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Whatever happened to the group dating model that you guys were going with previously? A blog post about it would be really interesting in my opinion.
by throwaway_abc 12y ago
Whatever happened to the group dating model that you guys were going with previously? A blog post about it would be really interesting in my opinion.
- laurenkay 12y agoThanks - I definitely need to update our blog since we made so many major changes. (We've explained in our newsletters but I should make those public.) Here is our newsletter explaining the changes: http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7bc3b2bd2f03996c6dbee867c&id=c1db8fed38 http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7bc3b2bd2f03996c6dbee867... The group dating piece: A lot of you wrote about missing group dates. Ah, we do too! While we are big fans of the magic of groups, we realized that we could either focus on compatible matches, or keep group dates -- but we couldn’t do both well at the same time. Since you expressed that compatibility with one person is more important than meeting three singles at once, we decided to focus on 1-on-1 dates. Scheduling 6 compatible people in cities like NYC and SF was just not as feasible as scheduling 2 compatible people.
- 12bit 12y agoHave you considered scheduling dating events for your members? I imagine you could charge more than a club night for such events. You would allow members to exchange contact details, but you could also play matchmaker after the event ("remember that guy in a suede jacket, david, didn't get a chance to say hello but would have liked to ...") and charge for the convenience.
- laurenkay 12y agoAh, yes, we have been doing this since we launched. The $20/month gets you access to free, exclusive Dating Ring parties (lotsss of people find dates through those) as well as that one match a month. We should definitely surface that better.