Manhunt.net

Manhunt.net

Detail of Manhunt.net
Type of site	Online dating service
Available in	English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese.
Owner	Michael Yang
Created by	Michael Yang
Slogan(s)	Get On, Get Off.
Website	manhunt.net
Alexa rank	2,418 (March 2014[update])
Registration	Required
Launched	2001
Current status	Online

Manhunt.net is a social networking website operated by Online Buddies, Inc., that facilitates male same-sex introductions. It is owned by its founders, Jonathan Crutchley and Larry Basile. Michael Yang is the current founder owner of the online gay dating website. The site has over 4 million profiles worldwide, over 1 million of which are in the United States. They are headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

The official launch of Manhunt was April 1, 2001. Originally a telephone dating service limited to the Boston area, business declined when more men began to go online to find partners. According to Crutchley:

We decided if the business was going to continue in the long run we needed to create a website, have guys use the website, and, if it was going to be successful, get them to pay to use the website...The potential’s global, and we’ve reached the tipping point now where there are more subscribers outside the U.S. than in the U.S.

The web site allows profiles from any country, and is available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese. Both manhunt.net and the legacy site Manhunt.jp (マンハント.jp, Manhanto dotto jēpī^?) serve Japan. As of December 2006, an independent tracking agency ranked Manhunt as the largest LGBT-targeted site online, surpassing long-time leader Gay.com.

On Nov. 13, 2013, Online Buddies announced the acquisition of Jack'd, one of the leading location-based gay dating apps. Jack'd had over 2 million active accounts and about 1 million daily unique users when the acquisition deal was signed. Manhunt plans to keep Jack'd a separate product from Manhunt.net.

In mid 2008, Manhunt made video chat available to members after popular request.

In early 2009, Manhunt released its first major upgrade in 7 years. The upgrade modernized the site's look and feel and included many sought after features, like the addition of penis length to members' profiles and sexual position preferences.