type international dating online dating transnational marriage social networking founded 1974 headquarters kapaau hawaii usa key people mike krosky president website blossoms.com cherry blossoms is the oldest and one of the largest international social networking companies in the world today . it was established in 1974 as a picture catalog specializing in women from asia . the agency printed catalogs of personals listings selling addresses to customers who were then left to their own devices in corresponding with and courting the women . eventually photographs supplemented text listings then color photographs were added . 1 as of 2001 cherry blossoms had evolved entirely to a web based format . circa 2014 friending capability was added . cherry blossoms currently operates in over a hundred countries with a strong presence in china south america and southeast asia especially the philippines . 2 relative to many other dating sites cherry blossoms female clientele has a higher average age and tends to be more interested in marriage rather than short term hookups . contents 1 statistics 2 controversy 3 mail order bride classification 4 references 5 external links statistics edit cherry blossoms was started as a picture catalog magazine style introduction service of ridge consultants in 1974 and is no longer owned by the original founder . the website states in excess of 60 000 female members and 15 000 male members . controversy edit there have been several prominent cases of abuse and murder involving couples who met via cherry blossoms including the case of jack reeves who was convicted of murdering two of his wives ; the case became the subject of a 1999 book called mail order murder . additional controversy surrounds cherry blossoms and most other online dating sites due to the increase in romance scam use of the site by members . mail order bride classification edit cherry blossoms is often mentioned in news articles about the mail order bride industry although mike krosky head of cherry blossoms states it is an antiquated uninformed expression . one hundred years ago there were mail order brides . there is no such thing today . 3 references edit jackson suzanne h. june 2002 . to honor and obey trafficking in mail order brides . geo . wash . l. rev. 70 475 . brooks mark 1 october 2013 . cherryblossoms.com interview with ceo mike krosky . online personals watch . retrieved 1 march 2014 . lisa anne simons 2001 marriage migration and markets international matchmaking and international feminism pdf external links edit official website alexa page rank for cherry blossoms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cherry blossoms marriage agency & oldid 724353927 categories organizations established in 1974 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 june 2016 at 18 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view