DateIITians
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Type of site | Social network service |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Layak Singh |
| URL | http://dateiitians.com/ |
| Commercial | Free |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | 14 May 2016 |
| Current status | Has Shutdown |
DateIITians was an online social dating and networking website,[1] founded January 2, 2012 for alumni of select universities such as IIT.[2] It was shut down due to technical and scalability issues, [3] They had relaunched DateIITians in 2016 as Cogxio, but later in the same year they had to shutdown Cogxio too because they did not achieve the growth that they expected[4]
History[edit]
DateIITians, was founded by Layak Singh, Kinshuk Bairagi and Nikhil Kaushik from IIT Kharagpur and launched on 22 January 2012. To encourage users to sign up for the website, DateIITians held an online competition, Who will be your Valentine?, in February 2012.
The site reportedly has more than 20,000+ monthly users. In June 2014, the website shut down. The site re-launched on 14 May 2016 with the rebranded name Cogxio.[5]. Cogxio wad shutdown later in 2016 due to not getting the growth that they expected[4]
Media[edit]
The site was featured in Times of India[6] and Firstpost in 2012.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ IITians, Date. "Website name". dateiitians.com. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ D'Mello, Yolande (12 Feb 2012). "Do you want to date an IITian". Mid Day. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "DateIITIan No More; Founders 'Rebrand' it to Cogxio, Will it Help?". NextBigWhat. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ a b Singh, Layak (2016-10-14). "Why We Shutdown COGXIO And DateIITians". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ "dateIITians 2.0 – Dating app for Elite Like Minded Singles – dateIITians Blog". www.dateiitians.com. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ Kamra, Diksha (17 Jan 2012). "IITians, click to get a date". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Chaudhry, Lakshmi (16 May 2012). "So Who wants to date an IIT Boy". Firstpost. Retrieved 16 May 2012.