Go Daddy India Growth Beats Expectations

HYDERABAD, India - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Go Daddy, the world's largest provider of Web hosting, domain name registrations and new SSL Certificates, is seeing a significant surge in new Indian customers over the last year and in recent months. Comparing July last year to July this year, new Go Daddy India customers have nearly doubled, growing by 91 percent. Since January and through the first seven months of the year, data shows Go Daddy growing new Indian customers by a robust 52 percent.

The news comes as Go Daddy India officially announces its customer care facility in Hyderabad, India, which has been in operation since June. A team of local agents, who speak local languages, are now providing Go Daddy's brand of award-winning customer service to Indian customers. Since opening a little more than one month ago, agents have taken more than 10,000 calls, mostly from entrepreneurs and business owners. To date, Go Daddy India now supports more than 120,000 customers.

Leading the expansion is Go Daddy India Managing Director Rajiv Sodhi, who is from Gurgaon, India, and has 14 years' experience in the technology sector, primarily helping small businesses develop their online presence.