1&1fr

The 1and1 started in 1988, then taking over the marketing for BTX, which was part of T-Mobile’s online service. Then the service provided by BTX, became T-online and a leader in the new technology of online services. The German company 1and1 continued to work with T-online (T-Mobile subsidiary) and in 1992 launched a customer support program with IBM as the first customer account. It was in 1998 that the company became one of the first online companies to become public, and later that year the 1and1 service became a provider of many hosting services, which included the GMX email service that they acquired. In 2000 the company also introduced a line of products that included e-commerce software, and began to become one of the leaders in the European market.

In the early 2000's 1and1 became a leader in the European market for web hosting, registrar, e-commerce and many other services. It was the beginning of what was to become a registrar that now has over 11 million registered users, and over 11 million domains that have been registered and maintained by 1and1.

The company has seen steady growth from the beginnings with marketing, and through the years has expanded their services. Now the company has over 5,000 employees, spread across 2 continents. There are a total of 5 data centers, which have 70,000 servers to serve customers in almost every corner of the globe. These data centers are state of the art centers, which have modern cooling and fire detection systems, as well as clean storage area to protect new equipment from contaminates. In 2010 the total revenue exceeded $1.9 billion, and in 2012 1and1 became the largest free domain provider in the world. 

Over 20 years of service in online technologies, and today 1and1 is still a leader in many markets. There are many services provided by 1and1, and can register most any type of top level domain name, include cultural domains like ".cat" for Catalan websites. The many services that are offered by 1and1.fr include website editors and professional templates. There is also an affordable domain transfer that is available and many options for e-commerce and business sites. They also offer many other hosting services, and are one of the first hosting providers that will offer a popular web editing program with their premium services. 1and1.fr is one of the biggest domain registrars in the world and offers a large selection of web services for individuals who need a website.