SMH.COM – Aug 9 – The RSVP Date of the Nation report, published this week, has found that just 41% of singles would like to get married. 67% of Gen Y respondents want to get married, compared to 39% of Gen Xers and 12% of Baby Booomers. Gen Y (born between 1980 and 2000), Gen X (1960 to 1980). Relationship and sex expert Jacqueline Hellyer believes the institution of marriage is "good and strong" but that "it is the Baby Boomers who have lost their naivety." Divorce has put many off approaching the aisle again.
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Aussies Looking For Long Term Love This Winter
NINETOFIVE – May 15 – According to RSVP.com.au’s Date of the Nation Report 2012, 64% of adult singles are looking for long-term relationships. Online dating is furthering its popularity with over half of Aussie women (52%) and less than half of men (45%) trying it out. However, Australians are not a mob of depressed singles, with 62% of adults content with their singledom. Generation Y is the most likely group to enjoy being single (72%), followed by Baby Boomers and older (68%), and then Generation X (59%).
by Matt Young
See full article at NineToFive
The Coffee Club Set For Speed Dating World Record Challenge
FRANCHISE.NET.AU – The Coffee Club and dating site RSVP are combining forces to try and break a world record for speed dating. A free event on 1 May is expected to draw ~2K people to take part at ~50 cafes across Australia. The aim is to beat the current world record of 1,240 speed-daters set in Sydney in 2008.
The full article was originally published at Franchise.net.au, but is no longer available.
Modern Dating
BRIMBANK WEEKLY – Nov 24 – Online dating no longer has the stigma it once had or is seen as a last resort. For many, it’s the first place they turn to as the more conventional means to meet their match. Australia’s first online dating site RSVP has recently celebrated its 15th birthday. They had ~1.8M members and ~8000 marriages and 900 babies from people who had met on the site. Speed dating is also taking off. Justin Parfitt, owner of Fast Impressions, started his company in 2002. Events include nights for people who like literature, travel and trivia, particular religions and can also cater to same sex relationships and even psychical preferences — such as tall men, slender women and nationalities.
The full article was originally published at Brimbank Weekly, but is no longer available.
Oasis Active Takes The Lead In Australia
DIGITAL MEDIA – July 9 – Online dating site Oasis Active, managed by 3H group, has overtaken Fairfax’s RSVP as the number one dating site in Australia, according to the latest figures from Hitwise. The shift seems to reflect a general move by consumers away from pay-to-play providers to those supported by advertising alone.
The full article was originally published at Digital Media, but is no longer available.
10 Pct Of Oz Men Meet Spouse Online
TIMES OF INDIA – June 30 – The survey, carried out by Nielsen for the Australian online dating site RSVP, found that one in four Australians have used online dating. More than half the people who have used a dating site (63%) ended up dating someone they met online, and a third of those (34%) had a short-term relationship, with 16% having a long-term one.
The full article was originally published at Times of India, but is no longer available.
Warning As Teens Join Online Dating Craze
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH – June 13 – Teenage girls are the latest singles
to join the online dating craze, but experts have urged them to
exercise caution when meeting people over the internet. Oasis Active,
especially popular among young Australian teens, has overtaken the
Fairfax-owned RSVP to become #1 site in the country, according to
comScore and Hitwise. Oasis Active launched in April 2008, has ~1.6M
members worldwide including ~800,000 in Australia. Up to 70% of
Australian users are aged from 18 to 35 – a younger demographic than
most dating sites, with 40% of that subgroup female. And while the site
has a policy of only accepting members 18 or older, The Sunday
Telegraph has spoken to girls as young as 15 who use the site. FULL ARTICLE @ HERALD SUN
One In Four Adults Have Used Internet To Find A Mate
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – Apr 17 – A Nielsen poll found one in four adults have used the internet to find a partner and another 38% are considering using online dating. Of those who had used online dating, 33.6% reported a short-term relationship, 16.2% said they had a long-term relationship, 8.9% said they had married or were in a defacto relationship, and 2.7% had children. RSVP.com.au (owned by Fairfax Media, the publisher of the Herald) commissioned Nielsen to conduct the first comprehensive survey of online dating habits. The most popular dating sites among those polled were RSVP (54%), Adult Match Maker (21%), eHarmony (20%) and Oasis Active (19%). FULL ARTICLE @ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
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RSVP’s New Campaign
PRESS RELEASE – Mar 26 – RSVP, Australia’s largest dating site, this
month launches ‘Everyday Moments’ – a new campaign focusing on RSVP’s
dating success stories. Featuring real life couples sharing their
relationship experiences and successes, the new campaign will see
15-second vignettes shown online and television nationally. The new
advertising campaign uses couples from all over Australia who have met
on RSVP.