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**nelsen3000** · 12-05-2007 12:51 PM

I am interested in creating a dating site... LovesConnect.com or perhaps nicemessages.com I have the domains for both and think they would be a great base to start a dating company from. I need a web designer who is interested in creating a script and we will share 50/50 the profits. In addition to owning the domains I will market the site. pm me if interested, serious inquiries only and must have example work.

**BusinessAdviser** · 12-05-2007 01:41 PM

So what will make your site better than match.com or eharmony.com? Have you analyzed the market? Your competitors? Or really done any other type of analysis? I think you should consider some of these things first. Maybe there are more viable business opportunities elsewhere.

**MASapparel** · 12-05-2007 05:29 PM

We do sites but Im not sure we want to have stake in your company, I would get you a great deal and pretty much beat any other quotes you get but thats the best we could do. I agree with the above and it may be a hard industry to get into.

**Cole Taylor** · 12-06-2007 04:10 PM

Duval,
In another thread you asked what you should be doing to get the 10k. To me, if you replaced your offering with that of the OP you would get a lot of bites.

**2gould** · 12-06-2007 05:00 PM

the guy who created plentyofish managed to break in and is making literally millions. However, it does beg the question, how many dating sites can the market take. I am sure your dating site would get hits b/c all do; however, would it be enough to justify the time and expense in creating it.

**neemtree** · 12-06-2007 05:38 PM

Or someone who can offer both. Once you've detailed all your requirements, and are ready to start putting the functionality in place, instead of wasting time building from scratch, be sure to look at Drupal.

Its a community management system that offers a ton of additional functionality in using plugin modules. Take the default install for a test run.

**nelsen3000** · 12-07-2007 01:41 AM

I dont need to be better then eharmony, match or any of the other sites. I just have to have an attractive site and hope to get a few hundred or thousand customers. I am not trying to become a millionaire with this site unless i did have a revolutionary idea, however that is not to say I cant make a nice little side income from this site. Everyone is thinking to grand it seems a site dosent have to be an alexa to 50 site like the other dating ones to be a good profitable site. pm me if you are realistic and think we could work together

**nelsen3000** · 12-07-2007 01:45 AM

i did look at drupal and it looks like a great site!!!

**mtyide** · 12-07-2007 02:12 AM

Hi Nelsen,

Your idea is great but currently, there are lots of dating sites but if you are willing to pursue that you need to be ontop of your game and provide a sucker punch to your competitors. I "personally" think there are too many dating sites out there and some are too junk related so it scares me away. When I see a dating site - a porn flash back kind of website comes to mind and quickly close the page or website not that I visit porn sites, lol.

Try to find another niche' where you could make this much interesting and take a different route but something similar that could attract clients. Be more innovative and think hard about this. The web has so much to offer these days - all the best

I am an entrepreneur myself (26 years old) but looking more into the online marketing communication webspace. I feel there is so much there we could improve and provide better communication facilities for clients beaming to locate one another easily and improve their communication.

Thanks

**nelsen3000** · 12-07-2007 02:35 AM

I am currently in other areas, I want to develop a small subscription based dating site, I dont want big but yes I would like it original. My domain name is topnotch and I feel that will help give the site some credibility however I think more important than a fresh approach is a nice easy to use webpage. That is what I want, I need a web designer who is willing to take a risk and help create a website. It is more about marketing then a unique idea, if enough people get to your site there will be signups.

**eConstructive** · 12-13-2007 04:07 PM

Hi Nelsen,

I like your way of thinking.

I am a bit tired of seeing some people in the forum who think they know it all, knocking others down before they even get started on a project.

I believe that every major site once started as something very small and with work and commitment, I'm sure that not only can you made a nice profit from your venture, but you can grow it in to a site just as big (if not bigger) than any other similar one out there.

All the best,

eConstructive

**BusinessAdviser** · 12-13-2007 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by eConstructive

Hi Nelsen,

I like your way of thinking.

I am a bit tired of seeing some people in the forum who think they know it all, knocking others down before they even get started on a project.

I believe that every major site once started as something very small and with work and commitment, I'm sure that not only can you made a nice profit from your venture, but you can grow it in to a site just as big (if not bigger) than any other similar one out there.

All the best,

eConstructive

I read through all posts on this thread and I didn't see a single post "knocking others down." The purpose of this forum is for young entrepreneurs to help each other. I, for one, do not think that I know it all. However, I like helping others make sure that they have considered things that greatly affect their proposition but which they might not have (or clearly haven't) considered, or at least understood the importance of.

For example, with this idea, I don't think that it has been thoroughly thought through, and here is why:

This is not a free service, but a paid service. Therefore, you need to provide customers with (1) something of at least or more value than the price of the service and (2) something more valuable than they can get for the same price from a competitor.

The market you are attempting to enter is unique. There is a catch 22, which is that you cannot attract new customers unless you already have a very large group of existing customers, and you can't have a very large group of existing customers without first attracting new customers. Why? Because it is a dating market.

Think about it. Why would a customer pay money to enter a dating pool of 5, or 10, or 50? They wouldn't, especially when they could pay the same amount to match.com and have access to a dating pool of 50,000.

Now, if you weren't so combative, thinking, "It's me against the world," you could start to realize that you don't have to take on eharmony.com head on. You'll fail. Instead, start small, with a website simply for singles in your town. Keep it focused, and maybe you could find a bit of success.

If someone criticizes your idea, take something from that, find out why, learn from it. Don't get mad or defensive or treat your idea as holier than thou. The truth is that the concerns that others have here are the exact same issues that you'll encounter with other disinterested people - your customers. Lose the ego and learn.