Negative DAN reviews on Trustpilot often the result of GoDaddy policies
For several years, DAN.com has been a popular platform for domain investors due to its quality control panel, features, and transaction efficiency. The acquisition of DAN.com by GoDaddy in 2022 changed the way things work on the platform. First, fees went up all while Uniregistry was still around. Then, system and feature updates came to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Afternic Boost: A half-baked solution that was well-planned
Afternic announced the delivery of a freshly half-baked solution, Afternic Boost. Unlike previous launches of GoDaddy products, the company ensured the registration of the matching .com domain, AfternicBoost.com. The domain is pointed to the GoDaddy blog post that describes what this service is all about. Not surprisingly, the product arrives with disclaimers about its performance. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer comics: Get your Afternic Boost for an extra 5% in fees
Welcome to the first edition of Domainer Comics for 2024. It’s been almost three years since our last comic! GoDaddy rolled out its latest downgrade upgrade for Afternic and called it “Afternic Boost.” Domain investors got all excited by all the perks that arrive at a cost of just an extra 5% in GoDaddy fees. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Want to pay 25% fees to Afternic? Then do this!
GoDaddy’s acquisition of Uniregistry in 2020 was followed by a change in the now defunct platform’s fees. Raising the fee from 10% to 15% was only the beginning; the eventual acquisition of Dan.com in 2022 was also followed by a raise in fees to 15%. What GoDaddy gave back in exchange, was the lowering of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy to share Second Quarter 2024 performance on August 1, 2024
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) will release financial results for the second quarter of 2024 on Thursday, August 1, 2024, after the U.S. stock market closes. In the past 3 months, GoDaddy stock has seen a 12.68% increase in price. This is not a stock valuation or endorsement statement. After the report release, the GoDaddy management […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy brokerage fee: Have they gone bananas?
A while ago, GoDaddy changed its brokerage fee to acquire domains not for sale on their network. The price went up—what else—from $69.99 dollars to $119.99 dollars. That’s almost $120 bucks just to attempt to get through to a domain owner in order to inquire whether they are willing to sell a domain! There is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Robert Scoble gets domain back after expired Scobleizer.com sells for $27,000
The domain name Scobleizer.com is run by Robert Scoble, a well-known American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is recognized for his insights on technology, startups, and the tech industry’s trends. He gained significant attention during his tenure at Microsoft as a technical evangelist and later through his work at various tech companies and ventures. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Yasuhiro Yakamoto: GoDaddy’s super domain broker raised his fees
GoDaddy’s most famous domain broker is Yasuhiro Yakamoto, a Japanese prodigy who graduated from MIT at the age of 19. In 2020, during the pandemic, Yasuhiro Yakamoto was hired by GoDaddy to work remotely and four years later his smiling face adorns every domain researched via GoDaddy.com. Yasuhiro Yakamoto is licensed to broker domains via […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Paul Nicks’ profile removed from the GoDaddy “Senior Leadership” page
The GoDaddy profile of its long term President of Domains, Paul Nicks, has been removed from the group page. The page no longer displays Mr. Nicks’ photo, which was clickable and linking to his GoDaddy bio, as recently as in April. In a post shared at NamePros earlier this week, a freshly registered member claimed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Afternic cart: Obsolete subdomain still active
An obsolete subdomain on Afternic is checkout.afternic.com. The platform stopped using the Afternic domain in its inventory search, sending buyers to GoDaddy.com instead. In the good old days, Afternic users could search the Afternic inventory and then proceed to check out on the same domain. Now, Afternic purchases require a GoDaddy account log in before […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy to rebrand its Afternic domain platform as “Neutron”
GoDaddy is rebranding its popular but badly aged Afternic platform and the chosen name is “Neutron.” The biggest domain registrar in the world will roll out the new name at the Nordic Domain Days conference in Europe next week; the Neutron brand will be revealed during the opening night ceremony with GoDaddy sponsoring it. “It […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy double-dipping: Domainers should be aware of lowball valuations via the platform
GoDaddy is playing a game of double-dipping its inventory of domains provided by sellers. On one hand, it encourages domain investors to promote their domains on Afternic. The platform no longer exists as a searchable index, as the promises of “Afternic 2.0” vanished into thin air. Instead, all searches of domains listed by sellers on […]
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