Amoureux.com : The French Touch to Dating Conquers BritainWritten by ondine
Amoureux.com was launched in France in 1997 by David Body who was joined in this adventure by Philippe Apter in 1999. The site has been growing in importance ever since. In September 2004, a Spanish version and a German version also became available and now it's time for British version to be launched. The commercial strategy remains same : a free service on web and a paying service on mobile phones (hopefully soon available in Great-Britain, talks are on way). "Our position in France is now very strong and we are able to intensify our international development", says David Body, co-founder and director of Amoureux.com.You can visit British site on : http://www.uk.amoureux.com Members can create their profile, write a text, add up to 7 photos and their video. They can do multicriteria searches to find perfect match for them; they can send and receive messages to and from other members and they go and get to know other members in chat room, and all this for free. They also receive e-mails to notify them of any new member that matches their criteria. Soon members will also be able to send e-cards, love declarations, get loads of information on marriage, do fun quizzes, get their daily love forecast and lots more... For their first month online, German and Spanish sites generated respectivelly 3 and 2.2 million pages viewed (figures from Weborama) and between 10,000 to 50,000 new members a month. "We are well beyond our initial forecasts and our growth programme" states Philippe Apter co-director of Amoureux.com. This success is due to solid communication and advertising in both those countries, but also thanks to name of site itself, "Our French name bears meaning even out of French speaking countries" says David Body. Hopefully, British site will be just as successful.
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