Registrar renames Executive Accounts as Premier Services and makes program more exclusive. Go Daddy's Executive Accounts program is getting a makeover. The department will be renamed Premier Services while setting new minimum guidelines and managing ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Afilias and Go Daddy to hold second .info auction
· Domain SalesSecond "sunrise" auction features 135 .info domain names. Afilias and Go Daddy are teaming up for a second .info auction consisting of domain names originally reserved in the .info sunrise period in 2001. The auction includes 135 .info domain names ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Go Daddy begins showing minimum offer price alongside unpriced Afternic listings
· Domain RegistrarsMinimum offer prices should reduce number of unqualified offers. When GoDaddy.com started listing "make offer" domains from Sedo and Afternic, many domainers reported a flood of unqualified offers. One domain investor even removed all of his ... Continue Reading11 Comments
2012 Impact Stories: changing of the guard at Go Daddy
· Domain RegistrarsMajor changes at the top of the world's largest domain name registrar. In late 2011 Go Daddy closed on an investment from KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. We all knew changes would result, but how they manifested themselves in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Interview: Blake Irving, Go Daddy’s new CEO
· Domain RegistrarsLongtime Go Daddy customer now at its helm. This morning I talked with Blake Irving, who was just named Chief Executive Officer of Go Daddy, about why he chose to join the company. It turns out Irving is no stranger to the domain registration and ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Have you enabled two-factor authentication on GoDaddy.com yet?
· Domain RegistrarsTwo-factor authentication reduces changes of being phished. Last week a "small number" of Go Daddy customers were affected by a DNS attack. The company suspects the affected accounts were subject to phishing accounts or the users' computers were ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy and AOL sued over email patents
· Domain RegistrarsZiplink claims companies' email services infringe its patents. A Connecticut company sued domain name registrar and hosting company Go Daddy yesterday in federal district court. Ziplink, Inc. alleges that Go Daddy's email services infringe two of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Deutsch to produce two Super Bowl commercials for Go Daddy
· Domain RegistrarsGo Daddy to use ad agency for Super Bowl commercials for first time since 2005. Go Daddy announced today that ad agency Deutsch, which is hired earlier this year, will produce its two Super Bowl commercials for 2013. The domain name registrar and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Google Offers has 50% off at Go Daddy
· Domain Registrars"Daily" deal offers half off at Go Daddy. Google Offers -- Google's answer to Groupon -- has a deal going on right now that will be interesting to domainers. I just got an email from the service about an offer for Go Daddy. You can see it ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Go Daddy Auctions sells 30,000+ domains in September
· Domain SalesAnother month of over 30,000 domain name sales in Go Daddy's aftermarket. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting over 30,000 domains sold last month. The ticker shows 30,839; the number is typically adjusted upward as final tallies come in. The top ... Continue Reading11 Comments