The Beatles were wrong about money not being able to buy you love. A controversial new US dating website allows the 'generous' to pay for a date, and the 'attractive' to either accept or decline the offer

Brandon wey, 40, founder of WhatsYourPrice.com, is a Singaporean-born, MIT-educated entrepreneur and 'nerd' who spent the last half-decade building lucrative businesses playing online cupid. Considered a dating mogul, he has created profitable dating sites like SeekingArrangement.com and SeekingMillionaire.com.
His latest website divides people into 'generous' and 'attractive', with the former bidding for a date with the latter. The website charges approximately 5 to 10 per cent of the agreed upon price of the date once it has been fixed. It claims to have approximately 2,000 Indian users who have paid an average of $165 per date. By next year, Wey plans on introducing the website in other foreign languages including Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Hindi. Excerpts from an interview:

What is WhatsYourPrice.com about?
At the end of the day, my goal with WhatsYourPrice.com is to empower men and women. Men like me will be empowered to date women whom they believe were out of their reach or league. Women who believe they deserve better will be empowered to find men who are more able to show they can be generous and able to provide and care for her.