Blossoms Dating Site
Before evolving into the Cherry Blossoms Online Dating Site, Cherry Blossoms was started as a picture catalog magazine-style introduction service of Ridge Consultants in 1974. The magazine primarily featured beautiful women from Asia. Today, it currently operates in over a hundred countries, with a strong presence in China, South America,. Cherry Blossoms at a Glance. Best for: men who are looking to date women from the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, etc. Customer base: each month, a dating site is visited by 650,000 clients. Main age: 25-34 years for men and women; Gender proportion: 40% females and 60% males; Mobile application: yes.
| Type | International dating Online Dating transnational marriage social networking |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | , US |
| Mike Krosky, President | |
| Website | blossoms.com |
Cherry Blossoms is the oldest and one of the largest international social networking companies in the World today. It was established in 1974 as a picture catalog specializing in women from Asia. The agency printed catalogs of 'personals' listings, selling addresses to customers who were then left to their own devices in corresponding with and courting the women. Eventually, photographs supplemented text listings, then color photographs were added.[1] As of 2001, Cherry Blossoms had evolved entirely to a web-based format. Circa 2014, friending capability was added.
Cherry Blossoms currently operates in over a hundred countries, with a strong presence in China, South America, and southeast Asia, especially the Philippines.[2] Relative to many other dating sites, Cherry Blossoms' female clientele has a higher average age and tends to be more interested in marriage rather than short-term hookups.
Statistics[edit]
Cherry Blossoms was started as a picture catalog magazine-style introduction service of Ridge Consultants in 1974 and is no longer owned by the original founder. The website states in excess of 60,000 female members and 15,000 male members.
Controversy[edit]
There have been several prominent cases of abuse and murder involving couples who met via Cherry Blossoms, including the case of Jack Reeves, who was convicted of murdering two of his wives; the case became the subject of a 1999 book called Mail Order Murder.
Additional controversy surrounds Cherry Blossoms and most other online dating sites due to the increase in Romance scam use of the site by members.
Mail Order Bride classification[edit]
Cherry Blossoms is often mentioned in news articles about the 'mail order bride' industry, although Mike Krosky, head of Cherry Blossoms, states, “It is an antiquated, uninformed expression. One hundred years ago there were mail-order brides. There is no such thing today.'[3]
References[edit]
- ^Jackson, Suzanne H. (June 2002). 'To Honor and Obey: Trafficking in 'Mail-Order Brides''. Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 70 (475).
- ^Brooks, Mark (1 October 2013). 'CherryBlossoms.com Interview With CEO Mike Krosky'. Online Personals Watch. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^Lisa Anne Simons (2001), MARRIAGE, MIGRATION, AND MARKETS: INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING AND INTERNATIONAL FEMINISM(PDF)
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Blossoms (a.k.a Cherry Blossoms) is a company started to help asian men and women meet for love and marriage 40 years ago. Blossoms is one of the leading Asian dating website, and it feature women from the Philippines, China, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam and many other asian countries. The number of singles registered at Blossoms is over 50,000.
With the free membership you can create your profile, upload up to 12 photos, send smiles, view members profiles, get personalized matches, and ask top ten question from those you are interested in. Becoming a member lets you access to thousands of asian profiles looking for online dating, love and romance. Althought the site is focused on Asian dating, they also accept profiles from South America, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, so the site is perfect also for people from United States and Canada looking for foreign single ladies.