GoDaddy is considering India as a growth engine for its global operations as the U. S.-based domain name & web hosting giant's customer base in the Asian country grew by an impressive 86 per cent since last summer.

James Caroll, senior vice president (International) at GoDaddy, said termed small & medium enterprises (SMEs) in India as a wonderful opportunity.

He said that more and more SMEs wanted to be present on Web. He added that the company was in the process of further localizing its offerings. Globally also, the domain name firm is drastically shifting business towards SMEs.

Speaking on the topic, Caroll said, "Considering price sensitivities and desire among the SMEs to be present on web, we have and are in the process of further localizing our offerings by working partnerships with all players."

Over the past one-year period, GoDaddy's India support team handled more than 2.5 lakh calls from local customers.

The company has data centers in several countries around the world, including India, Canada and many European countries. In India, it has presence in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. It currently serves as many as 12 million paying customers worldwide.