Digital transformation by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has traditionally lagged behind the expected growth curve. As per Zinnov Consulting, out of the 75 Million MSMEs based in India, 16-18 Million have a social media presence, an online listing, or a website. Out of 5 Million domain names registered in India, only half have a website behind them. Ahead of International MSME Day 2020, Endurance International Group (“EIG”), the parent company of web presence brands like HostGator, Bluehost, ResellerClub, BigRock undertook a survey with Indian MSMEs to understand their adoption of digital presence in response to challenges during COVID-19. According to the survey, approximately 30 per cent of MSMEs started a business website or enabled e-commerce functionality since the lockdown started owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 50 per cent of MSMEs surveyed/embraced video conferencing tools and WhatsApp to keep business running during these turbulent times. The importance of digital mediums during this crisis has had a resurgence. Preference for using digital is now approximately ~1.9 folds more than traditional sales interactions. MSMEs in the educational services segment recorded the highest jump in the importance of using digital mediums. With lockdown measures in place, the MSMEs who were able to offer e-commerce functionality witnessed revenue contribution from e-commerce increasing to approximately 50 per cent of their total revenues. For MSMEs in retail and educational services, an increase in revenue contribution from e-commerce was 53 per cent and 65 per cent respectively. The negative impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs has been intense with many having to pause or entirely shut their business. In this survey, one-third of MSME respondents confirmed that they are temporarily shutting their business until normalcy resumes. This pause in business is more prominent among MSMEs in metros cities and those in the retail and manufacturing verticals. Majority of MSMEs (nearly 60 per cent of those surveyed) believe that it will take up to 6 months for the business to return to normal. MSMEs are seeking support from the government to tide over this crisis. More than 50 per cent of MSMEs expect the government to offer tax discounts or exemptions, followed by 36 per cent of MSMEs asking for loans at zero interest or cheaper rates. “COVID-19 has forced everyone to rethink daily life. In response to the lockdown, MSMEs who could embrace digital presence were able to keep some semblance of normalcy and continue to serve or engage with their customers. This crisis has made it imperative to digitally transform our places of work. We are fortunate to be able to aid businesses in their digital transformation journey through our products and services,” saidManishDalal, SVP & General Manager, Endurance Group - APAC, having web presence brands like HostGator, Bluehost, ResellerClub, BigRock. According to the survey, lack of technical expertise and the perceived costs of developing a web presence continue to be the key challenges to creating a web presence. Due to these challenges, very often MSMEs take assistance from web professionals to create a digital presence. India is primarily a DIFM (do-it-for-me) market and web professionals will play a key role in the digital enablement of MSMEs. EIG caters to small business owners and web professionals, those who help small businesses to come online, through brands such as HostGator, Bluehost, ResellerClub, BigRock. These brands provide the tools and resources needed to build and establish a web presence, be found online, and improve productivity through digital solutions like domains, hosting, business email, and more. Survey Methodology
To understand the digital trends among small businesses during the lockdown, EIG administered an online questionnaire to their MSME customers in the segments of retail, educational services, technology services, independent bloggers, consultant, advertising & marketing, travel, and finance. The majority of these MSMEs are in the metro cities. The survey was conducted over the first 2 weeks of June 2020. Share this article:

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The pandemic saw lockdowns become the new normal. Consumers increasingly went digital for their essential needs which hastened the urgency for businesses, especially small businesses to go digital. This also led to massive growth in online sales with global e-commerce having crossed 4 Trillion in GMV. India alone has been on an upward trajectory with a growth of over 30 per cent and this momentum will only continue. This need for MSMEs to unlock digital capabilities and set up online shops serves as a huge opportunity for web professionals in India. This opportunity was the cornerstone and theme of this year’s flagship event for web professionals, Cloudbazaar . Cloudbazaar is a conference and trade show organized for the last 10 years with an overarching mission to help web professionals advance, upskill and win!. It is supported by some of the leading web presence brands like Bluehost , ResellerClub , etc that serve the web professional community. This year’s conference theme emphasized and addressed questions related to the future of e-commerce for all web pros and businesses. It brought together a host of veterans and some of the biggest names in the web and digital ecosystem. Held on December 3, the event featured speakers such as Manish Dalal, Head of Strategy and SVP of Global Channels, Newfold Digital; Paul Maiorana, CEO, WooCommerce; Bhaskar Ramesh, Director of Omnichannel Solutions, Google India, and more. In its tenth season, but being held virtually for the second year in a row, Cloudbazaar offers web pros with various exhibits, workshops, brand sessions and conferences. The event also gives web pros and budding e-commerce enthusiasts a chance at networking with some of the biggest names in the industry. Reading the patterns
The event began with a keynote address by Manish Dalal, who spoke on the topic ‘ A Year in Retrospect: Digital Transformation Through Online Commerce’ . One of the key insights the keynote provided was how retail e-commerce surpassed $4 trillion in 2021 globally, which meant that the sales through e-commerce had nearly doubled over the last 4 years. Every region in the world saw a growth of more than 25 per cent in retail e-commerce sales. As of India, the country had the third-highest number of e-retail shoppers in the world behind China and the USA. Looking forward, the future growth of the vertical is expected to be driven by smaller towns that account for four out of five new shoppers in the present day. Stay Updated
You have been successfully registered for our daily newsletter. Women and older shoppers have gained prominence in the shopper base over the last year, and DTC e-commerce revenue grew by 94 per cent in the final quarter of 2020. Another keynote address on ‘Using Domain Names To Establish An Online Presence’ by Andy Simpson spoke about the Global Domain Name industry and its growth at 1.9% CAGR over 5 years. He mentioned that drag and drop website builders are used by over 40 per cent of Domain Names with a website, especially e-commerce focussed builders. Retail e-commerce constitutes 19.6 per cent of the total Global Retail Sales in 2021, and it will continue to grow in the next 5 years. Although China and the USA lead the charts in contribution to e-commerce spends currently, countries like India, Brazil and Russia are quickly catching up. Back to the future
Another great session that offered powerful insights was the Fireside Chat between WooCommerce CEO Paul Maiorana and Newfold Digital’s Group Product Manager Drew Wilde on the topic ‘ From The Lens Of The Biggest eCommerce Enablers ’. The relevance of e-commerce has shifted for small and medium businesses, and according to a report, e-commerce sales in India will triple over the next few years, now that the pandemic has changed people’s perspectives about shopping online. A survey done by Bluehost India in 2021 showed that almost 20 per cent of the interviewed businesses started a website in the pandemic and 14 per cent of these were with payment options. WooCommerce is one of the largest platforms available for online stores today. The team is working on localized solutions including Woo payments and shipping. Attendees got to hear eminent speakers talk about how even though businesses and investments saw degrowth due to the pandemic, the growth of e-commerce has come as a silver lining. Digital adoption and engagement has grown from 2 per cent in 2016 to 34 per cent in 2020 and with an estimated 900 million internet users in India by 2025, this will only continue to grow. 59 per cent of businesses that are digitally engaged are one and a half times more capable of surviving and growing during a pandemic, which shows how web professionals have a great opportunity to promote e-commerce growth. Cause marketing has become highly effective in recent times, web professionals got to know how it helps in creating differentiation for the brand. Brands that have worked for a cause have managed to encourage 79% of consumers to switch to their brand, and have seen an 85 per cent increase in profits due to brand loyalty. Apart from that, 71 per cent of millennials pay more if the money is going for a good cause, which makes it the perfect time to adopt cause marketing. D2C brands are highly popular in the market, and more brands are pivoting towards D2C because of expansive growth potential and reduced distribution costs. Customers are also pivoting to D2C because of superior customer service, frictionless purchase, price to value, and novelty in products and services. The entire theme of Cloudbazaar focused on what the future of e-commerce would look like, and attendees got to know how the segment can be made better in the coming times. Brands were suggested to digitise as many products as they can, and that if the product cannot be digitised, brands must focus on digitising the services around it. The idea of gamifying buying experiences is slowly gaining popularity, and brands must try and partner up with companies to try and create a virtual experience for consumers. Building on the theme of Cloudbazaar 2021, a panel of prominent names from the digital world featured Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, Co-Founder and Director, Wakefit.co; , Bhaskar Ramesh, Director Omnichannel Solutions, Google India; Swagat Sarangi, CEO, Smytten; and Vedanarayanan Vedantham, SME & Startup Business Head, Razorpay, who got together to discuss how the next million brands of India could be brought into the digital ecosystem. The discussion, which was moderated by Zinnov’s Partner and Global Head-Digital Praveen Bhadada, covered topics like the transformation of e-commerce, the availability and importance of tech stacks in the evolution of businesses, etc. They also discussed if web pros should focus on large enterprises, going digital, or focusing on SMBs thinking of D2C as the primary mode of market. Connecting enthusiasts to brands
Cloudbazaar’s second consecutive virtual edition also consisted of an Exhibit Hall with booths that were set up by major brands like Google, .Org, Bluehost, sedo.com, .Store Domains, .Me, Jetpack and ResellerClub, along with other Partners like Verisign and Acronis. These stalls provided visitors with all the information they needed to know about the respective brands, and also gave them an opportunity to chat with them directly. The event also presented workshops that provided tips and insights into the e-commerce business and using tools to make it big in the industry. These workshops were conducted by industry speakers like Meherzad Karanjia, Chief Learning Officer, IIDE; Arjun Pande, Brand Manager, .Store Domains; Jayesh Bali, Product Manager, ResellerClub; Jesse Friedman, Director of Innovation, Jetpack Business; and more. Cloudbazaar also offered a networking room that allowed enthusiasts to network with various brands and like-minded visitors over chat and video calls. The Leaderboard Grand Prize offered visitors a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G by staying tuned to all workshops and conferences, visiting all booths, and participating in the plethora of activities offered by Cloudbazaar. The scavenger hunt involved 10 clues that were scattered throughout the event, which the participants had to figure out. The winner of the event was selected on the basis of a randomiser. All in all, Cloudbazaar paved the way for all stakeholders in the e-commerce industry to think more about the future and help the industry unleash its full potential in India. We tell your stories. Stories that inspire change
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NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2021 ResellerClub, a part of NewFold Digital's family of brands and a provider of web hosting, servers, domain names and other web presence products announces the Black Friday Cyber Monday sale with up to 65% off on hosting, servers, domains and more. After an overwhelming response last year, ResellerClub has brought back the sale with bigger and better discounts. The details of the offers are as below:
Shared & Cloud Hosting - up to 65% Off
VPS Hosting – up to 60% off
WordPress Hosting & Reseller Hosting – up to 35%
SSL Certificates - up to 60% Off 
Speaking about the sale, Mitika Kulshreshtha, Vice President, Marketing at ResellerClub said, "The pandemic forced many small businesses to get online and we want to be the enablers of their success on the Internet. Our customers look to us every year for great discounts on hosting & domains and this year is no different. We're pulling all the stops to give our customers the best offers. Our sale is a great opportunity for budding entrepreneurs and small businesses to invest in state-of-the-art hosting with high quality service and boost their business. We hope our customers make the most of this sale!" This year, ResellerClub also introduced server enhancements namely:
Acronis Cloud backup solution for superior and on-demand
Block Storage on VPS that allows for high availability & remote storage
Managed Services on VPS and Dedicated Servers for expert support, and 24x7 management
As part of the Black Friday sale, ResellerClub is offering discounts on Managed VPS and Dedicated Servers too. The Black Friday sale is live on ResellerClub and will end on 30th November, culminating into Cyber Monday. To know more about the sale, visit:  www.resellerclub.com
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ResellerClub was founded with the objective of offering domain names and hosting products to web designers, developers and web hosts. Today, ResellerClub offers products and services that a Web professional can use to enable small businesses to build a meaningful web presence. ResellerClub offers Shared Hosting, Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, VPS, email, backup, security and more with multi-brand options in many of these categories to empower choice. ResellerClub also offers a comprehensive solution to register and manage 350+ gTLDs, ccTLDs and new domains. Through the platform customized for web professionals, ResellerClub envisions provisioning the widest variety of web presence products, PaaS and SaaS-based tools. About Newfold Digital 
Newfold Digital is a leading web technology company serving nearly seven million customers globally. Established in 2021 through the combination of leading web services providers Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group, our portfolio of brands includes: Bluehost, CrazyDomains, HostGator, Network Solutions, Register.com, Web.com and many others. We help customers of all sizes build a digital presence that delivers results. With our extensive product offerings and personalized support, we take pride in collaborating with our customers to serve their online presence needs. For more information, visit www.newfold.com . Media Contact:

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JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ResellerClub, an Endurance International Group company and a provider of web hosting, domains and other web presence products, has revamped its website experience in the Indonesia market. While the brand has been in this market for many years, they bring a fresh, improved web experience. The brand has achieved this through localized websites, local payment gateways, translated control panels, revamped messaging, reduced page load times, localized support, promo and coupon systems for competitive offers and more. With a remarkable impact over 14 years in India, the United States, and other countries, ResellerClub hopes to do the same in Indonesia. "Indonesia is an entrepreneurial society and an increasing number of small & micro businesses are getting rapidly digitized during this time. We want to support this thriving ecosystem by extending our world-class infrastructure and support through an advanced experience to web professionals (developers, IT agencies) and small businesses. We now offer a simple, easy to buy option for hosting solutions in a fully localized website with highly qualified chat support," says Manish Dalal, Managing Director - APAC, Endurance International Group. ResellerClub offers a complete suite of server and cloud-based products in local language and currency to help businesses find the right hosting solution suited to different needs. Specific product highlights include:
Locally Relevant Payment Modes- While credit cards are one of the primary modes of online payment in a lot of developed countries, there is a dominance of alternate payment options in the APAC region. ResellerClub is now offering payment methods such as local bank transfers, wallets and convenience store top-ups to customers in Indonesia to make the purchase more convenient. Advanced Hosting Infrastructure -  ResellerClub boasts of an extensive product portfolio with hosting solutions ranging across Shared Hosting , Reseller Hosting, Virtual Private Servers and  Dedicated Servers. The brand has been progressively investing and improving its hosting range with the newly introduced SSD variants for Cloud, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Servers and  Reseller Hosting. ResellerClub has also recently launched additional storage on it's VPS product and is working on adding 'Managed Services' to it's offering in early 2021. ResellerClub's hosting comes with free WHMCS, free SSL and free migration amongst many other robust features. Productivity Solutions - The brand also offers multiple email and security solutions including G Suite for which it was recently awarded the 'Expansion Partner Award APAC' by Google. Developer Friendly Order Management Panel - ResellerClub is also set to offer the 'All-New WebPro Panel' to it's clients in Indonesia. This new Control Panel is specially built for web professionals (web designers, developers, digital marketing agencies, etc) after years of product research and conversations with multiple clients. The panel provides an easy purchase flow, along with tools for invoicing, taxation, order & client management and a fully white-labelled, easily brandable Storefront. About ResellerClub
ResellerClub was founded with the objective of offering domain names and hosting products to web designers, developers and web hosts. Today, ResellerClub offers products and services that a web professional can use to enable small businesses to build a meaningful web presence. ResellerClub offers Reseller Hosting, Shared Hosting, Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, VPS, email, backup, security and more with multi-brand options in many of these categories to empower choice. ResellerClub also offers a comprehensive solution to register and manage 350+ gTLDs, ccTLDs and new domains. Through the platform customized for web professionals, ResellerClub envisions provisioning the widest variety of web presence products, PaaS and SaaS-based tools. About Endurance International Group
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. helps millions of small businesses worldwide with products and technology to enhance their online web presence, email marketing, business solutions, and more. The Endurance family of brands includes Constant Contact, Bluehost, HostGator, and Domain.com, among others. Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, Endurance employs over 3,800 people across the United States, Brazil, India and the Netherlands. For more information, visit www.endurance.com .

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SiteLock's 360-degree scanning technology is designed to provide effective protection while not affecting a website's server or performance. In addition to its scanner, SiteLock offers security features to fit websites of all sizes and complexity: daily scans to detect malware; automatic malware removal (SMART); vulnerability detection; file change monitoring; web application firewall (TrueShield); PCI Compliance;  and website acceleration (TrueSpeed).

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