Domain Suspension and Sale of Domain Name
On January 14, 2004, the domain name goatse.cx was suspended by Christmas Island Internet Administration for Acceptable Use Policy violations in response to a complaint, but many mirrors of the site are still available, remaining on display on many other websites. A Christmas Island resident named Rhonda Clarke filed the complaint that resulted in the suspension of Goatse.cx's domain name.
In January 2007, the Christmas Island Internet Administration put the domain Goatse.cx back into the available domain pool. The domain was subsequently registered on January 16 through domain registrar Variomedia, and the current registrant tried to auction the right to use the domain.
An early attempt to offer the domain for sale by SEOBidding placed the reserve at $120, which was not met.
The Goatse.cx domain name was reportedly sold at an auction on April 30, 2007 to an unknown bidder. According to SEOBidding.com, the first auction ended with fake bids so the auction was reactivated. This was again won by fake bidders, so in July SEOBidding.com announced that the website would be sold for $500,000 and that legal action would be pursued against the fake bidders. On November 25, 2007, and continuing as of June 2010, the site was still for sale, listed as: "goatse.cx Asking: $50200 minimum".
Control of the domain was passed to the secondary market, and was taken by a domain investor who was trying to sell the domain name for €10,000.
The October 21st, 2009 edition of the Rick Latona "Daily Domains" newsletter advertised the Goatse.cx domain for sale at an asking price of $15,000, noting it as being a "famous site, tons of backlinks".
As of 16 May 2010, the site was once again active, containing an announcement stating:
"Goatse.cx 'Stinger' 2.0 Beta is coming
Only 24 days to go until Goatse Stinger 2.0 goes beta on May 9, 2010!"
The page showed a stylized representation of hello.jpg, which featured a pair of silver robotic hands 'stretching' a metallic, circular wall aperture in what appears to be a futuristic factory setting. Later in May, a new page was hosted at Goatse.cx, for the stated purpose of offering email service at the site, featuring a sketch with hands spreading wide a view onto a mailing envelope.
In July 2011, goatse.cx remained unchanged while www.goatse.cx began redirecting to a Web Hosting company.
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