Former VIP account holders at GoDaddy feel betrayed
GoDaddy has terminated the ‘VIP‘ or Executive status for a large number of its accounts, ending an era that allocated account managers to almost everyone. The new criteria for getting a VIP account at GoDaddy changed earlier this year, with even active domainers such as Elliot Silver losing that VIP status. Frustration is building up […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy cancels all ’99 cent domain coupon’ orders placed yesterday
GoDaddy is canceling all $0.99 orders placed on its marketplace yesterday, April 1st, according to a company spokesperson. “Somehow, our blindly loyal customers didn’t realize we were just playing an April Fools prank,” said Marina Tomey of GoDaddy. “We are in the domain registration business intending to make money, not lose money!” exclaimed Tomey, smiling. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNJournal awarded a RAVE of ’99’ by the Combined Domain Sales Report
A new web service, called Combined Domain Sales Report has been launched in private beta this week, by domain industry veterans Tom Smith, Dick Jones and Harry Williams. “We were fed up with reading posts by every blogger about how many domains were sold on Sedo, Afternic, Flippa, NameJet and GoDaddy,” said Dick Jones, CTO […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN weekend update: GoDaddy applies for dot .Sexist gTLD
With the gTLD program in full force at ICANN, several new applications have emerged recently. One of them that is noteworthy, is GoDaddy‘s application for dot .Sexist. “We are committed to the image that our numerous customers attribute us,” said the founder and current adviser, Bob Parsons. “Yes, GoDaddy is about good looking women, big […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hillary Clinton launches pre-campaign web site through GoDaddy
Hillary Clinton has just launched a ‘mystery‘ web site, at HillaryClintonOffice.com. The domain was registered on January 31st, according to DomainTools; the registrar is no other than GoDaddy. While the web site’s content remains spartan, there is nothing mysterious about the fact that Hillary Clinton intends to challenge the US presidency in 2016. In an […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy to start charging per account login
Elliot’s ‘shock and awe’ post about how GoDaddy is dropping accounts from its premium, executive support, was just the prelude for something grander. According to various sources at Name.com, GoDaddy is now rolling out its new customer tiers and plans to itemize charges even further. “I logged into my GoDaddy account this morning, and instead […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Eighty-five percent of Domainer masochists love GoDaddy
An astounding 85% of domainers with a deviation towards masochism, simply love and prefer GoDaddy as their domain registrar – a new study shows. The study, conducted at the University of Leipzig, Germany, shows that once exposed to GoDaddy coupons, offers and hints of nudity on the GoDaddy web site, customers become addicted. “Pure cause […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Father Domanicus: Don’t aspire to be a Sodomite Domainer
Greetings and salutations, my brothers and sisters in Domaining. As every Sunday, I’m stretching my washed undergarments in the sun to dry naturally, and reach out to you with words of the deepest kind. As I predicted last Sunday, those that attempted to take advantage of our Brother Bob Parsons at the Parish of Groupon, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bob Parsons attempts to shoot down Elephants.net
Bob Parsons, the illustrious founder and former CEO of GoDaddy.com, is at it again. It has been a while since the infamous elephant shooting scandal, but don’t expect Bob to have changed since the pachyderm uproar, that cost GoDaddy a few thousand customers. After realizing that Elephants.net is with GoDaddy, Bob Parsons asked the owner […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Father Domainicus and the Parish of Groupon
Greetings and salutations, all ye faithful domainers. This is Father Domainicus, delivering the final eulogy of 2012. Many of you probably recall the fine opportunities presented upon us by GoDaddy. I applaud the departure of this fine specimen of entrepreneurial manifest, from the usual depictions of fleshy, carnal imagery. In other words, GoDaddy no longer […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain science: Quantum bidders take best domains at auctions
A pair of domain investors working for GoDaddy, are implementing “quantum physics” to their investing benefit; by winning the best auctions across NameJet, GoDaddy and Flippa. “The introduction of quantum domain bidding is a reality that no domain investor can ignore,” said Lisa Fatbottom of Yucatan State University. “Our professors worked for the past two […]
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