Sex sells, no seriously

Om Malik, Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 10:29 AM PT Comments (7)

Sex.com, just sold for $14 million dollars.

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January 19th, 2006
12:00 PM PT
/pd said:

yeah it was selling decades ago..only we did not want to admit it !! :)-

January 19th, 2006
12:45 PM PT

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January 19th, 2006
3:12 PM PT
Andrew said:

Interesting how IREG is denying anything to do with this deal. I suspect they were originally going to buy it and backed out, OR they want to disassociate themselves with this domain since they have some big name backers now. More here:
http://domainnamewire.com/2006/01/19/sexcom-sells-for-14m/

January 19th, 2006
8:42 PM PT
Garam Chai said:

For only $14M?

January 20th, 2006
1:26 AM PT

Sex Sells

Sex.com, in all its covert glory has finally sold. The price tag - US$14,000,000.
I was writing a guide on domain naming strategies and purchasing when up popped this article. This domain (sex.com) has been lashed around, hijacked, cybersquatted, bee...
January 20th, 2006
11:08 PM PT
Jonty said:

For 14 million dollars it was rather a very good bargain. It should have been much, much more given the dollars sex and porn brings in.

I am disappointed really.

January 23rd, 2006
8:39 AM PT

For anyone who wants to read the background on the fascinating sex.com saga, see the Fenruary issue of Playboy with my story “The Taking of sex.com.”

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