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'''[https://www.afternic.com/ Afternic.com]''' provides domain listing, resale and aftermarket purchase services. The site has evolved over the years to include a host of features, including safeguards and security to protect both parties involved in a sale. Features for buyers provided by the site include detailed checks of domain names listed on the site, and also a negotiation team that will locate owned domain names that are not on the market, and work out a sale. Sellers profit from using the site because of the massive levels of established traffic on the site, as well as efficient systems of domain parking, pricing and, of course, escrow.

'''Afternic''' provides domain listing, resale and aftermarket purchase services. The site has evolved over the years to include a host of features, including safeguards and security to protect both parties involved in a sale. Features for buyers provided by the site include detailed checks of domain names listed on the site, and also a negotiation team that will locate owned domain names that are not on the market, and work out a sale. Sellers profit from using the site because of the massive levels of established traffic on the site, as well as efficient systems of domain parking, pricing and, of course, escrow.

In listing their domain on Afternic, sellers can profit from Afternic's distribution network as well.<ref>[http://www.domainnamescanmakeyourich.com/afternic/ Domains Names Can Make You Rich]</ref>

In listing their domain on Afternic, sellers can profit from Afternic's distribution network as well.<ref>[http://www.domainnamescanmakeyourich.com/afternic/ Domains Names Can Make You Rich]</ref>

== 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 smooth-sailing. A major change in company ownership came when [[Register.com]] purchased Afternic.com for about $48 million dollars in September, 2000. Within two years Afternic had failed, and [[Register.com]] announced that it was shutting down the company.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/coverstory6.htm DN Journal]</ref>

Afternic 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 smooth-sailing. A major change in company ownership came when [[Register.com]] purchased Afternic.com for about $48 million dollars in September, 2000. Within two years Afternic had failed, and [[Register.com]] announced that it was shutting down 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 $100,000 dollars in 2002. [[Roger Collins]] was 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 $100,000 dollars in 2002. [[Roger Collins]] was the creative mind behind quite a few online businesses, including [[ProProject ASP]] and [[ChangeNotes.com]].