FOX BUSINESS – Mar 8 – Stitch, an online community for singles over the age of 50, was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney. The site offers three types of memberships: basic, community and community+. The basic membership is free, the community membership costs $60 per year and the community+ type, which allows additional profile browsing, starts at $15 per month. Currently, the app has 1K members. "Lonely people over the age of 60 can see the same health effects as smoking 15 cigarettes a day," said Andrew Dowling, the founder and CEO of Stitch.
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Over-50s Dating Site Tackles Deadly Loneliness
REUTERS – Oct 13 – Marcie Rogo didn't see herself as a matchmaker when she started Stitch, a dating site for people 50+, after watching residents in the nursing home where she worked sit alone in their rooms with iPads. Loneliness is a serious medical problem for many older adults; research links it to declines in physical and mental health as well as premature death. Stitch asks all its members to go through a verification process to ensure they are over 50. Stitch signed up 5k members in its first year and now has 100k members around the world, with the biggest hubs being London, New York and Sydney.
Stitch Is A Tinder For Seniors
CNBC – Nov 21- Stitch, a companionship app for adults over 50, has been on the market since July 2014. It allows seniors to connect not just romantically but also allows them to search for platonic companionship, travel partners or fellow eventgoers. The start-up behind the app raised $1M and has grown to 25K users.
by Ritika Shah
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Seniors Online Dating Site Stitch To Launch In L.A.
DAILYNEWS – Oct 25 – Stitch is a location-based dating site for singles 50 and older. The site is now officially launching in Los Angeles. Since its debut in July 2014, Stitch has grown to ~18K members worldwide.
by Sandra Barrera
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Boomerly & Stitch: New Dating Sites For Baby Boomers
THE STREET – June 10 – Boomerly is a new matchmaking site for baby boomers, created by Margaret Manning, the founder of SixtyandMe.com, a blog community of “~100K Baby Boomer women". Stitch, based in Sydney, is a similar site for people over 50. The site works a little bit like Tinder. Users can only communicate when both of them have said, 'I'm interested.’ Stitch is currently available in San Fran Bay area, New York and Sydney, with LA and other cities coming soon.
The Senior Citizen Hookup Scene Is Going Mobile
BLOOMBERG – Feb 17 – Mobile sign-ups to SeniorMatch.com, which has an average user age of 59, have jumped to 20% from ~7% in 2013. Stitch, which has been called the Tinder for seniors, sees almost half of its users arrive via smartphones or tablets, up 10% from six months ago. On Match.com, 49% of users 50+ access the site through mobile devices, a 9 % jump YOY.
by Felix Gillette
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Stitch Offers Tinder-style Dating For Elderly
BETABEAT – May 30 – When it launches, Stitch will offer Tindy-style dating for those age 50 and older. The app does not have a chat feature, as baby boomers would rather speak on the phone. The number of 65-74 year olds accessing the web with a tablet increased from 5% to 17% between 2012 and 2013.
by Meredith Carey
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