WORLDFRIENDS NETWORKS SIGNS 200th PARTNERSHIP

Hong Kong – May 12, 2006 – WorldFriends Networks (WFN), the world’s leading provider of private label multi-lingual online dating services, announced that it has signed its 200th partnership agreement. This important milestone highlights WFN’s position as the premiere choice for website operators who wish to enhance visitor loyalty and the profitability by adding a robust self-branded dating channel to their sites.

WFN caters to partners and end users internationally by operating in 20 different countries and in five different languages - English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. WFN signs an average of eight new partnership agreements each month.

WFN creates value for all partners and users by pooling the user base and enabling end users who enter the service via any particular partner to access the user base of 680,000 users. Thus, every partner is able to offer a robust online dating service with a constant flow of new users and content. Users can browse through user-created content including 275,000 photos, get weekly personalized two-way matching recommendations, and communicate using their choice of email, instant messaging, voice call, and video call. Over 1,000 new members join each and every day, and WFN predicts that this will rise to 5,000 new members per day in the near future.

WFN’s 200 partners include well known media brands such as ESPN, STAR TV, and China Times, Internet Service Providers such as Taiwan’s dominant ISP Hinet and Japan’s So-net, a unit of SONY group, leading websites such as Japan.com, Mail.com and Fresheye.com, and also popular blog sites such as Japan-Zone.com, and Shanghaiist.com.

“If you want to socialize, there’s nothing worse than an empty bar or empty website. Our partners know this and see the significant value created by our network approach. The private label nature of our operation allows partners to have their cake and eat it too, in the sense that they are able to enhance their branding and traffic while simultaneously adding a popular new service to their total offerings. We’re happy to reach our 200th partner and look forward to welcoming several hundred more. The more partners we can add, the better it is for the entire network.” said Dominic Penaloza, CEO, WorldFriends Networks.


About WorldFriends Networks
WorldFriends Networks is the world’s premiere provider of private label multi-lingual online personals. WorldFriends Networks enables each of its website partners to have a best-of-breed online personals service using the partner’s brand, while enjoying the combined user base of the entire network. WorldFriends Networks operates from offices in Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. For more information please visit www.worldfriendsnetworks.com.