Why We Are Different

We want to start out by giving recognition to the many online dating websites that have blazed the path in this sector, and have helped to break down the stigmas that have been, and to some extent still persist with online dating. The online dating industry has seen tremendous growth over the last four years, and for the past three, has been #1 in the category of paid content on the Internet.

Yet with all of this success, we at TeamDating.com feel that there are several vital elements that these sites are missing. For example, there is no exact science to online dating, and too much emphasis has been placed on telling you, versus you deciding, your match. We all know that what looks good on paper (or on your monitor), does not always translate into reality. Also, all of the current dating websites are geared for that one-on-one interaction, and this can cause feelings of isolation, loneliness, as well as that strange sensation of staring at and typing into a machine to find another human being. This "mismatched" style of matching is overlooking a valuable piece of the "real life" factor of how people normally socialize and meet people- which is with or through our friends. Our fundamental principle at TeamDating.com is to utilize our clients' own peer base to find that special someone. This key piece of peer support is what helps to reduce or prevent us from making the wrong decisions, not only in our personal life, but in other aspects of our lives as well.

Another problem that online dating services fail to solve is the safety factor. By isolating individuals for the one-on-one interaction, they become vulnerable to unwanted experiences. In the animal world, predators try to prey on individuals isolated from the herd. We want to preserve the herd! While we don't suggest that online dating parallels the animal kingdom, it can be a potentially unsafe place to roam alone. TeamDating.com allows for groups of friends to use the online world as a natural extension of their current social lives to meet other groups of friends. While we do not eliminate all of the concerns, we do create a situation where you are not alone in searching for other people to meet, and provide a place where you are with your friends when you do decide to take the next step and meet in person.

Lastly, we also help to remove the anxiety and stress that comes with meeting someone for the first time. Whatever activity your team decides to do with another team, you are deciding collectively with your friends. Even if it ends up not being what you expected, your night or day will not go to waste, because you are out with your closest friends!

To summarize:

TeamDating.com IS:

A SAFE WAY to meet people online with your friends. There is safety in numbers.
A STRESS-FREE atmosphere for friends to meet other friends online.
An online dating approach that best MIRRORS REAL LIFE dating.
A way to use the Internet as an EXTENSION OF YOUR CURRENT social life.
The ONLY online dating site that caters to the concept of GROUP social interaction, encompassing any and all mixtures of race, sex, and ethnicity.
A REAL LIFE, contemporary yet common sense approach to using the Internet for meeting other people.

TeamDating.com is NOT:

Another STERILE, scientific but inaccurate approach to meeting people.
A MATHEMATICAL algorithm that magically tells you your match.
Another online dating approach that tells you your match, versus allowing you to decide with whom you are compatible.
TIME COSUMING, forcing you have to wait and keep checking for an individual's response. You will be interacting with groups of people, so the larger the teams, the more active the responses will be between them.
A site that allows members to give MISLEADING information. Instead, your and your team will keep each other in check, and you will have the comfort of knowing the other teams will be doing the same.
A site that asks you to fill out lengthy profile information, which for the most part other members never completely read or read at all.

Overall, we are different because we are catering to teams of friends that want to use the Internet to meet other teams of friends, plain and simple. There is no complex profiling or struggling to think of what to write about yourself. There are no concerns about whether or not you should actually step away from your computer and meet the person in public. We provide enough information about our teams to generate that spark of interest, and then allow you to get together and let the natural dynamics of human interaction take over.

Finally, we are in the process of creating a destination activity that you and your friends can enjoy and do together, as opposed to you stressing over it alone. Whether you are a current online dater, or someone that has not tried Internet dating, you now have the opportunity with TeamDating.com to find that special person using the tools you have always had- your friends! So, who's on your team?

Have Fun!