Skadate Turns 20: Reflecting on 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025
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As we enter 2025, we at Skadate.com extend our warmest New Year’s wishes to all our clients, partners, and team members. Thank you for your trust and support throughout the years—it has been the foundation of our journey.
In January 2025, Skadate.com proudly celebrates its 20th anniversary. Over these two decades, we’ve grown into the undisputed leader in the Dating Software industry, empowering entrepreneurs worldwide to create and grow successful online dating platforms.
To celebrate this significant milestone, we’re offering a 20% discount on all new licenses and custom development. This is the perfect opportunity for new entrepreneurs to start their journey with a proven and reliable platform.
2024: A Year of Growth and Innovation
1. Launch of Three New Premium Plugins
In 2024, we released three innovative plugins to enhance the functionality and engagement of Skadate-powered platforms:
- Mixpanel Integration: Offers advanced analytics tools for detailed insights into user behavior, enabling smarter decision-making.
- My Interests: Centralizes user interactions such as likes, visits, and matches in one convenient tab for an enhanced user experience.
- Advanced User Moderation: Provides tools to streamline and improve the process of moderating user activity, ensuring safer and more controlled environments.
Discover more about these plugins here.
2. Major Skadate Engine Update
Our latest September update brought significant improvements to the platform, including:
- Optimized Registration Process
- Support for Web Push Notifications on iOS
- Bulk Photo Upload
- Many other features and bug fixes enhancing platform performance.
Read more about this update here.
3. Managed Support Subscription
We launched the Managed Support subscription service in 2024, providing clients with prioritized assistance while directly funding the ongoing development of new features and regular updates to the Skadate engine. This ensures our platform evolves to meet the ever-changing demands of the dating industry.
Learn more about managed support subscription.
4. New SEO Services for Dating Sites
We also launched a dedicated SEO promotion package, tailored specifically for dating sites. This service helps platforms attract more users and improve their visibility in search engines, giving clients a competitive edge.
Learn more about this service here.
Looking Ahead: Plans for 2025
1. Partnership with PaymentCloud
As Stripe has ceased working with the dating and matchmaking industries, we’ve partnered with PaymentCloud to ensure our clients can access reliable payment processing solutions. PaymentCloud offers:
- Dating Industry vertical support
- A simplified process for opening merchant accounts.
- Assistance with registering for Authorize.NET, enabling secure and seamless transaction handling.
Learn more about this partnership and apply here.
2. Exciting New Plugins
We are excited to announce a lineup of new plugins set for release in 2025:
- Authorize.Net Integration: Securely process payments via Authorize.Net for reliable transactions.
- CleverTap Integration: Drive user engagement with CleverTap’s lifecycle marketing and analytics.
- Liked Me: View and unlock blurred profiles of users who liked you, boosting subscription conversions.
- My Interests for PWA and Native Apps: Centralize interactions like likes, visits, and matches in one tab.
- Email Validation: Validate user emails during registration to ensure accuracy and reliability.
- Incognito Mode: Browse profiles invisibly until you initiate contact, encouraging subscriptions for privacy features.
- Like Limit: Limit daily likes to encourage thoughtful swiping and drive subscription upgrades.
- Viewed Me: See who viewed your profile with blurred visibility to incentivize subscriptions.
- Tinder Mode for Desktop: Swipe profiles on the desktop for a seamless Tinder-like experience.
- Rewind: Undo your last swipe to revisit profiles, which are available exclusively for subscribers.
- Super Like: Highlight your interest with a premium Super Like, increasing visibility and subscription value.
Explore the complete list of planned plugins in our Roadmap here.
3. New Dedicated Skadate Developer Service
Launching in 2025, the Dedicated Skadate Developer service allows clients to hire a specialized developer to work directly on their projects without intermediaries.
What’s Included:
- Unmatched Skadate Expertise: Developers specializing exclusively in Skadate ensure efficient, high-quality customization tailored to client needs.
- Effortless Management and Flexibility: Manage projects seamlessly with our integrated Hygger Kanban board for real-time progress tracking and direct communication.
- No Recruitment or Administrative Hassle: Pre-vetted developers are ready to start immediately, saving clients the effort of handling payroll, benefits, or compliance.
4. Major Mid-Year Skadate Engine Update
We’re preparing for another significant engine update in mid-2025, introducing powerful features to keep our platform at the forefront of the dating software industry.
We are thinking about these improvements:
- Redesign profile for PWA/Native apps.
- Improve onboarding for better conversion to registration.
- Improve the billing page for better conversion to purchase.
- Google One-Tap support.
- Unsubscribe from emails with one click.
- And many other improvements.
5. The iOS 18.2 update broke all Flutter apps
The release of iOS 18.2 caused a critical issue where all tap interactions (clicks, scrolling, and swiping) in Flutter applications completely stopped working. Since Skadate is built on Flutter, this bug affected us as well.
We’ve updated the Flutter library used in the Skadate PWA app to include the fix for this issue. To apply this update and ensure your PWA/Native apps function smoothly again, please reach out to our support team for assistance.
6. Slack channel for collaboration
- Get industry updates and insights.
- Share experiences and best practices.
- Provide feedback on features and suggest improvements for our platform.
🙏 Thank You for 20 Amazing Years 🙏
As we reflect on 20 years of success, we want to thank everyone who has been part of this journey. Your trust, feedback, and support have driven our growth and innovation.
Here’s to another year of opportunities, growth, and shared success in 2025!
