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YesDirect

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Headquarters: Waltham, Massachusetts
Country: USA
Website: yesdirect.com
Key People
Jeffrey S. Bennett, President & CEO

YesDirect is a company that provides consumers access to content, targeted listings as well as offers through their network of more than 100 vertical-focused web sites[1][2] that incorporate travel, technology, health, education etc. The company assists businesses in establishing their presence on the Internet via BuyDomains and domain name sales. The headquarters of the company is located in Waltham, Massachusetts.[3][4]

BuyDomains.com[edit | edit source]

In 2006, the business wing of YesDirect, Inc, acquired 32,000 domain names[5] within the .com TLD. This enhanced its portfolio of more than 600,000 high performing domain names. The new domains were exclusively one and two word .com domains.[6]

SmartName[edit | edit source]

The company provides consumers with search results via its partner firm, SmartName. The search results include advertisements from all those advertisers who have registered their domain names with SmartName.[7]

Services[edit | edit source]

YesDirect is presently leading the direct browsing market with over 20 million unique visitors on a monthly basis. The various business related services offered by the company include: [8]

  • domain registration
  • business class web hosting
  • personalized email
  • DNS
  • domain transfer
  • renewal services

Portals Owned by YesDirect[edit | edit source]

YesDirect is known popularly for its wide network consisting of around one hundred portals. These portals enable customers to enjoy shopping on internet without any confusion and inconvenience. The portals owned by YesDirect include:

  • Shop4Christmas.com
  • Shop4Computers.com
  • Shop4Jewerly.com
  • Shop4Cameras.com
  • Shop4Phones.com
  • Shop4Flowers.com
  • Shop4Luggage.com
  • Shop4Watches.com
  • Shop4TVs.com
  • Shop4Rugs.com
  • ShopAround.com
  • TechShopping.com.

Each of these portals is meant for shopping for your favorite products, other portals owned by YesDirect include:

  • TravelChoices.com
  • MedicalSource.com
  • MusicMania.com
  • PhotoConnection.com
  • PureBusiness.com

Partners[edit | edit source]

YesDirect and GoDaddy signed a partnership deal, according to which GoDaddy can sell YesDirect’s domain names on its auction house. The deal was beneficial for both as it helped GoDaddy to provide its customers with great domain names, and YesDirect got the exposure required in order to reach development goals.[9][10]

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