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George Kirikos: GoDaddy “*definitely* paid $35.5MM for Mike Berkens domain portfolio”

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GoDaddy published its quarterly earnings report and had its conference call tonight. In the report, the company had a line item for acquisitions, and George Kirikos has used that to deduce  what he believes the company paid for Mike Berkens’ domain portfolio in December of 2015.

According to a series of tweets from George Kirikos this evening, GoDaddy “*definitely* paid $35.5MM for Mike Berkens domain portfolio.Andrew Allemann also wrote about this, although he posed it as a question rather than a definitive statement.

GoDaddy and eNaming.com Broker the Sale of SV.com

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In September of last year, GoDaddy was brokering both SV.com and LA.com on behalf of the owner of the domain names,  a media company called MediaNews Group. A few days ago, I noticed a Whois update occurred on the SV.com domain name, and the domain name appears to have been unlocked for a transfer. I can now confirm that SV.com has sold.

According to David Helgeson, Director of Aftermarket Sales at GoDaddy, “We can’t disclose price, but can confirm the sale happened and it was a co-brokered sale with Brian Kleiner from GoDaddy and Tracy Fogarty from eNaming.com.”

At the time of

GoDaddy Social Media a Super Bowl Star

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One of the storylines about this year’s Super Bowl commercials is that GoDaddy is not advertising for the first time in a long time. The company made the decision not to run a Super Bowl television commercial and announced it towards the end of last year.

During tonight’s Super Bowl game, there have been many comments about GoDaddy’s advertising absence. GoDaddy is using these interactions to humorously inject itself into the Super Bowl conversation. In fact, some of the company’s responses are pretty hilarious.

Posted below are a handful of GoDaddy tweets in response to people commenting about the lack of a GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial. There are plenty more, but here are some of the funnier ones I found:

Fun Example of GoDaddy “#GoingTheDistance”

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I shared the story about how GoDaddy invited me to be their guest at a NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway back in September. I also shared the fun story about how my picture was used on the back of Danica Patrick’s race car in her last race in the GoDaddy #10 car. I want to share another brief story illustrating GoDaddy “going the distance” for me.

Shortly after seeing the race car with my photo on the back, I reached out to my contacts at GoDaddy to ask if I could buy the back panel of the car to display in my office. I figured it would be a long shot, but there would be no harm in asking. I reached out to Paul Nicks and Nick Fuller, and they both told me to connect with Paula Hozza, Director of Corporate Sponsorships at GoDaddy.

I got in touch with Paula, and she let me know that

GoDaddy to Host Domain Investor Meetup

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GoDaddy will be hosting a meetup in its Tempe, Arizona headquarters on February 18 from 6pm-9pm. The free meetup is open to domain investors and others who are interested in talking about domain names with GoDaddy employees and others who are involved in the domain investment space.

Joe Styler shared a link to the Meetup.com page with information about the event:

My Thoughts on the GoDaddy Auction App

I spend a fair amount of money on domain name auctions, but I have only bought a handful of names on GoDaddy’s auction platform. Frankly, I did not like the bidding and searching experience, and I stayed away from GoDaddy Auctions.

Case in point: at the beginning of December, there was a domain name I wanted to own that was at auction at GoDaddy. I was on a brief vacation and away from my computer. I was outbid at the final moments of the auction, and I needed to bid from my iPhone. Needless to say, I experienced some serious troubles and I let Paul Nicks and my account rep know about it. Despite trying hard to bid higher than the final price, I lost the auction, which ended at around $10,000.

A few weeks later, I was contacted by a couple of contacts at GoDaddy asking if I would like to test out their new Auctions app that was undergoing beta testing. I let them know that I was not a regular bidder but would give it a shot.

For the last few weeks, I have been testing the app.