Comments on: Time-strapped men: Outsource your online dating for only $480 a month

By: DateMaster

DateMaster — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:17:25 +0000

It's not really any more deceitful than having a hidden agenda behind your response (linking to dating site). Not saying that either one is completely dishonest.

By: Daydream1

Daydream1 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:08:24 +0000

Hiring somebody else to look on your behalf is, in some ways, slightly deceiptful. Most people, especially women, rely on what you've written yourself to make an initial judgement (although I would admit that men seem to go more on looks first!). If I'm understanding you correctly, and profiles are written for the individual, then it's not the person themself doing the attracting so there is a risk of disappointment when the two parties actually meet. I suggest just using a free dating site.

By: freedatingsite

freedatingsite — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:36:05 +0000

there is another free site http://www.LiveDateLove.com

By: ODD

ODD — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:10:46 +0000

There is another website that provides a similiar service for only a $19 fee: www.onlinedatedelivery.com.

By: jessflynn82

jessflynn82 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:34:40 +0000

This company is first to market, but Done For You Dating (http://www.doneforyoudating.com) is a close second. They're not a copycat company, though -- their domain name was actually registered a few days before the featured company, and they have a different business model, charging per-date and hiring local representatives rather than outsourcing overseas.

By: Scott Valdez, Co-Founder

Scott Valdez, Co-Founder — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:15:49 +0000

Thank you for the article Camille! I must say it is very well done!

To explain why we decided to tailor our services specifically for men, I would like to make three points:

1) By creating a company designed for men, we were able to design the service as well as the site and content especially for our unique target audience.
2) We know that Online Dating can be much more challenging and time-consuming for men than it is for women since online interaction still mirrors, to a large extent, the traditional protocol of the man approaching the woman and initiating conversation. Generally speaking, women are more reactive while men must take more active initiative. This means that many women are spending their time reviewing their inboxes and screening men by their profile pictures and messages while many men need to filter through hundreds of profiles looking for girls to message and then try craft messages that stand out from the 10-50 other men that messaged her the same day.
3) We had already solved the equation to successfully taking online dating offline for men and knew that it will take a slightly different bag of tools and skill sets to do the same for women.

This does not mean we do not think there is a demand among women for this service. We know there is a need and we have been closely analyzing the possibility of creating a sister site for women soon. From the looks of it, it should be in the works before long. We may even create a site with a same-sex appeal a bit further on down the road.

In the meantime, we will not be rejecting customers based on their sex or sexual preference. We are willing to provide a customized service to fit any profile.

"Short-sighted"?... Could be right but we like to think that we chose the right model for the initial debut of this concept. We simply started with a niche that we knew we could reach efficiently and service effectively.

What do you think? Whether you love it or hate it, we want to know your opinion. In addition to posting here please feel free to comment here on the discussion board of our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=8791&po...

- Scott Valdez, Co-Founder of Virtual Dating Assistants

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:34:43 +0000

@geek's dream girl: I read their website and contacted them to actually get a feel on how it works… your “assistants” don't lie to get you a date, they simply facilitate the process of getting to know each other with the real facts, stories and life experiences of the client. (They get this on the phone interview and questionnaire one fills). It saves a huge amount of time on having to narrate your same life story over and over again. They also give consulting on second dating and everything that has to do with outside the virtual bubble. They are not disrespectful about it they know that sorting through possible candidates even within the matches most websites give you is a tedious task.

By: Geek's Dream Girl

Geek's Dream Girl — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:11:25 +0000

Wow, they certainly charge a lot. I guess it's for that guarantee that you'll get a “hot” date. I hope they're compatible! Just seems weird to have only a pre-date briefing about the girls being contacted for you rather than full disclosure throughout the process. Seems like it would be hard for the client to make the leap into the shoes that have been set up for him.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:07:09 +0000

really amazing service… it takes the boring and time consuming part out of online dating… great concept

By: LEADSExplorer

LEADSExplorer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:00:05 +0000

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