Afternic.WTF
GoDaddy’s Afternic platform introduced a self-brokerage option yesterday, seeking to engage domain investors that would like to handle inbound inquiries themselves. The system requires that sellers are members of the Discount Domain Club (DDC)—a paid membership that typically costs $240 dollars per year. It does provide added benefits but for the sole purpose of self-brokering […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Skytree.com: Dutch company lost UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking decision
A Dutch company utilizing its SKYTREE mark since 2015 filed a UDRP to usurp the matching .com domain, Skytree.com. The Complainant operates from skytree.eu all while the disputed domain was registered in 1998. The Respondent pivoted on that fact, stating: – the Complainant has been harassing the Respondent to seek more information about the Respondent’s […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Faithful domainers still use Dan DNS
It’s not been a year yet since GoDaddy pulled the rug from under Dan.com. The popular domain marketplace’s sunset was expected, after it was acquired by the biggest registrar in the world for $70+ million dollars in cold cash. Afternic, via its “direct search path” access on GoDaddy.com, was always the top priority. Dan’s forced […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy Airo: Our tool creates jobs, doesn’t eliminate them
A press release by GoDaddy about GoDaddy Airo, makes a bold claim: “For every website published using GoDaddy Airo™ 20 jobs are created.” GoDaddy Airo is an under-development, AI-driven home-grown tool by GoDaddy that automates some functions of building, rolling out, and maintaining online presence for small businesses. GoDaddy believes it’s the next best thing […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy reports Q4 2024 Earnings Results
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter (Q4/2024) and full year that ended December 31, 2024. GoDaddy announced quarterly EPS of $1.36, missing expectations by 5.54%. “GoDaddy demonstrated strong operational execution and financial performance in 2024, making significant progress across our key strategic initiatives,” said GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani. “Looking […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frank Schilling Super Bowl ad!
Frank Schilling is living the life in the Cayman Islands, five years after selling Uniregistry to GoDaddy. To celebrate that massive multi-million dollar sale, Frank created his own Super Bowl ad of sorts. Titled “I know what the frank I’m doing” the ad features Frank Schilling raising a glass of wine at his authentic and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy donates $500k in support of the WordPress community
GoDaddy is spreading the love in the WordPress world with a massive half-million-dollar donation to The WP Community Collective! Eat your heart out, OpenAI! 
This initiative is all about lifting up and empowering WordPress contributors by fueling them with financial, operational, and promotional support. And that’s not all—GoDaddy just rolled out a sleek, redesigned […]
#MeetMyAge: Dating app logo looks eerily like #GoDaddy!
It’s not what it looks like – that’s what she said! In the case of online branding, similarity can cause confusion. Brands that become popular carry with them the visual constructs of their design and it seems there’s a bit of that with the GoDaddy logo. Sure, we didn’t like the logo without the “Daddy” […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy to allow domain data migration back to Dan.com
If you’re not happy with your domain migration from Dan.com to GoDaddy’s Afternic, no problem. The biggest domain registrar in the world is now offering an one time migration back to Dan.com and its marketplace, a company that still operates independently under the GoDaddy umbrella. “We believe that every GoDaddy customer deserves to be happy, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DomainNameSales.com now used as a GoDaddy Auctions shortcut
Frank Schilling‘s secret project, Domain Name Sales, was a platform to leverage the legendary domain investor’s owned portfolio. Launched as a personal blog initially, it opened to the public in 2012. Eventually, it led to the creation of Uniregistry. These assets and domains became the property of GoDaddy, when Frank Schilling sold Uniregistry. Just a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Afternic keywords for December: Have you boosted yet?
Afternic‘s top keywords for December 2024 are finally here, as the company prepares for an early holiday season shutdown. Tracked through GoDaddy‘s proprietary Cairo AI™, this amazing series tracks the most popular keywords in domain sales achieved through Afternic. “Our system analyzes millions of search terms on the so-called ‘registrar path’ that GoDaddy has several […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Visiting GoDaddy’s AfternicBoost.com turns Boost ON or OFF
If you want to try Afternic Boost, the increased domain visibility feature provided as a paid upgrade, there’s an easy, quick solution. It’s no longer necessary to wade through your Afternic settings, tweaking switches and whatnot; the new method is indeed ingenious and fast. “We had a great idea here at GoDaddy, as great as […]
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