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GoDaddy Hiring Afternic Sales Executive

Elliot Silver

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May 11, 2016

If you’re looking for a corporate job in the domain name space, GoDaddy is hiring a Sales Executive to work on the Afternic team. The position will be based in the Cambridge, Massachusetts office. The job opportunity was posted on LinkedIn on May 5th.

Although the job listing says “Knowledge of the Domain Aftermarket is a plus,” it is not a requirement. However, one of the main responsibilities that this job entails is to “Become an expert in internet marketing and develop a passion for the domain industry.” The company is looking for someone who has strong sales experience for this position.

One interesting tidbit in the job listing is that it shares how many domain names the company’s domain name brokers / sales executives sale each day:

LA.com Acquired for $1.2 Million

Elliot Silver

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May 8, 2016

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Back in September of 2015, GoDaddy was brokering the LA.com and SV.com domain names on behalf of a media company called MediaNews Group. Earlier this year, it was revealed that GoDaddy and eNaming brokered the sale of SV.com for an undisclosed figure. Later, LA.com was acquired by the publisher of the LA Times for an undisclosed amount, as reported by Domain Name Wire.

Last night, George Kirikos uncovered the purchase price of LA.com, which he shared on Twitter:

Tribune Publishing $TPUB paid a mere $1.2 million for the https://t.co/GYgz0ByJdo domain name https://t.co/fJc5tQeVoJ (p. 14) #steal #WTF

— George Kirikos (@GeorgeKirikos) May 7, 2016

According to the Tribune Publishing Company’s quarterly report, the company paid

GoDaddy Made a $42 Million Acquisition

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May 6, 2016

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In GoDaddy’s most recent 10-Q quarterly report filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission, the company reported a major acquisition and some other interesting business information.

On page 20 of the filing, GoDaddy stated, “In April 2016, we completed an immaterial acquisition for cash consideration of $42.0 million.” George Kirikos speculated about the acquisition that was reported, since the filing made no mention of it by name:

Christine Jones Running for Congress

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Elliot Silver

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May 3, 2016

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According to a campaign email I received this morning, Christine Jones is running for Congress in the State of Arizona. Christine is running for the Republican nomination in Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District.

As you may recall, Christine is the former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, and she had a lengthy career with the company. Christine previously ran for Governor of Arizona, but she lost in the Republican primary election.

I think it will be helpful for Christine’s campaign to emphasize her business experience with GoDaddy. In an email announcement today, here’s what she had to say about her time at GoDaddy:

DDD.com Sold by NameFind

Elliot Silver

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April 30, 2016

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The DDD.com domain name has been sold by NameFind, a subsidiary of GoDaddy. The domain name was recently acquired by the company in a large portfolio deal, according to Paul Nicks, Vice President of the Aftermarket at GoDaddy. Unfortunately, Paul could not comment on the sale price or any other details per company policy.

According to a Whois update from DomainTools this morning, the domain name recently transferred to a Chinese entity. Jamie Zoch also reported this via Twitter:

Triple repeat, premium 3 letter .com #domain DDD(.)com acquired by Chinese investor from NameFind. Had $500K min offer, SP unknown.

— Jamie Zoch (@yofie) April 30, 2016

Not much of anything is known about this sale. NameFind and GoDaddy do not typically report their sales, and I suspect that this will be the case for this sale as well. In his tweet, Jamie reported that NameFind had a $500,000 minimum offer requirement for this domain name, but I have no idea what the asking price was nor would I venture a guess about the sale price.

From what I could find,

Video: GoDaddy Domain Name Security Discussion

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Elliot Silver

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April 28, 2016

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Domain name security is of utmost importance. GoDaddy held a “Blab” this morning discussing domain name security, and I want to share the video below. If you register your domain names at GoDaddy, you should take advantage of the company’s security offerings to make sure your domain names are a safe as possible.

There are several elements that are critical to domain name security (account measures, email account security, social media safety…etc). This video is worth watching when you have a bit of free time. Regardless of where you register your domain names, it is advisable that you learn about the mandatory and optional account security measures and keep your domain names secure.