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{{For|the [[Here Media]]-owned website|Gay.com}}
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{{Infobox Website
{{Infobox website
| name = Gays.com
| name = Gays.com
| logo = [[Image:Gays.com logo.jpg]]
| logo = [[Image:Gays.com logo.jpg|250px]]
| screenshot =
| screenshot = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Gays.com screenshot.jpg|260px]] -->
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| url = [http://Gays.com Gays.com]
| url = {{URL|http://www.gays.com|Gays.com}}
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| type = [[LGBT]] [[social networking service]]
| commercial =
| registration = Required
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| type = gay, lgbt, social networking
| language = English
| language = [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]]
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| author =
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| launch date = 17 May 2008
| launch_date = {{Start date|2008|05|17|df=yes}}
| alexa = {{Increase}} 216,555 ({{as of|2012|7|1|alt=July 2012}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web
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| url = http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gays.com
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| revenue =
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| title = Gays.com
| publisher = [[Alexa Internet]]
| accessdate = {{Start date|2012|07|20|df=yes}}}}</ref>
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| revenue = Advertising
| current_status = Active
}}
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'''Gays.com''' (not to be confused with [[Gay.com]]) is an [[LGBT]] social networking website established by the Hong Kong-based Gays.com Ltd.<ref name="Gays.com launch">{{cite web
'''Gays.com''' (not to be confused with [[Gay.com]]) is an [[LGBT]] [[social networking service]] and website launched on 17 May 2012, operated and privately owned by Gays.com Limited.<ref name="Gays.com launch">{{cite web
| url = http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080517/cnsa001.html
| title=Gays.com: Launch of a New-generation Social Networking Website for the GLBT Community
| title = Gays.com: Launch of a New-generation Social Networking Website for the GLBT Community
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| publisher=Yahoo.com
| date=17 May 2008
| date = {{Start date|2008|05|17|df=yes}}
| publisher = [[Yahoo]]}}</ref> Users must register before using the service, after which they may create a [[User profile|personal profile]], add other users as [[Friending |friends]] and exchange messages.
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| url = http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080517/cnsa001.html?.v=1}}</ref> In 2006, the purchase of the high profile [[domain name]] at the price of US$500,000 by German entrepreneurs Julius and David Dreyer<ref>"Cambridge co. sells gay.com domain $500g", ''[[Boston Herald]]'', 2006-11-08, p. 32.</ref> was a record sale for the year, and one of the highlights of the domain name industry.<ref name="Purchase of the Gays.com domain name">{{cite web
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| title=Gays.com Sold for $500,000 as Online Auction Drives Domain Sales Boom
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| publisher=Sedo.com
| date=7 November 2006
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| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Nov_7/ai_n27032013}}</ref><ref name="Domaining on Gays.com domain name sale">{{cite web
| title=Yet another record domain name sale
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| publisher=Domainingblog.com
| date=31 October 2006
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| url = http://www.domainingblog.com/2006/10/yet-another-record-domain-name-sale.html}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Gays.com launch party">{{cite web
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| title=The long-awaited Gays.com launch party pics
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| publisher=Gays.com blog
| date=26 May 2008
| url = http://gays.com/blog/2008/05/26/gays-com-launch-party-pics/}}</ref> 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".<ref name="Gays.com launch"/> Soon after the launch of the site, the [[City Weekend]] magazine referred to Gays.com as "the gay [[Facebook]]".<ref name="Gays.com the gay Facebook">{{cite web
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| title=THE LGBeaT: The Gay Facebook
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| publisher=City Weekend
| date=5 June 2008
| url = http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/mag-sh/lgbeat-blog/lgbeat-gay-facebook/?most_viewed=1}}</ref> Gays.com's move from closed to open beta on 10 September 2008 was reported by The Inquisitr.<ref name="Gays.com open beta">{{cite web
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| title=Gays.com moves into open beta
| publisher=The Inquisitr
| date=14 September 2008
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| url = http://www.inquisitr.com/3160/gayscom-moves-into-open-beta/}}</ref>


The June 2008 issue of ''[[City Weekend]]'' magazine referred to Gays.com as "the gay [[Facebook]]".<ref name="Gays.com the gay Facebook">{{cite web
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== References ==
| url = http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/mag-sh/lgbeat-blog/lgbeat-gay-facebook/
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| title = THE LGBeaT: The Gay Facebook
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| publisher = [[City Weekend]]
| date = {{Start date|2008|06|05|df=yes}}}}</ref>

==History==
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In 2006, the purchase of the [[domain name]] for $500,000 by German entrepreneurs Julius and David Dreyer was a record sale for the year and one of the highlights of the domain name industry.<ref name="Purchase of the Gays.com domain name">{{cite web
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| title = Gays.com Sold for $500,000 as Online Auction Drives Domain Sales Boom
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| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Nov_7/ai_n27032013
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| publisher = [[Sedo]]
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| date = {{Start date|2006|11|07|df=yes}}}}</ref> The website launched as a closed beta in [[Shanghai]] on 17 May 2008 and was timed to coincide with the sixth [[International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://gays.com/blog/2008/05/26/gays-com-launch-party-pics/
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| title = The long-awaited Gays.com launch party pics
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| publisher = Gays.com blog
| date = {{Start date|2008|05|26|df=yes}}}}</ref> Gays.com's became open beta on 10 September 2008.<ref>{{cite web
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| url = http://www.inquisitr.com/3160/gayscom-moves-into-open-beta/
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| title = Gays.com moves into open beta
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| publisher = The Inquisitr
| date = {{Start date|2008|09|14|df=yes}}}}</ref>

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==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* [http://gays.com Gays.com]
* [http://gays.com Gays.com]
* [http://gays.com/idaho Take up the IDAHO Challenge - Help fight Homophobia and Transphobia]


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Revision as of 18:51, 20 July 2012

For the Here Media-owned website, see Gay.com.
Gays.com
File:Gays.com logo.jpg
Type of site
LGBT social networking service
Available inEnglish, German
RevenueAdvertising
URLGays.com
RegistrationRequired
Launched17 May 2008 (2008-05-17)
Current statusActive

Gays.com (not to be confused with Gay.com) is an LGBT social networking service and website launched on 17 May 2012, operated and privately owned by Gays.com Limited.[2] Users must register before using the service, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends and exchange messages.

The June 2008 issue of City Weekend magazine referred to Gays.com as "the gay Facebook".[3]

History

In 2006, the purchase of the domain name for $500,000 by German entrepreneurs Julius and David Dreyer was a record sale for the year and one of the highlights of the domain name industry.[4] The website launched as a closed beta in Shanghai on 17 May 2008 and was timed to coincide with the sixth International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.[5] Gays.com's became open beta on 10 September 2008.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Gays.com". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 20 July 2012 (2012-07-20). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Gays.com: Launch of a New-generation Social Networking Website for the GLBT Community". Yahoo. 17 May 2008 (2008-05-17). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "THE LGBeaT: The Gay Facebook". City Weekend. 5 June 2008 (2008-06-05). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Gays.com Sold for $500,000 as Online Auction Drives Domain Sales Boom". Sedo. 7 November 2006 (2006-11-07). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "The long-awaited Gays.com launch party pics". Gays.com blog. 26 May 2008 (2008-05-26). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Gays.com moves into open beta". The Inquisitr. 14 September 2008 (2008-09-14). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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