NYT Article.

By Markus

Nice Article in the NYT today.

600,000  members log into the site  per day,    not total active members.

Plentyoffish is growing like a weed all over the place,  the UK is leading that growth.    I hope that I can replicate what I did in Canada and end up with 50%+ marketshare by year end.  

Stay tuned for several major announcements coming up in the next few weeks.

20 Responses to “NYT Article.”

  1. mrgrownupgeek Says:

    WOW!

    That’s really about all i can say.

    good luck in Canada..

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  3. Jorge Rodriguez Says:

    Awesome Markus!!!. I’ve read a lot about you and the story of Plenty Of Fish mainly because I own a Web Community for Spanish-speakers that has been running more or less by itself for the last 10 years. Unlike you I can’t make a living with the site (although I did for a couple of years back in the dotcom boom), but at least it makes enough revenue to pay for the server. I’m hoping that things can take-off again with the Social Network that I’ll be launching in the next few days.

    Good luck in the new markets!!

  4. Richard Says:

    Great article Markus! Great to see the business is still growing since we met…gee, almost two years ago now.

    Rich

  5. chrisco Says:

    Nice work, Markus.

  6. Andrew Galasetti Says:

    Congrats Markus!

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  8. burtonator Says:

    Markus,

    If all this is true why not keep your mouth shut?

    http://feedblog.org/2008/01/13/markus-frind-founder-of-plenty-of-fish-either-a-liar-or-a-fool/

    You’re only inviting competition especially when the barrier to entry is so low.

    Kevin

  9. Andrew Galasetti Says:

    Anyone can start a site just like plenty of fish, but it’s all about execution and marketing. That’s what’s great about the internet. Markus has done and amazing job. His story is also an inspiration, so why not tell it?

    -Andrew

  10. Mayo Says:

    Burtonator,

    i presume you would not also beleave loads of affiliate marketers that spend milllions of dollars on advertising w/ only them in the company. Internet is still not to the knees of the offline business revenues but the entry is relatively low, the marketing wizardry on the other hand is rather demanding this days (it was always demanding).

  11. Mayo Says:

    BTW Markus has a site so big that he really is not endangered any more by most online dating companies, POF brand is already established and the free PR that he receives only makes his business bigger by the every day it passes . Most folks are mentaly lazy and even if you give them a map to the gold treasure most of them will be to lazy to even participate, and those that participate will fell out saying that it’s interesting but not profitable.

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  13. chika Says:

    Well done Markus

    Keep inspiring people!! I’m right behind you

  14. lauren Says:

    Markus – you’ve inspired me to work towards the goal of working only 10 hours a week and be as successful as you. :) So why is it that you’ve done so well on the free model while others like hotornot tried to go the free route and had to retract?

  15. lauren Says:

    Markus – that’s a great article in NYT btw. Another question for you, in the article it mentions that a big part of your revenues come from “affiliate” relationships. What’s your advice on finding the best paying affiliates? I run a site that is content based, and was thinking about putting up Amazon ads related to the topic on a particular page, but have heard that they don’t pay very well. Plus, their ads weren’t always showing the most relevant results.

  16. Aaron Says:

    “You’re only inviting competition especially when the barrier to entry is so low.”

    hmmmm – try it yourself, and you’ll see how much it costs to launch a dating site.

  17. Dave Says:

    An inspiration for sure. I wish there was some formula for starting the virus. I am trying out a new twist on a social site -I guess we’ll see if I can get the net infected….

  18. Immembelypsulk Says:

    I knelt on the table in underside of her and stared at her sex.

  19. uploalmprorgo Says:

    I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well.

  20. Single2.com is my favorite Says:

    Markus Frind is busy working, why don’t you let him do what he does. Check this out: http://www.single2.com (i’m not the owner!)

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