9 Most Strange Business Ventures Ever Existed

By siliconindia | Wednesday, 29 August 2012, 12:16 Hrs

#4 Outsourced Dating Service

Virtual Dating Assistant is for those who find themselves too busy to sort through the world of online dating and it has taken the job of finding online dates for them.

Started in 2010, the site allows its clients who are singles to fully delegate their online dating chores to a team of seasoned experts. The Virtual Dating Assistants handles these, do all the job for their clients from choosing the right online dating sites to setting the time, date and location of the first in-person meet-up.

These experts begin their job by conducting initial interviews with the singles so that they can learn the ins and outs of their clients’ background, interests, personality, past dating experiences and current relationships goals. Then, from there, the company helps each single to select photos and craft a profile that will help them attract the type of dates they are looking for. Then the company sets up accounts for these singles on the dating site.

Later, the dating experts filter through thousands of online profiles to find matches that meet their client's needs. Once the singles approve the dates they're interested in taking forward, the dating expert helps making a rapport with the other through a few initial email exchanges.

Based on the degree of work the clients wants their expert dater to do, Virtual Dating Assistants service costs range from $360 to $1,440 per month. The company also offers those singles, who can't afford the monthly membership price, the opportunity to simply have their online profile written by a staff of dating and writing experts for $147.