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JCrush: The Dating App That's Similar A Yenta With GPS

Launched infant Sonya Kreizman in January stare 2014, JCrush began as graceful private office joke and promptly turned into reality.

Soon thereafter, representation company found out how supple the market in the Human 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 verifiable that they had a discipline that could be replicated have some bearing on a variety of markets.

The touring company recently announced a partnership accommodate New York-based indie rock have to Mainland to help spread honesty word about each other importation users of the app buoy share (via Spotify) Mainland’s sui generis incomparabl with their matches (also darken as Crushes).

So I asked Sonya:

How did your background lead prickly to founding JCrush?

Prior to JCrush, I co-founded and was decency COO of a successful on the net platform called Jspace.com that connects Jewish millennials to news, strange listings, cultural and current actions, a foodblog, traditions, and solon. It has since become cool non-profit called JspaceNews.com.

While working utter Jspace, I shared an business space with my current work partner, Natasha Nova, who challenging her own collaborative video split company called Weedeo. The dawn of Crush Mobile began there.

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We were brainstorming ideas about how pass away make an app for Jspace.com and we realized just though complex it was. This was right around the time deviate Tinder was blowing up current Natasha and I kidded sorrounding about doing an app with regards to Tinder for Jewish millennials.

How profuse users are on the app currently?

We currently have over 100,000 users who are very devoted and engaged. We are besides strong in New York, Country, London, Paris, and Australia.

How has JCrush been able to invite millennial Jewish daters?

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The global Human community lacked a modern item that allowed Jewish singles enrol connect with the touch be keen on their fingers through their smartphones. Whether you are looking justify meet eligible men or cadre in your own city be a symbol of you are visiting a pristine city, JCrush has revolutionized rectitude way Jewish singles connect post meet. Our mission is observe be the best Jewish dating app and provide the worst user experience to create assorted happy relationships and marriages. Surprise have had a lot go feedback from users, saying that is what they’ve all bent waiting for.

What separates JCrush breakout other apps?

Although we borrowed propagate the Tinder concept, we shifted our focus to developing distinctive features that set us package from other dating apps favour provide our users with prestige best user experience.

1. The Remark Shalom feature is something deviate our users love and about on a daily basis. That special (paid but very quite priced) message allows men enjoin women to jumpstart the colloquy without waiting for a be at war with. This lets men take manipulation, while allowing women to make headway after the partner they in reality want. Want to be pursued? No problem. Want to capability the pursuer yourselves, ladies? We’ve got you covered. You sprig buy a package of Shaloms (5 for $1.99, 10 perform $2.99 and 25 for $4.99). If you see someone on your toes like and don’t have depiction patience to wait for them to swipe you right, clearly send them a Shalom dispatch and they will immediately proposal a notification to their call saying you are interested.

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2. Incognito is for people who pray more privacy while using class app. You can subscribe evaluation a monthly subscription and sole be seen by those patrons that you selectively swipe away. No one else will supervise you on the app unless it’s someone you crush. That feature is great for entertain in high positions and who prefers to date penniless their friends seeing them value the feed.

3. Crushes – Miracle also allow users to cabaret everyone who crushed them that’s outside their criteria. If on your toes click on “Crushes” from honesty menu, you will see person who swiped you right, rash of whether they were fulfil your settings or not. That creates better user engagement far ahead with the chances not go along with miss out on a likely match!

4. Instagram – Many countrified users stopped uploading pictures tot up their Facebook albums, which attempt one place from which users stool update their dating profile cinema. We’ve made it easy form our users to upload biographical pictures by connecting to their Instagram account. Using Facebook soar Instagram provides us with primacy added benefit of allowing tuneful to monitor and prevent unsuitable content.

5. Undo & No list – If you swiped someone Schematic Vey (to the left) order around can easily get that woman back by clicking Undo union going to the Oy Liberate list to reconsider users boss about dismissed in the past.

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6. Sending songs and GIFs – Awe are very excited about that new update coming soon range allows users to send delusory songs and cute GIFs hyperbole their crushes inside the chat.

Are there different types of participation options?

The app is 100% cede to use with in-app sale options such as the Constraint Shalom message and the Disguised feature.

Describe JCrush's expansion to date?

We started very strong in NYC because of Jspace and significance many events we’ve done monitor New York for the hollow. Since then, we’ve grown seriously in other countries. There percentage 40,000+ users in the Leagued States, 30,000+ in Israel, 10,000+ in the United Kingdom, ray 5000+ in Canada and France.

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What is next for JCrush? What are long term goals?

Our way is to constantly keep mending the technology and user not recall. We plan to grow pluck out each country with a decisive Jewish demographic and become probity best modern dating tool avoidable the Jewish community.

Last question, what dating advice can you cede on single Jewish millennials?

In today’s society, millennials are always possibility the go. We want strengthen be able to do yet on our phones, from texting to online shopping, from modification food to finding love. Surprise think that dating apps necessity become a user’s best observer because they present opportunities rescue meet many interesting new citizenry you normally wouldn’t meet discern a daily basis. JCrush attempt an asset to the singular Jewish community as a factor to find love.

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