COURTLAND BROOKS -- July 8 -- No doubt Userplane set the standard in terms of Instant Messenger services however today, the landscape has changed. Totally free dating sites, and social networks offer free IM and there are many more IM service providers and most view the online dating industry as a key vertical market. Dating site owners are faced with a difficult question about how to position IM on their sites without negatively impacting conversion rates. We have reviewed 4 top IM service providers; toksta.com, ekko.tv, Meebo.com and Omnidate. We analyzed their feature sets, technology, fees and how they can be a fit for the online dating industry.
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- Company overview (location, number of employees, year founded, web address)
- More IM features ( buddylist, browser status bar, text chat only, enbedded profile/photo, multi simultaneous chat, friend search, multi language, ...)
- Technical (Hosted/non hosted, Integration Time, Site Admin. Controls, Web Based, White Label Ability, Modules/Plugins, User Analystics)
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- Pricing
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