New Delhi , Apr. 10: GoDaddy, a cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, announced that it has achieved a key growth milestone, surpassing one million customers in India.

India has been a priority and strategic market for GoDaddy's international expansion over the past five years. The company has made significant inroads in India during that time, resulting in strong brand name visibility and resonance with customers - GoDaddy has 80 percent aided brand awareness in India.

With over 70 percent of SMBs coming from India's Tier II regions, GoDaddy, together with its partner and reseller network, is working to help bring emerged India (Tier I cities) and emerging India (Tier II cities) online. GoDaddy also continues to grow its .IN market share. According to the .IN Registry, GoDaddy now has 40 percent market share for all .IN domains in India.

"Through our customer engagement program, we listen closely to our customers to help better serve them. Moving forward, we are committed to contribute significantly to our country's Digital India initiative. We expect one-third of Indian small businesses to be online by 2022, and we aspire for GoDaddy to play a major role in helping these businesses bring their ideas online," said GoDaddy Vice President and Managing Director, Nikhil Arora.

GoDaddy delivers an integrated suite of cloud-based online products to help people leverage the power of the Internet, from domain name registration to website creation to business email and productivity tools, designed to create and manage an online presence. GoDaddy combines its product suite with multi lingual 24x7 local Indian customer care experts to help customers along their journey.