Collaboradate Launches Free Access to All Online Dating Websites

Don't have a date for Valentine's Day? Don't worry. With a little planning, being single on the day dedicated to amour can be surprisingly fun and enriching. www.collaboradate.com takes the guesswork out of online dating by bringing everyone together no matter where they are registered – for FREE!

Walnut Creek, CA, (PRWEB) February 14, 2006 -- For all those singles out there without a date on Valentine’s Day, Collaboradate offers hope and a greater opportunity for romance to online singles. www.collaboradate.com is based on cutting edge technology that links usernames of any existing dating website regardless of whether or not the single is a paying member of the site. With many users having non-paid memberships at multiple dating sites, Collaboradate tries to organize and maximize the experience of the average personals user.

Twenty-one percent of Internet users browsed online personals in the last year, and thirteen percent posted their own profiles. Despite these large numbers, the population remains predominantly young and male: nearly half of online personals users are between 18 and 34, and more than two-thirds are men. “Having tried many dating sites for a few years”, says Andy Arnott, the developer and CTO of Media Fill LLC, “I found it ridiculous to have to pay to communicate with someone who may end up not being of interest. It can be a frustrating and demoralizing process – not to mention expensive – according to many of my friends and associates that have had similar experiences”. As a result, Andy created a way to bring all online dating singles together into one space at no charge.

Personals currently represent the largest category of paid content online. US consumers will spend $313 million on dating and personals sites in 2003, an increase of 37 percent over 2002. While the category will grow to $642 million in 2008, its annual growth rate will have slowed to seven percent. The industry is characterized by subscription and pay-per-play strategies. The subscription model approach targets customers in their mid-30s, often divorced, who will subscribe for several months. Average subscriptions in the U.S. hover around three months, sometimes extending to six months. The pay-per-play model offers users the ability to only pay for the services that they use. As a result, users can come and go from the sites as their dating needs require. Pricing averages $20 per month – which can add up over time.

“My goal is to have thousands of singles utilize the technology of www.collaboradate.com as often as they wish without costing them a penny. Dating is like finding a needle in a haystack, and Collaboradate is the national haystack to help singles find each other”, says Arnott. Another special feature of the service ties into Google Maps which the site calls “Date Mapping” to give a visual dating territory of selected username matches as tacks in the map.
For further details, visit the website www.collaboradate.com.

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