All of GoDaddy — including its main website — went down this evening. GoDaddy had technical difficulties this evening that took down its entire network,
Category: registrar news
GoDaddy launches GoDaddy Corporate Domains for large brands
GoDaddy rebrands Brandsight and launches it as GoDaddy Corporate Domains. GoDaddy announced GoDaddy Corporate Domains today. The brand-targeted registrar is a rechristening of Brandsight, a
Does your domain name registrar make it easy to transfer domains out?
Don’t do business with registrars that make it difficult to leave. Yesterday, I received a notice from the Wall Street Journal that I needed to
Why Wix’s stock dropped after today’s earnings report
Stock drops after company posts another loss due to increased ad spend. Earlier this week, I wrote about how web presence companies like Wix and
Web presence companies ramp up ad spend as demand soars
GoDaddy and Wix spend more to capture demand surge during the pandemic. Top ads for “domain name” on Google. It’s been a good year for
Web.com acquires New Zealand domain name registrar
Acquisition comes on the heels of losing out on WebCentral. Web.com adds New Zealand’s FreeParking to its brands. Just weeks after losing a bidding war
Understanding GoDaddy’s Full Domain & Privacy Protection
GoDaddy’s paid domain privacy service has some practical implications for domain owners and the expired domain market. Earlier this year, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) made its
GoDaddy earnings: 1 million net new customers this year, COO Andrew Low Ah Kee leaving
Customer base and revenue continues to climb as business quickly transition online. Andrew Low Ah Kee Domain name and web presence company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY)
Endurance International Group to go private in $3 billion deal
Clearlake Capital to acquire EIGI. Clearlake Capital Group is acquiring Endurance International Group (NASDAQ: EIGI) in a $3 billion deal (including debt). The private equity
It’s in: the latest list of which registrars are top in .Com
ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2020. For the second