According to the New York Post, GoDaddy.com is pushing ahead with an initial public offering early next year that would value the world’s biggest domain registration service at roughly $4.5 billion GoDaddy is stressing its desire to diversify from a domain registrar to a business that builds out Web sites for customers and helping them to process transactions on their sites. GoDaddy has an … [Read more...]
Will Web.com Hurt Godaddy’s IPO?
Web.com had a few comments on its earnings call today that should be of concern to all domain name registrars: CEO David L. Brown noted "the increased availability of [domain] names has had a near-term negative impact on domain-related revenue," primarily related to "non-core domain-related revenue such as sales of premium domain names and bulk domain sales." Non-domain businesses … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Opens European Customer Care Centre
Go Daddy put out a press release today with regards to them opening a European customer care centre to serve their EMEA clients. The centre will be in Belfast, Northern Ireland. GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced it has opened a new customer care centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The new centre will provide localised customer care … [Read more...]
Google Voice Alternative Vonjour.com Release Exclusive Perk for GoDaddy Members
In a press release Vonjour.com announced a program for Go Daddy customers called, "Vonjour for Go Daddy" Go Daddy members will receive a discount of 15 % on Vonjour related services. As Go Daddy continues to focus on small business under Blake Irving this is another step in providing a comprehensive small business suite of services for Go Daddy customers. From the release: Santa Monica based … [Read more...]
Godaddy 15%+ .LONDON domains registered outside of the UK; US & Germany Are 8%
According to a press release from Godaddy over 15% of .LONDON domains that were registered through GoDaddy came from outside of the UK. 5.9% of all .London domains registered by Godaddy were registered by people in the United States and 1.9 percent were registered by people or businesses in Germany. Stefano Maruzzi, VP of GoDaddy EMEA, says: “These figures show that London is one of the … [Read more...]
Beware of Bogus Go Daddy “Account On – Hold” Email Scam
Back on August 17th we wrote about a scam email going around that was impersonating Go Daddy, there looks to be a new one out that says your account is on hold. Another phishing attempt. https://garage.godaddy.com/smallbusiness/secure/email-phishing-think-link/ Here is the text of the new bogus email: The subject line: Subject: Account on Hold: Registry Domain ID: … [Read more...]
Godaddy Teams Up With Paypal on Its Brand New “Here SDK” Product
PayPal introduced today a new product called "Here SDK" and announced that Godaddy as one if its "Key Partners" Here is the info from Paypal.com: "We’re always working to build product experiences that simplify payments, and looking to collaborate with businesses that share our vision for making the checkout process more seamless whether it’s online, in-store or on mobile. Today, as we work … [Read more...]