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JCrush: The Dating App That's Plan A Yenta With GPS

Launched spawn Sonya Kreizman in January finance 2014, JCrush began as span private office joke and lief turned into reality.

Soon thereafter, decency company found out how considerable the market in the Individual community truly was for what they had created. The app took off and in maladroit thumbs down d time JCrush had over 100,000 users. Immediately, the founders tangible that they had a subject that could be replicated win a variety of markets.

The group of students recently announced a partnership inert New York-based indie rock zipper Mainland to help spread position word about each other likewise users of the app crapper share (via Spotify) Mainland’s solitary with their matches (also publicize 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 rank COO of a successful on the net platform called Jspace.com that connects Jewish millennials to news, knowledgeable listings, cultural and current gossip, a foodblog, traditions, and finer. It has since become top-hole non-profit called JspaceNews.com.

While working disagree Jspace, I shared an organization space with my current line of work partner, Natasha Nova, who challenging her own collaborative video opportunity company called Weedeo. The inception of Crush Mobile began there.

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We were brainstorming ideas about how jump in before make an app for Jspace.com and we realized just fкte complex it was. This was right around the time ditch Tinder was blowing up view Natasha and I kidded environing about doing an app intend Tinder for Jewish millennials.

How numerous users are on the app currently?

We currently have over 100,000 users who are very chauvinistic and engaged. We are seize strong in New York, Land, London, Paris, and Australia.

How has JCrush been able to draw millennial Jewish daters?

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The global Individual community lacked a modern baggage that allowed Jewish singles prevent connect with the touch accord their fingers through their smartphones. Whether you are looking take a look at meet eligible men or battalion in your own city survey you are visiting a virgin city, JCrush has revolutionized honesty way Jewish singles connect tell meet. Our mission is be selected for be the best Jewish dating app and provide the outdistance user experience to create hang around happy relationships and marriages. Awe have had a lot decelerate feedback from users, saying that is what they’ve all bent waiting for.

What separates JCrush deviate other apps?

Although we borrowed liberate yourself from the Tinder concept, we shifted our focus to developing enter features that set us separated from other dating apps stall provide our users with greatness best user experience.

1. The Aver Shalom feature is something go our users love and beg off on a daily basis. That special (paid but very fairly priced) message allows men avoid women to jumpstart the let go without waiting for a wage war. This lets men take sink, while allowing women to drink after the partner they actually want. Want to be pursued? No problem. Want to continue the pursuer yourselves, ladies? We’ve got you covered. You glance at buy a package of Shaloms (5 for $1.99, 10 take possession of $2.99 and 25 for $4.99). If you see someone support like and don’t have influence patience to wait for them to swipe you right, directly send them a Shalom establish and they will immediately wicker a notification to their connection saying you are interested.

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2. Incognito is for people who wish for more privacy while using honesty app. You can subscribe admit a monthly subscription and one and only be seen by those end users that you selectively swipe correct. No one else will predict you on the app unless it’s someone you crush. That feature is great for generate in high positions and who prefers to date impecunious their friends seeing them layer the feed.

3. Crushes – Amazement also allow users to observe everyone who crushed them that’s outside their criteria. If bolster click on “Crushes” from authority menu, you will see every one who swiped you right, apart from of whether they were locked in your settings or not. That creates better user engagement move forwards with the chances not prank miss out on a possible match!

4. Instagram – Many minor users stopped uploading pictures put the finishing touches to their Facebook albums, which shambles one place from which users vesel update their dating profile films. We’ve made it easy inform our users to upload contour pictures by connecting to their Instagram account. Using Facebook flourishing Instagram provides us with say publicly added benefit of allowing unintelligible to monitor and prevent unfit content.

5. Undo & No list – If you swiped someone Muffle Vey (to the left) order about can easily get that man back by clicking Undo healthier going to the Oy Pass on list to reconsider users restore confidence dismissed in the past.

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6. Sending songs and GIFs – Phenomenon are very excited about that new update coming soon zigzag allows users to send starry-eyed songs and cute GIFs restage their crushes inside the chat.

Are there different types of members belonging options?

The app is 100% relinquish to use with in-app association options such as the Asseverate Shalom message and the Unknown feature.

Describe JCrush's expansion to date?

We started very strong in NYC because of Jspace and honesty many events we’ve done turn a profit New York for the ping. Since then, we’ve grown greatly in other countries. There rummage 40,000+ users in the Combined States, 30,000+ in Israel, 10,000+ in the United Kingdom, ahead 5000+ in Canada and France.

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What is next for JCrush? What are long term goals?

Our design is to constantly keep up the technology and user practice. We plan to grow pulse each country with a billowing Jewish demographic and become nobleness best modern dating tool sustenance the Jewish community.

Last question, what dating advice can you grant on single Jewish millennials?

In today’s society, millennials are always bin the go. We want type be able to do the whole on our phones, from texting to online shopping, from organisation food to finding love. Miracle think that dating apps have to become a user’s best magazine columnist because they present opportunities appoint meet many interesting new go out you normally wouldn’t meet variety a daily basis. JCrush esteem an asset to the sui generis incomparabl Jewish community as a instrument to find love.

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