Namecheap selected Onepager as its exclusive website builder for customers, and has made a significant investment in the platform
Domain name registrar Namecheap announced on Thursday that it has selected Onepager as its exclusive website builder for customers.
In addition to providing Onepager to its nearly one million customer accounts and more than three million domains under management, Namecheap said it has “made a significant equity investment in Onepager,” although the exact amount is undisclosed.
According to the press release, the deal works like this: once a customer registers a domain name, they are given the option immediately to build a website with Onepager.
The partners hope that making it so convenient to buy a website builder after registering a domain will reduce the number of parked pages on the web.
Offering a website builder to customers is a good way for a web host to provide a web design option without hiring a design department. DIY website builders are becoming more commonplace as small businesses look to build out their web presence on a budget. There are several website builders on the market, but some are more design-focused than others.
Namecheap’s new offering comes as competitor Name.com has launched a website building tool, Scrollkit, which is included with every domain. In November, Go Daddy added a mobile component to its Go Daddy website builder.
According to the Namecheap website, Onepager can be added to an existing domain or a new domain. It costs $3.33 per month, and offers SEO and mobile components.
“We’re pleased that now, Namecheap can immediately offer customers the ability to quickly design and launch a simple site with Onepager, right after they’ve registered their domain,” Matthew Moore, co-founder of Onepager said in a statement.
Talk back: What do you think of Onepager? What kinds of considerations do you make when selecting a website builder partner for your customers? Let us know in a comment.
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Do they have an iPad app?