adding value to a dating/community site?

Scott Bryce <sbryce@scottbryce.com> wrote in news:-
LudnfqFGYXWdsvbnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d@comcast.com:

> ol'softy wrote:
>
>> Are you saying people shouldn't offer services for the purpose of
>> making money, or that people shouldn't set up sites to offer services,
>> or what?
>
> You shouldn't set up a site with the soul purpose of making money if
> that site offers no value to anybody but the site owner.
>
> On this and other related NGs there has been a number of posts from
> people who are under the impression that they can put up just any old
> site, drive traffic to it, and make lots of money.
>
> It doesn't work that way. Viper is encouraging the OP to come up with a
> real business model and work at creating real value for other people.
> That is how you make money on or off the net. If the OP can't do that,
> then Viper is saying that the internet doesn't need his site added to
> the noise.


I was reading Scott and Viper's fascinating comments in another thread
(and have pasted some of them above).

I am helping build a dating/community type site for someone.

It is a niche local market - so I am aware of the argument against such
sites (i.e. there are already zillions of them).

The site will have blogs, a forum, and an instant messenger facility.

But I was wondering if anyone had ideas for further 'adding value' to
such a site?

purple wrote:

> I am helping build a dating/community type site for someone.
>
> It is a niche local market - so I am aware of the argument against such
> sites (i.e. there are already zillions of them).

What is the niche?


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On May 26, 1:41 pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:
> purple wrote:
> > I am helping build a dating/community type site for someone.
>
> > It is a niche local market - so I am aware of the argument against such
> > sites (i.e. there are already zillions of them).
>
> What is the niche?
>
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Yeah, I'd have to agree - what is going to be your niche?

Who will it be specifically targeted to? There are christian dating
sites and dating sites for geeks and for
millionaires................................

So what group of people is your site going to be targeted towards?