Flavor Connect
Flavor Connect is a dating website that uses candy based descriptions of dating styles to define the type of relationship their members are seeking. The candy flavor approach is unconventional; it is targeted primarily towards college aged singles seeking compatible partners for both short and Long term relationships. Flavor Connect was launched in January 2010 and according to their latest press release the site has over 10,000 member subscriptions.
Overview
Flavor Connect describes their dating connections as "hookups" and each different type of hookup is associated with a candy flavor.
- Vanilla/Fidelity (long-term hookup)
- Strawberry/Fling (short-term hookup)
- Chocolate/Fantasy (multiple hookup)
- Lime/Fancy (material hookup)
- Lemon/Friendship (platonic hookup)
- Mango/Freestyle (go-with-the-flow hookup)
Matchmaking
Registered members at Flavor Connect are provided the opportunity to choose their hookup flavor, they also have the option of changing their flavor without going through a reclassification process. Members also have the option of "speed dating" using a feature called ChatRoulette that allows members to PREview potential flavor matches via a random video chat feature eliminating the need to filter through static profiles.