ePersonals Launches Private Calling Feature

(onlinedatingmagazine.com - April 22, 2004) ePersonals, an online dating service provider, has announced the launch of PrivateCall™, a new technology developed by Phone Matrix Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based company, which allows its members to communicate through private phone calls.

The PrivateCall™ system has been integrated into the ePersonals Website, which enables users to send phone invitations to other users, which can be accepted or declined. Once the call invitation has been accepted and a call time has been scheduled, the Phone Matrix network will place the call to both users and connect them.

The service will initially be pre-bundled into the ePersonals monthly subscriptions as a free 10-minute phone card. Non-paying members can purchase pre-paid phone minutes to their account in 30, 60 and 120 minute increments, for as low as $9.95. These minutes can be used at any time and do not expire. Users will now not only be able to contact other members through their email messaging system and instant messaging, but can actually talk to someone they are interested in, anonymously.

“I believe that offering our members the ability to talk to other members will greatly enhance the user experience on our dating service and effectively increase the value of each of our paying members substantially," says Jason Llorin, President and CEO of ePersonals, Inc. The PrivateCall™ feature also sets us apart from other online dating services which rely on email as their primary communication tool.”