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Michael Collins is Executive Director of Internet Commerce Association. He took the helm of ICA in June 2007.

Michael cofounded Afternic.com with his brother, Roger Collins. He was introduced to the domain industry when his brother told him about the .us land rush. Together they started NameBuySell.com as a part-time venture. Six months later, no one had heard of the business. It had few domain name listings and almost no sales when the brothers came across an opportunity to buy the number one domain name in our market. After completing the acquisition of the domain and the associated trademark, the business was moved to Afternic.com. Immediately, our traffic and our business skyrocketed. People who had been in the industry for years were asking who are those Collins brothers and where did they come from. Afternic.com was sold to NameMedia in 2006.

Michael is now using his experience working with domain owners and developers to help Internet Commerce Association to grow in size and prominence. His focus is recruiting new members, listening to the members to better understand their needs and represent their interests.