Category: MeetMe

IDEA Launches Social Safety Badge for Dating Apps

Posted on December 9, 2019

Idea safety badgeBUSINESSWIRE – Dec 9 – IDEA (The Internet Dating Excellence Association) is launching the Social Safety Badge and Guidelines for high quality dating apps. "The goal of this badge is to help users identify dating, matchmaking and social apps that are distinguished in their commitment to a safe and exceptional experience for users," said IDEA President Mark Brooks.

The guidelines cover:

  • Respect For Others
  • Respect For The Rights Of Others
  • Respect For Minors
  • Respect For The Community
  • Respect For Larger Community

The following dating apps are in the initial launch group and have signed on to the badge, stating that they will adhere to the guidelines:

IDEA was formed in 2007 as the Internet Dating Executive Alliance and changed to the Internet Dating Excellence Association in 2018. The group is made up of 700+ dating industry executives and dating company leaders and innovators from around the world.

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The Meet Group Partners With East Trenton Center Food Bank for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2019

Themetgroup logoBUSINESSWIRE – Nov 22 – Users of MeetMe, Skout and Tagged can purchase a custom food donation gift to help make the season a little brighter for those who need it the most. The Meet Group plans to make a donation for every East Trenton Center Food Bank gift sent in the apps up to an aggregate of $10K to the East Trenton Center Food Bank. The limited edition gift will be available from November 22nd through November 29th.

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The Meet Group Releases “Viewer Levels” on MeetMe and Skout

Posted on November 19, 2019

The_Meet_Group_Launches_Viewer_LevelsPRESS RELEASE – Nov 19 – The Meet Group, a leading provider of interactive livestreaming solutions, has released a new "Viewer Levels" feature for viewers of its livestreaming product on MeetMe and Skout mobile apps. With the new product, livestreaming viewers will earn experience points, or XP, by spending time engaging with broadcasters and purchasing virtual gifts for them. On reaching certain XP thresholds, viewers will level-up through the ranks, from Rookie to Legend, while unlocking exclusive gifts.

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The Meet Group Launches NextDate, a Livestreaming Dating Game

Posted on October 29, 2019

The Meet Gorup NextDateBUSINESSWIRE – Oct 29 – NextDate allows users to star in their own dating game. It works like speed dating, except that there's an audience and the contestant gets to choose the specific people they'd like to connect with. In NextDate a streamer has 90s to tap "Next," which ends the current pairing and skips to the next contestant in the queue, or "Date," which enables the two users to connect by 1:1 video chat in the future. NextDate is now available on MeetMe and Skout.

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The Meet Group Grows Impressively

Posted on October 14, 2019

SEEKING ALPHA – Oct 13 – The Meet Group is performing quite well with rampant video revenue growth and good cash flow generation. Some investors who are familiar with Chinese live streaming companies like YY and Momo might not be aware that there is a market in the US as well. The Meet Group business model is quite similar to Momo, with streaming and dating as its core business. Revenue streams come from ads, subscriptions and video gifting. The growth is coming from new users, live video, new products, acquisition and increased usage. The new products are: One-to-one video, Dating game (expected to be launched on MeetMe this month) and Video platform as a service. The upcoming dating game allows users to be the star in their own dating show. It contains one-on-one video, and it is monetized through gift giving. The management expects a 20% increase in vDAU in the first few months after launching, and it expects that it will go viral at least to some extent.

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Top Dating Apps Worldwide for September

Posted on October 7, 2019

Tinder logo classicREPUBLIC WORLD – Oct 6 – Tinder was the most downloaded app in the online dating category during September 2019, according to research firm Sensor Tower. Tinder had close to 5.5M installs in September, resulting in a total of 4% increase from the same period last year. Badoo was the second most installed dating app worldwide. Tantan, MeetMe, and Happn rounded out the top five most installed dating apps worldwide for the month. Here is the full list of top 10 dating apps.

  1. Tinder
  2. Badoo
  3. Tantan
  4. MeetMe
  5. Happn
  6. Hily
  7. Bumble
  8. SKOUT
  9. Grindr
  10. Plenty of Fish

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MeetMe Launches One-on-One Video Chat Feature

Posted on July 17, 2019

Meetme press release picBUSINESSWIRE – July 17 – The Meet Group, a leading provider of interactive livestreaming solutions, is launching one-on-one video chat on its MeetMe app. This new feature lets users get to know each other safely without exchanging phone numbers. By tapping the video chat icon on the MeetMe app, members can initiate video chat requests to those with whom they have previously exchanged messages. Members can only receive video chat requests from people they have already communicated with.

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The Meet Group Updates Its Flagship App With Industry-First Safety Practices

Posted on July 12, 2019

Meetme logo 2016BUSINESSWIRE – July 11 – "Today we unveiled a number of safety-related features on MeetMe," said CEO Geoff Cook, "including the Report Abuse button we have seen in any major livestreaming app. When a user taps this button, a screengrab will be sent to our 200+ person moderation team for rapid review of both the screengrab and the active livestream."

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Growlr: What the New Owners Have in Store for the App?

Posted on June 21, 2019

Growlr logoGAYSTAR NEWS – June 21 – Gay entrepreneur Coley Cummiskey launched men's dating app Growlr in 2010 in Columbus, Ohio. In March, it was revealed he'd sold it in a $12M deal to tech company, The Meet Group. The app says it has 10M members and ~200K daily users. Growlr is aimed very much at the 'bears' market – men who are bigger, hairer and heftier, plus their admirers. TMG is a publicly owned business headquartered in New Hope, Pennsylvania. TMG was founded in 2005 as MyYearbook, but has grown and changed its name in the intervening years. It was founded by current CEO, Geoff Cook with his siblings, Catherine and Dave Cook, and specializes in dating apps. Its other brands include MeetMe, LOVOO, Skout and Tagged. They launched live streaming on MeetMe in April 2017, and have now embedded it into LOVOO, Tagged and Skout. "What we saw with Growlr was a very active, and a pretty sizeable community sending many millions of messages every single day. We saw the potential to roll out live streaming video into that community," said Mr Cook. One thing that won't change is the app's focus. The team realize that's its strength. Growlr does have a very distinct sense of community. Its users are very loyal and very engaged.

by David Hudson
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