"ICM has sold just short of 230,000 “.xxx” URLs, according to official data from ICANN. That’s five times more than the company expected when it first filed with ICANN. Indeed, in his original business plan, Lawley’s best case scenario was reaching 250,000 names after five years. The company has amassed more than 70 worldwide resellers, middlemen like GoDaddy, who have pumped up sales volume. At minimum, each of those 230,000 “.xxx” domains bring in $62 a year at the wholesale rate—about 10 times the average fee for a “.com.” But ICM also sells “premium” names for huge pricetags. Gay.xxx? Sold for half a million dollars. Fetish.xxx and Shemales.xxx went for $300,000 and $200,000 apiece. The lion’s share of the rest go for above $50,000. The company has sold more than 200 premium names so far, and just listed another 1,000. If you’re interested, you can be the proud owner of www.girls.xxx for $222,000." (source infra)
“.XXX” = Big Money
Daily Beast
Lawley dreamed of a “.xxx” domain name: fresh land for all the porn the Internet could hold. But the adult film industry balked, fearful that the “.xxx” option would become law and turn the Web's red-light district into a walled-off ghetto. Senators ...(read more at link above)
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