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Top 10 Matchmaking Sites In China

Posted on October 25, 2012

CHINA.ORG.CN – Oct 25 –

10. Hongniang.com – 2M users
9. LS53 – 2.14M
8. 21xiehou - 3.7M
7. LOL99 - 4.3M (a leading high-end matchmaking service agency)
6. Marry5 - 10M (focuses on white-collar workers aged between 25-45 years old)
5. Juedui100 - 13M (operated by psychological experts)
4. 0019.com - 30M (serious matchmaking)
3. Zhenai - 40M (It features online staff service with more than 2,000 matchmakers facilitating matches via phone)
2. Baihe - 42M (Users must answer a 30-minute love-related psychological test, then Baihe recommends matches according to the test results)
1. Jiayuan - 68M (online dating and various real-life blind-dating activities, public since May 2011)

by Lin Liyao
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Chinese Dating Sites Lack Supervision

Posted on August 10, 2012

PEOPLE'S DAILY ONLINE – Aug 10 – With the rapid development of dating sites, scammers also began to transfer their attention to these sites. Due to the deficient identity authentication system, fraudulent behaviors such as coaxing people to spend money on wine and meals and even swindling money through sham marriages were seen on some dating sites including jiayuan.com, baihe.com and zhenai.com. According to a survey, ~50% of interviewees believe that dating sites have turned into a hotbed for cheaters to defraud money in various ways. It takes 30 seconds to register a member on jiayuan.com with fake personal information. A professor of social sciences from the Zhengzhou University said, "It is necessary that the real-name registration should be carried out in this area."

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Romance Is Big Business At IAC

Posted on June 6, 2012

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY – June 5 – In last year's third quarter, Match.com bought a 20% interest in Chinese dating site Zhenai and upped its stake in Europe's No. 1 dating site, Meetic, to 81%. IAC's core personals business, which includes Match.com, Chemistry.com and the People Media unit's targeted dating sites, grew sales 17% to $108.9M, driven by a 12% boost in paid subscribers to 1.8M. IAC's online personals segment is its most profitable business. This month, Match.com will start to roll out the Stir, a service that brings single people together in organized local events. As a part of an ongoing beta test, Match.com has organized 60 Stir events across 10 U.S. markets.

by Marilyn Much
The full article was originally published at Investors Business Daily, but is no longer available.

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Match.com Expands In China

Posted on December 1, 2011

BEST OF RENCONTRE – Nov 30 - Match.com and Zhenai.com are collaborating in order to expand in a country, where a site like Jiayuan.com, founded in 2003, totals more than 50 millions members. Match.com now owns 20% of Zhenai's shares, website that amounts to 30 millions users. It will however be necessary to adapt advertising campaigns, fees and functionalities in order to accommodate their future members.

by Rébecca Lazzerini
See the full article at Best of Rencontre (in French)

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IAC’s Match.com Buys 20% Stake in Zhenai

Posted on September 14, 2011

TECH CRUNCH – Sep 14 – Match.com has acquired a 20% interest in Zhenai, a provider of “online matchmaking services” in China, for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 2005 by CEO Dr. Song Li, Zhenai provides integrated Internet and telephone matchmaking services to Chinese singles looking for long-term relationships. Zhenai is said to boast a user base of ~30M registered members.

by Robin Wauters
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Zhenai.com Becomes World’s Largest Matchmaking Website with Membership Exceeding 20 Million

Posted on September 14, 2011

PR NEWSWIRE – Sep 1 - Zhenai.com, China's largest matchmaking site, announced that the number of its registered members reached 20M. With ~40K new members each day, Zhenai exceeded the membership registered on Match.com in the US (Match.com claims 15M members). Jiayuan, a Chinese dating website that closely trails Zhenai.com in the number of registered members, announced on its official website that its total registered members bypassed 17M. iResearch Consulting predicted that the number of Chinese online daters will reach 140M by 2010. Presently these two websites account for one third of the total registered members in mainland China.

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

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Turning Love Into Money in China

Posted on July 5, 2011

WSJ – July 5 – Chinese online dating market is expanding fast. According to Oppenheimer & Co., there were 19M visitors to Chinese dating sites in 2010, only a fraction of the estimated 156M single adult Internet users. That number is expected to increase to 60M by 2015. Market leader Jiayuan, which claims 44% of sector revenue, operates a fee-for-results model. Second- and third-place rivals Zhenai and Baihe require an upfront fee or provide a personality matching service. Internet consultancy iResearch projects total revenue from China's online dating will expand from $74M in 2010 to $290M in 2015.

by Tom Orlik
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More Chinese Singles Are Looking For Love Online

Posted on April 26, 2011

TIME – Apr 25 – Chinese parents commonly expect their sons or daughters to be married by the time they're 30. The pressure has been blamed for rocketing divorce rates, which reached a new peak in 2010. ~2M couples registered for divorce last year. Dating pressure is also driving a major boom in online dating. China currently has 180M bachelors, up to half of whom are thought to be looking for love online. According to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, by 2020 there will be 24M more men of marriage age than women. Those numbers mean big business. It's estimated that online dating sites attracted 3M paying customers last year, who collectively spent ~$150M. "Revenues are rising fast. We expect to take in 200 to 300M RMB ($30 to $45M) this year," says Li Song, founder of Zhenai.com, one of China's three largest dating sites.

by Chengcheng Jiang
The full article was originally published at Time, but is no longer available.

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Dating Websites Still Find A Spot In The Heart

Posted on March 10, 2011

SHANGHAI DAILY MAIL – Mar 10 – There are an estimated 180M single people of marriageable age in China, according to a recent survey. ~24% of parents of marriageable age children are trying to help them find suitable mates, according to the 2010 China Marital Status Report. Zhenai.com was among the earliest matchmaking sites. The service began in 2005 and charges 3,000 yuan/6 months ($450). Member can access the offline services of 1,200 matchmakers. Baihe.com has a different strategy. Of its 27M subscribers, ~10% are subscribers to its matchmaking services. Users are charged 200-300 yuan. Baihe said income from the service last year topped 100M yuan.