Sportsvite

Infobox Website
name = Sportsvite.com
type = Social networking website
url = http://www.sportsvite.com/
commercial = Free
registration = Required
owner = Sportsvite.com
author = Sportsvite.com
registration = Required
location = New York City, New York

Sportsvite is an online community web service that connects people who play sports and allows them to organize their sports activities. Sportsvite incorporates social networking features including the ability to communicate with other users, create a customized profile, and join teams and groups.

About

Sportsvite combines sports-specific targeted search and member profiles with invitation and game management tools. Members can also keep track of stats and future games, send out email invitations, and maintain their schedule for their teams in leagues or casual pick-up games. Sportsvite is a free service.

Sportsvite was released in beta version in the spring of 2006. Sportsvite has over 20,000 active members [ [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main?q=sportsvite.com&url=sportsvite.com"Alexa Rankings" website] , April 2006] .

The most popular regions for Sportsvite members are New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Boston, San Diego, Austin and Denver.

The most popular sports are Soccer, Softball, Basketball, Football, Volleyball and Tennis. [ [http://sportsvite.com/sports"Sportsvite Rankings" website] , March 2007] .

Sportsvite is a joint venture of [212] Media and OpenEvolve Inc, and is located in New York, NY at 72 Madison Avenue.

Sportsvite raised its first round of capital that was reported to be up to $2 million in February, 2007. [ [http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2007/02/09/sportsvite-online-social-network-raises-2-million "Digital Media Wire" article] , February 2007]

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Sportsvite Facebook Application

In August, 2007 Sportsvite released its Sportsvite Facebook Application, which lets users fill out a profile of their skill level and interest in different sports, and then compare themselves to their friends.

Recognition

In 2006, Sportsvite was named as a Webby Award official honoree. [ [http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?letter=S&season=10 "Webby Awards" article] , April 2006]

Sportsvite was named "Hot for 2007" in the sports social networking category by industry blog Mashable. [ [http://mashable.com/?p=1536 "Mashable Social Networking Awards" article] , December 2006]

ee also

* Social networking service
* List of social networking websites

References

External links

* [http://www.sportsvite.com Sportsvite.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sportsvite Sportsvite on MySpace]
* [http://www.212media.com 212 Media]