Y Combinator Companies Pick Go Daddy for Domains, Google for Email
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Go Daddy and Google popular among Y Combinator companies.
Where do Y Combinator’s startups register their domains and host email? Here’s a handy chart generated in August using domain-profiler.
Go Daddy dominates the domain registration business for Y Combinator startups, according to the chart. Go Daddy also has a large share of the SSL market. On the email side, most of the startups are fans of Google.
When it comes to web hosting, a good number rely on Amazon’s backbone, and SoftLayer and Slicehost also have a good share of the business.
Another thing you might notice by looking at the list is that many of Y Combinator’s startups are customers of Bad Web Site Naming, Inc. From webmynd.com to wundrbar.com to bountii.com, perhaps Y Combinator needs to offer some more advice on name selection.
Further Reading:
- Domain Disputes: Google Books, Royals, and Rachael Ray Pick up Domains
- How NOT to promote your domains for sale via email
- Google Encroaches on Lead Gen Companies
Tags: y combinator
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How different is that registrar chart from the pie chart that would be created for the “general public”? Godaddy dominates no matter how you look at it.
jorge – GoDaddy gets about 45% to 50% of new registrations, so it’s actually quite a bit higher than the general public (but the sample size is small)
funny Google is an icann registrar too :p
Perhaps the overall charts are distorted by domainers and that’s a more accurate picture of non-professional domain purchasing.
Kevin – good point. Too small a sample to really tell, but it’s interesting.
I thought the AMS service of Amazon.com is confusing because of rates factor. I need to go back and learn more.
Thanks for sharing the stats.
Yes, Google is a registrar but with no activity. I believe they use it to monitor what domains drop so they can remove them from the ranking.
Google, Inc (United States)
Murali Viswanathan Tel: 1-650-214-6375
Email: registrar-contact@google.com
Registrar #895
(Public information)
Google keeps their domains at MarkMonitor.
Go figure !!!
Domain Name Wire…
Go Daddy dominates the domain registration business for Y Combinator startups, according to the chart. Go Daddy also has a large share of the SSL market. On the email side, most of the startups are fans of Google.
When it comes to web hosting, a good …