Domain name Sex.com sells for $13 million

just pointless people with money ... as usual

 

So how much was paid for the domain name originally? I know at the beginning people were snapping up domain names like Ford.com, XXX.com, PizzaHut.com etc., for literally a few bucks and then turning around and selling them for millions.

 

that's a lot of KY jelly...

 

OOOhhhh I love that on toast!

 

Did techspot run out of actual news? This is sort of embarrassing to have on my homepage. Maybe it's just me.

 

I was wondering the same. How is this even news?

 

Just the word "sex" gets my attention.

 

your kiddding right?...

Your attention please!
from here on and forward...anything that does not meet with princeton's sensibilities is not to be considered news! got that?

you know what some may find offensive there Princeton? this post by you earlier:

The above is not asterisked out on the news page.
https://www.techspot.com/news/40783-nvidia-lowers-prices-ahead-of-radeon-hd-6800-launch.html

you have quite a lot of nerve kvetching about offensive.

 

Gives a whole new meaning to "cybersquatting"

 

There was a huge scandal about sex.com some years ago. Where a con artist was able to transfer domain rights to himself and made millions on advertising revenues before the courts ordered him to return the domain and pay $65 million in fees/damages. Upon which he filed appeals and fled the country. Ultimately he still owes more than the current sale value of the website.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex.com

 

pssh, if I had 65m dollars I'd flee too, lol.

 

why pay 13M for this
how bout s3x.com 5ex.com sexy.com ...etc

 

Well they do say sex sells...