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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy Q1/2024 results: Beat expectations, aftermarket rose, dozens of layoffs
GoDaddy released its Q1/2024 financials earlier today, beating EPS estimates by $0.03: Actual EPS of $0.99 vs. estimated of $0.96. GoDaddy stock (GDDY) rose afterhours. Financial highlights: Total revenue: $1.1 billion, up 7% year-over-year on both reported and constant currency basis. Net income: $401.5 million, inclusive of non-routine items, up 747% year-over-year, with a 36% […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dummy.com: You’d be one, if you were to buy this domain on GoDaddy!
The domain name Dummy.com was registered in 1996 and its seller has chosen a novel way to present their asking price. Dummy is a short dictionary word and one can get it for approximately $140,000 dollars using Escrow.com, according to the best option at Dummy.com. This makes sense, as Escrow.com provides true escrow services along […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy: Adapt your business to GenAI or die
GoDaddy is adamant that small business owners should be using Generative AI (GenAI) by now, or risk perishing in the flames of uncertainty. “We are at the very beginning of the AI revolution […] small businesses are already taking advantage of the technology,” said Amy Jennette, senior director of marketing at GoDaddy, adding: “Small businesses […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy Airo: An AI-powered successor to Afternic?
Afternic is dead – Long live Airo! GoDaddy has rolled out Airo, an AI-powered engine that takes textual descriptions as input and creates available domain names that best match it. The Airo tool by GoDaddy provides added assistance for both new and established businesses. This includes features such as tailored email campaigns with recommended content […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy: Strong Q4/2023 and full year 2023 results
On February 13, 2024, in Tempe, Arizona, GoDaddy reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2023. In Q4 2023, GoDaddy Inc. experienced a 13% increase in Applications & Commerce revenue. The company achieved a Q4 net income margin of 103%, which includes non-routine items, and a Q4 Normalized […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Afternic rolls out Snail Slow Transfer domain service
Afternic, the self-professed world’s leading domain aftermarket, announced the availability of a new option for domain transfers following a sale. Snail Slow Transfer is the tongue-in-cheek name that was chosen to reflect a slow, yet safe and secure pace of completing sales on Afternic. “With Snail Slow Transfers our sellers can rest assured that their […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy monetizing Dan.com parked domains with PPC ads
Update: GoDaddy and Dan.com are not running any A/B testing on new PPC features; the hybrid lander feature requires one to opt in. A bug that allowed deleted domains that were re-added on Dan.com to inherit the previous owner’s Cashparking settings has been identified. More information here – original article follows. — GoDaddy is running […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy NameFind auctions: Game over!
Late last year, GoDaddy listed a good chunk of its NameFind portfolio for sale, in an extended auction event that spanned the better part of December. The GoDaddy Auctions involving previously expensive or unavailable NameFind domains did well: Domains were bid on and some were eventually cherry-picked after the end of the auction. On December […]
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