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Established in June 2003, Plasian.com, LLC, is a U.S.A. based IT company offering online dating services.

Plasian.com needed a dating Web site to fill a niche in the online dating market and become the ultimate meeting place for not only Asians to meet other Asians, but for Non-Asians to meet Asians and vice versa. The company selected Intetics Co./ Web Space Station^® to implement the project.

The customer's requirements involved developing the User Interface and branding for the Web site, integrating a payment service, and creating the customer profile and moderator sections. The search page had to allow the user to perform search by User ID, keyword, or ZIP code. The ZIP Code Finder feature was supposed to help the user get the ZIP code they didn't know off the top of their head. Another feature that had to be implemented was a location-based search/lookup (when the user logs on, their profile indicates their geographic location, and the system retrieves the profiles of other members located in the same area). The challenges we were facing also included creating a flirt messaging system that would allow users to exchange messages and an internal closed-loop e-mail/messaging system to secure users' identities. The internal e-mail system had to be developed so that non-paying members could receive e-mail messages only from paying members, and if non-paying members wanted to reply to those messages, they should subscribe and pay the fee.

We chose Microsoft .NET as a development platform for the target system because it greatly reduces development time and improves reliability. Using the Extreme Programming development methodology, we created a secure Internet site with interfaces for members, administrators, and moderators. The payment service integration module based on HTTP Notification was developed and integrated into the system. A powerful search module that we implemented made it possible to boost up the search operations. We also developed a lot of custom controls and libraries for the site.

The Plasian.com Web dating portal built by Intetics Co./ Web Space Station^® creates an online atmosphere that caters to all of the user's dating needs and provides a fun and user-friendly environment for both paying members and non-paying members alike, helping them establish long awaited friendships/relationships.