A Lame but Sad Story about CyberDating.com

Someone asked me why CyberDating is a ".net" domain and not CyberDating.com . It's really a lame story but here goes...

Back in 1997 we were running a small Ontario Canada focused free dating service called Dating.Go.ca (Have a look at the Archive.org snapshot) and we decided that we should expand to allow singles from all over the world. So, we thought up the CyberDating name and went to register the domain. We did the whois search and found that CyberDating.com was available, but we didn't have all of the information necessary to register the domain at hand (it was more complicated back then) so we left it for the weekend while we dug up the required info.

As life goes, we went back on Monday and someone else had registered CyberDating.com and put up a place holder website. We had missed our opportunity so we registered the CyberDating.net and the ".ca" versions hoping that we might scoop CyberDating.com on renewal after a year or two.

Sure enough the domain registration went into limbo because the original owner had forgotten about it. But, once again when we went to register it, someone beat us to it! So, it seems that it was never in the cards for us. Those are the breaks.

BTW. Don't bother to check out CyberDating.com. It's just a crappy search site with no content.

One for the Money...

Myth: There is no such thing as a Free Dating Site - there is always a catch.

Truth: Some free dating sites are truly 100% free, you just have to know how to pick them.

Some of the sites I run are totally free. Let me explain how it works...

We make money using the same principle that TV companies employ. Here is the deal for those of you who have never thought about it: TV companies provide consumers (TV viewers like you) the opportunity to see TV shows for free. In exchange for seeing the free TV shows (the content), viewers are forced to watch commercial ads. TV companies make sufficient money to produce and show the content by charging the advertisers for the ad space. The viewers get to see the content for free. Truly a marriage made in marketing heaven.

The same thing happens on the free dating websites. We provide consumers (You) the opportunity to see content (personal ads) for free. In exchange for the free profiles we force you to view advertisements. Of course we charge advertisers for the ad space on our website.

It is true that some "Free Dating Sites" are not really free. Some of them only give you limited access for free, others beg for donations and others are just outright liars!

Cheers!

The Premise...

Hey Kids.

I've been involved in the Internet Dating industry for almost 10 years now and I wanted to try to dispell some of the myths and lies about the business.

I think there are too many people pontificating about Internet dating that either haven't a clue, or are motivated by fame and/or money. While I have been making a comfortable living from the business, and lying a bit more in business would make me richer, I still belive that the truth and honesty are keys to making your life fulfilling.

So, that's the premise of this blog.
Thanks for your time.