Webnames.ca Acquires Papa.ca
Canadian domain registrar and web hosting provider Webnames.ca announced on Friday it has acquired Montreal-based domain registrar Papa.ca
The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Papa.ca was previously a wholly owned subsidiary of web development firm, Linnk Technologies. As a CIRA certified registrar, Papa.ca only offered .ca domain names to its customers.
Reseller Hosting Provider ResellerClub Takes Over EstDomains Inc.'s Business
Reseller hosting provider ResellerClub has taken over EstDomains Inc.’s business, it was reported recently. The move comes as a result of EstDomains’ “de-accreditation” by ICANN and covers all of the company’s registrar operations and SSL certificates activity. The transfer will be completed December 1, 2008. According to ResellerClub, EstDomains’ clients will not experience any disruption to their services as a result of the move.
RSDV to Acquire Web Hosting AptHost.com
Rancho Santa Monica Developments Inc. will acquire AptHost.com Communications USA Inc. it was announced recently. The companies have signed a letter of intent related to the acquisition, although terms have not been released.
AptHost.com’s hosting enables customers to upload and stream videos on their website through FFmpeg scripts such as PHPmotion and Clip-Share. The result is users have a website similar to YouTube. Established in 2001, the company claims to have introduced FFmpeg hosting (YouTube) to the shared hosting market.
Web Host Endurance International Sold
Private equity firm Audax Group (www.audaxgroup.com) said Tuesday that it had sold the significant web hosting property Endurance International Group (www.enduranceinternational.com) to another investment group, Accel-KKR (www.accel-kkr.com).
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but Endurance is a very large organization, serving more than 600,000 accounts around the world, according to the press release from Accel-KKR, and operating more than 24 “branded properties,” meaning that Endurance itself is the parent company of Many
Since being acquired by Audax in 2003, Endurance itself had made 17 acquisitions, including the notable purchase of PowWeb in 2006, and of IPOWER in 2007.
Web Host Namecheap Buys PeopleHost
Web hosting provider and domain registrar Namecheap (namecheap.com) announced on Wednesday it has acquired web hosting provider PeopleHost (peoplehost.com). The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in the press release.
The Melrose Park, Illinois-based PeopleHost has been providing hosting and domain registration services to the budget hosting market since 1999, managing over 2000 domains.