Web.com

Acquisitions and partnerships

In recent years, Web.com has grown via acquisitions.[8] The company acquired Solid Cactus, a provider of e-commerce and other online solutions[buzzword], in 2009.[48] Web.com acquired Register.com in 2010 for $135 million,[49] resulting in an 80 percent increase in revenue and a four-fold increase in the number of customers.[29] The company's offices in Drums were formerly occupied by Network Solutions, a domain registration company acquired by Web.com in 2011 for $405 million and 18 million stock shares.[15][50][51] The acquisition increased Web.com's customer base to 3 million people, the number of domains under its management in 9 million, and the number of employees to nearly 2,000.[26][50] Web.com executives rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite on February 28, 2012, to commemorate the company's acquisition of Network Solutions.[24] Web.com acquired SnapNames, an "expired"{cn} domain name service and marketplace,[52] and has a 50 percent partnership with Rightside in NameJet.[53][54] The company acquired Scoot.com, the largest online business directory network in the United Kingdom, in July 2014.[55] In 2016, Web.com purchased Rightside's domain name drop list registrar accreditations for $1.3 million,[53] and acquired the New York-based marketing services firm Yodle for more than $300 million.[8][11][17] The purchase marked Web.com's largest acquisition by volume to date, with 1,400 employees.[56] In December 2016, the company expanded into Latin America by agreeing to acquire the Argentina-based Donweb.com for $8 million.[8][57][58] The deal was completed in February 2017.[18]

Web.com has partnered with other companies to enhance its offerings to customers. In 2009, Web.com partnered with Chase Paymentech to provide payment processing services,[59] as well as First Data to offer e-commerce, online marketing, and payment processing solutions[buzzword] to businesses.[60][61] In 2014, MasterCard and Web.com partnered to feature the former's Simplify Commerce solution[buzzword], which launched in 2013, as a preferred payment provider.[62] According to the National Federation of Independent Business, Sam's Club partnered with Web.com in 2015 to offer online marketing services to small business owners.[63] In February 2017, Domain Name Wire reported that Web.com gave away 375,000 .xyz domains to its customers, as part of an agreement with the top-level domain's registry, which received an advertising credit worth $3 million.[64]

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