Posts Tagged ‘pn’

Hot Deal: SkaDate 8 + Mobile Edition 30% Off!

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Sale

I don’t know what it is, but there is certainly something in the air. Maybe it’s the smell of the ocean at night or the lights of all-night beach discos. Alternatively, it might be the roller-skating girls, cocktail stands and picnic baskets. Or maybe it’s the anticipation of barbecues and fireworks in a few weeks; the entire mid-season of NASCAR, planned fishing trips, and reunions with old school buddies. It’s the summer, that’s what it is, and it’s the perfect opportunity for sharing.

Just for the next three days we’ll give away the bundle of SkaDate Dating Software and the Mobile Edition for just $350, as opposed to the regular price of $500. That’s a discount of 30%! Hell, make it four days. Watch the timer on the front page and don’t miss out on this limited offer. This way you’ll get both – Desktop and Mobile versions at the cost of the single regular script, and we’ll get the season rolling, as we do every half a year (you don’t want to wait for Christmas sweeps, do you).

Favorite features of the SkaDate Dating Solution include (but not limited to) –

  • Games

  • Video Sharing

  • Music Player

  • Matchmaking

  • Shoutbox

  • Speed-Dating

  • Virtual Gift Shop

  • Classifieds

  • Spam Protection

  • Strong Password Security

  • Payment Affiliation Support

  • Multiple Languages Support

  • Geo-Targeted Advertisement

  • Much, much more!

The SkaDate Mobile Edition supports all the popular mobile browsers and allows your customers to interact on the go. I imagine this will be especially useful at a time when no one wants to stay at home and heads for vacations. Enjoy the summer everyone. Place your order now or contact our Pre-sales Operator with any additional questions.

SkaDate Features: Making Money Through Advertising

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

by Zima

Making Money with Advertising

Let’s be honest with each other. It is possible that your ultimate goal in running a dating website might be matching the local padre with that goth chick from school coven, but for the rest of us it’s usually all about the money. And that’s OK – there is nothing wrong with making a living by giving the community what it wants.

Now, how exactly we all make a mint is our own business, but in this industry the two surface solutions are subscriptions and advertising. Of course it is important to realize that a startup is not likely to bring a lot of traffic immediately. This means that there should be a carefully planned strategy in place. Some successful independent dating site owners chose running their services for free initially, just to build the customer base and raise recognition. During that time the best way to see any revenue might be through using Google AdSense or any other affiliate programs, as well as employing direct banner advertising.

That’s where SkaDate Dating Software comes in. One of our most successful features is Geo-targeted Advertising. In the most basic sense it gives customers the freedom to spread original and custom advertising content through their website at a variety of positions.

The geo-targeted part? That’s pretty handy too – a customer can manually bind area-specific ads to separate banner sets. Or simply leave a region field to ‘Other’ and watch the system work its magic (it will chose which advertisement to display, depending on the visitors’ IPs). Also, don’t forget that if you are too busy mingling with goth chicks and padres to be bothered with looking for advertisers, you can always leave that to Google.

While choosing G-tools seems like the safest bet (and it is), there are, or course, other ways to increase income, if you are willing to put some effort into it. For instance, you can do a combination of AdSense and affiliate programs. Or go directly for the banner ads of local services potentially interesting to your customers. Think witchcraft shops or English-language courses. Wouldn’t they be interested in appealing directly to your customer base?

You might think that there is a catch here somewhere, as the post up to this point makes everything sound pretty simple. That’s because it is. Once you are running a SkaDate solution, the advertising setup is just a breeze, what with all the helpful templates and a video tutorial just in case. A proof not good enough for you? Here are some numbers – over 85% of all SkaDate users already utilize the system. It really works. Trust us.

SkaDate Webpage Redesign: Look, it’s a heart!

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

 

So you’ve noticed the new look of the SkaDate Dating Software webpage, did you? Don’t worry it is all part of the plan. The plan to show you that as a company we constantly move forward and produce the best looking and functioning solution on the market. That and our love for pretty colors and simpler shapes, of course.

With this in mind the update to the SkaDate Dating Software website was something that was needed to be done. That is – finding the best possible way of getting the available tools and information to the people who need them the most. That said we still want your feedback, as the next big update regarding our web presence will deal with the mothership – the corporate website itself at www.skalfa.com, and we really want you to be a part of it.

Now, what better way is there to commemorate the change than to look back at the media and celebrate instances when industry giants managed to get into that wonderful mess of poor updating ideas? Here is our ‘Five website updates no one asked for’.

SkaDate Updates with New features and Themes

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

The latest update of SkaDate Dating Software includes a few important features and new templates that will give your site an outstanding look.

Here are the features and improvements you will find in SkaDate 8.0.2324:

  • Two new themes: Stencil and Heaven

These templates will give your website, whether it’s a social network or a traditional dating site, a unique, classy and professional look.

  • IcePay payment provider

A great news for our customers from Europe – one of the most popular European payment providers is now available in SkaDate. It offers services on the most frequently used payment methods, thus making online payments hassle-free for your site members:

* Pay by Phone (Micropayment)
* Pay by SMS (Micropayment)
* Credit cards
* Electronic Banking (i.e. iDEAL, GiroPay DIRECTebanking)
* e-Wallets / Wallie

  • Hash’&’Salt user passwords

User passwords encryption has been a long-awaited security enhancement, which we have given a high-priority status for this update. Now your users’ passwords will be stored in the database as encrypted symbols, making it impossible for a hacker to use this data for any malicious purposes.

  • Bug fixes and minor improvements:

* Birthdate field now shows up on mobile site version
* it is now possible to give a subscription unlimited membership on the profile page in the Admin Panel
* now a user cannot use IM feature on mobile site version if this feature is unavailable to their membership type
* now a member can request a photo verification code to their email several times
* when IM service is disabled, the ‘Disable IM’ button will now disappear from a user’s Preferences page
* a user will no longer have to login to the main site and mobile site version separately
* paging has been corrected on the ‘photos for verification’ page in the Admin Panel
* the Rotate Photo feature at photo upload has been corrected
* now there is an option to disable new members registration via mobile site version
* an event is now visible for its creator even when the ‘set status “active” for new submitted events’ option is disabled
* a number of files that can be uploaded to a forum post has been increased
* events security fix
* a link to the sender of the gift has been added on the ‘My received gifts’ page
* the option ‘Remove default page from the URLs (index.php)’ in the Admin Panel now works
* the forced height for embedded music player has been removed
* now there is a possibility to add a “I agree with Terms of Use” field to the mobile version Join page
* improved layout of citations in forum posts

We hope you will enjoy the new update, and the opportunities it has to offer. You can check SkaDate 8.0.2324 features and improvements on the Live Demo, and ask your questions from our support or pre-sale team (if you are not yet a customer of SkaDate).

The new software build is available for download to SkaDate owners in the Customer Area.

Vote for SkaDate Dating Software – iDate 2011 Finalist

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

First of all, we would like to thank you guys for helping SkaDate become a finalist at iDate 2011 Awards.

This is the first stage on our way to winning the “Best Dating Software Provider” nomination, and it’s your support that brough us here.

If you believe SkaDate Dating Software deserves to become the #1 among iDate finalists – cast your vote for us till January 4, 2011.

Voting is easy, and will not take much of your time.

Here are a few simple steps to take:

1. Go to the voting page – http://www.internetdatingconference.com/vote-miami-2011.php.

2. Scroll down to the “Best Dating Software Provider” nomination (it’s the third category from top).

3. Click on the radio button against SkaDate.com, of course, if our company is the one you want to see a winner :)

4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and enter your details – Name, Company and Valid Email. Prove that you are a human by typing the letters you see on secure image. And another small formality – tick off the box indicating you agree to iDate Terms and Conditions.

5. Click ‘Submit’.

6. Now you’ll be asked to verify your email. Just go to your inbox, and follow the verification link in the verification letter from iDate. That is to ensure the voting process is ‘clear-and-fair’.

7. Voila! Your vote has been submitted and verified.

We appreciate that you took some time to support SkaDate Dating Script in the nomination. Your trust is what motivates us most to make a better product and provide excellent service.