According to the .Co Registry, effective immediately, the .CO Registry has listed approximately 1,100, two-character premium .CO domain names for sale on GoDaddy. The two-character domain names are available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket and will be available soon on the GoDaddy domain availability check, making these premium digital assets widely available to GoDaddy’s customer base of SMBs … [Read more...]
Godaddy Sells 41,786 In May Led By boxed.com at $35,000
Godaddy.com just posted its Domain Sales information for auctions taking place on their system for the month of May 2013. In all Godaddy.com sold 41,786 domain names slightly up from April's sales of 40,221. Of the 41,786 domain names sold through auctions here is the break down of the type of transaction: By Auction Type5/1 - … [Read more...]
Godaddy Formally Names Scott Wagner COO & CFO
According to a press release by GoDaddy, it is formally announcing as "its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Scott Wagner, effective immediately." "Wagner was a KKR Capstone Member and the leader of KKR's portfolio operations team in North America, who stepped in as GoDaddy's interim CEO last summer. " "Wagner began working with GoDaddy a short time after KKR, Silver … [Read more...]
VentureBeat Covers & Interviews Godaddy’s CEO Blake Irving
VentureBeat.com just published a story on the CEO of Godaddy.com Blake Irving. Here are some of the more interesting quotes: "I see a very clear path of how to make GoDaddy the most valued, largest platform for small businesses in the world. It is quite clear that no one is doing it right yet.” “What I like to do is make a significant change in the world for good,” “I want to take … [Read more...]
Godaddy Roll Out New gTLD Pages
Godaddy has launched a few new page in anticipation of the launch of the new gTLD "Targeted, Relevant Domain Names are Coming!" "The Web is about to change forever." "Starting this summer, hundreds of new domain extensions will become available, allowing you to target your business or personal website like never before." The domains on the page keep changing randomly to show … [Read more...]
Godaddy Opens Seattle Office& Hires Executives of Microsoft Google & Amazon
Go Daddy announced today that is opening a permanent Seattle-area office in Kirkland or Bellevue, Washington n June. According to a Press Release out today, Godaddy is already operating out of a temporary office near Carillon Point in Kirkland, as Go Daddy has hired "veteran executives from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and eBay, among others. "The reason to join Go Daddy is simple ... you can … [Read more...]
Godaddy.com Sells Over 42K Domain Names In March
Godaddy.com posted its sales totals for March 2013, reporting 42,600 domain sold on its platform in March. This is a substantial increase over February where Godaddy.com reported 34,985 Of the 42K+ sales: 762 Offer/Counter-Offer 22,566 Auction 19,332 Buy Now Here are the top 10 sales of the … [Read more...]