Ibenta means “sell it” in Filipino. For us, it expresses a simple belief: your website should do more than look good. It should help you win customers.
Ibenta was started in Oslo in 2017. The reason was simple: I had seen too many small and medium-sized businesses pay for websites that did not work, and receive too little honest advice about what it actually takes to be found, understood and chosen online.
I am John Filipstad. I have worked with digital projects for over 20 years, across industries and company sizes. Through that I have learned something important: what works for a large company with a large IT budget rarely works for a small business. You need the right solution for your situation, not a scaled-down enterprise solution.
Ibenta is deliberately kept small. That means you always talk to me directly. I am the one asking the questions, building the solution, and following up afterwards. No project managers, no sales people, no hand-offs.
Today Ibenta specialises in small and medium-sized businesses that need websites, web applications and AI solutions. All three services come from the same principle: that technology should solve real problems and fit the business's daily life, not create new complexity.