Go Daddy posted a notice at the top of the auctions.godaddy.com page. They will be performing maintenance on Sunday at 1 am Eastern. This should just affect public auctions, so if you have any closing, know that they will be extended. Message posted: Auctions will be performing maintenance starting on Sunday, November 13, 2016, 1:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. Maintenance is expected to complete … [Read more...]
GoDaddy reports earnings – after hours stock trading down
GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported earning after the close and the stock is getting hit. Shares closed at $35.09 on the day, but in after hours the stock is down 3.4% to $34. The company did show a profit for the quarter. GoDaddy Inc. was downgraded to neutral from buy at Monness, Crespi, Hardt ahead of its third-quarter earnings report Wednesday. James Cakmak, the Monness, Crespi, Hardt analyst, … [Read more...]
GoDaddy/NameFind sells a handful of “The”related domain names
GoDaddy and their Namefind.com sold a bunch of "The" related domain names over the past few days. Furniture Row purchased the domain TheShowroom.com, which was once owned by Michael, when Michael owned the domain he turned down a $10,000 offer. The domain was registered in 2003. Furniture Row is a developed website that sells furniture of course. They do own a number of other … [Read more...]
August/September .CLUB Premium Domain Sales Top $135k
The .Club registry just announced that is sold over $135,000 domain names in August/September 2016 .Club sold 52 names totaling $32,103.52 through the registrar channel . 84 other domain names were sold for a total of $103,245.47, including the Sedo auction. "In both August and September, premium names were sold by 14 different registrars. One name was sold directly by the Registry in … [Read more...]
Godaddy/ NameFind Sells Over 45 Three Character .Com’s
Godaddy/ Namefind.com continues to move a lot of inventory out of its three portfolio purchases. Yesterday we tracked over 45 three character .Com domain … [Read more...]
Tech Crunch Publishes a Great Story On The Domain Industry
TechCrunch.com published a great story about the money floating around in the domain industry entitled ""The silent evolution of domain names"". People in the domain space are mentioned include Rob Grant as the father of Lana Del Rey, Kevin Ham, and Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim. The story covers Godaddy's purchase of our portfolio saying they spend over $100 million in domains. The story quotes … [Read more...]
Actress Anna Faris Acquires The Domain Name Unqualified.com
Actress Anna Faris has acquired the domain name Unqualified.com. The domain name matches the name of her Podcast, which is called "Anna Faris is Unqualified" which started in November 2015. According to the website; " the podcast gives "not-so-great relationship advice from completely unqualified Hollywood types". Ms. Faris uses the Twitter handle @unqualified The domain name was … [Read more...]