$4 Million Dollar Domain Sale for Moniker

According to a news release today, Moniker recently brokered the sale of adult domain name FreePorn.com for $4 million. This marks the largest domain sale of 2008, and one of the largest domain sales ever. In May of 2007, Porn.com sold for $9 million.

The sale of FreePorn.com is noteworthy as it emphasizes the importance of owning a strong and targeted domain name receiving traffic. According to the Compete ranking, FreePorn.com receives over 200,000 unique visitors per month, and according to Alexa, FreePorn.com has seen tremendous growth over the past year.
Kudos to Adam and Frank for breaking this story back in November before it was official.
Compete Ranking
Alexa Ranking

Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
About The Author: Elliot Silver is an Internet entrepreneur and publisher of DomainInvesting.com. Elliot is also the founder and President of Top Notch Domains, LLC, a company that has closed eight figures in deals. Please read the DomainInvesting.com Terms of Use page for additional information about the publisher, website comment policy, disclosures, and conflicts of interest. Reach out to Elliot: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

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