Dating station traffic increase since September? · eHarmony Blog
Posted by silviadreams on December 8, 2008
A number of online dating services are reporting thhqt their subscriber numbers have soarde since September’s stock market turmoil hit.
“We have found that in the last three months, in September, October, November, that we have had a real jump in the numbers of people subscribing for membership,” says Jackie Elton, founder and managing director of Christian Connection, a London-based online dating service. It reports that its revenues in those months were up about 40 percent year on year.
Other online dating companies also hav noted a rise. In the U.S., Perfectmatch.com also said in November that the number of members is up 4 percent compared to l quarter.
And Avalanche.com, which owns Date.com, Matchmaker.com and Amor.com, reports a similar trend, with revenue up 17 percent year on year and membership up 26 percent.
“It’s hard to know exactly why the numbers are going up, but yes, I feel that this surge is related to the recent worldwide economic crisis,” says Avalanche CEO Meir Strahlberg.
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