Anyone Think This New Dating Concept Can Work?
 

Its been billed as a cross between dating and escort and its a new site that's been set up by a bunch of oxford students, initially to help generate some income to help pay student bills.

Suddenly, its become a bit of a phenomenon in the UK and its received some high profile attention in the press and on TV:

http://www.takemetodinner.com

Most people will have to pay a subscription to get access to contact the "Elite Dates" and then if you succeed in setting up a date, you have to pay the fee that your date is asking to go to dinner. There is no sex in the deal - its aimed at mainstream people.

There's a huge incentive for hot babes to join and I can see some possibilities with the overall business model if they market strongly to non-students, build the affiliate & partnerships etc etc. Especially as there are no "adult type" limitations on advertising possibilities but will people pay for platonic dates and will the business model work? Is there a big enough market? What are the downsides? Thats what i'm asking you.

I don't think the market would be very big, and the king of mingers you'd get who want you to pay for a date with them will undoubtedly be the bottom of the female gene pool.

Sounds like a winner to me. I'd rip it off if I wasn't so lazy.

Are you a surfer? Im talking about from a fucking business point of view. Attractive females, especially students, will obviously be more likely to sign up for this than a regular dating site, because of the monetary incentive but will people pay for platonic dates?

dickhead.

The women get paid to date?

lol unreal...its a wierd world so who knows maybe it could work...