October 2, 2016

This Online Business Is More Profitable Than You Think

This Online Business Is More Profitable Than You Think
You don't need me to tell you that the internet changed the way we live. From emails that have pushed snail mail out of business to online shopping that endangers brick and mortar shops, our daily lives have been transformed forever.

So why does internet dating still carry a stigma in some quarters -- or does it?

For those of us who lived most of our lives before the internet, cell phones or texting, the old way of meeting people -- in our place of work, study or through friends or relatives -- still takes precedence. But for people who've lived most of their lives with the internet, filling out an online dating profile is as familiar as downloading a tune.

Among all age groups, though, the level of acceptance has been growing strongly. According to Pew Research Center, 41% of American adults say they know someone who uses online dating, and 29% indicate they know someone who has married or entered into a long-term partnership with someone they met online.

In Pew's first poll on online dating, few Americans had such an experience. That was 2005. In its latest national survey conducted last year, 15% of U.S. adults acknowledged they had have used online dating sites or mobile dating applications. That's also significantly higher than in 2013, when about 11% of adults fessed up to having had that experience.

Read more: 
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/this-online-business-is-more-profitable-than-you-think-cm686916
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