Category: IllicitEncounters

Married And Looking

Posted on January 13, 2010

Adultfriendfinder logo THE INDEPENDENT – Jan 13 – Extramarital dating sites like AdultFriendFinder, are bigger business than ever. This week, its owner, FriendFinder Networks commenced marketing for a $220M flotation on the New York Stock Exchange. In December, one of AdultFriendFinder's rivals, AshleyMadison.com, offered Tiger Woods $5M to become their public face. In Britain, the most popular equivalent is IllicitEncounters.co.uk, which counts 415,000 members nationwide. Like AdultFriendFinder.com, it makes its money through subscriptions. Wives log on for free while husbands pay £119 a month. FULL ARTICLE @ THE INDEPENDENT

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Internet Dating Industry Weekly News Jan 11th, 2010

Posted on January 12, 2010

This is the news for January 1st through January 11th, 2010. Here is the news we covered:

  • BeautifulPeople.com dumps 5,000 members
  • Niche dating is fueling growth, Australian market thrives
  • Cold weather heats up membership for AshleyMadison.com
  • CityDate launches SensualityDating.com for women

Online Dating Soars As Temperatures Plunge

Posted on January 8, 2010

Online-dating BBC NEWS – Jan 7 - Mysinglefriend.com says visitors to its website soared by 55% on Tuesday alone, with its busiest time coming at 3pm rather than the traditional 10pm. Meanwhile rival site Singles365.com says its visitor numbers grew 27% across Tuesday and Wednesday compared with a year ago. "We can only put this down to the bad weather meaning more people are staying at home", says Singles365.com spokeswoman Katie Mowe. IllicitEncounters.com, a website which provides a platform for married people to conduct affairs, has gained 2,567 new members in the last six days, suggesting that January will be its busiest month ever. FULL ARTICLE @ BBC NEWS

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Internet Dating Industry Weekly News Dec 10th, 2009 – 3 mins

Posted on December 10, 2009

This is the news for the week of December 4th through December 10th, 2009. Here is the news we covered for this week:

  • BlackBox Republic is Open for Business
  • Zoosk Secured Additional $30M in Funding
  • AshleyMadison Aims for Tiger Woods Deal
  • Match.com Launches New Mobile App

IllicitEncounters.com Sees Spike In Bankers Seeking Affairs

Posted on December 3, 2009

Illicit encounters logo THE GLOBE AND MAIL – Dec 2 - IllicitEncounters.com said it has seen a huge increase in the number of financial workers signing up to have affairs after the collapse of the markets in October last year, and that “finance” continued to be one of the most represented professional areas on the site. IllicitEncounters.com has more than 380,000 members across Britain of which ~20,000 work in “financial services”

A list of the top 10 reasons bankers gave for having affairs follows:
1. To feel loved
2. For the thrill
3. Unstable home life
4. To escape the mundane
5. Ego boost
6. To avoid costly divorce
7. To lavish attention on someone
8. Because they feel entitled
9. Because they can/opportunity
10. Peer pressure

The full article was originally published at Globe and Mail, but is no longer available.

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Internet Love Cheats ‘Don’t Get Found Out’

Posted on September 4, 2009

Illicit encounters logo WEBUSER.CO.UK — Sep 3 – The internet offers love cheats the chance to carry on their affairs with very little risk of being found out, a report claims. Illicitencounters.co.uk has revealed that only 8% of its members have been caught, leaving 92% continuing their affair. According to the website, the average member is aged between 36-40 years, and a professional worker with a family.

The full article was originally published at Webuser.co.uk, but is no longer available.

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New Travelodges Open In Affair Hotspots

Posted on July 28, 2009

Illicit encounters logo EMEDIAWIRE — July 28 – IllicitEncounters.com, an extra-marital dating site, has now over 340,000 members in the UK. IllicitEncounters.com was in talks with Travelodge, a hotel chain, to negotiate an offer for their members. Travelodge may be facilitating more than people's need to sleep, after opening four new hotels in several adultery hot-spots including Edinburgh, Kent and Essex. "Edinburgh currently holds the largest number of llicitEncounters' subscribers of any Scottish county." says Sara Hartley, representative from IE.

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

Mark Brooks: Sigh. Slow news day, what can I say? What does it mean IE was 'in talks' with Travelodge? They exchanged voicemail? "We'd like to have Travelodge slip a mint and and IE.com card onto everyone's pillows." Ashley Madison rules the illicit encounters segment. AdultFriendFinder, Fling and SexSearch have categories on their sites for those seeking discrete relationships. And that's a good thing. People know what they are getting in to when they see a user categorized as looking for a discrete relationship.   

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Wanted: CEO To Facilitate Marital Affairs

Posted on July 14, 2009

Illicit encounters logo HR MAGAZINE — July 14 – Online dating site Illicitencounters.com, which specialises in setting up dates for married people, has advertised for a CEO. Sara Hartley, Ilicitencounters.com representative from the site, said: "A few candidates sent applications but later declined our offer of an interview as their spouse had forbidden them from attending.

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

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Married Dating Site Banned From Advertising On London Cabs

Posted on July 9, 2009

Illicit encounters logo BRANDREPUBLIC — July 9 – The UK Public Carriage Office, which
regulates advertising on vehicles across the UK, has banned married
dating website IllicitEncounters.co.uk from
advertising on taxi cabs in London. The site, which is a dating service
for men and women who are married, was planning a large London-wide
campaign on taxis, but the PCO deemed the ad "unsuitable". IllicitEncounters.co.uk planned
to use the tag line: "If you're happy in your marriage, tell your
spouse. If you're not, tell someone else's." AshleyMadison.com
commissioned several billboards in the US last year that featured its
slogan "Life's too short, have an affair". The billboards were attacked
by moral and religious groups and some were taken down under pressure.
Ashley Madison also launched a TV ad at the time. FULL ARTICLE @ BRAND REPUBLIC

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The Web Of Desire Or Just Deceit?

Posted on October 27, 2008

Illicit_encounters_logo THE OBSERVER — Oct 26 — The web has become a place through which to contact, meet and have sex with real people. Some sites are quite explicit about their offerings. AdultFriendFinder claims to be the world's biggest adult social network and sex personals site. The site claims to have more than 2.5m members registered in the UK. Other sites quite evidently do as they promise, such as Hookuparea.com and BeNaughty.com. And when a marriage is under strain, spouses no longer have to go very far out of their way to cheat. Illicit Encounters asks on its homepage: 'Married but Feeling neglected? Illicit Encounters launched in October 2003 and now has 245,000 members, mostly in the UK. 65% of them are male. The site provides a guide on how to conduct an illicit affair, with advice tips including using a separate SIM card in their mobile phone, paying with cash instead of credit cards and never giving their surname, exact location or workplace. FULL ARTICLE @ GUARDIAN.CO.UK 

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