Dating.com sold for $1.75 million dollars. Too low or too high?

Yesterday, there was a big domain sale and the premium domain, Dating.com sold for $1.75 million dollars. There are many discussions regarding this domain sale and some said too low, some said too high price. For me, I think it would depend upon what the domain seller would do with the money. I believe he got a good domain sale and he could buy some decent domains at reasonabe prices. Yes, he may get 3 million or more if he waits a bit longer but he might have missed opportunities to capture more or less similar quality domains at very reasonable prices.

For example,

He may get 3 million dollars for dating.com in 5 years’ time by waiting a bit more.

But if he reinvests the money (1.75 million) in the domains in xxx,xxx range and if he manages to get $300,000 domains at $100,000 prices, his new porfolio would be equivalent to 1.75 x 3 =5.25 million dollars.

Therefore, I believe he gets a fair sale price if he decides to reinvest the money to acquire quality domains in this time of difficult economy.

Another dating domain, singlesdating.com sold for five figures

There was another dating domain, SinglesDating.com sold for five figures. The domain was the second dating domain sold over past few days for some decent money and it was sold for 11,001 GBP (pounds) (approximately around $16,700). The domain, SinglesDating.com was sold at the Sedo domain marketplace.

Let’s look at some stats regarding the keywords of the domain. There are over 8 million search results for the keyword “singles dating” in Google. There are about 33,000 EXACT searches per month for the keyword “Singles Dating” in Google. Cost per click (CPC) is around $2.15 per click.

It was a good domain sale for the domain seller.

Adultmatch.com sold for nearly $100,000

A dating domain , AdultMatch.com was recently sold for nearly $100,000 (exactly at $95,000). The domain is a great dating domain and the domain sale implies that there is considerable demand for quality “dating” domains. The domain , AdultMatch.com was sold at the Sedo domain marketplace.

We will look at some stats related to the domain and its keyword. The domain, AdultMatch.com has been registered since 1997 and there were two “drops” in the past. There are around 22,000 EXACT searches per month for the keyword “Adult Match” in Google. I do believe the domain has been sold to an end user looking at the stats.

IAC Acquires Over 25 Dating Domains For US $57

IAC Acquired Over 25 Dating Domains & Sites For $57 Million in cash.
The consolidation of domains has begun.

DETAILS:

Barry Diller’s IAC / InterActiveCorp / Match.com Division has acquired over 25 dating domains and web sites from American Capital / People Media for $57 Million in a all cash deal. People Media has 255,000 paying subscribers on its dating network. People Media’s BlackPeopleMeet.com is considered the #1 dating site for african americans.

* AsianPeopleMeet.com
* BabyBoomerPeopleMeet.com
* BBPeopleMeet.com
* BlackBabyBoomerMeet.com
* BlackChristianPeoplemeet.com
* BlackPeopleMeet.com

* CatholicPeopleMeet.com
* ChinesePeopleMeet.com
* DemocraticPeopleMeet.com
* DivorcedPeopleMeet.com
* IndiaMatch.com
* InterracialPeopleMeet.com

* JPeopleMeet.com
* LatinoPeopleMeet.com
* LDSPlanet.com
* LittlePeopleMeet.com
* LoveAndSeek.com
* MarriagemindedPeopleMeet.com

* PetPeopleMeet.com
* RepublicanPeopleMeet.com
* SeniorBlackPeoplemeet.com
* SeniorPeopleMeet.com
* SingleParentMeet.com
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