(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hostopia (www.hostopia.com), the web hosting division of Deluxe Corporation (www.deluxe.com), announced on Monday it has closed its acquisition of shared Web services customer assets of Aplus.net (www.aplus.net).
Hostopia first announced the acquisition in early July, along with its completion of the search engine marketing firm MerchEngines acquisition.
At the time of the announcement, Deluxe revealed that the two acquisitions are worth a combined $30 million.
The acquisition brings more than 80,000 small business subscribers of shared web hosting, hosted ecommerce stores, managed email services, domain name registration and a range of website management applications to the Deluxe customer base.
This expands on the company's existing customer base of hosting services, which Deluxe acquired after purchasing Hostopia last June.
"We are looking forward to providing upgraded offerings and enhanced Web services for Aplus.net's shared hosting customers," says Colin Campbell, president of Hostopia. "Services will include mobile messaging, logo design, social networking for business, ecommerce, Web site design, email marketing and other promotional materials that help small businesses get and keep customers."
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Comment by Anonymous on Saturday, October 31, 2009
I have been with aplus.net for years. Yesterday they completed the transition of one of my accounts to the new servers. I am now in search of a new web hosting company. The transition has been poorly managed and that does not bode well for the future management of their systems.