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Apr 4, 2008 12:23 pm US/Eastern

Md. Man Sells Pizza.com For $2.6 Million

POTOMAC, Md. (AP) ― 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 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, N.Y., ran a Web site-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 Web site as a pizzeria directory ever since. He decided to sell after hearing about other big sales involving domain names.

The bidding opened March 27 at $100 on the Web site Sedo.com.

The winner remains anonymous.

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