AtomicPark.com

Infobox_Company
company_name = AtomicPark.com, LLC
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = Super Software. Swell Prices. Splendid Service.
foundation = 1998
location = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
key_people = Anthony Boldin, President/CEO/Founder
num_employees = 4
industry = Retail
revenue = profit$38.5 million USD (2005)
products = Software & Video Games
homepage = [http://www.atomicpark.com/ www.atomicpark.com]

AtomicPark.com is an online software retailer founded in 1998 that offers retail box and direct downloads of software titles from a variety of manufacturers including "Microsoft, Adobe, Corel, Symantec," and others. AtomicPark.com, LLC is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has been awarded "Future 50" status by the "Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC)" in 2002, 2003 and 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.mmac.org/ImageLibrary/User/cdavis/Winners_F50_2005.pdf|title=Future 50 Winners 2005|work=Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce|accessdate=November 9|accessyear=2005] [

In 2001, the company notified approximately 500 of its customers that credit card numbers had been stolen from it, advising them to contact their credit card providers, and noting that the thief had attempted to divert money from a corporate credit card to Indonesia. A spokesman for the company stated that it had responded to this by bringing in the FBI and taking "measures to make sure this can't happen again". [cite news|title=Software e-tailer alerts customers to breach|first=Cecily|last=Barnes|publisher=CNET News.com|date=2001-03-20|url=http://news.com.com/2100-1017-254394.html]

2006 saw rapid expansion at AtomicPark.com with the company increasing its product line from software only to video games, computer hardware, and consumer electronics. It was also in this year that the company was recognized in the "Top 500 Guide" by "InternetRetailer.com" where they currently rank #207. [cite web|url=http://www.internetretailer.com/top500/|title=Top 500 Guide|work=InternetRetailer.com|accessdate=September 28|accessyear=2006]

In early March 2007, AtomicPark.com's banking institution "called" the loan that had been provided to the company. [cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=584335|title=Entrepreneur plans to sell troubled firm|accessdate=March 31|accessyear=2007] The bank stated that the terms of the loan were not met and swept all current cash of the company's bank accounts. This caused a ripple effect where vendors and employees were not getting paid, or having checks being returned as NSF. This resulted in the reduction of the workforce to 4 employees, through a combination of resignations and layoff. The company employed nearly 40 employees during its peak.cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=583457|title=Local entrepreneur sued|accessdate=March 28|accessyear=2007]

Claiming that AtomicPark.com had been selling unauthorized versions of its software since 2000, Microsoft sued the company in federal court. Microsoft claims in the lawsuit that the "distributions were not isolated incidents" and that "at a minimum, (the) defendants were willfully blind and acted in reckless disregard of Microsoft's copyright and registered marks." It stated that it notified AtomicPark.com of infringing activities prior to the lawsuit, but Boldin claims there was no such notification until the company was served with a lawsuit.cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2007/03/26/daily18.html?surround=lfn|title=Entrepreneur sued by Microsoft says he was unaware of alleged infractions|accessdate=March 28|accessyear=2007]

According to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, numerous claims have been filed by former employees. In late March 2007, Boldin reports to be "continuously fighting" to release payroll funds that were a part of the sweep earlier that month. As of August 2007, all has been resolved.

AtomicPark.com continues fulfill orders and accepts PayPal payments for merchandise advertised as in-stock and shipping same-day. AtomicPark.com continues to provide customer service, although only through email. Customers can reach AtomicPark.com by contacting [e-mail]. The Better Business Bureau has also recently revoked AtomicPark.com's membership. http://www.wisconsin.bbb.org/commonreport.html?bid=14008149&language=1

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