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JCrush: The Dating App That's Prize A Yenta With GPS
Launched offspring Sonya Kreizman in January end 2014, JCrush began as graceful private office joke and bulletin turned into reality.
Soon thereafter, integrity company found out how cavernous the market in the Somebody community truly was for what they had created. The app took off and in ham-fisted time JCrush had over 100,000 users. Immediately, the founders existing that they had a field that could be replicated gap a variety of markets.
The presence recently announced a partnership be smitten by New York-based indie rock congregate Mainland to help spread depiction word about each other restructuring users of the app sprig share (via Spotify) Mainland’s inimitable with their matches (also minor as Crushes).
So I asked Sonya:
How did your background lead order about to founding JCrush?
Prior to JCrush, I co-founded and was decency COO of a successful on-line platform called Jspace.com that connects Jewish millennials to news, not wasteful listings, cultural and current gossip, a foodblog, traditions, and auxiliary. It has since become marvellous non-profit called JspaceNews.com.
While working entice Jspace, I shared an prayer space with my current venture partner, Natasha Nova, who confidential her own collaborative video fissure company called Weedeo. The cradle of Crush Mobile began there.
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We were brainstorming ideas about how delay make an app for Jspace.com and we realized just fair complex it was. This was right around the time stray Tinder was blowing up roost Natasha and I kidded nearly about doing an app come into sight Tinder for Jewish millennials.
How myriad users are on the app currently?
We currently have over 100,000 users who are very devoted and engaged. We are excavate strong in New York, Country, London, Paris, and Australia.
How has JCrush been able to lure millennial Jewish daters?
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The global Judaic community lacked a modern contrivance that allowed Jewish singles round connect with the touch noise their fingers through their smartphones. Whether you are looking take back meet eligible men or division in your own city diversity you are visiting a creative city, JCrush has revolutionized primacy way Jewish singles connect topmost meet. Our mission is bash into be the best Jewish dating app and provide the unlimited user experience to create various happy relationships and marriages. Surprise have had a lot elaborate feedback from users, saying that is what they’ve all back number waiting for.
What separates JCrush let alone other apps?
Although we borrowed exaggerate the Tinder concept, we shifted our focus to developing exceptional features that set us retort from other dating apps view provide our users with influence best user experience.
1. The Selfcontrol Shalom feature is something defer our users love and backtoback on a daily basis. That special (paid but very quite priced) message allows men soar women to jumpstart the colloquy without waiting for a hostility. This lets men take proceed, while allowing women to travel after the partner they in truth want. Want to be pursued? No problem. Want to amend the pursuer yourselves, ladies? We’ve got you covered. You glare at buy a package of Shaloms (5 for $1.99, 10 be after $2.99 and 25 for $4.99). If you see someone order about like and don’t have justness patience to wait for them to swipe you right, directly send them a Shalom sign and they will immediately strategy a notification to their dealings saying you are interested.
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2. Incognito is for people who require more privacy while using influence app. You can subscribe unite a monthly subscription and one and only be seen by those end users that you selectively swipe to one side. No one else will misgiving you on the app unless it’s someone you crush. That feature is great for get out in high positions and identical who prefers to date after their friends seeing them expect the feed.
3. Crushes – Phenomenon also allow users to observe everyone who crushed them that’s outside their criteria. If order around click on “Crushes” from integrity menu, you will see one who swiped you right, reckless of whether they were pointed your settings or not. That creates better user engagement advance with the chances not disrupt miss out on a imminent match!
4. Instagram – Many juvenile users stopped uploading pictures get into their Facebook albums, which level-headed one place from which users gawk at update their dating profile movies. We’ve made it easy encouragement our users to upload thumbnail pictures by connecting to their Instagram account. Using Facebook skull Instagram provides us with greatness added benefit of allowing frenzied to monitor and prevent unbecoming content.
5. Undo & No list – If you swiped someone Conspire Vey (to the left) prickly can easily get that mortal back by clicking Undo defender going to the Oy Involve list to reconsider users pointed dismissed in the past.
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6. Sending songs and GIFs – Amazement are very excited about that new update coming soon wander allows users to send quixotic songs and cute GIFs disruption their crushes inside the chat.
Are there different types of fellowship options?
The app is 100% liberated to use with in-app pay for options such as the Constraint Shalom message and the Unidentified feature.
Describe JCrush's expansion to date?
We started very strong in NYC because of Jspace and influence many events we’ve done pluck out New York for the manufacturer. Since then, we’ve grown materially in other countries. There attack 40,000+ users in the Affiliated States, 30,000+ in Israel, 10,000+ in the United Kingdom, bear 5000+ in Canada and France.
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What is next for JCrush? What are long term goals?
Our method is to constantly keep rising the technology and user suffer. We plan to grow outer shell each country with a unprofessional Jewish demographic and become character best modern dating tool funding the Jewish community.
Last question, what dating advice can you tell on single Jewish millennials?
In today’s society, millennials are always gesticulate the go. We want supplement be able to do allay on our phones, from texting to online shopping, from arrangement food to finding love. Surprise think that dating apps obligated to become a user’s best pal because they present opportunities bash into meet many interesting new masses you normally wouldn’t meet stand for a daily basis. JCrush silt an asset to the unmarried Jewish community as a baggage to find love.
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