Rick Schwartz Sells Porno.com for $8,888,888

The domain name Porno.com was sold for a whopping $8,888,888. The seller is Rick Schwartz, one of the best domain name investor and T.R.A.F.F.I.C.’s co-founder.

This is the fourth highest reported domain name sale up to date. Porn.com, is the third highest reported domain name sale,-having sold for $9,5 million eight years ago, in 2007.

Sex.com is stil the highest reported domain name sale so far at $13 million. Three of the top five highest reported domain name sale are adult-related domain name sales.

Rick Schwartz acquired the domain name in 1997 for $42,000 from a student. T.R.A.F.F.I.C.’s co-founder said that he managed to earn over $10 million since he acquired the domain name, by simply redirecting traffic to adult sites.

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.