8 0 ▁different ▁countries . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁X ero ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁a ▁Well ington ▁studio ▁a partment ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁by ▁Rod ▁Dr ury ▁and ▁his ▁personal ▁account ant ▁Ham ish ▁Edwards ▁when ▁they ▁felt ▁that ▁traditional ▁desktop ▁account ing ▁software ▁had ▁become ▁out dated ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁modern ▁cloud - based ▁product . ▁X ero ▁Limited ' s ▁global ▁headquarters ▁are ▁still ▁located ▁in ▁Well ington . ▁▁ ▁Origin ally ▁called ▁Account ing ▁ 2 . 0 , ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁un pop ular ▁with ▁the ▁company ’ s ▁staff ▁and ▁the ▁decimal ▁point ▁made ▁register ing ▁an ▁internet ▁domain ▁name ▁impossible . ▁Ch anging ▁the ▁name ▁to ▁X ero ▁provided ▁a ▁challenge ▁with ▁the ▁domain ▁name , ▁as ▁the ▁existing ▁x ero . com ▁domain ▁was ▁a ▁Link in ▁Park ▁fan ▁site ▁( X ero ▁was ▁Link in ▁Park ’ s ▁original ▁name ). ▁Rod ▁decided ▁to ▁fly ▁the ▁existing ▁domain ▁administrator ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁w ined ▁and ▁d ined ▁him , ▁and ▁ultimately ▁convinced ▁him ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁domain ▁for ▁$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁▁ ▁The ▁company ▁entered ▁the ▁Australian ▁market ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁and ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁X ero ▁sur pass ed ▁one ▁million ▁customers ▁glob ally , ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 8 ,