Monday, October 16, 2006

Domains for Sale

Or something.

I'm not sure what we're trying to do here - but we'll throw them out there, and if you want them - let us know. None of the domains have been developed. We can provide SOME traffic stats. We can ALSO provide some information on the concepts behind the domain choices, that we had come up with.

www.idatela.com
www.idateny.com
www.idatenyc.com
www.idatesf.com
www.idatechicago.com
www.idatephoenix.com
www.idateatlanta.com
www.idatemiami.com

Notice a pattern?!

We had an idea and a completed business model + revenue model. We decided to can it because we though the market focus was a bit saturated. However, a similar company has found some degrees of success with the concept.

On a basic level - taking the concept of "dating" away from:
GIRL + BOY (or some other variation depending on YOU) + restaurant and lots of phoney eye contact
to:
SOMEONE + SOMEONE + SOMETHING FUN TO DO.

In other words, no more looking at dating in terms of romance (blah to match, eHarmoney, True.com and other "true love" matchmaking websites), but simply in terms of a "date" - an engagement to do SOMETHING (whatever that something was). And we devised a way to provide the who, what, where, why and when for folks in specific geographic markets.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why do it on a website? It would be interesting if it was some type of consulting/planning company. From planning that perfect honeymoon based on the couples personality and traits to anniversary planning.

The matchmaking business may be saturated, but what about what comes next, after the match has already been made?

My 2 Cents.

Nadiyah said...

Agreed. Folks are looking at the matchmaking business from one angle - taking 1 + 1 and making it 2.

We tried it from a different angle. Forget matchmaking, "true loves", soulmates and all that other garbage. Folks don't DATE anymore. We're saying go back to Sex And the City (which given the fat that you're a male, I'm assuming you didn't watch).

Quit all the seriousness. And just DO - and enjoy it. And then have somewhere to talk about it later.