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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. |
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| 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> |
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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 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> |
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| 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]]. |