Sex.com For Sale = Begins: Thursday March 18, 2010

[jagdotme]

As reported earlier on several domaining blogs, Sex.com is heading to foreclosure auction on March 18th.

For more details = DAVID R. MALTZ & CO., INC. - Auctioneers, Liquidators, Appraisers - Licensed Real Estate Brokers



I wonder how much it will go for?

 

[OutCOME]

Wow, I think the bid will be amazing amount!

 

[the_poet]

How much do you think it will sell for? I think $7M-$8M

 

[DotWeekly]

That is my Birthday... so I expect NPer's to group up and buy me a nice gift for my B-Day

 

[OutCOME]

I think it will be more than 9 million. ~12$ million I think.

 

[jagdotme]

How much do you think it will sell for? I think $7M-$8M

I say around $30m

 

[bmugford]

This is not the right market to be putting this up for sale.

Brad

 

[the_poet]

I hope it'll be higher, as this would be a very positive news for the industry, but I do think $7M÷$8M is a more realistic range.

This is not the right market to be putting this up for sale.

Brad

I totally agree.

 

[Jawed]

This is not the right market to be putting this up for sale.

Brad

Exactly!

 

[jagdotme]

This is not the right market to be putting this up for sale.

Brad

True, I personally would off used sedo or email Rick Latona for advice if I owned the domain.

 

[El Bandolero]

I have question if anyone knows has sex. com ever been sold before and if so what was the price it went for last time?

 

[jagdotme]

I have question if anyone knows has sex. com ever been sold before and if so what was the price it went for last time?

Sex.com was sold in Jan. 2006 but the exact price was not disclosed. CNN.com said sources indicated a cash and stock package worth approx. $12 million was paid for the domain.

REF (half way down the page)

 

[Breakers22]

It may not be a good market for domaining but no matter what the market, sex.com will sell for an unbelievable amount.

 

[canswift]

Not necessarily the right sort of auctioneers to be using though. Unless there's a registrar I don't know about, they've misspelled Internic both times in the listing...

 

[Jaco]

I dunno, but the industry couldn't have possibly asked for a better 'State Of The Industry" barometer sale than this one.

My guess is that it sells for less this time around than it did last time around, although this name is the ultimate in Y factor. Wouldn't surprise me to see it go the other direction, either. There are only a handful of people who will be serious players for a name like this and none of them are 'domainers'. Impossible to predict.

 

[snoop]

This is not the right market to be putting this up for sale.

Brad

Maybe email the liquidator and tell them that. Given the situation, foreclosure, I'd say it is the right market.

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I dunno, but the industry couldn't have possibly asked for a better 'State Of The Industry" barometer sale than this one.

My guess is that it sells for less this time around than it did last time around, although this name is the ultimate in Y factor. Wouldn't surprise me to see it go the other direction, either. There are only a handful of people who will be serious players for a name like this and none of them are 'domainers'. Impossible to predict.

The revenue is likely to be very sharply down, personally I think it will get about a third of the prior price, $5million or so.

 

[bmugford]

I would predict it will sell over $10M even in this market. It is the category defining term.

Brad

 

[DomainTalker]

The auctioneers are expecting a sale of at least $10 million, imo.

...They say that, in order to participate in the bidding for Sex.com, they require bidders to put up a Certified Cheque for $1 million - ie probably 10% of the expected sale price.


This appears to be their modus operandi....In another auction (for a house) they state the reserve price is $1.75 million - and, to be able to bid, the bidders must put up a Certified Cheque for $175,000 (ie 10%).


I expect their $1 million 'bidder entry' for Sex.com is based on the same thinking.

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[snoop]

The auctioneers are expecting a sale of at least $10 million, imo.

...They say that, in order to participate in the bidding for Sex.com, they require bidders to put up a Certified Cheque for $1 million - ie probably 10% of the expected sale price.


This appears to be their modus operandi....In another auction (for a house) they state the reserve price is $1.75 million - and, to be able to bid, the bidders must put up a Certified Cheque for $175,000 (ie 10%).


I expect their $1 million 'bidder entry' for Sex.com is based on the same thinking.

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I personally doubt they have any preconceived ideas on value (other than over $1million). I think they'll sell for whatever the market will pay, it is a foreclosure auction, they'll just want to mitigate their loss as much as they can.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

It will sell for a lot and it will continue to be one of the biggest disappointments in the history of the internet. The funny thing is that it was monetized best by the guy who hijacked it years ago. Nobody has ever made more from developing it than he did.