What is cheek'd?

It bridges the gap between virtual and actual. It fills the much-missing niche between online dating and real-world encounters. It's the 2.0 version of "Call me."

Members receive pack of 50 sleek black cards, the same dimensions as business cards, each printed on one side with a different flirtation - "hi," "parents love me," "we'll laugh about this a year from now" - our URL and a code leading to the member's online profile, which includes a first-name-only email address, on the other. They then give a card in real-time to anyone who entices. Distribution can be old-fashioned via conversation, or more mysterious-slid across the bar, tucked inside a briefcase, slipped into a coat pocket.

With Cheek'd, chemistry is more guaranteed: Members actually see the person, in person.

Cheek'd gives members an opportunity to leverage technology without completely depending on it.

Cheek'd promotes safe and playful interaction offline and on.

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Who's behind this?

Cheek'd was founded by Lori Cheek, a Kentucky native turned trend-setting New Yorker. A former architect, she went from building structures to building relationships:

      "Several years ago, over dinner with another architect, he wrote on the back of his business card, 'Want to have dinner?' He then handed the card to a woman at a nearby table as we left the restaurant. That was my lightbulb moment. Two years later, I launched Cheekd.com, which has been coined as 'the next generation of online dating' by The New York Times. It's like online dating, only in reverse: The flirtation is performed via a face-to-face business card - like exchange but without giving away the personal information that's on an actual business card." - Lori Cheek

Missed connection averted. Privacy protected. Get Cheek'd.