Anonymous Calling For The Internet Dating Industry - What Exactly Is Going On?

OPW - May 28 - Anonymous calling and chat service provider offerings in the internet dating space have been a bit of mystery. PrivateCall by Phone Matrix made a strong case for anonymous calling but then faded. Jangl got off to a strong start, and then got folded into JaJah. JaJah successfully partnered with eHarmony, FriendFinder and Match. Then Match partnered instead with Twilio. ICallU is now on the scene and working with Seeking Arrangement and SugarDaddyForMe.

Dating sites' needs appear to have remained the same - their users want to communicate with one another without immediately divulging their personal information. What are telephony providers doing wrong? Could it be that the increasingly prevalence of messaging apps like WhatsApp and TextNow, combined with online daters' collective comfort with contemporary lines of communication, is diminishing the need for text- and voice-based telephony services? Let's discuss. Please comment if you have knowledge and an opinion.

(btw, Spikko are our new client, and have a solid offering on a proven platform for anonymous/private calling).

Comments

[LoveID Admin]

And don't forget me Mark - LoveID.com is providing patent pending technology for daters that provides anonymous global communications using telephone, SMS and email. No second numbers or second email addresses to maintain. The user has complete control and can block anyone instantly.

Perfect of course for rock stars, cheating partners, famous actors, politicians, sugar mommies and daddies or any regular people who doesn't want the risk of being stalked or giving up their privacy.

Cheers!

[IanB]

What's going on is that calling has been hampered by poor User Experience.

Whether it's Twilio's decade-long call setup times; Jangl/Jajah's "hold your phone in one hand and PC in the other" level of integration; or with Apple's refusal to allow 3rd-party companies access to the calling app -- it's impossible to deliver phone calls that connect quickly and/or integrate seamlessly with the online experience.

What consumers want is simple: They want to talk to people with the same spontaneity as the old telephone chat lines, while seeing whom it is they are talking to.

This is the vision driving http://Tingle.com and with respect to the competitors mentioned I believe we are substantially closer to delivering on that demand than anyone else.