Partner agency
The partner agency operates dating services as a service . Here, on behalf of a person searching, the service provider arranges a “suitable person” for the person searching, usually of the opposite sex. The aim of mediation is to develop a love relationship through to marriage . After the spread of the Internet, dating found wider social recognition. Online partner agencies have been growing rapidly since 2000. In Germany their number is estimated at around 2000. Their turnover in Germany in 2006 was one hundred million euros. The number of users in Germany is between 6 and 8 million.
The service is usually chargeable, but is not legally enforceable according to § 656 BGB .
“The German courts have different opinions as to whether a dating agency is a" service of a higher kind "or not. Services of a higher kind are characterized by a special relationship of trust and can therefore be terminated without notice and without giving reasons. The Federal Court of Justice ruled ... [2009] in favor of a customer who had terminated his contract with a partner agency without notice. However, there is still no uniform jurisprudence. "
In practice, the keyword “ usury ” is often used to argue about the amount of the fee and the advertising, including decoy offers by name, is viewed critically.
Web links
- Dating agency as doorstep selling (2010) - on the Federal Court of Justice judgment of April 15, 2010 - III ZR 218/09
- On the judgment of the Federal Court of Justice (Az. II ZR 93/09 of October 8, 2009) : With a partner agency that works on the basis of a video partner portal, the customer does not owe the full contract fee immediately after recording the video.
- Professional association for dating agencies in Europe V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Badische Zeitung of June 10, 2006 ( Memento of the original of November 28, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Abendblatt.de September 28, 2010: Destructive judgment for single and partner exchanges
