In a surprise move, The Pirate Bay's Swedish domain has been listed for sale. Those who are interested in ThePirateBay.se can enter the bidding and it starts at just $90.

Updates concerning torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents, Torrentz.eu, ExtraTorrent.cc, and the likes have been focused on the continuous crackdown by the official authorities. However, TPB's iconic Swedish domain "ThePirateBay.se" is reportedly now being sold, according to Torrent Freak.

A WHOIS entry spotted online which has detailed that the domain is listed for sale. The advertisement has mentioned some important information such as the date of creation and the expiration date of the site, as reported by Telegiz.

In 2003, when The Pirate Bay was in its infancy, its main domain was ThePirateBay.org. The torrent site still uses that domain currently but it has burned through many others over the years.

One that has stood the test of the time is the site's iconic ThePirateBay.se domain. It's been in use for many years, frequently relied upon as a fall-back measure when other domains have been seized or suspended.

In 2012, The Pirate Bay site switched from its .org domain to .se. This move triggered a domain-hopping exercise which lasted until 2015 when the site moved back again.

While several other Pirate Bay domains have been consigned to Davy Jones's locker, ThePirateBay.se has always seen difficult times. Now, however, all that might be coming to an end.

On Thursday, last week, ThePirateBay.se temporarily stopped redirecting to ThePirateBay.org, at least for some users. Intrigued as to why this might be the case, TF carried out some routine checks and was confronted with what appears to be an unconnected surprise.

The success of the sale will likely create a trend effect. It is expected that some torrent sites that have popular domain names might also follow suit. Torrent sites like Kickass Torrents, Torrentz.eu, and the likes also had other extensions over the past years that are now inactive.