Dating Pro Digest: Growth In Matrimonial Market; IDEA Webinar On Future Of Internet Dating; Meet Group Powers Safe Social Media Speed Dates
Good morning, my friends
Dating industry news digest for today:
- Matrimony.com: no growth in a growth market
- Internet Dating Excellence Association webinar: future of Internet dating
- Meet Group powers boom in safe social media speed dating sessions
Matrimony.com: no growth in a growth market
One of the most popular matchmaking and marriage services platforms, Matrimony.com, shared its results on Indian market.
Their current database of active users is 4.4M profiles with 134 retail offline centres where users can find assistance or make payments for matchmaking services and products. Their main source of income, 97% of its business revenue, is matchmaking.
The Matrimony wedding services industry is worth $56B in India. With 10 to 12M marriages per year.
Matrimony’s revenue for 2019 $46M.
Internet Dating Excellence Association webinar: future of Internet dating
Our friends at IDEA released the recording of their 3rd webinar, featuring CEO of The Meet Group, CMO of Woo, COO of SCRUFF & Jack’d, Founder of AIMM and the host, President of IDEA.
In this webinar, they discussed:
- how user activities changed on dating sites over the last few months;
- what will be post-COVID lasting impact;
- will the video dating still be meaningful for singles even after the lockdown is lifted;
- what innovations they expect to emerge in three years time in dating industry.
Meet Group powers boom in safe social media speed dating sessions
The Meet Group provides video chat for their own apps, MeetMe, LOVOO, Skout, Tagged, Growlr, and also for Match Group’s PoF.
Besides live chat, The Meet Group has also tried their hand at social media connections: a in-app speed dating feature of PoF, Skout and MeetMe
The Meet Group offers rewards for those who successfully find a match through this NextDate feature.
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