One of the most notorious domains on the Internet, thepiratebay.com, is currently for sale on the Sedo auction site.
The .org and .com addresses attached to the famous torrenting operation changed last year after the owner accidentally revoked it. Dropcatch, a service that captures expired domains, quickly acquired and auctioned them.
Thepiratebay.com is currently for sale and The current minimum sale price is $ 65,000 , More than double the amount paid by the anonymous buyer last time ($ 31,500).
The Pirate Bay changes hands
The team behind The Pirate Bay torrenting primarily from piratebay.org, but it also had an equivalent .com address that redirected traffic to the main site.
However, thepiratebay.com is still worth it, as it still attracts a significant number of visitors. Similarweb data For a long time since Operation Trent moved elsewhere, more than 150,000 people land on this site each month.
Those who bought the domain when it became available last year turned the site into an ad source and monetized it.
"I knew you would get a lot of typing traffic from someone who misspelled thepiratebay.com instead of .org," he said. Torrentfreak ..
People also had a great plan to turn their website into a legitimate download library. This probably generated more revenue than a simple ad feed, but this did not happen.
"I didn't have time for other commitments / projects," they explained. "It's pretty cool to park in Seto, but I think it's a waste for such a valuable area, so I decided to put it up for sale."
