The latest news from Oh My Japan's development team
On July 7, 2012, Oh My Japan was opened to the public. We chose the date of Tanabata because of its significance as a Japanese holiday about the connections between people (Wikipedia entry on Tanabata).
Seven years ago, we started with just one member; today, more than 66,000 people have joined the site, and more than half a million messages have been exchanged. Take a look at how our membership has changed over time.
On July 7, 2012, Oh My Japan was opened to the public. We chose the date of Tanabata because of its significance as a Japanese holiday about the connections between people (Wikipedia entry on Tanabata).
Six years ago, we started with just one member; today, more than 57,000 people have joined the site, and more than half a million messages have been exchanged. Take a look at how our membership has changed over time.
We are now offering one-month memberships.
Paid membership includes many benefits, including sending more messages, putting yourself first in the search results, and seeing who has visited your profile.
On July 7, 2012, Oh My Japan was opened to the public. We chose the date of Tanabata because of its significance as a Japanese holiday about the connections between people (Wikipedia entry on Tanabata).
Five years ago, we started with just one member; today, more than 46,000 people have joined the site, and nearly half a million messages have been exchanged. Take a look at how our membership has changed over time.
As of 2017, phone number verification (or a paid membership) is now required to send messages. This change was made because there were several people who were attempting to create multiple accounts to send lots of messages for free.
While Oh My Japan is happy to offer a free membership that allows messages to be sent, we do need to sell a premium membership to pay for the costs of running this site. As a result, we enforce a "one person, one account" rule.
Requiring free members to register their mobile phone numbers via text message is one way to do this.
