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Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

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Post by brandnewlow »

Signing up now. So far the interface is clean and easy to use. I have no clue if there are any hot girls on here yet though. Will report back with my initial findings.

I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors.

Match.com, on the other hand, is all blonde young professionals dressed in black. Their photos all have meat head guys cropped out of them, with just enough arm left in there to show you that they can get a guy like that.

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#12

Post by omouse »

brandnewlow wrote: post #11

Signing up now. So far the interface is clean and easy to use. I have no clue if there are any hot girls on here yet though. Will report back with my initial findings. I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors. Match.com, on the other hand, is all blonde young professionals dressed in black. The…

"I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors."

OKCupid is the new MySpace? :-o

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#13

Post by brandnewlow »

omouse wrote: post #12
brandnewlow wrote: post #11

Signing up now. So far the interface is clean and easy to use. I have no clue if there are any hot girls on here yet though. Will report back with my initial findings. I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors. Match.com, on the other hand, is all blonde young professionals dressed in black. The…

"I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors." OKCupid is the new MySpace? :-o

A little bit, sure.

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#14

Post by brandnewlow »

brandnewlow wrote: post #11

Signing up now. So far the interface is clean and easy to use. I have no clue if there are any hot girls on here yet though. Will report back with my initial findings. I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors. Match.com, on the other hand, is all blonde young professionals dressed in black. The…

Update: Is that a photo of Jason Fried on their upload directions page?

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b124/bflora/fried.gif

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#15

Post by rglovejoy »

brandnewlow wrote: post #11

Signing up now. So far the interface is clean and easy to use. I have no clue if there are any hot girls on here yet though. Will report back with my initial findings. I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors. Match.com, on the other hand, is all blonde young professionals dressed in black. The…

You were able to sign in?

I tried signing up for an account, did not receive any ACK of its creation in my email, and it will not let me sign in.

Maybe they're still putting it all together, but the design sucks. No login, no browsing, no fun.

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#16

Post by brandnewlow »

AndrewWarner wrote: post #2

This is a pretty tough new reality for online companies. Dating was one of the few services that consumers were willing to pay for. Does this mean that ads are the only revenue source for consumer-based sites?

They're running adsense next to the profile I just made. That doesn't bode very well for them.

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#17

Post by brandnewlow »

brandnewlow wrote: post #11

Signing up now. So far the interface is clean and easy to use. I have no clue if there are any hot girls on here yet though. Will report back with my initial findings. I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors. Match.com, on the other hand, is all blonde young professionals dressed in black. The…

Update: I started running searches.

Search #1: Women, 24-28 within 30 miles of Chicago's main zip code.

EPIC FAIL.

Results: 18 profiles. 9 without photos. 9 with photos. None that I wanted to click on.

Search #2: Women ages 20-30 within 30 miles of Chicago's main zipcode.

SMALLER FAIL

Results: 45 profiles. 15 without photos. Five that I've clicked on to learn more about.

Of those five, one has no info and only a stock shot. That means it's either an early adopter guy testing it out or a Nigerian scammer in my book. Three aren't that interesting upon further look and the other one is gorgeous and seems interesting but is also about 4 years older than me. Not sure what I'll do on that front.

Not impressed.

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#19

Post by bd »

brandnewlow wrote: post #14
brandnewlow wrote: post #11

Signing up now. So far the interface is clean and easy to use. I have no clue if there are any hot girls on here yet though. Will report back with my initial findings. I'm curious to see how this will stack up against OK Cupid, where I met little but cautious hipster emo girls whose photos came from webcams and off bathroom mirrors. Match.com, on the other hand, is all blonde young professionals dressed in black. The…

Update: Is that a photo of Jason Fried on their upload directions page? http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b124/bflora/fried.gif

Jason Fried: welcome

Frank Zappa: not welcome

Re: It's official: Match.com Abandons Paid Dating…

#20

Post by shabda »

breck wrote: post #6
AndrewWarner wrote: post #2

This is a pretty tough new reality for online companies. Dating was one of the few services that consumers were willing to pay for. Does this mean that ads are the only revenue source for consumer-based sites?

Nope. Selling your data & lead gen is a pretty solid source of revenue, although some people won't like that.

If the largest site is free, who are the leads being sold to?
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