Muslima Dating Cupid
| Type of business | Pty Ltd |
|---|---|
| Online Services | |
| Available in | English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Danish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, other |
| Headquarters | Gold Coast, Australia |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Andrew Bolton |
| Key people | Andrew Bolton, co-founder Emily Bolton, co-founder |
| Industry | Online dating |
| Products | AfroIntroductions.com, BlackCupid.com, InterracialCupid.com, Muslima.com, FilipinoCupid.com, ThaiCupid.com, AsianDating.com, others |
| Employees | 50 |
| URL | www.cupidmedia.com |
| Users | 60 million+ (December 2020) |
| Launched | April 2000 |
| Current status | active |
Liberal Muslim scholars and some websites devoted to Muslim Matrimonials have come up with a concept that has tied in faith with dating known as Halal Muslim dating. Halal dating is becoming quite popular in countries such as the USA and the UK. What makes a date Halal is the following: The date must occur in a public place. 866,649 likes 5,331 talking about this. Muslima.com is one of the leading and most trusted Islamic matrimonial sites with over 7.5 million Muslim members worldwide.
Cupid Media is an online dating 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 in Queensland, Australia.
History[edit]
Cupid Media was founded in April 2000 by Andrew and Emily Bolton in Sydney, New South Wales under the name Interactive Connections Pty Ltd. It was renamed Cupid Media in August 2006.
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,[1] ThaiCupid [2] and FilipinoCupid.[3]
The websites are built on Adobe ColdFusion and are available on iOS and Android devices via native HTML5 mobile sites.
On January 13, 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.[4][5][6]
Business and products[edit]
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.[7]
- 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.[8]
- UkraineDate
- VietnamCupid
See also[edit]
Muslima Dating Site
References[edit]
Muslim Dating Cupid Movie
- ^'muslima.com Site Overview'. Alexa.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^'thaicupid.com Site Overview'. Alexa.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^'filipinocupid.com Site Overview'. Alexa.com. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^Brian Krebs (2013-11-21). 'Cupid Media hack exposes 42m passwords'. Theage.com.au. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^Alex Hern. 'Cupid Media hack exposed 42m online dating passwords Technology'. theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^'Advice to online dating customers of Cupid Media following breach: SSO Alert Priority High'. Stay Smart Online. 2013-11-22. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/filipinocupid.com
- ^http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thailovelinks.com