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Aplus.Net (Abacus America, Names4Ever) Purchased

Webhosting firm and domain name registrar Aplus.Net has been purchased.

Aplus.net has been purchased by Catalyst Investors. Aplus.net is mostly known as a webhosting firm, but the firm is also an ICANN-accredited regsistrar through its parent firm, Abacus America, d/b/a Names4Ever.

As stated by the firm’s web site, Aplus.net has registered over 500,000 domains since it was founded. It also has 200,000 clients and 4,000 dedicated server clients. The firm was established in 1992 and is headquartered in San Diego. Aplus.Net has over 300 employees.

The firm advertises $6.95 domains (plus ICANN fee), but there’s a limit of one at this price and renewal fees are higher.

I have never been a client of Aplus.Net, but have experience with them. As a modest business owner I received a number of voicemails a few months ago — at least one a day for three straight days — advertising its services. Make no mistake that the domain name and webhosting businesses are competitive, but “phone spam” is not the answer for getting long-term clients.

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