DontStayIn
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| DontStayIn.com (DSI) | |
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 Profile page of Tim Aylott |
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| URL | http://www.dontstayin.com |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Social network service |
| Registration | Required |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | DontStayIn Ltd |
| Created by | Tim Aylott, John Brophy and Dave Brophy |
| Launched | April 2003 |
DontStayIn, commonly abbreviated to DSI, is a social networking site based around clubbing. Primarily covering the UK it lists nearly 180,000 events and has nearly 415,000 verified members. Members are encouraged to upload picture galleries to the site for events they've attended, add events and venues and otherwise contribute. 'Spotters' are DSI members who review and photograph events and promote DSI. Alexa ranks DSI as one of the top 7,000 websites in the world.[1]
The site has also been ranked continuously since April 2007[2] as the number 1 website in the UK by Hitwise for their "Entertainment - Nightlife" category. (Hitwise awards - Q2/07 Q03/07 Q4/07 Q1/08
The format of the site allows any user to add event listings, post comments and upload photos from anywhere in the world. DSI members are known for their loyalty to and promotion of the site. Many users have also commented favourably about the site and its impact on their lives when it is mentioned by reviewers (see comments here for an example).
DSI users (often shortened on the site to "DSIers"), have used DontStayIn to set up events [3] [4] and user-groups [5] [6] to promote the meeting up of DSIers in real life.
In November 2006 DSI was reportedly used to organise[7] what has been described as the biggest flash mob ever[8] in Paddington Station, London, UK.
In 2005 DSI was featured in a documentary[9] made by Juniper TV[10] as part of Channel 4's "Trouble Online" series [11] that profiled new media enterprises that have been set up by young entrepreneurs.
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[edit] Awards
[edit] 2005
Won the House Music Awards prize for "best web resource" [12].
[edit] 2006
Won the Hard Dance Awards "Best Website" award
Won the Musik 4 You Awards "Best Website" award
[edit] 2007
Won the Hard Dance Awards "Best Website" award
Won the Hardcore Heaven Awards "Best Website" award
[edit] 2008
Won the Hard Dance Awards "Best Website" award
[edit] DSI Stats
From the site [13] (as of 04/06/2008):
- Photos - Nearly 10 million photos have been uploaded to DSI so far. On average around 250,000 to 300,000 photos are uploaded every month and there are around 18 million photo viewings every month.
- Events - The number of events on DSI is nearly 180,000. On average around 5000 new events are added every month.
- Unique users - There are in excess of 1,000,000 unique users using DSI each month.
- Verified members - There are now nearly 415,000 registered members on DSI. Around 10,000 new members are signing up every month. Between 15 and 20% log in at least once a month.
- Forum Posts - There are over 18 million discussion forum posts on DSI. Around half a million forum posts are written every month.
- Page Impressions - Page impressions are running at around 32 million a month.
- LiveChat messages - Over 21 million messages have been posted on DSI's Livechat instant online messaging application since it's inception.
[edit] References
- ^ dontstayin.com - Traffic Details from Alexa
- ^ Dontstayin.com - #1 on Hitwise for a whole year
- ^ Camp DSI 2006 - DSI's 3rd Birthday! - DontStayIn
- ^ DSI Does.. Alton Towers Round 2 - DontStayIn
- ^ DSI Does... group - DontStayIn
- ^ DontStayIn events group - DontStayIn
- ^ UTalkMarketing - Digital marketing rallies mob
- ^ The biggest flash mob ever | the Daily Mail
- ^ "Download our channel 4 programme!" - DontStayIn
- ^ Juniper Tv
- ^ Money and Business from Channel4.com
- ^ House Music Awards 2005 - UKMusic.com - Upfront and Ruthlessly Independent
- ^ stats - DontStayIn
