Successful entrepreneurs with a .nl

Jade Hermans, who recently graduated from the Utrecht School of the Arts and is at the start of her career as a tattoo artist, talks about the domain name, her website and her plans.

Thijs Maas is a manager in the marketing department of Superfietsen.nl. He talks about the developments within Superfietsen and the importance of online visibility.

80% of entrepreneurs launch their .nl website within a month of registering their domain name. This is the conclusion of a survey conducted in 2022 among members of our SIDN Panel. In this article, Arne Keuning talks about the establishment of The Feed Factory and the importance of online visibility.

At the beginning of 2022, Marieke Doff started Power Moms and offers training programs for women, helping them to stay fit during and after their pregnancy. Marieke talks about her domain name, mission, the development of the website and her plans for the future.

Timo Fleer registered feeddokter.nl for his company Feed Dokter. Timo is a specialist in the field of product feeds. He tells us about his passion for enterprise and the importance of a carefully crafted business concept.

Eric Stevense and Ahmed Wandi registered dewrapgarage.nl and bootopknappen.nl and use them to offer wrapping services. “When people want a particular service, they look on the internet, and your website is the first point of contact. So your website is like your business's calling card.”

Their love of spicy food led them to open a webshop selling exclusive hot sauces in 2017. Freek tells us about the family flair for enterprise, how he and his brother got started, and how the business has since developed. “Our love of spicy food led us to start our own business.”

Having set up as a professional caulker in 2021, Leonie Lurlap now active throughout the country. Leonie talks about starting out in business and registering her perfect .nl domain name.“With the right knowledge and experience, you can tackle anything.”

The website afvalgoedgeregeld.nl is part of a campaign that focuses, among other things, on the increasing scarcity of raw materials. At the moment, 82 per cent of all packaging in the Netherlands is recycled. However, the optimal re-use of packaging materials depends on improvements along the whole length of the chain. Including the separation and recycling of waste packaging.

Dyon Koning, founder and director of PlasticBuildings. Driven by his love of nature and his worries about the global plastics problem, Dyon's mission is to tackle that problem, while also helping to solve the Netherlands' housing crisis. "Our buildings can solve both the housing crisis and the global plastics problem."

Julia Hofman, the owner of Just Swim, talks about her swimming school and justswim.nl, the domain name she's recently registered for it. "I considered various possible domain names before settling on this one, because it's simple and catchy. It's important to have a name that people will remember."

Patrick van Gurp of The Jungle Warrior is using his flair for dance to help conserve tropical rainforests. "We need to preserve the rainforest and the ocean. All of us do, including us here in the Netherlands, even though the problems are mainly far from home."

After selling his business, Ronald decided to use his sales know-how to develop a series of training courses on selling, which are now available on verkopenisstom.nl ('selling-is-stupid-dot-nl'). "The name is meant to be a bit provocative. To get people talking."

Chantal van Hees registered this domain name for her new baby spa in Beneden-Leeuwen. Babies can now enjoy floatings and massages in the Bubble Palace. "I've put sponsored posts on Facebook and Instagram. Personally, I prefer Facebook. The reach and the response seem to be better than with Instagram. Advertising is something I still need to look into."

For anyone doing business in the Netherlands, .nl is the internet domain. And behind every registration there's a story. An inspiring story that can help others setting foot on a similar path. One of them is the story of Yara Terpstra, a grief and loss counsellor based in Zeewolde who started her own practice this year and offers her services via yaraterpstra.nl.

For anyone doing business in the Netherlands, .nl is the internet domain. And behind every registration there's a story. An inspiring story that can help others setting foot on a similar path. One of them is the story of Paul de Ridder of the Waai Impact Agency, one of the people behind particibeter.nl.

Jarie Scheepstra, who runs Volare Motoren, a motorsport company based in the town of Assen recently switched domain names after discovering that the new name – volaremotoren.nl – got better search engine rankings.

In December 2020, jewellery designer Reena Bateswar-Harpal registered shaira.nl and opened a webshop selling her handmade accessories. Reena donates 10 per cent of her shop's earnings to a charity for disadvantaged children. "I'm doing this for personal development and because I want to help disadvantaged children in the Netherlands."

David Schurink started a video production business alongside his day job, registering promoments.nl for the new venture. "Collaborate with others. If you share, they'll share. By helping each other, everybody gains and opportunities emerge."

"I take website security seriously. I recently got the domain name DNSSEC-enabled, for example."

"We started with another domain name, with a .com extension. But it was more expensive, and people don't associate a .com with a local physiotherapy practice."

"This year is all about getting through. Longer term, I don't see us ever going totally online. So, stick close to what you know, but be open to the new opportunities that exist online. It's important not to let opportunities like that pass you by."

Mike Groeneweg empowers children by providing creative e-learning modules. We spotlight Mike and his brand new .nl website in this week's feature.

Max Hartwig talks about his brand-new business Cosigned, a creative marketing agency in Amsterdam. Our mission is to help other people realise their creative dreams

Michael Geels talks about his initiative ragecar.nl, an outing in Zwolle where you get the unique opportunity to completely destroy a car.

Early this year, Machiel en Jan set up mrsjef.nl, a support service for Microsoft 365 users.

When star chef Janco Robben's cooking studio was no longer allowed to receive groups due to the lockdown, he brought his concept online. And with success!

In eighteen months boccale.nl has become the biggest online player in the sector. Koen explains the background to his venture.

When Floris helped companies as a SEO-expert, he noticed that competition on the keyword winter jacket was limited. He saw a gap in the market and 6 years later he is the entrepreneur behind jas.nl.

After his personal experiences with the last phase of his father's life, Lauren wanted to unburden people with an app. He registered the domain name digiwil.nl. With Digiwil he wants to offer people a handhold around a death.

After losing her job, Lisa switched to self-employment. Registering her own .nl domain name was very logical for her, because of its findability. Via begrijpelijkverhaal.nl she shows who she is in a clear and comprehensible way.

Gijs-Jan Witkamp, a real estate agent who has branched out to create digiborrel.nl. His new venture offers turnkey refreshments and entertainment packages to business customers.

Three women entrepreneurs, who offer yoga and mindfulness programmes in the workplace, switched to an online platform for more energy and less stress.

One of Wim's specialisms is making podcasts. His impressive podcast client portfolio includes Piet Paulusma, Omroep Fryslân, the University of Groningen and Robeco.