Sex.com Goes Under The Hammer

[george]

Sex.com goes under the hammer

The internet's most valuable domain name, sex.com, is back on the auction block – and bidding starts at $1m

If you've got $1m for a starting bid, and many millions more available, you could next week be the proud owner of the internet's most fought-over domain name: sex.com.

The site's ownership goes up for auction next week by DOM Partners LLC, a New Jersey lender that backed a 2006 purchase of the domain name for up to $14m but which is now foreclosing on the loan.

The auction is scheduled for 18 March at ... [more...]

-- Guardian 2010-03-11

[eek]

..if only i could find that spare several million i put somewhere. Probably left it in my other handbag.

dam_n.

[dom samui]

Very nice ! Thank you so much... ABSOLUTELY no humor!!! 555

[dom samui]

Hum..... Thailand Forum > Business in Thailand, Jobs in Thailand > Internet, computers, communication, technology in Thailand.........

Sometimes i wonder why ... !?

[CHdiver]

Because sex is also Thailand related, in one way or another.

[eek]

Its computer related, duh. Maybe you guys arent geeky enough.

Anyway, nice one george. Wonder how much it will go for.

[steelepulse]

Lot of money to be made in the domain name industry. Recently even a .org name has gone for a million USD.

[RKASA]

Squatters! I would guess whom ever wins the domain name will have a sub domain for that.

[CHdiver]

Its computer related, duh. Maybe you guys arent geeky enough.

Anyway, nice one george. Wonder how much it will go for.

Maybe that will depend if it will go shorttime or longtime

[ManilaLover]

Hmmm... oversexed people are annoying, guess I'd better put my money on thaivisa.com...

source

[Pib]

I can cover the $2,066 portion of above $132,066 as long as I get to be the CEO and CFO; just need a parnter to chip in the other $130,000.

[neverdie]

^for some reason google itself is worth a little bit more.