Pro: Large knowledge base and expert specialists.
A huge pro to developing from a ready-made package is that it comes with a deep knowledge base behind it. When you build out your platform with a ready-made package, you have the assurance of a huge library of information about the structure and operation of that platform. Ultimately, this can save a ton of time, headache, and service costs.
Large ready-made systems run smoothly overall, because all bugs have been tested out already. Additionally, you benefit from access to a wide range of service professionals who are already experts in the back-end of the platform, helping you to tackle issues or develop further at an efficient cost and time spend.
Con: You don’t choose the framework.
For most clients looking to start their dating business, the framework that it’s built from is an irrelevant factor. That being so, it is a fact of ready-made platforms that the package developer builds it out from the framework of their choice. Developers with a very particular skill set may prefer to use the framework that they are most fluent in. If this is the case, then it’s possible a ready-made solution is not ideal. However, the majority of entrepreneurs can operate their platform with any framework so long as the features and scalability are there.
Pro: Feature rich, tailored to dating.
For dating websites and apps, the features available are key to its success. SkaDate continuously innovates its packages to include the latest features as well as optimizing the essential ones. As such, ready-made solutions provide a ton of options that businesses can implement according to their platform’s needs.
Con: Must adapt to ready-made back-end management.
Again, this point isn’t necessarily a con as much as it is something that businesses should be aware of from the start. Ready-made dating solutions are feature rich and all of those features must be managed. The way that they’re managed is largely predetermined in the package you select because it has been built fully.
For example, the content moderation system will have been built according to a certain workflow that the developers of the ready-made package decided on. While you’re beholden to adopt that workflow, there is a benefit to that as well. Namely, if you choose a ready-made dating package from SkaDate, for example, they are experts in the dating field. So, the back-end operations of their packages have been very specifically tailored to the dating space. If you try to use a generically built software package for your dating platform, however, you may run into issues.
Pro: High value and efficiency.
Ready-made dating solutions provide unquestionable value and efficiency. Basically, businesses are getting years of “custom” development for platforms in the dating space without having to invest anywhere near the time or cost required to get to that point alone.
For many dating start-ups, the costs and time to develop, say, a match feature of their own is a non-starter. Ready-made packages provide a match feature right out of the box without months of development, QA, bug fixes, beta versions, and high development costs.
