Afternic.com Joins AuctionWatch.com Universal Registration Service; AuctionWatch.com Users to Have Full Access to Exchange Member Benefits at Afternic.com.Business and Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000 Afternic.com, (www.afternic.com), a leading domain name owners' community and aftermarket Aftermarket See: Secondary market. aftermarket See secondary market. exchange, today announced that it has joined the AuctionWatch.com (www.auctionwatch.com) Universal Registration service. AuctionWatch.com users will now have the opportunity of becoming an Afternic.com Exchange Members as part of the simple Universal Registration process. Exchange Members at Afternic.com can participate in aftermarket domain name valuation, sale and purchase, as well as take advantage of services such as free domain name parking. The Universal Registration service affords AuctionWatch.com users the ability to register for multiple auction sites including Afternic.com, Amazon(TM), eBay(TM), and Yahoo! Auctions(TM) simultaneously. The addition of Universal Registration builds on a prior relationship between Afternic.com and AuctionWatch.com, whereby domain names listed for sale at Afternic.com are available as part of AuctionWatch.com's Universal Search, accessible to buyers across the Web. "By becoming part of Universal Registration, we're expanding the Afternic.com trading and valuation community to online auction enthusiasts of all kinds," said Chris Maroney, co-CEO, Afternic.com. "We're excited to introduce so many new people to a fun and rewarding entrepreneurial activity." "Adding Afternic.com to our Universal Registration further streamlines the auction registration process for our users, and allows AuctionWatch.com to provide Afternic.com with pre-qualified registered customers at an extremely cost-effective rate," stated Rodrigo Sales, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AuctionWatch.com. About Afternic.com In six months of operation, Afternic.com has become the premier destination on the Web for aftermarket domain name sales, acquisition, and research. Buyers and Sellers are able to value domain name assets, perform on-line transactions, place automatic bids, track auction activity, and manage complex domain name portfolios. Additionally, topical discussion forums and timely domain name news updates place Afternic.com as the home of the most savvy domain name trading community on the Web. All transactions are protected by Afternic.com's exclusive registration transfer process, DNescrow. Afternic.com is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . About AuctionWatch.com With over 2.8 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. a month, AuctionWatch.com is widely recognized as the company of choice for businesses looking to efficiently distribute product to auction and acquire customers. In addition to its suite of powerful services and management tools, AuctionWatch.com publishes daily content on the auction industry and has the most active independent message boards of its kind. Based in San Bruno, California San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 40,165 at the 2000 census. The city is adjacent to San Francisco International Airport. Geography San Bruno is located at (37. , AuctionWatch.com is privately held and funded by Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. , CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) @Ventures, Argus Capital, Angel Investors An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments. LP, and private investors. |
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