Rick Schwartz got #Boopy .com domain after #GoDaddy failed to deliver
Can’t stop Rick Schwartz, when he wants a domain name, he gets it. The Domain King lambasted GoDaddy’s domain auction policy on Twitter, a few weeks ago. Within 48 hours, GoDaddy announced it is changing its domain auction policy, stating that it was planned all along. Today, Rick Schwartz tweeted that he acquired the domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bob Parsons : Employees to get a chunky holiday bonus
GoDaddy founder, Bob Parsons, gave his company’s employees a great, unexpected holiday gift today Friday. According to the announcement, Big YAM employees will share a $1.3 million dollar bonus, all thanks to the new Republican tax reform law. That’s right, president Donald Trump is creating a “trickle down economy,” it seems; Bob Parsons is a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain #blockchain : Is #GoDaddy slowing down old #domains?
GoDaddy might be slowing down aged domain names, in an effort to prolong their lifespan, by conserving the power they consume when operating at 100%. After testing 232 domain names registered with GoDaddy in 1999 or earlier, they seemed to perform between 22% to 45% slower than newer domain names at the world’s biggest registrar. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Corporate crime: Don’t fire your employee before you secure your domain assets
A domain was reported stolen at GoDaddy, after a company’s former employee took control of it and changed the password and even the account’s PIN. The distraught business owner, shared his plight on the GoDaddy support forum: I own a business with my family name and As well as a work email and website. An […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy: Latest auction changes unrelated to Rick Schwartz’s tweets
GoDaddy implemented a series of changes to its domain auctions, a day after a series of tweets by Rick Schwartz rocked the domain industry’s foundation. Effective December 4th, GoDaddy will treat domain auctions as irreversible; their registrants will no longer be able to game the system to get free appraisals, and then renew the domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Animal killers : Pirate Bay co-founder lashes out at GoDaddy founder, Bob Parsons
Peter Sunde, co-founder of the controversial Pirate Bay, lashed out at GoDaddy founder, Bob Parsons, via Twitter today. Sunde dug up a 2011 safari incident, during which the GoDaddy founder and then CEO participated in a sick elephant hunt in Africa. “Running an ethical vegetarian domain service (@njal_la) is important when your main competitors are […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Registered a hurricane Irma domain? Free returns are now possible
GoDaddy is now accepting the cancellation and refund of domain names registered during hurricane Irma. Dozens of “hurricane Irma” domains were snatched by enterprising domainers before and during the devastating hurricane that engulfed Florida. Most of these domains have no real use whatsoever. “We’re be issuing refunds for the next 30 days, if requested,” said […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy power packs save the day during hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma caused a lot of damage and extensive power outages in the state of Florida. Thousands of FPL and Duke Energy customers were left without power, many of them domain industry professionals eager to respond to incoming offers. “We had cellular service the whole time but my phone was running out of juice,” said […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy employee hit in the balls with a gas canister
A GoDaddy employee was hit in the genital area with a gas canister, during protest demonstrations in Arizona, last week. The 29 year old sales and support representative at GoDaddy, kicked a hot tear gas canister back in the general direction of the police that shot it. The tear gas canister hit him in the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HugeDomains special : GoatDaddy.com domain is for sale
HugeDomains owns more than 3 million domains, and one of them is GoatDaddy.com. The unlikely typo of “GoDaddy” was first registered in 2001, according to the DomainTools historic WHOIS, but it dropped and was re-registered several times since. Remarkably, GoatDaddy.com was an imaginary domain for one of the early posts on DomainGang (2009,) titled “Amir […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy : From corporate sexism to domain powerhouse
GoDaddy went through a corporate transformation in 2013, and new CEO, Blake Irving, rolled things out with a different process. Gone are the days of blatant sexist ads, with big-breasted female models pitching domains at Super Bowl commercial gawkers. These sleazy times were erased from the action book of GoDaddy, and Blake Irving promoted a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy chicken : Teens arrested for taunting domain “Chips” investor
A group of teenagers who did not assist a domain investor fixated with Chinese domain “Chips” has been arrested. Police reports indicate that the five teenagers repeatedly failed to save a man who bid on GoDaddy auctions, for “Chinese premium letter” LLLL .com domains, taunting him instead. The man lost a fortune bidding, and eventually […]
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