Tag Archives: GoDaddy

Tue 17th June 2014
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Godaddy Auction Of Premium .Futbol, .Ninja & .Reviews Domains Closes Tomorrow; App.Reviews Over $1K - The Godaddy auction of premium . Futbol, .Ninja and .Reviews domain names closes tomorrow Wednesday June 18th at 5pm PST and several domain names already have multiple bidders Leading domain names in the auction is App.Reviews which has 7 bidders and as of publication has a high bid of $1,050. A single letter domain that will carry a normal renewal price e.ninja has a high bid of $520 Hosting.Reviews has 5 bidders and a high bid of $540 Cloud.Ninja has a high bid of $511 Live.Ninja has an opening ... read more ...
Thu 12th June 2014
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GoDaddy End User domain name sales - A slow week in the aftermarket. GoDaddy and Afternic sold just $1.3 million worth of aftermarket/expired domain names last week, a far cry from the usual $1.8M-$2.0M it turns in. It may be a hanghover from the holiday weekend in the U.S. a couple weeks ago. An additional reason might be the temporary loss of Afternic on its Premium level distribution. Both Afternic and Sedo had to temporarily remove Moniker due to its ongoing problems. GoDaddy’s registration path ... read more ...
Tue 10th June 2014
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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total Just Over $1.3 Million -

Godaddy/Afternic reported the weekly sales that totaled only over $1.3 Million dollars.

All sales were led by Suzies.com for $62,050 that was owned by a Scottcraft Label Co. out of Marlton, NJ

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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GoDaddy gets obvious for “Domain name steal protection” - Patent is mostly about whois proxy email services. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,751,685 (pdf) to GoDaddy for “Domain name hijack protection”. The patent, applied for in 2010, is actually a divisional patent of an application I wrote about in 2008. The earlier patent application hasn’t been granted yet. The majority of the patent is about whois proxy services (e.g. DomainsByProxy) rather than domain theft prevent; It’s a ... read more ...
Mon 9th June 2014
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New York Times Reports On Godaddy IPO: Its Go Time - The New York Times is reporting that talk of a Go Daddy IPO is  just like their new slogan states, Its Go Time, as it filed it S-1 with the SEC today. According to the New York Times, Godaddy had 57 million domains under management as of Dec. 31. GoDaddy reported $1.1 billion in revenue for 2013, a 24% increase from the previous year but  continues to lose money as it reported a $199.9 million loss for 2013, which is narrower than its $279.1 million loss in 2012. Blake Irving appears to have a ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy files to go open (again) - GoDaddy says “It’s Go Time” for IPO. GoDaddy has filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will be the company’s second attempt at an initial public offering. It originally filed to go public in 2006, but later shelved its plans. The company found another way to exit in 2011 when it found an investor in KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Parsons remained the individual single shareholder in the company after the investment. ... read more ...
 
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8 Things We Learned from GoDaddy’s IPO filing - GoDaddy filed its S-1 today to go public. I’ve skimmed the 250 pages to compile these seven data points that weren’t previously known. 1. GoDaddy has a lot of customers: 11.548M, to be exact. 2. The company had 2013 revenue of $1.13B. It breaks down like this: $672M from domains (and add-ons like privacy), $381M from hosting and $77M from business apps. Oh, and 24% of the revenue comes from its Customer Service reps selling to customers. 3. Its GAAP loss was $199.9M ... read more ...
Thu 5th June 2014
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EDR: A demeanour during 150 lapsed domain name auctions from a past week - This week’s Expired Domain Report from Joseph Peterson has close to 150 expired domain name auctions from last week. As always, some of the prices paid are head-scratchers. One thing organizations are good at … is dropping the ball.  Take this week’s top-selling expired domain auction, for instance. MobiLoans.com seems to have purchased MobileLoans.com in December, 2011.  Last April, the domain expired; and now NameJet has sold it for a whopping $30k.  Although ... read more ...
Wed 4th June 2014
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What domain names Fujitsu and 18 others bought final week - 19 end user domain name sales from GoDaddy/Afternic. Fujitsu finally got around to buying a domain to match a brand it launched last year. Here are details on that sale and 18 other end user sales that took place at GoDaddy/Afternic last week. (See previous end user lists here.) Compounding.com $25,000 – Pharmacy compounding company Medisca. Quina.org $3,688 – Lottoland in Gibraltar Quina is the name of a lottery in Brazil. RenovatingForProfit.com $4,000 – The ... read more ...
Tue 3rd June 2014
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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total $2.1 Million -

GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for a week of 5/26/14 – 6/1/14 totaled  $2,109,201

All sales were led by a really nice,  rarely brandable domain name, PerfectBalance.com for $28,450

Here are a reportable sales:

 

Via: thedomains.com

Sun 1st June 2014
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Go Daddy Auctions Market Report May 2014 – Sales adult 7.96% led by SteamEngine.com - Go Daddy Auctions Market Report  May 2014 Go Daddy sales were up 7.96% in May over April as they sold 45,852 domains vs 42,480. The top sale for the month was SteamEngine.com at $38,000 followed by filmesonline.com at $28,000. Online was the top selling keyword, followed by home and blog. ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Auctions sells 45,852 domains in May - SteamEngine.com leads the way at $38,000. GoDaddy Auctions sold 45,852 domain names in May, according to preliminary numbers posted on the company’s Domain Market Report. Some of the top ten sales have been reported previously while others haven’t. Check out the $20,000 sale of michaelpitts.com. The buyer’s name isn’t Michael Pitts, although the buyer appears to have a connection to someone by that name. steamengine.com $38,000 filmesonline.com $28,000 sepg.com $23,000 ... read more ...
Fri 30th May 2014
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Scroogle.org Closes during $17,100 on Go Daddy Auctions, 2 Years After Website Closed - Scroogle.org closed today on Go Daddy Auctions at $17,100. The site and its owner Daniel Brandt had not seen eye to eye with the search engine giant. He closed the site in 2012 due to Google throttling the site and ddos attacks. The site had a lot of press back in the day. It will be interesting to see who bought the domain. Tech Republic covered the site back in 2011 with the headline, “Scroogle: Adding privacy to Google Search” Michael Kassner did a very thorough article on the site. From the ... read more ...
Thu 29th May 2014
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Tadpole.com sells for $20k and .us compared to new TLDs - In this week’s Expired Domain Report, Joseph Peterson reports on the sale of Tadpole.com, plus a comparison of .us domain sales to the asking prices on new TLD premium domains. Once upon a time — specifically, once upon 22 April , 1992 — there hatched a Tadpole.  Like many a domain, it began as a primitive website but mutated as it matured.  Tadpole Computers supplied the world with “rugged … UNIX work stations, thin client laptops, and lightweight ... read more ...
Tue 27th May 2014
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Godaddy Didn’t Wind Up Selling The $13.5K Luxury.Villas To Me For $169.99 After Taking My Money - Last week  ago I put a pre-order for the domain name Luxury.Villas for the 5th day of the Early Access program for a total of $220, $150 for EAP 5 and a registration fee of $70.17. I know that other registrars at the time where showing this domain name Luxury.Villas as a very expensive premium domain. Hexonet for example had the domain for around $9,500  however when I check Godaddy the price was only $169.99, so I went ahead with the registration and Godaddy took my money. Onlinedomain.com chatted ... read more ...
 
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20 finish user domain name sales adult to $25,000 - Mobile app company and environmental consulting company among end user domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy sold a combined $1.6 million worth of domain names last week. This is lower than usual, possibly due to the holiday weekend in the U.S. Here are twenty domain sales that involved end users; view previous end user lists here. AppDay.com $20,000 – GetJar, a mobile app discovery service. StandardInsurance.com $25,000 – I’m a bit confused about ... read more ...
Wed 21st May 2014
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18 finish user domain name sales adult to $38,000 - SteamEngine.com among company’s top reported sales for last week. GoDaddy/Afternic teamed up for a better-than-usual $2.3 million worth of aftermarket domain name sales last week. Here are some of the sales made to end user. (As always, you may view previous end user sales lists.) SteamEngine.com $38,000 – Data center company SWITCH. I imagine this is a brand. MMSConnect.com $17,016 – Market technology company Demeure bought the domain name for its MMS Connect ... read more ...
 
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Report: How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces - Free report provides details for getting the most out of domain name marketplaces. Today I’m delighted to release my first in-depth Domain Name Wire report, “How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces”. I wrote this report in response to the numerous inquiries I receive from people trying to sell their domain names. You may download the 26 page report by filling out the form below or sending a blank email to sell_domains@getresponse.com. The report explains: • ... read more ...
Tue 20th May 2014
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Go Daddy/Afternic sells $2.28 million in domains for a week -

GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for a week of 5/12/14 – 5/18/14

The tip sale was steamengine.com during $38,000

Veg.net was a tip non – com sale during $9,800

Total domain sales for a week summed to $2,280,511

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

Thu 15th May 2014
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Chicago Cubs among those shopping domain names final week - MLB buys domain name for Cubs and other end user domain name purchases. The Chicago Cubs (technically MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) were among those companies buying domain names last week. The team and Major League Baseball paid $1,700 for MyCubs.com. This is the name of their season ticket holder portal. It looks like MLB uses this same name for more clubs (e.g. MyBrewers) , which means MLB might try to acquire the other domain names. Here are other domain names sold ... read more ...
Tue 13th May 2014
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Afternic.com/Godaddy Sells $1.8 Million In Domain Led By EverydayCounts.com For $40K -

GoDaddy and Afternic only reported a weekly reportable domain sales for a week of 5/5/14 – 5/11/14.

Total domain sales for a week summed to $1,814,616.

All sales were led by a good call to movement domain name EverydayCounts.com $40,000

GreatIdeas.com sole for $19K

Weedshops.com sole for $18K

Light.Co sole for $25,000 and Seattle.Co sole for $9,999

Via: thedomains.com

Mon 12th May 2014
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Sega buys a video diversion domain name and 24 other finish user sales - Sega among notable domain name buyers over past week. There are several notable end user domain name sales on GoDaddy/Afternic’s sales list from last week. First, Sega bought DawnofWar.com for the video game title. Video game companies often buy names of existing games when they’re ready to ramp up the franchise. Second, two departments of U.S. states paid fairly notable prices for four character domain names. You can see previous end user domain name sales lists ... read more ...
Fri 9th May 2014
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How many registrations can GoDaddy’s home page expostulate to a new TLD? Here’s a answer. - .Club picks up 2,500 registrations with prominent promotion on GoDaddy.com. How many domain name registrations can GoDaddy generate by placing a TLD on top of its website for a day? Here’s one case study. All day yesterday (and still today) GoDaddy has featured .Club at the top of its website: If you click the “Find your .club” button you’ll be taken to the .club overview page with a search box. Comparing first day zone files with the second day, it appears ... read more ...
Thu 8th May 2014
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EDR: Weird lapsed domain sales (partially) explained - This week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR) explains why some domains sell for what they do, plus a preview of domains you might want to backorder. Why do people bid on expired domain auctions? The number of bidders and the prices are often surprisingly high; so it’s a fair question. FingerYoga.com is a case in point. Who bought this 12-year-old domain isn’t yet clear. But there were 83 bids as high as $2,227. Were those bidders looking to create a new website? ... read more ...
Wed 7th May 2014
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Go Daddy issues recover on Dot Club Entering General Availability - .Club is now available to everyone Go Daddy put out a press release today on .Club entering general availability. – GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, is helping customers find the right name for their business with the newest generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), .CLUB. As a word that translates across many languages, the .CLUB domain name extension brings immediately recognizable meaning and marketing value to names around the world. There are millions ... read more ...