From DVD Rentals to 190 Countries: Netflix's Brand Development and Official Website Domain Name Resolution

Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix, Netflix, headquartered in Los Gatos, California, has achieved remarkable success with its online subscription-based movie DVD rental business. Consumers can rent unlimited titles on a monthly basis, with no late fees.

Netflix (also known as "Netfei" in Taiwan and "Netfei" or "Nafei" in Mainland China) is an American-based over-the-top (OTT) service providing online video-on-demand services worldwide. From its founding until September 2023, the company also operated a flat-rate mail-in video rental service in the United States, delivering DVD and Blu-ray rentals to consumers' designated addresses using self-addressed envelopes.

The company was founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph on August 29, 1997, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It launched its subscription-based service in 1999. By 2009, Netflix offered over 100,000 DVD titles and surpassed 10 million subscribers. As of June 2022, Netflix's streaming service had 220 million subscribers worldwide, with 73.3 million in the United States. Its main competitors include Disney+, Hulu, Max, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Premium, and Apple TV+.

Company Name: Netflix.

Official Domain: netflix.com.

Domain Created: November 11, 1997.

Country: United States.

Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States.

Founded: 1997.

Founder: Reed Hastings.