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By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:25:12 +0000

@ Chris – earning a few bucks profit per name isn’t much, especially when you offer telephone support. Many people criticize GoDaddy for having prices that are too low and having service commiserate with that.

By: Chris Nielsen

Chris Nielsen — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:16:24 +0000

I think the “wholesale cost” of most domains is only about $6.25 right? So it must be sheer size and a “captive” market that allows such excessive (in my opinion) prices to continue. Frankly, I don’t know why GD is so popular aside from their marketing ability and great customer service. I suppose that’s worth paying a little more for.

But when you can register most domains for only $6.99 for the first year and $7.99 after that at places like Domainsite, you would think they would be more popular.

I remember when GD was going to partner on the .us domains and at the time I thought “If GD is going to be promoting .us, then I suspect it could become the #2 TLD in popularity much sooner.”. I didn’t invest heavily in .us, but I do like it and own quite a few.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:51:39 +0000

They have laso taken .us of there homepage when you search for a name,

they have .com/.net/.info/.org/.tv/.mobi

Thats the first time it’s not been on since they started selling names.

.us has got no chance when nuestar is still running the show.

as long as the top mans making money.

thats all they care about

By: KH

KH — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:08:45 +0000

They used to have .us all the time, and not rotate it. They don’t rotate the .net or the .info. How about .ws, .cc? When will those be rotated in.

GoDaddy still has it’s eye on managing the .us. Keeping it rotated out of the lineup, will help their chances of getting this mismanaged cctld in 2.5 years.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:58:17 +0000

@ Germ – you may be right. That was my initial thought, too…until someone planted this in my ear.

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