So this time last year I was talking about the big closing price on 6666666.com (7 sixes) for $99,999 on GoDaddy expiring auctions. Later that same day, Joe Styler posted that they walked back some of the bids, after backing out 35 bids and removing 3 bidders, the auction closed at $71,000 as a new bidder came in at the end and bid $71,000. So I kept asking on Namepros if this sale got paid … [Read more...]
YMCDN.com closes at $127,801 on GoDaddy – Will it get paid?
YMCDN.com closed at $127,801 on GoDaddy Auctions on Wednesday. The domain has a big link profile. Looking at Majestic.com: Information Homepage TitleN/ACrawled URLs333Indexed URLs15,672Educational Ref. Backlinks3,044Governmental Ref. Backlinks698Educational Ref. Domains479Governmental Ref. Domains128 External backlinks Fresh … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Launch Event with Ayesha Curry
GoDaddy had a big day today announcing their latest initiative GoDaddy Websites + Marketing. Interestingly websitesplusmarketing.com has been regged since 2013 by someone else. With Websites + Marketing, GoDaddy introduces GoDaddy InSight, a smart technology that delivers tailored guidance, helping entrepreneurs answer the question "what should I do next" to achieve their goals. GoDaddy … [Read more...]
GoDaddy reports earnings and dives 5% in after hours before rebounding
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings today, this coincided with the news that CEO Scott Wagner would be stepping down and being replaced by Aman Bhutani, who most recently served as president of Brand Expedia Group. The stock was up on the day but took a dive in after hours trading once the earning were reported. Excluding one-time items, the company posted earnings of 1 cent, below … [Read more...]
ReviewMe.com closes at $61,500
So a couple of days ago it was FlyMe.com closing at $14,283 on DropCatch, and Wednesday we had ReviewMe.com close at $61,500 on GoDaddy. This name was purchased in 2006 for $10,000. It became a live website that paid bloggers to review websites. Lynn Terry from ClickNewz.com published an article years ago on how the site worked at the time. From the article: How It WorksOnce your blog … [Read more...]
An update on some sales that actually didn’t happen
An update on some sales that actually didn't take place and Michael from Namebio has been contacted so he will remove them from Namebio. I wrote about Roy Flanders' names expiring after GreatNames.com sold for $25,000 and echecking.com sold for $1,325 on GoDaddy auctions. I confirmed that Roy's daughter was able to recover the names and the names are back to pointing to where they were before … [Read more...]
NameSilo wins Namepros best registrar 2019
The best registrar poll for 2019 on Namepros concluded today with NameSilo coming in first place. GoDaddy was second and Dynadot third. This is a poll ran roughly every 18 months, with 915 votes this time. The last two competitions GoDaddy won, taking 52% of the vote 3 years ago, and then beating NameSilo 253 votes vs 191 or 29.8% vs 22.5% roughly 18 months ago. For some registrars it's … [Read more...]