Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Email interview by MyPaper
Ms Joy Fang, Journalist from My Paper (English), did an email interview with us. Below is what we submitted.
Q1. The regionally conducted survey said that more people are using online dating to find love, jumping to become the third most used method by singles in Singapore. Did your site see an increase in membership signups recently? Can I have a percentage increase (for instance how many percentage increase between what period this year as compared to what period last year or two years ago?)
A1. Yes, it is definitely a trend that people are finding love through the Internet. It is also fuelled by social networking websites where people can start making connections with their friends' friends. As for Singles2meet.com, we initially started off with merely 500 members two years ago, it easily doubled to 1000+ within a year. Now we have more than 2000+ members.
Q2. Results also showed that 85% of singles say they will try an online matchmaking service, and 58% has tried some form of it before. Why do you think more Singaporeans are looking to online dating sites to find love? Is society opening up etc? (or is there less stigma? convenience etc?)
A2. There are many reasons why it is getting more acceptance, some of which include:
- Instead of going to a matchmaker to tell them your criteria of a desired date, you can easily use the online dating website's Search feature to do just that. E.g. we can specify the desired height, age, astrological or zodiac signs, etc of the person we are looking for.
- It is much cheaper to use an online dating website (usually less than $100) than to engage the services of a matchmaker (usually starting from $300 to $2,000).
- Some daters find it more stigma to visit a matchmaker than to use the services of an online dating website.
- The Internet has developed into a well-accepted platform to do anything, including to buy movie tickets, download songs, submit your Income Tax, and of course, to find love as well.
Q3. How many clients do you have in total? And what are the profiles of your members? (what profession, age, gender etc)
A3. We now have over 2000+ members, many of them were from Social Development Unit (as I used to organize events for them), thus are graduates and professionals. Males to female ratio is 1.8:1. One-third of them are below 30s, another one-third are between 30-39, and the rest are 40 and above.
Q4. What are the benefits of such online dating sites?
A4. Some other benefits of online dating sites include:
- Being online means it is available at any time of the day. This means you can socialize or connect with someone else at anytime you like.
- Users feel safer to date using a nick, without the need to reveal too much personal information, not more than what you want to specify in your online profile.
- Rejection does not get too personal in cyberspace, unlike in the real world such as in a pub, etc.
Q1. The regionally conducted survey said that more people are using online dating to find love, jumping to become the third most used method by singles in Singapore. Did your site see an increase in membership signups recently? Can I have a percentage increase (for instance how many percentage increase between what period this year as compared to what period last year or two years ago?)
A1. Yes, it is definitely a trend that people are finding love through the Internet. It is also fuelled by social networking websites where people can start making connections with their friends' friends. As for Singles2meet.com, we initially started off with merely 500 members two years ago, it easily doubled to 1000+ within a year. Now we have more than 2000+ members.
Q2. Results also showed that 85% of singles say they will try an online matchmaking service, and 58% has tried some form of it before. Why do you think more Singaporeans are looking to online dating sites to find love? Is society opening up etc? (or is there less stigma? convenience etc?)
A2. There are many reasons why it is getting more acceptance, some of which include:
- Instead of going to a matchmaker to tell them your criteria of a desired date, you can easily use the online dating website's Search feature to do just that. E.g. we can specify the desired height, age, astrological or zodiac signs, etc of the person we are looking for.
- It is much cheaper to use an online dating website (usually less than $100) than to engage the services of a matchmaker (usually starting from $300 to $2,000).
- Some daters find it more stigma to visit a matchmaker than to use the services of an online dating website.
- The Internet has developed into a well-accepted platform to do anything, including to buy movie tickets, download songs, submit your Income Tax, and of course, to find love as well.
Q3. How many clients do you have in total? And what are the profiles of your members? (what profession, age, gender etc)
A3. We now have over 2000+ members, many of them were from Social Development Unit (as I used to organize events for them), thus are graduates and professionals. Males to female ratio is 1.8:1. One-third of them are below 30s, another one-third are between 30-39, and the rest are 40 and above.
Q4. What are the benefits of such online dating sites?
A4. Some other benefits of online dating sites include:
- Being online means it is available at any time of the day. This means you can socialize or connect with someone else at anytime you like.
- Users feel safer to date using a nick, without the need to reveal too much personal information, not more than what you want to specify in your online profile.
- Rejection does not get too personal in cyberspace, unlike in the real world such as in a pub, etc.
# posted by Singles2meet @ 6:44 AM 
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