Online Personals Watch
Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Research
    • News by Company & Categories
    • News by Date
    • All Online Dating Statistics
    • Public Companies
    • Acquisitions
    • Funding Rounds
    • Top Online Dating Reporters
    • OPW in the Press
    • All Executive Interviews
  • Conferences
  • Courtland Brooks
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
Menu

IAC Buys DateHookup

Posted on August 31, 2012

Datehookup logo Aug 12 useTHE NEXT WEB – Aug 31 – IAC today announced its acquisition of DateHookup.com, a free dating site that claims 1M unique visitors per month. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. DateHookup was founded by CEO Dustin Weirich in 2002 and has grown to become the 6th most-trafficked free online dating website in the US.

by Robin Wauters
See full article at The Next Web

See all posts on DateHookup

This post also appears on InternetDatingInvestments.

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email

Related


← Previous Post
Next Post →

6 thoughts on “IAC Buys DateHookup”

  1. Josh's avatar Josh says:
    September 1, 2012 at 12:35 am

    Wow, looks like IAC has quite the portfolio now with this and OkCupid in their hands. I wonder if their going to merge services since their basically both the same thing as they were competitors in the free site arena.

    Reply
  2. Josh's avatar Josh says:
    September 1, 2012 at 12:35 am

    Wow, looks like IAC has quite the portfolio now with this and OkCupid in their hands. I wonder if their going to merge services since their basically both the same thing as they were competitors in the free site arena.

    Reply
  3. Unknown's avatar Mark Brooks says:
    September 3, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Datehookup is seeing a couple million USA uniques a month according to Compete. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/datehookup.com/
    They’re a key competitor to Plentyoffish.com.
    Match is pricing based on lost revenues, more than actual revenues, I think.

    Reply
  4. Unknown's avatar Mark Brooks says:
    September 3, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Datehookup is seeing a couple million USA uniques a month according to Compete. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/datehookup.com/
    They’re a key competitor to Plentyoffish.com.
    Match is pricing based on lost revenues, more than actual revenues, I think.

    Reply
  5. Dateolicious's avatar Dateolicious says:
    September 13, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    They lost out, they could have bought Dateolicious.com and not only have a free online dating site that is growing fast, but also use the name on all sorts of products.

    Reply
  6. Dateolicious's avatar Dateolicious says:
    September 13, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    They lost out, they could have bought Dateolicious.com and not only have a free online dating site that is growing fast, but also use the name on all sorts of products.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

  • YouTube
  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
Graphic featuring the logo of Courtland Brooks with the text 'We'll Help You Grow, Thrive & Exit' and bullet points for services including Strategy, Marketing, PR, Influencers, and Business Development.

OUR EVENTS

A blurred audience in a large venue with colorful lighting, featuring the bold text 'LTR US' in the foreground.

OUR SPONSORS

Logo of HubPeople featuring geometric shapes and the text 'HubPeople' in a modern font.
Logo of InnerVue featuring stylized graphic elements and the brand name in elegant typography.
Logo of LeadThink, featuring the tagline 'YOUR GROWTH STARTS WITH US' and the description 'The #1 Destination for Early to Late-Stage Startups' in a combination of blue and pink text.

GOT NEWS?

Share your news at
tips@onlinepersonalswatch.com.

COURTLAND BROOKS

We help online dating & social businesses grow, thrive, and exit. See CourtlandBrooks.com.

CONTACT

Mark Brooks
CEO, Courtland Brooks
Publisher, Online Personals Watch
mark@courtlandbrooks.com

Irena Brooks
Editor, Online Personals Watch
irena@courtlandbrooks.com

©2026 Online Personals Watch