Gay Matchmaking Sites Find A Growing Market

SF CHRONICLE -- Feb 14 -- After eHarmony said its psychological research is based exclusively on heterosexual relationships, a growing number of rival online matchmakers are using their algorithms to find same-sex love as well. "There are just not enough services for creating healthy relationships, and it is a major gap in the gay community," said matchmaker Patrick Perrine, founder MyPartner.com, which caters to "sophisticated, cultured and relationship-oriented gay men. "There has been a long-held stereotype that gay people are only looking to hook up." Matchmakers like Chemistry.com, which estimates that about 10% of its 3.7 million clients are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, say all love is equal, straight or gay. The matchmakers claim "you can actually find people who are compatible, and this is a major advance that is going to keep the industry alive for the upcoming 50 years," said Mark Brooks, an Internet dating and social networking consultant. FULL ARTICLE @ SF CHRONICLE

Comments

[Gregory Garmond]

On the same day this article was printed in the SF Chronicle, PartnerForLife sent out the email below which:

1) Apologized to people for sending out a mass email with their email address exposed, (expect more spam folks) and

2) Said they were not yet open for business.

Mistakes happen, but as online businesses go, these are pretty severe. Here's the letter sent out from PartnerForLife:

Our editor inadvertently sent out our e-newsletter with your email
addresses exposed. We sincerely apologize for this lapse in security. We
have spoken with him and want to assure you that this will not happen
again.

There is another thing for which we must humbly apologize. Although we
had been working around the clock for the last several weeks, and were
optimistic that we could launch on Valentine's Day, we discovered several
serious bugs at 3 AM, just hours before the site was to go live. Due to
the uniqueness and complexity of our design, these are problems that
cannot be resolved immediately. Instead of launching a defective site, we
choose to bite the bullet and delay the launch until we can give you a
product that we can all be proud of.

It is with a heavy heart that we bring you such news. We are facing a
humbling time and hope we can count on your support and understanding as
we move forward. We are committed to setting a new standard for Internet
matchmaking and will update you soon.

Sincerely,

Dale Bullock

President

[Mark Brooks]

C'est la vie.

When choosing coders you can pick two out of three... Good Coders, Quick n Timely Coders and Cheap Coders.

myPartner was developed by a team that has worked with the Courtland Brooks Agency a few times in the past and has very significant experience developing dating and social networking sites.