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/
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...
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12:00 PM PT
yeah it was selling decades ago..only we did not want to admit it !! :)-
12:45 PM PT
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3:12 PM PT
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/
8:42 PM PT
For only $14M?
1:26 AM PT
Sex Sells
11:08 PM PT
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.
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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