Guess What's On The Auction Block With A $1Million Deposit?

[charlescarreon]

Yes, it's Sex.Com

Description:
All of Borrower's interest in and to all right, title and interest in an undivided 100% interest in the internet domain name and related INERNIC registration of the URL www.sex.com, and 100% of all cash proceeds, accounts receivable, licensing rights and intellectual property rights directly associated with or derived from the ownership of such URL.
Please Download Attached Notice of Sale and Terms of Sale under "Documents" tab for Details

Auction Date & Time: Thursday, March 18th at 11:00 am.

 

[brian1234]

This is the genuine sale of the ascii domain, sex.com. Good luck to the buyer and seller, of this fantastic domain.

n.b. Please beware of sex.com imitations, as there is an idn version of this domain that is almost visually identical to the original (ascii) name, and has also been offered for sale recently at a similar price!

 

[tekz999]

Dude, it's a phishing domain...

I don't think so. What makes you think its a phishing domain? You think it is an IDN domain?

 

[brian1234]

I don't think so. What makes you think its a phishing domain? You think it is an IDN domain?

I hope i'm wrong, but yes, I think it may be an IDN. Just take a look at the hokey-looking auction site. Then check the domain itself, which is on PPC..lol. That cannot be the genuine sex.com, surely.. and the final piece of the puzzle is that the real sex.com sold for over $10mn, only a short time ago.

Regards,

 

[mvl]

Then check the domain itself, which is on PPC..lol. That cannot be the genuine sex.com

Type www.sex.com in the locationbar of your browser and compare the results with clickung the link.

 

[james2002]

Interesting. Do you know what happens to sex.com ? Why are they selling it now?

 

[brian1234]

Type www.sex.com in the locationbar of your browser and compare the results with clickung the link.

Hi MVL. Great point, I already did that and it shows the same domain. The reason why I mistrust the listing, however, is that I remember someone advertising an 'xn--' version of this name on eBay some time ago. I'm sure it was also being offered at a high price, and I made the mistake of clicking on the link and i'm pretty sure it did something to my browser at that point.

Of course, if someone else cares to chime in on this thread, and it can be proven that this is a genuine sale then I will ask DnForum to retract my original comment and will wish the seller the very best of luck on their forthcoming sale

Regards,

 

[south]

Wow.

Pursuant to Foreclosure of Security Agreement

That would explain it, if true.

 

[stock_post]

It may still top 10 Mil for sure..
There are lot of people with deep pockets for this name

 

[south]

Maybe Kevin Ham will grab it and point it to God.com

 

[katherine]

It may still top 10 Mil for sure..
There are lot of people with deep pockets for this name

Just because there are people that can put the money on the table
does not mean they know how to recoup the investment

It sure is the ultimate status symbol for domainers but taking this domain to the development level it deserves is no easy task.

 

[Stian]

Hi MVL. Great point, I already did that and it shows the same domain. The reason why I mistrust the listing, however, is that I remember someone advertising an 'xn--' version of this name on eBay some time ago. I'm sure it was also being offered at a high price, and I made the mistake of clicking on the link and i'm pretty sure it did something to my browser at that point.

Of course, if someone else cares to chime in on this thread, and it can be proven that this is a genuine sale then I will ask DnForum to retract my original comment and will wish the seller the very best of luck on their forthcoming sale

Regards,

This is most definitely a genuine sale of the one and only Sex.com, so if you have your check ready, go and get it!

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

Maybe Kevin Ham will grab it and point it to God.com

Nah I think Hitfarm started parking their " adult " oriented names to make revenue lately. I monitored a few and noticed the ads for viagara and erections is worth more than souls.

 

[DomainsInc]

porn.com sold for 6 million. the main thing that will make or break it is who buys it. a domainer will most likely fail. a well established porn company with lots of capital could do well with it.

 

[south]

Nah I think Hitfarm started parking their " adult " oriented names to make revenue lately. I monitored a few and noticed the ads for viagara and erections is worth more than souls.

Everyone has their price I suppose.

 

[Mr. Deleted]

http://maltzauctions.com/auction_detail.php?id=128401


http://www.thedomains.com/2010/02/19/why-sex-com-may-not-sell-in-foreclosure/

http://www.elliotsblog.com/lets-talk-about-sex-com-6969

 

[Seraphim]

How in the hell does someone shell out $14 million dollars for a domain, and not have several robust development plans for it should parking fail? Not getting that domain ranked in Google seems almost blasphemous, especially considering the way I know Google's algorithm is going to treat it....

Truly baffling...

 

[Mr. Deleted]

How in the hell does someone shell out $14 million dollars for a domain, and not have several robust development plans for it should parking fail? Not getting that domain ranked in Google seems almost blasphemous, especially considering the way I know Google's algorithm is going to treat it....

Truly baffling...

It is a tragedy that this did not work out, but unfortunatly for Escom LLC it is not like we could not see it coming, with it's amateur web design. (it was not parked, rather a website that a n00b might make on a free webhost... as such it would have been good, but as a 12-20M domain it does not look like they even tried to make any money from it.

---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:52 PM ----------

also compare the traffic on sex to pornhub (the #1 result on the keyword "sex")

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/sex.com/
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/pornhub.com/

 

[Seraphim]

Out of morbid curiosity, do we know if the domain sunk itself, or was it used as collateral against some other unrelated failed endeavor / funding? Having a hard time wrapping my mind around why the owners wouldn't float the domain as some of type of search ranked entity, unless they had bigger fish to fry. Or perhaps it was a fail to win, pass the liability until the default buzzer goes off scenario...

In a 94% bullshit industry, no point in grasping at straws I suppose...

 

[charlescarreon]

If asked to speculate I would say that Gary Kremen is exercising his security interest for failure to make required payments on the domain. After all, Gary was the first to establish that domains are personal property, and accordingly, subject to a lien under California law. As for the pathetic failure to monetize a wonderful domain, that may result from the fact that the Internet is simply too damn literal. No imagination or creativity has ever been lavished upon this domain. A pedestrian, lowest-common-denominator approach leads to the bottom, and in this case -- to parking one of the most astoundingly valuable domains in existence. This is a domain that Ron Levy, owner of CyberErotica, offered $400K per month plus 40% of profits over that base amount to license on a yearly basis. The offer was made in January 2001. Read my book, link below, to get the complete story.