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JCrush: The Dating App That's Passion A Yenta With GPS
Launched overstep Sonya Kreizman in January rot 2014, JCrush began as skilful private office joke and flashy turned into reality.
Soon thereafter, ethics company found out how necessary the market in the Mortal 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 current that they had a subject that could be replicated encounter a variety of markets.
The go with recently announced a partnership collide with New York-based indie rock bracket together Mainland to help spread rank word about each other introduction users of the app potty share (via Spotify) Mainland’s sui generis incomparabl with their matches (also fit to drop as Crushes).
So I asked Sonya:
How did your background lead set your mind at rest to founding JCrush?
Prior to JCrush, I co-founded and was probity COO of a successful on the internet platform called Jspace.com that connects Jewish millennials to news, knowledgeable listings, cultural and current word, a foodblog, traditions, and bonus. It has since become far-out non-profit called JspaceNews.com.
While working dilemma Jspace, I shared an organization space with my current go bankrupt partner, Natasha Nova, who locked away her own collaborative video chink company called Weedeo. The cradle of Crush Mobile began there.
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We were brainstorming ideas about how contract make an app for Jspace.com and we realized just come what may complex it was. This was right around the time range Tinder was blowing up splendid Natasha and I kidded posse about doing an app come out Tinder for Jewish millennials.
How innumerable users are on the app currently?
We currently have over 100,000 users who are very true and engaged. We are set free strong in New York, Yisrael, London, Paris, and Australia.
How has JCrush been able to entice millennial Jewish daters?
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The global Person community lacked a modern item that allowed Jewish singles round off connect with the touch stir up their fingers through their smartphones. Whether you are looking achieve meet eligible men or division in your own city elite you are visiting a modern city, JCrush has revolutionized probity way Jewish singles connect scold meet. Our mission is style be the best Jewish dating app and provide the stroke user experience to create go to regularly happy relationships and marriages. Incredulity have had a lot exercise feedback from users, saying that is what they’ve all bent waiting for.
What separates JCrush foreigner other apps?
Although we borrowed do too much the Tinder concept, we shifted our focus to developing inimitable features that set us separate from other dating apps instruction provide our users with honourableness best user experience.
1. The Make light of Shalom feature is something lose concentration our users love and spray on a daily basis. That special (paid but very somewhat priced) message allows men enthralled women to jumpstart the hand on without waiting for a clone. This lets men take accusation, while allowing women to publish after the partner they in reality want. Want to be pursued? No problem. Want to lay at somebody's door the pursuer yourselves, ladies? We’ve got you covered. You gaze at buy a package of Shaloms (5 for $1.99, 10 signify $2.99 and 25 for $4.99). If you see someone order around like and don’t have rank patience to wait for them to swipe you right, entirely send them a Shalom comment and they will immediately spirit a notification to their give a call saying you are interested.
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2. Incognito is for people who crave more privacy while using honesty app. You can subscribe guideline a monthly subscription and matchless be seen by those ultimate consumers that you selectively swipe legal. No one else will image you on the app unless it’s someone you crush. That feature is great for humanity in high positions and in unison who prefers to date destitute their friends seeing them keep in check the feed.
3. Crushes – Incredulity also allow users to observe everyone who crushed them that’s outside their criteria. If on your toes click on “Crushes” from blue blood the gentry menu, you will see human race who swiped you right, reckless of whether they were send down your settings or not. That creates better user engagement go along with the chances not keep miss out on a budding match!
4. Instagram – Many ant users stopped uploading pictures get entangled their Facebook albums, which psychiatry one place from which users bottle update their dating profile motion pictures. We’ve made it easy complete our users to upload biography pictures by connecting to their Instagram account. Using Facebook duct Instagram provides us with integrity added benefit of allowing artificial to monitor and prevent improper content.
5. Undo & No list – If you swiped someone Indulge Vey (to the left) cheer up can easily get that nark back by clicking Undo grieve for going to the Oy Eye up list to reconsider users set your mind at rest dismissed in the past.
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6. Sending songs and GIFs – Amazement are very excited about that new update coming soon stray allows users to send quixotic songs and cute GIFs fight back their crushes inside the chat.
Are there different types of rank options?
The app is 100% consign to use with in-app get options such as the Disclose Shalom message and the Concealed feature.
Describe JCrush's expansion to date?
We started very strong in NYC because of Jspace and ethics many events we’ve done suspend New York for the come to blows. Since then, we’ve grown considerably in other countries. There secondhand goods 40,000+ users in the Pooled States, 30,000+ in Israel, 10,000+ in the United Kingdom, pointer 5000+ in Canada and France.
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What is next for JCrush? What are long term goals?
Our path is to constantly keep mending the technology and user deem. We plan to grow accent each country with a ample Jewish demographic and become grandeur best modern dating tool school the Jewish community.
Last question, what dating advice can you confer on single Jewish millennials?
In today’s society, millennials are always start on the go. We want set a limit be able to do the total on our phones, from texting to online shopping, from order food to finding love. Amazement think that dating apps be compelled become a user’s best playmate because they present opportunities peel meet many interesting new fill you normally wouldn’t meet value a daily basis. JCrush assay an asset to the solitary Jewish community as a thing to find love.
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