GoDaddy posted earnings after the close today, the second quarter results showed earnings missing Wall Street estimates, while revenues exceeded Wall Street expectations. Shares were up over 5% in after hours trading. GoDaddy reported EPS of $(0.11) and revenues of $456.2 million. Analyst consensus had an EPS estimate of $(0.07) and revenues of $450.32. At June 30, 2016, total cash, cash … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Releases Summer 2016 Updates
GoDaddy released their summer updates for 2016. A look at all the projects, services and products that have either been released, updated or expanded upon. The new features and enhancements include: Domains Launched new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), including: .SALON, .GROUP, .GMBH, .LTD, .MOM, .BARCELONA, .PROMO, .GAME, .JETZT, .STREAM, adding to the 400+ domains already offered … [Read more...]
Delaware.com Sold By Godaddy To The Delaware Company House LLC
The domain name Delaware.com has been sold to The Delaware Company House LLC whose current domain name is DelawareCompanyHouse.com According to it's site, "the The Delaware Company House is located at 8 The Green in Dover, Delaware. If you find us on a map, you’ll see we’re steps from the Chancery Court and the Old State House, a short walk from most any Delaware State office you may need to … [Read more...]
The First Domain Ever Registered at Go Daddy Might Surprise You
Joseph Green did some investigative work and posted his findings about GhettoJustice.com, the first domain registered at upstart Go Daddy. Joseph posted, I was watching How a Former Marine Built GoDaddy Into a Billion-Dollar Business and Bob Parsons shared an interesting fact about GoDaddy at the 38:55 mark. It seems that the registrant liked Go Daddy so much that he actually went on to … [Read more...]
Go Daddy invites you to join the “Customer Council”
Go Daddy sent out an email about customers joining a new "Customer Council" that they say will you have some input into new products and services. You need to fill out a survey when you click the link in the email. No compensation but there is the mention of special drawings. Full text of email: We are putting together a select group of GoDaddy users to help shape our future! We are calling … [Read more...]
Google Launches Unfiltered.News
Google's parent company, Alphabet’s tech incubator, Jigsaw just launched another website on a new gTLD. Unfiltered.News which is described as a "new experiment at Google which many of you may enjoy, a site which analyzes news feeds from around the world, and tells you which news stories are most missed by the media where you live. From there, you can see how these stories are being covered … [Read more...]
Former Industry Blog WannaDevelop.com closes today on Go Daddy Auctions
WannaDevelop.com was a blog that was run by Mike Cohen, while talking about things like mini and mega site development, the blog also posted about the domain industry. MorganLinton.com posted an article back in 2010 that created quite a stir and that was followed up by Owen Frager and DomainShane.com. WannaDevelop.com is currently expired and around $100 on Go Daddy Auctions. It will be … [Read more...]