dating service, because very few of our users ever meet in person," says Mark Curtiss, CEO of Flirtomatic. "We're more like a social network for fun." Flirtomatic is pulling in $12 per month from 175,000 paying customers on seven major carriers in the U.K. Germany, and Australia. Flirtomatic splits revenues from sales of virtual goods with the wireless carriers. It has raked in $11M in venture backing to date and expects to turn a profit by next year. FULL ARTICLE @ DAILY FINANCE
Mobile Entertainment Seeking Players And Payment
REUTERS — July 8 — Online entertainment has increasingly moved to the mobile handset. According to the trade association Mobile Entertainment Forum, the global mobile entertainment industry is now worth $32 billion. The industry also remains confident that it can continue to grow strongly despite the current economic challenges, predicting average revenue growth of 28 % for 2010. CCS Insight analyst Paolo Pescatore believes the most popular sites such as Facebook might struggle to charge on mobile as users would still expect the service to be free. Other services that could prove to be successful will be those which offer a core aspect for free and then charge a small fee for premium content. One online and mobile service that has followed this route is Flirtomatic, a fun dating social network that allows users to post their profiles and rank each other from "freak" to "off the radar." Over 1m profiles have been posted so far. FULL ARTICLE @ REUTERS
Flirtomatic Notches Up A Million Users
PRESS RELEASE — Sep 23 — Flirtomatic, the UK mobile and online flirting service, has now over one million registered users, mostly based in the UK and of which more than 50% are mobile users. Since August 2007, their revenue has increased by 475%. FULL ARTICLE @ PRESS OFFICE