Is America.com a $12m name like Sex.com?

May 19, 2008

America.com goes on the auction block this week, and specialists who monitor the buying and selling of Internet domain names say it could fetch one of the highest prices ever paid for a domain.

The Cambridge auctioneer and a Swiss broker representing the overseas owner of the America.com domain say there has been strong interest among prospective buyers and the sale price could exceed the estimated $12 million paid for Sex.com earlier this decade, thought to be the most ever.

Others think the America.com price is likely to fall short of the record.

By Robert Weisman Globe Staff

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