Sex.com, a popular domain name on the internet, will be auctioned off in New York this month after its owners defaulted on debt payments.<\/p>\n
Boston-based Escom purchased the name in 2006 for a record $14 million US, but the name is not expected to fetch anywhere near that price when it goes on the auction block March 18.<\/p>\n
Online bidding for the name starts at $1 million, according to the auction site David R. Maltz and Co. Inc., based in New York.<\/p>\n
“We expect to have a very productive auction,” Scott Matthews, the lawyer handling the auction, told the New York Post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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