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Man in US sells pizza domain name for $2.6m
A Maryland man has sold the web domain pizza.com for millions of dollars.
- AP
- Published: 00:31 April 6, 2008
Potomac: A Maryland man has sold the web domain pizza.com for millions of dollars.
Chris Clark, of North Potomac, says he purchased the name for $20 about 14 years ago. He sold it on Thursday at an online auction for more than $2.6 million. To celebrate, he and his family held - what else? - a pizza party. The 43-year-old native of Queens ran a website-consulting service in 1994 when he bought pizza.com hoping to persuade a pizzeria to do business with him.
But there weren't any takers, and Clark maintained the website as a pizzeria directory ever since.
He decided to sell after hearing about other big sales involving domain names. The bidding opened on March 27 at $100 on the website Sedo.com. The winner remains anonymous.
Clark said he now regretted not buying more domain names in the 1990s.
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