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| ==History== | | ==History== |
− | united-domains was founded in August 2000 by a young team of software developers, marketing and legal experts. Markus Eggensperger, Alexander Helm, Johann Hermann, Florian Huber and Nikolai Tiedemann are the founders of the company.<ref>[https://www.united-domains.de/unternehmen/ About Us] Retrieved 24th October 2016</ref> | + | united-domains was founded in August 2000 by a young team of software developers, marketing and legal experts. [[Markus Eggensperger]], [[Alexander Helm]], [[Johann Hermann]], [[Florian Huber]] and [[Nikolai Tiedemann]] are the founders of the company.<ref>[https://www.united-domains.de/unternehmen/ About Us] Retrieved 24th October 2016</ref> |
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| In '''2003''', united-domains opened a subsidiary, dopoly GmbH, to focus on reseller customers. Since 2011 it operates under the name of united-domains Reselling GmbH. | | In '''2003''', united-domains opened a subsidiary, dopoly GmbH, to focus on reseller customers. Since 2011 it operates under the name of united-domains Reselling GmbH. |
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| In '''2004''', Lycos Europe took over united-domains for an non-disclosed amount of money. | | In '''2004''', Lycos Europe took over united-domains for an non-disclosed amount of money. |
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− | In '''2009''', united-domains was purchased by United Internet AG for 34 million Euro.<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United-Domains de.wikipedia.org]</ref> | + | In '''2009''', united-domains was purchased by [[United Internet AG]] for 34 million Euro.<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United-Domains de.wikipedia.org]</ref> |
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− | In '''2010''', namecheck.com was officially launched.<ref>[http://www.billhartzer.com/pages/united-domains-launches-namecheck-com-search-engine-for-online-names/ billhartzer.com]</ref> | + | In '''2010''', [[namecheck.com]] was officially launched.<ref>[http://www.billhartzer.com/pages/united-domains-launches-namecheck-com-search-engine-for-online-names/ billhartzer.com]</ref> |
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| In '''2011''', united-domains opened a subsidiary, United Domains Inc, in Cambridge, MA to address the US market. In the same year united-domains started to collect non-binding pre-registrations for [[new gTLD]]s, and held the [[newdomains]] conference for the first time. | | In '''2011''', united-domains opened a subsidiary, United Domains Inc, in Cambridge, MA to address the US market. In the same year united-domains started to collect non-binding pre-registrations for [[new gTLD]]s, and held the [[newdomains]] conference for the first time. |
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| In '''2017''', united-domains won the Readers' Choice Hosting Award in Gold.<ref>[http://newsroom.united-domains.de/pressreleases/united-domains-gewinnt-readers-choice-hosting-award-in-gold-1989883 Press Release on the Readers' Choice Hosting Award]</ref> | | In '''2017''', united-domains won the Readers' Choice Hosting Award in Gold.<ref>[http://newsroom.united-domains.de/pressreleases/united-domains-gewinnt-readers-choice-hosting-award-in-gold-1989883 Press Release on the Readers' Choice Hosting Award]</ref> |
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− | In '''2018''', Alexander Helm took over from long-term CEO Florian Huber. united-domains won the Readers' Choice Hosting Award in Platin.<ref>[http://newsroom.united-domains.de/news/united-domains-gewinnt-hosting-und-service-provider-award-2018-309751 Press Release on the Readers' Choice Hosting Award]</ref> Tobias Sattler was appointed as a new board member.<ref>[http://newsroom.united-domains.de/pressreleases/united-domains-appoints-tobias-sattler-as-new-board-member-2764186 united-domains appoints Tobias Sattler as new board member]</ref> | + | In '''2018''', [[Alexander Helm]] took over from long-term CEO [[Florian Huber]]. united-domains won the Readers' Choice Hosting Award in Platin.<ref>[http://newsroom.united-domains.de/news/united-domains-gewinnt-hosting-und-service-provider-award-2018-309751 Press Release on the Readers' Choice Hosting Award]</ref> [[Tobias Sattler]] was appointed as a new board member.<ref>[http://newsroom.united-domains.de/pressreleases/united-domains-appoints-tobias-sattler-as-new-board-member-2764186 united-domains appoints Tobias Sattler as new board member]</ref> |
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| ==Board== | | ==Board== |