The company planned to establish a chain of stores for people to access services to develop and maintain websites. The Collapse of the .com market in 2000, required the company to shift from a retail model to an indirect sales model to conserve capital. Brown then oversaw a series of acquisitions, averaging one per year for a decade. The largest of the acquired companies was NetObjects, a Redwood City, California-based software company best known for developing the web design tool NetObjects Fusion. Website Pros purchased the company, including its GoBizGo and NetObjects Matrix assets, in October 2001 for an undisclosed amount.