Stigma is decreasing dramatically; from what I've heard Match and eHarmony do a great job making money out of their users, OKCupid not so much and Tinder (almost?) not at all (yet). They also seem reverse correlated to finding a long term partner too - Tinder (shag), OKCupid (date) and then the other two are for serious "get me to an alter" types (which means they are more likely to spend, but also more likely to churn when the site does its job)...
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Dylan Jay <d...@pretaweb.com> wrote: > I'm guessing but it might be hard to use any kind of viral marketing due > to the stigma attached. Meaning you need to use more expensive means like > you say Jeff > On 30 Jan 2014 07:39, "Geoff McQueen | AffinityLive" < > geoff.mcqu...@affinitylive.com> wrote: > >> Revenue is good, but from what I've heard the space has insane costs of >> acquisition for the churn rate; unfortunately, the better they do as a >> product the faster their users churn... >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Dean Collins <d...@cognation.net>wrote: >> >>> Interesting figure I came across today; >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *IAC's dating properties had combined revenue of $713 million in 2012. * >>> >>> - >>> http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/29/howaboutwe-buys-nerve-com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Wow who knew there was still such a cash cow in this space. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Dean Collins >>> Cognation Inc >>> d...@cognation.net >>> +1-212-203-4357 New York >>> +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). >>> +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon >>> Beach Australia mailing list. 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