What Wyoming Network does

Wyoming Network, Inc. is a Wyoming-based website design and hosting company founded in August 1998 by former TV News journalist Dave Lerner. The company built a network of 17 regional community portals (CheyenneNetwork.com, CasperNetwork.com, LaramieNetwork.com, JacksonNetwork.com, and others) covering Wyoming communities, plus the state-level WyomingNetwork.com. These portals functioned as both product and lead-generation: local businesses, governments, and non-profits approached the company after seeing the community websites, seeking their own internet presence.

The core commercial offering combined one-time website design services with recurring monthly hosting subscriptions. Differentiators included free website maintenance and updates, included email with spam blocking, bundled SEO, online advertising campaign management, and a distinctive printed-and-mailed monthly traffic report service that replaced typical online dashboard access. The company launched an average of one new client website per week over a 20-year run, accumulating thousands of client sites and millions of community portal visits.

In 2018, founder Dave Lerner retired at age 66. In January 2019 the hosting clients and website design business were sold to Jubjub, a southern California company. Lerner retained the Wyoming Network corporate entity, WyomingNetwork.com, and maintenance agreements with approximately twelve Wyoming local governments; the entity is not accepting new clients.

Name

Wyoming Network

Legal name

Wyoming Network, Inc.

Website

https://wyomingnetwork.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wyoming Network is a Wyoming-based website design and hosting company founded in 1998, historically serving local businesses, governments, and non-profits with bundled hosting, design, SEO, and mailed traffic reports across a 17-site Wyoming community portal network; the operating business was sold to Jubjub in January 2019.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Website Hosting: Monthly fees charged to clients to keep their websites on the internet. This was described as 'where the real money was.' Included free maintenance, updates, email services, spam blocking, and SEO.
2. Website Design Services: One-time fees for designing and building websites for businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations. The company launched an average of one new website per week for 20 years.
3. Website Maintenance and Updates: Free ongoing maintenance and updates to client websites, included with hosting. While a cost to the company, this built customer loyalty and long-term retention spanning years and decades.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wyoming Network, Inc. designs, builds, hosts, and maintains websites for Wyoming-based local businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations. The core offering bundles website design services with recurring web hosting that includes free maintenance and updates, email services with spam blocking, search engine optimization, online advertising campaigns, and printed traffic reports mailed to clients monthly.

Product overview

Wyoming Network, Inc. is a website design and hosting company that operated as a single unified offering combining community website portals, professional website design services, and managed web hosting. The core product is a network of 17 regional community websites (such as CheyenneNetwork.com, CasperNetwork.com, JacksonNetwork.com) plus the main WyomingNetwork.com state portal, which attracted local business clients. Around this network, the company offered website design services for businesses, local governments, and non-profits, paired with hosting services that included free maintenance and updates, email with spam blocking, SEO, and unique printed traffic reports delivered by mail. The company launched approximately one new website per week for 20 years before selling the hosting and design business in January 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Website Network A network of 17 regional community websites including CheyenneNetwork.com, CasperNetwork.com, LaramieNetwork.com, GilletteNetwork.com, BasinNetwork.com, BuffaloNetwork.com, CodyNetwork.com, ConverseNetwork.com, EvanstonNetwork.com, FremontNetwork.com, GoshenNetwork.com, JacksonNetwork.com, PlatteNetwork.com, RawlinsNetwork.com, SheridanNetwork.com, and SweetwaterNetwork.com, providing local online presence and content for communities throughout Wyoming.
• WyomingNetwork.com The main state-level community website built by Wyoming Network to aggregate or link to Wyoming community content alongside the regional community portals.
• Website Design Services Custom website design and development services for Wyoming businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations, with the company launching approximately one new website per week for 20 years.
• Web Hosting Services Recurring monthly website hosting services with bundled value-added features including free maintenance and updates, email services with spam blocking, search engine optimization, and online advertising campaigns for clients.
• Traffic Reporting Services Printed website traffic reports that were collated with invoices and mailed monthly to clients, providing website visitor analytics and distinguishing Wyoming Network's hosting service from competitors who only offered online login access.
• Website Maintenance & Updates Ongoing website maintenance and updates for hosting clients, typically provided at no additional charge to build customer loyalty and retention spanning years and decades.

Quantifiable outcome

• Averaged one new website per week for 20 years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• JubjubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019In January 2019, Dave Lerner sold the hosting clients and website design portion of the business to Jubjub, a company based in southern California. Dave retained the company name Wyoming Network, Inc., WyomingNetwork.com domain, and service agreements with approximately a dozen local governments. This transition occurred as Dave retired at age 66.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• GoDaddy: Mass-market web hosting, domain registration, and website builder serving SMBs including small-town and rural businesses that overlap with Wyoming Network's SMB customer segment.
• Bluehost: Web hosting provider (and WordPress-recommended host) offering hosting, email, and website tools to SMBs — comparable on the hosting-services dimension of Wyoming Network's offering.
• HostGator: Mass-market web hosting provider offering bundled hosting with email and basic site-building tools, comparable to Wyoming Network's bundled hosting + email + maintenance offering.
• IONOS: Web hosting, domain, and SMB website services provider with a broad international footprint, comparable to Wyoming Network's bundled hosting and SMB web presence services.
• Wix: Self-service website builder and hosting platform widely used by SMBs and small organizations, including non-profits and local businesses similar to Wyoming Network's customer base.
• Squarespace: Website builder and hosting service targeting SMBs, creatives, and small organizations — competes for the same Wyoming small-business and non-profit customer segment Wyoming Network served.

Direct peers

• Granicus: Government technology company offering website platforms, communications, and digital services to public-sector clients. Comparable to Wyoming Network's local-government website maintenance and hosting offering.
• Revize: Provider of government website design, hosting, and content management solutions for municipalities. Closely aligned with Wyoming Network's value proposition for Wyoming local-government clients.
• Jubjub: Southern California-based company that acquired Wyoming Network's hosting clients and website design business in January 2019. Directly comparable as the acquirer of the operating business; operates in the same SMB/local-government web services space.
• CivicPlus: Provider of website design, hosting, and content management specifically for local governments and municipalities. Directly comparable to Wyoming Network's local-government web services segment and a logical acquirer of its remaining government contracts.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Wyoming-Network-Inc-132414836809333
• Xx.com/wyomingnetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wyoming-network-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Wyoming Network