StayFriends.de
Encyclopedia
Stayfriends.de is a social network service created in 2002. The social media website helps members find, connect and keep in touch with friends from kindergarten, primary school, high school in Germany. Stayfriends.de has more than 6.5 million members in Germany. Since 2004, Stayfriends belongs to Classmates.com
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According to AGOF (http://www.agof.de/angebots-ranking.366.de.html), Stayfriends.de is the 23rd most visited website in Germany with 3,48 million unique monthly visitors.
Since January 2004, StayFriends GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Classmates Online (Renton, USA), the operator of the online community Classmates.com
, which is a subsidiary of the U.S. internet company United Online
. The CEO is the founder of the site Michel Lindenberg.
Users can perform searches on the database by last name, first name, city, and school. Searches of last names can be done using the last name used at school and the current lastname.
While some functions are free, such as searching for old friends, organizing class reunions, or viewing of class photos, others require gold membership. These premium features include the possibility to read messages received and display all the photos and profile information. Communication without restriction is possible only if the sender or the receiver is a gold member - users can contact each other only if one of them paid for the service.
Classmates.com
Classmates.com is a social network service created in 1995 by Randy Conrads who founded Classmates Online, Inc.The social media website was originally designed to assist members in finding friends and acquaintances from kindergarten, primary school, high school, college, work and the United States...
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According to AGOF (http://www.agof.de/angebots-ranking.366.de.html), Stayfriends.de is the 23rd most visited website in Germany with 3,48 million unique monthly visitors.
The Company
Based in Erlangen, StayFriends GmbH operates the online platform StayFriends.de since August 2002.Since January 2004, StayFriends GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Classmates Online (Renton, USA), the operator of the online community Classmates.com
Classmates.com
Classmates.com is a social network service created in 1995 by Randy Conrads who founded Classmates Online, Inc.The social media website was originally designed to assist members in finding friends and acquaintances from kindergarten, primary school, high school, college, work and the United States...
, which is a subsidiary of the U.S. internet company United Online
United Online
United Online is a public company formed by the 2001 merger of NetZero and Juno Online Services. The company's range of products and services has evolved significantly since inception, primarily through a series of acquisitions that have included Classmates Online , MyPoints and FTD Group, Inc. ....
. The CEO is the founder of the site Michel Lindenberg.
How it works
StayFriends enables its members to find back their friends from school. Schools can be searched by State (Land) and city. A user can add all the schools he attended on his profile by giving the start and end year of each of them.Users can perform searches on the database by last name, first name, city, and school. Searches of last names can be done using the last name used at school and the current lastname.
While some functions are free, such as searching for old friends, organizing class reunions, or viewing of class photos, others require gold membership. These premium features include the possibility to read messages received and display all the photos and profile information. Communication without restriction is possible only if the sender or the receiver is a gold member - users can contact each other only if one of them paid for the service.