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Re: Dating Site for Married Couples

#11

Post by thejteam »

ezl wrote: post #9

Fascinating. I thought this was going to be a site about couples dating couples, like how Lily and Marshall in HIMYM were always trying to find married couples to hang out with. I suspect this is also an interesting idea to a lot of people and might look very similar to Howaboutwe -- 1. couple dating ideas, 2. monetize by freeing couples up with babysitting. Howaboutwe is "keep your love life fresh" Coupledating help…

I'd be interested to know how they solve the babysitting problem. I know there is no way in the world I would ever allow a random person set up from a company into my house and then leave them alone with my children. That is a level of trust far beyond what I would have of any company. Now... if they opened a "daycare" agency with a physical local you can take your kids to, that might be a possibility.

Re: Dating Site for Married Couples

#13

Post by neilk »

maeon3 wrote: post #4

I'm finding a problem with the idea that when a dating site is very successful, they lose because the participants immediately become non customers. The same is true (kind of) with car salesman and real estate salesman, if they are successful at selling the customer a car or house and they do a terrific job, they won't see that same customer again for 8 to 30 years. However, if the customer is delighted, word of mout…

True, but people rarely brag that they met their partner online. Relatively little word of mouth.

As for car sales -- this is a field notorious for how salespeople con the customer, probably for the reasons you specify. People pick the type of car they want, and then endure the shenanigans at the dealers of that brand in their area.

Re: Dating Site for Married Couples

#14

Post by SkyMarshal »

thejteam wrote: post #11
ezl wrote: post #9

Fascinating. I thought this was going to be a site about couples dating couples, like how Lily and Marshall in HIMYM were always trying to find married couples to hang out with. I suspect this is also an interesting idea to a lot of people and might look very similar to Howaboutwe -- 1. couple dating ideas, 2. monetize by freeing couples up with babysitting. Howaboutwe is "keep your love life fresh" Coupledating help…

I'd be interested to know how they solve the babysitting problem. I know there is no way in the world I would ever allow a random person set up from a company into my house and then leave them alone with my children. That is a level of trust far beyond what I would have of any company. Now... if they opened a "daycare" agency with a physical local you can take your kids to, that might be a possibility.

Let the users recruit their babysitters into the service, then select from among them when arranging dates.

Re: Dating Site for Married Couples

#15

Post by dreeves »

thejteam wrote: post #11
ezl wrote: post #9

Fascinating. I thought this was going to be a site about couples dating couples, like how Lily and Marshall in HIMYM were always trying to find married couples to hang out with. I suspect this is also an interesting idea to a lot of people and might look very similar to Howaboutwe -- 1. couple dating ideas, 2. monetize by freeing couples up with babysitting. Howaboutwe is "keep your love life fresh" Coupledating help…

I'd be interested to know how they solve the babysitting problem. I know there is no way in the world I would ever allow a random person set up from a company into my house and then leave them alone with my children. That is a level of trust far beyond what I would have of any company. Now... if they opened a "daycare" agency with a physical local you can take your kids to, that might be a possibility.

Just as an opposing data point, I have two small kids and would have no qualms about that at all.

Re: Dating Site for Married Couples

#16

Post by daeken »

neilk wrote: post #13
maeon3 wrote: post #4

I'm finding a problem with the idea that when a dating site is very successful, they lose because the participants immediately become non customers. The same is true (kind of) with car salesman and real estate salesman, if they are successful at selling the customer a car or house and they do a terrific job, they won't see that same customer again for 8 to 30 years. However, if the customer is delighted, word of mout…

True, but people rarely brag that they met their partner online. Relatively little word of mouth. As for car sales -- this is a field notorious for how salespeople con the customer, probably for the reasons you specify. People pick the type of car they want, and then endure the shenanigans at the dealers of that brand in their area.

Obviously it's anecdotal, but a large portion of my friend circle have met their partners online, and there's been a strong word of mouth component there. For instance, I met my girlfriend on OkCupid, which she was only on because a few of her friends had just found boyfriends/girlfriends on the site and she figured she'd give it a shot.

Re: Dating Site for Married Couples

#19

Post by zerostar07 »

_pius wrote: post #12

My startup is already doing this (for all couples, not just married ones) and our date subscription service is launched in SF: http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/03/becouply/ http://www.becouply.com https://www.becouplydates.com/

I think you should consider adding their 'follow this couple' feature. People like following, imitation is human nature.

Re: Dating Site for Married Couples

#20

Post by _pius »

zerostar07 wrote: post #19
_pius wrote: post #12

My startup is already doing this (for all couples, not just married ones) and our date subscription service is launched in SF: http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/03/becouply/ http://www.becouply.com https://www.becouplydates.com/

I think you should consider adding their 'follow this couple' feature. People like following, imitation is human nature.

Thanks for the feedback! Essentially the whole feature set they describe in the article is just a clone of what we're doing and have talked about publicly (and the HowAboutWe founders have been on our app's beta waiting list for quite some time now, so they know of us).

But, we welcome the competition ... lots of couples out there. Nice to have someone help validate the market for us. :)

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