SeekingArrangement (also known as Seeking) is a dating site between a "sugar daddy" (or "sugar mama") and a "sugar baby", founded by Brandon Wade in San Francisco, California, in 2006.
Sugar Daddy - A rich, aged man, willing to give luxury gifts and in front of a young woman, in exchange for her company or sexual favors.
Sugar Baby - A young girl / boy, interested in a relationship with a "sugar daddy", mainly for financial purposes.
Members' data is permanently stored on the website and the membership agreement gives the company the right to distribute this information where it deems it "reasonable".
So SeekingArrangement is based on a membership system. Sugar babies create profiles and join the website for free. Those who enter the email address they use from the university where they study automatically qualify for a Premium Membership status.
Sugar Daddies and Mamas register for free on the site services, which provides them with a limited number of messages. After using it for a few free days, members have the opportunity to purchase credits for extended messaging privileges on a monthly or annual basis with the Diamond package.
Were there any criticisms of this business? Of course!
CEO i Seeking, Brandon Wade, ka një përgjigje të thjeshtë për të gjithë kritikët. Ai thotë se “dashuria është një koncept i shpikur nga njerëz të varfër”, deklaratë që përsëri, nuk u prit mirë.
Megjithatë, kritikat s’e ndaluan dot “Seeking”. Anëtarët vazhdojnë të bëhen pjesë e faqes falas nga 139 shtete. Selia e kompanisë aktualisht ndodhet në Las Vegas, por ka dhe zyra shtesë në Ukrainë dhe Singapor, ndërsa faqja ofrohet e përkthyer në 10 gjuhë.
Në vitin 2014, mbi 1.4 milion studentë u regjistruan në faqen e internetit në kërkim të Sugar Daddies dhe Sugar Mommies. Kërkesat e “sugar babies” varionin nga ndihma me shpenzimet e universitetit deri te shpenzime mujore për jetesën.
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In 2012, the Huffington Post stated that 200,000 of the Seeking users registered as "sugar daddies" were Democratic politicians (34.9%) and Republicans (42.1%).
In 2011, for a former U.S. representative, Anthony Weiner, 6 women from Seeking said they had been part of sex phone conversations while Weiner was married.
In 2016, entrepreneur Doug Richard admitted to having sex with a 13-year-old girl who had claimed to be 17 years old. At the end of the case, the charges against Richard were dropped by a unique jury decision.
