Company:SiteW
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| Type | Private company |
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| Founded | October 20, 2009 |
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| Headquarters | Yolet, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , France[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Fabien Versange (CEO) Cédric Hamel (CTO) |
| Products | Web services |
| Website | www |
SiteW (French pronunciation: [sit dublə ve]) is a France -based company that offers website building service.
History
SiteW (pronounced Site Double-Vé) was created in the spring of 2007, when Fabien Versange and Cédric Hamel, two computer scientists, were approached by several local businesses in the Auvergne region to design their websites.[2] This common demand in the area Auvergne region, inspired to form a company to design a platform which offer websites that are faster, easier and more accessible to common individuals and professionals.[3]
Hailing from Cantal, in the central region of France , the company was registered at the Chamber of Commerce of Aurillac in January 2008, where they opened their offices in nearby Calvinet before relocating to Cassaniouze after three years, launching their website and online web services a month later.[4] Business picked up quickly with hundreds of users signing up within the first couple of months and the first companies outside of France making use of the service by September of the same year. By December 2010 the company had successfully registered and created 150,000 websites.[5] In 2011 the German version of the website was released. On 26 June 2012 another milestone was reached with 500,000 websites created and launched using the SiteW tools with 15% of the customer base coming from abroad.[6] In September 2014 the company had managed to help create 1 million websites. That same year the company upgraded all their website building tools.[7]
Functionality
The company offers a web based service, using the SaaS model, making the platform easy to access without having to download any applications.[8] The tools are simplified and easy to understand, using a simple drag-and-drop methodology for creating a website. The websites that are created are then hosted on a secured server using cloud technology that can be accessed from around the world.[9] The company offers three different packages which provide different solutions and amount of storage space, depending on the size and functionality necessary to facilitate the customer's needs. The most basic membership is free, with the highest available subscription costing €23,99/month.[10] Making use of HTML5 and CSS3, the website and its services are updated frequently to ensure proper integration and performance on all platforms.[11]
Reception
As of 2016 the company have launched over 1,5 million websites for a global customer base spread across 216 countries.[12] On average 600 new websites per day are launched by people using the SiteW services. In 2010 the company were awarded the golden laurels at the Concours Talents for Technological Innovation, making them 1 of 3 recipients from the Auvergne region that year.[13]
Awards
- 2010 Concours Talents[13]
- Category: Technological innovation (Winners)
- 2016 Pépites d’Auvergne
- For the region of Cantal (Winners)
References
- ↑ "SiteW — Fiche entreprise : chiffres d'affaires, bilan et résultat". http://www.societe.com/societe/sitew-com-518057310.html. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "SiteW.com : la start-up cantalienne qui démocratise la création de sites" (in French). L'Union du Cantal. http://lunion-cantal.reussir.fr/actualites/sitew-com-la-start-up-cantalienne-qui-democratise-la-creation-de-sites:TSFDG0MF.html. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Mon avis sur SiteW - test et revue complète de Youcef" (in French). Dessine moi un site. http://www.dessinemoiunsite.com/test-avis-sitew-outil-francais-creation-site/. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "SiteW tisse sa toile depuis le Cantal" (in French). La Montagne. http://www.lamontagne.fr/aurillac/economie/2015/04/02/sitew-tisse-sa-toile-depuis-le-cantal_11389063.html. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Se rapprocher d’Aurillac pour faciliter le recrutement" (in French). La Montagne. http://www.lamontagne.fr/cassaniouze/economie/2015/04/02/se-rapprocher-daurillac-pour-faciliter-le-recrutement_11389068.html. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Interview Fabien Versange : »600 nouveaux sites sont créés chaque jour avec SiteW »" (in French). IT Espresso. http://www.itespresso.fr/fabien-versange-600-nouveaux-sites-chaque-jour-sitew-93691.html. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Des sites à la portée de tous les clics" (in French). La Montagne. http://www.lamontagne.fr/aurillac/economie/innovation/2016/10/16/des-sites-a-la-portee-de-tous-les-clics-avec-l-entreprise-sitew_12113338.html. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Fabien Versange, Les start ups de la French Tech" (in French). Les Pépites Tech. http://lespepitestech.com/supporter-de-la-french-tech/sitewfr. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Internet: Les sites les plus simples pour créer son site" (in French). Capital.fr. http://www.capital.fr/a-la-une/dossiers/internet-les-sites-les-plus-simples-pour-creer-son-site-1156780. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "SiteW : pas de fromage mais des sites Internet en Auvergne !" (in French). Gazette du Geek. http://gazette-du-geek.fr/sitew-sites-internet-en-auvergne/2297. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Test complet du logiciel SiteW" (in French). La Fabrique du Net. https://www.lafabriquedunet.fr/blog/test-complet-logiciel-sitew/. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "SiteW.com et ses rêves" (in French). Auvergne Nouveau Monde. http://www.auvergne-nouveau-monde.fr/sitewcom-ses-reves. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Concours Talents de la créations d’entreprise". Concours Talents (Auvergne). 2010-01-20. http://www.concours-talents.com/page/?categorie=laureats&page=laureat&idl=1400&concours=3&annee=2010®ion=5&txtRech=&pg=1. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
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