PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 14, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- SecureSingles.com today launched as the first free Internet dating service with a firm commitment to keeping its members safe. The company's technologically-advanced platform and unique lineup of security features include its original proprietary Personal Emergency Notification System (PENS), plus a Safe-Dater Registry (with ID verification, photo certification and criminal background checks) designed to help eliminate the common problem of online profile misrepresentation.
SecureSingles.com originally launched earlier this year (April 2006) as an online security platform, aimed to combat the dangerous reality of online predators and dating disasters. The system was the first of its kind to offer the dating community an innovative web-based PENS, designed to provide time-released emergency notifications (via email, instant message (IM) or text message) to loved ones in case an emergency should occur while on a date.
The company was inspired to create its very own full-service hybrid dating platform (online and off-line dating) by its PENS members who requested a site that would finally address the critical need for more security options for the dating community.
"The unsettling issue of online security for singles has been ignored for far too long. Our goal was to design a site that is not only free and exceptionally safe for our members, but also technically superior to all of the other sites out there," said SecureSingles.com's Director, Jill Marie Crosby. "We are bringing a revolutionary combination of features and benefits to the table that far surpasses any other system or dating service available today -- and we're thrilled to be able to offer it for free."
In addition to its extraordinary safety features, the company will also provide its members with original services, such as Profile Importation (from other dating sites), Custom Profiles (members can create their own, original essay questions), User Created Niche Sites (members can create niche sites within the main site for specific interests like "dog lovers," "tall professionals," "runners," etc.), and Open Searching searching by "user names" or "handles" of other dating sites on SecureSingles.com). Other features include a Sexual IQ (Intimacy Quotient Test), a Compatibility Test, SMS, IM and Email Notifications, Friends and Family Matchmaking, Photo Albums (with comments from other members), a "More About Me" personal page (members can write personal comments, upload poetry, place links to their profiles on social networking sites and/or other dating sites... etc.), Videos, Live Events and much more.
SecureSingles.com prides itself on the technically-advanced, yet user-friendly aspects of its site. For example, its "Heads up Display" (HUD) enables members to view six pages at once, without ever having to refresh a page. This allows members to watch another member's video, while viewing who else is online, checking their inbox for new mail, etc. Further, SecureSingles.com is the first in the industry to open its platform to all other dating services. Members are able to enter their user names from other online dating sites and will then become searchable through the SecureSingles.com system, under those "handles." For example, if an individual were to view a profile on Match.com or Yahoo Personals, but does not want to pay a fee to contact that person, they can search SecureSingles.com to see if they are listed and then contact them for free.
Features like the company's Compatibility Testing and Sexual IQ (Intimacy Quotient Test), are also expected to be very popular with members. "The Sexual IQ is great!" said Norma Dillingham, a SecureSingles.com member. "It was a lot of fun to take. I'm a firm believer that both personality compatibility and sexual chemistry are crucial to a successful, long-term, loving relationship."
"In the midst of a 'MySpace Generation' that has quickly become accustomed to getting a variety of online features and benefits for free, its hard to believe that some dating services out there continue to charge members as much as $59.99 per month to communicate with each other," said Crosby. "Unfortunately, many of them seem to be more concerned about generating revenue than taking the necessary measures to keep their members safe. We're committed to providing our members with new tools to combat profile misrepresentation and lies, while also providing a new way of viewing profiles, searching, etc. We did not want to create a clone of all the other dating sites out there, we wanted to re-conceive online dating... the dating world is about to change forever."
SecureSingles.com will launch in Beta mode. The company is inviting singles to join, test and provide feedback to the developers. The majority of the features are available now, including the original PENS. Members will be able to utilize the background checks, ID verifications and photo certifications within the next few weeks.
In January 2007, SecureSingles.com plans to introduce its first series of live, hosted events and safe havens to provide safe, fun environments for members to meet and talk to each other face-to-face. The first "bricks and mortar" office is slated to launch in the first quarter of 2007.
About SecureSingles.com
SecureSingles.com is the first free, Internet dating site to offer a Personal Emergency Notification System (PENS) within a host of unique security features for the dating community. SecureSingles.com is collaboration between Secure Networks, LLC, and Variableman Conceptions, LLC, and offers the most technologically-advanced, safest dating site on the Internet today. For more information, please visit www.securesingles.com.