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It serves as a partner for very small to small-sized businesses and entrepreneurs, assisting them in establishing and expanding their online presence. The company was founded in 1999 by Darin Brannan in Jacksonville, Florida as Website Pros Inc.. The company has offices in more than 20 U.S. Argentina (Buenos Aires), Canada (Barrie, Ontario, and Nova Scotia), and the United Kingdom (including Cardiff, Wales). In May 2017, the company had 3,500 employees and a market capitalization of $1.1 billion. Website Pros was founded in 1999 by Darin Brannan. Brown joined the company's board of directors. The company planned to establish a chain of stores for people to access services to develop and maintain their own websites. The Collapse of the .com market in 2000, required the company to shift from a retail model to an indirect sales model to conserve capital. Brown then oversaw a series of acquisitions, averaging one per year for a decade. The largest of the acquired companies was NetObjects, a Redwood City, California-based software company best known for developing the web design tool NetObjects Fusion.
October 2001 for an undisclosed amount. 260 employees (around 150 in Jacksonville and 110 in Spokane) by the end of the year. Website Pros received $17 million in venture capital, which included $10 million in December 2003 from Insight Venture Partners and $7 million Norwest in April 2004. The Jacksonville Business Journal reported that Website Pros had 40,000 clients, including Discover Business Services and IBM, at the time the company secured funding from Norwest. In 2006, Julius Genachowski joined Web.com's board, along with Hugh M. Durden and G. Harry Durity. Under the agreement, which was valued at $129 million, Website Pros paid $25 million in cash and the rest in stock. The company remained headquartered in Jacksonville, and the merger resulted in a more than three-fold increase in the number of paid subscribers. The office became Web.com's third call center in Nova Scotia; the company also has offices in Halifax and Yarmouth.
In May 2017, the company relocated 175 employees within Scottsdale, Arizona's SkySong development into the SkySong 4 building. In 2023, it merged with ipage. 80 percent increase in revenue and a four-fold increase in the number of customers. 50 percent partnership with Rightside in NameJet. New York-based marketing services firm Yodle for more than $300 million. The purchase marked Web.com's largest acquisition by volume to date, with 1,400 employees. 2013, as a preferred payment provider. The agreement was for $25.00 per share in an all cash deal valued at approximately $2 billion. Newfold Digital is a joint venture between Clearlake Capital, owner of Endurance Web Presences since 2021 and Siris Capital Group. In January 2019, Sharon Rowlands was named CEO. Financial News & Daily Record. Jacksonville, Florida: Observer Media Group. Olson, Elizabeth (June 28, 2012). "To Expand Its Brand, a Sponsor Goes Golfing". The New York Times. Financial News & Daily Record. Ringle, Hayley (May 10, 2017). "Florida tech company is new anchor tenant of SkySong 4 building".
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From the first day of preschool, we're taught that sharing is a virtue. If little Billy wants the toy you're playing with, you (grudgingly) let him borrow it. On the playground, we're scolded by parents and teachers to "Take turns!" Sharing, we learn, is the glue that holds society together. It breeds trust, generosity and compassion among neighbors, cities and citizens. And now, in a brilliant Internet-inspired twist, sharing has launched an economic revolution. The sharing economy is built on the idea of collaborative consumption. In the traditional capitalist economic model, goods are owned by individuals. If you want to be able to drive to the store or the airport, you need to buy a car. If you want to keep your lawn in control, you need to buy a weed whacker. That's called personal consumption. Basically, it's a monetized form of sharing. If you own a car, that has value - both to you and the guy who wants to borrow it to drive to Buffalo this weekend.
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