M&A Deal Summary

Newfold Digital Acquires BuyDomains.com

On November 4, 2014, Newfold Digital acquired internet software and services company BuyDomains.com from NameMedia

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-11-04
Target BuyDomains.com
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Newfold Digital
Sellers(s) NameMedia
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

BuyDomains.com

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
BuyDomains is a provider of premium domain products and services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Newfold Digital

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 1.1B USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Newfold Digital is a provider of shared web hosting services to small businesses. Newfield Digital helps customers of all sizes build a digital presence that delivers results. Newfold Digital has extensive product offerings and personalized support with customers to serve their online presence needs. Newfold Digital was founded in 1997 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 19
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 12
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 5
State: Massachusetts M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 6 of 14
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-25 Mojoness

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Mojoness uses a proprietary network of approximately 2,500 application developers to deliver innovative themes, code and scripts to users of popular open-source applications, including WordPress, Joomla and several shopping carts.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-11 Arvixe

Calabasas, California, United States

Arvixe LLC is a web hosting company.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NameMedia

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees135
DESCRIPTION

NameMedia is a provider in the acquisition, development, and trading of digital real estate through a network of highly targeted websites and a marketplace for premium domain names. The company’s website development focuses on creating compelling online communities in niche categories. NameMedia was formed in 1999 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Massachusetts M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-19 Afternic

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Afternic is a domain marketplace, listing premium domain names available for sale. Founded in 1999, Afternic launched the first website where domain owners could list their domain for sale, and prospective domain buyers could review available inventory.

Sell -