Β©August 1st, 2023
Re-Edited August 19th, 2023
By Starburst8865
Any and all characters are made up fictional characters even if they are based on real people with permission.
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The DayFlirt Dating App
By Starburst8865
Β©July 30th, 2023
Chapter One: Keeping DayFlirt Alive
The ability to compete. It's a skill you need to survive in business when there are other companies out there with a similar service like your own. Iris Deguzman, the creator of "DayFlirt" dating app knew this. Of course when she first started the DayFlirt dating app it was pretty easy. Just create an app that allows people to sign up, create a profile, and let the users search other profiles in their area. Then from there, the users do all the work. They'd just have to look at profiles and if they liked a person's profile, they can put a like on his or her profile, and if they both put a like on each other's profile, they "match" with each other and then can send the person a message.
"Boss, we're reaching the bottom of the pay list in our app. A lot of other dating apps have passed us. Our company is making very little. At this point, we can be losing money by just keeping the app up." Iris's assistant Sam said.
"What about the ads? Aren't we getting money from the ads we make them watch?"
"Sorry to tell you this, boss, but a lot of people have uninstalled our app and moved on to other apps. A lot of people don't click the ads from us anymore since they don't use our app anymore."
"Well our main important product in the app are the girls, right? Without the girls on the app, it's just a worthless profile maker. So what are their complaints? What do they say in the negative reviews?"
"The number one complaint is that they feel overwhelmed getting messages from one thousand guys per day."
"Don't give me exaggerations, Sam. Give me accurate estimated numbers."
"That's not an exaggeration, boss. They literally get a thousand different guys messaging them per day. I even checked the app myself. It really is around a thousand different guys messaging them per day."
"I see. I have an idea, Sam. Let's start charging guys to message girls on our app. Charge $20 a month for guys. We can make money off the guys. Our app consists of mostly men just like all the other dating apps."
"Um.. with all due respect, boss, is that really a good idea?" Sam said. "By charging only guys to message any girl at all will most likely result in them just leaving our app completely." Sam said. Iris thought about Sam's opinion for a bit.
"Yeah, I think you have a good point there, Sam." Iris admitted.
"Sam, starting today after each girl on the app reaches 100 messages, put a paywall on them. We'll call those girls the "popular users." The 100 count will reset after each Sunday. Make anyone who wants to message one of the popular users pay either $2 to message that person or $10 to message up to 100 different girls per month. Oh and to give our app some more spice, let's make a premium service to our site where people can pay $20 a month to send unlimited messages."
"OK, boss. I'm on it."
Two weeks later had passed and Iris asked Sam about the numbers of the app.
"Well, it looks pretty good for now, boss. So.. for now... our app went from the bottom to the middle of our competition." Sam responded.
"The middle? That's it? Not towards the top?" Iris asked frustrated.
"Sorry, boss, but a bunch of other companies had the exact same idea we did."
"Geeze!" Iris said as she face palmed herself. "Wait, what did you mean by 'for now?'" Iris asked suspiciously.
"Well, a lot of the girls felt less overwhelmed with the new messaging limits. The girls are pretty happy with our app."
"So what's the problem then, Sam?"
"The men gave harsher reviews. Even harsher than last time. They are complaining that it feels like they paid money just to TALK to girls and barely any of the girls responded to them. Some didn't even get a response at all. They feel like they are paying for nothing. And they are going to cancel at the end of the month. Then we will be back at the bottom of the dating apps, boss."
"How are the girls happy if all of our paying male members are not getting responses?'
"Well, boss, you put it so that if two people put a 'like' on each other's profile, they "Match," and then they can chat with each other for free. And well, all those girls put a like on the same guys' profiles and they don't pay even a single dime to our app."
"But we have so many happy female members?"
"Well, the first week we got really good reviews from them. But then after the end of the week, they all complained that they were pumped and dumped."
"Pumped and dumped? Say that to me in English, Sam."
"Well, they got a match on our app, they had sex with the guy, and the guy left her the next day and blocked her number. They are complaining about how guys just want sex and fuck them and leave them."
"But, Sam, you said that most of the guys don't even get a response, so how could there be so many women on our app getting pumped and dumped the next day if over 99% of our male members aren't getting so much as a reply from a woman?"
"That's the thing, boss. All the women on our app are all having sex with the same few guys."
"How many is a few?"
"Four, ma'am."
Iris had to pause for a moment because she was in such shock at the numbers her assistant was giving her.
".... FOUR?" she asked in shock. "Just four guys are fucking over one thousand of our members?"
"Yes. Ma'am." Sam said. "These are the male members who are deciding to stay."