Unona Online Dating - News

Mother's Day Celebration

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

“God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.”

This Jewish proverb conveys the special meaning and significance of the word Mother. Mother is the first word that a child pronounces. And this goes to show the importance of mother in our lives. Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends - but only one mother in the whole world!

Many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother’s Day in different times throughout the year. The Ukrainian’s never had a Mother’s Day until 1998 (we have always celebrated the apparently-International Women's Day instead ). But nowadays this holiday is included to our calendar and is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.

Dear gentleman, we sincerely congratulate your Moms and are very thankful to them for such great gentlemen they raised up!! We wish them to stay healthy and to live many years after!!

We hope that your hearts will always remember the warmth of mother’s hands and keep the seed of respect and delight to motherhood with its boundless care and love.

Make this holiday brighter for every person who is already a mother, and you will receive the beauty and warmth of a woman’s heart in return.

Be happy making other people happy, And Unona International Dating Agency helps you in this!

Anna Z.
Customer representative at Unona Dating

Happy Easter

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Happy Easter!
Z Velykodnimy sviatamy!
Joyeuses Pâques!
¡Felices Pascuas!
Frohe Ostern!

Easter is always regarded as a holiday of fun, joy and family gatherings; it’s welcome to all nations and all languages.

In Ukraine, Easter is to be celebrated on April 15th this year. It is considered to be the first warm spring day that gives the perfect opportunity to spend it outdoors with family. Ukrainians generally hold an Orthodox Christian belief, though Easter is welcome to all, it is a Ukrainian tradition to visit Church on this day, be it with family, friends, or both. In regard to the difference in dates of Easter celebration in different countries, read http://ukrainegiftdelivery.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-catholic-and-orthodox-christians.html. This holiday has a common idea for all religions – idea of renewal, love and joyful living: a parallel to the season.

If you want to share the Easter tradition with your lady, Unona International Dating Agency has some ideas to share with you to make this holiday special.

- In our catalogue we have compiled some thoughtful, touching e-cards and wishes for Easter, which you may use to celebrate this holiday with your dear one. Please look through our selection at http://www.unona.net/ShowEcard.aspx?ect=38&ecid=46237 , these will make the holiday brighter for the lady you have been corresponding with at Unona.net!

- Congratulate your lady and tell her about the Easter traditions in your country – many Ukrainians have never heard of the Easter Bunny, the Easter egg hunt, and the reactions of excited children finding Easter eggs. We have many differences with celebrating this holiday, there are many traditions that may seem odd, ask about them! Your lady will be glad to tell you.

- Wish your loved one a happy Easter by picking one of our special Easter gifts from http://www.ukrainegiftdelivery.com/Easter_s/54.htm We will gladly take free photos of the delivery, if you and your recipient would like. A video recording of the delivery can be ordered for just $11.99.

Unona International Dating Agency wishes you a happy Easter and warm wishes to match the season,

Anna Z.
Customer representative at Unona Dating

Translation Rate Adjustment

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

For several years we managed to provide excellent service without price increases even though most of our costs have gone up. Last year’s tax increase to 38% on the employee’s salary in Ukraine has left our business with a tiny profit margin, but we kept delaying a translation rate adjustment as long as we could. To be able to keep our remarkable translation teams who work 7 days a week to provide non-stop service to you, we reluctantly need to make this change.

For comparison, one letter of up to 500 words and our regular rate published at http://translation-partner.com/standard.php is $0.04 per word, so the cost of translation of a 2500 characters or 500 words letter is about $20. The cost of translation for Unona.net members of one letter up to 2500 characters will be 5 credits ($5-$7 depending on the package) starting April 15th., so our members still get a 65%-75% discount on translation service in comparison with our regular translation rate.

This translation rate adjustment has been carefully thought through and it is necessary for our service to maintain the continued quality of our service. We thank all of you for understanding and are looking forward to serve you.

With warmest regards,
Unona Dating customer support

Open your heart on Valentine’s Day

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Gentlemen,

This Valentine’s Day we want to say that we love you all!!

We would like to thank you all for your ideas and suggestions at www.unona.net and your support. It is you and our ladies for whom the teams of Unona Online Dating work every day and we consider your success in finding your true love our successes too.

Today we wish passion and joy in relations to those, who have already found their soul mates. We wish best of luck and patience to those who are still in search. And we wish Love and Happiness to all of you on this Lovers day.

We know firsthand how difficult it is when distance separates you from your loved ones, but remember, what does not break you, will make you stronger!! Some day you could look at back at this time thinking it was all worth it.

Would you like to indulge your sweetheart with a romantic gift?

Get a $9.95 flat rate delivery fee for orders over $120

placed at www.UkraineGiftDelivery.com

*all deliveries come with a free photo of the delivery (with the lady’s permission)

free translation of your greeting message

To place your order, just put lady's username in all fields for the recipient and we will get the lady's contact information from our database.

Please check our collection of ecards to choose the most romantic cards for the ladies you have been corresponding with at Unona Dating

Would you like to know more about how to make St. Valentine’s Day special for you partner? Please follow our blog at www.unona.net

Love and be loved!

Anna Z.

Customer representative at Unona Dating

Warmest wishes of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Unona Family

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Friends,

We at Ukraine Gift Delivery service wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! May you always be blessed with happiness, health, love and success! May your holidays be wrapped in joy, love and friendship!

Please, watch our Christmas wishes video>>

Christmas wishes from Ukraine Gift Delivery service.wmv

Happy Dating,

Unona Dating customer support

Catch a Christmas Deal!

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Gentlemen,

Christmas is just around the corner! Now as the year is coming to an end, we are thinking about what we accomplished in 2011 and what hopes we have for the coming year. And what are you looking forward to in the next year?

Let’s make our greatest dreams come true in the coming year! Let’s fill the world with imagination, hope, and love. We hope that you have met your very special lady at the Unona Dating service and we would like to help you bring some more magic and romance on this eve of the holidays.

Usually people in Ukraine exchange gifts on New Year and we at Unona International Dating Service prepared a Holiday Offer for you:

When you place an order for Unona ladies at www.UkraineGiftDelivery.com for every $10 we add 1 credit to your account at www.Unona.net

How it works:

For “recipient” fields please put the lady’s username for all requested info
Put your Unona.net username into the “Comments” field while placing the order at www.UkraineGiftDelivery.com so we know whose account to credit.

This offer is active from December 14^th, 2011 through December 31^st, 2011.

We are wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year,

Unona Dating customer support

Your Status

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Gentlemen,

We would like you to add a new dimension to your profile by letting you to post your current Status – a short line where you can tell about what’s going on in Your Life Right Now.

This feature is similar to the one at Facebook: it lets you to add creativity to your profile and let other members know what you are doing. Unlike your Title which is a general title of your profile, your Status is more fluid; you can update it any time something new and exciting is happening in your life:

Ideas for a Status:

· Funny: Hi, my name is Damimeve. The 'mime' is silent.

· Interesting event: Just got back from fishing, you won’t believe …

· Holiday related: Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing you all the happiness in the world

· Cool: All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific. ~

· Cool&Funny: World Population Rank: 1.China 2.India 3.Facebook 4.USA 5.MySpace 6.Indonesia 7.Brazil 8.Twitter

Status appears your profile page and also in the general list of members. There can be up to 300 characters in your Status line and you can update your Status as many time as often as you want.

Show your creative side with Status updates!

Happy Dating,

Unona Datingcustomer support

New Improved Live Chats

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

We have improved our Live Chats to deliver better value to you so that you could enjoy text, audio, and video conversations with Unona ladies. Now you can stream a clearer video and chat for longer!

Please compare old and new Chats:

	Old Chats	New Chats
Time to chat	30 minutes	24 hours
Time to accept invitation	2 minutes	30 minutes
Video streaming bandwidth	256 kbps	1 Mbps
Simultaneous connections	10	20
Interpretation during the live chat at Unona office (optional)	$15 for up to 30 minutes	$25 for up to 1 hour
cost	10 credits	12 credits

Tips for successful Live Chats:

After you invite a lady to chat live, she has up to 30 minutes to accept your invitation. Please remember that she might go away from a computer for a few minutes or does not see your invitation right away. Even if you send your invitation several times do not worry – you will be charged 12 credits only once for a 24 hour chat with one lady.
We educate our ladies how to use Live chats tp help you have successful Chats. Still if for some reason the lady does not accept your invitation, please send us a message to office@unona.net and we will refund your payment.
If you have a web camera, please click on the icon of the web camera (located above the text field) to start video streaming.
If your lady does not have access to computers, she is welcome to come to any Unona office in Ukraine to use one of our computers with high speed Internet to chat with you. This service is free of charge.
If you would like a professional interpreter to assist you with interpreting your live chat, please send a message to office@unona.net to inform the date and time of the chat and arrange a payment. Alternately you could also call our head office at 1 866 90 UNONA (Mon.-Fri. 10.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. Pacific Time)

If you have any additional suggestions, we would appreciate to hear from you.

Happy Dating,

Unona Dating customer support

1 866 90 UNONA (North America)

1 778 279 8087 (global)

Free Introductory Letters

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

We invite our ladies to come to Unona offices to browse the profiles of members and send them free Introductory messages. This is another way for our ladies to introduce themselves: by composing a unique letter to you, and so sharing thoughts which they would not be able to put in the profiles.

Our translators help the ladies translate introductory message, and gentlemen get them for free. A copy of an introductory message is then saved in a gentleman’s mailbox with a sign “Free Intro Message” .

If you feel that a lady’s thoughts are close to you, reach out and make a connection!

Unona Dating customer support

1 866 90 UNONA (North America)

1 778 279 8087 (global)

Match Percentage

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

Now when you are logged in at www.unona.net and when you view profiles of the ladies, you can also see match percentage numbers.

How it works: the system takes into account the information you put about yourself and matches it with the information ladies put in the section “Partner I am looking for”. For example if you are 46 years old and the lady wrote for "A Partner I am looking for" that his age is from 40 y.o. to 50 y.o, your match with this lady would show 100. If your height is 183 cm and she is looking for a man with ideal height of 185 cm., your percentage would go a little down. The system matches you by all the other fields – height, weight, body type, education, children, level of English. Please check that you have filled in this information in your profile to show the correct match percentage.

Her match number shows how the lady matches your ideal partner wishes.

Dear friends, we are fine tuning our system to help you see potential partners and make your choice for all the right reasons. If you can think of new ideas which could improve your experience on our website, we would always appreciate to hear from you.

Sincerely,

Unona Dating team.

Happy Easter!

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

The Unona staff from all our offices sincerely congratulates youand your families with Easter!

In 2011 we celebrate both Catholic and Orthodox Easter on the same day - this Sunday, April 24th. Only now the weather is getting warmer and beautiful blooming of apricot trees declares the long-awaited coming of spring and the single most important holiday of the year, widely celebrated by all Ukrainians.

If you would like to congratulate Unona ladies with the holidays, please browse our collection of ecards (category Easter). Please check our Easter Gifts collection>> to choose if you want to choose a special gift for a lady you have been corresponding with. You can get 20% off all roses bouquets in April.

With the best wishes, Unona Dating customer support

8th of March, International Women's Day

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

Spring is in the air! And as ever, spring brings us the most beloved holiday of Ukrainian women: International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8th.

Please do not forget to congratulate the lady you have been corresponding with, with this beautiful holiday. And you could do even better with sending a romantic e-card from our collection!

With the best wishes,

Unona Dating customer support

On this day we celebrate love, warmth and care which the gentler part of mankind brings to us and we congratulate our mothers, grandmothers, daughters, girlfriends, fiancées, and wives. Even strangers get congratulations from men.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

The Unona staff from all our offices sincerely congratulates you with the holidays and wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May the new 2011 year bless you and your families with happiness, health, success and of course love. May there is always peace and understanding in your lives.

In Ukraine we are in the middle of the celebration season, which started on December 24th with Catholic Christmas Eve (traditionally celebrated in the Western parts of Ukraine), New Year, Orthodox Christmas on January 7th and the Old New Year on January 13th. Please read more about celebrating Christmas and New Year in Ukraine at http://www.unona.net/articles_45_celebrating-new-year-and-christmas-in-ukraine.aspx

If you would like to congratulate Unona ladies with the holidays, please browse our collection of ecards (category Christmas and New Year). And if you want to send a gift to Ukraine, please check our Christmas Gifts collection at http://www.ukrainegiftdelivery.com/chirstmas_ukraine_s/49.htm

With the best wishes,

Unona Dating customer support

Christmas Gifts in Ukraine

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Friends,

If you have been corresponding with a nice Ukrainian lady and you would like to share the Christmas holiday spirit with her and send her a little Christmas gift to Ukraine, you could do it easily at our other website www.UkraineGiftDelivery.com If a lady is a member of Unona.net, you could just put her username in all fields for a recipient and we will deliver your thoughtful gift to Her.

Take advantage of Christmas and New Year 2011 special order and with every gift over $100 you could choose one of three free gifts:

· A bottle of champagne

· A box of chocolates

· A box of Christmas cookies

You are welcome to visit our special Christmas gifts in Ukraine collection at http://www.ukrainegiftdelivery.com/chirstmas_ukraine_s/49.htm and browse a collection of Christmas presents in Ukraine we specially selected for you.

New! At the bottom of the page under the gifts please view our new video “Christmas Gifts in Ukraine”

Dear friends, we hope if you have something special in mind, and you can’t find it in our collection we could also make a custom gift order.

Unona Dating customer support

1 866 90 UNONA (North America)

1 778 279 8087 (global)

Chat Live with Unona Ladies for Only 10 Credits!

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Friends,

At your requests we have changed the structure of Live Chats at Unona Dating to make them more affordable and more flexible.

Now you can order a live chat with a lady for only 10 credits! The service includes:

A live text chat for up to 30 minutes
If you have a web camera, you could turn it on and a lady would hear and see you
If a lady has a web camera, she could turn it on and you would hear and see her.

Our ladies are actively searching for soul mates, so we will be aggressively advertising Live Chats to the ladies and educating them how to use them. We also invite the ladies to come to our offices where they could use our computers and high speed Internet to Chat Live with you.

Please note that often ladies do not speak English well or are not quite comfortable with using audio and video features of a Live Chat at an Internet café. You could request interpretation service separately and at Unona offices in Ukraine we will assist you with:

Interpretation service ($19.95 per 30 minutes)
video and audio streaming
a private place for a Live Chat

To request interpretation service you could either ask your lady to come to Unona office for the Live Chat or contact us with the request. You could pay for the interpretation service after it has been provided with a credit card or PayPal account.

A cost of Live Chats for the ladies is free.

Dear friends, we hope that you will enjoy this new feature and if you would like to add more themes to the site, please let us know what kind.

Unona Dating customer support

1 778 279 8087 (global)

Flirty Ecards

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Friends,

Now you can start a new relationship with a fun and flirtatious ecard or bring fire to your existing relationship. We added a new category of ecards “Flirtation” and here you can choose ecards like:

· Are you in the mood for love?

· Do you believe in love at the first sight or do I have to walk by again?

· Hello, I'm a thief and I'm here to steal your heart!

· I want to share everything with you, your sadness, your happy moments, every single second of the day.

· I would have replied to your letter sooner but you did not write me one.

· If one night a big fat man jumps in at your window grabs you and puts you in a sack don't worry I told Santa I wanted you for CHRISTMAS

And many more!

To send an e-card, just open a lady’s profile at Unona Dating Online and choose “Send an e-card”, and then choose a theme for your e-card: “Flirtation”, then pick a card you like to send.

Send a flirty ecard and you will make somebody special smile and may she will reply to your message a little bit sooner!

Dear friends, we hope that you will enjoy this new feature and if you would like to add more themes to the site, please let us know what kind.

Unona Dating customer support

1 866 90 UNONA (North America)

1 778 279 8087 (global)

Ukrainian Recipes Section

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Our dear gentlemen,

The way to a man’s heart is through the stomach – this saying is very popular among Ukrainians, may be that is why Ukrainian women are usually excellent cooks. From a woman’s perspective I can add that there is nothing sexier than a man cooking dinner for his family.

Many of our gentlemen enjoy cooking and do a great job. We would like to open another page of Ukrainian life for you by sharing some very famous Ukrainian recipes with you. Imagine how impressed your lady would be when you mention your acknowledgement of Ukrainian cuisine or even show her your skills when you meet and share recipes with each other.

Twice a month we are going to publish a new recipe so that you could try them yourself and enjoy delicious, simple and healthy Ukrainian cuisine!

The first Ukrainian recipes are waiting for you at:

Ukrainian Borsht Recipe

Ukrainian Apple Squares

Use your chance to taste Ukraine already at your home and ….charm your lady with cooked Ukrainian brand dishes with your own hands!

Bon appetite!

5 Credits to Every New Member

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

At your requests we expand the free trial for every new member. Now every gentleman who registered on or after octover 25th, receives 5 credits to his account. He could use the free credits for any paid service: viewing videos, reading ladies' messages, sending his messages, sending ecards etc.

We appreciate your feedback in this matter and we hope it will work for our new members and make communication with Unona ladies easier and more pleasant.

the offer will be valid till November 30th

Happy Dating!

Unona Dating customer support

Take Part at Our Survey and Earn 5 Credits

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

We try very hard to continuously improve our service, and we would love to hear your input. Please take a few minutes to take part in the Unona Survey at http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e31oucbygep128rw/start and we will add 5 credits to your account!

The survey will be closed on October 20th, and 5 credits will be added to your account on that day.

We thank you for your help in advance.

Happy Dating,

Unona Dating customer support.

Support for Site and User Events

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Gentlemen,

Similar to Facebook and other social networking websites now you can see at a glance when your friends have new photos, new videos, comments etc. You can add up to 30 ladies to your Friends list and stay in close contact from now on. By default all your friends are shown in your profile, but you can change this setting at your Profile>Settings.

As soon as your ladies-friends add new photos, videos etc. to their profile, you will be the first to know about it. The same work other way around - they will learn about the changes at your profile too.

The events system also notifies you about the changes in the user groups - such as new topics, new posts on your topics, new group photos, etc. You can leave comments on the user events.

Dear gentlemen, we keep working on making our online dating service even better, and we hope that you will enjoy using this new feature.

Happy Dating!

Unona Dating customer support

Free Pre-written Notes

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Friends,

Now communicating with Ukrainian ladies has just become even more affordable! We listened to your suggestions and implemented a new feature on our website www.Unona.net of pre-written free notes.

If you want to send a message to a lady, you can either send a full sized 2500-character message, or just choose to send a free pre-written note like:

“Thank you for the smile, I will write to you soon!”

“I enjoyed reading your profile”

“Sorry, I can not write to you any more. I wish you best of luck!”

The cost of sending a pre-written note is free for all members. This way you could stay in touch with more ladies, and make the right choice.

Dear friends, we hope that you will enjoy this new feature and if you would like to add more pre-written notes, please let us know which ones.

Unona Dating customer support

1 778 279 8087 (global)

20 per cent off all Flowers at Ukraine Gift Delivery service

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear friends,

This August is special. On top of 5% you get back with every one of your order at www.UkraineGiftDelivery.com, we are also giving you 20% OFF all flowers and plants at the Flowers section with a coupon code AUGUST! If you are thinking of sending flowers to Ukraine and bringing a happy smile to the face of your Ukrainian lady, this is the time to do so! Birthday, anniversary of the first smile, first message, first chat or just because - use every occasion to tell them how much you love them!

August brings the best local flowers - bright, happy and gorgeous, so spoil your loved ones with the best flowers in a year.

*offer is availbale till August 31st

Happy Dating,

customer support

www.Unona.net

Success Stories

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Friends,

To celebrate Unona’s 10^th anniversary of Online Dating we asked our happy couples to answer questionnaires about their love stories.

Please visit our new Success Stories page available at the bottom menu, and read the answers of both ladies and gentlemen to these questions:

Why did you decide to search for a soul mate from abroad?
What made you think that [this person] is your destiny?
How did you first meet?
Did you have any doubts and fears?
What is your advice and wishes to our gentlemen and ladies, who are still in search of their soul mate?

and many more.

We sincerely thank everyone who agreed to share their experiences with us and wish all of you lots of happiness together. If you are still searching for your Right Lady, we wish you all the best of luck and sincerely hope to read your happy story soon!

Happy Dating,

Elena Volkova

Unona Dating customer support

www.unona.net

IMBRA Form at your Profile

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Gentlemen,

If you are an American citizen and you request a lady’s contact information via email, Live chat or in person, you need to have your IMBRA form is filled in first.

We make a translation of your IMBRA form FOR FREE
Your IMBRA form information is NOT VISIBLE to the other members, we will disclose your personal information to a lady only at your request
You provide a piece of mind to the ladies you date and/propose to
To apply for K-1 Fiancée visa and obtain it successfully you will need to prove that you complied with IMBRA requirements.

IMBRA, the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 is a United States federal statute that requires background checks for all marriage visa sponsors and limits serial visa applications. IMBRA also requires background checks before speech or other forms of communication are permitted between American citizens and foreign nationals.

The impetus for its introduction was several high-profile cases (including the Susanna Blackwell case in 1995 and the Anastasia King case in 2000) in which foreign women had been abused and eventually murdered by the men who had used international marriage brokers to bring them to the United States. Several international marriage brokers challenged its constitutionality but the statute was upheld by a federal court in 2007. IMBRA has been the subject of controversy since its passage because of free-speech and identity theft concerns.

Important: IMBRA limits a US petitioner’s sponsorship of K1 (fiancé(e)) visas to 2 total, with no less than 2 years between the filing of the last approved petition and the current petition. A petitioner may seek a discretionary waiver of these limits from DHS. However, DHS cannot ordinarily waive the limits if the U.S. petitioner has a record of violent criminal offenses. (Section 832(a)(1))

Full text of tthe International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 (IMBRA)

Refer a Friend and Each of You Will Get 5 Credits to Your Accounts

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Gentlemen,

Now you can automatically import e-mail addresses from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Live mail and e-mail site invitations in a few clicks:

1) When you are logged in to your account at www.Unona.net on your home page under statistics click Invite a Friend

2) Log in to your Gmail, Yahoo, Live Mail or Hotmail accounts

3) Send automatic invitations to your friends in the contact lists

4) When you friens gets registered on our website, ask him to put your username in the field "How did you learn about Unona?"

5) Both of you will receive 5 credits to your accounts

Happy Dating!

Unona Dating customer support