Mike Berkens of TheDomains.com is reporting an $8.8 million all cash domain sale by "The Domain King".
www.thedomains.com/2015/02/02/rick-schwartz-sells-porno-com-for-8888888-the-4th-highest-reported-domain-sale-of-all-time/
I suspect the promise of virtual reality gave rise to this purchase.
No doubt VR will like give rise to many things.
[edited by: bill at 4:38 am (utc) on Feb 4, 2015]
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