Online Personals Watch: News on the Dating Industry and Business

TheSocialNetwork.com For Sale

PR WEB - Jan 11 - A private dating club, The Social Network, is currently auctioning their URL, TheSocialNetwork.com. The Social Network has been serving the single dating community in Chicago for almost 20 years. “The name has served us well,” states Cheryl Shumake, owner of The Social Network, “but with the trend in social networking and the release of the movie, many searching the web think we are something different. I have received many requests over the past years to sell the URL, and the combination of all these factors is why I have decided to sell.”

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Dating Site For Sale: FindLoveAsia

OPW - Dec 13 - We hear FindLoveAsia.com is for sale. Here's their numbers. They're 4 years, have 90k+ members, 288k visits (5M pageviews) and apparently generate revenue of $4800 a month. The asking price is $75k. Contact Chris McPhee if you´re interested.

Got a dating site or domains for sale?  Whisper it to me at mark@courtlandbrooks.com, and we may run it, if it looks reasonable and interesting for our readers.

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Domains4Sale: AfricanSoulmates.com, JewishSoulmate.com, DatingSiteReviews.com...

OPW - Nov 21 - Here are several of examples of internet dating related domains that are currently for sale.

AfricanSoulmates.com
BlackSoulmates.com
IndianSoulmates.com
JewishSoulmate.com
RussianRomance.com
USASoulmates.com
DatingSiteReviews.com
BestDatingSites.co.uk

For further information or to make an offer, please contact Nick Evans or see the pricing guidelines and comprehensive list of domains here.

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Dating Site & App Flirte.rs for Sale

OPW - Oct 10 - Boom Media is selling its dating site Flirte.rs and Facebook app. The site has ~3700 active members with 30-50 new members registering daily. 75% are coming through the Facebook app. Contact Eric if you are interested. Eric is looking for offers over $5K.

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Domains4Sale: AdultLocals.com, bbwmatch.com, singlesfinder.com

OPW - Sep 20 - Here is a list of internet dating related domains. Please contact Vartan if you are interested.

adultlocals.com / adultlocal.com  - $49,000 for both
affairdate.com / affairdating.com - $7,000 for both
bbwmatch.com - $10,000
myfling.com - $2,800
freelocals.com - $7,000
datinglocals.com - $7,000
interracialdate.com - $2,800

Kalerion is offering its dating site, Jivebug™ mobile app, Facebook application in English and Spanish language for $200K. The service, currently free, has 450k installations of its mobile app with zero marketing outlay, according to the founder. Multi-million annual revenues forecast in the first 3 years. Contact Greg.

SinglesFinder.com is also for sale for $8K. Contact Tammy Jones.

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For Sale: Be2.net, Bachelors.com, CupidCab.com

OPW - Aug 23 - Be2.net domain is for sale along with ~200K profiles. Contact Sladur LTD, if you are interested. Contact Alan Mooney for Bachelors.com. The asking price is $100k; and Mike Garcia  is selling cupidcab.com for $10K which includes the pink cab :)

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Domains4Sale: PictureSingles.com, wPersonals.com

OPW - July 18 - PictureSingles.com and wPersonals.com domains are for sale. The starting bid is $5k for each and you can bid here: wPersonals.com and PictureSingles.com. You can also contact Simon directly.

If you are interested in Singlesfinder.com, you can bid here or contact Tammy. The bidding starts at $8k.

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TennisDate.com for Sale

OPW - June 19 - Niche dating site TennisDate.com is for sale and listed on Flippa.com, "eBay" for websites. You can bid here if you are interested. The price is now at $4500 and the bidding is closing in 25 days.

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Domain4Sale: AstraMatch.com

OPW - Apr 28 - Contact Pemo Theodore if you are interested in his AstraMatch.com (site with 196 posts on relationships; the asking price is $1K) or/and love2point0.com domain (the price is $200).

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Major Dating Site For Sale: Daily Riddle

OPW - Apr 26 - What site is for sale, and does $30 million in revenue a year, and makes $3 million in profits? Can ya guess?  

Clue: If you were correct, the opposite would be wrong?

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Domains4Sale: Crush2.com, WhyCrush.com, JustAskCupid.com,...

OPW - Mar 22 - Contact Josh W if you are interested in any of his idating domains. The full list can be found here. The prices range from $300 - $5000.

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Gotham Dating Partners For Sale

OPW - Feb 24 - GothamDatingPartners, the network of 32 niche dating sites, is for sale. Contact Aaron if you are interested. Aaron is willing to sell all of them as a package deal or individually. The price is negotiable.

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Bachelor.com Lists For $250k

OPW - Dec 9 - Premium domain name Bachelor.com is for sale for $250k. A good domain for an upscale dating/singles website. Inquiries to Allan Mooney, allan@internetcompaniesforsale.com.

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Speed Dating Business For Sale

OPW - Nov 19 - One of the leading speed-dating businesses in New York is for sale for $230K. There are ~1,000 events run to date, targeting single professionals between 20 and 55. To date the business has had 35,000 registrations from 25,000 members, with some singles attending more than 50 events. Over the past 6 years, the number of attendees has increased by 65% YOY. This business model can be expanded to other cities and has been already expanded to Chicago recently. Website for Chicago city is separate and included in the sale. Click here for more details.

myPartner.com Is Seeking An Expedited Sale

OPW - Nov 1 - myPartner.com, a matchmaking service for the gay and lesbian market, is for sale for $200K (or best offer). To date, ~$2M has been invested into the development and growth of myPartner.com since it’s inception in 2004 as a private matchmaking agency.  Over the last 18 months myPartner.com has experienced a 10x return on advertising and marketing spends with ~33% conversion rate. Further details on myPartner.com metrics and offering can be reviewed in their Sales Book available by interested parties. Please contact Patrick Perrine.

myPartner.com will consider individual asset sales (i.e. database, domain, technology, etc) or an "as-is" offering.

As of October 25, 2010:
- Total Active Profiles in Database (logged in last 12 months): 75,003
- Total Active Premium Members (Paid): 3,981
- Total Active Premium Members (non-Paid, promotional): 20,535
- Total Introductory Members (Free): 50,487
- Total Net Signups/Paid Subscriptions To Date: 9,516
- Total CURRENT Active Auto-Renewal Forecast (12 Month Forecast): $315,097.80
- Average Lifetime Revenue (based on 3 year historical period)t: $94.30
- Signup Mapped Conversion Ratio (free/paid): 10.53%

- Domain: 
  Moniker Appraised Value $150,000

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Domains4Sale

OPW - Oct 25 - Contact Josh if you are interested in any of his idating domains: HinduCafe.com ($1,000), and $3,000 for the following 6 domains: EpiscopalianCafe.com, EvangelicalCafe.com, LutheranCafe.com, MethodistCafe.com, MormonCafe.com, PresbyterianCafe.com.

Charles is selling humanconnectology.com for $10K. (Human connectology is the study of why people seem to feel strong connections with some new acquaintances and not with others).

Contact Florian if you would like to buy his domains: single-roulette.com, singleroulette.com, singleroulette.net. The asking price is $799 and will include singleroulette.de and single-roulette.de. Update (Dec 13): The price was lowered to $399.

Mary.com For Sale For $100K

OPW - Aug 17 - Mary.com, the dating and social network, is for sale. The asking price is $100K and includes ~500,000 profiles (67% women) and a great domain name. FYI, every month there are 45,500,000 searches for the term "mary" and Mary.com is always on the first page of the search results. Mary.com launched in Feb 2005 by Patrick Dines as a safe and fun place for women to meet the right guy. It offers a big variety of personality and relationship tests. Contact Patrick if you are interested in Mary.com.

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Domains4Sale: AvatarCupid.com, XCupid.com, ...

OPW - June 25 - Contact John Sprague if you are interested in his portfolio of brandable/geo "cupid" and "matchmaking" domains including:

- AvatarCupid.com
- XCupid.com
- HollywoodCupid.com
- BabyBoomerCupid.com
- LasVegasCupid.com
- MandarinCupid.com

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John is willing to sell most names individually, or all 139 names as one lot for $12,999.

Domains4Sale: BlackMatch.com, GreenDating.com, ...

OPW - May 27 -  Contact Wes Perkins if you are interested in any of the online dating domains listed below:

BlackMatch.com (Eur 89K)
GreenDating.com (Eur 47K)
RichDating.com (Eur 67K) 

10% discount if all three are bought as a package, 5% discount if two out of three are bought as a package.

Also PURRsonals.com ($100,000) and Animalmagnetism.com ($90,000) are for sale from Sonny Crane.

Got a domain or site to sell? Send 'em our way and we'll list them for free.

Domain Auction On May 13th, 2010

OPW - May 10 - Moniker is holding a Domain Auction on May 13 via Snapnames. There are several names of interest to the online dating industry to watch.
- dating.com  (Price range: $1MM - $5MM)
- datingonline.com  ($50,001 - $100,000)
- erelationship.com   ($10,001 - $25,000)
- evenings.com   ($5,001 - $10,000)
- marriages.com   ($25,001 - $50,000)
- newlyweds.com  ($100,001 - $250,000)
- relationship.com ($1MM - $5MM)
- sentimental.com ($2,501 - $5,000)
- singlewomen.com ($250,001 - $500,000)
- snuggly.com ($5,001 - $10,000)
- thrilled.com ($25,001 - $50,000)

Here is the special link to bid. Mention "iDate" to have the escrow fees waived.

Mark Brooks: What are your thoughts on the prices of these domains?