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One of the biggest players in the web hosting industry may be set for a big-name return sooner than expected.

Some more information has come to light regarding Brent Oxley’s next web hosting venture. Oxley made his name as the founder of HostGator, once one of the fastest-growing companies in the US, before selling up in 2012.

PHOENIX, Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Namecheap, the world’s second-largest domain registrar and leading provider of online products and services, today celebrates its 20th birthday. Founded by Richard Kirkendall in 2000, Namecheap started as a domain registrar and has evolved into a full-fledged technology company, now offering a robust lineup of products and services for online creators, businesses, bloggers, web developers and more. Today, Namecheap is well known as a trusted web hosting company, fierce online security advocate, and top domain name registrar with more than 11 million domains under management. Namecheap’s goal has been to make the Internet accessible and affordable for everyone. Two decades later the company continues that mission.

To commemorate its birthday…

The global pandemic has helped website builders and web hosting providers worldwide acquire new business and grow significantly as millions found themselves either without work or furloughed, looking for new opportunities as freelancers or self-employed amidst the biggest recession in a generation.

Weebly, the Square-owned ecommerce platform that offers amongst other things, a free website builder, has emerged as the biggest web hosting company in August.

The pandemic has led to increased demand for web hosting and website builders as more people look to start their own small businesses online during this time of economic upheaval.

This has led GoDaddy’s share price to rise by 20.2 percent over the past month and its stock is currently trading at $83.50 at the time of writing.