Just what the subject asks. Im just curious :)

Dell.

Well I guess you can say that Jarvis is ... http://jarvisgroup.net they own ikonBoard and all, they sell hosting and yes there on the stock market :)

Rackspace is on the stock market, isn't it?

I don't belive so.. not sure

Interland

I believe DellHost is, but technically this is Sprint (just using Dell brand name).

Verio too I would imagine

Greg Moore

Originally posted by akashik
Verio too I would imagine

Greg Moore
Verio is not, but their parent company, NTT, is.

Yahoo.

Originally posted by DigiCrime
Just what the subject asks. Im just curious :)

You will find some listed here: http://messages.yahoo.com/yahoo/Business___Finance/Investments/Sectors/Services/Communications_Services/index.html

I wonder what it takes to get on there:eek:

Company float, lots of money.. you know, the usual ;)

Greg Moore

As a market investor for years now, I can say this.

They arent "on" the stock market they simply went public and offered shares of their company for sale. Going public can be done by anyone looking for capital.

There are thousands upon thousands of penny stock companys from webhosters to shoe stores. Even having a company listed in the NAQ does not ensure its a good company.

You can go public if you wish, that doesnt mean anyone will buy your offering, lol. No web hosting company in todays tech market will be able to raise capital going public. As a matter of fact there hace been very few decent IPO's even offered the last few years

Aren't http://www.webfusion.com/ ?

wow annoying pop ups..

Originally posted by EBOZZ
As a market investor for years now, I can say this.

They arent "on" the stock market they simply went public and offered shares of their company for sale. Going public can be done by anyone looking for capital.

There are thousands upon thousands of penny stock companys from webhosters to shoe stores. Even having a company listed in the NAQ does not ensure its a good company.

You can go public if you wish, that doesnt mean anyone will buy your offering, lol. No web hosting company in todays tech market will be able to raise capital going public. As a matter of fact there hace been very few decent IPO's even offered the last few years Good points you raise.

I was working with my local SBA office about a year ago, the person that was assigned my case happened to be a retired lawyer. He informed me of several methods for going public, and offering shares.

Just as a small web host, starting out would want to begin their marketing of the local area, the same should be said for preparing to go public.

Focusing on family, friends, acquaintances, friends of friends and friends of family are at least good prospects, if for nothing else to help bring awareness to the offering. I guess most people would think of a public offering, in the range of aiming to sell multi-millions worth of shares, but that doesn't have to be the case always. It's just this type of offering, is most likely going to be the scuttlebutt that will be spread across the airways.

I'm going to go with EBOZZ on this. One of our up and coming tech guys (he's not yet, but will be soon) and good friend has a mom as a stock broker.

You can get into the stock market regardless of your value just by going public. Anyone can do it that's legal. That's my outtake on it anyway.... not 100% sure but I think so.

Bryan,

I wasn't trying to contradict what ebozz said, if that's what you may think.

I only wanted to point out that you don't have to go for the 'big bucks' just to hold a public offering. One point I failed to mention though, not only can you do a public offering, but you can hold a private offering. In the instance I spoke of, that would likely be the best option. Ok, maybe not the best option, but certainly one to be considered.

I was speaking in general and just agreeing with his statements.

We're far from a "big buck" company (yahoo, etc) and I'm told we can easily offer public shares. Now, they'd probably not be any anyone would want to buy, or barely worth more than a penny or two (as some people said), but it should be pretty possible for anyone regardless of their total worth to offer them.

It would be probably pointless for most, but then again, I think it'd be pretty neat. (I'm sometimes easily fasinated/impressed; it's a curse!)

Originally posted by akashik
Verio too I would imagine

Greg Moore

No, Verio was public until NTT bought them out. NTT is a privatley owned company. Was a great stock while it lasted though.

SBC (they own webhosting.com)

Originally posted by dapon
No, Verio was public until NTT bought them out. NTT is a privatley owned company. Was a great stock while it lasted though.

NTT is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, ticker symbol "NTT".

Of course, a black sheep division like Verio never shows up on their news releases. It's more like a footnote in their quarterly filings. NTT is the Japanese phone company, after all.

Kevin