group.one, a leading digital solutions provider, announced the strategic acquisition of Shore, a subscription-based SaaS solution for appointment booking, customer communication and payments. This acquisition marks the next milestone in group.one’s mission to help customers win online.
The acquisition will introduce three new key areas to group.one’s product offering that perfectly match group.one’s customer demands. The ability to book online appointments, to communicate with customers who have booked an appointment, and Point-of-Sale payments - attractive adjacencies representing significant double-digit revenue growth over the coming years.
Daniel Hagemeier, CEO of group.one, expressed his enthusiasm about the acquisition, stating, “We are thrilled to welcome Shore to the group.one family. Scheduling customer appointments and accepting payments is mission-critical for businesses across many verticals including health & wellness, hospitality and sports & leisure. Our dedication to provide an intuitive and integrated digital business experience allows our customers to focus on doing what they do best: managing and growing their business.”
Customers across group.one brands, including one.com, Hostnet and checkdomain, will benefit from the new products very soon as the scheduling features will be implemented into the group-wide Website Builder. Furthermore, Shore will also become a key part of group.one’s unique ‘Do It For Me’ website building and management service. Additionally, online payments will launch in 2025, rounding out a robust SaaS ecosystem designed to guide and empower customers throughout their digital journey, from establishing an online presence to managing and growing their business.
Nikbin Rohany, CEO of Shore, added, “Shore has always been driven by a spirit of innovation and dedication to our customers. Joining forces allows us to invest further in our core products for the benefit of our existing customers and partners, whilst leveraging group.one’s reach to service a wider audience across Europe. We look forward to empowering even more businesses together.”
With the acquisition of Shore, group.one strengthens its SaaS position, adding to successful solutions including the AI-enabled website builder, the world’s leading WordPress speed optimization plugin WP Rocket, and the all-in-one compliance and consent management platform Termly. Combined with a complete 'Do It For Me' website building and management service, this cements group.one as a leading provider of comprehensive digital business solutions.
About group.one
Headquartered in Sweden and with offices in 12 countries, group.one serves over 2 million customers, predominantly small and medium-sized businesses. The company provides digital solutions such as Software as a Service and Hosting. Under group.one ownership, leading brands like one.com, Zoner, WP Rocket, Rank Math, Hostnet, Herold and 20+ others enable customers to go and grow online. The company has significantly grown its revenues to over €300 million in the financial year ending 30th September 2023.
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