HookupDate has shut down and its domain is for sale
hookupdate.com now displays a domain sale listing. A domain going to market is normally the last visible step of a platform being wound down.
What we checked
Aug 12, 2026What a for-sale page means
A dating platform's domain reaching a sale listing means whoever controlled it decided it was worth more as an address than as a business. It also means the next owner may be entirely unconnected to the original operator.
That matters for anyone searching for the old platform later. If something appears at this address in future, treat it as a different party until proven otherwise.
The billing question
No site means no cancellation page. If you were subscribed, the charge may still be running through a payment processor that is unaffected by the platform closing. Your bank or PayPal can stop the authorisation directly.
Why this page still exists
Deleting a review when a platform dies erases the only public record that it existed and that its users were not told. We keep it, marked closed and unranked.
Where the users went
No successor was announced and no redirect was set, so there is no official answer. Users of a closed casual dating platform typically re-register elsewhere, which is why a closure is often invisible in aggregate industry numbers.
If you are looking for a replacement, the useful step is checking who operates a candidate before signing up, since it avoids joining another brand run by whoever ran this one.