Greenberg & Lieberman: Internet.com Set for Auction at $35 Million
The expected sale marks the latest in a series of eight-figure domain transactions.
The web domain Internet.com is scheduled to be sold at auction this spring, with a starting bid of $35 million.
The auction is expected to mark the latest in a growing list of blockbuster domain sales in recent years, with sites such as Voice.com, Money.com, and PrivateJet.com fetching as much as $30 million. A handful of sites, purchased in private sales, have seen prices climb as high as $105 million.
The current owner of Internet.com purchased the domain for an undisclosed sum last summer from Afilias, then the largest U.S.-based registry services firm. Prior to the sale, the site hosted an online magazine. Though now a sales page for the auction, Internet.com consistently attracts more than 5 million unique visitors per month.
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