The world's most expensive domain name sex.com price up to 13 million dollars

Beijing time October 21 morning news, according to foreign media reports, a California court documents show that the world's most expensive domain name sex.com has been sold at a price of 13 million U.S. dollars. Court documents show that Sex.com's current owner, bankrupt adult entertainment company Escom, has sold the domain name to a company named Clover Holdings Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "clover"). The sale also includes a series of trademarks related to the domain name.　　The negotiations between the two sides will be sedo.com by the domain name Auction company. Clover the "highest bid and most favorable terms" from 12 competitors. Clover Company with a certain mysterious color.　　It is located in the Caribbean Sea Vincent, the mailbox suffix is "@hushmail. com", this is a privacy-oriented web mail service. In 2006, Escom bought Sex.com from others, reportedly buying between 12 million and 14 million dollars.　　This makes sex.com the most expensive domain name ever. Entrepreneur Gari Klemen (Gary kremen) registered sex.com in 1994. The domain was subsequently hijacked by Con Stephen Cohn (Stephen Cohen). Cohen was tried by the court, but Clemencia took 5 years to recover the domain name. According to reports, in the five years, Cohen by the site's ads, a monthly profit of 500,000 dollars. The court finally sentenced Cohen to pay 65 million dollars. He fled to Mexico but was eventually arrested.　　He was released from prison in 2006. After being acquired by Escom, Sex.com's use fell into disarray.　　Earlier this year, a escom creditor urged the auction of the domain name, triggering a battle between the company's creditors. A few days before the auction began, Escom's other holding groups filed for compulsory bankruptcy, effectively blocking the auction. These groups, under the control of Maik Mann Mike Mann, claimed that the original auction house did not have the professional qualification to auction the domain name at the best price. June, the two sides finally reached an agreement, by Sedo responsible for the auction. If the sale agreement is not reached, sex.com is scheduled to open the auction next week. (Yan Fei)