Domain name and web presence powerhouse beat expectations in Q4. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported Q4 2019 earnings this afternoon that pleased Wall Street. Shares were up over 5% in after-hours trading. The company reported $780.4 revenue for the ... Continue Reading4 Comments
What GoDaddy’s acquisition of Uniregistry means for domain investors
· Domain RegistrarsLess competition for expired domains, but less competition for registrars, too. Earlier today, GoDaddy announced that it is acquiring Uniregistry and Frank Schilling's domain name portfolio. Here are some ways this will impact the domain name ... Continue Reading13 Comments
GoDaddy acquires Uniregistry and Frank Schilling’s domain portfolio
· Domain RegistrarsMajor acquisition shakes up domain name investor landscape. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring the Uniregistry registrar and marketplace, Frank Schilling's Name Administration domain name portfolio, and other associated assets for an undisclosed ... Continue Reading53 Comments
PayPal SVP Leah Sweet joins GoDaddy board
· Domain RegistrarsSweet replaces Silver Lake co-CEO Mondre. Leah Sweet, currently Senior Vice President at PayPal, has joined GoDaddy's (NYSE: GDDY) board of directors. She is replacing Greg Mondre, who resigned to spend more time on his new role as co-CEO of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Shakeup on the .com leader boards, Namecheap tops 5 million
· Domain RegistrarsLots of shifting and Namecheap hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers September 2019. There was a lot of shakeup this ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Should GoDaddy acquire .Org?
· Domain RegistrarsOther companies should now circle .org, and GoDaddy is one of them. There's a lot of consternation about Ethos Capital's proposed takeover of the .org registry. It will move from a non-profit entity that's out to help organizations to one that is ... Continue Reading8 Comments
.Com Winners & Losers: Dynadot surges
· Domain RegistrarsDynadot returned to the top 10; Chinese registrar Chengdu West plummets. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2019. There was a shakeup ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy gets patent for ‘Portfolio-based domain name recommendations’
· Domain RegistrarsPatent suggests ways a registrar can decide which domains to display to customers. The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued patent #10,387,959 to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) today. The patent (pdf) for "Portfolio-based domain name ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy disappoints Wall Street in Q1
· Domain RegistrarsNumbers fall short of Wall Street's expectations. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported earnings after the bell yesterday. The company's revenue was up 12.1% year-over-year to $710.0 million. That's the midpoint of GoDaddy's expectations for the quarter but ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Two thoughts from GoDaddy’s conference call yesterday
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy execs comment on WordPress and the domain aftermarket. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) released Q4 2018 and full-year earnings yesterday and held its investor conference call. Two things in the call stood out to me. First, the company discussed ... Continue Reading2 Comments