Cupid Media, owned by Dating Group, is an
online dating
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company that operates 33 active niche dating websites based on religion, ethnicity, lifestyle and special interests. The network of sites are available in multiple languages and since its founding in 2000, over 60 million singles have registered across the company's sites. Cupid Media is based on the
Gold Coast
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* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
in
Queensland, Australia.
History
Originally starting with one dating site, AsianEuro.com, now AsianDating.com the company has now grown to 33 active dating sites targeting multiple countries, languages and ethnicities around the world. Popular Cupid Media brands include Muslima.com, ThaiCupid
and FilipinoCupid.
The websites are built on
Adobe ColdFusion and are available on
iOS
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and
Android
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* Android (operating system), Google's mobile operating system
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devices via native
HTML5 mobile sites.
On 13 January 2013, Cupid Media confirmed that its password database had been breached and a section of its user base had been affected. Affected members were contacted by the company requesting them to change their password as well as additional security measures being put in place.
On 28 July 2021, Dating Group announced its acquisition of Cupid Media.
Business and products
Cupid Media operates a network of 33 dating sites that target lifestyles, ethnicities, countries and special interests including:
* AfroIntroductions
* AsianDating
* AussieCupid – no longer active
* BBWCupid
* BlackCupid
* BrazilCupid
* CambodianCupid – launched November 2020
* CaribbeanCupid
* ChinaLoveCupid
* ChristianCupid
* ColombianCupid
* DominicanCupid
* FilipinoCupid – an international dating site aimed at bringing singles from the Philippines together with singles from around the world. Ranked 1,734 most popular site in the Philippines with 5.5 million members.
* GayCupid
* HongKongCupid
* IndianCupid
* IndonesianCupid
* InternationalCupid
* InterracialCupid
* IranianSinglesConnection – no longer active
* JapanCupid
* KenyanCupid
* KoreanCupid
* LatinAmericanCupid – bringing together Latin Singles from Central and South America.
* MalaysianCupid
* MexicanCupid
* MilitaryCupid – a special interests dating site that brings together Military singles with local singles.
* Muslima
* PinkCupid
* RussianCupid
* SingaporeLoveLinks
* SingleParentLove – no longer active
* SouthAfricanCupid
* ThaiCupid.com – a Thai online dating site that serves both the domestic Thai market and the international market. Ranked 206th most popular site in Thailand according to
Alexa.com
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Alexa was founded as an independent company in 1996 and acquired by Amazon in 1999 for $250 million in stock. ...
.
* UkraineDate
* VietnamCupid
See also
*
Match.com
Match is an online dating service with web sites serving over 50 countries in twelve languages. Its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. The company has offices in Dallas, West Hollywood, San Francisco, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Beijing. Match is ...
*
eHarmony
*
AnastasiaDate
AnastasiaDate is an international online dating website that primarily connects men from North America with women from Eastern Europe.
History
AnastasiaDate was founded in 1993.
In the early 1990s when the company first launched, it used ca ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.cupidmedia.com
Companies based on the Gold Coast, Queensland
Online dating services of Australia
Software companies established in 2000