Porn.com bought for $9 million
I’ve just came over this little older message about selling Porn.com domain for $9 M after the tip from one of our readers in my emailbox. At a sale on Tuesday the rights to Porn.com brought in the second-highest payment for an address since the web’s creation, with closely held MXN Ltd forking out $US9.5 million ($11.4 million) – not a bad return for a domain that sold for a reported $US47,000 in 1997. But Porn.com could not rival the name Sex.com, which Boston firm Escom bought last year for more than $US11 million in cash and stock. The Porn.com deal is one of many in the past two years in which common nouns were exchanged for uncommon money. The name cameras.com sold for $US1.5 million, and scores.com fetched $US1.2 million.
Like Porn.com, they were sold by domain broker and manager Moniker. The resurgence of simple domain names comes even though most people get to new places on the web through such search engines as Google and Yahoo. The idea is to put ads in front of internet surfers who type www.porn.com into their browsers, curious to see what’s there. Detroit’s MXN was mum on its intentions for Porn.com. But Moniker chief executive Monte Cahn said the site was a proven earner, even without much content, getting more viewers clicking on ads than Sex.com enjoyed. “People are very specific about what they’re looking for,” Mr Cahn said. Do you still wonder why these domain speculants buy every stupid address? 
Comments(9)
“I’ve just came over this little older message about selling Porn.com ”
you may want to rephrase that
I am sure we all love to read about porn sites being sold
Boring site for 10 million dollars.
How do they succeed?
Hrm, cool news. Now to check out porn.com .
Man, you need to get yourself a ho and some pussy, a’ight!
“A ho and some pussy, a’ight!”
…no comment.
Real simpsons = no brain.
Fake simpsons – still no brain.
Well helloooo last week’s news, didn’t expect to have to read you again…
So… what’s the going rate on rlslog.net then..?