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Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Web hosting |
Founded | 1998 |
Founder | Tomas Gorny |
Headquarters | Tempe, Arizona, USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Endurance International Group |
Parent | Endurance International Group |
iPage ( /ˈaɪpeɪdʒ/ ) is a web hosting company.
iPage was initially founded in 1998 as a full web service provider, but the company re-launched operations as a web hosting provider in 2009. It's currently owned by Endurance International Group. In 2023 it merged with web.com. iPage hosts currently more than one million websites in its two large data centers. However, iPage faces criticism for its speed, uptime, and customer support. [1]
iPage offers several types of hosting. Some of them are: [2]
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