Earlier this year, I wrote about Go Daddy offering customers the opportunity to “Round Up and Give to Hope for Haiti” while checking out and paying for their products. If selected, the total would be rounded up to the next dollar, and that difference would be given to the Hope for Haiti non-profit.

In May, Godaddy reported $20,000 in customer donations to date, which were matched by the company, and I am sure the total is now far greater since this option has continued to be presented to customers. The company has already given over $1,000,000 in financial contributions to Hope for Haiti.

While purchasing some domain names this morning, I noticed that the round up option was still there, but it has changed just a bit. Instead of offering customers the chance to donate to one organization, they can now select one of three non profits, including  Hope for Haiti,  Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and  Arizona Humane Society.

I like to see companies like this giving back, especially when community organizations are involved. As we saw with the first iteration of this endeavor, they’re raising some serious money for these groups, while also raising awareness.

I noticed something interesting last night. It looks like Paypal is partnering up with Go Daddy to offer domain names at a discounted price of $7.49 a year. I would bet it’s probably some type of affiliate commission for domain names that are bought using the link.

I know that deals like this (and better) can be had when searching Google for GoDaddy discount codes or Godaddy coupons, but the presence of this offer on the Paypal homepage is a strong endorsement of the company by Paypal.

It’s interesting to see them send traffic to GoDaddy directly from the home page.

I found that Jamie’s posts were helpful and made it easy to find auctions at Go Daddy with at least one bidder. They were helpful to me because I find GoDaddy’s auction platform a bit frustrating to use. Since Jamie said he isn’t going to post the auctions with at least one bid any longer, I will share the way for you to find them on your own.

I am sure it’s frustrating as a bidder to see a name you are bidding on highlighted, but there is some gamesmanship with auctions, and I recommend waiting until the final possible moments to place your bid.

1) Log in to your GoDaddy account (you need a membership)
2) In the top drop down menu under “Domains” click “GoDaddy Auctions”
3) On the Auctions page, click “Expired Domains”
4) On the right menu, check the following:
– Predefined: “A TO Z Listings”
– # of Bids: “More than 0”
– Type: “Expiring Auctions”
5) Make sure the other options are unchecked, although you can pare it down to .com if you want or other extensions, # of days remaining…etc.

There may be other ways to get there, but this is the best way I’ve found.

Personally, I think GoDaddy’s auction platform needs a user interface overhaul. I haven’t used it much because I have found it frustrating to search. IMO, they would be well advised to take a group of willing customers at TRAFFIC and watch them use the site to see where frustrations arise (hint, hint).