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Sex.com Sells For $13 Million Pending Court Approval

October 20, 2010 by Michael Berkens

According to court documents filed yesterday, the domain name Sex.com has a pending sale, subject to court approval for $13 Million Dollars.

The case is in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of California.

The proposed buyer is Clover Holding Limited.

The parties are asking for a court hearing to be held no later than October 27th, 2010.

The domain was brokered through Sedo.com.

The broker handling the sale on behalf of Sedo, Jeffrey Gabriel had no comment.

The domain of course had a storied history, and most recently was purchased between $10 Million and $14 Million in 2006.

Personally I predicted that the domain would not sell for much more than $7 Million so I’m blown away by the sale.

Lets hope the court approves this one quickly.

Filed Under: Domain Sales

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

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Comments

  1. David J Castello says

    October 20, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    I hope Jeffrey Gabriel gets the credit he deserves for this sale.

  2. MHB says

    October 20, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    David

    Me too.

    He did an outstanding job.

    I went on record saying I didn’t think it would sell for as much as it sold for before so he really achieved something special

  3. David J Castello says

    October 20, 2010 at 12:54 pm

    He certainly didn’t get enough credit for the $1 million sale of Poker.org.

  4. MHB says

    October 20, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    David

    I certainly gave him credit for Poker.org:

    http://www.thedomains.com/2010/02/18/is-the-sale-of-poker-org-for-1m-a-game-changer-we-say-yes/

    But I agree that throughout the industry he did not receive the credit he deserved

  5. JS says

    October 20, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    any idea what will be Sedo’s fee on this one ? curious

  6. BullS says

    October 20, 2010 at 2:24 pm

    Will this be the biggest sale in domain history? More good news.

  7. Bruce Tedeschi says

    October 20, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    @Bulls… Bigger sales have happened just not shared with public.

  8. :: the amazing NEW Domainers Gate directory :: says

    October 20, 2010 at 4:41 pm

    no price record but impressive sale!

  9. united kingdom says

    October 20, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    think they hugely overpaid
    this is a different landscape to when it sold big years ago
    people go to branded adult sites now more

    if the site was done as an adult dating site, THAT would be how to monetise it. not free po*n
    think adultfriendfinder kind of thing
    good brokerage job. seems unsuaul to say that and sedo in same sentence lol

  10. Jim Holleran says

    October 20, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    Jeff Gabriel has brokered some of my sales (much smaller of course), I can tell you, he is a class act and the best in the business. Congrats to Jeff, he deserves it!!!

    Thanks, Jim

  11. :: the amazing NEW Domainers Gate directory :: says

    October 20, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    then, what could be the value of future sex.xxx and se.xxx domains???

  12. NetJohn says

    October 20, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    Mr. Gabriel deserves a monster-size Christmas/year end bonus !

  13. LS Morgan says

    October 20, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    Surprised at this price too.

  14. Charley says

    October 21, 2010 at 6:26 am

    I am assuming Clover Holding Limited is a Private Equity/Venture Capital group.

  15. :: the amazing NEW Domainers Gate directory :: says

    October 21, 2010 at 7:18 am

    “Clover Holding Limited is a Private Equity/Venture Capital group”

    so, they have bought it only to resell later with huge profits…

    .

  16. MHB says

    October 21, 2010 at 9:22 am

    Clover Holding Limited seems to be a newly formed company in the country of St. Vincent

  17. Charley says

    October 21, 2010 at 9:40 am

    Michael

    A St. Vincent company is not liable to taxes.

    It may be an investment subsidary group based there, but the holding group could be in the USA/Europe, etc.

    Just my opinion.

  18. Gazzip says

    October 21, 2010 at 9:42 am

    WOW, a great result considering the times !

    @MHB any idea what the story is with asianporn being cancelled at snap?

  19. Tom says

    October 21, 2010 at 11:03 am

    In the right hands, couldn’t this be a top 20 most trafficked website with 2 years of proper development/promotion? I would have to think it would destroy the “tube sites” in 18 months, if the content is equal or better, no? And they are doing top 100 (all websites) in traffic. Redtube and youporn.

  20. Abercrombie UK says

    October 21, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    Most of the time I don’t make comments on blogs, but I want to mention that this post really forced me to do so. Really nice post!

  21. J.Laxton says

    October 25, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    Jeff,
    A BIG! Congratulations on the sale of sex.com.
    I want to think that SEDO is looking after you for your great work.
    Best regards,
    JL

  22. John says

    October 25, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Jeff,
    Congratulations on the sale of sex.com. Well done!

  23. Jeffrey M. Gabriel says

    October 28, 2010 at 2:57 pm

    Thank you everyone for your kind words and support. I greatly appreciate it.

  24. air max says

    November 5, 2010 at 3:48 am

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