Livelinks Inc.

What Livelinks Inc. does

Livelinks Inc. (legal entity: Teligence Corporation) operates Livelinks Chatline, a telephone-based personals service founded in 1990 and headquartered in Vancouver, BC, with a US operating office in Blaine, WA. The platform connects adult singles (18+) through live, localized voice conversations via a toll-free number and local access phone numbers in over 1,500 cities across the United States and Canada, with English- and Spanish-language support. Users record personal voice greetings, browse other callers' greetings, exchange private messages, and connect for one-on-one voice chats; supplementary features include HotList favorites, offline messaging, reusable greetings, SMS/PSMS mobile access, and an optional AI Companion generative-AI conversational assistant introduced under updated Terms of Use in January 2026.

The core technology stack is voice-over-telephone infrastructure combined with a web-based membership and payment management system at secure.livelinks.com. Payment processing supports Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, PayPal, and Western Union, with discreet billing appearing as "TELIGENCE" on customer statements. The business model is freemium and gender-differentiated: women receive always-free access, while men enter through a free trial and convert to prepaid minute packages priced from $25 (45 minutes) to $149 (600 minutes), with memberships deactivating after 90 days of inactivity. Customer acquisition runs through direct response phone marketing (1-800-916-1090), website SEO, a pay-per-call affiliate program processing 350,000+ calls per day, and traditional TV/print/radio advertising.

Livelinks is privately held under Teligence Corporation, with operating subsidiaries Teligence (Canada) Limited (BC) and Teligence (U.S.), LLC (WA). No external institutional investment, public listing, M&A activity, leadership changes, or regulatory actions are disclosed in the source material. The company's strategic posture in the data is one of category defense — protecting a mature, cash-generative niche against secular migration toward app-based dating through incremental product additions (AI Companion, SMS, Spanish localization) rather than aggressive expansion.

Name

Livelinks Inc.

Legal name

Teligence Corporation

Website

https://livelinks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Livelinks Inc. (Teligence Corporation) operates North America's largest phone-based personals chatline since 1990, connecting adult singles via local voice numbers across 1,500+ US and Canadian cities with a freemium model where women access free and men purchase prepaid minute packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Phone Chatline Services

SIC

Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4813)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Audio & Live Community Platforms (BPAMABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Voice Chat Platforms (Always-On Servers) (MPACAEAE), Live Audio & Social Audio Platforms (MPAIADAD)

Keywords

• Phone chatline services
• Adult voice chat
• Personals dating line
• Local singles connection
• Voice-based dating

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Minute Packages (Prepaid Membership): Users purchase prepaid minute packages that are deducted as they use the service (browsing greetings and connecting with callers). Packages range from 45 minutes ($25) to 600 minutes ($149). Memberships deactivate after 90 days of non-use.
2. Freemium Model - Women: Women receive free access to the platform, driving user volume. Premium features like offline messaging, HotList, reusable greetings, and phone access are available with a free membership.
3. Free Trial for Men: New male callers receive a free trial with limited access. Converts to paid membership packages after trial expiration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Livelinks operates a telephone-based personals chat line that connects adult singles through localized live voice conversations. Callers record personal greetings, browse other users' greetings, exchange private messages, and connect for confidential one-on-one phone chats. The service covers over 1500 cities across the United States and Canada, with women receiving always-free access and men purchasing prepaid minute packages.

Product overview

Livelinks Inc. operates Livelinks Chatline, a single unified phone chat line product for adults to connect with local singles. The core offering is a voice-based personals service (established 1990) where callers record greetings, browse other callers' messages, and engage in private voice conversations. The service is offered across English and Spanish in 1500+ North American cities. Additional features include an optional AI Companion (generative AI conversational assistant), Mobile Services (SMS/PSMS), HotList (favorites), Offline Messaging, Recorded Greetings, and Web Account management. Women receive free access; men purchase membership packages (45-600 minutes). All users must be 18+.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Livelinks Chatline Phone chat line service connecting local singles for conversation, dating, and social connections. Callers record personal greetings, browse other callers' greetings, exchange private messages, and connect for confidential one-on-one voice conversations. Operating since 1990, it is the largest personals chat line in North America with coverage across 1500+ cities in the US and Canada, available in English and Spanish. All users must be 18+.
• AI Companion Artificial intelligence-powered conversational companion feature that generates voice and text responses during user interactions on the Livelinks platform. Optional add-on feature, clearly disclosed to users, not intended to replace human interaction. Responses may be inaccurate or inappropriate and are not a substitute for professional advice.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lavalife: Lavalife is a North American phone- and web-based dating/personals service historically connected to the Teligence family, making it a direct comparable for Livelinks in voice-driven adult dating. Operates a similar freemium-for-women, paid-for-men model.
• Talk121: Talk121 operates free and paid phone chat lines connecting local singles in North America, sharing Livelinks' voice-first personals proposition and per-minute pricing structure.
• QuestChat: QuestChat is a phone-based singles chat line service targeting the same adult personals use case as Livelinks, with comparable local-number distribution and minute-package pricing.
• Red Hot Dateline: Red Hot Dateline is an adult phone chat line serving North American singles via local access numbers, functionally identical to Livelinks in product, target user, and minute-package monetization.

Emerging players

• Discord: Discord is a voice-and-chat community platform that competes for the same general 'voice connection with others' user behavior, particularly in always-on voice rooms analogous to Livelinks' chatline experience, though gaming/community focused rather than dating.

Broad incumbents

• Bumble Inc. Bumble operates a major mobile dating platform with similar user intent (local singles seeking connection) and freemium/paid-tier model, representing the mainstream app-based alternative to Livelinks' phone chatline.
• FriendFinder Networks: FriendFinder operates adult social and dating platforms (AdultFriendFinder, etc.) competing for the same adult personals use case as Livelinks but via web/app rather than telephone.
• Match Group: Match Group owns Tinder, Match.com, Hinge, and OkCupid, the dominant mainstream dating platforms competing for the same singles-seeking-connection use case as Livelinks, but delivered through mobile apps rather than phone lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/livelinks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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