Bumble set to launch paid IRL date feature
Bumble is set to introduce a paid group-date feature called Plans, which will allow users to RSVP for small in-person gatherings. This new feature will launch in New York and requires a flat fee for both the user and their plus-one. The initiative comes as Bumble seeks to enhance user engagement and address declining revenue and user numbers.
- ▪Bumble's new feature, Plans, will require users to pay a fee to RSVP for group dates.
- ▪Users can invite a plus-one, who will also need to pay the fee.
- ▪After attending the event, users can indicate if they liked other participants and potentially match with them.
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Home > Life > Sex, Dating & Relationships Bumble set to launch paid IRL date feature Users will have to pay to RSVP to a group date. By Anna Iovine Anna Iovine Associate Editor, Features Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky.
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