Subscription Website Creation 'ZIUS' Enhances Service Quality with Expertise from Massdriver Inc.

Service Quality Enhanced with Production Know-How Ride Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Hidehito Hashizume, hereinafter "Ride"), which operates the subscription-based website creation service "ZIUS", announced on April 9, 2026, that it has started collaborating in the web marketing field with Massdriver Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Tetsuro Makino, hereinafter "Massdriver"), a digital marketing company that supports Japanese companies in expanding into the US market. Through this partnership, the technical expertise in cutting-edge web marketing cultivated by Massdriver at its US base will be reflected in ZIUS's website creation platform, strengthening the system to provide "low-cost yet highly attractive websites for customer acquisition." There will be no changes to the plan pricing due to this partnership.

Background of the Partnership ZIUS has achieved both an overwhelmingly low price starting from 1,100 yen per month and high-quality designs by dedicated designers, and has been used by a cumulative total of over 25,919 companies. On the other hand, the role required of websites is shifting from "simply existing" to "being able to attract customers," making it essential to strengthen areas such as SEO, AI measures, and site performance. To address these challenges, we have decided to partner with Massdriver, which has developed practical digital marketing support in the US market and excels at creating websites with strong customer attraction capabilities.

Details of the Partnership Based on this partnership, US-standard web marketing expertise possessed by Massdriver will be incorporated into ZIUS's site design. Specifically, we will enhance service quality in the following areas: Sophistication of site design: Utilizing Massdriver's expertise in designing site structures and user flows working backward from customer acquisition. Strengthening of SEO and search measures: Reflecting the know-how of SEO and AI search measures practiced in the US in ZIUS's production policy.

Representative Comments Comment from Hidehito Hashizume, Representative Director of Ride Inc.: "ZIUS has been focusing on delivering high-quality websites at low prices, but we believed that evolving into 'websites that can attract customers' was necessary to truly contribute to our customers' businesses. By incorporating the knowledge of Massdriver, which has accumulated a proven track record at the forefront of the US market, into ZIUS, we are confident that we can deliver value that exceeds the price to our customers." Comment from Tetsuro Makino, Representative Director of Massdriver Inc.: "We are very pleased to be able to deliver the cutting-edge web marketing technology we have acquired through our US branch to a wide range of businesses in Japan through ZIUS. Just because it is inexpensive does not mean you have to compromise on customer attraction capabilities. Through this partnership, we will do our utmost to transform the websites of all customers into 'business weapons'."

About Massdriver Massdriver (https://massdriver.net/) is a digital marketing company highly skilled in supporting Japanese companies expanding into the US business. Based in its US branch (Texas), it provides comprehensive services including practical proxy operations, ranging from AI search measures optimized for local trends, SEO, PR, and SNS operations to website creation. With a practical, hands-on production approach, it supports companies' global challenges.

Future Outlook Through this partnership, ZIUS aims to further improve customer satisfaction by providing the new value of being "strong in customer attraction" in addition to "low price" and "high quality." Massdriver's strength, the know-how of "site design working backward from customer acquisition" backed by cutting-edge web marketing technology, will be reflected in ZIUS's website production. We will continue to evolve as a service that responds to an era where websites are not just "owned" but "utilized."