New york (CNN/Money) – Initial considered the past hotel towards the socially stunted, internet dating keeps shrugged off the personal stigma and you will emerged given that a mainstream method for singles to track down that special someone.

The new You.S. dating industry is expected to go nine per cent year-over-year that have incomes away from $516 billion inside the 2005 via consumer subscriptions alone, said Nate Elliott, a specialist at Jupiter Lookup.