Berlin:
The world's "most valuable" Internet domain name, sex.com, went up for grabs on Thursday having fetched USD 12 million in 2006, a German firm handling the sale said today.
"It happens very rarely that an Internet address of this calibre goes on sale," Cologne-based Sedo said. "(The) sale of sex.com offers the new owner a unique opportunity to become market leader."
Sedo, which said it is the world's biggest trading platform for domain names, is selling sex.com on behalf of US firm Escom after creditors filed for insolvency protection, a joint statement said.
Other domain names have also changed hands for huge sums in the past, with vodka.com selling for USD three million, kredit.de for USD 1.1 million and poker.org for one million dollars, Sedo said.
"Owners of domains like this have a clear competitive advantage. Visitors land automatically on the websites of the owners just by entering what they are looking for. The listing in search machines is also improved," it added.
"It happens very rarely that an Internet address of this calibre goes on sale," Cologne-based Sedo said. "(The) sale of sex.com offers the new owner a unique opportunity to become market leader."
Sedo, which said it is the world's biggest trading platform for domain names, is selling sex.com on behalf of US firm Escom after creditors filed for insolvency protection, a joint statement said.
Other domain names have also changed hands for huge sums in the past, with vodka.com selling for USD three million, kredit.de for USD 1.1 million and poker.org for one million dollars, Sedo said.
"Owners of domains like this have a clear competitive advantage. Visitors land automatically on the websites of the owners just by entering what they are looking for. The listing in search machines is also improved," it added.
