Tag Archives: GoDaddy

Wed 11th December 2013
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Godaddy Opens Up Pre-Registrations on 14 Donuts New gTLD’s With 6 Levels Up to $12,569.99 Per Domain - Godaddy.com is now taking Pre-registrations for domain names on 14 of  Donuts new gTLD’s The new names are .ESTATE, .PHOTOGRAPHY, .VENTURES, .GURU, .BIKE, .CLOTHING, .GALLERY, .SINGLES, .CAMERA, .LIGHTING, .PLUMBING, .EQUIPMENT, .GRAPHICS and .HOLDINGS. Godaddy is accepting normal Pre-Registrations starting at $24.99 up to $99.99 which varies by the extension, but the real story is Godaddy is offering 5 other levels of Priority pre-reservations for each of the 14 new gTLD strings for up to $12,569.99 ... read more ...
Tue 10th December 2013
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Godaddy/Afternic Sells $1.76 In Domains Led By HealthAdvisor.com For $40K - Here is GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 12/2/13 – 12/8/13 Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,760,202 All sales were led by HealthAdvisor.com at $40K The bargain of the week may have been slot.org for $7K     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy has a $12,500 cost tab for Donuts’ Early Access Program - GoDaddy issues its pricing for jumping the line for Donuts’ domain names. Last month I wrote about how Donuts was eschewing a traditional “landrush” period for its domain names in favor of a so-called “Early Access Program”. The Early Access Program (EAP) charges significantly higher prices the earlier you register a domain name. It was clear at the time that pricing for the program would not be cheap. 101Domain already listed a price of $10,990 for the ... read more ...
Mon 9th December 2013
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Looks Like Godaddy Charges Some Customers $50 If They Get Hit With A UDRP - It appears that Godaddy.com charges its customers $50 one of their domains get hit with a UDRP. One customer is complaining on his own blog. Daniel Paden tells his tale on the blog Atheiststoday.com, in a post entitled, Stop Using Godaddy, including all the emails he exchanged with Godaddy.com complaining about a $50 fee charged to Mr. Paden credit card when a UDRP was filed against one of his domain names. “I purchased a domain name to use on a project I was working on. Someone had a problem with ... read more ...
Tue 3rd December 2013
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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Top $1.33 Million in Holiday Week - GoDaddy and Afternic’s just issued its reportable weekly domain sales for the holiday week of 11/25/13 – 12/1/13 Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,335,793 All sales were led to Jafer.com which sold for $15,000 My personal favorite of the week is healthydrink.com which sold for just just over $2K.     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 2nd December 2013
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Go Daddy Auctions Nov Domain Market Report led by Surpass.com - Go Daddy sells 39,077 domains in November vs 40,575 in October. It is interesting to note that October got adjusted up from 39,830. The top sale was surpass.com for $50,000. The domain was registered in 1997 and was purchased by BTL Group, its already developed into a website that helps universities in Europe with e-assessment. (Click to enlarge) ... read more ...
 
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories for November - GoDaddy, Sedo, Frank Schilling’s new TLDs, and a .xxx domain name make the news. Tired of turkey leftovers yet? Here are some domain name leftovers from last month…the top five stories on Domain Name Wire, ranked by order of views. 1. GoDaddy begins accepting pre-registrations for new TLDs for up to $1,200 each – the world’s largest domain name registrar starts accepting paid pre-registrations for .uno, .menu, luxury, and .build domain names. It isn’t cheap, ... read more ...
Tue 26th November 2013
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Godaddy/Afternic Sell $1,685,659 In DomainNames Led By HeritageHome.com For $25K - GoDaddy and Afternic’s reported weekly domain sales for the week of 11/18/13 – 11/24/13 of $1,685,659 All sales were led by HertiageHome.com which was sold for $25K by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration who also had the 2nd highest sale of the week with RealEstateSecrets.com which sold for $17,500. TheKingdom.com a nice “the” domain sold for $11,610 A few product domains like GlassPartitions.com and DeckTiles.com each sold for $9,999 which appears to be Buy It Now Sales I counted at ... read more ...
Mon 25th November 2013
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What domain names Panasonic and 20 other finish users recently bought - Panasonic spends $37,000 on domain name for its ToughPad tablets. GoDaddy and Afternic sold $1.65 million worth of domain names the week before last, including the $37,000 sale of ToughPad.com to Panasonic. Before jumping into the end user sales list, I’ll make a couple observations: 1. It seems lately I’ve been seeing handful of rehab/drug abuse end user sales on the list each week. You might want to look into these types of domain names. 2. BrandLicensing.com ... read more ...
Tue 19th November 2013
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Godaddy.com/Afternic.com Sells $1.67 Million In Domain names Led By ToughPad.com For $37K - Godaddy.com/Afternic.com released their weekly sales reporting $1,656,650 in domain name sales All sales were led by ToughPad.com which sold for $37K and TAMR.com which sold for $25K more than Rags.com which sold for $20K Here are the reportable sales:     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Fri 15th November 2013
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The GoDaddy and Afternic finish user domain name sales list - GoDaddy handles $1.8 million in aftermarket sales, including these end user domain name sales. GoDaddy/Afternic sold $1.8 million worth of aftermarket domain names last week. Here are 23 that were end user sales. Domain, Price – buyer AllRenovations.com $3,288 – All Renovation Construction LLC in Staten Island, which uses the domain AllRenovationLLC.com. MichiganSealCoating.com $1,250 – B E Sealcoat Products, Inc in Blanchard, Michigan. YHCA.com $1,088 – ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy to finish the Sedo domain sales partnership - Sedo to lose key domain distribution partner next year. GoDaddy is ending its domain listing syndication partnership with Sedo as of March 31, 2014. The partnership enabled domain names listed with Sedo to show up on GoDaddy Auctions as well as in the registration path on GoDaddy.com when a customer searched for a domain listed for sale with Sedo. The decision comes in the wake of GoDaddy’s acquisition of Sedo’s competitor Afternic in September. “We’re all ... read more ...
Tue 12th November 2013
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Afternic.com/Godaddy.com Sells $1.8MM in Domain Names, Led By SelectHomes.com For $21K - Afternic.com/Godaddy.com just report $1,802,489 in domain name sales for the week of November 4th – November 10th 2013 All sales were led by SelectHomes.com which sold for $21,000. Non .com sales were led by R2.Co which sold for $8K. southcarolinastatefair.com at $4,888 was one of our BIN domains that sold. Savealifetoday.com was included twice but we left it as it was in the totals provided Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
22 finish user domain sales, including a slurl - More end user domain name sales. These are GoDaddy/Afternic sales from two weeks ago that appear to involve an end user. One of these domains is a slurl. See if you can spot it! SGCP.com $20,000 – SG Capital Partners in Stamford, Connecticut. Suzan.com $2,000 – Japanese company Suzan, which uses Suzan.co.jp ForTheRide.com $5,600 – Triumph Motorcycles ResidentialFlagpoles.com $3,000 – Concord Industries, maker of flag poles. LillyLaw.com $3,333 – law firm ... read more ...
Mon 11th November 2013
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1&1 starts pre-registration, and new TLDs are removing most some-more confusing - Top ten domain registrar 11 is now accepting pre-registrations on a first come basis, and the various pre-registration offerings are rather confusing. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy was beginning to accept paid pre-registrations for a handful of top level domain names that will be coming soon. Other registrars are also offering some version of paid offering now, and more will begin to do so as the domains are actually delegated. 11, which has been running TV ... read more ...
Sun 10th November 2013
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Godaddy Goes All In On The New gTLD’s -                       Godaddy.com appears to have gone all in on the new gTLD’s. Gone from the front page of Godaddy is the drop down menu listing the different domain extension that are available for registration, replaced by a huge ad for preregistrations of just 4 new gTLD’s, .Uno, .Luxury, .Build, and .Menu. Actually the only other extension mentioned anywhere on the front page is .co which is right by the domain search bar. Instead of a drop down menu there is a “domain search ... read more ...
Tue 5th November 2013
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Afternic.com/Godaddy.com Sells $1,821,172 in Domain Names, Led By Outbreak.com For $73K - Afternic.com/Godaddy.com just released its weekly sales report with $1,821,172 in sales. All sales were led by OutBreak.com which sold for $73,000.  The domain was sold by Dreamissary from Oakland Ca. Non .com sales were led by shiver.net which sold for $10K and no I don’t get it either but good for the seller.   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Sat 2nd November 2013
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GoDaddy Auctions sells 39,830 domain names in October - GoDaddy Auctions sells nearly 40,000 domain names in October. The monthly GoDaddy Auctions Domain Market Report won’t be as full of surprises going forward now that GoDaddy is publishing its sales along with Afternic’s each week. But there is still unique data in the October report. The headline number: GoDaddy Auctions sold 39,830 domain names last month. Whereas Buy Now and Auction sales usually account for about half each, this time auctions had a noticeable ... read more ...
Thu 31st October 2013
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Godaddy Is Back For The 10th Consecutive Super Bowl With Two Ads; No Word On .Co - “For a 10th year-in-a-row, GoDaddy is going to be in the Super Bowl commercial line-up according to a press release it issued today. Godaddy  has purchased two thirty-second spots, one in each half of the game to be broadcast on FOX February 2. “At least one of the two spots will feature Danica Patrick, who has already been in more Super Bowl commercials than any other celebrity.” “GoDaddy is confirming what won’t be in the new commercials — risqué innuendo. GoDaddy’s marketing has ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy to run dual Super Bowl commercials, sans passionate innuendo - Company will continue to advertise in Super Bowl but take a different tack. GoDaddy has announced that it will run Super Bowl ads for the tenth year in a row. The company will again have two 30 second ad spots in the 2014 Super Bowl. One of them will, once again, feature race car driver Danica Patrick. But the similarities between 2014 and the company’s previous Super Bowl commercials will end there: the company will skip sexual innuendo in the new commercials. GoDaddy ... read more ...
Wed 30th October 2013
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What domains Exxon and other finish users bought final week - Exxon among companies that bought domain names last week. GoDaddy/Afternic sold about $1.7 million worth of domain names last week. Here are 15 of the sales that were to end users. Suvidhaa.com $28,000 – Suvidhaa Infoserve P. Ltd., a technology company that uses the domain MySuvidhaa.com. SeeItVideo.com $3,000 – a CSC client ElKitab.com $1,999 – communications company Vodafone. It’s possible an employee bought this for his own use, although it’s registered ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy sends out the initial large email blast about new TLDs - Registrar invites customers to follow their favorite top level domains. GoDaddy has featured new top level domain names on its website for a while now. But it appears the company just sent out its first big email promotion to inform its customer base about the coming avalanche of top level domain options. The email (pictured) invites customers to follow top level domain names that interest them. GoDaddy will later allow customers to pre-register domain names, and ... read more ...
Tue 29th October 2013
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Godaddy/Afternic Weekly Sales Total $1.7 Million - GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 10/21/13 – 10/27/13 summed to  $1,696,432. All sales were led by suvidhaa.com for $28K The buyer appears to be Suvidhaa.in out of Mumbai. I really like thediary.com at $1,300     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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How a GoDaddy lead looks on DomainNameSales.com - I’ve received my first lead from DNS’ integration with GoDaddy. Here’s how it looks. Earlier this month I wrote about how DomainNameSales.com users can now syndicate their listings to GoDaddy.com and DomainTools in order to reach potential buyers. I recently received my first lead through syndication to GoDaddy, and here’s what it looked like in my DNS account: Now, there’s a bit of a catch with the GoDaddy integration. GoDaddy customers basically fill ... read more ...
Wed 16th October 2013
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Over 7,000 .LA domains purebred during GoDaddy given June - GoDaddy registers over 7,000 .LA domain names since promoting the domain for Los Angeles. A reader who invested in .la domain names asked me this week if I knew how the domain name was doing since GoDaddy put some of its marketing weight behind the domain. Here’s your answer: GoDaddy customers have registered over 7,000 domain names since the company got involved in June. The registrar started promoting the domains in July. At about $40 a year, that’s around $280,000 ... read more ...