Premium Listings can also sell within Go Daddy Auctions -- and at a lower commission. I recently received a sale notice for one of the domains I listed at Go Daddy as a Premium Listing. I assumed it was a standard sale through Go Daddy's ... Continue Reading8 Comments
PETA Plays Into Bob Parson’s Hands Over Elephant Hunting
· Domain RegistrarsPETA is closing its Go Daddy account over elephant hunting incident. Poor Bob Parsons. The Go Daddy founder is about to lose a few hundred domain name registrations from its client People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). I'm sure he's ... Continue Reading94 Comments
Go Daddy Wants Patents for Announcing Domain Registrations on Facebook
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar files two patent applications for promoting newly registered domain names. The Go Daddy Group, parent company of domain name registrar GoDaddy, has filed a pair of patent applications related to announcing a new domain ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Go Daddy Premium Listings New Business Model for Domainers
· Domain SalesSome domainers get bulk of revenue from Go Daddy sales service. I've written before about my success with Go Daddy Premium Listings that place your domain names for sale directly in front of buyers in the Go Daddy registration path. But with only a ... Continue Reading21 Comments
GoDaddy Replaces .Com with .Co, Now Default Choice
· Domain RegistrarsA big lift for .co this weekend as world's largest registrar promotes .co to top of search box. [Update: .com is now back as the default option. This was a test by GoDaddy.] You might be in for a bit of a surprise if you visit GoDaddy today. This ... Continue Reading72 Comments
Go Daddy Gets Into Local Advertising with AdSpace
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar launches new service to drive leads to local businesses. Local advertising companies such as Marchex and ReachLocal have a new heavyweight competitor: GoDaddy. The domain name registration giant today announced the launch of AdSpace, an ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Go Daddy Sells Dirt.com for $100,000
· Domain SalesDomain registrar brokers some expensive dirt. Go Daddy has sold the Dirt.com domain name through its aftermarket service for $100,000. The buyer is using a whois proxy service to protect his identity. The "coming soon" page at Dirt.com hints that the ... Continue Reading5 Comments
WSJ: Go Daddy is Up For Sale
· Domain RegistrarsWSJ reports that Go Daddy is up for sale. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that The Go Daddy Group is putting itself up for sale, citing unnamed sources. The Go Daddy Group runs domain name registrar GoDaddy.com. These sources tell WSJ that the ... Continue Reading21 Comments
A Look at Go Daddy’s Growth (in Numbers)
· Domain RegistrarsAn official look at Go Daddy's revenue numbers. I still remember a conversation just before the Super Bowl in 2005. I was eating lunch with a bunch of techies and the topic of Super Bowl commercials came up. Someone asked "who is this Go Daddy ... Continue Reading17 Comments
GoDaddy to Launch x.co URL Shortener
· Domain RegistrarsComing soon, x.co URL shortener. Domain name registrar GoDaddy is releasing a new URL shortener at x.co, according to a tweet by company founder and CEO Bob Parsons: This is likely a .co "founder's program" deal. .Co has already done a deal ... Continue Reading6 Comments