Buyer for domain name registration company in Netherlands

• Revenue: 0.3-3M EUR
• Employees: not decisive
• Location of the target: Netherlands
• Reason for acquisition: The company is an important domain name registration company.         It has a strategy for growing its operations in Netherlands via acquisitions, therefore the management is open to speaking to interested sellers
• #CFIE ITB097

The buyer is an international holding that has in its composition well-established and successful brands that together service a broad clientelle from mass customer market to corporates and governments. It offers cutting edge technology for hosting, infrastructures, networking, managed services and cloud solutions, technologies that help the clients to accelerate digital transformations and to be more efficient. Once the burden of development is taken over by the company, clients can focus on their business goals without having disrupted activities. This buyer is looking to acquire a similar company in order to grow the business in Netherlands. Target companies should have a turnover between 0.3-3M and should be profitable.

The buyer has more than 20 years of presence on the market and became a mature Internet Service Provider with a recognized name in the industry. It manages thousands of websites and owns many dedicated hosting servers placed in its data centers located in several cities in Netherlands. The team has deep knowledge of the latest technologies, being specialized in cloud services. The company offers hosting services having a broad portfolio of solutions such as domain names, web hosting, virtual dedicated hosting, dedicated hosting and high-quality colocation for large organizations. The company delivers robust solutions that add value, solutions such as managed infrastructure, cloud, application and security solutions. Clients can also manage their virtual data center using OpenStack solution provided by the company. The platform offers flexibility, performance and allows the user to control the entire infrastructure with an API. As a proof of its high quality solutions, the company has several certifications such as ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and NEN 7510.

For a domain name registration, clients can choose between 2 types of domain names: regular and generic. Regular domain names are those with the domain extensions such as: .nl, .be, .eu, .com, .info, .org, etc. Generic domain names are those with domain extensions that do not represent a country, but are generic names, such as .FINANCIAL, .SURGERY, .SHOP, .TODAY, etc. If clients want to register a regular or a generic domain name, they can buy domain names in various domain extensions. The prices are annual and for a number of more than 50 domain names, lower prices can apply. Transferring an existing domain name to a web plug is also a possibility, this can be done using an user-friendly management system provided by the company. Moreover, through the same system clients can manage all their domain names in a single platform whether or not they have a web hosting page. This is also useful for changing administrative or domain holder data and for viewing and paying invoices online via PayPal or other payment options.

The buyer is looking to acquire a company that operates in the same activity and has similar solutions such as:

• Domain Name: Register a domain name, Forward domain name, SSL certificates
• Hosting: Web hosting, Linux & Windows Web Hosting, WordPress Hosting, Email Only, Private Hosting Server
• Office 365
• VPS
• OpenStack
• Managed & IT Solutions: Infrastructure, Managed Cloud, Application Management, Security
• Anti-Spam

• The buyer is activating in domain name registration
• The company has full hosting offer
• The company has decided to enlarge its activities in Netherlands by acquiring another company with similar activities and products