19.02.2020

Hostpoint is gaining in popularity

Rapperswil-Jona SG – The internet service provider Hostpoint has had a successful year, seeing some significant growth in hosted webpages and managed domains in particular.

 

According to Hostpoint‘s company information, it is the largest Swiss web hosting provider and domain registrar. A recent press release states that Hostpoint was able to increase the number of managed domains by 17.6 percent to 657,000 last year. Additionally, the St.GallenBodenseeArea company now has 270,000 websites, which corresponds to an increase of almost 7 percent versus 2018.

This is also reflected in the company’s sales figures, with revenue rising to CHF 21.8 million last year, which is growth of 9 percent versus 2018. The numerous employees have also contributed to this. There are now 70 Hostpoint members of staff at the company headquarters in Rapperswil-Jona.

Hostpoint has also been successful in terms of digital security. The company has already offered its customers the option of encrypting their websites and domains for free for several years now. The FreeSSL service is used for this. The corresponding SSL certificate is issued by the certification site Let’s Encrypt. Hostpoint has already exceeded the quarter of a million mark in this area, having recorded a total of 256,593 encryptions by the end of 2019.