Technically this amount is not a price but a court ordered restitution amount. The domain was originally registered by Gary Kremen in 1994. However, in 1995, Stephen Michael Cohen hacked the computer system for domain registrations, registered the domain to himself, and then proceeded to make millions each year through the site. In 2001 Kremen was finally able to get it awarded back to himself and the court ordered Cohen to pay $65 million to Kremen. Nothing has been paid yet. Cohen says he suffered from amnesia and can’t remember where he put the money he. Meanwhile, Kremen has sold up from Sex.com to recover his $65 million - but whether Cohen has memory enough left to remember to return to hand it over remains an unwritten chapter in a very remarkable story. You can see domain values for other domains that sold here.
actualy it does not worth that much! Internet users are not as fool as they were some years ago to type www.sex.com or www.love.com when they search for porn or love. more and more users going to google side nowadays.
those sites are more worth than that, but then i would be happy if they all close those sites and start something better
A good domain name is a diamond. I work for a company thetannery.com. Lot of our customers who come to our site for first time types tannery.com because they cant remember it. we sell about 4 million per year online. we could do more if we had the domain tannery.com
Well for any savvy business team at 65Million USD it would be an absolute steal Worth much more the Brand of the Century without doubt
People who said no: don't think of it from YOUR BUDGET. Think of a truly big dog... 65 millino for sex.com isn't that much guys.... How much money transfered hands while you were sleeping last night?? Think about it there are people who make ALOT of money 65 MILL isn't chump change but it's not that much..
It's 65mil and I disagree. The domain name is a powerful traffic source that will help make back that investment and much more. That's why it is valued so high.
the most funny part is "Cohen says he suffered from amnesia and can’t remember where he put the money he." lol , he is lucky he is in the USA, if he was in a THIRD World Counry, 1 night in jail with the cops will be enough for him to get his memory back (am not even gonna tell you what they will do to him)