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 … [Read more...]
Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total $2.1 Million
GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/26/14 – 6/1/14 totaled $2,109,201 All sales were led by a very nice, highly brandable domain name, PerfectBalance.com for $28,450 Here are the reportable sales: Total Sales: $2,109,201 .COM … [Read more...]
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report May 2014 – Sales up 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...]
Scroogle.org Closes at $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, … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Go Daddy/Afternic sells $2.28 million in domains for the week
GoDaddy and Afternic's reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/12/14 - 5/18/14 The top sale was steamengine.com at $38,000 Veg.net was the top non - com sale at $9,800 Total domain sales for the week summed to $2,280,511 .COM … [Read more...]
Afternic.com/Godaddy Sells $1.8 Million In Domain Led By EverydayCounts.com For $40K
GoDaddy and Afternic just reported its weekly reportable domain sales for the week of 5/5/14 – 5/11/14. Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,814,616. All sales were led by a nice call to action domain name EverydayCounts.com $40,000 GreatIdeas.com sold for $19K Weedshops.com sold for $18K Light.Co sold for $25,000 and Seattle.Co sold for $9,999 Total … [Read more...]