You can now view the GoDaddy annual report which came out today. View the full report here. There are some hints at the Uniregistry acquisition price, another note was where GoDaddy values their portfolio Under subsequent events: Subsequent Events In February 2020, we entered into agreements for two acquisitions with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $196.9 million, of which … [Read more...]
Back in 2013 GoDaddy decided not to compete on the registry side
With all the news around GoDaddy ( NYSE: GDDY ) acquiring Name Administration Inc, and Uniregistry. There was some of the back and forth between .commers and new gtld fans. Some made comments saying see GoDaddy did not want the registry business because they are not high on new gtlds. That's not true, they made a decision years ago not to compete. They make money in other ways from new … [Read more...]
GoDaddy acquiring Uniregistry and Name Administration
The first blockbuster deal of the decade. Something that someone predicted to me who had no knowledge over the holiday season. I was having a conversation day after Christmas and someone said to me, "I bet you GoDaddy buys Uniregistry" I said why, they thought with Schilling not as high profile anymore that he would sell out. GoDaddy stock currently 69.89 USD +0.47 (0.68%) GoDaddy is not … [Read more...]
Warned.com was not a garden variety “pricing mistake”
Four days ago I wrote an article about Warned.com and the buyer being told the price was not correct. The sale was not going to complete and the buyer refunded. The buyer stated they paid x,xxx for the domain name Warned.com, a domain name owned by Frank Schilling's Name Administration Inc. The price may have been $2,000 and I say that because another member on Namepros said they saw the … [Read more...]
Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistry. A member at Namepros detailed his purchase of Warned.com More info will be added later, but I will share main points now: 1. Today I … [Read more...]
HelloEko.com upgrades to Eko.com for $1.5million
Eko describes themselves as a company that delivers cinematic interactive video, empowering participants to make choices that shape stories in real time. Their website is at HelloEko.com. Variety covered a joint venture between Walmart and Eko. According to CrunchBase the company has raised $36.5 million. Eko Technology Eko technology enables the creation, distribution, measurement, … [Read more...]
Uniregistry weekly sales led by Extasy.com
Uniregistry released their top 20 sales for the week and Extasy.com led the way at $18,000. MyTips.com was second at $17,000 and Ohne.com was third at $15,000. Wig.ca was the highest of the two non .com sales at $10,000. Here are the Top 20 sales: 1. extasy.com $18,0002. mytips.com $17,0003. ohne.com $15,0004. plantastic.com $12,0005. earlyedition.com $10,5006. wig.ca $10,0007. … [Read more...]
