Buyer for domain registration company in Europe

• Revenue: 2-20M EUR
• Employees: not decisive
• Location of the target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a domain registration organization. It has a strategy for growing its operations in Europe via acquisitions, therefore the management is open to speaking to interested sellers
• #CFIE ITB108

The buyer is a European leader in domain registration, hosting, brand protection and online advertising services. The buyer established itself as a large group of multiple companies that are activating in diverse countries across Europe. Few numbers show that the group has more than 400 employees, services more than 800.000 clients and hosts more than 2M domains. Clients are of all kinds of entities, individuals and companies that want to create and maintain an active presence on the web. The group offers for them professional services designed to meet the needs of all users. The group is present in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The management wants to expand the business and is searching to acquire companies that are activating in domain registration sector. Target companies should have a size varying from 2M Euro to 20M revenue, should be stable and with potential for growth.

The buyer company has more than 20 years of experience on the digital market and delivers digital services to professionals and companies. The goal is to be a trusted partner that supports the growth of the online businesses by creating an online identity and by enabling online promotion and protection for brands. In the recent years, the group has directed large resources to develop Domain and Hosting business, it did investments in latest integrated technology infrastructure such as the proprietary Data Centers and the international network of Data Centers. Other important allotments of resources are represented by the integration of the operating platforms, diversifying and expanding the product portfolio and by investments in services that enable the anticipation of market trends. Due to the new technologies developed the company became an important player in online presence and visibility services for SMEs.

The company’s services are designed to respond to several needs of a business. For creating an online identity there is domain name registration, website creation platform and email solutions, clients can choose from more than 400 domain extensions, are able to create their own website with few clicks and are provided with an e-mail solution for sending safely documents with guaranteed delivery to the right address. Managing and safely storing data are represented by the managed services tools, hosting services, virtual, dedicated and managed server provided by the company. E-commerce solutions and advertising tools help the companies to sell products online and to promote the business on the market. Online brand protection services and security tools are designed for protecting the digital identity of an organization/individual.

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

• Domains: Registration, Transfer, Evaluation, Business Domain
• Online Brand Protection: Domain Management & Monitoring, Domain Name Audit, Domain negotiation
• Hosting: Linux Hosting, Reseller, Windows, WordPress
• Website and E-Commerce Platforms Creation
• Virtual & Dedicated Servers: Cloud VPS, Configurations, Colocation, Back-Up
• E-Mail
• Office 365
• SSL Certificates
• Web & Digital Marketing
• Electronic Invoice

• The buyer is an important domain registration provider in Europe
• The buyer has done large investments in cutting-edge technologies
• The company has a wide portfolio of hosting related services
• The group has a strategy for growing the business via acquisitions and is looking to buy another company with similar activities and products