(Online Dating Industry Journal) When speed dating gained popularity several years ago, it's advantage was the ability to meet several people in a non-committal environment in a short period of time. It's like a game of face-to-face musical chairs, except no one is cast out until the end.
Now a new dating service, Camlink, hopes to bring the popularity of offline speed dating to the online world. Using your computer cam, microphone, or Camlink's live texting, you go through a speed dating session where you meet various people for short one-on-one chats. After the chat is over you can select whether or not you're interesting in communicating with the person more. Once you've established communication outside of the service, Camlink makes sure that the two of you don't meet again in a speed dating scenario.
"We are excited to empower singles with a new, interactive outlet that saves them time and money," said Camlink co-founder and CEO Ilya Zatulovskiy. "Other online dating sites tend to have lengthy profiles and list photos that are 10 years earlier and 25 pounds lighter! In other words, we want our users to have a more personal and honest experience, which is why real-time chatting is perfect. Our process is straightforward, fast and free."
To use the service, you sign up for an account then select a live speed dating event for your area. When the event starts, you communicate with each person a few minutes at a time via your computer. After the event, you can express interest and provide contact information. You can only see another person's profile if they allow you to see it.
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Sounds intriguing. If anyone tries it out, let me know what you think - [email protected]. This is the fourth online speed dating site we've tracked. The other three are Speeddate.com, in480.com, and WooMe.com with several more set to open in the coming weeks and months. Of course there are a lot of online sites that deal with offline speed dating, but still relatively few online speed dating only services. Even so, I'm willing to bet that this market is going to become oversaturated within a year. in480 opened almost a year ago and is still struggling, while the newer guys (Speeddate and WooMe) are having a lot more success.
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