Poly Dating Site?

I'd say keep working on yours, Keith. As I pointed out elsewhere, the terms of use for Chris' site are reprehensible and I certainly can't use it, nor recommend it.

And I just decided to take up PHP and am eyeballing some content management systems to use for building social sites. If need be, I'll start building a site with reasonable terms of use. Unity is no reason to embrace unreasonable terms of use.
 
I may keep working on it. I haven't started yet, but starting in a few weeks I may have allot of free time on my hands.

I already own freepolydating.com. I think its a decent name.

I'd be interested in finding a designer to work with me. I'm more of a developer than a designer. In fact, designing is very tedious work for me. I'd rather just work on the back end.
 
I'm just now dipping my toe into Drupal to develop a web site for a drum corps I help run. You use a CMS or code everything yourself?
 
good idea, can't wait to see what you end up with!
 
free poly site

I built a free poly dating site and it does not get much traffic, maybe you guys could tell me why or is it just the the subject is very specialist?
 
I built a free poly dating site and it does not get much traffic, maybe you guys could tell me why or is it just the the subject is very specialist?

Geez, I dunno... most people I know are on OKcupid. Perhaps more link advertising?

I will pass it on though.
 
I built a free poly dating site and it does not get much traffic, maybe you guys could tell me why or is it just the the subject is very specialist?

Well, from poking around on the site, a more accurate description would be to say that it is poly-friendly--it does not appear to be a dedicated poly dating site. It does appear to be free. Because it is poly-friendly and free, I'll forgive you for showing up here just to pimp your site.

I have to say the search function is sub-par. The choices on age range to search for are few and oddly spaced--with a top age of 47! If the rest of the features are as poor, I don't imagine many people will hang around much.
 
On a the technical side of things, were you considering building something totally ground up? What language?

I've been eyeballing using Drupal to build a site. I've got it set up on my machine here to learn how to use it and just haven't decided on a project to begin. A poly dating site is mighty attractive. Picked up some books on PHP and MySQL and need to start doing something before I forget it all.
 
thank you

just linked your site to my local poly group.

Thanks for linking redpepper

I will have a look at the search options on the site, maybe your right and there could be more options, we started out to try and keep it simple, will have a look later :)
 
Well, from poking around on the site, a more accurate description would be to say that it is poly-friendly--it does not appear to be a dedicated poly dating site. It does appear to be free. Because it is poly-friendly and free, I'll forgive you for showing up here just to pimp your site.

I have to say the search function is sub-par. The choices on age range to search for are few and oddly spaced--with a top age of 47! If the rest of the features are as poor, I don't imagine many people will hang around much.

I would have to agree with the poly-friendly bit, it does seem to be more about singles and couples but not specific to poly.
 
site updated

Thank you all for your constructive criticism, I need it and welcome it, I have changed a few things on the search function and added poly to the options (didn't realise it wasn't there) please could you tell me if you think its better

Thank you x
 
I am new to polyamory and would like to know where are the best places to meet like minded people? I am not to thrilled with dating websites because you can wait forever before getting a response. I should note that I joined a meetup group but they like to party in Long Island and I don't want to limit myself to just monthly meetings.
 
I'm looking into starting up a dating site, but it will have a different orientation from the standard poly sites. It will be based on the philosophy of the Dispersed Polyamorous Group concept, which I described in another thread. After talking to the people here, I have found that this philosophy is different from poly as currently practiced. So it may be slow going trying to get it started. But if I find some free PHP software for dating, at least it won't cost me anything.
 
So we still haven't found a "poly dating website"? Maybe I'll have to team up with a friend.
 
No, we (my wife and I) don't. It is more for individuals who are poly, but not for COUPLES who are poly. At least thats the way I intrepreted it.

It is also TOO all inclusive. If you're poly, great...If your just curious, great....If you're not poly, but looking for a date, great. Too all inclusive. There are other issues I have with it, but those are enough for me to keep looking around.

My wife and I are the type that when we can't find what we want, we'll create it. ;)
 
No, we (my wife and I) don't. It is more for individuals who are poly, but not for COUPLES who are poly. At least thats the way I intrepreted it.

So by this you mean, it's more for individuals seeking other relationships, rather than couple seeking to add a third and create a triad?

It is also TOO all inclusive. If you're poly, great...If your just curious, great....If you're not poly, but looking for a date, great. Too all inclusive. There are other issues I have with it, but those are enough for me to keep looking around.

Is the problem with this, that they're all "lumped together" with no way to sort out those people

The problem with creating something too specific is that you're already marketing to a tiny subset of the population which is already aware of other options. Without a huge budget for marketing, you're "just another poly dating site" bound to get lost in the noise.

There seem to be a lot of couples looking for singles, but I don't think there are very many singles looking for couples. You'll end up being like all the millions of men on regular dating sites competing for the same tiny pool of women.
 
No, we (my wife and I) don't. It is more for individuals who are poly, but not for COUPLES who are poly. At least thats the way I intrepreted it.

So now that I've actually checked out that site, I don't know what you're talking about... you can easily make a profile as a couple. And there are "looking for" options where people can put that they're looking for a couple, so couldn't you search for people who are looking for a couple?
 
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