Articles about Badoo redesign.

https://faqsandroid.com/badoo-la-aplicacion-citas-mas-popular-se-redisena-completo/
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/140929-badoo-the-dating-app-that-has-more-singles-than-tinder
"The main user interface, which is what you see whenever you open Badoo, has a navigation bar running along the bottom with four buttons that provide access to four core features:

• Discover who’s nearby (globe icon):  shows you nearby Badoo users.
• Play to Match (cards icon) is just like Tinder.
• Message center (chat bubble icon) is where you can see all your connections.
• and
• Profile (person silhouette icon) is where you go to adjust your Badoo settings and account info.

Badoo is free to download and use, though you need to pay to unlock premium functions. There's a seven-day trial that gives you free Super Powers (premium functions).
Badoo even has 5,000 moderators worldwide who check to ensure people are who they say they are."

Badoo is in war with Zoosk and Badoo backed Bumble to fight and destroy Tinder. It is also said Badoo is in the spyware business.
 
NEW and FRESH Online Dating Market 2017 (via Statista)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/new-and-fresh-online-dating-market-2017.html

The NEW Badoo: Terrible redesign with horrible orange and purple colors?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/the-new-badoo-terrible-redesing-with.html

"Affinitas GmbH's revenue is USD 86 Million LTM, with USD 8 Million EBITDA." ? Unaudited.

See if they make losses.
https://seekingalpha.com/filing/3529393
https://seekingalpha.com/filing/3529404
Perhaps both Affinitas GmbH. and Spark Networks are 2 dead walking cats no one will innovate in the online dating industry.
See also there are 2 companies:
Rocket Internet SE (RCKZF) owns in part Affinitas as 2016 report 
Equity interest in %
Affinitas GmbH, Berlin 21.9 %
Affinitas Phantom share GmbH, Berlin 34.4 %
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/rocket-internet-se-owns-in-part.html
Affinitas GmbH. 2014 financials. Revenue and Net Loss? (Affinitas Phantom Share GmbH.)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/04/affinitas-gmbh-2014-financials-revenue_30.html

https://www.northdata.de/Affinitas+Phantom+Share+GmbH,+Berlin/Amtsgericht+Charlottenburg+%28Berlin%29+HRB+140967+B
https://www.northdata.de/Affinitas+GmbH,+Berlin/Amtsgericht+Charlottenburg+%28Berlin%29+HRB+115958+B

Spark Networks (LOV) and EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) to Merge, Creating a Global Leader in Online Dating ?
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/spark-networks-lov-and-elitesingles.html

Match Group is 10 times bigger than Spark + Affinitas merge.
eHarmony is is 2 or 3 times bigger than Spark + Affinitas merge.

eHarmony has about 750,000 paid subscribers and 10 million active users, which has been steady for the past five years.
http://www.afr.com/lifestyle/grant-langston-why-eharmonys-ceo-expects-to-win-the-online-dating-war-20170220-gugrga
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/eharmony-ceo-visiting-australia-summer.html

Please remember:
Last May 2012, 5 long years ago, Affinitas GmbH. failed to be entirely sold to eHarmony Inc.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/if-elitesingles-affinitas-gmbh-creates.html


Spark Networks (LOV) Reports First Quarter 2017 Results
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/spark-networks-lov-reports-first.html

Spark Networks (LOV) Reports First Quarter 2017 Results

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spark-networks-r-reports-first-213000721.html

For the first quarter of 2017, total revenue was USD 7.3 Million, a decrease of 26% compared to the year ago period, and a 6% decrease from the prior quarter.
Net Loss was USD 2.1 Million in the quarter.

Now Spark Networks (LOV) "sold" to Affinitas GmbH.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/spark-networks-lov-and-elitesingles.html

Spark Networks (LOV) and EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) to Merge, Creating a Global Leader in Online Dating ?

https://seekingalpha.com/filing/3528712
"EliteSingles shareholders will own approximately 75% of the combined company and Spark shareholders will own approximately 25%."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spark-networks-elitesingles-merge-creating-212500085.html

Global Leader in Online Dating is Match Group (MTCH) with a revenue over USD 1.2 Billion.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/match-group-q1-2017-revenue-flat-arpu.html
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/12/nytimes-article-match-group-mtch-to.html

Combined revenue from Spark Networks (LOV) and EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) will be in the range of USD 120 Million, 10% of Match Group (MTCH)


EliteSingles / eDarling sites are only copycats of eHarmony.
A prospective client will not perceive eDarling / EliteSingles sites as better, superior or different than eHarmony's ones.

eHarmony's sites are 3 times bigger in active users and revenue than EliteSingles's sites.
eHarmony's revenue is in the range of USD 180 Million with profits.
Affinitas GmbH.'s revenue is in the range of USD 60 Million and not sure if with profits or losses.
And worse, Affinitas GmbH. can not beat and will never beat eHarmony Inc. in United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and United States.

There is a WAR between eHarmony Inc. and Affinitas GmbH. (EliteSingles / eDarling sites, copycats of eHarmony)

eHarmony is a 16+ years old obsolete site. The success rate of eHarmony is less than 10%.
eHarmony is only supported by a big marketing budget and not by serious scientific evidence.
The Big Five normative test used by eHarmony and its copycats, had been proven/revealed as an incomplete and incorrect model to assess/measure personality of persons.
Now it is a HOAX, a FRAUD to use it (year 2017)


EliteSingles (Affinitas GmbH.) CEO lifts the lid on executive dating
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/12/elitesingles-affinitas-gmbh-ceo-lifts.html

Rocket Internet SE (RCKZF) owns in part Affinitas as 2016 report 
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/rocket-internet-se-owns-in-part.html

Please remember:
Last May 2012, 5 long years ago, Affinitas GmbH. failed to be entirely sold to eHarmony Inc.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/if-elitesingles-affinitas-gmbh-creates.html

Match Group Q1 2017, Revenue flat, ARPU flat, Match in decadence

Tinder had stolen paid members from Match, cannibalizing it!
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3262426-match-group-reports-q1-results
Revenue Q1 2017 was USD 299 Million
Revenue Q4 2016 was USD 295 Million

As of March 31, 2017, the Company had USD 436 Million in cash and cash equivalents and had USD 1.2 Billion of long-term debt.
The Company has a USD 500 Million revolving credit facility, which was undrawn as of March 31, 2017 and currently remains undrawn.
As of March 31, 2017, IAC’s ownership interest and voting interest in Match Group were 82.3 % and 97.9 %, respectively.

"Match and OKCupid generally on plan": that is code for worse than expected.

The Match Group is only a collection of old and obsolete online dating sites: Match, Meetic, Chemistry, OkCupid, LoveScout24 (FriendScout24), OurTime, HowAboutWe, PlentyOfFish and many more and all of them are past their primes, reached operating ceiling and they are in decadence.  

Please see:
SA article: Match Group And Investing In Tinder
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/sa-article-match-group-and-investing-in.html

Alexa shows an inverse spike after 2017 New Year's Eve for several online dating sites including Match, PlentyOfFish, Zoosk, eHarmony, EliteSingles and many more!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/03/inverse-spike-after-new-years-eve-via.html

Badoo is in war with Zoosk and Badoo backed Bumble to fight and destroy Tinder.
Tinder is in big war with Badoo, and can not outperform it.
The mission of Tinder was to kill Badoo, but it seems Tinder is killing Match.
It seems there is an internal war between Tinder and Match App.
If Tinder is cannibalizing Match and Match Group now wants to promote more Match App and not much Tinder because Tinder is not monetizing as expected?

Astronomical compensations to their C-level executives but not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.

Also be alerted several complaints about Match dot com suggest ... database is full of old & inactive profiles, scammers, fake profiles, etc!
Perhaps Only way to sustain that huge revenue is creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. ??? 
  
Please see also:
LAWSUIT Chad Perkins et al. v. Match Group Inc. et al., case number 1:17-cv-2988
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/lawsuit-chad-perkins-et-al-v-match.html 

SA article: Match Group And Investing In Tinder

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4067490-match-group-investing-tinder

Please see:
NEW and FRESH Online Dating Market 2017 (via Statista)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/05/new-and-fresh-online-dating-market-2017.html

Badoo is in war with Zoosk and Badoo backed Bumble to fight and destroy Tinder.
Tinder is in big war with Badoo, and can not outperform it.
The mission of Tinder was to kill Badoo, but it seems Tinder is killing Match.
It seems there is an internal war between Tinder and Match App.
If Tinder is cannibalizing Match and Match Group now wants to promote more Match App and not much Tinder because Tinder is not monetizing as expected?

Astronomical compensations to their C-level executives but not going to innovate and revolutionize the Online Dating Industry in the next years.
Also Match Group, Inc. (MTCH) is solely controlled by IAC.
and has big debt, nearly USD 1.2 Billion!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/match-group-inc-mtch-astronomical.html

Also be alerted several complaints about Match dot com suggest ... database is full of old & inactive profiles, scammers, fake profiles, etc!
Perhaps Only way to sustain that huge revenue is creating fake profiles from inside to entice customers to subscribe. ??? 
Please also see:
A man who paid premiums to access A-list dating prospects, only to find out most were dead ends, is suing the company behind OKCupid, accusing the company of setting him and other users up to get stiffed.
Match Group responded and said the bad profiles were the result of a software bug.
LAWSUIT Chad Perkins et al. v. Match Group Inc. et al., case number 1:17-cv-2988
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/04/lawsuit-chad-perkins-et-al-v-match.html

NEW and FRESH Online Dating Market 2017 (via Statista)

http://www.myrepublica.com/news/19168/
https://www.statista.com/outlook/370/100/dating-services/worldwide#market-revenue
https://www.statista.com/download/outlook/whiterpaper/Dating_Services_Outlook_1116.pdf

Some Online Dating Market Reports (January 2015)
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2015/01/some-online-dating-market-reports.html

The ‘Mobile Only’ Audience 
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2017/02/ukom-online-personals-who-kicks-off-new.html 
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article: The Rise of Dating-App Fatigue
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/article-rise-of-dating-app-fatigue.html

Lack Of Innovation & Decadence can summarize the Online Dating Industry.
C-Level executives are more worried about their golf scores than their company’s long term strategy and innovations.
C-level executives are cooking barbecues under the water (selling smoke) and not paying attention to latest research from Academics which could be beneficial for the Online Dating Industry.

 
The Online Dating Industry does not need a 10% improvement, a 50% improvement or a 100% improvement. It does need "a 100 times better improvement"
 
Very easy to copycat eHarmony, but very difficult to innovate: a 100 times better algorithm than eHarmony.
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2016/10/very-easy-to-copycat-eharmony-but-very.html 
     
Please read: The 8 tips to innovate in the Online Dating Industry!
http://onlinedatingsoundbarrier.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/the-8-tips-to-innovate-in-online-dating.html