The NY Times Bestseller “Fifty Shades of Grey” has inspired a generation of sexually underwhelmed women throughout the world to become their own “Anastasia Steele”, and to seek out their own “Christian Grey”.

According to SeekingArrangement.com, the largest dating website for those seeking mutually beneficial relationships, since the publishing of this book, the number of female members seeking a “Fifty Shades” relationship has ballooned to over 186,000 worldwide. So is it fiction or non-fiction, and do people really live the fantasy described in this book? Brandon Wade, the Founder & CEO of SeekingArrangement.com says: “YES”

Sex sells, as proven by the overnight success of the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy that has been on the New York Times bestseller list for many months in a row. While “Fifty Shades of Grey” may have awakened long dormant sexual fantasies of countless sexually underwhelmed women worldwide, no one has been able to put a figure on exactly how the book has impacted the sex lives of men and women until now.

SeekingArrangement.com, the largest dating website designed to help successful and beautiful people form such mutually beneficial relationships, today announced that it has been a big beneficiary of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” relationship trend.

“People who have read ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ are often surprised to find out that a website already exists for those seeking a ‘Fifty Shades’ inspired arrangement,” says Brandon Wade, the Founder & CEO of SeekingArrangement.com. “Since the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy made the New York Times Bestseller list, the number of women joining Seeking Arrangement to find their own ‘Christian Grey’ has ballooned to over 186,000 worldwide.”

According to SeekingArrangement.com, 24.8% of its active female members (representing over 186,000 women around the world) want to find the same arrangement that ‘Anastasia Steele’, the lead character of the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy, had with ‘Christian Grey’.

Additionally, the website has seen a significant increase in the number of dating profiles which mentions the words ‘Fifty Shades’, ‘Christian Grey’ or ‘Anastasia Steele’. Of the roughly 1.5 million profiles, the term ‘Fifty Shades’ is mentioned over 28,382 times; ‘Christian Grey’ is mentioned over 23,102 times; and ‘Anastasia Steele’ is mentioned over 18,281 times.

A poll SeekingArrangement.com’s 1.6 million members further reveal that 78.8% of the women like the idea of succumbing to a ‘Dominant’ male like Grey; and 90% of the men on the website says they find the idea of a ‘Submissive’ Steele exciting.

“‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is a sugar daddy meet sugar baby story based on money, power and sex,” says Mr. Wade who holds a BS and MBA degree from MIT. “Most women love the Cinderella story where a young and innocent girl is swept off her feet by a rich, powerful and handsome man. This is the reason why hundreds of thousands of women are signing up on SeekingArrangement.com to fulfill their own fantasy.