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Singapore
1 review
27 helpful votes
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It was a very long and hard way to get any success in my online business when I started it 7 years ago for the first time. I tried out a lot of options offered on the Internet thinking that key for success is just a software. But, had no luck. 3 years ago I started working with Skadate and it was outstanding contribution to my business. I came with my idea and now I can make millions of people happy. My website is not a dating-related website, but the beauty of Skadate is that they can bring any idea to live! Thank you guys for making our lives easier and allowing me to believe in myself. God Bless you!

Date of experience: January 29, 2019
Mauritius
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I bought the skadate software with very little knowledge of how to manage, and it set up. The staff without any hesitation assisted me throughout the process, answered my question and even after my support has expired they continue to provide a helping hand with the issues I encounter. Very friendly staff, excellent customer service and tends to all the queries. Great job and thumbs up to you.

Date of experience: August 8, 2019
California
1 review
33 helpful votes
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Satisfied
May 11, 2017

Nice script with an ability to get third party gateway integrations.
By default I got PayPal and CCBill out of box.
Was granted a bonus gateway as a gift on pre-sales stage.
Then ordered 2 more gateways for about $40 from other developers.
Will not be using CCBill, but 3 other gateways are working well. Received first payments last week.

Date of experience: May 10, 2017
Canada
1 review
42 helpful votes
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I have been ramping up my site in which I purchased the template from skadate. I have been working with a project manager, Margareth, through this process thus far and I cant say enough good things about the support I've received and how user friendly the set-up part is for a non techy like myself. It's unique as it's not a "dating site" per say, however they have been great during this transition and getting me everything I've needed thus far. Let's hope this momentum and support keeps up! Thank you Margareth!

Date of experience: November 27, 2017
GB
2 reviews
41 helpful votes
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The support is currently $99 per month and while that seems quite a lot, the support I have received in this last ticket has been 'outstanding' and well worth it! I was allocated Lora who has been unbelievably helpful even offering extra help (regarding css and ways around things etc) where possible.

If you have a few things to work through, the costs comes down to just cents per issue and the support is absolutely top professional. There are a couple of bugs with the actual software but the support which I have received has been fantastic! Professional and straight to the point yet still friendly and if you are lucky enough to get Lora, you'll be sorted!

Date of experience: October 11, 2018
Canada
1 review
26 helpful votes
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Had it for 4 years now
September 13, 2016

I have had this software for about 4 years. I was great and first and then troublesome, mostly speed. I have 8 core and 8 gigs of ram. They address every single issue I had and it is pretty much trouble-free. I have paid for most of the other similar available software and the troublesome issues never got resolved.

This is now generating some funds more than the expenses.

I recommend this for niche markets. My site is www.adventistdating.com and it works well, lots of success stories. Have about 20,000 members. That is a sample of a niche, it could be any group.

As I said, all major issues fixed, would recommend this for those who want to generate some income and serve your niche.

Date of experience: September 10, 2016
Canada
1 review
41 helpful votes
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Great dating script!
February 27, 2017

Couple of words about my site first.
I am using Skadate script for a rather specific niche where "dating" per say is actually more of an interest matchmaking process.
I have clubs who would like to find members and members looking for a club to join.
Well, Skadate script so far works great for me.
Some features do not come out of box. Well I did expect this, thus got an Advanced solution with some free development hours to cover major modification of mine - connecting events to clubs.
Events feature was there by default ( another awesome thing is ability to use third party plugins). Just needed some adjustments to get a more flowless process for my niche.
Pleased with the modification performed.
A word of advice - talk to Natalie and confirm all modifications details beforehand. She is very helpful in determining what extra stuff you might need but dont know about. Loved working with her!

Date of experience: February 25, 2017
Colombia
1 review
36 helpful votes
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Just wanted to say, anyone that needs a good dating script, Skadate is your script, comes with great support, great extras, but not just for dating, if you have something else you like to do with the script you can, especially with the video messenger plug-in, from erotic phone calls with video to astrology dating site.

Date of experience: November 9, 2017
Canada
1 review
25 helpful votes
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Less Sad
June 22, 2020
Updated review

As stated I would add to the update if things changed. Since my first review over a year ago the Skadate team has been helpful and responsive. There has been a few additional plugins made by developers. Additionally Skadate also made a few custom modifications which were delivered on time and worked as agreed. As before, I will add to this over time.

Date of experience: June 22, 2020

Sad software purchaser - update
October 24, 2018
Previous review

Since the original review support has increased. The site has been stable for a period of time and Skadate has been generally responsive to issue submissions. We will continue to monitor and provide feedback in a couple months. If support continues as it has in the past few months, we may update the number of stars originally provided. There is a number of items still to address, however, as stated their response has greatly improved since issuing the original review.

Date of experience: October 21, 2018
Canada
1 review
35 helpful votes
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All is GREAT!
March 1, 2017

Im using Complete pack from Skadate. You get what you paid for. All is GREAT! Apart from script itself ( which is working as expected), their team set AWS server for me with all that stuff I had no idea about before and probably would have screwed up if I attempted to do this myself. User migration service from my old site (thats another story, but I wont name names - the first script I bought from another company turned out to be worst than crap) to new site + new server also went very well giving amount of data that I had on old site. Lost couple of users due to invalid email addresses, but other then that import went seamlessly. Defenitly recommend SK for those who already have a site and feel like moving to a new scripe.

Date of experience: February 27, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
41 helpful votes
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The Skadate support staff are excellent in helping you with unique customizations in your website code to make your Skadate dating website more competitive. The support staff follow through the next day and provide you with complete information on the steps they made to complete the improvements.
If you want a great dating site that is backed up by excellent support staff, then go with Skadate

Date of experience: July 27, 2017
Canada
1 review
38 helpful votes
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Great service
June 30, 2016

Writing this as a developer creating sites on demand. Have great cooperation with Skadate going back a few years. Started with a single license under Master and went on to get several more licenses for different sites, including the latest version. Always had only positive experience, even when hit trouble with Arvixe hosting. Considering getting a personal manager for my next client, this should improve communication due to different time zones (Canada). Overall, the best service among others (installation, updates, etc.).

Date of experience: June 28, 2016
New York
1 review
33 helpful votes
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Nice script
June 13, 2017

Ok folks. This sofware is HUGE as a site back end. Admin panel + deskop front end + desktop front end in mobile browser + mobile version + iOS and Android apps. Comes with the neutral and light layout for inner front end pages and mobile browsers. Therefor is exately what you need if you are using a very fancy custom one page scroll landing page powered by another script. Install skadate into subfolder and place links to it on your landing. Advice: just tell them what you need and what you are doing before you actually go ahead and do it. Lost several days trying to figure what turnd out to be a 1 min fix from their team.

Date of experience: June 12, 2017
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Excellent
October 13, 2019

Great service, I searched for months and found that skadate had everything all in one package. Of course you need to upgrade if you need more products but I'm highly satisfied

Date of experience: October 13, 2019
Kyrgyzstan
10 reviews
47 helpful votes
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I have tried them all
January 22, 2014

I have tried them all. These are all simple pieces of software in case you don't happen to have $100,000 to develop your own dating site. I can say that Skadate is the most professional company in terms of support and the product is definitely the best among its class. I've started a site for my town and it keeps signing up users after some basic SEO.

Date of experience: January 22, 2014
Lana S. SkaDate Rep
over a year old

Hello Esekiel! The team loves working with your sites and your team is great as well. All the best with all fo your future projects!

Illinois
1 review
18 helpful votes
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SkaDate
September 22, 2015

I would love to tell you not to get into the online dating business as that would just mean more competition. But that being said, if you are heading in that direction, rather than a website built from the ground up, I can do nothing but recommend SkaDate. Not only was the process of getting started simple and easy, I can not say enough about their customer and support services. These alone and their willingness to help make them 5 stars! What qualifies me to recommend them, I am a former Director and CIO of a large organization.

Date of experience: September 22, 2015
Lana S. SkaDate Rep
over a year old

Hello Stephen! Thank you for your kind word, I am sure the support team and especially Jane will appreciate it a lot!

Kyrgyzstan
1 review
19 helpful votes
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For 300 bucks (I got it during black friday), I got exactly what I wanted - a script that I can play around with and start a site. Also, I managed to setup everything within the first month of free support, so I don't know if support changes ones the free one runs out. But yeah, they installed it for me and helped with some of the options. If I had to take a jab at this soft, it'd be complex admin panel, but with this amount of options I choose to ignore most of it and work with the stuff I need, which you learn after first few tries.

Date of experience: December 20, 2013
Lana S. SkaDate Rep
over a year old

Hello Mike! Have you checked the new version of the software? We've completely changed the admin panel, making it more intuitive, just like in WordPress. Hope you like it more than before.

Michigan
1 review
18 helpful votes
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I purchased the software and was told I could customize it. Well I can't! There are sooo many glitches. I was given false information! I have asked for a refund and they will not honor it. This company is a scam! Don't flush $399 down the toilet like I did!

Date of experience: December 26, 2013
Lana S. SkaDate Rep
over a year old

Hi Melissa. Sorry, you didn't like our software. Just to let you know - if any actual glitches or bugs are found by customers in our software, they are all fixed for free. This, however, rarely happens, and the perceived "glitches" are often just wrongly configured settings. Also, if our customers cannot perform customization of their sites on their own, our team is always available for help, or at the very least can provide you with documentation if you still want to do it on your own.

Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I had been building my business with skadate software for 3 years - it was ok - you will never do great with their software, but you can do 'OK'. Then I asked a simple question about why something wasn't working. There support did something with 'Crons' that brought my entire site down. Nothing but a white page and some code was left for my steadily growing membership database to be greeted by. I thought they would correct the mistake they made within a few hours. They didn't. In fact I sent several emails requesting they fix whatever they did and get my site that I had invested thousands into and spent 5 years working on - back online. No response. My site has been down for 4 weeks now due to a mistake they made that I need them to fix but they won't - maybe they cant, maybe they just don't care? SKADATE IS BIZARRE - WEIRD - HORRIBLE! I consider my business at this point over. I have attached a screen grab of the 'support' I received. There wasn't any! Its disgusting - DO NOT BUILD YOUR CASTLE ON SAND WITH SKADATE. Their lack of professionalism, ignorance and dumb mistakes will eventually wreck your business.

Date of experience: September 7, 2018
Lana S. SkaDate Rep
over a year old

We really regret we were not able to resolve this situation amicably in a timely manner. Several factors played a role here, including those out of our control, but we do see and understand how frustrating this must have been. Unfortunately, once we were able to actually do something about the issue, it appears it was already too late. In the aftermath of this situation, we have substantially changed our approach to similar issues to avoid a repeat of such situations in the future.

Australia
3 reviews
41 helpful votes
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Waste of money
June 3, 2016

I have used skadate for at lest 5 yrs. Spent thousands and made no money, I have two web sites.
I have spent so much money in support/sites/apps/ web developers. I have wasted money with Skadate Seo support that was just a waste of money no effect ( felt; ike i was scammed totally with the seo. When complained they didnt care they had my money and that was that. The money and time I have spent with his company is very sad. I 14 thousand unhappy members on my dating site. Complete waste of time/money. Very disappointing. You would think Skadate would want there there clients to make money. I wonder if anyone other than Skadate are making money. I know in 5 years i haven't.
My site sugardaddysgalore
Modelsfind

Date of experience: June 1, 2016

Overview

SkaDate has a rating of 3.5 stars from 47 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with SkaDate most frequently mention and admin panel. SkaDate ranks 4th among Dating Site Software sites.

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