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  • Matt Damon
    Registered User
    • Jan 2007
    • 49
    #1

    Starting a dating site

    How much would a dating site cost me? Something like say fling.com.

    Anyone?
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    • Big_Red
      Confirmed User
      • Jun 2006
      • 4147
      #2
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        • shahab6
          So Fucking Banned
          • Nov 2005
          • 1614
          #3
          too many dating sites out there already.

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            • GAMEFINEST
              Make STACK$
              • Nov 2006
              • 14474
              #4
              depends on how much u want on the site
              Compound interest.

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                • madawgz
                  8.8.8.8
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 30509
                  #5
                  Matt Damon

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                    • GAMEFINEST
                      Make STACK$
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 14474
                      #6
                      Compound interest.

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                        • webmasterchecks
                          Confirmed User
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 1685
                          #7
                          in the millions, how do you like 'dem apples?
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                            • NetRodent
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2002
                              • 3985
                              #8
                              A reasonable estimate would probably be around $500K and 6 months. This is based on $150K for site design and programming, $100K for real (but dead) profiles from other dating sites, $100K for equipment (expect to spend a lot more once the site starts getting serious traffic), and $150K for miscellaneous expenses, mistakes, cost overruns. This is assuming you don't have any sort of infrastructure currently in place.

                              The major expense this estimate doesn't include is traffic. You could spend $5/day or $50K/day. Of course if you're spending half a million for a site I'd suggest making sure you have atleast $500K for the first 3 months of traffic, afterwhich you should start having a somewhat decent cashflow.
                              Last edited by NetRodent; 01-07-2007, 08:17 PM.
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                                • Matt Damon
                                  Registered User
                                  • Jan 2007
                                  • 49
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by NetRodent
                                  A reasonable estimate would probably be around $500K and 6 months. This is based on $150K for site design and programming, $100K for real (but dead) profiles from other dating sites, $100K for equipment (expect to spend a lot more once the site starts getting serious traffic), and $150K for miscellaneous expenses, mistakes, cost overruns. This is assuming you don't have any sort of infrastructure currently in place.

                                  The major expense this estimate doesn't include is traffic. You could spend $5/day or $50K/day. Of course if you're spending half a million for a site I'd suggest making sure you have atleast $500K for the first 3 months of traffic, afterwhich you should start having a somewhat decent cashflow.
                                  You're joking??
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                                    • DateDoc
                                      Outside looking in.
                                      • Feb 2005
                                      • 14243
                                      #10
                                      Are you talking adult dating or regular dating?

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                                        • Young
                                          Bland for life
                                          • Nov 2004
                                          • 10468
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Matt Damon
                                          You're joking??
                                          Or you could pay $100 for a dating script.

                                          Pay some Romanian kid $100 to optimize it.

                                          Pay some Indian MySql genius $200 to optimize the database.

                                          Hire 3rd world web laborers for $500 to create thousands of fake profiles.

                                          But then all you have still is a domain name and a database.

                                          Traffic and marketing = big bucks. So ya....300k-500k is a fair estimate.
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                                            • DateDoc
                                              Outside looking in.
                                              • Feb 2005
                                              • 14243
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Young
                                              Or you could pay $100 for a dating script.

                                              Pay some Romanian kid $100 to optimize it.

                                              Pay some Indian MySql genius $200 to optimize the database.

                                              Hire 3rd world web laborers for $500 to create thousands of fake profiles.

                                              But then all you have still is a domain name and a database.

                                              Traffic and marketing = big bucks. So ya....300k-500k is a fair estimate.
                                              The db can be shared with an existing company. Domain + $5k + advertising will do it. Plus if you want to go it on your own down the road you can take your members you brought in with you.

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                                                • one eight
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Mar 2005
                                                  • 1941
                                                  #13
                                                  http://www.localencounters.com is for sale hit me up!
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