| A great deal has been said about the pros and cons | | | | trends on the internet today:1. Services are being |
| of Dating Sites on the Internet. There is no doubt that | | | | offered for free. Just look no farther than for proof of |
| those who use dating sites either due to social | | | | that. However, it is obvious that no one does this out |
| constraints in their real life or because of a desire to | | | | of the goodness of their heart. Obviously even when |
| increase their circle of friends should be aware of not | | | | services are offered for free, there is a sound and |
| only the positive side of on-line dating but the negative | | | | viable financial plan behind the web site.2. Internet sites |
| aspects as well. One things remains clear. Internet | | | | that offer their services for free swiftly garner the |
| on-line dating sites are clearly getting more and more | | | | LOYALTY of their users. This loyalty in many ways |
| members. So what if it really was for free?A few | | | | transfers into monetary gain for the site. If a user feels |
| months ago, after doing an exhaustive study of some | | | | loyal to a site, because the site indeed offers what it |
| internet dating sites as well as trying to map out some | | | | says it will to the user, and the user gains from those |
| of the various general trends beginning to be visible in | | | | offers, then the user will be that much more inclined |
| regard to internet sites in general, I realized that almost | | | | to:a. tell their friends about the siteb. shop on the site (if |
| all of the on-line dating sites have a few things in | | | | it is an affiliate site)c. click on Google adverts etc. if |
| common. None of the below is to imply that these | | | | they appeal to them3. The most popular internet sites |
| sites are not legitimate. Indeed almost all of them are | | | | on the net, are those which do offer these things for |
| very legitimate and run by major companies.1. Reliance | | | | free and do meet their promises to their users.As in all |
| Upon User-Memberships For Income - Obviously if | | | | other service industries, if one wants to offer a |
| people don't frequent their site or refuse to pay | | | | specific service for free, and as in our case a dating |
| membership for it, then they can no longer afford to | | | | site, the following guidelines should be in place:1. Enough |
| keep it open. Thus it becomes imperative to convince | | | | financial capital to offer these services for free at |
| the "visitor" to take out their credit card and become a | | | | startup and to advertise them within the normative |
| member.2. In order to allow visitors to get acquainted | | | | internet advertising framework. (Make no mistake - this |
| most dating sites will allow a "free search" or allow you | | | | is a huge investment and not for the weak of pocket |
| to contact a specific number of members for free. | | | | or will or heart!)2. The dating site MUST contain all the |
| Others will allow you to receive email from members | | | | bells and whistles of the leaders in the market and |
| (after you have filled in your profile) but to either read | | | | then some.3. It could not be a "canned" solution where |
| or answer those emails (flirts etc.) you must pay. This | | | | you buy the software from a third party and put it up |
| is "waving the candy in front of the baby" routine. "See, | | | | on your url. (This requires a marriage in possibilities |
| we have people who want to contact you - it is worth | | | | between the software publisher and yourself which |
| the $xx.xx to pay us".3. Almost all of the sites have an | | | | often does not allow for more "creative" solutions.)4. |
| automatic recurring fee after your first membership | | | | EVERYTHING offered which the member wanted to |
| expires. If you do not remember to physically go and | | | | make use of, e.g. profiles, email, photo uploads, etc. etc. |
| cancel your membership your credit card will be | | | | had to be for free. Period. NO tricks. NO scam. NO |
| charged. (This by the way is one of the most lucrative | | | | come-ons. Beginning to end - FREE.Obviously, no |
| incomes for dating sites.)4. There are other things they | | | | on-line dating site can do a background check on their |
| do to convince you of their status and how large their | | | | members or in any way refuse membership just |
| membership is, but we will leave this for the | | | | based upon their name or inclinations. This is up to the |
| technoligical article on building these sites.As to the | | | | "couple" to discover and to check out. But what it can |
| possible member, and those either new or | | | | do is to offer a way for the members to feel secure, |
| experienced to the dating game on-line there is one big | | | | implementing security to the highest level possible, and |
| frustration. Once you pay for one site you search | | | | not allowing spam or unsolicited emails to get through.In |
| around for other sites. Usually and before you know it, | | | | conclusion, it is up to you to be an "educated |
| you have become a paying member at 3-4 sites, | | | | consumer". You can choose to pay for something |
| which can easily lead to payments of $100+ every | | | | which is offered for free elsewhere under the wrong |
| three months. This is not a small amount considering | | | | assumption that "you get what you pay for". Today on |
| what you really get for your membership.Having been | | | | the internet, and now especially with internet dating |
| in the position myself, and coming from high-tech while | | | | sites this is simply NOT true. You get what the site |
| my expertise was in databases and viral technology, I | | | | offers. And if it offers the best and top quality, and to |
| could not but begin to wonder if there was not a | | | | boot it is free to use, there is no longer any reason to |
| better way to do this. In research I discovered a few | | | | go elsewhere. |