What GoDaddy is doing to help you sell more domains.
Two weeks ago, Shane Cultra and I discussed improvements we want GoDaddy to make. On today’s show, GoDaddy VP of Aftermarket Paul Nicks comes on the show to discuss some of the fixes and improvements the company is making. We also talk about the future of the aftermarket and where domain investing fits into the broader domain name ecosystem.
Also: .Com price increases coming, big three-letter domain sale and meet me in Montreal.
Sponsor: Name.market
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DNW listener says
It’s all good that there’s better things to come, but to not have at least a system where we can see when are names received an offer is ridiculous… It shouldn’t be “on the horizon” or “in our discussions”, it should be this is actively being worked on right now and should be rolled out within a set timeline…
It’s our names, and we don’t even have the slightest data about them unless we sometimes ask for some info on our own portfolio… non-sense.
Also that GD valuation tool topic was simply glanced over during the interview, when in reality that should of been a more lengthy discussion imo; that tool very often gives low amounts when it doesn’t have comps or it’s not a generic type of domain that it’s valuing. It’s hurting the industry, yet GD seems to not care and say that sales happen around those figures.. so much to say about that, but don’t want to get into it here.
Thank you for the interview, but this sounded more like a politician just skating around the topics with selling future dreams rather than actually doing anything about it in a concrete fashion. Everything is “in talks” everything is “one day”, nothing concrete. And the comment about Shane’s programmer, if Shane’s programmer thinks he may help with the situation, then why not reach out to him and see what the guy has to say.
Also how bout doing a forum with the people who actually use their platform day in day out and who spend thousands and thousands a year and have to deal with mediocrity and glitches so much of the time.
Anyways, I just hope this is not going to turn into a “too big to fail” mentality in running Godaddy.
Note: One thing they have locked down is the Premium Account service that they provide. That’s one place that is pretty top-notch.
Paul Nicks says
hi there, thanks for the feedback. I actually spend quite a bit of time talking to real users to solicit feedback. I’d be happy to have conversation with you specific to your needs and what you feel we could do better within the Aftermarket. Just shoot me an email paul -at- godaddy and we can schedule some time to chat.
Also, thanks for the shout out to Premier Services, you’re right, those guys/gals are absolutely top-notch and a pleasure to work with.
-Paul
thelegendaryjp says
Let me just say I love Paul, he does more for domainers than they know and has been a great help behind the scenes in other areas. Go Paul!
Paul Nicks says
Thanks JP, that means a lot
Robert McLean says
Mike Mann, Richard Lau, Frank Schilling, Kevin Ham, Monte Cahn, Nate Cohen, Larry Fisher, Gary Chernoff, Michael Berkens, Rick Schwartz, Brad Folkening, Colin Yu, Rob Hall etc.(first to the trough, circa 1995-1999, .com domain registrants) own the domain name business.
There is almost “0” chance of anyone else making any money.
n’est pas?
Paul Nicks says
nope, just not true. Good domains are dropping every day, stick to the fundamentals and you’ll see that the demand for brandable/memorable/quality domains is as high as ever.