# Webs

> Webs, originally Freewebs, was a DIY website builder and hosting platform for small businesses, personal users and nonprofits. Its free entry tier and paid upgrades expanded into social marketing and contact management. Vistaprint acquired it for $117.5 million in 2011; the legacy builder was discontinued in 2023.

- **Founded:** 2001
- **Headquarters:** Silver Spring, United States
- **Founders:** Haroon Mokhtarzada (Co-founder and CEO (historical)), Zeki Mokhtarzada (Co-founder and CTO (historical)), Idris Mokhtarzada (Co-founder and senior engineer (historical))
- **Products:** Freewebs / Webs website builder and hosting, ContactMe, Pagemodo, SiteBuilder3
- **Notable:** Vistaprint acquisition completed in December 2011 for $117.5 million., Approximately 8 million active websites and 100,000 paying subscribers reported in December 2011., Named among Lead411’s Hottest DC Area Companies of 2010, according to a company release.

## Products & services

- **Freewebs / Webs website builder and hosting** — Historical free and premium website creation with templates, hosted pages, blogs, galleries, membership features and online stores; retired.
- **ContactMe** — Lightweight contact-management and CRM tool added to the Webs family in 2010.
- **Pagemodo** — Facebook-page creation and social marketing product acquired by Webs in February 2011.
- **SiteBuilder3** — 2012 editor introduced fuller drag-and-drop editing, customizable layouts, carousels, maps, contact forms and social modules.

## Achievements

- Vistaprint acquisition completed in December 2011 for $117.5 million.
- Approximately 8 million active websites and 100,000 paying subscribers reported in December 2011.
- Named among Lead411’s Hottest DC Area Companies of 2010, according to a company release.
- Standard of Excellence recognition in the 2005 WebAward competition, reported in a 2006 company announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2023-07** — Legacy-service customers received transition notices on July 10 and July 17, according to Exact Hosting.
- **2023-08** — Domain and email services transferred to Exact Hosting on August 2; the deadline to move legacy website hosting was August 31.

## Links

- Website: https://www.webs.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/webs
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/webs
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Webs

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