improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . november 2013 the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources moogo news newspapers books scholar jstor free images november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message moogo former type ltd industry telecommunications technology internet founded 2005 founder mikko nurminen defunct 2014 antti ala ilkka headquarters espoo finland key people mikko nurminen ceo antti ala ilkka cto kimmo pekari coo juho koikkalainen mm products moogo website builder services website builder web hosting net income 932 000 2008 number of employees 23 and growing parent ideakone mediatonic website moogo.com moogo was an online website builder which was designed for users who had little or no prior experience in website design html or computer programming . it is no longer active to unregistered users stating on its website moogo is discontinued and we don t provide websites to new customers anymore . sorry for any inconveniences . contents 1 about moogo 2 corporate history 3 awards and accolades 4 references 5 external links about moogo edit the name moogo originated from the assumption that it didn t stand for anything disconcerting . in addition the word resonates in any language is easy to pronounce and has a playful tone to it . corporate history edit moogo s parent company ideakone 1 was established in helsinki in 2005 by mikko nurminen 2 and antti ala ilkka . because of their entrepreneurial background in the field of technology both founders had recognized a need for a simple to use digital communication software . utilizing the saas model and exploiting the extremely scalable business model and the unsaturated nature of the finnish market ideakone launched their finnish equivalent of moogo aptly branded as kotisivukone in 2006 . kotisivukone quickly established a foothold on the finnish market and became a feasible option for users who were looking for quick and easy website hosting . the popularity of kotisivukone grew at a rapid pace due to the advanced technology which made the production and maintenance of individual websites unprecedentedly easy . the self service concept and the automated invoicing and background systems created a basis which permits to profitably serve large groups of customers at a price that is affordable for the end user . the accelerated growth on the domestic market enabled ideakone to expand the service onto the international market . and in the spring of 2007 moogo was launched . the first international market for moogo was finland s western neighbor sweden . this international push continued in 2008 when moogo s english language version was released . since its inception over 200 000 sites have been created with moogo . the turnover in 2008 was 932 000 euro 3 and the expected turnover for 2009 is between 1 3 and 1 4 million . 4 in 2011 ideakone decided to shut down moogo and no longer offers an option to start a new web site . 5 moogo keeps current sites accessible until september 2012 and recommends people and companies to use yola weebly or webs to host their websites in the future . 6 awards and accolades edit 2009 europrix multimedia awards nominee content tools & interface design category 7 2009 europrix multimedia awards winner special award category best business potential 8 references edit ideakone . arcticindex . retrieved november 19 2009 . mikko nurminen . linkedin . retrieved november 19 2009 . ideakone financial information . fonecta ideo . december 6 2008 . retrieved november 19 2009 . vilpponen antti november 2 2009 . easing website development is a big money business . arcticstartup . retrieved november 13 2009 . moogo . retrieved december 8 2011 . moogo is closed . retrieved december 8 2011 . europrix 2009 nominees europrix 2009 winners external links edit moogo official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moogo & oldid 735574251 categories web designerscompanies established in 2005companies disestablished in 2014hidden categories orphaned articles from november 2013all orphaned articlesarticles with topics of unclear notability from november 2009all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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