Here's what Paul Nicks announced at NamesCon today. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) President of Domains Paul Nicks gave the opening keynote at NamesCon today. Nicks made an announcement sure to please domain owners: in the future, you'll be able to see ... Continue Reading10 Comments
GoDaddy reports earnings, lowers revenue guidance on exchange rates
· UncategorizedRevenue tops $1 billion in Q2. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported second quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed just over a billion dollars in revenue, taking in $1.02 billion for the quarter. That's up 9% compared to the same ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Test driving GoDaddy’s new account manager
· Domain RegistrarsThe new account manager is a big step up for managing domains at GoDaddy. GoDaddy has released a beta version of its domain manager to a small subset of users. If you haven't gotten access yet, be patient. More users are being added over time. I ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Takeaways from GoDaddy’s Investor Day
· Domain RegistrarsFewer business segments and high-level aftermarket data. GoDaddy held an investor day last Friday following its earnings announcement on Thursday. The full presentation is here (pdf). Here are some notable things for domain industry ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy reports strong 2021, but expects slower 2022 growth
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy capped off 2021 with a strong Q4 but tempers expectations for this year. GoDaddy released Q4 and full-year 2021 financials yesterday. For the year, revenue increased 15% to $3.82 billion. The company ended the year strong with a 17% ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy files new patent for “recommending domains from free text”
· Domain RegistrarsPatent describes a way to suggest domains based on user-supplied text. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Recommending Domains from Free Text. The company filed a similar application in 2018 but abandoned it. The new ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Afternic may give more insight into leads
· Domain RegistrarsUniregistry platform is showing when a lead comes in from Afternic. One of the nice things about Afternic is that its brokers take care of all inquiries for you. You don't have to bother with confused inquirers and people who won't pay anywhere ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy earnings: 1 million net new customers this year, COO Andrew Low Ah Kee leaving
· Domain RegistrarsCustomer base and revenue continues to climb as business quickly transition online. Domain name and web presence company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) announced earnings after the market closed today. The company said it has added over one million net ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
It’s in: the latest list of which registrars are top in .Com
· Domain RegistrarsICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2020. For the second month in a row, Chinese domain name registrar Xin Net has hemorrhaged domains. I ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Before the surge: .Com in March
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrars saw an uptick in new registrations in March, which turned into a flood in April. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March ... Continue Reading1 Comment
