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GoDaddy is a privately owned, Internet-based company that provides a variety of services including domain name registration, web hosting and e-business software sales. The company, which is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, was founded by Bob Parsons. Parsons previously owned a financial services software company, which he sold in the mid-1990s upon retirement. He came out of retirement in 1997 to form Jomax Technologies, the predecessor to GoDaddy.

Since it’s inception, GoDaddy has risen to become the largest domain registrar in the world, with tens of million of domains registered to its clients. The company ranks as the world’s largest ICANN-accredited registrar; it’s approximately four times larger than its nearest competition. Recent corporate acquisitions include Outright, Locu, Afternic, and Media Temple.

GoDaddy has redefined Internet hosting services, and it has been the recipient of numerous industry awards and accolades. Among these awards are the 2001 Arizona BBB award for Business Ethics and the 2011 SC Magazine award for Best Security Team. In 2011, it ranked number four in the Phoenix Business Magazine list of “Best Places to Work in the Valley” and it made the 2012 Forbes list of “Best 100 Companies to Work For.”

Known for its sometimes controversial commercials and interesting spokespersons, GoDaddy also sponsors a number of charitable causes in support of domestic violence and child abuse awareness, and sports events, including NASCAR and the Super Bowl. In 2013, the company shifted its advertising strategy to focus more on small to medium sized business owners (SMB). Reflecting this change, its commercials and advertising materials shifted from “sexy” to smart.

Apple Inc. Now Owns Apple.net

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A few weeks ago, GoDaddy auctions announced the sale of Apple.net for $50,000, which was reported by Raymond Hackney on TheDomains.com. The Apple.net sale was the second largest reported sale of the week.

George Kirikos was tracking the sale, and according to a tweet he posted a few minutes ago, Apple, Inc. was the buyer of the Apple.net domain name. If you do a Whois search, you can see the Cupertino company is now the registrant of Apple.net. As of now, the Apple.net domain name is not resolving, but my guess is that it will forward to Apple.com  at some point in the near future. $50k is a drop in the bucket for Apple, and even though it might not have a specific use for Apple.net, it’s better that they own it than another company.

Apple Inc. appears to own

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GoDaddy Hiring Aftermarket Manager of Outbound Sales

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I want to share a job opening that might be of interest to someone who has experience selling domain names. GoDaddy is looking to hire a Aftermarket Manager of Outbound Sales, and the position will be based in its soon to open Cambridge, Massachusetts office. The person that is hired will most likely be working with the Afternic team to sell domain names via outbound marketing channels.

According to the job listing that was posted earlier today, “As an Aftermarket Manager of Outbound Sales at GoDaddy, you will be responsible for building, developing and leading a team of Outbound Sales Consultants in our Domains Aftermarket department. Along with your director, you will work to develop and improve the processes, environment and results of the team.”

One of the most interesting things about this job listing is that

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Blake Irving AMA Recap

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I tuned in to GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving’s Reddit AMA “interview” last week, and I thought a number of good and tough questions were asked. Not surprisingly, Irving answered many of the difficult questions, which I expected, otherwise there wouldn’t have been a point to participating in the AMA in the first place.

When you have 20-30 minutes, you might want to check out full AMA to see what Irving answered and how. Even if you don’t like the company, I think it’s interesting to read since GoDaddy is the largest domain name registrar and probably has the most recognizable brand in this business.

To me, as a domain investor, some of the more relevant topics he discussed included:

  • GoDaddy’s SOPA flip flopping
  • Theft of the @n Twitter account and GoDaddy’s security
  • Changes in marketing and branding
  • NSA and government activity
  • GoDaddy registering domain names search by others
  • Customer support changes
  • New domain names

In addition to these topics,

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GoDaddy’s Alan Shiflett Takes Position at Afternic

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Since GoDaddy acquired Afternic in September of last year, I haven’t seen all that many changes at either company. I just learned of a personnel change that will bring GoDaddy Premier Services Supervisor Alan Shiflett to Massachusetts to become Partner Sales Manager at Afternic.

I’ve worked with Alan for a couple of years, and have always found him to be proactive with my account and responsive to my requests (no matter the time or the day of the week). His addition at Afternic will be a loss for GoDaddy, but hopefully they will replace him with someone who is equally as helpful.

“I jumped at this opportunity to take on this new role as I feel that the domain aftermarket will continue to grow and am excited to focus in on the sales side of domain investing,” Alan told me. “In this role I will maintain a close relationship with Premier Services as many of their clients are already using Afternic as a sales solution. I will also have the opportunity to foster new relationships with those whom I have had little to no interaction with in the past.”

Although Alan is

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Blake Irving to Do Reddit AMA

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According to a tweet posted this afternoon, GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving will be participating in a Reddit AMA session later on this week. If you are unfamiliar with what this means, AMA stands for “Ask Me Anything,” and participants can ask Irving any questions they may have. Over the years a variety of executives, entrepreneurs, athletes, and other famous people have participated in Reddit AMAs.

The format of a AMA is pretty straightforward. People can post any questions they have for Irving to answer, and he can pick and choose the questions he answers. Participants can also ask follow up questions and post comments. It should be a pretty good way to learn more about Irving and possibly GoDaddy. I would assume questions about an IPO would be off limits, but who knows. The name of the event is Ask Me Anything after all.

Irving’s AMA will be held on Thursday, April 24 at 9:30 AM PST (12:30 PM EST). I am not sure how long he will be participating, but if you want to learn more about Irving, GoDaddy, or even the business of domain names, be ready with some good questions. The url for the actual AMA thread will be available at the time of the AMA, but you can see the main Reddit AMA page here. I will update this with the actual url of the AMA when it begins.

Possible Fake GoDaddy Coupon Email

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Just a head’s up that it appears a fake GoDaddy coupon email may be making the rounds. The subject of today’s email is “Get 32% OFF your order – no minimum.” When you hover over the links in the email, you’ll notice a Goo.gl url shortener is used for the redirect instead of a GoDaddy.com url, which would most likely be used if the email was legitimate.

I hesitate to call this a phishing email because it seems that the url takes the visitor to some sort of affiliate page within the GoDaddy website, although I didn’t investigate further. My guess is that it’s someone who is trying to get affiliate credit somehow, although I think it’s pretty shady that the “from” field says “Godaddy.com” and the email address is noreply@godaddy.com. It could also potentially be

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