World Singles Networks

World Singles Networks owns a portfolio of niche-focused online dating services. This includes more than 20 special-interest online personals sites, such as ArabLounge, EligibleGreeks, IranianPersonals, SoulSingles, TurkishPersonals, HyeSingles and others.[1]

Portfolio

Notable World Singles Networks sites include:

• ArabLounge: Launched in 2004, ArabLounge is a popular matchmaking site with more than 1.3 million members as of 2013. The company says that 65 percent of its members identify as Muslim, while about 20 percent are Arab Christians.[2][3]

• EligibleGreeks

• HyeSingles

• IranianPersonals

• SoulSingles: Black dating service with over 500,000 registered members.[4]

• TurkishPersonals

History

World Singles Networks was founded in 2001 by Saïd Amin. The success of his first matchmaking site, IranianPersonals, lead him to form World Singles Networks. The company went on to launch subsequent niche dating services under this umbrella.[5] Since launching their second site in 2001, EligibleGreeks,[6] the company has grown to 20+ online dating services targeting multiple countries, languages and ethnicities around the world.[7]

In February 2004, IranianPersonals ran one of the first-ever Farsi speaking commercials on national television.[8] With a focus on reaching markets with a high Iranian-American population, the 30-second commercial celebrated Valentine's Day by airing its commercial in Southern California and the Washington DC area.[9]

The company later ran a national television campaign for ArabLounge during the 2010 airing of the Axis of Evil Comedy Show on Comedy Central. The ad, which was in Arabic and English, ran in Houston, Los Angeles, NYC, New Jersey, Dearborn and Chicago.[10] ArabLounge and IranianPersonals were early sponsors of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, sponsoring their show as early as 2005.[11]

Philanthropy

In July, 2013, World Singles Networks announced the launch of its ‘iCare’ Initiative; an initiative intended to raise funds and awareness on behalf of charitable organizations and groups focusing especially on children’s issues.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Saïd Amin, World Singles CEO - OPW Interview". Online Personals Watch.
  2. ↑ "Muslim, Single, Looking To Mingle". The Daily Beast.
  3. ↑ "Arab Americans Go Online for Marital Matchups". Voice of America.
  4. ↑ "SoulSingles™: Evolving Tech Improvements Help Provide a Community That Meets the Needs of Black Daters". Dating Advice.
  5. ↑ "Adam, Eve & Amin: Interview with a pioneer in the internet personals business". Iranian.com.
  6. ↑ "Said Amin: The "Eligible King" of Ethnic online dating.". GreekReporter.
  7. ↑ "World Singles - Sites". World Singles Networks.
  8. ↑ "IranianPersonals TV Ad". YouTube.
  9. ↑ "My Iranian Valentine". The Daily Record.
  10. ↑ "ArabLounge commercial". Vimeo.
  11. ↑ "Axis of Evil Comedy". Archive.
  12. ↑ "World Singles Networks Leverages Love to Help Charities". PR Web.
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