- Gays.com
Infobox Website
name = Gays.com
caption =
url = [http://www.Gays.com www.Gays.com]
commercial =
type = gay, lgbt, social networking
language = English
registration = yes
owner =
author =
launch date =17 May 2008
current status =
revenue =Gays.com (not to be confused with
Gay.com ) is anLGBT social networking website established by the Hong Kong-based Gays.com Ltd.cite web
title=Gays.com: Launch of a New-generation Social Networking Website for the GLBT Community
publisher=Yahoo.com
date=17 May 2008
url =http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080517/cnsa001.html?.v=1] In 2006, the purchase of the high profiledomain name at the price of US$500,000 by German entrepreneurs Julius and David Dreyer ["Cambridge co. sells gay.com domain $500g", "Boston Herald ", 2006-11-08, p. 32.] was a record sale for the year, and one of the highlights of the domain name industry.cite web
title=Gays.com Sold for $500,000 as Online Auction Drives Domain Sales Boom
publisher=Sedo.com
date=7 Nov 2006
url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Nov_7/ai_n27032013] cite web
title=Yet another record domain name sale
publisher=Domainingblog.com
date=31 Oct 2006
url =http://www.domainingblog.com/2006/10/yet-another-record-domain-name-sale.html] The launch of the website took place in Shanghai on May 17 2008 and was timed to coincide with the sixth International Day Against Homophobia.cite web
title=The long-awaited Gays.com launch party pics
publisher=Gays.com blog
date=26 May 2008
url =http://gays.com/blog/2008/05/26/gays-com-launch-party-pics/] Unlike competitors in the same sex online dating category, "Gays.com" offers members the freedom to upload as many pictures and videos as they like at no charge and touts itself as "the world's first GLBT social networking website that is designed for real people with real names and actual relationships".cite web
title=Gays.com: Launch of a New-generation Social Networking Website for the GLBT Community
publisher=Yahoo.com
date=17 May 2008
url =http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080517/cnsa001.html?.v=1] Soon after the launch of the site, theCity Weekend magazine referred to Gays.com as "the gayFacebook ".cite web
title=THE LGBeaT: The Gay Facebook
publisher=City Weekend
date=5 Jun 2008
url =http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/mag-sh/lgbeat-blog/lgbeat-gay-facebook/?most_viewed=1]References
External links
* [http://www.gays.com Gays.com]
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