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== History ==

== History ==

[https://www.afternic.com/ Afternic.com] has been in the business of reselling domains for years. However, the company has changed owners several times, and it's evolution has hardly been plain sailing. A major change in company ownership came when [[Register.com]] purchased Afternic.com for about forty eight million dollars in September 2000. However, within two years Afternic had failed, and [[Register.com]] announcing that it was shutting down of the company. <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/coverstory6.htm]</ref>

[https://www.afternic.com/ Afternic.com] has been in the business of reselling domains for years. However, the company has changed owners several times, and it's evolution has hardly been plain sailing. A major change in company ownership came when [[Register.com]] purchased Afternic.com for about forty eight million dollars in September 2000. However, within two years Afternic had failed, and [[Register.com]] announcing that it was shutting down of the company. <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/coverstory6.htm DN Journal]</ref>

However, an internet entrepreneur, [[Roger Collins]], and his brother [[Michael Collins]] purchased the company for a mere one hundred thousand dollars in 2002. It may be mentioned here that Roger Collins was at that point the creative mind behind quite a few online businesses, including ProProject ASP and ChangeNotes.com.

However, an internet entrepreneur, [[Roger Collins]], and his brother [[Michael Collins]] purchased the company for a mere one hundred thousand dollars in 2002. It may be mentioned here that Roger Collins was at that point the creative mind behind quite a few online businesses, including ProProject ASP and ChangeNotes.com.