Tag Archives: GoDaddy

Tue 15th October 2013
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Godaddy/Afternic.com Sells $1,780,000 in Domain Names Led By Likers.com For $28K - Godaddy.com/Afternic.com just released its weekly sales report for the week of 10/7/13 – 10/13/13 Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1,000, summed to  $1,779,357. Sales were led by Likers.com for $28,0000 and Rah.com for $20K. Non .com sales were led by Fn.net which sold for $15,050 Here are all the reportable sales:   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy acquires webhosting association (mt) Media Temple - GoDaddy gets foothold in more technical customer segment with latest acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired Los Angeles-based webhosting company (mt) Media Temple, known simply as (mt), for an undisclosed price. (mt) targets a more technical customer base than GoDaddy, and the two companies will remain distinctly separate. (mt) will continue to focus on a more technical/developer audience and will not take on any of GoDaddy’s branding. GoDaddy says the deal will help ... read more ...
Sat 12th October 2013
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What domain names a Jacksonville Jaguars and 30 others bought final week - NFL team was among the end user buyers of domain names last week. When GoDaddy acquired Afternic, one of my unspoken concerns was that Afternic would no longer release sales data. GoDaddy has historically released less information than other large domain marketplaces. The good news is Afternic sales are still be disclosed. The great news is that GoDaddy’s sales are also being included now! Here’s last week’s sales list from GoDaddy/Afternic: Gun holster seller ... read more ...
Thu 10th October 2013
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The 1st Godaddy/Afternic Weekly Sales List: $1.625 Million In Sales: MGM Buys SkyLofts.com For $41,250 - GoDaddy.com and Afternic.com  just issued its first combined weekly domain sales list  since Godaddy acquired Afternic.com Here are the reportable or the week of 9/30/13 – 10/6/13 Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1,000, summed to  $1,625,913. All sales were led by Skylofts.com which was bought by MGM whose MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas has been offering luxury rooms called Sky Lofts for many years now, certainly a bargain for them since the rooms ... read more ...
Mon 7th October 2013
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DomainNameSales.com Intergrates Make Offer For Sale Domains On Godaddy & DomainTools.com - DomainNameSales.com, announced today that they have new integrations with Godaddy.com and DomainTools.com that allow its customers to list the domain names in their DomainNameSales.com account on a make-offer basis at Godaddy.com and DomainTools.com. When a Godaddy or DomainTools customer conducts an exact match search of a DomainNameSales.com customer’s domain name they will be directed to an inquiry page where the buyers details are sent directly to DomainNameSales.com.                       From ... read more ...
 
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DomainNameSales.com gets placement (and here’s how to opt-in) - If you opt-in, GoDaddy and DomainTools customers will now see that your domain is for sale. DomainNameSales.com’s domain sales platform has been quickly adopted by a number of domain name investors. But until now it has been missing a key ingredient of domain sales – distributed listings. That changed today as the company announced a deal with GoDaddy and DomainTools to help generate more sales leads for domain names. If a GoDaddy user searches for your exact ... read more ...
Wed 2nd October 2013
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Godaddy Acquires Online Invoicing Company Ronin, Its 5th Acquistion in 15 Months - GoDaddy, today announced the acquisition of Ronin, an online invoicing company marking the fifth in 15-months, which includes Outright, M.dot, Locu and Afternic. The acquisition, made quietly in April, has been fully integrated into GoDaddy Online Bookkeeping – providing a full-service solution for any small business looking to simplify and organize their finances and get back to business. Online Bookkeeping combines GoDaddy’s 2012 acquisition of Outright.com with Ronin. Outright helped small ... read more ...
 
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Video: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on new TLDs, pre-registrations - GoDaddy CEO explains why new TLDs will be a good thing and hints at company’s pre-registration plans. AZTechBeat has published a video interview (embedded below) with GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving about the forthcoming launch of new top level domain names. In the interview, Irving describes what he sees as the problem with the existing limited number of TLD options. “…there has been what I guess I’ll call a lot of domain name pollution that has happened in the ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy acquires invoicing association Ronin - Domain name registrar has made five acquisitions in fifteen months. GoDaddy announced another acquisition today, although the acquisition isn’t actually new. In April the company quietly acquired invoicing company Ronin and has integrated the technology into its GoDaddy Online Bookkeeping product. The online bookkeeping product comes from GoDaddy’s earlier acquisition of Outright. The acquisition furthers GoDaddy’s plan of being a one-stop-shop for small and ... read more ...
Tue 24th September 2013
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What GoDaddy’s merger of Afternic means for domainers - Domainers will see some immediate benefits and should keep a close eye on changes at the combined GoDaddy/Afternic. Last week GoDaddy announced that it acquired domain name aftermarket Afternic. My in-depth article about the acquisition covered some of what this means for domainers, but I think it makes sense to go into a bit more detail. Benefits for people who currently list on Afternic More sales. If you list your domains for sale on Afternic and opt-in to the ... read more ...
Thu 19th September 2013
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Godaddy.com Also Acquires Domain Parking Service SmartName.com From Name Media - As part of the press release just sent out by Godaddy.com announcing its purchase of Afternic.com from Name Media, Godaddy reveals it is also buying the parking company owned by Name Media SmartName.com as part of the purchase: Industry partners Web.com, operator of Network Solutions and Register.com, and Tucows.com fully support GoDaddy’s new registrar-led model. “GoDaddy is also acquiring SmartName, a domain parking service, as well as NameFind, a new service for helping entrepreneurs brainstorm ... read more ...
 
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Breaking: GoDaddy acquires Afternic from NameMedia - Acquisition will make it easier for customers to buy domain names that are already registered. GoDaddy has acquired domain name sales platform Afternic from NameMedia in a move that will make it easier for people to buy domain names that are already registered. The acquisition also includes NameMedia’s domain name parking platform SmartName. The BuyDomains.com site and NameMedia’s domain name portfolio are not part of the acquisition. A simpler domain name purchase ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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An overview of a Seattle domain name circuit - Last week I visited the many domain name companies that call Seattle home. Seattle is home to a large (and growing) number of domain name companies.Last month I took my annual family “escape the Texas heat” vacation to Seattle. I didn’t get the chance to visit any of the domain companies in the area while I was there, so last week I took a return trip to Seattle to rectify that. The collection of domain name companies in Seattle is large and growing. This is ... read more ...
Thu 5th September 2013
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GoDaddy says It’s Go Time: new marketing, softened site - Company debuts new image and simplified user experience. GoDaddy rolled out a new marketing program and site enhancements today that are a big step forward from its old marketing approach. A couple years ago the company decided it needed to show that it was a serious tech company. The result was a sort of Jekyll Hyde in its TV commercials showing its tech side…right next to a scantily clad woman. But this time the company is dropping the provocative women altogether. The ... read more ...
 
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2 pointed changes to GoDaddy.com that are a large understanding to a domain industry - GoDaddy drops the .com and the ubiquitous drop down box for domain name search. GoDaddy rolled out a new marketing message and site enhancements overnight. There are two subtle changes to GoDaddy.com that are actually a big deal to the new top level domain name and domain investor communities. First, GoDaddy dropped the .com from its logo. It announced this change during a conference for new TLD applicants in March. Although it has been dropping .com from some of ... read more ...
Sun 1st September 2013
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Godaddy Aftermarket Sells Over 40,000 Domains In Aug Led BY OPS.com At $100,000 - Godaddy.com has released its auction results for the month of August 2013 selling in all 1,000 more domains than in July. In all 40,246 domain names sold on Godaddy.com auctions including all the expired domains. In July Godaddy.com sold 1,000 less domain names at 39,264. Of the 40,246 domains, 20,470 sold in auctions, 18,897 were Buy it Now Priced domains (BIN) and 810 were the result of offer/counter offer negotiations Here are the top 10 sales from August:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Fri 23rd August 2013
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GoDaddy CEO named as probable inheritor to Steve Ballmer during Microsoft - Wall Street Journal says Irving might be a candidate for Microsoft’s top spot. With Steve Ballmer heading to the exit at Microsoft within the next year, speculation about his replacement is rampant. One name that has come up: Blake Irving, who took over the reigns at domain name registrar GoDaddy earlier this year. Wall Street Journal published a story naming five possible successors, including Irving. Apparently the list was conjured up after the reporter spoke ... read more ...
Tue 20th August 2013
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Is this GoDaddy’s new slogan? - Company files two intent-to-use trademark applications. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has filed two intent-to-use trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, possibly tipping off slogans it plans to use in the future. Application 86,038,967 is for “Name It. Make It. Own It.” This seems to jive with the company’s mission to help people get their business off the ground with web services. Application 86,038,961 is for the much more generic ... read more ...
 
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Partnership leads to merger by GoDaddy - After integrating Locu into web site building product, GoDaddy buys the whole company. I took yesterday afternoon off to spend with my daughter before school starts again on Wednesday. As we hung out I scanned my tweet stream and saw something about GoDaddy and Locu. No biggie, I thought. I’ve already written about their partnership. It wasn’t until last evening that I saw that it wasn’t about the partnership — GoDaddy announced it acquired Locu. Locu helps ... read more ...
Mon 19th August 2013
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Report: Godaddy Acquires Locu.com For $70 Million -   GoDaddy, said it had acquired San Francisco startup Locu according to Allthingsd.com “While the company did not disclose the terms of the deal, sources close to the situation said it paid $70 million in cash and stock for the company.” There are also earnouts for the two dozen employees of Locu going to GoDaddy. “Locu, which was founded out of MIT in Massachusetts in 2011, helps local merchants get discovered online and has more than 30,000 businesses, including restaurants, spas, salons, ... read more ...
Mon 12th August 2013
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Former GoDaddy General Counsel to run for Arizona Governor - Jones jumps headfirst into politics with gubernatorial bid. Christine Jones, former General Counsel Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, announced that she will run for Governor of Arizona. Jones left the company last year after a decade in high profile roles at the fast growing domain name registrar and web services firm. Having a leading role at a company that created thousands of jobs in the state will no doubt help her bid. Jones and other GoDaddy executives have ... read more ...
Tue 6th August 2013
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GoDaddy’s sales and Nokta’s sales and leases from July - Domain name companies release sales information. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,601 in July, according to the company’s Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report. The top sale, which I’ve written about previously, was body.com for $380,000. Here are the company’s other top sales from last month: flight.ca $110,700 bought by Farematrix, which provides services to travel agents hjx.com $29,000 – domain was with Afternic yec.com $20,005 realgaming.com $20,000 diamondlife.com $14,971 kh.org $14,500 ... read more ...
Sun 4th August 2013
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If Google Wants To UDRP This Domain, They Will Have To Name Bill Gates - The domain name Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com has a most interesting whois record. The domain which was registered back in 2005  expired in December 2012. The domain name was re-registered fresh on July 9th, 2013 and look at who the whois is showing as the owner: Registrant: BILL GATES 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043 United States Administrative Contact: GATES, BILL heky66+godaddy@gmail.com 1600 Amphitheatre ... read more ...
Thu 1st August 2013
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Godaddy.com Auctions Sells 38,601 Domain In July: Led By Body.com $380K Flight.Ca For $110,700 - Godaddy.com July auction Sales data is out and in all 38,601 sales took place on Godaddy auction platform almost the identical number of transaction in June 38,861 Here the the top sales of the month for July and June:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 30th July 2013
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Amazon.com, HP, Ford among those lobbying Washington about domain names - Big companies join domain heavyweights in lobbying U.S. government about domain name issues. It’s been a couple years since I’ve done a round up of how much domain name companies are spending on lobbying in Washington. I just ran an updated analysis and made two key observations. First, major domain name companies including VeriSign and Go Daddy are spending less on lobbying than they used to. Second, a lot of non-domain name companies are lobbying about domain ... read more ...