Tag Archives: GoDaddy

Tue 12th May 2015
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GoDaddy releases initial gain news as open company - Company posts 17.5% year-over-year growth in first quarter of 2015. GoDaddy has released its first quarterly earnings as a public company and will hold its first quarterly investor call later this afternoon. The company posted revenue of $376.3, up 17.5% compared to the first quarter of 2014. Revenue was up just 1% quarter-over-quarter. The net loss was $(43.4) million, which isn’t as bad as the same quarter last year but is worse than last quarter’s $(26.8) million. GoDaddy added about 400,000 ... read more ...
Thu 7th May 2015
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.Club Celebrates It's 1st Birthday & You Get The Present: $1 Domains At Godaddy Today Only -     It’s .Club 1 year birthday and in celebration Godaddy.com is offering .Club registrations for just $1 (plus $.18 ICANN Fee) for just today, with no limit (so is Moniker.com) Here is the press release from .club celebrating its birthday: “While much media attention has been focused on the defensive strategies that celebrities and brands are taking against the new .sucks and .porn domain names, there have been several new domain extensions enjoying widespread success, being registered and ... read more ...
Tue 5th May 2015
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.Com domain name winners and losers - eNom and Uniregistry do well on transfers, GoDaddy and eNom lead in new registrations. ICANN just published the most recent .com transactions report, reflecting registrar results for .com from January. There were no major outliers from January in terms of .com transfers, but Google Domains made an appearance on the top gainers list. 9,770 domains were transferred to Google’s new domain name registrar. I wonder if these were from consumers transferring their domains or if Google transferred some ... read more ...
Thu 30th April 2015
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RightoftheDot.com Gets Godaddy Its Stock Ticker Symbol; GDDY.com Before It Went Public - GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY),  announced today it has bought the domain name GDDY.com through RightoftheDot.com who bought the domain name on behalf of Godaddy before it went public. When visited, GDDY.com takes individuals to GoDaddy’s Investor Relations page, enabling anyone to quickly find out more about the company. Right of the Dot, LLC, a domain name consulting service, helped broker the sale of the name. Mike McLaughlin GoDaddy Senior Vice President and General Manager is quoted as saying: “We ... read more ...
Wed 29th April 2015
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Godaddy Ends Sponsorship Deal With Danica Patrick No. 10 Team After 2015 Season - According to sbnation.com, GoDaddy will no longer sponsor Danica Patrick, No. 10 team following the 2015 season, however she will remain a Godaddy spokeswoman. But after the 2015 season we won’t be seeing Danica in the Godaddy Green car SBNation reports: “The move comes as Patrick is in the final season of her contract with SHR, though both sides have openly said they would like to sign an extension. In recent years GoDaddy, an Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, has shifted its ... read more ...
Wed 22nd April 2015
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GoDaddy acquires Marchex's domain name portfolio for $28 million - An in-depth look at GoDaddy’s purchase of over 200,000 domain names and what it means for domain name investors. GoDaddy has acquired Marchex’s Archeo domain name portfolio for $28.1 million.GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has acquired about 200,000 domain names from Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) for $28.1 million, plus a potential earnout. Marchex has owned the portfolio for a long time, and it includes most of the 100,000 domains it acquired from domain name investor Yun Ye for $164 million in 2005. The company ... read more ...
Mon 13th April 2015
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Domain investing success story with Michael Castello – DNW Podcast #28 - Michael Castello’s twenty year journey in domain names. Michael Castello, CEO of Castello Cities Internet Network, discusses the amazing story of how he got into the domain name business and picked up great domains like Nashville.com and Whisky.com. Like many early domain name investors, he stumbled upon domain names when life wasn’t going quite as planned. In this episode, he tells the story of how he sold Whisky.com for $3.1 million about a year ago. He also discusses the past, present, and ... read more ...
Fri 10th April 2015
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Go Daddy Purchases Web Design Marketplace Elto - Back in October of 2013 Ophelie Lechat introduced me to a gentleman named Ned Dwyer, Ned ran a company called Tweaky and was looking to change the name of the company and was looking for a new domain name. I submitted a bunch of names both personal and client names. We were close on a couple but nothing that was perfect for the company. Eventually Ned purchased the domain name Elto.com. Today Elto.com was purchased by Go Daddy. Tech Crunch wrote: Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Elto had ... read more ...
Thu 2nd April 2015
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How domain name bonds did on GoDaddy's IPO day - Competitors also get bump as GoDaddy soars. GoDaddy went public yesterday and shares immediately shot up 30%, giving the company a $4 billion market cap. In very early trading today it’s up another 3%. There are a number of similar public companies out there. I think the two closest comps are Endurance International (which owns Domain.com and a number of shared hosting companies) and Web.com. Endurance International Group (EIGI) shares were up about 4% yesterday, giving the company a $2.6 billion ... read more ...
Wed 1st April 2015
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Godaddy Is Up Over $6 a Share In Early Trading - Godaddy (GDDY) which went public today at $20 IPO price is trading as of publication at $26.30, up $6.30 Godaddy’s first trade was at $26.18 then slipped as low as $25.49 before bouncing to its inter-day high of $26.84. Over 10,500,000 shares of Godaddy were traded in less than the 1st hour of trading. Godaddy sold 22 Million shares at $20 a share so more than 50% of the amount of shares available to be traded have been traded already in the first hour.     ... read more ...
 
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Are You Bullish or Bearish on Go Daddy Stock ? - With Go Daddy shares set to start trading today, are you going to buy stock or are you negative on the offering ? James Gellert from Rapid Ratings told CNN he is not high on the stock. ‘Elevated’ financial risk: Investors want to know: Will GoDaddy shares be off to the races like Patrick’s No. 10 car or will they crash and burn? “I would say the caution flag is up,” said James Gellert, CEO of Rapid Ratings, a firm that rates the financial health of public and private companies. Even though ... read more ...
Tue 31st March 2015
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Motley Fool Ponders if Go Daddy is Cheap - Alex Dumortier on Motley Fool took a look at the Go Daddy IPO and honed in on the history of operating losses and whether or not the stock is cheap based on projections. From the article: We have a history of operating losses and may not be able to achieve profitability in the future. That is one of the prominent risk factors that greets prospective investors in GoDaddy’s most recent prospectus. On a GAAP [generally accepted accounting principles] basis, GoDaddy has lost $622 million cumulatively ... read more ...
Mon 30th March 2015
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10 Red Flags on a Go Daddy IPO according to Pando Daily - On the heels of the upcoming Go Daddy IPO, Pando Daily listed 10 red flags for those thinking about investing. Some in my opinion are valid and some are not. Asking the question in red flag #3 “And besides, how much longer are small businesses going to need Web sites in an era when most are engaging with customers on Facebook, Twitter or other mobile apps?” Small businesses need to control their content on their own site, anyone advising them to use a walled garden with holes in privacy and data ... read more ...
 
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Daniel Negari Quoted in South China Morning Post on Upcoming Go Daddy IPO - The South China Morning Post did an article today on the upcoming Go Daddy IPO. In the article Daniel Negari from .XYZ is quoted on the public offering and gives some insight on .xyz, the market in China for domain names and said the he feels dot com has it a peak. From the article: “GoDaddy is as close as it comes to being a consumer recognised brand for domains,” Daniel Negari, CEO of domain company XYZ, told the South China Morning Post. Despite warning from some experts that the GoDaddy ... read more ...
Mon 23rd March 2015
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Go Daddy Wins Important Section 230 Case - Eric Goldman published an article on what he deemed an important legal victory for Go Daddy. Go Daddy won a Section 230 case which involved some Teamsters Union members. Section 230 is a part of the Communications Deceny Act and it provides immunity for providers like Go Daddy hosting. From the article: GoDaddy won a Section 230 case in the Second Circuit. It’s a short and efficient ruling, but it’s a published opinion and the court says it’s the first Second Circuit opinion on Section 230 ... read more ...
Thu 19th March 2015
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GoDaddy sets IPO range, skeleton to lift $400M during adult to $3B valuation - Company sets anticipated range in SEC filing. GoDaddy revealed a planned IPO range of $17.00-$19.00 per share in an SEC filing this morning. At the mid price point of $18.00, GoDaddy will raise $396 million. If it prices at the high end, and its underwriters exercise and option to purchase 3.3 million more shares, it could reach $481 million. If it prices at $19.00 per share, the IPO would value GoDaddy at just shy $2.9 billion. On the low end it will be about $2.6 billion. The private-equity investment ... read more ...
Thu 5th March 2015
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GoDaddy names Chief Customer Officer, new CMO - One of GoDaddy’s original employees moves to new position. GoDaddy announced today that long time Chief Marketing Office Barb Rechterman will be the company’s Chief Customer Officer, a newly-formed position. According to a press release, this new position is “responsible for aligning the company’s products, services and engagement models with strategic needs and values of GoDaddy’s unique customer base.” Rechterman has been with GoDaddy since it was founded in 1997. She has been a driving ... read more ...
Fri 27th February 2015
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GoDaddy's latest obvious applications - Company adds to its stack of pending patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has just published a handful of patent applications filed by GoDaddy. Methods and Systems for Recommending Packages of Domain Names for Registration (application 14/500711) is a continuation of patents I wrote about earlier this month. It essentially describes a way to determining which domain names a user will want and presenting them as a package. Two others are related to submitting an offer for a domain name when ... read more ...
Tue 24th February 2015
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GoDaddy releases earnings, picks GDDY ticker - Domain name registrar gets one step closer to IPO. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 statement with the SEC today that revealed fourth quarter and full year 2014 financials, as well as the company’s planned NYSE stock ticker GDDY. Fourth quarter revenue at the company grew to $371.7 million, up from $356.9 million in the third quarter and $305.9 million in the same quarter of 2013. The company reported a net loss of ($26.8) million for the quarter, about in line with the third quarter. For the year, ... read more ...
Thu 19th February 2015
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How to Get a Lowest Prices during GoDaddy - GoDaddy has a bunch of pricing tiers and discounts. The best deal depends a lot on the size of your domain name portfolio. If you’re a domainer, you shouldn’t be paying list price for domain name registrations at GoDaddy (or any registrar, for that matter). Since a lot of readers use GoDaddy, I thought it worthwhile to run down the various discount options at the registrar. Price is one of the most important considerations when choosing a domain name registrar, according to last year’s Domain ... read more ...
Fri 13th February 2015
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Danica Patrick Not Happy That Go Daddy Ad Got Pulled - Webpronews ran a story on Danica Patrick talked about being upset that her Super Bowl ad got pulled, the ad which Michael published when it was first released, broke traffic records for this blog, the one day total was more than most blogs do in a month, that is how much people were emotionally invested in discussing the puppy, the ad, and the controversial nature of puppy mills. The article says that Danica Patrick was left feeling jaded, Danica gave comments to USA Today about not appearing in ... read more ...
Wed 11th February 2015
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GoDaddy justification IPO filing - GoDaddy updates S-1, but it doesn’t include final 2014 financials. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 statement with the Securities Exchange Commission today. I’ll save you a couple hours of combing over the new document for changes…there aren’t many, unless you’re fascinated by GoDaddy’s corporate and shareholder structure and its investors’ plans to minimize taxes. Using Intelligize’s Smart Compare feature, I compared the current S-1 to the previous one filed November 17. Essentially, ... read more ...
Fri 6th February 2015
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Web pattern association sues GoDaddy over "It's Go Time" slogan - Company says it was using the slogan first. A small web development company is suing GoDaddy over its “It’s Go Time” slogan, arguing that it started using the moniker well before GoDaddy adopted it. Plaintiff The Easy Life, LLC runs GoWeb1. The company says it is actually a reseller of GoDaddy’s domain name services. It alleges that it has had the same account manager at GoDaddy and has been emailing newsletters to that account manager — including the It’s Go Time slogan – since at ... read more ...
 
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Which Brands Got The Biggest Brand Lift From The Super Bowl ? That Little Registrar Named Go Daddy Tops The List - AdWeek published an article that looked at what brands won the Super Bowl. The survey conducted by Bully Pulpit Interactive surveyed 700 people before the Super Bowl and another 700 after. Go Daddy was getting their rear end handed to them before the big game and pulled their puppy mill ad, but like Tom Brady and the Patriots made a big comeback and actually had the highest numbers when it came to gaining favor with consumers. From the article: All of the respondents watched the game, and 200 were ... read more ...
Thu 5th February 2015
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GoDaddy wants to obvious domain suggestions formed on geography, business type - Patents reflect techniques for better targeting domain name search results. GoDaddy has filed three patents for targeted domain name search results based on the user’s location or business type. Two of the patent applications were filed in August 2013, and the third (continuation) patent (embedded below) was filed in September 2014. All three applications were published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today. The patents explain methods of determining the location, language and business ... read more ...