What AplusA does

AplusA (アプラサ株式会社) is a small Japanese private IT services corporation founded in April 1999, operating with 1-10 employees and registered capital of 20 million yen. The company is dual-headquartered in Tokyo (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 37F) and Toyama, and is led by Representative Director Ito Yusuke (伊東 佑介). Its flagship offering is the APHP Plan, a monthly subscription that bundles rental server hosting, domain registration and renewal, web design and production, email account provisioning (up to 20 accounts), SSL certificate management, mobile-responsive design, basic SEO-compliant coding, access analytics, and free minor content corrections into a single fee of 16,280 yen/month (raised from the 2019 launch price of 14,800 yen/month) under a 12-month minimum commitment with an 11,000 yen early-termination penalty.

The business model is built on long-tail Japanese SMB customers: newly established businesses, sole proprietors, and existing website owners seeking consolidated, low-friction website management with phone-based support. Customer acquisition is exclusively direct, driven by the company website (www.aplusa.jp), SEO of which AplusA also monetizes via a separate SEO consulting add-on. AplusA sells no APIs, has no app-store presence, runs no paid performance marketing, and offers no reseller or distributor program. Underlying server, internet, and domain infrastructure is shared with affiliated company AT Works Co., Ltd. (株式会社エー・ティー・ワークス), whose contact domains (atw-plus.co.jp) appear on AplusA's terms and customer communications.

Beyond APHP, AplusA runs two ancillary consumer products: the なんでもダビングサービス tape-to-DVD conversion service and the MERITE (メリテ) app that allows users to upload videos and photos to order DVD prints. The company has no disclosed external funding, no institutional investors, no public listing, no patents or regulatory milestones, and no AI/ML capabilities. Named customers span micro/niche verticals (M&A advisory, beauty salon franchises, construction, visa consulting, medical device sales, freight forwarding), with no concentration in any single enterprise or segment.

Name

AplusA

Legal name

AplusA株式会社

Website

https://aplusa.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AplusA is a Japanese private IT services firm that runs the APHP subscription, an all-in-one website plan bundling server hosting, domain registration, web design, and email for Japanese SMBs, sole proprietors, and newly established businesses, supplemented by a DVD conversion service and the MERITE DVD-ordering app.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. APHP Monthly Subscription: Monthly recurring subscription for the all-in-one website creation and hosting service. Includes server hosting, domain registration, website construction, email accounts, and basic content updates.
2. Page Addition Fees: Additional pages beyond the base 5 pages are charged at 1,100 yen per page per month.
3. SSL Certificate Management: Annual fee of 22,000 yen for SSL certificate installation and annual renewal services as a security add-on.
4. Landing Page and Special Page Production: One-time spot fees plus tax for special page designs such as landing pages.
5. Website Redesign/Renewal: Quoted separately per project for full website redesign beyond standard content corrections.
6. Writing/Content Creation Service: Charged separately when customers cannot prepare their own content copy and require AplusA to write or transcribe it.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AplusA provides an all-in-one homepage creation service (APHP Plan) that bundles rental server hosting, domain registration, web design and production, and email account provisioning under a single monthly subscription targeting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Japan. Additional offerings include a video tape-to-DVD dubbing service, the MERITE app for ordering DVD prints from uploaded videos/photos, and SEO consulting as a paid add-on service.

Product overview

AplusA operates as a Japanese website services company offering a portfolio of digital services. The core product is the APHP Plan, an all-in-one homepage creation service combining server hosting, domain registration, web design, and email services. Secondary services include なんでもダビングサービス (video-to-DVD conversion) and MERITE (online DVD ordering app). SEO consulting is offered as a separate paid add-on. The company serves small businesses and individual entrepreneurs in Japan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• APHP: All-in-one homepage creation service including server, domain, web design, and email accounts with monthly fee starting at 16,280 yen.
• MERITE

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero initial cost for website setup; monthly fee covers hosting, domain, design, and email
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 株式会社エーティーワークス (ATW Works Corporation)core / affiliatedOthersATW Works is described as a 'related company' (関連会社) of AplusA. Both companies share staff and use each other's infrastructure. The AplusA company profile and terms of service indicate ATW Works provides underlying internet services, server infrastructure, and domain registration capabilities. Contact email domains include both aplusa.jp and atw-plus.co.jp, and ATW Works is listed as the entity providing maintenance and internet services referenced on AplusA's website.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Jimdo (Jimdo GmbH): International DIY website builder (with strong Japan presence) targeting small business owners seeking all-in-one website creation—a category analog to AplusA's APHP service.
• Wix.com: Global SaaS website builder offering all-in-one site creation, hosting, and email to SMBs—a direct peer in the bundled SMB website services category.
• GMO Pepabo (GMOペパボ株式会社): Operates レンタルサーバーサービス, ロリポップ!, ヘムテル, and カラーミーショップ—directly comparable to AplusA in offering bundled hosting, domain, and web creation services to Japanese SMBs.
• ヘムテル (heteml): GMO Pepabo-operated Japanese hosting brand targeting creators and SMBs with bundled website/email/SSL offerings—directly comparable to AplusA's APHP all-in-one positioning.
• XSERVER (エックスサーバー株式会社): One of Japan's largest shared and managed hosting providers offering bundled website/email/SSL services targeted at SMBs and individual site operators—a direct competitor to APHP.

Emerging players

• Strikingly: International simple website builder targeting small businesses and entrepreneurs—an emerging player whose bundled SMB website creation offering competes for similar customer personas.
• BASE (BASE株式会社): Japanese no-code online store and website builder focused on SMB/creator economy—an adjacent player serving the same Japanese SMB market with similar simplicity-first positioning.

Broad incumbents

• GMO Internet Group (GMOインターネットグループ株式会社): Parent of Pepabo, Onamae.com, and heteml—Japan's largest domain/hosting conglomerate and a broader incumbent whose subsidiaries compete head-on with AplusA's APHP bundle.
• お名前.com (Onamae.com by GMO Internet): Japan's leading domain registrar which, under GMO, also bundles hosting and website-building services—a meaningful adjacent competitor in the same SMB domain/hosting/bundle space.
• SAKURA Internet (さくらインターネット株式会社): Established Japanese hosting and cloud provider offering a broad portfolio from shared hosting (さくらインターネット) to dedicated servers and public cloud—broader than AplusA but overlapping in SMB bundled hosting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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 →

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