Gandi has arrived in the UK!

Joe — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:07:00 +0100

The Gandi UK team has opened the doors to business! Jolly good show. The first thing you'll notice is the new 'US flag' on the gandi website (I thought Gandi UK was launching?!?). Well that's because the Union Jack (or is it the Union Flag?) now points to the UK English version of the Gandi site and the proud Stars and Stripes points to the international English version. Why not take a look.

But what does it all mean to me? Well here's a summary for you.

Your website

Well the UK English version is now tailored to you. That means UK prices (in pounds), UK specific text (where we feel there is a need for a difference) and UK specific content, e.g. news or offers. For example, when blog articles are published by the UK team they will appear at the top of the news section within the UK English version. Prices and offers on the homepage will always be in GBP and specific to the UK audience.

Your domain

To kick things off we've lowered the price of the .co.uk and .org.uk domain names to £3 (ex VAT) per year. Remember with every Gandi domain you get full DNS control, a free blog, 5 email mailboxes with infinite aliases (1 GB storage), full customer support, and privacy protection. While you will find cheaper .uk domains on the market, you won't find one that includes all this. It's also part of our philosophy to sell domains at a reasonable price (not as loss leaders), so that you know we're not just trying to lure you in to sell you something else. We also believe, unlike some providers that you should have unrestricted access to managing your domain as it is more than just a name but your online presence. But more about our philosophy another time.

Your team

You now have a dedicated UK team based in London working to support our UK Gandi customers and promote our ethical domain and cutting edge hosting services to new faces far and wide. We are keen to get your feedback on what you like about Gandi and what you think we could do better. And how you came to us in the first place? While support will continue to be offered from our multilingual team in Paris, the UK team will ensure that you get the level of service you require and that we are on top of UK specific issues.

Your projects

We've launched our popular Gandi supports policy in the UK with the new citizen journalism site www.demotix.com (more about them another time). Gandi supports has the goal of helping businesses that share our vision for the internet to get started online. We want to put our money where our mouth is and help others achieve the same goals. Please contact us (direction at gandi.net) if you think you’d be a good UK candidate for Gandi supports project, but make sure you read our pages first to see the kinds of business we support.

And don't worry if you're not from the UK, the reality is that with additional English language team members we'll be able to extend our love far and wide to our English speaking cousins.

We look forward to working with you all!

UK Team

Gandi is coming to the UK

Wendy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:30:00 +0100

Yes that's right, Gandi is coming to the UK! But wait you ask, haven't we always been here anyway? Well yes, you're right we have. It is true that Gandi already has thousands of UK customers, with tens of thousands of domains registered, and a sister company located in the UK (www.moonfruit.com), but we don't feel we've ever given the UK as much love and attention as it deserves. So like a friendly cousin that lives just across the Channel in France, we're packing our bags, saying 'au revoir' to mummy and daddy Gandi, and moving to London!

So what does this mean for you? It means a dedicated UK team based in London working to support our UK Gandi customers and promote our ethical domain and cutting edge hosting services to new faces far and wide. The UK Gandi team will be keen to get your feedback on what you like about Gandi and what you think we could do better. We'll be taking our popular Gandi supports policy to the UK which has the goal of helping businesses that share our vision for the internet to get started online (please contact us if you think you’d be a good UK candidate for Gandi supports).

And what is our vision for the internet you may well ask? We intend to continue Gandi’s tradition of challenging the status quo, sticking to what we believe are ethical business practices and codes of conduct and always providing high quality products and services.

And we speak English-English! None of this fancy French-English, or "where's the 'u' gone?" US-English. Just plain old "May I have a cup of tea?" English as the Queen intended (though we don't believe she's a Gandi customer. Yet.).

So there you have it, Gandi is coming the UK: the new arrival of an old friend, it's as if we've always been here...looking forward to catching up with you soon.

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Gandi has arrived in the UK!

Gandi is coming to the UK