Snap Interactive, Inc. Announces Business Highlights for the Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2014

NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Snap Interactive, Inc. ("SNAP" or the "Company") (OTCQB: STVI), a leading online dating provider and owner of AYI.com, today announced business highlights for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2014.

Highlights:

• Cash and cash equivalents totaled approximately $1.1 million at December 31, 2014 (unaudited), reflecting $0.2 million of positive cash flow from operations in the quarter ended December 31, 2014;
• On a year-over-year basis, total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2014 increased 12% to approximately $3.37 million (unaudited) as compared to $3.0 million during the same period in 2013;
• Total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2014 increased 8% to $13.6 million as compared to $12.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2013;
• As of December 31, 2014, AYI.com had approximately 100,700 active subscribers, which was approximately 30% growth in subscribers as compared to the number of subscribers as of December 31, 2013 and was the fifth consecutive quarterly increase in active subscribers;
• New subscription transactions for the year ended December 31, 2014 increased 30% as compared to the year ended 2013;
• During the fourth quarter of 2014, new subscription transactions for AYI.com increased 18% as compared to the fourth quarter of 2013; and
• Since its launch in November, our newest mobile application, The Grade, has gained recognition in several top-tier news outlets and publications, including Time.com, The New York Post, Fortune.com, ABC News and Business Insider.

Management Commentary

SNAP's objectives for 2014 included three key initiatives: 1) achieving capital efficient growth; 2) reducing overhead to generate positive cash flow from operations in the third and fourth quarters; and 3) developing a new mobile application as part of a growing portfolio of dating and social applications.  The Company accomplished all three of these objectives. 

SNAP's Chief Executive Officer, Clifford Lerner, commented, "We were very pleased to have achieved our objectives for 2014.  Ending the year as we did with the 12% quarterly year-over-year topline revenue growth demonstrates the building momentum in our business, as does the 30% gain in active subscribers we experienced over the course of the year.  The continued positive cash flow generation of the Company also shows that our lean operations and efficient marketing model is working, and the business today is an exciting platform for growth."

Mr. Lerner continued, "Another important milestone for the Company is the launch of The Grade, our new mobile application and first product introduction in over three years. The Grade aims to create a better dating community by holding users accountable for their behavior using a proprietary algorithm that assigns users letter grades ranging from "A+" to "F". Objectionable or unresponsive daters get bad grades, warnings or expulsions, in order to reduce or eliminate the bad behavior we're seeing in other popular mobile dating applications.  We've received a strong reception in the press, and the concept seems to be resonating with users."

SNAP's Chief Operating Officer, Alex Harrington, added, "One more reason we are excited about the launch of The Grade is that it represents the first product introduced in SNAP's portfolio strategy.  The Company sees an attractive growth opportunity in providing a portfolio of applications in the dating and social arena, leveraging SNAP managerial expertise, technical infrastructure and user community across a broader range of offerings.  Mobile is such a large area of growth for the industry, and it was clear that a mobile first application was the right place to start. In the coming year we intend to expand our product array further, both to enrich the monetization of our existing audience and to broaden our reach to untapped user communities."

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About Snap Interactive, Inc.
Snap Interactive, Inc. develops, owns and operates dating applications for social networking websites and mobile platforms.  SNAP's flagship brand, AYI.com is a multi-platform online dating site with over one million monthly active users.  The Grade is a mobile dating application catering to high quality singles.  For more information, please visit http://www.snap-interactive.com/. 

The contents of our websites are not part of this press release, and you should not consider the contents of these websites in making an investment decision with respect to our common stock.

Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. iPhone® is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Android® is a registered trademark of Google Inc. The Grade is a trademark and AYI.com® is a registered trademark of Snap Interactive, Inc.

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All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement was made, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws.

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