Sex.com is Going Down

nathanielinbrazil writes "A motion to dismiss the involuntary bankruptcy of Sex.com has been filed in a California court. Operational turmoil has put its owner in the doghouse with its creditors, who want to take over. 'It's the best domain in the world by far,' said Mike Mann, who has tried to keep the creditors at bay. Sex.com is estimated to be worth $100m. Let the games begin!"

Um

[jav1231]

I always thought going down had been a big part of their strategy? :p

Re:Um

[h00manist]

Is sex still profitable on the net? How did these guys manage to mess up? It doesn't seem to take a genius to sell sex online.

Oblig

[AndGodSed]

I guess they're screwed then.

Timing Is Everything

[DynaSoar]

Since this appears to be real, it's a darn good thing the article was posted today. Had it come out 1 day later, nobody would believe the story was anything but an excuse for the headline.

Re:Um

[PolygamousRanchKid]

What sex? A name like "sex.com" just isn't specific enough anymore. It's just like a department store trying to compete with small, specialty stores.

Would a serious skater buy a board at Wal-Mart?

If you want to sell sex on the Internet, target a specific market segment, with a domain like:

TeenLesbiansWithTripleHeadedDildoes.com, or

GranniesScatRompWithLordOfTheRingCharacters.com, or

CatholicSchoolTeachersAbusingSchoolKids.com . . .

. . . although, for the last one, you can get the real thing for free by attending church . . .

Re:Not worth that much i guess

[alexhs]

I can't see much more growth potential.

Check your e-mail, I'm sure you haven't tried all pills yet.

Re:Um

[jav1231]

PolygamousRanchKid, you are a sick bastard! Beer?

Re:the best domain in the world?

[Anonymous Coward]

What would you do with business.com? Why would anyone go there? Hmm, I feel like doing some "business" today. I don't have any specific kind of business in mind, I bet business.com has some interesting business that I could do, I'll go check that out.

Re:Um

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, you suck. NONE of those links work!

Re:Um

[linhares]

"I just love how he thinks this is worth $100 million!" I think he thinks if he says it enough times it will come true. Ok Mike Mann, tap your heels together three times and say "Sex.com is worth $100 million... Sex.com is worth $100 million... Sex.com is worth $100 million..."

I'm sure that if he wasn't so anal about the price the growth prospects would be better.

Re:Um

[Civil_Disobedient]

Well, here's your chance to make a million fucks. I mean bucks.

Re:Um

[Mike Buddha]

Yeah, this whole fetish about the value of "sex.com" fairly reeks of web 1.0. It's so dot-com. It's a proven fact that guys will type in sexy-mona-doing-it-with-her-lesbian-friend-with-a-strap-on.com if Mona's got the goods, even though they don't have to thanks to Google.