#GoDaddy broker service fee almost doubled to $120 dollars

Posted by DomainGang on November 24, 2020, at 12:05 am

If you insist on using the GoDaddy broker service to acquire domains, it will now cost you almost twice as much. The price has been jacked from the previous $69.99 dollars plus 20% commission, to a whopping $119 dollars – plus 20% commission. Yes, that’s a price hike of $50 dollars, or an increase of […]

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Liquid.com : Hacking incident used #GoDaddy employee credentials

Posted by DomainGang on November 21, 2020, at 5:20 pm

GoDaddy employees were targeted with a social engineered, phishing campaign, in crypto-motivated attacks last week, leading them to give access to the domain Liquid.com and its account. This latest campaign appears to have taken place around November 13, with an attack on cryptocurrency trading platform Liquid.com. According to KrebsOnSecurity: ” … GoDaddy that manages one […]

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Vomit.com : How a photographer’s #domain was thrown up at #GoDaddy auctions

Posted by DomainGang on November 11, 2020, at 11:20 am

Michael Holden is a professional photographer from Seattle, Washington and was the registrant of the domain Vomit.com for more than 20 years—until a series of unfortunate events removed the domain from his GoDaddy account. As a photographer, Mr. Holden has covered the Burning Man event extensively, and he often covers public events in Los Angeles. […]

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#GoDaddy reports Q3/2020 earnings that beat expectations

Posted by DomainGang on November 4, 2020, at 4:09 pm

GoDaddy sees another quarter of 400,000+ net customer adds, topping 1 million in 2020 to date with accelerated growth in bookings and revenue in Q3. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, and […]

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Vomit.com : Who threw up this generic domain name?

Posted by DomainGang on November 3, 2020, at 10:38 am

Vomit.com – not the best visuals, but still a major generic domain, is in GoDaddy auctions. The current bid is $5,000 dollars. The domain expired in October, 24 years after its registration in 1996. Oddly, WHOIS shows that the domain was “repossessed by GoDaddy” – a message reserved for domains involved in a financial scheme against […]

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CBS 60 Minutes: #NameFind is about to ask all the ToughQuestions.com!

Posted by DomainGang on October 22, 2020, at 3:26 pm

President Donald Trump has leaked the CBS 60 Minutes interview footage – all 38 minutes of it – claiming that its “tough questions” were not originally agreed upon. Trump was interviewed by correspondent Lesley Stahl, who conducted the interview at the White House. Apparently, Donald Trump expected the interview to be a soft, public relations […]

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#Domain politics : #NameFind is ready to press the MuteButton.com!

Posted by DomainGang on October 21, 2020, at 3:47 pm

The final presidential election will be featuring a “mute button” that’ll keep Donald Trump and Joe Biden in check – at least, during the opening statements. Politics have overtaken the domain name sphere as usual. The US president’s choleric attitude during the first presidential election is the reason that the mute button is being introduced. […]

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#Uniregistry Support moves to #GoDaddy Care on Tuesday

Posted by DomainGang on October 9, 2020, at 1:20 pm

Uniregistry is a GoDaddy brand, and its support system is now moving to GoDaddy. In a nutshell, Uni support tickets will use the GoDaddy support system, beginning on Tuesday October 13th. Everything else remains the same, including the phone numbers for customer service: One of the best ways the alliance of Uniregistry and GoDaddy will […]

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#GoDaddy files for novel #domain registration process patent

Posted by DomainGang on October 7, 2020, at 12:39 pm

GoDaddy has applied for yet another patent related to domain names, and a ground-breaking one it is. The USPTO application involves “a due process for the lookup and registration of available domain names via an online form; uninterrupted by other domain name recommendations, alternate TLD suggestions, and add-on service provisions.” Essentially, the GoDaddy patent application […]

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Domain WHOIS: Creepy animation graphic at #GoDaddy!

Posted by DomainGang on September 30, 2020, at 1:05 pm

GoDaddy rebranded early this year, changing everything: from the logo, to the associated materials related to domain registrations, to the production of super good educational videos. The biggest registrar in the world is on a good path that takes it far away from its cheesy past of “sexy” Super Bowl commercials. All looked good, until […]

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#SkyVerge has been acquired by #GoDaddy

Posted by DomainGang on September 14, 2020, at 3:13 pm

SkyVerge, a leading WooCommerce product developer, has been acquired by GoDaddy. Max Rice, Cofounder & CEO of SkyVerge, stated: “This is a big milestone for our team, one that means we’ll be able to pursue our mission of helping small and medium-sized eCommerce businesses with even greater impact. It’s a milestone that we could not […]

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Uni landers: Parking page changes at #Uniregistry result in bigger revenue

Posted by DomainGang on September 10, 2020, at 10:13 am

Uniregistry parking landers don’t look as “fancy” as they did a few years ago, but there’s a plan behind that. Since the acquisition of Uniregistry by GoDaddy, a lot of great things are in the works, and technological know-how has been flowing between the tech departments of both companies. The recent changes to the Uniregistry […]

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