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gkd_uk · #1 (**permalink**) 04-04-2008, 05:23 PM

A US man has sold the domain name pizza.com for $2.6m (£1.3m) - after maintaining the site for just $20 a year since 1994.

Chris Clark, 43, accepted the offer from an anonymous bidder after a week-long online auction.

"It's crazy, it's just crazy," Mr Clark, who lives in North Potomac, Maryland, was quoted as saying by the Baltimore Sun newspaper.

"It will make a significant difference in my life, for sure," he added.

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kappa84 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-04-2008, 05:41 PM

Oh my God.... 2.6m $....

gkd_uk · #3 (**permalink**) 04-04-2008, 07:43 PM

I think he could of got more for it

kappa84 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-04-2008, 07:52 PM

"He said he now regretted not buying more domain names in the 1990s"

Well who doesn't?