The Blog

There are two reasons why we love when international publications/blogs talk about Ignighter.

1. It gives us an excuse to Photoshop ourselves into other countries/cultures.

2. We get to use Babelfish or our bilingual friends to see what kinds of crazy translations come out of it.

So far we’ve been featured in everything from Russian (here) to Chinese pieces (here and here).

Here’s a photo from our Shanghai Press Conference back in June:

Well today we’re covered by a Netherlands blogger who apparently thinks we’re Canadian. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Here’s a Dutch to English Babelfish translation of the post:

Canada stands confessed as a social country. A good health care and a government who pieces less Right is oriented himself than those of neighbouring country the US. Logically that groepsdaten do it well in Canada. A group forty-five friends goes on step with another group willing bachelors. Of course was possible this already earlier, but the phenomenon has rapidly grown since the launching of groepsdatingsite Ignighter.com.

While two groups of 45 friends on a date may make for a scheduling nightmare, the point remains the same: groepsdating is more fun!

Here’s a photo of the Ignighter team from our last trip to Holland (check out our clogs!):

February 18th, 2009 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Ignighter Guys, Ignighter in Asia, Press, dating ideas |

A couple weeks ago Allen Stern from CenterNetworks came by Ignighter HQ to talk to Dan and me. Check out the conversation below:

February 5th, 2009 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Ignighter Guys, Press, dating ideas, group dating |

Ignighter.com Guys Dive into Sex and the City to Learn the Other Side
NEW YORK, NY – (February 5, 2009) – Ignighter.com pioneered online group dating with its worldwide launch in August of 2008, setting the stage for a new paradigm in Internet matchmaking. The free service, aimed at 20-somethings and university students, allows groups of friends to collaborate on a profile page and then search their city for other groups that want to plan an offline date. Ignighter.com already has more than 25,000 members and continues to see rapid growth. As membership in New York City grows larger and larger, the founders, three men in their mid-twenties have decided that they need a way to connect on a deeper level to their female userbase. They see no better way than to sit down with all six seasons in the Sex and the City catalogue, the go-to text for young single women in New York.

“My female roommate is always telling me that Carrie said this, or Charlotte did that,” said Adam Sachs, Ignighter co-founder. “And after I realize she’s not talking about a former classmate of ours, I’m stuck feeling completely left out.”

Sick of being left out of every conversation with their female friends and feeling occasional disconnects from their female userbase, the founding team  and their employees have decided to dedicate a weekend to watching the entire series of Sex and the City on DVD.

“We want to do this right. Drinking cosmos is certainly not out of the question,” said Dan Osit, another co-founder. “It may sound funny, but this Sex and the City weekend is really about connecting with our female counterparts. And we think it’s going to work!”

About Ignighter.com
New York-based Ignighter.com (http://www.ignighter.com) is the worldwide leader in online group dating. The company launched its innovative online, group dating website in August 2008 and currently has over 25,000 registered users in more than 30 countries. Ignighter.com users create a group profile with their friends and then search their geographic area for another group with whom they plan an offline date that is safer, less awkward, and more fun.

For more information about Ignighter.com contact:
Adam Sachs (adam@ignighter.com)

February 5th, 2009 Posted by Adam | About Ignighter, Press, Press Releases, dating ideas, group date ideas |

Today marks the first in an exciting new blog series at Ignighter. A few friends of the Ignighter Guys finally decided to start using the site and they’ve graciously offered to document their experiences on this very blog. If you’ve been hesistant to sign up or you’ve had trouble convincing your friends to join your group, hopefully this very real chronicle from some very real ladies will help clarify what an Ignighter experience is like and help you make the decision to join (or not join). So without further ado, I turn it over to the ladies and their introductory post:

You’ve probably seen us walking through Union Square and thought to yourself, “what could possibly be so funny?”  The truth is nothing and everything is funny to two girls who met in the 6th grade when Leonardo DiCaprio was the hotness (still is) and we knew every single line from Empire Records (still do).   We’ve been inseparable since then, except when we were separated after 8th grade when one of us moved away.  Sadness.

After spending high school and college in different cities, we finally reunited on the streets of NYC (but never above 14th street).  Over our years apart, we collected an intricate web of characters who thankfully all ended up on this most fabulous island.  The post-college pre-life void (henceforth referred to as The Void) provided many opportunities for all of us to hook up, break up, make up, and six-degrees-of-separation our way through our immediate pool of friends.  We love them, this random mix from middle school, high school, college, camp, and work so much that we rarely meet anyone new… and we never thought we’d need to.

Alas, the whole turning 25 thing sort of freaked us out.  What happens post-Void?  A lot of our friends are settling down, while some are still partying like it’s freshman year.  We don’t quite know where to place ourselves.  We’re single, but online dating really isn’t cool enough for us (Sorry if we offend.  Actually, we tried Match.com for a month, but we weren’t in NYC so it really doesn’t count!).  So we’re ready to mix it up.  New York has so much untapped potential, but how do we… um, you know… tap that?  Haha.  Our friends started this online site that seems not as cheesy as anything else we’ve ever heard of.   It sort of replicates what happens on those great random NYC nights when you and your girls go out and meet a really fun group of guys to entertain you for a while. So we’re going to try it and be your guide through this brave new world of group dating.  We’re going to bring this up with some of our girlfriends to see who is down to do this with us and we’ll let you know how it goes.  So here’s hoping there’s a group of guys out there who want to hang out with girls who love laughing, movies from the late 90s, and laying out our adventures for all to read on the Internet.

December 1st, 2008 Posted by Adam | Guest Post, Parties, With a Little Help From Our Friends, dating ideas, documentaries, group date ideas, group dating, ignighter |