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Uncategorized Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 at 11:20 am

Match.com Buys OkCupid

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Online, subscription-based dating site giant Match.com has acquired online, free dating site OkCupid for $50 million, in a deal that also includes future earnouts based on the site’s performance. Match.com was interested in OkCupid because the free dating site has a younger user base, a market Match was obviously interested in entering. According to IAC, Match’s parent company, OkCupid is the fastest-growing dating site that generates revenue from advertising. Over the past few years, Match has been on a roll acquiring online dating sites, buying up People Media in 2009 and and Singlesnet in 2010, and can now add social-network-esque OkCupid to their catalogue.

(PR Newswire via TechCrunch)

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