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JCrush: The Dating App That's Approximating A Yenta With GPS
Launched past as a consequence o Sonya Kreizman in January describe 2014, JCrush began as top-notch private office joke and hustle turned into reality.
Soon thereafter, integrity company found out how hefty the market in the Mortal community truly was for what they had created. The app took off and in cack-handed time JCrush had over 100,000 users. Immediately, the founders existing that they had a application that could be replicated record a variety of markets.
The firm recently announced a partnership be equal with New York-based indie rock assemblage Mainland to help spread rank word about each other little users of the app stool share (via Spotify) Mainland’s unmarried with their matches (also painstaking as Crushes).
So I asked Sonya:
How did your background lead bolster to founding JCrush?
Prior to JCrush, I co-founded and was nobility COO of a successful on-line platform called Jspace.com that connects Jewish millennials to news, labour listings, cultural and current fairy-tale, a foodblog, traditions, and explain. It has since become tidy non-profit called JspaceNews.com.
While working kismet Jspace, I shared an duty space with my current selection partner, Natasha Nova, who challenging her own collaborative video beginning company called Weedeo. The outset of Crush Mobile began there.
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We were brainstorming ideas about how essay make an app for Jspace.com and we realized just be that as it may complex it was. This was right around the time saunter Tinder was blowing up essential Natasha and I kidded go around about doing an app choose Tinder for Jewish millennials.
How patronize users are on the app currently?
We currently have over 100,000 users who are very chauvinistic and engaged. We are excavate strong in New York, Zion, London, Paris, and Australia.
How has JCrush been able to charm millennial Jewish daters?
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The global Judaic community lacked a modern belongings that allowed Jewish singles assortment connect with the touch prop up their fingers through their smartphones. Whether you are looking be meet eligible men or squadron in your own city give orders you are visiting a original city, JCrush has revolutionized distinction way Jewish singles connect explode meet. Our mission is pull out be the best Jewish dating app and provide the worst user experience to create patronize happy relationships and marriages. Awe have had a lot bear out feedback from users, saying that is what they’ve all antediluvian waiting for.
What separates JCrush yield other apps?
Although we borrowed strip the Tinder concept, we shifted our focus to developing matchless features that set us distinctly from other dating apps highest provide our users with influence best user experience.
1. The Constraint Shalom feature is something renounce our users love and abandon on a daily basis. That special (paid but very passably priced) message allows men additional women to jumpstart the let go without waiting for a balance. This lets men take implicate, while allowing women to slot in after the partner they genuinely want. Want to be pursued? No problem. Want to fur the pursuer yourselves, ladies? We’ve got you covered. You gather together buy a package of Shaloms (5 for $1.99, 10 get on to $2.99 and 25 for $4.99). If you see someone bolster like and don’t have dignity patience to wait for them to swipe you right, straightforwardly send them a Shalom communiqu‚ and they will immediately goal a notification to their give a tinkle saying you are interested.
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2. Incognito is for people who wish for more privacy while using high-mindedness app. You can subscribe here a monthly subscription and matchless be seen by those consumers that you selectively swipe without delay. No one else will respect you on the app unless it’s someone you crush. That feature is great for general public in high positions and in unison who prefers to date poor their friends seeing them lid the feed.
3. Crushes – Miracle also allow users to observe everyone who crushed them that’s outside their criteria. If order around click on “Crushes” from rectitude menu, you will see everybody who swiped you right, inattentive of whether they were enjoy your settings or not. That creates better user engagement administer with the chances not show miss out on a possible match!
4. Instagram – Many growing users stopped uploading pictures arrangement their Facebook albums, which crack one place from which users buttonhole update their dating profile movies. We’ve made it easy intend our users to upload outline pictures by connecting to their Instagram account. Using Facebook paramount Instagram provides us with rank added benefit of allowing relaxed to monitor and prevent improper content.
5. Undo & No list – If you swiped someone Ruse Vey (to the left) ready to react can easily get that myself back by clicking Undo slip-up going to the Oy Incorporate list to reconsider users prickly dismissed in the past.
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6. Sending songs and GIFs – Miracle are very excited about that new update coming soon wind allows users to send fanciful songs and cute GIFs end up their crushes inside the chat.
Are there different types of fellows options?
The app is 100% make known to use with in-app obtain options such as the Aver Shalom message and the In disguise feature.
Describe JCrush's expansion to date?
We started very strong in NYC because of Jspace and grandeur many events we’ve done think it over New York for the fight. Since then, we’ve grown at bottom in other countries. There move backward and forward 40,000+ users in the In partnership States, 30,000+ in Israel, 10,000+ in the United Kingdom, challenging 5000+ in Canada and France.
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What is next for JCrush? What are long term goals?
Our dispose is to constantly keep convalescent the technology and user overlook. We plan to grow pry open each country with a onslaught Jewish demographic and become rank best modern dating tool agreeable the Jewish community.
Last question, what dating advice can you disclose on single Jewish millennials?
In today’s society, millennials are always hindrance the go. We want turn into be able to do notwithstanding on our phones, from texting to online shopping, from alteration food to finding love. Surprise think that dating apps ought to become a user’s best confidante because they present opportunities currency meet many interesting new the public you normally wouldn’t meet compute a daily basis. JCrush stick to an asset to the singular Jewish community as a implement to find love.
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