SCOTSMAN – Mar 19 – Members of the University and College Union (UCU) will this week use their annual congress to call for a joint campaign to end what they call sexual exploitation by websites which connect female students with “benefactors”. SeekingArrangement claimed to be growing in popularity in Scotland, adding Edinburgh University to its “top 20 fastest growing sugar baby schools” in the UK. The website said there had been a 222% increase in female student sign-ups from the university since April 2012. “According to the site, the average female university student using the site receives £5K per month from their ‘benefactors’.
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College ‘Sugar Babies’ Date For Cash
CNN – Feb 26 - SeekingArrangement.com reports that female college students made up 44% of the site's total users in 2012. With tuition on the rise, that number will likely continue to climb. Men who engage in such relationships, many of whom are older and married, enjoy taking care of young women and assuming a mentor role in their lives, said Steven Pasternack, who launched Sugardaddie.com in 2002. The average monthly "allowance" sugar daddies on the site said they shell out is $3K, according to SeekingArrangement.com. Surprisingly, sex isn't a given. It's obviously on the table but there are other motivations – to go out to eat or to have someone to talk to. SeekingArrangement.com's Wade said the men who subscribe to his site are discouraged from offering money on a per-date basis to avoid operating like an escort service.
by Stephanie Goldberg
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On WhatsYourPrice Men Pay $131To Buy A First Date This Week
DACULA PATCH – Feb 12 – According to a study by dating auction site WhatsYourPrice.com, men are paying an average of $131.70 for a first date during the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day. The average annual price is $80. WhatsYourPrice.com is an online dating website where first dates are bought and sold through a bidding process. The website was founded by Brandon Wade, who also founded the Sugar Daddy Dating website, SeekingArrangement.com, as well as the travel dating website, MissTravel.com, and the millionaire matchmaker website, SeekingMillionaire.com.
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More Students Turning To ‘Sugar Daddies’
CTV NEWS – Jan 24 – A growing number of Canadian university students confronted by rising tuition costs are turning to "Sugar Daddies". According to Brandon Wade, founder and CEO of SeekingArrangement.com, the ratio of female "Babies" vying for each man's attention is roughly 12:1. There are Sugar Mommies, too. Wade says his site has seen the number members who are university students grow from 30% in 2006 to ~50% last year.
Sugar Daddy Site: It’s Better Than Sex Work
SALON – Jan 9 – According to SeekingArrangement.com lates press release, their sugar babies make more money than prostitutes. Seeking Arrangement makes the following calculations: “The average Sugar Baby dates 1-3 men annually, receiving an average yearly allowance of ~$36K. If a prostitute makes on average $250 per transaction, she would have to have sex with presumably 100 men, performing over 144 sexual transactions.”
Women Turn Old At 28
ZEENEWS – Oct 19 – Women get old at 28 when careers become more important than their sex lives, a new survey from SeekingArrangement.com has found. 37% of women and 39% of men nominated 28 as the key age when you are no longer young. 10 signs you are truly grown up:
- Your career is more important than your sex life.
- You switch from listening to Radio 1 to Radio 2.
- You want to buy a property rather than rent.
- You have no idea what is number 1 in the charts.
- You start looking for a husband or wife rather a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- You prefer Strictly Come Dancing to X Factor.
- You would rather go on holiday with a person you are in a relationship with than a group of friends.
- You would rather cook for yourself than rely on a ready meal or takeaway.
- You would rather live on your own than share a flat or house.
- You stop going to nightclubs.
Brandon Wade Is Fighting PayPal For Ditching Him
BUSINESS INSIDER – Aug 31 – Brandon Wade runs an online dating empire including whatsyourprice.com, in which singles "bid" on first dates, and SeekingArrangement.com aimed at "sugar daddies." He recently sued PayPal, claiming it got rid of him because it deemed these businesses too "sexual" and even implied his websites promoted prostitution. Paypal is handling payments for Ashley Madison, a much more lucrative customer. So far, Wade has won a small victory in his case against PayPal. The judge in charge of the case rejected a motion to dismiss the suit before a trial.
by Erin Fuchs
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Dating Sites With Money-making Twist
CLICK2HOUSTON – Aug 22 – WhatsYourPrice.com and SeekingArrangement.com let men put their money where their mouse is, all while women get paid for companionship. Brandon Wade is the mastermind behind these websites. "Some go as far as calling me an e-pimp, but I think I'm an e-cupid." said Wade. On What's Your Price, a man offers a "price" for a date and the woman can accept, decline or counter the offer. Seeking Arrangement is the same idea but covers longer periods of time with monthly payments. Seeking Arrangement has 1.6M members. Despite Wade's claims that members are just looking for love on the site, he has admitted that 40% of the men on Seeking Arrangement are already married.
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Survey: When Couples Reach Dating Milestones
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK – Aug 16 – The average time for telling your partner you love them is after 14 dates, according to a new survey by SeekingArrangement.com who polled their 100K British members. First kisses tend to take place two dates or one week into the dating process, and the first time a couple has sex is, on average, after four dates or two weeks. And if things go well, dating couples move in with each other, on average, after 30 weeks or 60 dates.
SeekingArrangement.com Now In UK
BELFAST TELEGRAPH – May 21- SeekingArrangement.com, a dating site which links wealthy men with young women, has been launched in the UK. Brandon Wade, the founder of seekingarrangment.com, says the US site has 80K UK members. The site claims a million members in America, with 10 women ("sugar babies") to each man. "40% of the sugar babies are students who need help with their tuition fees," Mr Wade said."The next largest group is single mothers." The "sugar daddies" are chiefly bankers, entrepreneurs and chief executives in their early 40s with an average income of £170K a year. They spend £2,862 a year on "sugar addiction" and are 13 years older than the women.
by Andrew Johnson
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